haven't been up to much since the last time i posted. my film class was kinda interesting today. we had a guest speaker who graduated from fullerton in 1995 and he's a freelance editor and director. he lectured a little bit and then he talked about some of the projects he had worked on. i felt like i should go up to him after class and ask him questions, but i couldn't think of any for the life of me, which kinda sucks. i wrote his name down though.

i decided that i am going home this weekend. i'm not really going for a reason, just to go i guess. one of my main motivations is that all of my suitemates, except for one, are going to be gone this weekend and the one who is staying is the ra and she is constantly in and out of the apt., so i'd basically be alone, so i figured why not go home. so i bought my train ticket today. i've never ridden a train, so it proves to be a somewhat new experience. though, most of my time will be spent on a bus, but oh well. : ) i'm excited to go home and see my parents and friends and of course my animals..especially winston. ; ) I miss him so much.

i forgot to mention this in previous posts, but i didn't get the job i had an interview for. i kinda thought the interview went well, though. oh well. i need to go back and see if there are any more jobs available.

today has been 47 yrs. since james dean died...wow.

no doubt - artificial sweetener

well i haven't been doing much of anything lately, except going to school. i got an "a" on both tests i took: one last thursday and one on monday. so those two classes seem to be starting off good.

i had a dream last night and, well, i woke up scared. i had a dream that i got married. i have no idea to whom, all i know is i got married and in my dream i remember looking at my left hand, seeing a ring and thinking, "wow i'm really married." but it had a good feeling attached to it. but i woke up and i was thinking that was not a good dream. i mean i'm honestly freaked out, that's how real it felt...and i'm glad that it was just a dream. i'm not against marriage, just scary to think of being married at my age at this point in my life.

i talked to curt on monday and he said he's been really depressed lately, and after i found out why, i can totally see why. i am still upset w/him but i am not going to mention anything until he is feeling better. i'll let him know that i want to talk to him, but i'll wait, just so he has some sort of a warning. i just think it'd be pretty mean of me to jump on his case about some things when he's already feeling like crap. so who knows when the situation between us is going to pick up the pace.

music: commercial

so yesterday i went to the friends taping. it was a lot of fun, though it was really long. we didn't even leave for home until midnight. but let me give you a run down of the day. : )

there was a "chartered" school bus that was taking us to the taping and we got on the bus about 11:20, 11:30ish and we did not leave fullerton's parking lot until 12:30. i guess all of us needed to be verified that we were on the list and have background checks done. we got to warner brother's stuidos ( i always thought friends was filmed at nbc studios) around 1:30 maybe? somewhere around there. and i must saying...even the freaking bus drivers in southern ca drive crazy. my goodness, parents should know how these bus drivers drive.

anyways, after that we had to stand for about 10 min, in the sun, to get checked in. and i think in that 10 min. i got a little sun burned. though i have noticed that for some reason, in southern ca, it does not take a lot for me to burn/tan. i'm already getting tan lines on my feet from my flip flops and i only wear them too and from class. anyways, then we were taken through an entrance where we had our bags searched and go through a metal detector. then we had to wait some more, but warner brothers was nice of enough to provide us with cartoons to watch while we waited. oh also in that time i went to the bathroom cause once you got inside, you couldn't go to the bathroom w/o a page taking you. then we finally walked over to the studio (can't remember the number...it was twenty-something) and waited even longer for another bag search, though this one was more thorough and another metal detector. they took everyone's cell phone, pagers/beepers, and cameras and put them in a little pouch w/your id. i was like good lord. once i was inside i was just gonna text message monique and tell her i was there and stuff and i couldn't even do that.

so now we are walking inside of the studio and we climb the stairs and i'm like "oh my god, there's monica and chandler's apartment!" hehe yeah, so the page seated us and we got the worst freaking seats. if you're standing in the back of the seats, looking forward, we were on the far left side, very last row. at one point i was in the very corner seat on the last row. we could barely see. to the left of us there was a restaurant, but you had to bend down really low to look through the railings to see that, then we could see monica and chandler's apartment, but we kinda had to bend down a little to see them really well. and on the other side of the seats, there were 2 other sets which we couldn't see at all, so we had to watch the monitors for that one. this particular episode was their 199th, which means we were one week shy of seeing the 200th episode, but i would imagine most of that show may be reserved.

when it was time for the cast intros, everyone stood up and since we were in the back row, we could see them walk out and then we couldn't seem them anymore, which really sucked cause i really wanted to see them. though when they did walk out, i was like "ahhhh!!" lol david schwimmer (ross) directed the episode, he was walking around a lot, so i saw him quite a bit. the only person i didn't see that much was jennifer aniston (rachel) cause most of her scenes were on the other side of the seats. she did some scenes in the restaurant by our seats, but i couldn't see her that well. ooooh, david arquette was there too! that was awesome seeing him. for those who might not know, he's married to courteney cox-arquette. so i was kinda thinking maybe brad pitt should come see jennifer, but nah that didn't happen. ; ) like it would anyways. though, if that did happen, i would have freaked i think.

hmm..oh yeah, the warm up comedian guy kinda sucked. i mean they had a dj in the back that played music in between shots and stuff, but he really didn't talk to us that much. i mean compared to the guy at king of queens, he was nothing. but he did give out some cool prizes, which took most of the night for him to get his butt over to the far left side. but i walked away w/ 2 friends pencils, a pair of sunglasses, a hackey sack, and a photo w/their signatures. i was really excited at first when i got that because i thought they were real autographs, but they weren't. they were printed on there. at least i'm pretty sure they were. i compared mine to my suite mates and they looked exactly the same. but i am still happy w/it. i'm gonna try and buy a frame today and hang it up : )

i'm trying to think..ooooh. they gave us food too. like right when we got there, we each got a slice of pizza and some not cold water and then later in the night we got some more pizza and water. plus candy inbetween from the comedian guy.

all in all i had a great time, even though we were there 8-9 hours. i was a little bummed out about our seats, but hey at least i got to go. : )

well, all in all my day wasn't too bad yesterday. i had my chocolate cake, so it was all good. : ) one of my suitemates, who is also an ra, puts happy birthday signs on the doors of the suites when it's someome's b-day, so i got one of those, which i am gonna take off the door and hang in my room, cause i figure it's a nice gesture...basically lets everyone on your floor know it's your b-day and you know when it's your b-day you want everyone to know about it. ; ) anyways, i took some pics last night of a few of us and the b-day cake and what not. we also had mudslides last night and i must say, i was a little disappointed. i kinda thought they would taste better, but my suitemate says that it could be because her blender didn't blend it well. she also said she knew of mudslides w/rum and some other drink and this brand only had rum. i've never had rum and yeah i couldn't finish it. i just didn't like it that much. it was kinda strong, so i probably only had like half a glass. *shrugs* maybe i just don't have a taste for alcohol, at least not too much. maybe that's a good thing.

hmm...i think that is it...i was kinda bummed off and on yesterday, but i still had fun. better than nothing at all, that's for sure.

music: nirvana - all apologies

hmm...feeling kinda blah today. i dunno, maybe i'm just tired and i have a lot of work to do.

so tomorrow i turn 21. it's weird, one of my suitemates asked me yesterday if i was excited about my birthday and i said kinda. though, really i'm not that excited. i am not sure why. i mean my suitemates are going to cook lasagna, bake me a cake, and we're gonna have some mudslides for my birthday, which is totally awesome of them, seeing how i almost barely know them. it just doesn't feel like my birthday. i am pretty sure it is because i am not home...i am away from my family and friends and it kinda hurts. but i guess i'll get over it...life goes on. oh and i am not going to my night class tomorrow night...bad me. i just gotta find the movie we're watching. i'm afraid i'll have a hard time, cause it's old...like 1920s old. maybe i can ask ong to help me out. : )

i forgot to mention this in previous posts, but i have a job interview this thursday morning. i got a call last friday i think it was. so that is cool, hopefully i can get a job and get some extra spending money. : ) wish me luck.

thank you for the welcome to oc. i will try and stay..but we know how tulare county is a black hole. ; )

music: the strokes - last nite

woooo, 2 days after my last post and i'm posting again! maybe i can keep this up. ; )

there's only 3 of us in the suite this weekend. though i almost want to say 2 because one of the girls (the ra) is in and out all the time and is hardly home, like now. : ) so it's just my actual room mate and i. it was so cool. she made dinner tonight for the both of us. we had friend chicken and rice. oh my it was soooo good. if there is one thing i *really* miss, it's home cooked meals. i'm starting to get tired of eating out of boxes, bags, cups, cans, etc. that was really nice of her. i think i'm gonna try and make dinner sometime for everyone, i just need to figure out what to make.

yesterday, 3 of us rented movies..we got pet semetary, thirteen ghosts, and the count of monte cristo. last night my room mate and i watched the count of monte cristo and it was really good and tonight we watched thirteen ghosts. that one wasn't bad, it was different and *i* thought the cinematography/editing was really good, but just my opinion. oh we watched pet semetary yesterday too. we got 2 scary movies cause it was friday the 13th yesterday. ; )

i forgot to mention in my last blog that i hung out w/ merc and ong last wed. : ) that was really cool...i went to dinner w/them and basically watched them eat cause i already ate and then we got ice cream, which was really good. found out that ong and i have a thing now...we both love friends...i think that's pretty damn cool. : ) i must say that merc and ong look so cute together. they really look happy and that is just awesome. : )

lol a funny thing happened right before i got online. my room mate found a spider, it was kinda big and black and very ugly looking. anyways, she freaks out like i do when it comes to spiders. she started freaking out and then showed me and the first thing i thought of was going to one of the guys' suites and asking them to kill it, so we went next door and a guy named greg was going to come kill it, but 2 other girls were there and one of the girls came and killed it. it's funny cause she's so much smaller than my room mate and i and she just hopped on a chair and killed it. for some reason, it was a little comical. : )

music: no doubt - detective

first, i feel i must apologize for my lack of posted-ness. ; ) i've been kinda busy but not busy ya know? it's not like i've been going out and doing things, but i've been staying home and doing things. but i will try and keep this updated often, cause it bugs me that i haven't : )

not much has really been going on lately. on sept. 6th i went to a taping of the tv show the king of queens. it was pretty cool. i had never been to a tv show taping before, so i really enjoyed it. we sat there for about 4-5 hours and it's cool cause they have like warm-up comedians (i think that's what they're called) to keep you entertained between the different tapings. but wait..i haven't even gotten to the best part...the deal was, if i went to the taping of king of queens *then* i get to go see a taping of friends ahhhhh!! i'm so excited. anyone who knows me well, knows how much of a friends fanatic i am. so that would make me very excited. that taping is on the 20th, so i'll have to let ya guys know how it was. ; )

hmm...yeah, not much is going on. i applied for a few jobs on campus and i was going to apply for this editing job for the tv station on campus, but i read the job description and i am not quite good enough, so i might see about volunteering and maybe i can learn some more from doing that.

curt called me the other night and he knows i am here. he called on monday and then we talked online for a little bit. so i guess i'll see what happens in that department. i'm about 30-40min. away...i hope he calls me back soon...cause, i'm tired of calling him.

alright well, yeah..not that exciting but i updated it...yay! : ) and now time for homework...

music: the cars on the freeway

okay *this* was not fun. was not, was not, was not.

you may have guess already, but this was my first experience w/an earthquake and i will say that i literally freaked out. now the artcile says the quake happened about 12:10am...well, earlier yesterday night, there were 2 small ones. it shook for like a second, then paused and then shook again for another second. that one was kinda weird, cause i could actually feel the building sway back and forth (i live on the top floor of the building.) though, the big one, i felt more of a rattling and not so much swaying. funny, i always thought it'd be kinda cool to feel an earthquake, but it is not. i guess if you've lived in southern ca all your life or for sometime, you maybe somewhat used to it, but i am not. i always knew in the back of my mind that if i came to southern ca, i might feel an earthquake, but not in my first 2 weeks living here. for those who might not know, this quake was centered in yorba linda, which is about 3 miles from here, so we got a pretty good jolt. i am still a little freaked by it...but only if i think about it... : \

music: live - i walk the line

i'm back!! as ross on friends would say, "a-woohoo!!" i will warn you now, this will probably be a long post, so bare w/me. i could make it longer w/details, but i won't, well, i'll try not to. : )

so i've been in fullerton almost 2 weeks, and i think it *finally* hit me that i am here. ; ) i'm slowly getting used to the fact that this will be my home for 9 months. for a while it felt like i was just at camp or something.

i left wed. morning, the 21st, around 8:30am. got up at 5 that morning cause we still had to load the car. i didn't wind up taking stuff like my tv, vcr, scanner, radio and a few vides and cds because there was just no room in the car. so i got here and i met my suitemates and they're all really awesome. my actual room mate is cool too, so that is nice. my room mate is vanessa (vee for short) and my suite mates are melissa, becky, and jen (the ra) for those who don't know who an ra is, they're the people in charge basically. they exist to make sure you're following the rules and what not. so, since i live w/ an ra, there's only 5 people in the suite, not 6, cause the ra gets her own room. jen is really cool and laid back, so i am not worried. not that i'm a rule breaker or something. : )

when we first got here they had a program called pow, which if you paid $20, you got to go to a lot of activities and what not. so that was kinda cool. you got to meet people from the residences and things like that. the coolest thing we did was go to huntington beach. i hadn't been to the beach in about 3 years, so that was nice. got there around 5 or so and vee and i walked down to the water and got our feet wet and i took some pictures and then when it got dark, they built a bonfire and i stood there for the remainder of the night cause i all i had on to keep me warm was a thin jacket. and i buried my feet in the sand to keep them warm. that was friday the 23rd and on the 24th, we were going to santa monica, but i didn't go cause i went to merc's wedding (which i will talk about.) it was also the 23rd when i started getting sick. i was only here 2 or 3 days and then i got sick. i would imagine it's because i've been on the go since the 20th and i haven't had any rest. but i am getting better, which is good. coughing is my main problem right now.

so, let me talk about chris and andrea's wedding. i'll tell ya, it was so nice. i mean, it was wonderful sitting there and watching them get married. granted, i haven't known chris and andrea as long as some you have, but i am so happy for them, i can't describe it. eddie was kind of enough to pick me up and bring me home, which i really appreciate. i doubt he reads this, but just in case, thanks eddie. : ) i also saw IP, though we were not formally introduced. i heard eddie call him issac and i just kinda put 2 and 2 together. aren't i smart? : ) anyways, back to the wedding. of course, me being the sap that i am, cried during the wedding. i couldn't help it..i was so happy for them and then andrea started crying while repeating her wedding vows and that did it..lol. i also kinda cried when they showed a little 10 min. video about chris and andrea. though, i think a lot of emotion was stemming from like this whole moving thing and my life changing as well. in short, the wedding was beautiful and the reception was fun. i even got out there and danced a little. i also danced w/chris during the money dance. i got some pics of the wedding...can't wait to see how they came out. : ) so anyways, many *hugs* and congrats to them. : )

some of you may be wondering, "amanda, how do you like southern ca?" well, hmm...i keep thinking that it takes time to grow an appreciation for southern ca. i think my appreciation would grow quicker if i wasn't stuck w/o a car, which seems to be my biggest problem. cause if i want to go to the store or go do my laundry, i have to ask someone to take me. but anyways, back to socal...it's..hmm...different. there is just some kind of air around here and it's hard to put your finger on it. the atmosphere is totally different. the people are different. trendy just ooozes out of these people here (i'm mainly talking about the younger people.) a lot of pretty girls around here....which i'm thinking, "how in the hell do i compete w/that?" and, well, i've seen some cute guys i guess. nothing to write home to mom about. though there's a cute guy living next door, really pretty eyes and a cute guy living on this floor too, but other than that, no one has really stood out. i can't explain it, but it's just different here. i can't quite put my finger on it. the pace here is much faster than where i live. everyone seems in a hurry and there is a slight rudeness in the air, but i expected those things. so i guess all in all i like it, i just can't wait to get out and see some things, though i am not sure when or how that is going to happen.

i figure since i'm here i will mention curt. i haven't seen or heard from him since the 20th. i got a hold of him on the 20th and told him...well, reminded him that i was moving and stuff. and then i called him after i got here on the 22nd and i didn't get a hold of him, called him on the 23rd and didn't get a hold of him (now i'm starting to freak out) call him on sunday the 25th, have a short conversation w/his dad and find out he drove across country to south carolina. grrrrrrrrr!!!!!! so yeah, he and his best friend (who is stationed in south carolina) drove back there and curt's dad said he'd be him in a week and that was last sunday. not too thrilled that curt didn't tell me he was leaving, espeically knowing that i was moving, but whatever. i imagine i will try and call him tues or wed.

so that's what's been going on in a nutshell. sorry it's long, but i hope you've enjoyed reading it. so yeah, i think i'm gonna go now and get some reading done...ta ta for now!