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amanda

About Me

Apparently, I pretty much rule. At least that's what I keep hearing.

My Interests

Cupcake Fridays. Shenanigans and general tomfoolery.

I'd like to meet:

These guys:

Music:

Lots of stuff. But we'll go with rock 'n' roll - of the awesome variety.

Movies:

Anything by Wes Anderson or Jean-Pierre Jeunet, French New Wave cinema, High Fidelity, Punch Drunk Love, You Can Count on Me, City of God, Love Me if You Dare, Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show...

Television:

Coupling, The Office (Uk versions), Six Feet Under, Buffy reruns, Entourage, Weeds. That about covers it.

Books:

How 'bout authors of fiction: Jeffrey Eugenides, Vladimir Nabokov, Mikhail Bulgakov, Nick Hornby (most of the time), Haruki Murakami, Jim Thompson, Jhumpa Lahiri, Jonathan Lethem, Albert Camus...

Bios: Art Lover: A Biography of Peggy Guggenheim; Natasha: The Biography of Natalie Wood; The Secret Life of the Lonely Doll:The Search for Dare Wright; The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band; pretty much anything scandalous.

Heroes:

Bowie

My Blog

Dear Sweet Baby Jesus,

In honor of the celebration of your birth, I would like to request that you please send me a Genius Bar geek. My computrox is on the fritz again, and I'm afraid I just can't afford to have it repaired...
Posted by amanda on Tue, 04 Dec 2007 03:53:00 PST

in 25 seconds, this girl will self destruct

time for a break. i've apparently forgotten that i'm an adult, and as such, have responsibilites. it's been a long week, and i've lost control. so here's to resting up before willis comes to visit and...
Posted by amanda on Fri, 06 Jul 2007 11:12:00 PST

...and we're back.

the trip was amazing (except for puking in the lima airport). saw beautiful things, ate fantastic food, lived a dream. but i'm super glad to be home. for any of you who care to see pics, go here or he...
Posted by amanda on Fri, 10 Nov 2006 10:37:00 PST

YAY Peru!!!

So I'm off to Peru in a few short hours. Laura and I are taking a much-needed, much-deserved vacation, and I swear upon all that is holy in this world that I will not give a moment's thought to work. ...
Posted by amanda on Fri, 03 Nov 2006 10:38:00 PST

Why Van Halen totally rules... and other truisms

C'mon. Do I really need to tell you? Then you obviously know nothing. But seriously... with lyrics like "I can't wait to feel your love tonight (whooo)" and "Baby, I know that you want it - I know wha...
Posted by amanda on Tue, 15 Aug 2006 07:55:00 PST

Total nerd fest up in herre

I'm at ERB (yes, I'm the dork on the computer, but I gots work to do and it's too fucking hot in my apartment), and my friends are having a dance party behind the bar. To the likes of Ace of Base and ...
Posted by amanda on Tue, 18 Jul 2006 06:16:00 PST

Happy anniversary

Somehow that makes me think of Welcome to the Dollhouse.I just realized, in thinking over my plans for the weekend, that today marks the one year anniversary of my pilgrimage to this city. I'm not ent...
Posted by amanda on Fri, 30 Jun 2006 08:27:00 PST

Sundays are the best days

I had a nice little lunch today at Teddy's, followed by record shopping and a nice visit to the park, all with good company.But the best part is that I ran into Astrud, my former/future stylist. She's...
Posted by amanda on Mon, 26 Jun 2006 05:42:00 PST

Really... WHAT will they think of next?

I came home today to find awaiting me in my mailbox a card from one of my fave cosmetics companies. I was very excited to discover what fabulous new product they've dreamed up. I never saw THIS comin...
Posted by amanda on Fri, 23 Jun 2006 06:37:00 PST

I gave up balancing

the checkbook, that is. I give up all the other balancing, too, but in the meantime I've decided to screw around on myspace and listen to the Stones. That's right - I finally got my hi-fi back. Juan, ...
Posted by amanda on Wed, 14 Jun 2006 08:24:00 PST