Amy - ProfilesArchive

About Me

I'm a full-time college student. I worked in Corporate America for a great many years until just recently. I quit the 9 to 5 gig and went back to school to finish my degree.

Check out my blog to read up on my slogging through college as an adult. And heads up, it doesn't get any easier the older you get. If you are thinking about doing any kind of education for yourself (GED, Professional Certification, etc.) - do it to it y'all!!

As for the rest of me, that's way too complicated to narrow down in an easy to read format on some website. Some highlights: mother, wife, student, vegan, yogi, sober, redhead.

One of my favorite songs of all time...

My Interests

Hubert Selby Jr. There is an interview on the 'extras' section of the Requiem for a Dream dvd that I could, and should watch every single day. I've seen Fight Club more times that I should - I love the honesty of the movie.

I'd like to meet:

All kinds who are kind. Namaste!

Music:

Currently playing: Yo-yo-ma, Arcade Fire, Loretta Lynn, Lucinda Williams, Gerry Rafferty and Radiohead.

Movies:

Only DVD on the computer these days, we are a TV free household.Blood Diamond, Children of Men, Gladiator, The Departed, No Direction Home (Bob Dylan), The baseball documentaries by Ken Burns, Band of Brothers series, Office Space, American History X, and on and on and on and on and on...

Television:

I'm a Buffy slave.....

Books:

"The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go." Dr. Seuss

Of mice and men, Go ask Alice, I know why the caged bird sings, Are you there God, it's me Margaret, To Kill a Mockingbird, Catcher in the rye, The color purple, James and the Giant peach, Fast food nation, and on and on and on and on and on...

Heroes:

Muhammed Ali. Johnny Cash. June Carter Cash. My daughter. My husband. Leonard Cohen. Bob Dylan. John Steinbeck. Loretta Lynn. Hubert Selby Jr.

My Blog

College Life 3/27/08

Winter Quarter is over and grades are in...Geology 3.1Math 3.9Religion 3.6I made the Dean’s List, but barely. With all the college application, taxes, financial aid nightmare I had going on last...
Posted by Amy on Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:23:00 PST

College Life - 2/19/08

My application for the UW is completed. I submitted it electronically on Friday, and they accepted the application. Now I wait for an online password to check the status of said application. I won't h...
Posted by Amy on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 08:34:00 PST

College Life - Winter Quarter 1/25/08

Updating to be 1/25/08 Okay, changing my mind again. Going to go ahead and apply for Fall quarter at UW. Why the hell not right? I'll just hope and pray the classes I need will be offered in Summer, a...
Posted by Amy on Thu, 24 Jan 2008 03:12:00 PST

College Life, Winter Quarter 1/21/08

17 credits, damn! I've been having a SUPER hard time trying to figure out when to do my math homework. The software is NOT compatible with a Mac, which I have at home and the computers in the lab have...
Posted by Amy on Mon, 21 Jan 2008 01:45:00 PST

College Life - Winter Quarter - 1/03/08

Classes are back in session - yay!!Introduction to Eastern Religion - 9am There are less people than I would have thought, only 9 students registered so far. Last quarter (for Western Religion) wa...
Posted by Amy on Thu, 03 Jan 2008 08:28:00 PST

College Life - Fall Quarter 12/18

My grades were finally posted today. I had finals last week and then I took a couple of days off from thinking... Math 3.2 English Literature 3.9 Religion 4.0 I wish I had put some more time into the ...
Posted by Amy on Tue, 18 Dec 2007 11:20:00 PST

Brown-bag beauty blog - check it out!!

Are you like me? Do you love beauty products and all things girly related? Then come on over and check out my beauty blog...http://brownbagbeautyblog.blogspot.com/Since I left my professional career t...
Posted by Amy on Sun, 09 Dec 2007 02:52:00 PST

College Life 11/14/07

It's my mother's birthday today, I forgot to call her. I wanted to get out of the house on time this morning, but crying child delayed things considerably. I wanted to go to the gym, but my workout sw...
Posted by Amy on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 09:45:00 PST

Romeo the Cat - 1991-2007

I had to put my cat to sleep today. She hadn't eaten in almost a week and was ailing more and more every day. I came home last night and she looked pretty sad. I called the vet and explained what was ...
Posted by Amy on Wed, 10 Oct 2007 09:42:00 PST

College Life - Fall Quarter 9/28

My first week back at school is now completed - yay!!I had to buy more supplies - a flash drive, parking pass, pay the remainder of my tuition that was due, folders for handing in homework, etc. About...
Posted by Amy on Fri, 28 Sep 2007 01:37:00 PST