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Amanda

We WON Bitches!!!!!

About Me

We all carry around the knowledge of time and humanity on our shoulders. I see the collective consciousness plain as day with every person I encounter. We all started out as star dust and we'll all end as star dust. My name is Amanda but you can call me "A"-star.
Your World View
You strongly reject traditional values.
Above everything else, you value honesty.
For you, morality and truth are one and the same.
You hate to be thought of as weak or insecure.
You abhor hypocrisy and have troubles with authority.
You are impulsive and somewhat unpredictable. What Is Your World View?
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You are a Self-Discoverer
You're not religious, but you've created your own kind of spirituality.
Introspective and thoughtful, you tend to look inward for the divine.
You are distrusting of all forms of organized religion.
You especially dislike religious gurus and leaders, who you feel are charlatans. What's Your Religious Philosophy?
Your Life Path Number is 3
Your purpose in life is to express your unique self.
You are a creative and artistic person with an interesting view on life.
Witty and outgoing, you enjoy sharing your crazy ideas with anyone who will listen.
A total social butterfly, you're the life of any party.
In love, you inspire and enchant your partner. You are often an object of fantasy and desire.
While you are very talented, you sometimes lack the ambition to put your talents in play.
And while your wit carries you a long way, you occasionally use it to mask your true feelings.
Your natural abilities can bring you all the success in the world ... if you let them What Is Your Life Path Number?

My Interests

theatre, psychology, music, philosopy, media studies, astrology, psychedelia, cultural anthropology, penguins, communing with nature, cats (but most especially these two) tattoos(especially mine...) kitty birthday parties and getting drunkin cool barswith beautiful people.

I'd like to meet:

all of the people I've ever pushed away, people who understand how they create their universe, artists, romantics, realists, optimists, humble and/or crazy geniuses, and more people like THESE guys!!!

Music:

Cursive, Alkaline Trio, Thursday, The Notwist, Denali, Citizen Cope, Pink Floyd, Straylight Run, Bright Eyes, Saves the Day, Coheed and Cambria,The Mars Volta, At-the-drive in, Sparta, The Vandals, Zebrahead, Jude, Minus the Bear, Alexisonfire, Billy Talent, Dredge, From Autumn to Ashes, Mogwai, Sigur Ros, Brand New, Ben Harper, One Line Drawing, The Postal Service, Deathcab for Cutie, Less than Jake, Jimmy Eat World, The Sounds, Modest Mouse, Junior Senior, Radiohead, Taking Back Sunday, Silverchair, Mindless Self Indulgence, Teamsleep, Unwritten Law, Third Eye Blind, The Used, Dredge, The Rise, Muse, SlowDive, Explosions in the Sky, Saul Williams, The Arcade Fire, Rilo Kiley, Pedro the Lion, The Beatles, Hot Rod Circuit, Linkin Park(-Guilty Pleasure), Our Lady Peace, Dave Matthews, The Gorillaz, Metric, DCD(rip), Themshakes,(rip) Talk Means Trouble(rip), aaaaaaand Every Creation(rip). ummmm... do you think putting my friends' bands on here is jinxing them? wtf?did i mention Alkaline Trio?

Movies:

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Employee of the Month, The Virgin Suicides, Garden State, Boondock Saints, Donnie Darko, The Goonies, Love and Sex(not a porn i promise), 28 Days Later, Farenheit 9/11, Big Fish, Nightmare Before Christmas, Edward Scissorhands(yay tim burton), Lord of the Rings trilogy, White Oleander, Magnolia, Chasing Amy, Angels in America I and II, Cybil, Run Lola Run, Cube, I 3 Huckabees, and Airborne.

Television:

Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Veronica Mars, King of the Hill!, Ultimate Fighter, ATHF, Invader Zim, Family Guy, Six Feet Under, 30 minute meals with Rachel Ray, and any forensics stuff on the learning channel or anything on the history channel... oh and Little Britain and Are You Being Served from the BBC.

Books:

Dune (all of em), Dhalgren (about 100 pgs left), Catcher in the Rye, L'etranger(The Stranger) by Camus, Angels in America, LOTR(much better than the movies of course), House of Leaves(still reading), The Vagina Monologues(reclaim cunt!), David Eddings(10 books down, a ton more to go), William Shakespeare, Haruki Murakami, Dan Brown, Stephen King, and Dean Koontz!

Heroes:

people who aren't self-absorbed. people who aren't two-faced. people who refuse to play the victim/martyr. people who realize there are two sides to every story. people who ask before they judge.

My Blog

coffeeshop ramblings on $2 pint tuesday

all right kids.  what can i say that you'll give a crap about... hmm.. what do i need to say as i sit here with that uneasy i need to get stuff out feeling?  maybe i just need to burp.. oh ...
Posted by Amanda on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 03:56:00 PST

or something like that.

first i'd like to thank the salon for giving me the internet to finally update y'all on my totally interesting life.  or something like that.i'm in my own apt and i'm fucking loving it!  i w...
Posted by Amanda on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 02:58:00 PST

shot in the dark

so brie actually sent me this link telling me it had to be me.. it was totally a nerdy dungeons and dragons guy with long hair but that's besides the point... i've still always wanted one of these thi...
Posted by Amanda on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 10:40:00 PST

Birthday Aftermath

First I want to thank everyone who came out to celebrate my birthday at Mugshots on Monday!  Mugshots crew, especially Marcos and Jay, thank you so much for allowing me to have my shindig at you...
Posted by Amanda on Sat, 10 Mar 2007 09:46:00 PST

Free Beer, Great live music

Here's the deal... Thanks to Jon Grande and his open mic night awesomeness, i've found the perfect spot to host my 23rd birthday. What does that mean for all of you? I bought a keg at Mugshots off 7th...
Posted by Amanda on Wed, 28 Feb 2007 02:23:00 PST

the catcher in the rye

"Don't ever tell anybody anything.  If you do, you start missing everybody." ~J.D. Salinger ok so i just finished reading the catcher in the rye and that's the last line of the book.  it's r...
Posted by Amanda on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 11:40:00 PST

just another trick of apparent reality

Why hello out there!  It's been awhile since I've taken the time to blog and as usual I have no idea where to begin as far as updates go!  Medea went well.  The process included a few...
Posted by Amanda on Wed, 29 Nov 2006 10:43:00 PST

Medea

I've been too busy to blog lately but trust me, I'm sure I'll write up a long blog documenting the whole process.  At any rate, please come see my show!!!  It's my pride and joy and if you ...
Posted by Amanda on Sun, 15 Oct 2006 09:26:00 PST

hell hath no fury like a director who's friends don't audition!

I'm directing a play at Concordia University and I am so freaking excited I just can't stand it!  I was hesitant to pick this play cuz Greek Tragedies have usually bored me, but this one is diffe...
Posted by Amanda on Thu, 07 Sep 2006 02:38:00 PST

A Doll's House

When I was about 16 years old, I was taking French 2 at Victoria Highschool.  My teacher was Madame Morrell, and I loved her.  She was a spunky women full of passion for her job and French c...
Posted by Amanda on Thu, 07 Sep 2006 04:23:00 PST