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| It's noon... |
| 01.30.05 (11:22 am) [edit] |
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I love this unseasonably balmy weather. If only it didn't make me wish it was much later in the year than it actually is. If only it didn't make me wish I had my bike here. Since I don't have my bike, I went to downtown Santa Cruz yesterday for a drawing field trip. I drew the following things:    (Just the mosaic mermaid in the mission arch uptop) And a weird red cube sculpture thing across from "Chocolate" When I was drawing the mermaid, a little girl with her dad approached me and was asking about what I was doing (and why I didn't have any crayons):) I love kid's honesty and curiosity. When you get older you are afraid to make eye contact with anyone. It is now 12:00. What should I do? Should I: Succumb to the guilt of looking at a swimsuit magazine ad and go to the gym? Succumb to the guilt of my teachers and go somewhere outdoors and draw...perhaps at that park by the San Jose Arena (yes, it will always be the San Jose arena, no matter how many companies want to put their advertising on it...unless it gets bought by Macintosh, in which case it will be the MacArena :roll: ) with all the bugs out front? Go shopping for art supplies? Maybe there's a way I can do all three! Maybe if I go on the "Substitute minor hunger pains for drawing" diet, I can lose weight, get my work done (walk to where I am going), and on the way back from wherever it is I end up, go to the store! Before everyone jumps down my throat about self-esteem, and already looking good, please realize I was being semi-sarcastic! I guess that since it's noon, it's time to get dressed... Current Mood:  Happy about nice weatherWhat's on: You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet - Bachman Turner Overdrive |
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| Silly Daddy! |
| 01.29.05 (9:27 am) [edit] |
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I say this because yesterday when we went out to lunch, he was asking me about my classes. He asked me specifically about my art classes and what we would be doing in there. (I said drawing, but that answer wasn't substantial enough). I don't know for sure what we will be drawing. So I told him the only thing I knew for sure, which is what we were doing in my Friday class, "Drawing more naked people." He had a huge problem with me taking the life drawing class last semester. He immediately became physically uncomfortable at the thought of me drawing naked people (as if they were strippers, porn stars or errotica). And he said, "Why do you have to draw naked people?" (as if it's my policy). "Can't you learn more about drawing if they are clothed?" "So, if there are 2 models, and one is dressed nicely in a suit, and the other is not wearing anything, you're going to draw the one wearing nothing?" (for some reason I pictured a prominent Republican, and the nice nude girl who poses for us most often on two different platforms). I sooo wish i had my bike. My dad says he is coming back on Sunday/Monday. Hopefully he'll bring it then...and the rest of my stuff. I say this because the only thing I need to do (besides a self-portrait) is draw. And I really want to take a drawing field trip to San Francisco. I still could go, but I have learned it's a helluva lot easier to make a 12 mile round trip on a bike than on foot, and parking is cheaper, especially if I park in that lot that only costs $5 on the weekend, or free for 4 hours in the park. I just think the work I have to do could be far more enjoyable if I was enjoying where I was doing it. Plus it's such a nice day, a great day for a ride. Maybe I will go to Santa Cruz (at least if I do get stuck in traffic because some dickwad drove off a ditch, I won't have to listen to Jeremy annoying the shit out of me this time). Maybe I will work for a little bit in my book first... Current Mood:  Looking for something outdoors to doWhat's on: Bad Company - Bad Company |
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| New Classes |
| 01.28.05 (1:34 pm) [edit] |
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So, let's talk about school... Mondays and Wednesdays: 9:00-10:15 American History I am in denial about this class. Every other class I am taking is 3 digits long. Yet I still have to putz with this lower division GE class, and have it eat into my time which this semester will probably be more valuable than ever. 12:30-3:20 Intro to Animation/Illustration A For this class I have to do at least one drawing from reality everyday. I have to do a self-portrait for it this weekend. Tuesdays 12:00-2:50Intermediate Painting The instructor wants us to follow the collage style of one artist in particular (whose name has escaped me. One minute...James Rosenquist). And I have to paint in oils. Not only do I not currently own any oils, I've never painted an oil painting in my life. And by Tuesday I have to aquire 20 magazines. That would be swell...if I had any to begin with!  This is a Rosenquist Thursdays 12:00-2:50 Intermediate Painting 3:00-5:45 Theater Arts 100W (or for those of you playing the home edition, writing). This is the class I couldn't add during registration because of that first pettily class up there. But the instructor took everyone, who wanted to add without any questions. She is an acting teacher who I sense appreciates that no one really wants to be there, and isn't crazy about some of the things the university is making her do (ie assign an extensive research paper). But at the same time, she seems to be orienting the assignments to theater/media. 6:00-7:45 KSJS Programming and Production I initially wasn't excited about this class; however, it seems like it will be better than I was thinking. I'm not super excited about the prospect of radio in general. But it's the only sole radio class I have to take. The thing that excited me least doesn't look like it's going to be as much of a problem as I initially thought either; that would be the lab until 10:00. But we only have about 4 labs the whole semester. And I get to learn Protools!  Non-linear editing rocks! Fridays 8:45-2:00ish Intro to Animation/Illustration B Thankfully, I am getting to take this class in the morning, something I was really hoping would happen so that I wasn't in class until 7 or 8:00 at night on Friday. I still want to go home sometimes. Fortunately, that's how it's happening. The teacher likes Zeppelin and U2, so class was for me, as you may guess, enjoyable. I enjoy all my teachers that I have (except for the political science part of American shit). So that is my schedule for this year. Happy with it so far. We'll see how I feel in...16 weeks. Why is my computer not wanting to go anywhere on the internet?! I should probably be drawing something now. I don't know what. Just anything! That's how it's going to be this semester. Current Mood:  optimisticWhat's on: Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix |
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| Dammit, Dad! |
| 01.27.05 (9:16 am) [edit] |
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I am really not happy with my dad right now. First, he calls me at 8:45 this morning, while I am still sleeping (because my first class today is at noon, which I am not super happy about; that and the fact that I want to add a class, that I don't really want, but need until 10:00 tonight doesn't make me happy either. If only I could push the whole schedule back 2 hours from 10am-8pm). Anyway, that put me in a bad mood (yes, I know, I need to keep my phone off at night), and he happily announces to me that he is in San Jose. That pissed me off, because I have been making a list of things I forgot, including my bike. The first thing Kelly wants to do when I get here is go for a bike ride, of course. So it pissed me off that he just up and went to San Jose without saying a damn thing to me! I need to shower... Current Mood:  irritated |
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| Favorite songs |
| 01.26.05 (10:39 pm) [edit] |
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I love it when the radio plays my 2nd and 3rd favorite song back to back! It's highly unlikely that they will play my first favorite next tho. Current Mood:  Enjoying Jimmy's sweet riffs and Robert's great voice!What's on: Over the Hills and Far Away - Led Zeppelin |
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| More Denial about School |
| 01.25.05 (8:08 pm) [edit] |
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Today I did squat. Well, that's not entirely true. I didn't buy books or do anything relatively productive. I actually have been with Kelly (whom remember I haven't seen since Halloween) sinc 11:00 this morning to 8:00 this evening. We went to lunch at Chili's, then shopped at Valley Fair. There, I tryied on about 8 tops at Kelly's request at Macy's, and walked away with a Donald Duck shirt from the Disney Store. After throughly perusing that mall, we went to Oakridge (I guess because they have a Target and a Sears). After walking down that mall nearly 1.5 times, from one end to almost the other a fire alarm went off. It never occured to me malls would have fire alarms that would require that the whole complex be evacuated. Of course it was cleared up quickly, and by the time it was Kelly and I had already walked around almost all of the the northern perimeter of the complex. For some reason my mind does not want to accept that school is really happening tomorrow. Perhaps I just don't want to do it. Maybe I am just not super excited about the prospect of having people make me do things. Although, I know that by this time next week-- hell, Monday even, it will seem like I never stopped doing it. Jeremy is complaining about having three classes in one day 2 days a week. A semester doesn't leap to mind when I didn't have 3 classes a day at least one day a week. Crap, my printer needs paper. And I still didn't buy milk...or bring in those snacks. Current Mood:  Not happy about having to get into a schooly routine again.What's on: I Want it All - Queen |
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| Back in my dorm |
| 01.24.05 (8:03 pm) [edit] |
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Well, I am officially back in my room now. A feeling of "Now what?" is upon me. It's kinda strange to be here. I feel very alone right now, but not necessarily in a bad way. I've barely been completely alone this last month. And even if I would go out by myself, people were not far away. At least coming back from this winter break is not as bad as my last one; the first semester back from Disney World, and in this room. Tomorrow is a day to do whatever...probably buy milk, for one thing. Maybe I will see Kelly. Maybe I'll watch Life of Brian which I got for Christmas. Maybe I'll go to the gym. That's what I really need to do! I always think no one ever reads this until I insult my weight or make it clear how depressed I am about something then everyone is there commenting! I guess it's late enough that I can call my boyfriend now. Current Mood:  Kinda...hmmm...
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| Denial About School |
| 01.23.05 (4:55 pm) [edit] |
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I don't know exactly why I am in denial about school. Either I am worried that something will go horribly wrong, which is totally not unheard of; it's a little something I've been paranoid about ever since I was dropped form all of my classes first semester of school. I think that is the biggest issue. I'm not terribly worried about it because I know I paid, and they wouldn't send me my free VTA pass if I wasn't good to go. Worry and I don't want to go back to doing work, especially for any more stupid GE causes me to not want to go back. There are some things I look forward to when going back to school. While I don't feel like I have very much choice in food at school, I get more than at home. Plus I can go to the gym, if I want to go somewhere or do something, I just can. I've felt so bored since Jeremy left. Bored and apathetic. Even if he was just sitting upstairs I wasn't bored. Maybe it's because with him around I knew there was always something to look forward to. I don't feel that same sense of contentedness as I did a week ago. A week ago! It seems like forever ago that he left! Damn, my grandmother's boyfriend is annoying! And not the brightest penny in the fountain. If anyone knows my grandmother's boyfriend and wants to know why, leave a comment and I will tell you. Current Mood:  N/AWhat's on: New England Patriots vs. Pittsburg Steelers |
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| Seeking Good Motivation |
| 01.22.05 (11:15 pm) [edit] |
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I decided a while ago that I really need to not be embonpoint. I only decided yesterday to call my disgusting and shameful body something French to make it sound slightly less repulsive. I know how to do this, and what I need to do. I started doing it once. There are a lot of little stupid reasons that I stopped. Any reason I could come up with is completely inexcusable. So, since I know what to do (use liters of water for meal substitutes, bike for 2 hours at a time everyday, eat nothing with flavor), the question is how I am I going to force myself to stick to it? I have a few ideas. I may do more than one. So, should I: 1. Buy a poster of (particular) woman who I wish to resemble (I even went to the local friendly neighborhood headshop to buy the poster) and put it in a prominent place in my life 2. Put up signs to remind myself of how fat I am for example, Your stomach is fat, You have a double chin 3.Give myself a material goal to shoot for; buy a shirt/underwear/bathing suit that doesn't fit yet and make myself make lose the weight to assure that I don't waste the money. The other question is should I focus on the negative or the positive? Should I display a picture of how I want to look, or what I do not wish to become? Should I put up word that say what I want to be, or how I am and don't want to be? Current Mood:  Deciding on options to motivate myselfWhat's on: Roseanne - We're Going to Disney World (If I recall correctly, they don't have any of the specific magical places anyone I know lovingly refered to as "work"). |
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| Abolishing the phrase PLUS SIZE |
| 01.21.05 (7:48 pm) [edit] |
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Old Navy has decided that heifers such as myself have a right to trendy clothes. However, zaftig people are not allowed (at least at this point) to shop amongst the rest of the stupid cute people. So we shall be resolved to determine in front of our computers how something fits. Perhaps there will come a time where the curvaceous will not be quietly shuffled off to our own little corners of the mall but can shop amongst the small-of-waist and tiny-of-butt. Watch, when "Plus size" does come to Old Navy, it won't be nicely integrated in with the rest of the merchandise, it will be shoved in the back of the store so as not to offend the cute people with mysterious disposable income. What does "plus" mean anyway? If you are annorexially skinny, you are not negative (although you should be; you should be given such an unfavorable label to indicate that you are outside of some ideal range). No, you get to be something cute, and French, petite. Sounds like a pastel-colored pastry with a little frosting flower on it. If you are beyond that range, you are plus it's almost like an inconvinience; they have to add something extra to the store just to accomodate your fatass. I don't want to plus I want to be zoftig, or better yet something French like those petite bitches. I want to be embonpoint (pronounce it, รคn-bOn-pwan!). That sounds like a type of red wine or something. That sounds like something more pleasant to be. Current Mood: Whatever; no one will comment on my rants anyway.What's on: Bernie Mac - Keep It on the Short Grass |
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| What's the deal with ribbon magnets? |
| 01.18.05 (11:16 am) [edit] |
 Tom Tomorrow, the only political blog/comic strip I read regularly has finally been asking the question I've been asking for awhile now, Why all of a sudden are there these ribbon magnets showing support for (most commonly) the troops/the country/breast cancer research on the backs of cars everywhere all of sudden? You no doubt have seen the one these on the back gate of any given car in suburbia:  My father wondered if a red, white, and blue ribbons or yellow ribbons are equated with a Bush vote. That's something I myself have wondered, especially the "God Bless America" one. I want to know why this is all of a sudden a trend. They are almost like how after 9/11 everyone decided that they needed to have an American flag on their car, and anyone who decided they didn't want to jump on the bandwagon either to because they didn't feel that they had to put a sticker on their car to prove how patriotic they were, or they just didn't want to do it because it was a trend, was weird and un-American. Something I haven't seen is parodies of the ribbons out in public. But here are some on the internet.         Unfortunately, I couldn't get the one in support of Cheap SUV Gas There is also this website that has customizable ribbons including slogans like:        and a bunch of anti-Bush statements. Well, the new This Modern World is up. Better go check it out! Current Mood:  WhateverWhat's on: Saturday Night Live #832 - Coffee Talk with Linda Richmond |
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| BORED!!! |
| 01.16.05 (8:46 pm) [edit] |
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OMG!! I am so fucking bored!!! Therefore, I update. I did shit all day. I woke up again at 11:15, didn't go to church, and I have pretty much sat in the same spot on the loveseat all day. Tomorrow, I need to get out of this house and do something, most likely physical. I need to get back to the gym desparately! |
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| Back to the same ol' shit |
| 01.16.05 (12:02 pm) [edit] |
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Yes, I am still alive. I have had many occassions to update, but I didn't for various reasons. This morning at about 5:30, we drove to the airport to send Jeremy on his way home. Right now he's probably sitting around DFW in a layover. I mentioned after Jeremy got here how much I love the moments in the airport for the first time in several months. However, I wasn't convinced that it was worth 2-6 months solemnness. When those moments are contrasted with these, in addition to the apathy I feel about 3/12 months, it's not worth it. Christmas seems like forever and a half ago... Current Mood:  somberWhat's on:Countdown to the Red Carpet: The 2005 Golden Globe Awards (I don't know why either) |
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| One o' these things in photo format |
| 01.05.05 (8:44 pm) [edit] |
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1. What time is it? 9:36 PST 2. Name as it appears on birth certificate: Amanda Lee Harrington 3. Nicknames: Mandy 4. Piercing: ear lobes, 2 in left cartillage, but the one that hurt the worst, was when I got my conscience  5. Eye color: blue 6. Place of birth: San Jose. CA  7. Favorite food: Crab, artichokes 9. Ever been toilet papering? What the hell kinda random question is that? If the whole thing was like that that would be one thing... 10. Love someone so much it made you cry? Yes; catch me again in a week and a half with that one... 11. Been in a car accident? Yes; once where I hit an incredibly cheap lamp pole (which fell like the Old Man in the Mountain in New Hampshire) in downtown Sacramento, and I got hit by some English tourists in Disney World near the Contemporary Resort.  12. Croutons or bacon bits: Croutons (or pies as Mike once called them for reasons completely unknown to any of us to date) 13. Favorite day of the week: Saturday 14. Favorite restaurant: Chili's, Fresh Choice, Joe's Crab Shack, Hooters (yes, I like that restaurant)  15. Favorite flower: Hollyhock 16. Favorite sport to watch: Baseball 17. Favorite drink: Strawberry Daquri, Corona, Orange Mandies (I have recently discovered Orange Mandies are a bit similar to an Aloha Screwdriver), Mountain Dew  18. Favorite ice cream: Half-baked by Ben & Jerry's  OR  19. Disney or Warner Bros.: Mmmm...tough call. Wouldn't mind (really) working for either (meaning no more of that Sunset Ranch shtuff). WB has funnier cartoons...Disney had great movies... 20. Favorite fast food restaurant: I don't really have one anymore 21. What color is your bedroom carpet? Beige 22. How many times did you fail your driver's test? Once 23. Before this one, from whom did you get your last e-mail? The "Transportation Solutions" people of SJSU  24. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card? Hot Topic 25. What you do most often when you are bored? answer surveys like this one, write in mu blog, play on my computer 26. Bedtime: 11:00-1:00 Question 27 & 28 N/A  29. Favorite TV shows: Daria, Twilight Zone, Moose & Squirrel, Powerpuff Girls (when they were still directed by Craig McCracken), Muppet Show, Simpsons, South Park...I guess I don't like to watch real people... 30. Last person you went out to dinner with: My family, maternal grandmother, and my boyfriend! 31. Ford or Chevy? Chevy, only if it is a Corvette between the years of 1968 and 1982, otherwise, no American cars. PS, my next car is a Hybrid  32. What are you listening to right now? Whose Line is It Anyway? on TV 33. What is your favorite color(s)? black. And if you are going to be pick and say black is not a color, cools (blue, green purple) 34. Lake, ocean or river? Ocean, I guess. 35. How many tattoos do you have? None 36. Have you ever run out of gas? No, but I came close in Albequerque (that's a funny city name like Paduka, Walla Walla, and Miami), on my way to Florida 37. When is your Birthday? Febrary 24th 38. Time you finished this. 10:21 And now, to add a new question, like I usually do...  39. What are your favorite video/computer games? Tetris, and Roller Coaster Tycoon |
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