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amanda

I see my name in neon lights and it's like, so sharp that when it lights up, like, the lights explod

About Me

I like bass and oatmeal. And opera. One day I hope to somehow combine all three. I'm almost done with my master's degree at Temple University. I also like Trader Joe's wine and I hope to someday build a huge canopy for my bed like in A Christmas Carol.

My Interests

cooking, movies, books, dancing, bike riding, good beer.

Music:

WAGNER, mahler, jay-z, Shostakovich, Varttina, Kanye West, VNV nation, brahms, mozart, etc

Movies:

the Big Lewbowski, team america, ocean's 11, kids, the guru, high fidelity, art school confidential, fargo, roger dodger, pretty much anything with steve buscemi in it, bollywood films, pride and prejudice, bride and prejudice, distinguished gentleman, being julia, the royal tenenbaums, cinderella

Television:

drawn together, Daily show/colbert report, south park, sex in the city, everything on the Food Network

Books:

anything mark twain, terry pratchett, VONNEGUT, To say nothing of the dog, the poisonwood bible, turnabout, jane austen

Heroes:

Jack budrow, Jeff Turner, tim knowles.

My Blog

finally I feel like I really live in philly

Well, now that I've had not one, but two bikes stolen and, as of today, have had my car broken into, I've gone through the triumvirate of bad things necessary to really feel like I live in a major cit...
Posted by amanda on Mon, 20 Nov 2006 08:00:00 PST

modern performance practice

Tonight I went to a concert.  It was pretty great.  Daniel Barenboim was there. But it was really missing something.  That something was special effects.  The conductor walks on st...
Posted by amanda on Thu, 09 Feb 2006 08:31:00 PST

meat party accompaniment?

If one were to have a party where the focal point is meat (specifically, beef), what would go with that?  Would you have hors'd'ourves?  Would it be overkill if they were meatballs...
Posted by amanda on Tue, 07 Feb 2006 04:05:00 PST

mom's cd

My mom's a rock star!  Go check out her new cd:  cdbaby.com/cd/lricejohnston  I guess by 'rock star' I mean 'folk music recording artist'   I think that's still pretty cool t...
Posted by amanda on Sat, 04 Feb 2006 04:33:00 PST

mighty squirrels?

Today a squirrel stole my sandwich.  really, literally.  I was sitting outside doing some homework with my lunch bag beside me.  It kept inching closer and closer to me, and I let it.&n...
Posted by amanda on Sat, 04 Feb 2006 06:51:00 PST