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Miranda

No shame, just ambition.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

You're the strangest person I ever met, she said & I said you too & we decided we'd know each other a long time. -- STORYPEOPLE

Music:

Amon Tobin, A Perfect Circle, Aphex Twin, Portishead, Air, Groove Armada, Bus Driver, Thievery Corporation , Underworld, Chemical Brothers Orbital, Coldplay, Wu Tang Clan, Massive Attack, Radiohead, Jack Johnson, Christopher Lawrence, Particle, Lenny Kravitz, Willie Nelson, The Dixie Chicks (yes, I'll finally admit it...I like *some* country), SUBLIME, Sarah Maclachlan, Hedda Layne, Squarepusher, The Mars Volta, The Postal Service, Tiki Obmar, Tool, Tori Amos, Death Cab for Cutie, Spoon, Modest Mouse, U2, Franz Ferdinand, Interpol, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Slightly Stoopid, Broken Social Scene, DJ Shadow, Blackalicious, The Living Legends, Four Tet, Telefon Tel Aviv, Counting Crows, Flaming Lips, Pearl Jam, Adam Beyer, Steve Lawler, Donald Glaude, Too Many DJs, The Killers, Sage Francis, !!!, Beck, Wilco, Dangermouse, Kraftwerk, Sasha, Public Enemy, Timo Maas, Jurassic 5, Rabbit in the Moon, Derrick Carter, Carl Cox, Outcast, LTJ Bukem, Goldie, Jamon, Toddy B, Lance Cashion, DJ DB, John Mayer, Jack Johnson, Bob Schneider, The Beatles, Aerosmith, The Eagles, BB King, The Gorillaz, Ray Charles, Prince, Padmagraphics.com, Tim Thielen, Juniper, Roots Manuva, Miss Kittin, MF Doom, Black Star, M.I.A, Howie Day, LCD Soundsystem, Ben Westbeech, Bent, Bitter:Sweet, Bloc Party, Bonobo, Feist, Fujiya & Miyagi, Greenskeepers, Hot Chip, The Killers, Mark Ronson, MSTRKRFT, Shiny Toy Guns, Travis, Satoshi Tomiie, Tegan and Sara

Damn. Just so many....I'm a major music snob.

Movies:

Secretary, Pulp Fiction, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Home for the Holidays, Amelie, The Fog of War, Control Room, Napoleon Dynamite

Television:

The Sopranos, The Daily Show, Family Guy, The Simpsons, Reno 911, Arrested Development, Seinfeld

Books:

Any book written by Hunter S. Thompson, Candy by Luke Davies, Choke by Chuck Pahlaniuk, does SPIN magazine count as a book?

Heroes:

As much as I've bitched about them, my parents. My aunt, Joan.

My Blog

Hey...people coming over to my house tomorrow night....

If you have any fun board games or dominoes, bring 'em....yes, it's gonna be one of those kinds of parties. ;)And by "those", I mean the kind that gets rained out.....
Posted by Miranda on Fri, 25 May 2007 08:57:00 PST

Sunday, May 20, 2007

This picture sums up my Sunday perfectly. Glass of red wine next to my new patio furniture, overlooking my luscious green lawn. I love Spring! ...
Posted by Miranda on Mon, 21 May 2007 04:47:00 PST

Austin's 79th Annual Kite Festival

Today was Austin's 79th Annual Kite Festival. Growing up and living in Austin, this festival has always symbolized the coming of Spring for me. Today was perfect in every way. Perfect weather, great e...
Posted by Miranda on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 07:50:00 PST

I broke my foot....

...and I'm getting really sick of answering the questions, "what happened?" and "how did you break it??" that I've lost it twice today. I'm fed up with the tears. I've decided to fight back with your ...
Posted by Miranda on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 02:56:00 PST

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1. What is the last alcoholic beverage you drank?A Sapporo w/ sushi yesterday afternoon. =) 2. Do you follow college football?Hell YAH 3. How many miles does your car have on it?~ 140K 4. Who wa...
Posted by Miranda on Tue, 26 Sep 2006 06:41:00 PST

Pics from a day in my life...

Time to make the donuts....I check my email first thing. Surely something important has been sent to me in the past 7 hrs. Yeah, I sleep with my laptop. What? You don't? :p That's Mia. She's concerned...
Posted by Miranda on Fri, 25 Aug 2006 05:23:00 PST

The UT Football Game Schedule (AKA: MY LIFE IS COMPLETE AGAIN!!!)

DO YOU BLEED ORANGE?!? Fuck ya, you do! And if you don't then we're not meant to be MySpace friends. Shit, you think you know someone.... ...
Posted by Miranda on Wed, 23 Aug 2006 02:51:00 PST

Found on Craigslist

Why You're Not Getting Any (And How to Fix it)Date: 2006-05-04, 11:20PM EDTDear Roommate,You went out tonight and had yet another dismal failure. The best thing that can be said about this date is tha...
Posted by Miranda on Wed, 31 May 2006 11:02:00 PST

Pics from Santa Fe

THE RIDE The car I hugged when it was 17 degrees...now that's love.... THE VIEW THE HOUSE Why, yes, that is peyote growin...
Posted by Miranda on Sun, 18 Dec 2005 07:57:00 PST

Seattle Pics

The Flagship Starbuck's. Use sunscreen kids! My favorite pic from the trip. :) There...
Posted by Miranda on Thu, 15 Dec 2005 11:16:00 PST