tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52435488437319117182024-03-13T12:46:12.816-05:00Keeping Up With MyselfThatOneRedheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03106328326147511259noreply@blogger.comBlogger112125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5243548843731911718.post-83804358974282573182011-07-04T13:21:00.000-05:002011-07-04T13:21:09.496-05:00HAHAHAHAHAHAThatOneRedheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03106328326147511259noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5243548843731911718.post-50924249010123615152011-04-27T22:31:00.000-05:002011-04-27T22:31:46.758-05:00I am so glad that I didn't put "Write more blog posts" on my list of New Year's Resolutions. I'm not a big fan of setting myself up for failure.
With the end of my semester (NTS: taking two classes while working full time is DUMB) approaching quickly, I would like to take this time to remind myself of things that I like and will get to enjoy the second that I finish the busy work that Dr. Idiot ThatOneRedheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03106328326147511259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5243548843731911718.post-62444186135081782582011-01-02T21:10:00.000-06:002011-01-02T21:10:30.091-06:00A good dayI love lists. (My entire family just went "duh".) One of my favorite things about the start of the year is the cultural endorsement of massive amounts of list making. As one of the things I'd like to keep up with in the new year is blogging, here's some of my favorites:
Movies that we will watch in January (from the AFI list)
1. Cabaret
2. Star Wars
3. American Grafitti
Home Improvements we ThatOneRedheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03106328326147511259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5243548843731911718.post-54207093209149190892010-12-16T20:33:00.000-06:002010-12-16T20:33:05.617-06:00When I get the chance, I like to volunteer with high school and younger kids and try to get them interested in careers in math and science. To this end, here is my list of awesome things about engineering/math/science:
1. Engineers often get to wear jeans to work.
2. If you are a female engineer, there is never a line for a bathroom.
3. If you go into math and science, people will always think ThatOneRedheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03106328326147511259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5243548843731911718.post-59480873303966721792010-10-13T21:18:00.000-05:002010-10-13T21:18:16.328-05:00Today I amI know that I have a lot to be grateful for. Growing up in the church, that gets beaten into your head on a regular basis, especially whenever a missionary on sabbatical comes to visit. Clean water, food, not having to be mutilated when you forget a hat--despite everyone's best efforts, these aren't things I'm grateful for; they're things that I pity others for not having. Maybe not the ThatOneRedheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03106328326147511259noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5243548843731911718.post-19466902675418650492010-07-11T16:16:00.002-05:002010-07-15T19:30:44.354-05:00Another book memeSlightly better than the last book meme, but still several duplications and way too much Jane Austen.
An X indicates a book that you've read. Italics indicate one that you've started but haven't finished.
[x] 1 Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen
[x] 2 The Lord of the Rings – JRR Tolkien
[x] 3 Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte
[x] 4 Harry Potter series – JK Rowling
[x] 5 To Kill a Mockingbird – HarperThatOneRedheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03106328326147511259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5243548843731911718.post-17399048003257637732010-06-18T17:31:00.000-05:002010-06-18T17:31:28.995-05:00RequiemIn paradisum deducant te Angeli:
in tuo adventu suscipiant te Martyres,
et perducant te in civitatem sanctam Ierusalem.
Chorus Angelorum te suscipiat,
et cum Lazaro quondam paupere æternam habeas requiem.
May Angels lead you into paradise;
may the Martyrs receive you at your coming
and lead you to the holy city of Jerusalem.
May a choir of Angels receive you,
and with ThatOneRedheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03106328326147511259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5243548843731911718.post-56557625658284299532010-06-17T18:22:00.000-05:002010-06-17T18:22:24.014-05:00I really like the changes to Blogger. To celebrate them, here's how I've spent the last hour of my day:
ThatOneRedheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03106328326147511259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5243548843731911718.post-6171381794342286402010-06-01T20:19:00.000-05:002010-06-01T20:19:41.866-05:00What Amy IsReading:
The Power of Myth - Joseph Campbell
Written in an interview style, I'm really enjoy Campbell's ability to apply mythology to modern culture. I've just started this one, but B.J. tells me that I've made a good choice in my library book this week.
Watching:
Glee!
This season started picking up steam with Neil Patrick Harris's guest role. Given the first five minutes of this ThatOneRedheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03106328326147511259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5243548843731911718.post-46076098906686344192010-05-08T16:02:00.000-05:002010-05-08T16:02:38.686-05:00Two years ago...Two years ago, I was sitting in room G-3 of the Electrical Engineering building. It was Thursday of dead week, and I was listening to senior design presentations. Some guy fainted while giving his. It was the most exciting thing to happen all semester in that class, but I wasn't paying attention. Once my class got out, I was planning on leaving Rolla for St. Charles, blowing off my marketing ThatOneRedheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03106328326147511259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5243548843731911718.post-73878611911457125612010-02-19T13:58:00.000-06:002010-02-19T13:58:06.983-06:00What Amy Is...Reading: Tess D'Ubervilles, Penguin Classic edition.
I'm a sucker for a pretty book, and the rereleased Penguin series are a serious level two contender in my collection of pretty books. (Level one is the leather bound gilded editions, Level two is pretty covers, Level 3 is unusual normal editions, like my autographed Terry Prachett books.) I'm finding James slow going, but the premise is ThatOneRedheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03106328326147511259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5243548843731911718.post-4674886474619036042010-02-02T20:31:00.001-06:002010-02-02T20:31:03.346-06:00ThatOneRedheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03106328326147511259noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5243548843731911718.post-63192851665041844782010-01-05T17:48:00.000-06:002010-01-05T17:48:10.506-06:00What Amy is:
Reading:
The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories by H.P. Lovecraft
Generally, I'm not a fan of horror or suspense stories, as I find they get predictable after a few iterations, but Lovecraft manages to keep surprising you with the tales of the grotesque and supernatural. He writes primarily from the first person point of view, which brings to mind the telling of ThatOneRedheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03106328326147511259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5243548843731911718.post-44477853439601698942009-11-24T21:49:00.002-06:002009-11-24T21:52:05.129-06:00SurveyQuestions about B.J., answered by Amy, and commented on by B.J.
1. He's sitting in front of the TV, what is on the screen?
Her: On the TV, Seinfeld, So You Think You Can Dance, or whatever movie off the AFI top 100 list that we're watching. If TV=his computer, then X-Files or Star Trek
Him: That's a good answer.
2. You're out to eat; what kind of dressing does he get on his salad?
Her: ThatOneRedheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03106328326147511259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5243548843731911718.post-9037319969075326842009-11-19T17:29:00.000-06:002009-11-19T17:29:03.849-06:00Good things about unemploymentI'm in no danger of becoming an Pollyana, but unemployment does have a few benefits.
1. Sleeping in - After months of waking up daily at 5AM, sleeping until 8 feels decadently lazy.
2. Free time around the holidays - My niece is coming down for Thanksgiving, and since I won't be working, I'll have plenty of uninterrupted time to play with her.
3. Lunch with husband - Beej has been coming home ThatOneRedheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03106328326147511259noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5243548843731911718.post-10091432676777393892009-11-05T07:02:00.002-06:002009-11-05T07:03:26.374-06:00How to Carve a PumpkinStep 1: Assemble tools and move breakables out of the way.
Step 2: Disembowel the pumpkin.
Step 3: Make bad jokes about cannibalism
Step 4: Collect innards and separate out seeds for flicking at each other.
Step 5: Begin to carve.
Step 6: Light!
Step 7: Make allusions to Count Von Count from Sesame Street and Harry Potter having inappropriate relations.
ThatOneRedheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03106328326147511259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5243548843731911718.post-62314410346260311582009-10-21T21:06:00.002-05:002009-10-21T21:06:45.008-05:00Due ProcessI wanted to write a new blog entry, but all I can think about is how sensitive adults can be.
That and the Manson murders.ThatOneRedheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03106328326147511259noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5243548843731911718.post-34153718584954893272009-09-16T07:24:00.000-05:002009-09-16T07:24:01.623-05:00The Mandarin GameA couple days ago, I remembered a diversity training game that we played when I was in RA training. It was called the Mandarin Game.
It's set up with everybody sitting in a circle. (When we played, it was a big circle, with easily sixty people.) The premise is that there is a little old Mandarin Chinese man somewhere in the world. As the jury, the group must decide what the Mandarin's life is ThatOneRedheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03106328326147511259noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5243548843731911718.post-24357721805800685132009-09-11T11:49:00.002-05:002009-09-11T11:49:56.851-05:00How Machiavellian are you?I'm an 82.ThatOneRedheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03106328326147511259noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5243548843731911718.post-590223242896572972009-08-30T11:32:00.002-05:002009-08-30T11:32:38.013-05:00Quote:"Doesn't matter what the press says. Doesn't matter what the politicians or the mobs say. Doesn't matter if the whole country decides that something wrong is something right. This nation was founded on one principle above all else: the requirement that we stand up for what we believe, no matter the odds or consequences. When the mob and the press and the whole world tell you to move, your job is ThatOneRedheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03106328326147511259noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5243548843731911718.post-7452188840036365652009-08-27T20:43:00.000-05:002009-08-27T20:43:42.442-05:00B.J.:
81 words
Typing Test
Amy:
77 wordsTypingtestThatOneRedheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03106328326147511259noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5243548843731911718.post-73197560573317669702009-08-25T12:02:00.002-05:002009-08-26T13:38:00.638-05:00Charles Bukowski“Let it enfold you”either peace or happiness,let it enfold youwhen i was a young manI felt these things weredumb,unsophisticated.I had bad blood, a twistedmind, a precariousupbringing.I was hard as granite, Ileered at thesun.I trusted no man andespecially nowoman.I was living a hell insmall rooms, I brokethings, smashed things,walked through glass,cursed.I challenged everything,was continually ThatOneRedheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03106328326147511259noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5243548843731911718.post-20268653243425060512009-08-25T08:13:00.000-05:002009-08-25T08:33:51.360-05:00Apple Store -1Last night was a disappointing evening at the Apple Store. I'd been unable to burn a dvd on my Macbook Pro, and troubleshooting pointed to the dvd write head needing replacement. I made an 8pm appointment at the Genius Bar, and arrived at the recommended 7:55pm toting the computer, power supply, and dvds I'd used, and secure in the knowledge that I had seven months before the Applecare warranty ThatOneRedheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03106328326147511259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5243548843731911718.post-36200238763517273032009-08-21T07:09:00.000-05:002009-08-21T07:21:04.181-05:00Things that make a bad week better1. A new haircut2. Batman: The animated series3. Agatha Christie novels4. Frog in a Blender icy5. New pictures of Lexi eating noses.6. Griffin Clarifi iPhone case7. Pandora.com8. Funny people on twitter9. Candles10. Husband who does all of the housework and still puts me to bed at 9:30ThatOneRedheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03106328326147511259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5243548843731911718.post-69326779816172171002009-08-12T17:34:00.000-05:002009-08-12T18:45:36.983-05:00Quarter Life CrisisWashington Post ArticleRegarding a quarter life crisis:Dear People Currently In Crisis, In the immortal words of Drew Carey, "You say you're pissed off that life didn't turn out the way you wanted it to? There's a group for that. It's called 'Everybody.' They meet at the bar."The crisis will subside after a while.Love,Me----------------------------------------------------------------Dear Baby ThatOneRedheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03106328326147511259noreply@blogger.com1