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Amanda Rose #10

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. - Oscar Wilde

About Me

www.letsrockcf.org

ROCK CF!!

A creature of infinite habits. My mind is in constant motion. I drink way too much coffee and spend my days dressing and styling fake plastic people. My obsession with politics has recently been renewed.

My Interests

writing. whiskey. rain. kisses. kisses in the rain. hugs. rock-n-roll. jazz. the smell of boys. sunrises and coffee. sunsets and wine. books that keep my attention. visual merchandising. poetry-production and consumption. the city. the country. spanish and italian wines. big rings. unique jewelry. psychology and other things of a scientific nature. summer nights. fundraising for Cystic Fibrosis research. the smell of autumn. classic architecture. photography. building my art collection. tattoos and tattoo art. dive bars. existentialism. art deco. southern accents. sarcasm. bon fires. productivity. procrastination.

I'd like to meet:

My own store. A prosperous corporate visual job. Future musical endeavors.

Music:

Almost everything... Afghan Whigs. Twilight Singers. Jason Isbell. Drive-by Truckers. Patterson Hood. QOTSA. Janis Joplin. Jeff Buckley. Ben Harper. The Smiths. Feist. Radiohead. Gram Parsons. Waylon Jennings. Shooter Jennings. Mazzy Star/Hope Sandoval. The Cure. Spoon. Patsy Cline. Cat Power. Nikka Costa. Fleetwood Mac. Black Crowes. Motley Crue. Led Zeppelin. Cream. AC/DC. Tom Petty. Bob Marley. Adele. Chris Isaak. Etta James. Ella Fitzgerald. Stevie Wonder. Brenda Holloway. Almost any and all Motown. Wolfbait. Supagroup. Ghost City. Electric Six. Lucero. Dirty Sweet. Paybacks. The Muggs. Dutch Pink. Grayling. Hotness. Aquarius Void. Gogol Bordello. The Hard Lessons. Broadzilla. hifi hand grenades. Chapstik. South Normal....and on...and on...

Movies:

I like the good ones.

Television:

TV on DVD. Bravo. A&E. The History Channel. MSNBC. No Reservations. Deadliest Catch. House.

Books:

This is Your Brain on Music. Go Ask Alice. I'm With the Band. In Cold Blood. The Lover. Sylvia Plath. Jack Kerouac. Ken Kesey. Kurt Vonnegut. Adrienne Rich. Charles Bukowski. Gregory Maguire. Ayn Rand.

Heroes:

My mother. Her mother. Emily Schaller. That is all.

My Blog

creativity via despondency

-1- Bittersweet Flavor of Love. Hate. Life. Lingers across Down turned lips. Runs past the Sharpened tongue. Nestling deep In the Beautifully jaded Heart.   -2- Watch you. Drink you In. Taking ...
Posted by Amanda Rose #10 on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 12:05:00 PST

tongue tied.

Tongue tied. Behind silent Lips. Weighed down. Locked up. It all stays Bound within The mind. Awaiting permission To Unravel....
Posted by Amanda Rose #10 on Sat, 30 Jun 2007 04:12:00 PST

thrown together words.

[1] Jump The gun. Locked And loaded. Fondle my trigger. The right Touch. Watch me Go off. Every time. Hitting the Mark.     [2] Pause. Help yourself. Keep from thinking. A break in The wav...
Posted by Amanda Rose #10 on Sat, 19 May 2007 10:38:00 PST

a bunch of words.

{1} guilt.pushes us into and out oflove.through andaroundother lives.preventsyesterday's woundsfrom healingproperly.turning intotomorrow'sbattle scars.driving us todrinkmore than we should.making it e...
Posted by Amanda Rose #10 on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 11:19:00 PST

as the sun rises.

[1] Don't know better. Don't know worse. One vice Leading to the next. The next Mechanism of Coping. Becomes the new Crutch. Overcoming one To be consumed By the next.   [2] Fear and loathing Of...
Posted by Amanda Rose #10 on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 04:19:00 PST

demons.

These demons, mine to wrestle. Mine to tranquilize. Mine to kill. Not one, out of my control. Not one, within yours.   These demons, mine. Not to be judged By your apparent, suspicious Lack t...
Posted by Amanda Rose #10 on Sat, 17 Mar 2007 07:16:00 PST

you know it was a good show when...

You're totally drained, yet beyond wired all at once. Lastnight was one of the best shows we've ever played! Second only to our set at JLMB a couple weeks ago. I stand firm, tiny bars are the shit wh...
Posted by Amanda Rose #10 on Sat, 10 Mar 2007 12:04:00 PST

more words.

[1] Fascinating Calculating the worth of one's Self Using the equations In another's mind. Constantly Looking to outside Judges for a verdict On right and wrong. Afraid Once we mean nothing To the ou...
Posted by Amanda Rose #10 on Tue, 27 Feb 2007 07:52:00 PST

the written word.

[1] Misinterpreted worry Gives birth to misdirected anger Words take the shape of weapons Inflicting wounds of Disrespect Distrust One, let down One, weighed down Rational is lost Between screams an...
Posted by Amanda Rose #10 on Fri, 16 Feb 2007 09:48:00 PST

what i want for valentine's day....

...All of my friends and family to get on out to the big Cystic Fibrosis benefit on February 24th. If you cannot make it down, buy a ticket or make a donation to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and/or ...
Posted by Amanda Rose #10 on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 11:08:00 PST