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Mandy

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Jack London said it best!"I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.""We don't see things as THEY are, we see things as WE are"-Anais NinSomeday I'll have my own credo but these two explain it best in the mean time.I've met my match. My amazing boyfriend Richie is my heart and my soul. He's the first thing I think of when I wake up in the morning and the last thing I think of when I fall asleep at night. If I could lay in bed and laugh with him all day, I'd be in heaven.

Music:

The Notwist, Aim, Jay Z, The The, Ken Nordine' "Colors", Sebastien Tellier, Phoenix, Leila, Serge Gainsbourg, Rae and Christian, Nina Simone, Cahrles Aznavour, Eric Satie, The Rachels, Black Heart Procession, Jackson Browne, Cinematic Orchestra, Nick Drake, Nicole Blackman, Jurassic 5, Jason Faulkner, PB Wolf, The Notwist, Stereo Total, Kate Rogers, DJ Food, Farncois Hardy, Air, The Zombies, Mr. Scruff, DJ Cheb I Sabbah, Sinatra, Suba, Sammy Davis Jr., Flying Burrito Brothers, Black Eyes, Feist, Lali Puna, T-Rex, David Bowie, Kid Loco, The Sonics, Suba, Faultline, The Swiss Army, Waldeck, Saul Williams, Izzy Dunn, Tony Touch, Daedelus, The Shins, Gogol Bordello, Mia Doi Tod, Stiff Little Fingers, Sebastien Tellier, The Cramps, Hefner, Joseph Arthur, Attica Blues, Rae & Christian, Jori Hulkkonen, X, Bent, Z-Trip, The Descendants, Pixies, Peace Orchestra, Akufen, Nicole Willis, Gonzales, Mando Diao, DJ Food, Snooze, Amon Tobin, Gram Parsons, Aerogramme, Mike Doughty, 13 & God, Styrofoam, Jamie Liddell, Lifter Puller, Howie B, Dalek, Frank Bretschneider, Alpha, Langhorne Slim, Maxmillian Hecker, Dr. Dre, Mark Eitzel, Koop, The Herbaliser, Chet Baker, Tar Water, Alexi Delano, Cut Chemist, Jeff Buckley, The Kinks, Bran Van 3000, The Buzzcocks, Heiruspecs, David Sylvian, Jay-Z, Les Savy Fav, Replacements, Air, Richard X, Rolling Stones, Edvard Grieg, Cornu, Pulp, The Byrds, Massive Attack, The Fall, Sly & The Family Stone, Stone Roses, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Leonard Cohen, James Brown, The Velvet Underground, Mark Mallman, Jeremy Enijk, Lamb, Donavan, Joe Henry, Fugazi, Built To Spill, Frank Sinatra, Pure Prairie League, Blue Six, Boozoo Bajou, Shudder To Think, The Streets, Bjork, D'angelo, Black Keys, Broken Social Scene, Portishead, Soul Coughing, The Clash, Otis Redding, The Notwist, Nick Drake, Momus, Augustus Pablo, David Bowie, Snooze, Bloc Party

Movies:

Jesus' Son, The House Keeper, Secretary, What a Way To Go, L'auberge Espangnole, Venus, The World According To Garp, Funny Games, Shaun Of The Dead, Where The Boys Are, Sheitan, Blade Runner, Elf, Harold and Maude, Code 46, Score, Crash, Shock Corridor, Punch Drunk Love, Garden State, Lolita, Morvern Callar, The Sheltering Sky, Stealing Beauty, My Favorite Year, Dangerous Liasons, The Squid and the Whale, Oceans Eleven, Oceans Twelve, Shopgirl, Fright Night, Donnie Darko, Scratch, Four Seasons, Amores Peros, Putney Swope, Young Frankenstein, The Station Agent, Happiness, Lost In Translation, So so so many films and so little time. This is the short list. The real one is massive!

Books:

Demon Theory, Anything by Anais Nin, Anthony Bourdain and David Sedaris. Lolita, The Sheltering Sky, Love With A Few Hairs, The Beach by Alex Garland (great book, shit movie) Siddhartha, Steppenwolf, Kiss Me Judas, The Sopranno's by Alan Warner, Tropic of Cancer, The Ring of The Brightest Angels Around Heaven, Syrup, The New Basic Cook Book, Kitchen Confidential. Currently Reading Neil Geimon's American Gods.

Heroes:

All of us with dreams and the guts to persue them.

My Blog

Doesn’t have to be this way

Haven't written words here in a while but so much has been happening in my life.  The last few months have not been without their difficulties and there have been times where I have just felt lik...
Posted by Mandy on Thu, 22 May 2008 03:38:00 PST

Bitches Brew...there’s a first time for everything.

In my previous blogs, I've posted about my upcoming move to Louisiana...So lately I've been out in my freezing garage here on the farm going through boxes of my things from moves past.  Ther...
Posted by Mandy on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 02:31:00 PST

Countnig down the days

In just 12 days, I'll be heading south to Louisiana to live with Richie again.  We haven't seen each other in over two months and I'm bubbling with excitement!  It's amazing when you meet so...
Posted by Mandy on Sat, 08 Dec 2007 12:29:00 PST

Let’s move to the country

In three weeks I'll be packing up a moving truck and heading south.  It's amazing sometimes when you think of all of the steps you've taken in your life and where they eventually lead you.  ...
Posted by Mandy on Sun, 02 Dec 2007 02:43:00 PST

Moving South for the winter etc...

I couldn't be happier!  I'm moving to Louisiana for the best Christmas gift ever,  To be with the man that I love and miss so much.  This has been the longest month ever and I can't wai...
Posted by Mandy on Sat, 10 Nov 2007 05:50:00 PST

sad

I miss my man so much right now.   waiting is tough.   
Posted by Mandy on Sun, 04 Nov 2007 08:11:00 PST

amazing!

I just have to say that people amaze me every day by their strength and I am mesmerized by the capacity.  I hope that the person i'm speaking of recognizes herself because I am truly at a loss fo...
Posted by Mandy on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 01:13:00 PST

Wheat Fields vs. Weeping Willows

  The greatest thing happened this summer.  I met the love of my life.  He danced with me in a bar one warm night in August and sang country songs in my ear and that night sea...
Posted by Mandy on Sun, 28 Oct 2007 08:21:00 PST

Good stuff

Yesterday was a busy day in the kitchen at Strawberry Fields!  Breakfast was booming and the eggs were cracking.  Our usual crew was in...Tom, Roger, Warrren, Dan, Dave, Mike, Neil, Slick, M...
Posted by Mandy on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 10:54:00 PST

Summer of lust

Just met someone fantastic today!   Hmm...I think summer fever is much hotter than Spring fever...it's in the air!   But I might be too big of a flirt.  I guess I'm just a peo...
Posted by Mandy on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 05:27:00 PST