Amylynn2’s Weblog

have you ever met a mexican jew before? well there’s a first time for everything because here i am! technically i am not jewish because i was baptized, but my mother is jewish and my father is catholic.  traditionally, children are usually the religion of the mother if both parents are not the same religion, but i guess my parents got that part confused.  i was kind of raised both religions, with more emphasis on catholicism.  there is a catholic school, church and convent down the street from my house and my family joined that church when i was born.  when it was time for me to attend first grade my parents enrolled my in sacred heart school down the street.  there my younger sister attended also and we were both baptized, made communion and were confirmed.  although we were both raised within the catholic church, we were well educated on the jewish religion and regularly attend family holiday get togethers with my mom’s family. i feel that my sister and i are more knowledgeable and open minded than many other children we know because of our mixture of religions.  i wonder if there are any other mexican jews in this world?

so this weekend was the jewish holiday passover. It started technically on saturday at sun down and continues until sun down on sunday.  passover is the most interesting jewish holiday, i believe, and i really enjoy celebrating it with my family.  my mother’s side of the family is very fun to be around; we are a loud, fun loving family.  passover is the story of the jew’s escape from egypt and the power of pharoh.  this is a great story because it symbolizes the strength and courage the jewish people have for themselves and their freedom.  not to mention the food we consume on passover is delicious! since my family knows i am in college and live with 7 room mates, they always send me back to school with tons of food for my friends and i.  this year they sent me home with homemade macaroons, homemade fudge, macaroon crusted cheesecake, and my grandmom’s carrot fluff.  this year we also celebrated passover twice, which means twice the reading.  since my grandparents are divorced we saw my grandfather and step grandmother on saturday and my grandmother and her family on sunday. it’s fun being bi-religious.

why do people have to die? why do people have to die young? why do people have to die from bad things?

this was the start of my weekend.  a friend of mine whom i have known since first grade passed away this wednesday the 16th from a drug overdose.  it’s horrible. some may say he deserved it, which i’ve heard, and some may say it was bound to happen.  but how can someone deserve to die. no one deserves to die, not even a drug addict fighting a horrible addiction.  he was only 21 years old, didn’t have a bad life and had tons of friends, many of which did not agree with what he was doing.  but to see his parents for the first time in a long time in that state of mine was awful.  i could never imagine what it would be like for a parent to bury a child. things like this should not happen and i have a feeling it happens way too much now-a-days.

I am so excited for Senior ball! I’m even more excited that i didn’t make the stupid mistake of asking a guy to come with me and instead am going with my room mate.  i am really upset though that i am not able to wear my senior prom dress, since it WON’T fit me!! that’s pretty upsetting. But i guess that’s what i get for being in shape senior year of high school.  it’s really the most beautiful dress i’ve ever seen and i don’t know when i will ever get a chance to wear it again, let alone fit into it. i will just have to make do with the other dresses i have from previous occasions over the years.  i am also really excited for open bar and filet mignon and dancing and friends who i may never see again.  senior year of college is just so depressing.

may needs to come fast so I can move out of this horrible excuse of a house i live in right now.  renting a house with 7 other girls who i thought to be my friends at the time was probably the stupidest decision i have ever made.  it is a big waste of time and money to live with 1, this many girls under one roof, and 2 people who steal each others things and DO NOT clean up after themselves.  i’ve never witnessed a house so disgusting in my life. i’ve never met people who didn’t clean up after themselves and then blame it on everyone else. i really just do not understand how hard it is to clean a dish after you use it, instead of letting it sit in the sink, on the table, or on the counters for weeks and then actually complain like it wasn’t them!! how can girls be sooooooooo disgustingly messy?? I thought guys made that name for themselves a long time ago.

being that i went into the communication major with the intent to be a radio promoter makes my most recent internship kind of ironic.  at age 18 when i had no idea what to go to school for, all i could think of was how much i loved music and entertainment and that i just wanted to be that person who goes out to all different places and promotes a radio station.  then i grew up and realized that i should use my love of sports to get my career moving.  too bad that didn’t last long.  i wanted to get into the sports industry doing community relations and publicity, preferably with a philadelphia sports team.  since i already had an internship with the Eagles last summer, i kind of figured that i would good to go when in search for another internship.  well that didn’t work out the way i thought and now i’m back to my first thought of radio.  i’m so excited for May 15th, the day i beginning my internship with the philadelphia radio station Wired 96.5. I’m really hoping that this works out and they end up hiring me come the fall, but with my luck that probably won’t happen. 

with graduation literally right around the corner, i can’t believe that college really went this fast.  some many people have said to me to cherish the time in college because once it’s over all you want to do is go back. i already get the sense that i’m going to feel that way a little too soon.  yeah, i can’t wait for school to be over for good, but only because i’m over the tests and teachers and classes, but i’m most going to miss the laziness and feeling of being free from serious responsibility.  yeah, school is a responsibility, but not like a career and living on my own and actually paying for my own bills and necessities. and being that i really want to move to Philly as soon as possible, i think reality just may hit home a little too soon for this spoiled child.