So.  Um.  Saturday.

 

I've been to the March for Life several times.  I've helped with demonstrations and protests on campus.  I've gotten pretty good at stickin' it to the man and carrying signs and singing songs and being all loud and obnoxious and political to get my point across.  The past few years I've started focusing my energy on a positive solution to the problem by fundraising for the local Pregnancy Resource Center, organizing diaper drives and bake sales.  That stuff is easy.

 

 

( And I'm calling out... )

 

Hallowe'en festivities start TONIGHT, I am SO PUMPED, this is my freaking FAVORITE holiday!!!

yayayayayayaayyaay.

That is all.

Nope, nothing constructive to say.

So I wanted to do these every Thursday, but I spent literally all day this Thursday working on homework for thermodynamics (and yet I still can't figure out how to stay sufficiently warm when crossing the drillfield to class :-P) and didn't have time to do a "lesson." I'm calling it a lesson not because I feel like I'm preaching, but because I feel like an English teacher :-P Hey, if this whole engineering, saving-the-world thing doesn't work out, maybe I'll fall back on that original dream :-P

Anyway. On to this week's song.

( ooooooh, rebuild, rebuild )

I feel the need to write something deep now to make up for my shallow little excursion into the world of shoes from the other day.  I wrote that because shopping relieves stress for me, even if it's shopping online and especially if I don't actually buy anything, just look.  Yeah.

 

 

( be warned- this one's long )

 

And now for something completely different.

Today I really feel like posting about one of my favorite things in the entire world- something that can make my day better, no matter how terrible it is.

( This post is really a lot more shallow than the last one was. )

It's time for another episode of "Amanda's Favorite SYTYCD Routines"

( I'm such a dork )

First of all: here's to a speedy recovery for Papaw.  Glad to hear everything went okay.  Like I said on Facebook, the hospital is a crummy place to spend your birthday :(

And now, it's time for another one of those "movies I want to see" posts- this time, all trailers!

( movies movies movies )

Tonight there was a "So You Think You Can Dance?" special on- their top 15 performances ever.  They showed 3 of the best dances from each of the 5 seasons, plus the executive producer's pick as his all-time-favorite.  Of the dances they showed, I'd like to share my favorite.

( this is pretty amazing )

Sweaty professors in classrooms with no air conditioning.  Impossibly long lines in dining halls to order the best food in the nation (just ask the Princeton Review!).  The smell of manure in the air. 

That's right, folks- Virginia Tech is back in session!

( I love the smell of engineering paper in the morning )

...and the media is making him out to be more awesome than he really is AGAIN!

( yay for pointing out the obvious )

I'm bored.  We'll see how this goes.
( this turned out to be much longer and less interesting than i'd planned )

Y'all don't waste any time, do you?  Are you all subscribed to this via RSS feed or something?  Or can you all read my mind and know when I post?

*Shrug*

( You don't even care that I was unaware how fine you was before my Bud set in... )

I'm beginning to wonder why I haven't canceled this account yet.  Hmm.  Maybe it's so I can post the occasional drabble (like this one) when I get bored.
( Shush girl, shut your lips... )

OHMYGOSH RING WEEKEND!

I had such an amazing time.  My ring is beautiful (and big!), Tyler had a great time (and he, on principle, detests school dances), we both looked gorgeous, and the food was great :)  They didn't do fireworks on the drillfield because, unfortunately, it rained all weekend.  The weather is beautiful now, of course.  >.<

Pictures are on Facebook and I'm waiting for my friend's boyfriend to email some around (he's got a professional-grade camera and is sort of a photography nut).

Of course now it's time to get back to the real world.  I have 2 tests this week and 3 next week.  Ew.

So I figured it's pretty pointless of me to update this anymore because the only people who ever bothered to read it can now Facebook-stalk me... but someone (rather unexpected) asked me why I haven't written anything in forever so... this is for him :)

So.  Where to start?

( click to read, if you want to )

...Mammaw got a Facebook.

I'm still kind of in shock.

I guess the only coherent thought I have right now is that I hope I'm as cool and good with technology as she is when I'm a grandmother...

First, about pictures:
The only pictures that I have that no one else has from Christmas can be found here:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2319243&l=33f1a&id=6238040

Mom has all of my Christmas '08 pictures, including these, on her computer so she can upload them to her photo site.  Also, I'm fresh out of blank CD's, so if you'd like a CD please ask her.

Second:
I have a job!  At the Student Call Center.  Orientation to their computer system is next Sunday, then I get to start calling people and begging for money.

Third:
Yes, someone was killed tonight at the Graduate Life Center.  No, I don't know who it was or any of the details.  They have someone in custody and are telling us to stay away from the GLC right now.  That's all anybody knows.

Fourth:
March for Life is tomorrow...

So, it's that day.  The one that some have been looking forward to more than the second coming of Christ and others have been dreading. 

I am talking, of course, about the first day of classes for spring semester.

Here's a bit of what I've been doing instead of watching TV:
( click to learn how to avoid the mess )

This should be a fun little post.

There are lots of good movies out right now, and more that will be coming to theaters this year and the next.  Here's a line-up of what I want to see (though I doubt I'll actually see them in theaters).

( click if you wanna see )

( 2010 movies )