http://www.amys.com/journal Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 06 May 2009 20:06:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Birdwatching and organic gardening...sound like two wonderful hobbies that I do in my free time, don't they? Wrong. They are my CLASSES this quarter at Stanford. For actual grades! I'm taking an organic agriculture class, which is three hours a week outside in the stanford community farm, where we learn to ... http://www.amys.com/journal/?p=134 So, most of you around my age have experienced what social dance means today. I think the name sums it up nicely, “freak dance.” Some of you from my parents’ generation have experienced this through your children, and for those of you who have no idea what I’m talking about, ... http://www.amys.com/journal/?p=126 Even though I always have a job open to me at Amy's, my parents and I both thought that getting a little experience working at another company would be interesting for me. So I am interning for the summer at Traditional Medicinals, an awesome organic medicinal herbal tea company out ... http://www.amys.com/journal/?p=116 As a student on the Stanford campus, I see efforts left and right to make the campus go green. There are contests between the dorms to use less energy, compost bins and recycling in every eating area, and students who walk around giving away free compact florescent light bulbs to ... http://www.amys.com/journal/?p=114 So, I just got back from spending my winter quarter abroad in Mexico! (essentially i got to miss winter completely, since the weather is gorgeous here already). I would have written earlier but the piñata dog ate my camera. No really...my camera got smacked by a flying stick during the ... http://www.amys.com/journal/?p=106 Yes, that is the name of a class that I am taking. And yes, all of you who lived through the 60's are now being studied in university history classes. A strange feeling, isn't it? My mother was definitely a hippie (see the pictures above--my mom at age 16...looks a ... http://www.amys.com/journal/?p=89 I finally had time, now that school is out, to go visit our new Medford plant that is up and running! It is huge, and really well organized. The day that I went up there they were making the pesto pizza, and it is really interesting to watch the whole ... http://www.amys.com/journal/?p=73 Me and all of my friends working and chilling on "Rinc Beach" My friend Jonah and me on "Rinc Beach" once again Spring quarter at Stanford is awesome. Everywhere you look, everyone is outside (wearing 30 SPF, of course). The lawn in front of my dorm has been named "Rinc Beach" ... http://www.amys.com/journal/?p=67 (Emilyn and me studying statistics til 3 in the morning) It means work. For some reason, I thought that the hardest part of college was going to be getting in. I'm pretty sure some people told me that too. First quarter I only took 13 units so that I could adjust ... http://www.amys.com/journal/?p=62 So this is what I do now that finals are over. I sleep. I sleep in the car, I sleep in the movies, I sleep for 12 hours every night (the picture is actually from the ride home from Big ... http://www.amys.com/journal/?p=57