1.08.2011

Disappearing Act

1 comments Posted by Amanda at 10:50 PM

I've taken a longer than long hiatus, but I'm back, more experienced, somewhat wiser, and changed. Nothing particularly earth-shattering happened, just life. I'm not going to make any excuses for why I've been away for so many months...there is no excuse. I set out to accomplish a goal, I grew lazy, said I didn't have time when I most likely could have made time, and neglected writing. For a long time now I've felt like something was missing, and I've realized what it was; I've missed writing. I've never been a huge writer...I've been gifted with endless journals all very beautiful and full of crisp white pages just begging to be written on, but every time I've started I end up getting the same weird feeling. I'm one of the most outgoing shy people you'll ever meet, and whenever I write my thoughts down on paper I always feel weird reading them back....like it's stupid that I thought that or felt that way etc. Writing in this blog provided me a way to write and realize that others are right there with me, even if we don't know each other personally. It's a pretty cool feeling.

A lot has happened since the last time I posted. I'm not going to bore you and write pages in this post, because there's no point. There's just too much. But I'll slip in things here and there over the next little while.

So I'm back. Maybe not everyday, but I'm sure going to try. Keep me honest followers!!

xo



 

3.26.2010

Leaving on a Jet Plane

3 comments Posted by Amanda at 1:03 AM

I feel like a deserter. For those who actually read my blog, I'm sorry I haven't been around lately. So much for my New Years resolution.  Between finishing all my projects for university and lesson planning like there's no tomorrow for my month of student-teaching half the curriculum, I've been exceedingly busy. I've been averaging about 4 hours sleep a night, which for me, is bad....to function long-term, I need about 7.

Anyway, for the following week, that (most of it) is behind me as I vacation in the Dominican Republic and gorge myself at the swim-up bar =D  Yes, that's right, this pale-y is headed for darker days as she ventures waaaay down south and meets up for a long overdue date with the sun.  I'm going with my family (mom, dad, and younger brother) and it's our first family vacation in 6 years! Needless to say, I'm extremely excited.

As it stands right now, I got home from doing parent teacher interviews at about 9 tonight, and started packing. I unfortunately ended up having to bring a bit of work with me, but I plan to work for about an hour or so each morning before hitting the beach/pool and I should manage to get most of it finished.  At this point (1 am) I'm just not going to sleep. Our cab comes at 3:30 and our plane takes off at 6.  We fly to Toronto, have a 6 hour layover, then off to the D.R.

Just to give everyone a quick update, I've now finished my fourth year of university (1 more year left!) and I started my student-teaching block this week. I'll be teaching about 50% of the school day, every day.  I've put together a 4-book literature circle - for those who don't know what it is, it's basically novel studies within a group, each student gets grouped according to interest and reading level.  They get questions and "jobs" they have to complete and hand in, and benefit from group discussion which helps them not just read the book but really read the book for deeper understanding and meaning. I've planned the entire thing, from choosing the books to creating activities to scheduling, reading assignments etc. It's been an undertaking, but I think I just might have pulled it off! The second unit I'm planning is in Social Studies. This is the one I have to take with me on my trip to work on...I just didn't have enough time to put it together in its entirety. But oh well. I'll be done my block at the end of April...but I love these kids so much, I just might have to stay another week or so to be pressure free and just help out in the class. Not sure on that yet.  We'll see how frazzled I am at the end of my block.

Anyway, I have a couple more things to organize before I leave, so farewell for now.

xo

 

3.17.2010

Life on Gossip Girl

6 comments Posted by Amanda at 12:35 AM

I will be the first to admit, I'm a Gossip Girl-aholic. I know it's had some bad press in terms of young teens watching the show and there being content on there that's not appropriate for them, but I'm not getting into that. That's a whole other post on parenting and what parents let their kids do an watch. BUT anyway, being that I watch the show, I have to say that I wish life were really like that sometimes. As I was watching yesterday's episode, I tweeted this:  

Why can't relationships be like those on Gossip Girl? 
Tons of sex, lots of retail therapy, and boys who really love their girls.

Don't get me wrong... the b.s. that goes on in this show is absolutely ridiculous...the lies, the cheating, the "I'm a teenage billionaire so I'm going to buy my way to get things", the excessive drama...

I can do without all that. However, when you strip all that away, you get Nate and Serena, Blair and Chuck, and Dan and Vanessa.  And although each relationship has their own difficulties, as any relationship does and should, they all have tons of sex, tons of shopping, and when the cards are all in, they all truly love each other. *SPOILER ALERT* For those who haven't watched this week's episode, don't read this. Nate has waited for several years, according to the storyline to be with Serena...and he's stayed in the background (except for that incident in the first season where he and Serena got drunk and had sex...) watching her go through everything til he knew he could sweep in and be her prince charming. Chuck and Blair...they've come such a long way...in this week's episode, that instance where Blair goes down to the bar to check on him after he tells them about his mother...the look he gives her with the kiss? Not going to lie...I kinda wish someone would look at me like that sometime soon...  And then there's Dan and Vanessa...the perpetual best friend guy/girl pair who give in to the sexual tension FINALLY! So long as nothing happens (but really, c'mon...this is Gossip Girl...of COURSE something is going to happen...) to their relationship, they will be perfect and there's no secrets between them.

Listen to me talking about and analyzing characters from a tv show as though they were real people. Good grief! What is wrong with me?! But anyway, to end this who ramble, what if life were really like that? You were able to find someone that you really loved being around, the sex was fantastic, AND you got to spend tons of money to look fabulous without even thinking about how expensive it all was? 

On a closing note: I'm going super blonde in a matter of a few hours from now! My stylist Jessica is amazing and I love her...we have a ton of fun together =) Here's the picture that I'm bringing her as a model for the hair colour I want:
Yes, this is Drew Barrymore, I know that.
So in essence, I will be going with a lighter base colour, with lighter highlights on top. This is the blondest I will be since I was a really little kid with wheat-coloured hair running around in the summer sun, so it'll be a huge change. I will most definitely include a post about the whole experience tomorrow =) So that I am bound to doing it instead of finding other things to do, I will also be starting something called "Writing Wednesdays" in which I showcase some of my writing that I've done over the years at the plea of several of my 20sb friends =) AND I will also do a post which is entirely dedicated to Dyinetch who has gifted me with another 2 blog awards, to which I will finally respond =)

xo

 

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