"It ain't a road trip til y'all stop at Buc-ee's!" [Day #5]

Chillin' with Buc-eeeeee!

1. So apparently Buc-ee's is a huge part of the road trippin' community in TX. I overheard a mom exclaim "It ain't a roadtrip til y'all stop at Buc-ee's" (in a thick Texan accent of course), and I nearly LOL'd. This place is like a super sized 7-Eleven, complete with fresh beef/turkey jerky products, hot/cold deli, Icee machines, coffee and coffee grinders, all your convenience store necessities and TONS of merchandise/souvenirs with Buc-ee's logo. After all, everything is BIGGER in TX.

2. Seafood Linguistics 101: Crawfish, Crayfish, Crawdads, & Mudbugs... all the SAME thing!

Had about 1.5 lbs to myself and pretty much
burned my mouth from the extreme spiciness!

3. In other news, y'all in Seattle be complainin' about 88 degrees, when I'm here melting in 100+ O_O...

See y'all soon! (In my country voice... Few people know of my country singin' obsession haha)

A-Tran.

"Tell me about it, stud." - 'Grease' studs, DIY studs, & more [Day #2]

1. So I'm sure everyone has that one movie that they can re-watch nth amount of times and never get sick of it. For me, this movie is Grease. I have probably seen Grease at least 50 times or more and I love it every time!

2. My mom and I are low key hoarders of sorts. (She keeps our kid clothes for when we have our own kids... haha) These jeans are classic flares from my 7th/8th grade years that were cut into high waisted shorts and went through some DIY studded treatments. You can see Zette sporting them this summer! 

3. Sorted through spring quarter ethnographies and readings.. this is stuff from ONE class. #DoubleSided10PointFontArticles #AnthropologyStudentProblems

4. After neglecting my closet for the past three months, it is finally back to its true form. Complete with color coordination and a double-sized shelf dedicated to black concert tees.

(Zac says hi!)

5. Netflix Syndrome - a.k.a. The "Just One More Episode" disorder. 

Anytime I watch a TV series on Netflix, I end up finishing it in a day or two. (i.e. Gossip Girl S1 in one day, The O.C. S1&2 in three days) Once I start, there is no looking back. If you're looking for a horribly cheesy sitcom, check out "Baby Daddy." (It airs on ABC Family, go ahead, judge me haha) It's about a kid in his mid-20s that finds out he has a baby and decides to raise her on his own after she was left on his doorstep by the mom a year after their one night stand. But let's be real, I watch it because the main character's brother (who plays a hockey player) is a sight for sore eyes. 

That's all for today, fellow funemployed friends!

A-Tran. 

Welcome to The Funemployment Life! [Day #1]

Come one, come all! This blog is dedicated to all the recent grads out there and the struggle we face everyday in the world of job hunting. I'm sure we can all agree that looking for a job should be considered a fulltime job... and so until the day that I am employed, I will keep up this blog to inform the internet world of my daily shenanigans (or lack there of).

So to kick things off, my first official day of funemployment consisted of...

1. Finished recording an a cappella cover mashup of Jazmine Sullivan's "Bust Your Windows" and Little Mix's "Going Nowhere" around 2am... Listen to me sing, beatbox, and attempt to rap here: https://soundcloud.com/amandatranrocks/going-nowhere-bust-your

2. Woke up at noon.

3. DIY: I made a muscle tee that is strikingly appropriate for any and all music festivals. See you at Bumbershoot 2K13 and Coachella 2K14!

http://instagram.com/amandatranrocks

4. Movies:
"A Good Day to Die Hard" - Awesome action movie with crazy car chases and an intense music score to back it up!
"Jack the Giant Slayer" - This fairy tale revamp of "Jack and the Beanstalk" definitely surpassed my expectations with great visuals, exciting plot twists, and a very fitting cast.

5. Started to clean my closet... (scarier than you may think)


Live long and prosper, friends.
A-Tran.