Amberpalooza

It's been a while...

2009-02-04T03:55:17Z

I thought this would be an appropriate place to post:

As I am sitting here, procrastinating writing my intake report, I started listening to some music on i-Tunes and just kept reminiscing about Jump, Little Children. At first, it made me happy, until I heard "Cathedrals." I would get tired of that song so easily , much like others who went to a lot of shows, but, at the last show, Judith remarked, "This is the last Cathedrals," and it made me CRY. To this day, that song just makes me uber-sad.

Awww.. Reliving my youth..

feeling_madness @ 2008-06-21T09:59:00

2008-06-21T14:08:40Z

Well, the last month or so has been really interesting. This includes several fights with the boyfriend. I think things are ok in that realm right now, though. (GOOOD!) Also, school has been INSANE. This past week hasn't been horrible, but the week before was probably one of the most stressful weeks of my life.
This week is going to be pretty bad, too. I actually have to get to work on one paper so I have enough time for another one..

By the way, guys, if any of you thought the Rorschach (inkblot) test was cool, IT'S NOT. Oh, and does anyone ever use it anymore? My prof wants to make us thinks so but I have been under the impression, for several years, that no one actually uses it anymore. Whatever. I'm sure it's impressive that I am learning to do it now, since it's just a PAIN IN THE ASS.

Once a month, apparently.

2008-05-15T16:17:39Z

I guess I post once a month now-a-days.

Umm.. Things going well with Matt.

This is the first week of summer classes. So far things are going well.

I have a job. Not very many hours or very much money, but really good experience in my field!

Fires are consuming my county. Some of which are pretty close to me, although not close enough to bring much smoke into the area. I have no worries of my apartment catching on fire as of right now. It's just really dry and the fires spread pretty easily. They think the closest ones to me were arson. One guy was arrested, but there may be more. I'm sure some of you have heard about this on the national news. It's crazy. And really close to me. I wish it would rain! There is only a slight chance of rain tomorrow and Saturday. Blah!

I wonder if I should get rid of my LJ, but I do read my friend's list pretty much everyday. I just don't think I have enough to say to write my own, I guess. Not that I'm not busy. I am.

Last week I had a one week break between the spring and summer semesters. My mom and stepdad were here. We went to Disney's Animal Kingdom, Cocoa Beach, Miami, and to lots of malls, shopping centers, a winery, and to trivia. I was quite exhausted after that.

Well, that's about it. Is anyone reading this??

I miss the rock.

2008-04-01T17:17:49Z

I was just reading a post I had written around this time 3 years ago. Wow. Damn. It was a rocking weekend then. I miss all the rock.

That's all I really wanted to say.

Will Hoge was in Orlando this past Saturday, but I opted to go to a classmate's birthday party instead.

Three years ago, I might have gone to the Will show anyway..

yo peeps

2008-03-09T02:08:48Z

I'm currently in Alabama, finishing up my spring break. I've been kind of sickly, but I'm feeling better now.
A lot of stuff going on since I last wrote in this thing. I actually have a boyfriend now. Hah. His name is Matt. That's going well. :)
School is OK. I have this really hard class in biological psychology that's really kicking my ass right now. Other than that, things are going well.

How I spent my spring break:

1. Blowing my nose
2. Coughing
3. Sneezing
4. Eating (a LOT)
5. Not sleeping in (ugh)
6. Studying for a stupid test
7. Worrying about a stupid test
8. Taking a stupid test (online)
9. Playing computer games.
10. Petting dogs (and cats)
11. Throwing up.
12. Waiting for and watching snow
13. Bundling up
14. Not doing my objective personality assessment assignment
15. Not doing research for my objective personality assessment paper

Why is spring break so COLD?!?!?!!?!?

feeling_madness @ 2008-01-06T10:21:00

2008-01-06T15:24:18Z

89% Chris Dodd
89% Dennis Kucinich
88% Mike Gravel
85% Barack Obama
84% Hillary Clinton
83% John Edwards
81% Joe Biden
76% Bill Richardson
39% Rudy Giuliani
26% John McCain
22% Ron Paul
19% Tom Tancredo
18% Mike Huckabee
17% Mitt Romney
8% Fred Thompson

2008 Presidential Candidate Matching Quiz

feeling_madness @ 2007-12-23T13:23:00

2007-12-23T18:28:39Z

well, i would kind of like to vomit.

5 Ben Folds and 3 Evan Bivins? Must be the best Christmas ever!

2007-12-21T20:17:01Z

On the twelfth day of Christmas, feeling_madness sent to me...

Twelve bongos drumming

Eleven friends piping

Ten pugs a-leaping

Nine maracas dancing

Eight cats a-milking

Seven concerts a-swimming

Six hippies a-laying

Five be-e-e-en folds

Four trading spaces

Three evan bivins

Two powerpuff girls

...and an asfa in a family.

In 2008, feeling_madness resolves to...

Buy new mallrats.
Apply for a new guitar.
Connect with my inner biv.
Go to the bongos every month.
Lose ten beanie babies by March.
Volunteer to spend time with matt bivins.

Also, we all need to get in touch with our inner Biv. And, yes, I DO need to volunteer to spend time with Matt Bivins!

Long time no write

2007-12-13T02:08:14Z

The semester is over! I've survived my first semester here at the doctoral program at FIT. Woohoo!! I'm so proud of myself! :)
I'll be going home to Alabama in a week for Christmas.

Oh, and I think I'm totally smitten right now... Let's hope it doesn't get me into trouble!

feeling_madness @ 2007-12-09T11:44:00

2007-12-09T16:55:14Z

The Wikipedia Band Meme

--Go to the Wikipedia home page and click random article. That is your band's name.
--Click random article again; that is your album name.
--Click random article 15 more times; those are the tracks on your album.

Band Name: Harry Bloy
Album Name: Poding Memorial Library

1. Grabfeld
2. California Mule Deer
3. Eckenforde Bay
4. Regrouping of the LIve Forces of Youth for Change
5. Joanna Monro
6. Mr. Blass's Planetoid
7. Keizertimes
8. Erzalmaniq Fawy Rawi
9. 1881 in Football (soccer)
10. Face It
11. Zoran Pesic
12. Crumlin GAA
13. Electrostatic Discharge
14. Mount Iwhara
15. Vilho Ratto

That was weird..

2007-11-24T02:39:09Z

Hm, I was watching Dr. G: Medical Examiner on Discovery Health with my aunt. This is a show about a person who does autopsies and it pretty much tells the stories of how some people who come to her morgue die. When going through this story on this one girl, they were showing pictures of her and I saw a pic of her holding a mic right next to Johnny, of Jump!

Later, someone mentioned on the show that friends from Charleston came to her funeral. I also looked at some pics of Cumberlands in Charleston, and it seems that the same blue tapestry is up behind the stage in both pics. I guess this girl was at Metal Monday before. It was just really weird to see Johnny in that pic.....

That was really weird.

feeling_madness @ 2007-11-22T19:27:00

2007-11-23T00:30:20Z

Happy Thanksgiving!

26

2007-11-13T16:53:26Z

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!!!!

stolen

2007-11-08T15:30:44Z

Google Image Meme
1. Take your answer to each question and type it into Google Image Search
2. Post one of the images from the first page of results.

1. The age you will be on your next birthday:

Coming up on Tuesday!

2. A place to which you'd like to travel:

3. Your favorite place:

4. Your favorite object:

This really isn't my favorite object, but I couldn't think of anything. I guess this is as good as anything, since I spend so much time on it...

5. Your favorite food:

6. Your favorite animal:

7. Your favorite color:

8. The town in which you were born:

9. The town in which you live:

10. The name of a past pet:

11. The first name of a past love:

Looks just like him. Haha.

12. Your best friend's nickname:

13. Your nickname/screenname:

14. Your first name:

15. Your Middle name:

16. Your last name:

17. A bad habit of yours:

18 Your first job:

19. Your grandmother's name:

20. Your major in college:

Happy Halloween

2007-11-01T01:05:06Z

weak

2007-10-28T13:21:10Z

Let's face it guys, I am weak.

oh my god

2007-10-26T00:49:04Z

Remember when I was really happy on Sunday?

Fuck that.

I actually liked him, but, apparently, "we're too alike." What a load of shit.

Guess what. Since I've moved here, Since mid August (Actually, probably since early September.. So like 1 month and a half to 2 months) I've met/went on dates with FIVE guys. FOUR of those guys stopped talking to me after the first day. And he acted like he wanted to see me a lot and then made out with me before decided this.

And I really liked him. *I* thought we had chemistry.

Whatever.

damn

2007-09-29T05:20:06Z

It really sucks when you're the only sober person around a bunch of drunk and/or outgoing people.

And something [Unknown LJ tag] said reminded me that I believe today (or some day around today) is my 11-year Jumpaversary. And it's been a hard day. (As far as classes go).

I did get invited out with classmates. But, I drove, so I didn't drink (well, I had one) and then the more people came, the drunker everyone got, the quieter I got. They went to another bar after that, but I didn't really want to stay out too late tonight, anyway, since I have a buttload of stuff to do this weekend.

wow

2007-09-21T02:22:02Z

It's been a really LOOOOOONG day.

oh yeah

2007-09-20T03:36:36Z

and i'm worried that my cat may have worms. :-(

And now, here are two good things:

2007-09-20T03:22:02Z

I just checked my e-mail and Case now has a phone number again (haha) but doesn't minutes for it, but will call me this weekend! Yay for friends who I haven't seen in 5 years, but who still keeps in touch with me. This excites me a little.

And I just saw a Jeep commercial using a Steve Poltz song. That was totally unexpected (I haven't been keeping up with the Poltz land), but it's pretty damn cool.

These things happen almost immediately after I sent that last post, within a few seconds of each other.

They aren't major breakthroughs, they aren't going to solve my problems, but they make me a little happier for the moment.

I guess I'm back to posting on a regular basis...

2007-09-20T03:04:52Z

I think about 75% of my lj friends no longer use this site. Or at least don't post. The past year or so, I barely wrote on my journal, but read everyone else's. Oh well. I guess I'm a stalker. ha!

All in all, I'm feeling kind of lonely right now. I mean I've met people in my classes, but don't feel comfortable calling them up asking to hang out. Maybe one, but she's usually busy doing stuff w/ her boyfriend.

I met a guy, but I get the feeling that he probably doesn't care to hang out with me. I could be wrong. Who knows? I'm just being pessimistic right now.

My grandparents, aunt, and cousin may not get to come down here during my fall break because my aunt has a cast on her foot and may not be able to drive. This just makes me sad. I was so looking forward to it. And it sucks that my aunt has torn her ligament or whatever it's called.

I feel like I'm just really lonely and trying to reach out, but no one is really responding. (Well, Denice, and, oddly, Doug. I have been IMing DOUG. And DOUG is trying to make me feel better. I guess most of you that read this don't know Doug, but, it's weird. Trust me. Especially Doug has said many times that he typically doesn't listen to girls that aren't sleeping with him. And trust me, that is NOT going to happen. But, he's still listening to me, even though there is no chance of sexual interaction. Ha).

I have been procrastinating a lot lately, I guess because I haven't felt that pressured. I mena, a few things pressured me, but, relaly, things have been easy going.

For once in my life, school is not the main thing that is stressing me out. It's really everything else. ::sigh::

This has just all overcome me in the past two days or so.

ambiguity. my mantras for today.

2007-09-18T23:00:48Z

don't count your chickens before they've hatched.
seriously.
don't over analyze things, amber.
don't jump to conclusions.
do your damn homework!
stop being so distracted!
get over yourself.
concentrate.
get over your weaknesses.

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a/c

2007-09-13T00:09:06Z

So, it was just last week when my A/C went out and I had to put in a maintenance request and then complain when it didn't get fixed. Well, apparently they fixed it and today it stopped working again. Awesome. I'm going to get a fan.

But, the good news is that Jay Clifford is an awesome human being, because after e-mailing him on Myspace (or whoever checks his myspace, I think it's him, but I'm not sure) about getting an empty package, he sent me another CD!! :) Hooray! I'm going to listen to it in the car on the way to target to get my fan.

Oh, and I got a job. Doing neuropsych testing again. This time for old people with memory problems. I don't care too much for neuropsych testing, but it's cool.

Jay CD

2007-09-04T21:25:22Z

Ok, so I get this package today that's supposed to be the Jay CD but it's empty. There is a note on there that says, "sorry for the damage" basically, and that's it. What the hell am I supposed to do? They even wrote on there that it's empty. Are they (the post office, that is) going to pay for it? Damnit!