Remember those dolls that were cupcakes? Whose skirts were covered with thin pleats and could be flipped up or down to switch between cupcake and doll? Who wore hats that looked like sugary iced cupcake tops and who smelled like artificial strawberry and vanilla? Mmmm. I had that particular smell in my mind this evening and thought of the cupcake dolls. All my thoughts seem to be pink these days ^_^.

I got a betta fish today! He's pink! I think I will name him Strawberry.

So the priest from St. Joseph's Parish in Germany where we were hosted for the first two weeks of our trip visited us on Thursday. His sister lives in New Hampshire, and so he came down for lunch. We took him to Legal Seafood, and he was excited about eating oysters, which are a rare delicacy in Germany. I had to run and give my presentation for 6UAT, which is a shame. I would have liked to spend longer with him. Father Rudolf was the one to greet us at the airport once we arrived in Dusseldorf. I must confess I expected someone much older--- the priests I know have always been the kind grandfatherly kind. But he was rather young, with a cute sense of humor, little round glasses, and impeccable English, and I took to him immediately. The younger people in the parish all loved him and addressed him with "Rudi".


Ysterday, the Anime club showed Ranma 1/2. I went with Janet and Vivian. It was my first time seeing the subbed version, and their first time seeing the anime at all. We all loved it ^_^. Janet and I hung out in my room until really late, listening to music, talking, and eating, and she read through my Ranma manga collection.



Today was the great glass pumpkin sale. I got a little clear and green speckled pumpkin. And for my parents I got a slightly larger orange, green, blue and white mottled pumpkin with a perfect curly blue stem. The pumpkins were all so goreous. I was sad to take my pumpkins away from their colorful pumpkin friends. They all seemed so happy together.

So, in 6UAT, our communications class, we are supposed to give a concept talk to high school students about some technical idea. This really excites me ^_^. Higher level concepts and explaining them really excites me. I've thrown around the idea of being a high school teacher before. What will I talk about? The concepts behind AM/FM radio? An adder circuit? FPGA's?


Being the opinionated and picky person that I am, I am planning a new section of my blog called, "Amy tells it like it is" where I give my opinion on everything from restaurants to software to pocky flavors. Princess Diaries fans will recognize that it's taken from Lilly's T.V. show "Lilly tells it like it is." These are the Sailor Diaries after all.

I spent my long weekend:


* Pursuing good food: I ate out at 9 tastes, Cafe Sushi, and California Pizza Kitchen.


* Configuring my laptop to run Red Hat Linux, OpenGL (Mesa), and GLUT. I will document my particular process for anyone who'd like to do likewise, since browsing through many incomplete instructional websites was a rather painful experience.


* Not buying a fish--- since Petco's bettas were all sick.


* Shopping a bit at the Galleria. I heart Claires and H & M and KB Toys. I am a 10 year old.


* Rearranging my room. I think it's pretty. I think it could use one of the cushy round tilted bowl chairs that's currently on sale at Urban Outfitters.

I had a nice 2 weeks at home before heading back to school. My parent's new house is coming along. We picked out flooring, and wall colors. My room will be yellow. I'm not usually a yellow person, but I think it's warm and cozy and perfect for a bedroom.


Here is the art studio on the second floor that I'm totally excited about. I get to paint it ^_^.





Here are some views of the first floor: entrance and living room.








I also had my birthday, so I added the usual picture under Girl - Pictures. My mom made me a carrot cake--- it was delicious. The electricity was out during my birthday because of the hurricane, but otherwise we were unharmed.


I got to do a bit of painting, meet up with my Japanese tutor of a couple summers ago, and just bum around.

First day of class. Many assignments already. Bouts of battling strep throat and the blisters induced by medicine. The cutest Hello Kitty planner ever.


Things with Phil are alright. We're still in touch, and friends. Today's his birthday, so Happy Birthday to Phil ^_^.