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Amy

What your saying needs to be said, so say it. ALD

About Me

"When you're going through hell, keep going."-- Winston Churchill; "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act."-- George Orwell; "There are times when life seems not so great but better than anything else, and when you're happy to be alive, but not exactly ecstatic."-- Muntean/Rosenblum 2001; "Unshun. Reshun. Unshun. Reshun."--Dwight Shrute; "Friends don't let friends vote Republican."

My Interests

I'll forget lots of things.... College Football- GO BUCKS! Performance- Any and all kinds, from Performance Art to Street Theatre; Politics- Is George W. Bush still President? Music, Movies, and TV- Anything to keep me from unpacking!

Music:

Johnny Cash* Over the Rhine* Hem* Susan Tedeschi* Madeleine Peyroux* Rosemary Clooney* The Beatles* Alison Krauss* Eastmountainsouth* Mindy Smith* Sheryl Crow* Coldplay* Green Day* The Sex Pistols* Patty Loveless* Iron and Wine* Bob Dylan* The Carpenters* Jack Johnson* Amos Lee* CGP* India.Arie* The Fratellis* Jon McLaughlin* TBDBITL*

Movies:

The Wizard of Oz* Shakespeare in Love* Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amelie Poulain* The Straight Story* Nobody's Fool* Mean Creek* La Vie en Rose* Bleu* Blanc* Rouge* Raise the Red Lantern* Lone Star* A Letter to Three Wives* Pieces of April* Memento* Little Miss Sunshine* Tarnation* Possession* Speed* Fight Club* He Got Game* Dancer in the Dark* Singin' in the Rain* Amadeus* Requiem for a Dream* Billy Elliot* Bridget Jones's Diary* The Notebook* Millions* In the Bedroom* An Unfinished Life* Midnight Cowboy* King Kong* West Side Story* The Sound of Music* The Shawshank Redemption* The Upside of Anger* Out of Africa* Gone with the Wind* A Star is Born* The Tango Lesson* Coal Miner's Daughter* Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind* The New World* Something New* An Inconvenient Truth* Borat:Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan* Claire

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Television:

Nip/Tuck* BBC's The Office* Alias* Project Runway* The Amazing Race* Dirty Jobs* Desperate Housewives* Lost* The Vicar of Dibley* The Office*

Books:

The Poisonwood Bible* To Kill a Mockingbird* Out of Africa* Knit for Peace* Midnight Champagne* Where the Red Fern Grows* The Robber Bride* Aloud: Voices from the Nuyorican Poets Cafe* On Photography* Camera Lucida*

Heroes:

My parents: Jewnettie and Raymond Darnell

My Blog

Happy Birthday Sgt. Pepper

40 years ago today. 40 years ago today genius was released for public consumption by way of the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band." I LOVE THIS ALBUM! Always have-- ever since I found...
Posted by Amy on Sat, 02 Jun 2007 04:27:00 PST

kiva.org

I can't remember the last time I was this excited about something! I just donated money to a real person, a face, a name, a life!I wanted to let you all know about a cool non-profit that is doing gre...
Posted by Amy on Wed, 30 May 2007 05:54:00 PST

song for the summer

Old School ELO... if you don't know this, then you are too damn young!You got me runnin goin out of my mind,You got me thinkin that I'm wastin my time.Don't bring me down,no no no no no,I'll tell you ...
Posted by Amy on Tue, 29 May 2007 10:52:00 PST

fast food nation

When I was in high school I first became a fan of Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle." I can still remember passages that made me shudder. This millennium's version is "Fast Food Nation" by Eric Schlosser...
Posted by Amy on Sun, 27 May 2007 07:00:00 PST

oi

So... I'm watching the View and Elizabeth Hasselbeck is such a moron. I really think I loathe her. Oh... i'm so glad Rosie tells the truth about her. Of course she gets briefed every morning, who t...
Posted by Amy on Wed, 23 May 2007 08:45:00 PST

pray

Earnestly. Sincerely. Pray that I finish my dissertation this summer. I've been told that someone in my Department won't be supporting me for renewal if I'm not a Doctor in the fall. Actually, pra...
Posted by Amy on Fri, 18 May 2007 09:28:00 PST

whew

I am a mess. Let me just tell you that over the last 10 days my skin has been a hot mess. I mean I have growths on my face that defy all logic or reason. Soap isn't working, so I think I'm going to...
Posted by Amy on Sat, 05 May 2007 08:02:00 PST

spring cleaning

You know it's spring when you open the windows and the air blows across freshly cut grass and you're intoxicated.You know it's spring when you just want to make everything white and clean and smooth a...
Posted by Amy on Sat, 21 Apr 2007 05:54:00 PST

sad or pathetic?

Is it officially pathetic or merely sad that on a Saturday night I'm watching "Pretty in Pink" on Oxygen. Gosh... I remember renting that video (not DVD) and watching it, loving her fashion sense, an...
Posted by Amy on Sun, 15 Apr 2007 07:53:00 PST

I have a major crush...

...on Rainn Wilson as Dwight Shrute. I cannot begin to tell you how much I love "The Office." I was so against that show when it started because I was a loyal lover of the BBC's Office. Damn Ricky ...
Posted by Amy on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 07:46:00 PST