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I got a new job!!! Its not walgreens!!!!
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[29 Dec 2007|01:32am] |
I am sitting here at the bar in my Hostel that I am staying at. Travis is sitting at the bar chatting with one of the people we met. We have mainly just done a lot of walking, taking things in. WE have gone to see a couple movies and we have gone to the Rijks museum. That is where they house a large rembrandt collection of paintings. It was neat.
In the next couple of days we plan to hit the Van Gogh museum and Anne Frank's houdout place... I would spell out what it is actually called, but dutch is hard to read, speak and remember how to spelling the words is just not possible.
Most people speak english here, so getting around has been fairly easy. I feel guilty though, that I dont speaek thier language, I cant even say thank you in dutch, I am a horrible person, typical American. But I do make sure that I say a lot of please and thank yous and pardon mes...
We are looking into going to Paris and Berlin. We will finalize those plans tomorrow. I am excited to have a better memory of Paris than I have from a previous trip. I am excited to go to the Louvre and see the Eiffel Tower again. But I am especially excited to sit at a nice little cafe and drink a cup of coffee or tea ('thee'in dutch.)
An amazing part of Amsterdam is that when you go to the movies, they dont push huge bags of popcorn and soda on you. You can actually get a nice pint of beer or just a cup of tea. It is so nice to sit there with your little tea cup and enjoy a movie.
I dont think Amsterdam is for me though. A lot of people come over here for just the Weed, and so the defile the beautiful buildings that have existed for centuries. THere is graffitti everywhere. The bikes here are everywhere and they are all old. Everybody in Amstedam rides bikes. Which you would think would make things seem cleaner... but it just soemtimes seems to be a dump for old bikes. The trams and cars are crazy here. I cant tell when im on a road or a bike way or a tram trak or a sidewalk... I am constantly looking both ways, just in case I accidently step in front of a bike or a tram. It is terrifying to think that i can just... walk in front of a train. To kick this fear out of me I just imagine the conductors riding bikes under their front car that they are driving, so it wouldnt hurt so bad that they could run into me.
I am crazy, I dunno. Its 1:45 in the morning. I havent made any friends from other countries, but we have met a guy and have made good friends with... but he lives about 5 minutes away from us in St. Paul... crazy! His name is Jason, I am just putting his name in here, just for my reference. Because I cant remember names, its bad...
Oh with grades on my classes that i took this semester, I got all A's, which is nice. I have to start looking for assisting jobs once I get back to St. Paul. I have lived there for a week now. It is beautiful. I really enjoy it. My car on the other hand, I dont think, was made for driving in winter weather. It has its troubles as well. But I live within walking distance to all things important.
Anyway... trip... If we train over to france, we may take the train a little more south to visit our new friend Jason from Minnesota there.
We also have plans to go to Berlin. We found a Hostel. It is called "Dont Panic" and it is Hitch Hikers guide referencing all the way. We are excited to stay here. But we hope to get a room that will just be us two. Neither of us can handle sharing a room anymore. Its just annoying that you cant sleep without somebody banging their lugage aroudn in a cramped room.
Maybe when I am traveling on my own, I will be ok with staying with other people. But I am just looking for relaxation right now. We are going to a teeny hotel tomorrow. That will be nice. We should have our own shower and our own room. Small though, but you cant expect anything more when you are in europe.
The bathrooms are teeny... I dont think people who are much taller thna me can even use them, they are so tiny. Speaking of bathrooms... so they dont have porta pottys here... but they have outside plastic urinals for the Men,..... Not fair, what if girls need to take a wee. And I dont want an answer to that... Because I will not pull my pants down and try to angle myself into this strange urinal thing, which is really just a funnel attatched to a wall.
Anyway, I think this is enough documentation for the time being. I hope everyone has a nice new years. I will still be here in Amsterdam, and then we are going to head out of the stoner country for a while.
Have a good year!
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Merry Holidays everyone!!!!!
I hope its great...
on my christmas, i have to sit on a stuffy plane for hours and hours.........
But then it will be great once we get to europe!!!!!
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[30 May 2007|11:47pm] |
I felt I would update.
I am living at home with my mom and her husband (the kids are at thier other grandmothers for a while.) She is doing better, I can sometimes understand a word that she says, but not really. Its a long road ahead. I am being "hired" as her Personal Assistant by the state, which is nice, because I have to quit walgreens, its too much for me. I have to drive my mom to her speech therapy meetings every day and get everything done that she would normally do during the day.
Its tough. This small town gets to me. I have no friends around. I am bored and sad a lot of the time. I dont let on to my mom because then she will get sad. But I seriously need to figure out a way to have some time to myself and or with people my own age.
In other news, my best friend Travis got an internship with Silicon Graphics in Minniapolis, its a paid internship. Its a paid internship that is paying him to work there for a year at the salary of 40,000. Its crazy, because its just an internship. I wonder what they pay their regular employees.
I am excited for him. I hope that my mom willbe well enough by september so taht I can go visit him. I really do miss him. This is teh longest amount of time that I have spent away from him for teh 2 whole years of knowing him.
anyway, gotta go to bed so I can start another fun filled day.
toodles
amanda
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[08 May 2007|01:24pm] |
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My mom had a stroke yesterday. Pray for her.
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Got this email today. I was in the building across the street. Apparently, Somebody had a demonstration today that involved a lot of sand, he didnt want to carry it around with him so he left it in the back of the room till his class started... A duffle bag of sand... well at least it canceled class for some.... I still have a big test tonight... oh no, my building is across the street, no need to evacuate us... we are safe over on this side of the tracks.
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[19 Dec 2006|12:00pm] |
You ask
"whats been happening, we havent heard from you"
I reply in non quotes...
I GOT A's!!!!!!
This semester hashad to been the hardest for me. And the best I have ever had.
The main class that I worked my butt off in was this senior portfolio class also known as applied photography. In the history of this class there has only been 1 A in the class for the last 2 years. And I got an A in it this semester. I cryed. I had been telling myself that my hard work was not enough for the A... I allowed myself to accept a C and then I got my grades back and I got an A... Shock.
Anyways, im finally back to being a photography major. For those of you who know me... this is an amazing feet.
And now as soon as I can officially say that I am a photography major instead of an Art major, I have applyed for graduation. I graduate in may, I applyed yesterday. I have 2 classes to finish and then I am done, finite...
I also found outthat I am one class away from an Art minor. Meaning I have to take 1 more art history class and then I am done. Which is exciting news. At least I will have something to show for my many years in Art.
For all of those disbelievers, it is so true. I am excited.
I get to be a Teachers Assistant for this crazy lady and her Studio Photography class. I am excited to help. I am also taking another class that I dont need, but am going to enjoy.
I am going to Las Vegas and San Francisco with 2 of my best friends for spring break and when August rolls around I will pack my belongings and head to San Francisco for a while. We are going to get an apartment over spring break. We have no idea where yet.
So overall, for all of those who I have ignored this past semester. Thank you. Thank you for not hating me.
anyways, Jen is in town visiting and I am off to lunch with her. Toodles for now.
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Happy Birthday Ben!
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[26 Oct 2006|07:30pm] |
it still has a lot of work. I am working on a political poster for class. i did this in illustrator... its not too horribly bad, I have only done this once before about 3 years ago. People who dont know the program thinks its good... its still a bit of crap.
Everything I do is crap today... so dont mind my pessimism
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[21 Oct 2006|12:22am] |
The first five people to respond to this post will get some form of art(probably MSPAINT art), by me, about them. I make no guarantees about quality or type, but I will assure that I will give it good effort.
The only catch,of course: as with most memes, if you sign up, you have to put this inyour own journal as well (and actually follow through!).
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[19 Oct 2006|12:08am] |
This is Robin... I used her in a fashion shoot that i had to do
There is a couple things that I still have to edit, but I still love the image.
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[12 Oct 2006|03:49pm] |
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Life has been crazy busy and im mega poor.
I went to nashville, TN this last weekend. I went for a photographer's convention. It was pretty neat. I got to talk about open source software in front of a lot of photo geeks who are looking for a cheap photoshop. The thing was, was that I wasnt actually the speaker, but the little I know about open source, was way more than the speaker... I actually got thanked afterwards for speaking up.
We also went to a "honky tonk" bar... it was interesting. We got our teacher kinda drunk, and he is pretty cool. We also walked past a hooker telling her next coustomer how clean she was and how there were no traces of drugs in her system and they could test her right then and there (i dont know how they were going to accomplish this.)
And the highlight of my weekend was to go to the ballet. It wasnt just any ballet though. It was a ballet about LIZZIE BORDEN. Isnt that neat. For those of you that dont know who she is, she is the girl from a long time ago that got accused/ killed her parents. Who sees ballets about that???/ it was pretty awesome. She totally stripped naked on stage and danced around nude for a little bit. Also, who gets to see a ballerina dance nude?
Good times indeed.
Midterms are here. Im working frantic to get everything done. The class I am in is very important and the work I am doing will stick with me for a little while. I really enjoy what I am doing in class and I also LOVE that my work gets talked about 1st or 2nd in the groups of work. This makes me really happy. And when I am told that I do nto have to reshoot the assignment, this makes me a happy camper and it is a rare thing for anybody to hear. So... yeah
I shot a fashion shoot this weekend. I am extreamly proud of them. I am making work look more and more professional as I move along. I am so happy today. Not many things could stop me in my tracks. I am feeling pretty awesome and full of myself... and honestly... its a good feeling!
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[25 Sep 2006|10:53pm] |
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[13 Sep 2006|11:18am] |
I went to my friends house because I got in a fight with my brother and I was upset. I didnt call before I went over there, like I normaly do. I just rang his doorbell. He looked at me, and I said "can I have a hug" and hes like "you seriously rang my doorbell and disturbed my from my calc and physics homework... For a hug?!" I said yes. he gave me an exagerated "pshshshsssshhhh" and gave me a hug. I love him.
I watched this tractor tear out these 3 bushes from the yard at the builidng that I reside in most days while im at school. It was really sad. I swear I could hear the bushes screaming. It was surreal.
I woke up before it was light outside this morning and I looked over to my bedroom door and I got scared. I saw a figure standing there. I finally realised that what I saw was 2 pear of jeans that I had hung on the hook the previous day. But those pants were REALLY scary.
On top of my bad day yesterday, I got a call from UPS telling me that they had spilled gasoline all over my package of new clothes that i have been patiently waiting for and wanted to know if I wanted them to send it back...
Bastards.
I have to pay $90 for 20 shots of film...
Money grubbers...
I had more to say in this entry, but alas... my mind is lost.
Damn radioactive rays.
I think its funny that if I am in a bad mood I always find that my mom has bought and brought me something to me house for me to find when i get home from school.
I am busier than hell this semester and I only have 8 credit hours. Go figure... but anyways SIX MORE TO GO!
I have to do these readings for digital class and I am procrastinating.
Oh one thing I remembered that I wanted to say.
I have this new to me old to the world computer... It is running Linux. Yes folks. At home, I use Linux.
I swear I hang out with too many dorks. Its rubbing off.
I also brought up Linus Torvald randomly in a conversation.
My digital class requires a lot of reading. They are scanned book images on the computer... I wish they would just give us handouts. These scanned images are crap. Anyways... I gotta do that before class. so toodles.
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[12 Sep 2006|10:18am] |
My friend Travis got offered "Cash money" for my "fine ass" last night when we were leaving the liquor store... This is my life...
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[04 Sep 2006|01:06am] |
So, well... Steve Irwin is dead, not killed by a crocodile, like most would assume. He was killed by a sting ray. Go figure.
I am also a little late on this, But it too is an amazing article. If you have the time... give it a read. Just to make a note... I have always been an advocate against Larry the Cable Guy... I just hate him. not funny.
So I am in a very important class to advance my photography career. I have been studying lighting, poses, backgrounds, and makeup in fashion magazines. It almost makes me feel dirty... getting inspiration from Vogue (UK version). But the thing is... this is what im going to be doing for the rest of my life... I have to learn what I am competing with. I tryed to choose Fashion Magazines from other countries... for my own personal interest... I detest this whole... bring back the 80's thing. I mean... poofy shirts, Vests and STRAIGHT LEG JEANS!?! Ew...
I am looking REALLY forward to accomplishing the assignments in my classes.
I am taking a stage makeup class, it is awesome.
I want to have a nude photoshoot with painted bodies!
I have SO MANY IDEAS!
I wish I had money.
Anywayssssss... im babysitting at my moms house. SHe has Dial-up internet... it gives me a headache, so im getting off of here.
night all.
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| Random thought: SCREAM!!!! |
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