amy j. profile picture

amy j.

I am here for Friends

About Me


our engagement video!

my comfort in my suffering is this:
your promise preserves my life.

(psalm 119)

My Interests

sleeping in with casey on fridays
&
writing words in the air
&
memorizing license plates
&
doing art projects on the floor
&
refining my homemaking skills... ha!
..........

I'd like to meet:

This layout was handmade with love by the folks at My space or yours? Go get one!

Music:

old school church hymns.
..........

Movies:

the motorcycle diaries
moulin rouge
a little princess
punch drunk love
eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
buffalo '66
13 going on 30
etc.
etc.
etc.
..........

Television:

i'm not very fond of the tele.

ok, ok... project runway. but that's it!
..........

Books:

i have a "to read" list longer than your arm. yes, yours.

workin on : the diamondback's daily crossword puzzle by the diamondback daily newspaper

the b-i-b-l-e
life of pi
reasons to live
books written by and about black women
..........

Heroes:

the one who is always awake (psalm 121)

&

my dad, because he comes over and happily unclogs my toilet at any time of day or night (among other heroic acts)
..........

My Blog

about a required reading

I wrote this email to the professor and classmates of last spring's Art Theory course. In it, I comment on a required reading given to us by our professor (whose insights and intellect I still admire)...
Posted by amy j. on Sun, 02 Dec 2007 08:31:00 PST

getting stuck on the superman ride

was not the highlight of my day. but getting into six flags for free (because lacey is awesome) and spending the day with these ladies was good times fo sho:the vibrating barrel cost twenty-five cents...
Posted by amy j. on Sun, 21 Oct 2007 09:34:00 PST

the washbasin heist, circa 2006.

after finding an old roll of film on a drawer this past week, i decided to discover what was on it. what i discovered was some random pictures of casey and i literally robbing my parents' piggy bank (...
Posted by amy j. on Sun, 09 Sep 2007 06:30:00 PST

ace of cakes server man & marriage

upon 'brunching' at golden west in hampden today with debbie...me: "doesn't our server look really familiar?"debs: "yes. like a combination of a few people that i know."me: "kind of like paul nelson?"...
Posted by amy j. on Sat, 25 Aug 2007 12:42:00 PST

invitation

it is always in the unlikeliest of places that the Lord reveals Himself to me. it is always when i feel most undeserving... i think that is why I am so humbled by it, everytime. Isaiah 55 Invitation ...
Posted by amy j. on Sat, 10 Mar 2007 10:09:00 PST

one thirty-one a.m.

he makes me softer around the edges, and sweeter.he makes me more attentive to detail... the reward is in the effort, in the labor, in the patience.he teaches me to be patient.he leads by example; lov...
Posted by amy j. on Mon, 09 Oct 2006 10:31:00 PST

i have my own ring now?! (pt. II)

& just so you know......
Posted by amy j. on Thu, 27 Jul 2006 10:54:00 PST

greetings from the sunshine state!

okay well actually, i'm back now. it was a pretty sweet vacation.i used to think florida was disneyworld and old people... but now i know that a ton of crazy people live there, too. and i discovered t...
Posted by amy j. on Sat, 15 Jul 2006 10:54:00 PST

photo shoot?

so sometimes, my brilliant and artistic friends like to get together and have awesome photo shoots. sometimes, they ask me to come along and it always turns out to be nothing short of fabulous.so tod...
Posted by amy j. on Mon, 22 May 2006 12:00:00 PST

weather watcher

so i'm laying in bed. it's so early for me to be in bed, but that's a wonderful thing. and there's beautiful music playing in my ear, and the window is open letting all the scents of night come in wit...
Posted by amy j. on Mon, 24 Apr 2006 08:55:00 PST