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Name - Amanda Marie Marquardt Age - 19

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Sunday, April 30, 2006

Ok, Maybe Not

So, good job therapist... Putting myself first is only making people think I'm self centered and the funny thing is I'm not really doing it that much... like almost not at all. I guess I just wasn't meant to have friends. I have Job so he should be enough, yes? I hope so because he's all I have.

Mandy ~ 10:54 PM

Wednesday, April 26, 2006

Teardrop

This is a great song from Massive Attack and Sarah got me hooked on it a while back. She sounds like Enya and it's also the theme song for the TV show, House.

Ok, so yes, I may be procrastinating but I should really just drop everything else I'm doing and just get tutors even though all I need is more time in a day. I didn't paint on the canvas tonight and I feel horrible about it but Joe didn't call me. I was at school, I fell asleep in English class, and at work I got really irritable on the line of irascible. I was about to break... That's what happens though when Amanda is all work and no play... not dull girl but an angry one and no one would want to deal with me then because I get violent. Ask Job...

Sorry hun, it's my father's trait passed onto me. : ( I'm working on it although I'm sure it'd be better if I wouldn't have missed my 3rd therapy appointment like 3 weeks ago... and then the initial testing to make sure I don't have serious psychological problems... I wonder if that's a $40 fine for both or just the one... I haven't gotten the fine in the mail yet so I'm sure they're waiting for me to call or come in to schedule another one but I can't really do that when I lost her card and I never have the time to stop there.

The biggest problem is not having time and when I get a spare minute I'm doing this because I'm so ADD but not really because that's just self-diagnosis so it's not right because I'm not a doctor, haha. Good thing... I'd probably end up killing poor, innocent, and obviously sick people. So right now everyone in my family is having serious problems and it's taking it's toll on me (not to be selfish but truthful because my therapist said I have to consider my own feelings... which is weird for me since I always put myself last, funny story about that one...) in addition to my own personal problems... failing all of my classes, not caring, procrastinating, missing therapy, taking it out on myself..., migranes and a lot of them, not eating well, sleeping and not sleeping at all the wrong times, not being able to concentrate, putting everything else before my needs like putting work and this backdrop for the Romeo and Juliet play (which needs to be done by Friday! :S) before homework, papers, school, studying... and Job's leaving me this Fall but for good reason because he's pursuing his career, good job hunny! I support you and I know it'll be hard on both of us aside from the fact that everyone is making their own decisions except for me...

I can't drop my classes because my parents won't let me but they don't believe me that I'm failing and if I fail that goes on my transcripts and the only way to fix it is to retake the class and repay the amount which is basically a huge waste of money especially since I didn't even like the class in the first place... SO, my parents won't let me drop because I need to have record of a full year of college as a full time (12 credit) student and atm I have 12 credits but if I fail a single class I can't make it into Harley (which I don't want to go back there anyway, but yet again, my parents are making me) and I know I'm going to fail at least one class... there's seriously no hope... school ends May 19th which gives me three weeks... and if nothing else was assigned I'd be fine but now is when it gets hairy because now the teachers are assigning things like 9 page research papers, capstones, finals, and all sorts of lovely projects on the way... I have no time to catch up.

So I wake up (mon, wed, fri) go to work, go to classes, go back to work, and go work on the canvas until night, get home exhausted, try to relax, holy shit it's like 10 pm and I have to wake up early for class (tues, thurs) and then repeat... So the only place I could find time would be if I stopped working (my mom would kill me) or if I never slept, which causes my migranes along with a lot of other things, I'm finding, and when I get a migrane I pretty much pass out whereever I am because my brain goes "Immense pain, go to sleep" as I'm sure I've previously written in an earlier post. This part scares me immensely because I don't find it ideal waking up in a parking lot with a guy standing over me having no recollection of what happened in the minutes prior to passing out. I know I must've walked out to my car and then passed out right away or looked for my keys because after I woke up I was disorientated and couldn't find them... back pocket (earlier entry), but yea... scary and I knew nothing happened but what if it happens again in a public place, outside of being extremely embarassing it's extremely dangerous.

Hmmm... what have I eluded... Oh, funny story in the 4th paragraph... I scheduled a meeting for my club and since I put myself last (I didn't even put myself anywhere actually, more or less just completely left myself out) I couldn't go to the meeting since it was during my Chemistry class... ouch. What else... Ummm, well the being between a rock and a hard place with failing my classes, IF I drop-won't make it into Harley, parent's will kick me out of house, I waste money spent on classes- no refund after the time (haha, time distance decay... that's from World Regional Geography), continue having personal problems struggling with what I crave but can't have (freedom to make my own choies), severe guilt from feeling like I'm failing everyone (especially my parents) although it never really mattered it me if I failed myself... severe stress from trying to accomplish everything at once (Idk how to deal with one at a time, it's not fair to me to do that... don't ask, idk) and...

IF I don't drop- will fail one class regardless, still won't make it into Harley, parents will still kick me out, I still wasted the money on the classes and to have the F's show up on my transcript, personal probs continue because the guilt will still be there, I will have still failed everyone... Idk what to do but I can't go on like this much longer and my professors and parents and pretty much everyone think I have just given up but the truth is I'm struggling like no one could believe and it just isn't enough and it won't be. Idk idk idk what to do. Why do I have to be the one everyone goes to, everyone depends on, everyone... uses... the one who isn't good in school and never was, hates school, and is doing everything for everyone but herself... school, friends, work...

I rely so much on Job and lately it's been so... tense, like I say one thing and he takes it all wrong and I just can't handle any more, I seriously can't... I'm suprised I'm still on the ledge and I haven't jumped yet... No, more of pushed... I don't want to jump but everyone's pushing me off the side with all of the expectations and my failure to succeed. My failure to be what everyone needs me to be... Why can't I just comply, be that person, and stop being so selfish?

Personally, I know the first thing Job's going to say will be something about how I made him look bad... What did he do wrong?, Why don't I just dump his ass, He's a bad boyfriend, He's stupid and he doesn't deserve me... Why do you say those things Job? Why does it hurt so much all the time... Why is everyone pushing me so much? I can't handle the pressure, I just can't... everyone expects me to be this person... and no one realizes it... One person looking at it will see "Well, I just asked her to do one thing" and they're just one in a sea of people all asking me just one thing or just two or three, or a million over time. It adds up. it adds up and

AND I, Me, Myself, Amanda Marie Marquardt not Amanda, just the middle man or the girlfriend or the student or worker or daughter or sister or friend but ME... I'm only one person and I can't anymore... I just can't

Mandy ~ 10:34 PM

Tuesday, April 18, 2006

Einey Meany Miney Me...

Ok, No one's been posting in their blogs so I guess I'll start off with little 'ol me. Ok... what's happening. Well...

Today I went to school for all of about 15 minutes, started getting a migrane and decided it wasn't the best idea to stay there since I started shaking even though I was afraid to drive home like that. So, I went out to my car and something happened but I can't remember. The next thing there's a guy standing over me asking me if I'm ok and if I need a ride or help. I try to tell him to go away as nicely as possible just telling him I was getting a headache and I couldn't find my keys.

I was too disorientated and the guy pointed at his truck, told me he was going to weight lift at the Northwoods Center and that I could take his truck and drive home, get my pain meds and then come back since he didn't have a class for 2 hours... Yea, this guy doesn't even know me and he's offering his monster truck to me when I'm not looking like I can even stand up... bad idea. I tell him I'll be fine and I just have to find my keys and he finally leaves about 10-15 minutes later however hesitantly and I wasn't even sure when he left because it felt like someone was watching me. SO, I started walking back to the AT to see if I dropped my keys along the way and I thought... hmmm, back pocket and... there they were... >: (

Then I made it home and Jake's (Job's oldest bro) right, you do take your foot off the gas when you fall asleep... I ended up driving like 35 in the 45 but no one else was around, that I can recall so it was ok although I remember having my head on the steering wheel and thinking "Ummm, this isn't right... I can't see the road". Yea, you could say I was a little disorientated. If that ever happens again I'm going to just sleep it off in my car because when I get migranes and I don't have my pills my head goes "YOU'RE GOING TO DIE = GO TO SLEEP NOW". I know logically I won't die but I guess when your head is in that much pain that's the response.

Ummm, better topics... OH, I went to the Twin Cities this past weekend with Job and we hung out with Jake and actually stayed over at his place. We went to the Mall of America and the only things I bought were food, and buddha's for Kate, a good luck charm for Kate, and a wooden jar for my mommio upon which a painting that represents good health, friends, and luck. Then Jake, Job, and myself walked around downtown, went to this kickass arcade that was two stories and we played a ton of games using plastic cards... I felt like I was on a shopping spree swiping plastic so much, hahaha. Oh and then we rented a movie... Derailed starring Jen Aniston and Clive Owen and it was horrible! If you want to feel like the human race is absolute scum then rent that movie and if not then rent any other movie... ANY. Well, that's all folks.

Mandy ~ 6:00 PM

Saturday, April 08, 2006

Ok, Not Cool

So I'm on MySpace and I get a friend invite. Cool. Right? Wrong... I go into my hotmail inbox and open it seeing the name "Brit" and I go "Ohhh! Maybe it's Brittney Bonnell" I love that girl! And who does it turn out to be (if it's not a fake) freaking Britney Spears, wtf! I don't know her so why the heck is she freaking adding me to her friends list?! Here's the link if you want to check it out.

http://www.myspace.com/brittany_spearsx0

Either way, if it is or isn't Britney Spears (of the two I hope it isn't but a friend pranking me) I highly doubt I know the person regardless which leads me to another question. Why do people I don't even know add my on MySpace? People I know, sa-weet, all the better, but I prefer not having people randomly sending me invites because they want to look like they have a lot of friends when they don't know any of them! That's just fake and I think the reason you should add people to your MySpace is because you're their friend or, unless there's something else like someone you'd like to know then you message them and say 'hi' and then become friends or acquaintences not... Friend Request: It's Britney Spears or some other random person you don't know, sorry to get your hopes up.

*sigh* So, I guess it wouldn't have been so bad had it been a famous person that I actually respect and then I still wouldn't add them to friends but message them asking what their prerogatives are. If you're famous then why don't you have any friends on MySpace (unless you just created the account, which makes sense I guess) unless your friends are too busy to have an account and if that's the case, why are you even on it?

Psh, anyway, I'm sorry I ranted but that was the last straw for people I don't know trying to add me to their friend's list. I don't care if you're famous or not, if I don't know you I'm not adding you and if you really want to be my friend then message me and I'll most likely respond unless the person says "you're hot, lets fuck" because I've gotten those before and then there is no way in hell I will respond.

I'm just cranky tonight... I need my Job or to hang out with friends or something... school's taking its toll on me :( I'm sorry I just had a bitchfest like that... Other than that I watched Narnia with my mom after she bought it last night before even seeing it, haha. Then today I loaded chopped wood into the back of the truck and I got to see my hunny! I still haven't done homework and for that I feel bad, which is an improvement over having not cared prior to... Idk, something that changed... hopefully the next step is passing out and waking up with all of my homework done and having no memories of doing it whatsoever. Why doesn't that happen instead of my grandpa having a stroke? Life's unfair, fuck you life.

Mandy ~ 11:48 PM

Thursday, April 06, 2006

D-O-N-E

I'm finished with defending myself on Kt's comments in her blog. First of all, Dan, you're a hypocrite by telling me shut the fuck up when you said the whole thing about nothing nice, don't say anything at all is how it goes. I never did anything to you and it's just like whenever you can you bitch at me for my actions. Just me, no one else. If you have a problem in your life deal with it instead of taking it out on people in instances of which you have partial information like...

-the fact that I talked to Kt on msn about my comment on her post and she was fine with it and she understood where I was coming from. Geez, I guess that's what you get for knowing someone for 7 years... knowing exactly what they mean when they say or write something! So, Dan, again I shall say it wasn't a comment on any one of your posts because I don't read your blog, I don't know you, and I don't care about you. Yes, that's harsh but I don't see why you're getting so pissed off at me for something that Kt wasn't even offended by... maybe you should talk to the person before you take it out on someone else.

You read the comment the way you wanted to... and for you that was however it was easiest to put me under bad light even though I meant the comment with no malice nor offensive effect but out of my care for Kt. I don't want her to be hurt, I don't like reading she's poisoning herself with alcohol, and doing so in that she could create a serious problem and I don't want that for Kt. I talked to her about it, like an adult, without throwing insults and everything between Kt and myself is peachy keen but you wouldn't know that unless you'd talked to Kt before your brash decision on a comment like that. I have an adage for you as well; Think before you speak.

Mandy ~ 5:18 PM