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About Me

I'm an avid amateur photog, semi-pro show-goer, crappy part-time web designer, wannabe artist, traveler, shower singer, vegetarian, hispanohablante.

My Interests

LIVE MUSIC, Film Photograpy (35mm & Medium Format), Fitness, TRAVEL, Cooking (and subsequently, eating), Current Events, Entertaining, Bunco, Throwing around big words like I know what they mean, MY AWESOME FAMILY OF FRIENDS, Birthdays (except for my own), Reading, the beach, WoW

Music:

I love the local guys the most! Ugli Stick, Strongfold, Friday Night Gigolos, Chris McCarty Band, Phar Fletcher, The Tiles, Peek, Wes Loper. Nothing beats a great local show!National - Nine Inch Nails, Foo Fighters, Ben Folds, Tori Amos, Madonna, Incubus, Slipknot, Jack Johnson, Shakira, Beastie Boys, Sting, Hole, and many others.

Movies:

LOTR, Star Wars, Shakespere in Love, Gladiator, Cruel Intentions, Finding Neverland, Man on Fire, Crash, the Harry Potters (Goblet of Fire is my favorite), Titanic

Television:

My new favorite show is Heroes. I love The Office (I cackle out loud), TMZ and ER. I try to catch Bones too. NFL on Fox!

Books:

Tolkien, The Wheel of Time Series by Robert Jordan, Ayn Rand, Star Wars by Timothy Zahn, Thomas Friedman, Isabelle Allende, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Godfather, A Confederacy of Dunces (the funniest I've ever read!), and The Kite Runner

My Blog

Check out this event: Amandas birthday bash!

Hosted By: KimWhen: Saturday Jan 19, 2008 at 8:00 PMWhere: Kim's house2871 Cottage Knoll DrMobile, Alabama|1 36695United StatesDescription:Kim Click Here To View EventI can't thank Kim for being such ...
Posted by Amanda Marie on Sun, 30 Dec 2007 03:04:00 PST

Complaintsgiving

I realize that I complain way too much. I've been trying to cut back lately, but there always seems to be something getting me down, and then I sink into the black hole of constant bitching. I know ...
Posted by Amanda Marie on Thu, 22 Nov 2007 10:38:00 PST

Bayfest

October is the month of the music festival for me. The month is starting off with Bayfest, going on this weekend in lovely downtown Mobile. We kicked things off with a party hosted by a fr...
Posted by Amanda Marie on Sat, 06 Oct 2007 11:58:00 PST

Hurricane on the Bayou

I went to go see Hurricane on the Bayou at the Exploreum's IMAX theater with my mom and dad on Sunday. I was a bit skeptical, but mom wanted to see it so I went. I can't exactly say that ...
Posted by Amanda Marie on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 03:18:00 PST

Mullet Toss

I've been meaning to do this for a couple of weeks, and I'm just now getting the time. For the benefit of those "friends" who do not live in the Mobile area, I decided I would start updating my ...
Posted by Amanda Marie on Wed, 09 May 2007 06:03:00 PST

Why Mardi Gras is better than Christmas

When queried, I think most people would say that Christmas is their favorite holiday. I have to disagree. Since I was little, I've always enjoyed Mardi Gras better than any other holiday.&...
Posted by Amanda Marie on Thu, 15 Feb 2007 02:31:00 PST

Looking forward . . .

My personal goal this year (rather than a resolution) is to be more positive. Therefore, I have decided to put together a list of things that I have to look forward to in 2007: The month of Janu...
Posted by Amanda Marie on Tue, 02 Jan 2007 09:44:00 PST

Accident Report

After ten years of accident-free driving, I had my first fender bender yesterday. I was at the corners of Dauphin and Hallet (right next to WZEW), when some craziness occurred. There was s...
Posted by Amanda Marie on Wed, 08 Nov 2006 06:56:00 PST

Trick or Treat

Comment back - I want to know what everyone is going to be for Halloween this year. Some of us are going to be a scream, I just know it. I'm going to play a trick on someone. Just you wait...
Posted by Amanda Marie on Thu, 26 Oct 2006 05:57:00 PST

Where were you?

Today on the 92 Zew morning show, the listeners phoned in to recall where they were on 09/11/2001. Like most everyone else, I remember where I was. I was at home asleep when the first plan...
Posted by Amanda Marie on Mon, 11 Sep 2006 02:48:00 PST