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Amanda Sebra


Last Updated: 6/24/2009

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Gender: Female
Status: In a Relationship
Age: 29
Sign: Aries

State: Maryland
Country: US
Signup Date: 3/5/2008

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Saturday, July 04, 2009 




Wednesday, June 17, 2009 
Ok after the computer crashed and I fixed it. I am now on second life with my own personal av. Kinda just making my way around and learning to ropes.  I don't think it will be the time sink WoW is.  But I am also just getting my toes wet.   I do like my characters skin, she just needs wings and dayglow red hair.


In Real life kinda in a hard spot at the moment. Angel, my pet of 14 years is dying.  She has trouble standing, is not eating, and her breathing is labored.  Its hard to see her like this.  And I was fighting back tears at work. Plus Grace is not doing great either is Both die at the same time, I think my mom will hit a low spot for a bit.
Monday, June 15, 2009 

Category: Romance and Relationships
Pet Peeves:
Dishonesty
Incompetence
Slow Drivers
Bitchy girls
Bullshit
Drama
People who don't have goals
People who are too dependant on others





My Quirks:

I wear my heart on my sleeve
I am protective of those I care about
I am a giver
I have a sarcastic sick twisted sense of humor
I cant stand chick flicks and most fashion magazines
I perfer the dark
My idea of a date is snuggling on the couch watching anime or horror movies
I perfer pewter or silver to gold or platinum
I am affectionate and compasionate


Thats me take it or leave it




Currently listening:
Aenima
By Tool
Release date: 1996-10-01
Saturday, June 13, 2009 
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Saturday, June 13, 2009 
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Friday, June 12, 2009 
I must be dreaming, I cannot feel this good. Its not natural its not me.  Ok ok keep mind in check head over heart head over heart. Think positive and dont fuck this up


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Thursday, June 11, 2009 

Category: Religion and Philosophy
* You have a strong desire for and/or Stimulation by blood (sexual, revitalizing or otherwise)
* You have a nameless craving that can never quite be fulfilled
* People you get close to tend to become tired, weary and upset a lot around you
* People tend to find you interesting at first, then begin to avoid you
* Even when surrounded by others, you always feel alone
* Sunlight/bright light in general hurts your eyes (but you can go out in it, even so)
* You tend to be a night person by nature (because you may feel more comfortable and "alive" at this time)
* You have had a strong interest in vampires(in any aspect of the genre) probably since puberty onwards
* You have had a strong interest in vampires since a traumatic event occured in your life
* You don't get sick often, or if you do, the maladies are often strange or severe
* You are a fast healer
* Sex tends to leave you feeling revitalized and full of energy
* You have drank blood before or would like to, if you could
* You enjoy imbibing sexual fluids because of the vitality they contain
* Electrical appliances and you don't generally tend to get along well (watches stop often, computers malfunction for no reason, microwaves start up by themselves, etc)
* You prefer rich fabrics, tastes, scents etc.
* You are very sensitive to sensory extremes (strong scents, rough textures, sour tastes,etc)
* You feel totally different on some elemental,intuitive level to most other human beings
* You feel you don't belong in this century, maybe even this world
* You believe in reincarnation and maybe even have had past life visions
* Your dreams are often extremely vivid and sometimes result in cases of deja vu
* You easily "trance out" or find yourself detached from the world
* You posess an ability similar to ESP (or are highly intuitive in general)
* People often find you very empathetic to how they feel
* People often either trust you completely or think you are very dangerous.
* Your style of clothing tends to be more on the dramatic side
* Your relationships tend to be very rocky and emotionally unstable
* Your relationships tend to be very intense and passionate
* People tell you that you are too intense/an "enigma"/"dark hole"/add similar phrase here
* You look younger than you are (when you're beyond twenty years of age) or look older than you are (when you are younger than 20 yrs of age)
* You can see and/or read auras
* Animals tend to get along well with you
* You have good, natural "magickal" abilities (if you do spells, etc, usually they work)
* You have only one or two friends/lovers who really understand you and whom you get along with
* When you will things to happen, they usually do
* You can often easily tell how other people are feeling
* You feel sick/get rashes/etc in the daytime when the sun is shining
* (you're a woman) Your period starts late in the day and your cycle is usually timed to the full moon
* You suffer from allergies
Thursday, June 11, 2009 

Category: Romance and Relationships
Ever have that feeling when hanging out with someone. Someone who has the same likes and interests as you? Someone who thinks on the same wavelength?  I know my luck has not been the best I seem to strike out in matters of the heart but I hope this goes good tired of being a loser chooser. GOD I just want what everyone else wants? Even a girl with a dark heart wants someone who makes it beat.  A jack to her Sally.  Be his Succubus to His Warlock
Sunday, June 07, 2009 
HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) — Bank employees weren't trying to give police bad information by misidentifying a robbery suspect; they just had faulty memories. But a Maryland forensics investigator's work prevented a wrongful arrest.
All three bank employees identified the same blond man with a goatee in a photo lineup, but Hagerstown Police Department forensic scientist Jeffrey Kercheval knew something wasn't right.
Surveillance footage showed the robber was not much taller than the window at the teller's booth he approached to carry out the robbery, but witnesses identified the suspect as a man well over 6 feet tall.
So Mr. Kercheval and other investigators performed some extra work to have the suspect stand at the bank counter where the robbery occurred. The man stood nearly a head taller than the robber. They used the same surveillance camera to compare the robber's height to the man they had standing at the window.
"In this case, we got someone unarrested based on the evidence," Mr. Kercheval said.
He spoke at the Washington County Free Library in Hagerstown last month to help people better understand how forensics is used in police investigations, compared with what is often seen on TV shows such as "CSI."
He discussed the bank robbery from 2006 and other cases to illustrate how physical evidence should be used to corroborate eyewitness testimony.
"People don't intend to mislead us," Mr. Kercheval said. "They just make observations that aren't correct."
He and two other forensics investigators work at the Western Maryland Regional Crime Lab.
A discussion of someone trying to break into four military tanks, a fatal beating at a Hagerstown McDonald's and the investigation into the discovery of a body near Funkstown were also part of Mr. Kercheval's presentation.
Nathaniel Laye, 12, of Smithsburg said he attended the presentation because he wants to be a forensic investigator when he grows up. He said he was inspired by "CSI."
"I thought it was going to be like the show," Nathaniel said.
Mr. Kercheval knows his job is nothing like what is shown on television.
"They drive around in Hummers," he said. "I drive around in a 1997 Chevy Astro van."
He said he spends a tremendous amount of time processing drug evidence for about 1,000 cases a year, but his lab also works on robberies, homicides and other violent crimes.
It's not as quick or exciting as TV shows can make it seem, he said, because he spends 90 percent of his time on paperwork and reports used as evidence. When the case goes to trial, the paperwork and reports will be essential to faithfully represent the memories and the facts surrounding the case.
Still, Mr. Kercheval said, the work never gets boring.
"Every day's exciting," said Mr. Kercheval, who is on call 24 hours a day. "You kind of feel like a pinball bouncing in a pinball machine."

HAGERSTOWN
A quick flip through television channels many nights offers a grim but glamorous glance at Hollywood crime scene investigations, where murders are solved in an hour thanks to solid forensic evidence that links a suspect to a crime.
The popularity of forensic television shows as "CSI" worries some prosecutors, who fear jurors will expect that DNA and fingerprint evidence will be collected with the same precision as it is on TV, said Washington County Assistant State's Attorney Robert Veil.
"The fear is that some of them (jurors) will not be able to distinguish between television and reality," Veil said.
Called the "CSI Effect," the concern is being discussed at state's attorney conferences across the country.
In response, Veil said, prosecutors here have asked judges to ask potential jurors: "Does any member of the panel believe that it is necessary for the state to present fingerprint, DNA or other scientific evidence in order to convince you beyond a reasonable doubt of the defendant's guilt?"
Part of the concern in Maryland, Veil said, is that the jury selection process has changed in recent years, pulling from not just registered voters, which had been the standard practice, but also from those who hold Maryland licenses and identification cards.
"It used to be that you had to have some involvement in the community" to be called for jury duty, he said.
District Public Defender Michael Morrissette said he doesn't think the change in jury duty selection matters.
"I think that the jury system works very well and juries in the United States are overwhelmingly correct in their decisions - and that's coming from a defense attorney," Morrissette said.
From an historical standpoint, Morrissette said, mystery novels have been in existence for a long time. He called the "CSI Effect" a recurring theme of debate among prosecutors and defense attorneys.
"To say that the current existence of a certain type of show is influencing them (jurors) is underestimating the quality of our citizenry," he said.
Had Morrissette been a defense attorney in the 1950s, he said, he might argue that the popularity of the police show "Dragnet" was influencing jurors to believe "police are always right, they always get their man."
Veil, however, said that "the scientific emphasis of these newer shows is far greater than television shows of the past and is more professionally presented as though it is possible" to get the same results in a real investigation.
Morrissette said he'd be interested to see a study that concludes "CSI" and similar shows affect jury decisions.
"I think it's all conjecture," he said.
But, Veil said, "Evidence of what influences jurors is by definition anecdotal because jury deliberations are closed and private."
And yet, he said, "It doesn't take a rocket scientist to know that people are influenced by television shows."
Morrissette proposed a question to be asked of jurors in a rebuttal to the jury question that is already being asked here: "Do you think that the fact that the state has failed to obtain DNA or fingerprint evidence should be considered when determining the defendant's guilt?"
Jeffrey Kercheval, the Western Maryland Regional Crime Lab's supervisory forensic scientist, said that whether certain forensic evidence is collected does not hinge on effort but on availability.
"On TV, it seems they find the right type of evidence right away," said Kercheval, who, along with forensic scientist Susan Blankenship, processes many Washington County crime scenes.
The two-person team collects fingerprint evidence "between 20 and 30 percent of the time," Kercheval said.
Humidity, surfaces, perspiration and pressure, among other factors, have a lot to do with whether a solid print can be lifted, he said.
If DNA evidence is collected, Kercheval might send the samples to a Maryland State Police crime lab, but those results don't usually come back for about six months. In a pinch, he said the local lab can pay to send samples to a private lab, but even then, the return - at its fastest - takes about two weeks.
Despite how TV shows depict Kercheval's job, they have drawn interest to the field from students, lawmakers and even jurors, he said.
During the last homicide trial in which Kercheval testified about forensic evidence, he said, "When I was looking at the jurors, I could see they were just mesmerized, they were into it. To me, that's satisfying."



Sunday, June 07, 2009 
Since I am finishing my degree and want to do my dream career as a Forensics Scientist I was looking at University of Baltimore.  But from some reasearch they recommend going Biochem or chemistry in case the job market is down.  A DNA lab or genetics lab wont hire you if you have a forensic science BS.  I could do U of MD biochemistry or go to Shepherd University and get the BS in Biochemistry. The only thing that scares me? CALCULUS!!!!!1
I would HAVE to do it at Frederick community or hagerstown Community any General education classes are better at a smaller school so I dont have to take a class with 300 other people. Large classes and ADHD don't mix.  I rather do the bachelor's with forensics but I want to be able to get a job when I graduate.  BAH I need to contact Jeffrey Kercheval (forensic Chemist for HPD and my former professor) and ask him what he would recommend.

Also doesn't help I found out Ben's father may have LUPUS. Its an autoimmunr disorder that attacks the nervous system, joints, skin, heart and kidneys. So my mind has been going thru loops since thursday.