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Amanda

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About Me

Going to Greece!


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My Interests

BIG BRITE PEACOCKS, photography, Collaging (i.e. "Flounders' Mashups", my art), wordsmithing (i.e. crosswords, linguistics, dictionaries, making up words), Dance (SALSA,Zumba), flowers, art

I'd like to meet:

Bono, Bill & Melinda Gates, Johnny Depp, Oprah, the Dalai Lama, Bill Clinton, Janis Joplin, Madonna, JRR Tolkien and CS Lewis (tea for three), Leonardo DaVinci, my late great uncle and grandad, Coco Chanel, Missy Elliott, Brigit Bardot,Spike Jonze, Whitney Houston, Quentin Tarantino, Hunter S Thompson..and...YOU...

Music:

SOUL Janis Jopplin, Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, Howlin' Wolf, Otis Redding, Percy Sledge, Roberta Flack, Candi Staton, U2, Ben Harper, Outkast, Public Enemy, Lou Reed, Bruce Springsteen, Townes VanZandt, Clem Snide, Bright Eyes, Pulp, Stars, The King of France, Death Cab for Cutie, The Magic Numbers, Gerling, Eurythmics, Roseanne Cash, Bobby Bare, Sr., LOMAX! The Musical, Sunny Sweeney, Jackson Kimrey, White Stripes, The Killers, Bright Eyes

Movies:

Top Gun, Dirty Dancing, Grease, The Parent Trap, The Big Lebowski, Garden State, Heartworn Highways, The Girl on the Bridge, Chinatown, Badlands, True Romance, Life is Beautiful, The Departed, Overboard, Royal Tenenbaums

Television:

project runway; arrested development

Books:

people magazine; cheap thrillers set in dc

My Blog

Soul Mates

Last Friday night, I went out with my best friend for a good time in Old Town Alexandria. We used to do this all the time, but now she's married and therefore goes home early. As she and her husband s...
Posted by Amanda on Wed, 07 May 2008 08:48:00 PST

20 April 2008 - Things to Know About the Atlanta Airport

1. You have to pay for wireless internet. This is a commodity that's free in most other airports I've been to. It is $7.95. For "unlimited 24 hour access". Most of you would say that's nothing - wha...
Posted by Amanda on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:11:00 PST

Amanda stares at nothingness and understands zen

Ha! just home from another wonderful summer night with Clint. Eastwood that is, at the Crystal City Outdoor Summer Film Festival. I could go on and on about how great at discovery my best friend ...
Posted by Amanda on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 08:15:00 PST

Unchaperoned Journey into the Male Psyche Whilst Listening to Velvet Revolver

  In the past few days I have noticed a trait in male behavior. Territorial inclinations. A need to stake out one's space. Is this a characteristically male trait? I myself have not felt this ne...
Posted by Amanda on Sat, 07 Jul 2007 09:29:00 PST

mcflurry part two

McDonalds ROCKS!!! As many of you know I was very disappointed with my McFlurry experience last week but I am happy to report they are back on track. Foiled before, I went tonight this time determined...
Posted by Amanda on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 06:51:00 PST

Summertime: a cautionary tale

Well friends, it's summertime and that means McFlurry time for Mandy. I'm a big McFlurry fan for many reasons. It's lowfat ice cream, there's options for variety and texture- but not too man...
Posted by Amanda on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 10:18:00 PST

8/23/06

-Thoughts for the day- 1. On Caffeine: Caffeine must be brown. Can you name one thing with caffeine in it that's not brown? Coke, Coffee, Tea, Chocolate...okay no doz but I don't think that's caffeine...
Posted by Amanda on Wed, 23 Aug 2006 02:27:00 PST