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About Me

I believe in God and His Son, Jesus Christ as my Savior.
I love all music from Opera to Metal (forget that Country crap though).
I achieved a minor in Vocal Music.
I am currently working on a Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education at Oklahoma State University.
I loathe Italian food.
I teach pre-school.
I use proper grammar.
I love learning.
I have a lot of friends, and I love every one of them.
I develop a lot of my own views on things.
I am blessed with the best family in the world.
I watch baseball.
I enjoy reading.
I like this boy, Jeff Anderson.
I have extremely disturbing nightmares.
I analyze everything and everyone.
Life lessons:
Experience what you can.
Love the people that you can't.
Expect change, and when you're ready, accept it.
Don't ever be sorry for the way you feel, you are feeling those emotions for a reason.
Learn about your beliefs on your own but embrace support from others.
If you're not doing well, get rid of everything/everyone in your life that is keeping you from becoming better.
There is no set limit of time on how long it takes you to overcome a situation,
but there comes a point in time when you can choose to move on.
Never stop changing or learning,
if the Lord wanted us all to make the same choices He wouldn't have blessed us with our freedoms.
God is here for you, not there for you.

My Interests

Music, Music theory, Music history, Old cars, Cool shoes, Grasshopper big trains, Choir, School, Little children, Interesting conversations, My little brother and sister, Reading, etc.

I'd like to meet:

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Music:

my main tunes

copeland
emery
war of ages
showbread (old)
taking back sunday
everytime i die
a plea for purging
paramore
haste the day (old)
maylene and the sons of disaster
four year strong
new found glory
paramore
the secret handshaked
memphis may fire
set your goals
cartel
something corporate
dashboard confessional
a day to remember
underoath
eric whitacre
brahms
liszt

Movies:

M. Night Shaymalan movies:
The Village,
Signs,
Lady in the Water,
The Sixth Sense,
Unbreakable

and a few more.

Television:

LOST and The Bachelor.I don't really like TV very much, it's boring.

Books:

Something Borrowed,
Something Blue,
Sloppy Firsts,
Second Helpings,
Charmed Thirds,
It's a Dirty Job,
To My Dearest Friends,
I Do (But I Don't),
The Memory Keeper's Daughter,
Can You Keep a Secret?,
The NPR Listener's Encyclopedia of Classical Music.
Jemima J,
Bookends

Heroes:

All the children that I've ever taught
Famous composers like Schoenberg and Brahms and Eric Whitacre.
My family
people who actually do something with their lives.

My Blog

Believing?

This morning I did it. I, Amanda Michelle Austin, woke up and went to church. Sad thing is, it wasn't my idea. Sunday mornings used to be a highlight of my week. I would obediently (although, a little...
Posted by j manda k on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 07:37:00 PST

Wisdom of a child

Anxiety. In the simplest and most literal way of describing it: I am constantly worrying. I worry about things as insignificant as how much air is in my tires to issues that are out of my control...
Posted by j manda k on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 05:41:00 PST

an attempt to gather...me

I was actually inspired to try and write this by Megan Kite's note in which she tried to "explain" herself. I recall the night of my senior prom. Everything was what I considered to be perfect (except...
Posted by j manda k on Fri, 06 Jul 2007 06:25:00 PST

Nightmares 2

I didn't have a nightmare last night, but this post I'm going to attempt to describe a few of the most horrific nightmares that I can remember. Prelude: When I was a child, before my scary dreams wo...
Posted by j manda k on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 09:44:00 PST

Nightmares

I've decided to start journaling my nightmares. Anyone who wants to read them may. I'm going to try my best to explain them, but it's unfortunately impossible. For those of you who know me well, know ...
Posted by j manda k on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 11:43:00 PST

thanks

my heart is shattered as my knees wrecklessly plummet to the ground. i can not compress my eyelids any closer together, the only opening is where the saltwatered tears gently, yet unceasinly...
Posted by j manda k on Thu, 03 Aug 2006 08:25:00 PST