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amanda

any place with a gift shop is probably not haunted. -steve, ghosthunters

About Me


i've never met a stranger...my speech professor in college said that i could talk and write my way out of a paper bag. i think that was a compliment. :) i talk a lot, and i talk fast. i laugh a lot...mostly at myself. i sing all of the time, and make funny music-like noises when i yawn. i guess this is the soundtrack to my life. i am accident prone. that last sentence was an understatement.

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My Interests

MUSIC
i'm a tv addict who's watching oh-so-much-more tv since we've gotten our dvr...but it's fabulous!
de-cluttering (yes, that's verb!) my life/house
darts...i'm determined to beat casey in cricket
writing (although, other than my blog and stuff for work, it's been a long time since i've written anything creative)

I'd like to meet:


the cab driver dropping me off at my bungalow in some tropical paradise

Music:

my tastes are all over the place!
favorites include:
dave matthews
beatles
scott miller
steve miller
indigo girls
violent femmes
better than ezra
ryan adams
old school 80s rap
steve earle
80s classics
*nsync
jc chasez...and the list goes on...kind of like the beat
local faves include:
brendon james wright
jason ellis
jodie manross
mic harrison
and plan a

Movies:

steel magnolias
dead poets society
clueless
love actually
napoleon dynamite
the goonies
thing called love
high fidelity
seven
10 things i hate about you
the wedding planner
the big lebowski
anyway, give me something with john cusack, matthew mcconnaghey or philip seymour hoffman and i'm good to go.

Television:

here we go...
lost
all the law & order series
er
medium...i keep NBC in business.
on dvd: sex in the city & 24

Books:

give me a book and i'll read it. it's that simple.
go to www.goodreads.com and look up my listssome favorites include:
jennifer weiner
jodi picoult
laurie nataro
confederacy of dunces by john kennedy toole
tess of the d'ubervilles by thomas hardy
goethe's faust
atlas shrugged by ayn rand(it took me so long to read this book that it's going to stay on my book list FOREVER)

Heroes:

my daddy-o

My Blog

too much stuff

how does one person acquire so much stuff? i'm going through my cedar chest cleaning out stuff for the yard sale next saturday, and i'm baffled. how do i have *so* many t-shirts? and ones i barely eve...
Posted by amanda on Sat, 15 Jul 2006 05:05:00 PST

random information for you today

it's hot. incredibly hot. and humid. so humid, in fact, i think i was having difficulty breathing returning from the hospital. also, i'm wearing polka dots today. that, of course, has nothing to do wi...
Posted by amanda on Wed, 12 Jul 2006 08:39:00 PST

another one bites the dust

sweet- it's almost the end of the monday work day! yippee! that makes me happy. two of my incredibly good friends got engaged this weekend-- that makes me unbelievably happy!  mccormick posted so...
Posted by amanda on Mon, 10 Jul 2006 12:43:00 PST

a herd of hippos

so, in boredom and laziness i watched about half an hour of a special on animal planet about hippos. i love hippos. they're cute and cuddly and stuff. oh, wait-- those are *stuffed* hippos. real hippo...
Posted by amanda on Sun, 09 Jul 2006 11:47:00 PST

important question

what is it about english muffins that enables them to *not* get all old and moldy at the normal rate of bread? i'm serious. this freaks me out a bit.
Posted by amanda on Fri, 30 Jun 2006 07:44:00 PST

big purple gorillas

ok, so what is it about big inflatable purple gorillas that's supposed to sell fireworks? or neon animals in general? are they *that* festive? or is one supposed to be menaced by such creatures, and e...
Posted by amanda on Tue, 27 Jun 2006 07:56:00 PST

i'm really craving s'mores right now

i feel like i got hit by a train. did i mention that already? today my neck is so incredibly sore it's ridiculous. and i can't get comfortable sitting b/c the right side of my body is banged up, and u...
Posted by amanda on Sun, 25 Jun 2006 02:02:00 PST

accident prone

so, was headed down to the stockroom to get my purse to go to lunch at work today...well, a few steps down somehow there was a shoe-to-stair malfunction, and i ended up descending the stairs mostly on...
Posted by amanda on Sat, 24 Jun 2006 03:51:00 PST

knoxville is blessed

knoxville is blessed with incredible talent. went to this songwriters showcase roundtable/stage thing at preservation pub tonight. brendon james wright, mic harrison (of v-roys fame), and regan someon...
Posted by amanda on Mon, 19 Jun 2006 09:57:00 PST

i'm addicted to the style channel

ok, first off...myspace is being a PAIN!! ryan, if you're reading, got your message last night and have tried to reply like 8 times-- and it keeps telling me it didn't make it past the spam filter. wt...
Posted by amanda on Sun, 18 Jun 2006 02:50:00 PST