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Amanda

La Vida es Eterna en Cinco Minutos...

About Me

So...I'm currently living back in Chicago now. I just got back from Santiago, Chile where I was living and working the art gallery/tattoo scene. At the moment I'm hoping to find a good spot at a shop here, working freelance until then...it's been a tough move, but I love what I'm doing and I'm very happy and feel challenged in my work. What else does anyone need in life?I guess I should add a bit of background huh? Well, I lived in Chicago for the last...forever, and then recently moved to Chile, where my family is from, and now I'm back in Chicago, permanently for the moment...I love music and movies and meeting new people. Here I love to go out dancing as well since the clubs are amazing and open much later than those in the states! I speak English and Spanish fluently and learned Italian while I was living in Florence a few years ago. I love languages and new countries and new experiences. I just spent a month in Ecuador teaching photography and running wild in the jungle and the galapagos, which was amazing. That's all I can think of for now, if you have any questions feel free to message me! I'm always up for making new friends!
[Marital Status] Single
[Shoe size] 5 1/2 or 6
[Parents still together] Yep
[Siblings] 1 older sister
[Pets] Had a kitty named Mia, had to leave her in Chicago sadly. :(
FAVORITES
[Color] Coke can red
[Number] 13
[Animal] Cats, jungle cats especially
[Drinks] Probably piscola
[Soda] Coca Cola
[Book] Good Omens
[Flower] Hibiscus
DO YOU
[Color your hair?] Oh yeah, last time it was platinum blonde and hot pink
[Twirl your hair?] Not that I'm aware of
[Have tattoos?] Heh...yeah baby
[Have Piercings?] Yep
[Cheat on tests/homework?] Thank god for no more school. But nope, never did.
[Drink/Smoke?] Yep and yep but only when I drink
[Like roller coasters?] Nope
[Wish you could live somewhere else?] Do live somewhere else!
[Want more piercings?] Maybe, nothing specific at the moment
[Like cleaning?] Sometimes
[Write in cursive or print?] Sorta a mix of both
[Own a web cam?] Yep, only for catching up with friends stateside
[Know how to drive?] Yep
[Own a cell phone?] Yep
[Ever get off the damn computer?] Yeah, although didn't used to
HAVE U EVER
[Been in a fist fight?] Yep
[Considered a life of crime?] Considered being murdered...not so much a life of crime...
[Considered being a hooker?] Hasn't everyone?
[Lied to someone?] Hasn't everyone? :)
[Been in love?] Yes
[Made out with JUST a friend?] Yes
[Been in lust?] Yes Yes Yes
[Used someone] Not on purpose
[Been used?] Absolutely, I hope not on purpose either
[Been cheated on?] Yes
[Kicked someone in the nuts?] I think so...a long time ago
[Stolen anything?] On accident as a child I stole a pair of earmuffs...from my stroller...
[Held a gun] Yeah
CURRENTS
[Current clothing]
[Current mood] Inspired
[Current taste] Um...Chocapics?
[What you currently smell like] Oil paint
[Current hair] Blonde on top, red underneath
[Current thing I ought to be doing] Getting ready to go out
[Current cd in stereo] Playing a mix-Happy Songs for a Girl in Pink
[Last book you read] Cronica de una Muerte Anunciada
[Last movie you saw] Lucky Number Sleven
[Last thing you ate] Chocapics, obviously
[Last person you talked to on the phone] Adrian
[Do drugs?] Not generally
[Believe there is life on other planets?] Considering they're taking away the planets...not really
Remember your first love?] Yes
[Still love him/her?] Yes
[Read the newspaper?] Sometimes
[Have any gay or lesbian friends?] Of course
[Believe in miracles?] Definitely
[Do well in school?] Did well in school, yes
[Wear hats] Sometimes
[Hate yourself?] Not usually
[Have an obsession?] Probably
[Collect anything?] Tattoos count?
[Have a best friend?] Yes
[Close friends?] Yes
[Like your handwriting?] Never thought about it
[Care about looks] Not a lot
LOVE LIFE
[First crush]
[First kiss] Um, when? Or who? Would have to be Diego Campos in like 8th grade...
[Do you believe in love at first sight?] Yes
[Do you believe in "the one?"] Absolutely
[Are you a tease?] Nope, I have no willpower to tease. I always follow through...
[Too shy to make the first move?] Not at all
ARE U A
[Daydreamer] Definitely
[Bitch/Asshole] Nope
[sarcastic] Sometimes
[Angel] Try to be, at least I have the wings!
[Devil] Sometimes
[Shy] Sometimes, rarely
[Talkative] Absolutely
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My Interests

Music:

Will try anything but here's an idea... Sigur Ros, Radiohead, Massive Attack, La Oreja de Van Gogh, Juanes, Portishead, Shakira, Noir Desir, Yo la Tengo, Alkaline Trio, Aimee Mann, Cafe Tacuba, Good Charlotte, Aesop Rock, Diverse, All-American Rejects, Outkast, Def Leppard, Clinic, Coldplay, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Frou Frou, Dance Hall Crashers, Dashboard Confessional, Eels, Fountains of Wayne, Get Up Kids, Goldfinger, Gorillas, Gotan Project, Incubus, Hem, Jet, Jumbo, Kill Hannah, La Ley, Limp, Manu Chao, Marlene Kuntz, Moist, Poe, Postal Service, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Royksopp, The Refreshments, The Stereo, Ben Gibbard, DNTEL, The Streets, Victor Jara, Los Prisioneros... And those are just my favorites...

Movies:

Another long list...ready? Go! Vanilla Sky, Life is Beautiful, Y tu Mama Tambien, Amores Perros, Dot the i, Waking Life, Fight Club, 28 Days Later, Splendor, Dream for an Insomniac, Muppets from Outer Space, Memento, Dancer in the Dark, Moulin Rouge, Romeo and Juliet, Amelie, Dirty Pretty Things, Donnie Darko, Resevoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill 1 & 2, Sexo con Amor, B-happy, Trainspotting, Chasing Amy, Dogma, Boondock Saints, Suicide Kings, The Last Time I Committed Suicide, Requiem for a Dream, Pi, Run Lola Run, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Matrix, American Beauty, Goonies, Punch Drunk Love, Swingers, Magnolia, The Beach, Lost in Translation, Los Lunes al Sol, Sex and Lucia, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Garden State, Motorcycle Diaries, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind...k, ran out for now, will add more as they come to me...

Television:

Standards I guess, Simpsons, Family Guy, Futurama, hell all that adult swim stuff, minus the anime, the Office, pretty much any sitcoms, (yes, including full house, don't know why...), but best show of all time? Coupling, BBC version. If you don't get BBC get the dvds, Seasons 1-3 out already...believe me, they will make you cry laughing.

Books:

This list is just way too long so I'll go with the best books I've read recently, both by Mil Millington, Things my Girlfriend and I Have Argued About, and A Certain Chemistry. Again, laugh till you cry funny, damn witty humor. Want a taste? Go to www.milmillington.com...maybe it's just my cynical sense of relationship humor, but damn, I think this guy is hysterical.

Heroes:

My parents, but mainly my father. The hell he went through to fight for what was right, the luck he's had to make it this far. Strongest man I've ever met. I've changed my life fighting for the same cause, hoping that one day we'll finally see Pinochet get what he deserves...but that's a whole nother story.