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ADIML part dos

  • Dec. 1st, 2009 at 8:09 AM

Ok, so i actually did one like...2 fridays ago :p its just that when i went on thanksgiving leave, I forgot to bring my computer and it had all my pictures on it so...I never got around to posting it! well i should be posting it on the ADIML website today, so check it out when you have time! :)

I forgot I had this...

  • Nov. 18th, 2009 at 5:23 PM

Daaang it's been a while, eh? I guess I got so caught up with the summer I forgot I had a livejournal!

So some updates are needed I suppose:

1. I am no longer engaged, nope nope, that didnt go so well :D i am now single, yay
2. During the summer, I was sent to South Korea and Ecuador with West Point (I got some pictures, Ill try to upload a cut later)
3. I am now in my Junior year at West Point and almost done with the 1st semester
4. I am going a semester abroad in Janurary until May to Monterrey, Mexico
5. My younger brother just enlisted in the Army! and is now in basic training.

I dont know what else is really that important xD

Well one of the main reasons I am back on is because I really want to do a "A Day In My Life" post again. That was a lot of fun last year and I started watching the community...so I think this Friday should be a good day to do it! Awesomeness...

Once again, I apologize for my absence...hope everyone has been doing well!!!

AH! Ive been gone so long! to Guatemala :)

  • Mar. 25th, 2009 at 12:53 PM


But with good excuse...this Sunday I just got back from Spring Break. In GUATEMALA! ( we were there a week) WOOOO! haha it was a blast. and No, it was not a personal get away, it was on military orders (Foreign Academy Exchange Program) but I really enjoyed the experience :) and yes, I speak spanish....but I still stood out like a nail (hmm, I dont know the skin and eyes kind of give it away o.O) It was amazing up until Wednesday, when one of our cadet sponsors got in trouble (hes like the equivilent of our First Captain at West Point...) and it was for nothing, just a made up story. Anyways, he was not allowed to talk to us after that and it was boring for a few days until we headed out to Tikal to see the Mayan ruins on the last day, Saturday. Before that, we had been to Antigua, Coban, Guatemala City, and several military instilations. Not to mention La Escuela Politecnica. I need to make a longer entry explaining all that went on, but ill add a few pictures to this entry just to show a little bit of what we did. Guatemala is now my favoritest country :) I did miss hot water tho :p if I study in Mexico next year, I am definately going back to visit! And in about a week, our cadet hosts will be coming to West Point to fulfill the second part of the exchange program :D I have found my passion: travel! Too bad I cannot do much of it due to my schooling and career (unless I am stationed somewhere) but...hey...what can I do? Ah I miss those guys. By the way, I am totally obsessed with the new Daddy Yankee song "Llamado de Emergencia" o.O you should totally check it out if you enjoy reggaeton or just latin based music in general.




Antigua, Guatemala!
See more beautiful pictures of Guatemala! )
And yes, Now I am back so I will actually reply to comments this time and i have to check up on all of you and your lives as well! AH! Im such a bad blogger x_X ^_^

What a wonderful weekend!

  • Feb. 17th, 2009 at 8:43 AM

Well as some of you know, my fiance took some time to pay for a plane ticket and fly up to new york for the three day Presidents Day weekend/Valentines Day :D Just to let you know, it was a great time! Do not have tooooo many pictures cause my camera did not have batteries for Friday and almost all of Saturday but I do have a few pictures to post. So here is the weekend in a nut shell...Check the cut!!!


 

 


 


 

Coming back with a post!

  • Feb. 16th, 2009 at 1:13 AM

Sorry for the hiatus :( last week at school was brutal and this weekend (right now) Im with my fiance who flew all the way to new york to see me :D So we will both be making a blog about this weekend!!! And I shall be looking at meh friends blogs! ;) hope everyone had an awesome valentines day!

Be back Sunday/Monday to reply and post!

  • Feb. 6th, 2009 at 11:58 PM

Currently in NJ with a group from the Baptist Student Union for some worship, fellowship, and skiing! :D my first time skiing lol...So Ill be back Sunday night or Monday to update you on the weekend and reply to all comments as well as check out my friends pages and leave some love ;) <3

A Blast From the Past

  • Feb. 5th, 2009 at 11:54 AM

I thought it would be fun to post some pictures from back in high school ;) I have to say...I have changed some, but not completely...I miss my wardrobe, crazy hair, and lip ring!!! ahh!! lol

Yep, I used to have red hair :D


and orange xD


and multicolored xD


a little goth? naaah xD


lawlz

I have more put away in the vault...Ill have to dig them up sometime ;) if only my photobucket worked! hmph..

AMP GREEN TEA?! and West Point suicides :(

  • Feb. 3rd, 2009 at 4:14 PM

Well I went to the book store again today cause I have been really sleepy...Yes, I know energy drinks are bad for me but they are sooo good :( so I was going to get the Black Tea one I had the other day...but they had restocked the store and guess what I found?

haha they have a lemonade one too, Ill try that next...Sort of same style as the black tea yet less carbonation and a more of a different, citrusy taste...it has yuzu? hmm o.O

Anyways...I have come to notice how repetitive my life is...I do the same thing every single day (well every other day since Im on a one-two schedule) and it just hit me today..and made me sorta depressed...sadness...I dont have the freedom to get a job, go to the mall, travel, etc except for the very few breaks I get a year (like 2 or 3 max) and I have to do this for 2.5 more years...dang...

Also, if many of you have not known, there are several attempts and successful suicide cases here at West Point the past two months making this place even more gray :(

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/29/AR2009012904135.html

Thats the article. Check it out if youre interested. It states the causes of suicides or attempted suicides are due to stress, hazing, and the lack of freedom (since we only got one three day weekend this year and no other breaks besides Christmas)...I dont know how to express my opinion on this issue. I dont think a lack of three day weekends would cause people to kill themselves, maybe make them depressed...I also dont think hazing was a factor since the hazing has more and more limits put on them every single year...I was hazed a lot more last year than many cadets this year and the upper classmen were hazed a lot more as plebes than I was, etc. ALSO these people who have committed suicide and have attempted it...well, almost all of them were in their first or second year...and they could have left the academy no strings attached (if youre not familiar with West Point, your two first years are completely free and you have no obligation to stay...you only take the oath during your third year)...so I really dont understand why this has been happening...Well, I guess its not my place to say, dont worry I wont do the same...I mean there is a brighter side to the academy as I hope you all saw through "a day in my life" pictures...this place gets you down (it did a lot last year) but I think the 4 years of limited freedom is worth a lifetime of opportunities and success, dont you?

BANDWIDTH EXCEEDED?!?!?

  • Feb. 3rd, 2009 at 11:01 AM

Well, dang...Anyone got a good picture uploading site with more bandwidth than photobucket? :\ cant make too many photo posts if the pictures are gonna die on me now...

Amp Tea?

  • Feb. 2nd, 2009 at 10:21 AM

So after math quiz I decided to go to the bookstore in Thayer hall and get an energy drink (another long night of insomnia and only getting 3 hours of sleep beckoned me to buy one). And I usually buy Full throttles or AMPs...well the book store only has AMP and I came across a curious one so I had to buy it...

AMP black tea? Hrmmm...

It has a pleasant hint of lemon and tea in it, yet its still carbonated like a soda...so it took me back at first sip and I didnt think I would like it...but after sipping on it for a while, Ive come to enjoy the flavor. Its not as bold as most energy drinks yet gives you that feeling that youre getting some energy into you and still drinking an energy drink. It also has less sugar and calories than a regular AMP yet more caffiene...score! But its still weird to drink carbonated tea...

I miss sweet tea from the south :(

Oh yeah I also saw a book called "There is a God" or something like that about an aethist who was very famous for writing papers for aethism then had a major turn around and became a devout christian in 2004 because evidence led to him truely beliving there is a God...anyone ever read it or heard about it? I want to buy it...

And if you like books that make you feel good, I would suggest "Five People You Meet in Heaven" by Mithc Abom (the guy who wrote "Tuesdays with Morrie") I am not finsihed with it but its very good so far and not that long (just shy of 200 pages) ^.^ recommendation!!!

Ok I have class now. ^_^ Have a good day!

Some Randomness

  • Feb. 2nd, 2009 at 12:48 AM

So today was a very uneventful day...I woke up late due to the fact that I went to sleep around 6 or 7 am...o.O talking to Tovy...and well I missed church :( I always feel so dang bad missing church and I have already missed it twice in a row I am horrible...Hmm after that I ate, worked out for like 2 hours, got ready to go to my roommate's sponsors house but she came back late so I just stayed here and *tried* to work on homework but that was an epic fail!! I always try to work on homework on the weekends and be free the rest of the week but I never do :( pooo...anyhoodles, watched some super bowl and totally overate on the junk food we had in the company day room :D then cleaned up (i made a mess during the weekend and I was really lazy :)) and that was basically my day. Still havent done my homework and its 1am...procrastination strikes again!!!

I cant wait until Feb 13th. My fiance is coming up to see me!!! :D yay flying all the way from Texas to New York for a weekend. Cant wait! Oh yeah by the way, he has made a livejournal too and has no friends so if any of you are interested in his life or making new friends, here is his livejournal:  http://artsoasis.livejournal.com/
He will make posts everyday as well and will try to post pictures daily of his day and my teddy coming with him :) yay! so it should be interesting but Im sure he would enjoy some comments or friends ;) thanks guys!

Ok so getting to the title of this blog, I decided to post some random pictures...Sorry I would do a LJcut to post these but there are not that many so Im just going to put them here...so if you get tired of scrolling I apologize xD but here are some random pics!!


This is back this summer during field training...also where I met my fiance :) lol Can you spot me? Im in the second row and my fiance is right above me ;) cute yes? Even if im all muddy and gross :D (BTW my fiance and I didnt like each other during field training, we were just friends, and competed against EVERYTHING...we started dating AFTER training ;))


hahaha I <3 my M16


LAWL AT THE SNOOZERS xD I think I got in trouble for this...o.O


This was this friday night when I got my DDR xD DDRX sucks, but I <3 the pad, thanks babe!


LAWL AT THE ARMY PIKA!!!! ~<3 They were doing a team obstacle course a couple of weeks ago and the team from my company did a Smash Bros theme and they all dressed up (Pikachu, Luigi and Mario, Snake, Link, and a few others...so cute!!!) If I can find some pictures Ill post a cut in a later blog!


DOUBLE LAWL AT MY FIANCE GETTING EATEN BY A DINOSARRRR xD hahaha

Ok thats it xD thanks for enduring my randomness <3 I will return comment favors (sorry for being late on returning comments on the last post!)

Yearling Winter Weekend

  • Jan. 31st, 2009 at 10:57 PM


Ok I promised a post with some pictures from tonight sooo...^_^ I didnt take too many but I took a few so check em out! I was really sad tho cause my fiancee couldnt make it up here...but he is coming for Preisdents day weekend, and its a 3 day weekend so that will be better :) But both of my roommates left for the city so...ugh stuck here by myself ~_~ booo!


Nice hair huh? Lol it was up while I was in uniform cause its not allowed to touch our collar ~_~ Ok ok here are the pictures...in the cut! ^.^ 

Yearling Winter Weekend (31 Jan 09) )

Such a boring day...

  • Jan. 31st, 2009 at 2:40 PM


Hmm so...its almost 3 pm...the weekend of YWW...and I am so bored :( I really dont want to talk to Tovar because he was such a douche last night and I am still upset about his inconsideration...and I really really need to go to the gym...I just dont have the energy to get up...maybe do some homework? I dont know. We shall see. I have until like 6pm because then I have to get ready for the dinner and dance :p I dont think I am going to the dance but I may (Im not allowed to dance since my fiance doesnt want me to except with him...but he cant really dance in the first place? Believe me, he may be Mexican/Spanish but I am WAY more hispanic than him...He doesnt even speak Spanish! What a gringo...xD lol) I just want to be with friends and DO something since I waited all last night for him and he was too busy with his car

(I dont really care he worked on his car...but he could have TOLD me he was going to take until 12am on that stupid thing so I could have found other plans since we had originally made plans to spend the weekend together with games and chatting cause he didnt come to my dance...)

So Im still mad T_T

But be prepared for pictures from the dance! But to hold you off, here are some from my day (which consisted of waking up late YAY and going to the PX)...


This is the DDR pad Tovar got me...I love it but I hate DDRX...its a HORRIBLE game (and this is coming from a DDR player of 5+ years...DONT BUY IT if you like old school DDR...it has like no original songs and the timing is horrendous!)


I got some BK...I never get to have fast food since we cant go anywhere during the week...but the PX has a BK and I didnt eat so...I got some fatty food ^__^ NOW I REALLY NEED TO WORK OUT!! ._.


But I balance it out with yummy sushi right? ^.^ well Ill save this for din din...I dont really like west point dinners even if they are fancy...you cant really make delicious parmesan chicken when you mas produce it for over 3000 people right?

and so at the PX I didnt really need anything but since my roommate went I went to and got some chocolate (so bad i need to go on a diet x_x), lipgloss, and mosturizer...I needed nail polish but i put it back, dangit! Oh well...and at the commisary i got some yummy food (that I rarely ever eat so i waste money on it...but i was hungry so i bought it anyways xD) and this:

IT IS DELICIOUS O.O YUMMMY if you dont like cranberries, I think you would still like this...<3

Hmm yeah thats about my day so far...Need to work out ~_~
OK next week I will work out every single day ^_^ maybe...NO NO MAYBE IT WILL BE A YES! lol procrastination strikes again!



And to end off, heres a little video my friend took...Its last saturday (24th) we had a B weekend so we decided to go to NYC for the day before 1am weekend curfew...and we saw an arcade...I of course had to play ITG XD thats how I do...and all we did was see times square, arcade, and eat noodles, lol yay? it was still nice to get away from West Point...and play some DDR and ITG :D wish I would have went last night if some FIANCE of mine would have told me he wasnt going to be online or call the whole day...*mumbles and grumbles* Ok Im good, heres the video xD If you go to my Youtube, there are also videos of me dancing Cumbia with my friend (before I had a fiance) and my brother drunk on New Years shooting a bottle rocket from his pants...what a loser xD


My Youtube site:
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=AnimaSkye22&view=videos
BTW sorry for the bad quality...they were taken with camera phone...an old one at that....so they are dark and fuzzy ><!!

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Tired of waiting...

  • Jan. 30th, 2009 at 11:28 PM

Ok so I have been up all night waiting to talk to my fiance because we have not talked the whole day...and this long distance thing is REALLY hard enough as it is...and its almost 12am...and you know whats hes been doing the whole time? Working on his car...yeah, his car...wth? Cant even call for 5 minutes because his car is more important...makes me wonder why I even try?

*le sigh*

I am tired (because I am normally an AVID napper but I have not napped a lot in the past few days, Im trying to stop altogether and its killing me!!!) No naps, I would think I would get more done in the day...but the time I spend NOT taking naps, I am too tired to do anything productive so I just sit around doing nothing and would have better spent my time napping! So the whole point of me to stop napping isnt really working...maybe one day I wont be tired and can get something done?

Ok so tomorrow is Yearling Winter Weekend. That means Full Dress!!! (the uniform west point is famous for) and PLENTY OF PICTURES! So expect a picture post tomorrow or Sunday ;) I <3 pics and I think they make a post so much more interesting, right?

DDR ~_~

  • Jan. 30th, 2009 at 6:51 PM


Hola livejournal!

So I did post a day in my life, as you can see from my previous post, and I was very pleased with the results. I got a lot of feedback and made some new friends ^_^ which is always awesome!

Today...a friday...and I r so bored...Tovar is working on his car ~_~ (I still call my fiance by his last name since we met during summer military training and thats how I referred to him then ^_^)

But this weekend is called Yearling Winter Weekend here at West Point! Its a weekend where my class, sophmores, get to bring up dates to a dance and dinner tomorrow. Its nice. I wanted Tovar to come but...he lives in Texas and its expensive. I suppose President Days Weekend is better for him to come since its a 3 day weekend and the dance and dinner will not get in the way...plus its valentines day weekend <3 AND Theres a big bash out in Newburgh, NY with some DJs who play some banging LATINO music...yeeeeeah XD still sad cause everyone is gone tho...guess I can work on homework and perhaps play some games?

Oh Tovar bought me an arcade metal DDR pad and it arrived today ^_^ so excited...I played some but my bro lost all my DDRs for PS2 back home so the pad came with DDRX...it sucks in my opinion...original songs is what makes DDR...well, DDR! and it has like NO original songs (I mean not even Max 300, no Drop the Bomb, some look to the sky, healing vision...I mean NOTHING! Its so main stream now) so I r very sad...I wanted some nice jpop tunes i_i hrm, so I guess Ill play some metal gear solid or WoW? I really need to start on homework though...March and April are going to be hell months! and Im going to Guatemala during spring break so i really dont want to fall behind on all of my papers...
meh...



I REALLY WANTS ONE!!! O.O

A day in "my" life

  • Jan. 30th, 2009 at 1:16 PM



OK so my name is Amber Skye, I am 19, originally from Alabama but I am now a sophmore (or a "yuk") at the United States Military Academy at West Point, NY....This is my first ADIML post...and this is a day in my life, Thursday 29 January 2009...



A day as a cadet at the United States Military Academy ^_^ )</div>
 

 </div>By the way, Friends are MORE than welcome! I just got a live journal this week and have no friends :( but I am very nice and would love to hear back from some people! Thanks ^__^

What?

  • Jan. 29th, 2009 at 7:40 AM

blah )Just messing with the cut options of LJ xD

For tomorrow...

  • Jan. 28th, 2009 at 5:45 PM


I really wanna do a day in my life blog...cause I mean it sounds fun and will open me up to the livejournal world (since I currently have no friends xD) and also give people an aspect of a day in the life of a cadet at a military academy...Will probably be hard to do since cadets dont usually bring cameras everywhere and the instructors may get angry xD and I know Ill get those awkward stares...but I will try nonetheless :D So maybe Friday be prepared for the blog? Since I think tomorrow will be a nice time to do one.

First day...

  • Jan. 27th, 2009 at 2:42 PM

Hmm....very new to this site...always wanted a blog though and xanga wasnt cutting it so.... ^_^ Hopefully this will yay