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Amanda Jordyn ...

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About Me


After many years of debate I’ve decided that orange is my favorite color.

Chances are I’d like your [insert noun here] more if it were orange.

My Interests


The Tan Years: Circa 1984, Houston

tesseracts . the number twelve . coffee . twinkle lights . typography . eames . pre-1970 history books . ethiopian food . shiraz-rose . lomo . the word "fancy" . vacuuming . snow . cameras . cinnamon . hand claps . falafel . motown . concertinas . matzo . NPR . banana soymilk . za'atar . the Brown Elephant . dictionaries .

I'd like to meet:


Levi Spear Parmly (Go ahead, Google him), Evgeny Murzin + Jean le Rond d'Alembert


[Sept. 2006] I met Chuck Klosterman, a few months back, in the midst of my seasonal sinus cold, and here's how that went:
CK: Are you sick?

Me: Yeah, kind of (sniffle, eye rub)
CK: Maybe it's the mumps!
Me: Yeah or that spinach I ate.
...Clearly, I should never meet anyone.

Music:

Yes, please

Movies:

Mmmmm acting, I love me some good acting

Television:

Law + Order is always on somewhere in the world

Books:

Chuck Klosterman, Augusten Burroughs, David Sedaris, David Rakoff, David Foster Wallace, Leonard Cohen, Richard Brautigan, Anthony Bourdain, Paul Auster, Tao Lin, Paul Auster, Kurt Andersen, Saul Bellow, John Updike, Elie Wiesel, Ray Carver, Howard Zinn, Jean Thompson, Phillip Larkin, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, Pedro Meyer, Neil Pollack, McSweeney's, Albert Camus, Amy Sedaris, Tom Perrotta, Ken Kesey, Phillip Roth, Dalton Trumbo, Merriam-Webster, Haven Kimmel, Phillip Lopate, JD Salinger, Gary Krist, Communication Arts Magazine, instructional booklets, product labels

Heroes:

The power duo of soluble and insoluble fiber! The Coffee Achievers!

My Blog

Stuart Kills Bugs: A Love Story

[10AM, outside of my apartment's door, hallway ...I was running across the street for coffee before getting ready for work]Me: [locking door]Billy Preston Exterminator: [down the hallway, spray tank i...
Posted by Amanda Jordyn ... on Tue, 05 Jun 2007 09:14:00 PST

A Penny Earned, Is A Penny Overcharged: When I Say "Fun," You Say "Math"

This evening, post-work, I had to go to the grocery store for litter and cat food (It's in my cats' contracts, hence "had"). _____Sidenote: Whenever you use your "value" card, your name prints on your...
Posted by Amanda Jordyn ... on Mon, 28 May 2007 11:02:00 PST

Stop Me If You've Heard This One Before [Working Title: There's Shit In My Eggs]

Redline, southbound, 1030AM, en route to work: [A couple seated facing the train's doorway, a few black bags amongst them. Guy dressed in jeans, faded black leather jacket, a haphazardly placed ball c...
Posted by Amanda Jordyn ... on Mon, 21 May 2007 09:20:00 PST

The Dawning of the Ridiculous: Last Night I Didn't Get To Sleep Enough

This could be completely ridiculous or completely spot on ...Truth is, I'm tired. I have a day job and in turn my feet hurt (and I'm left with the feeling of accomplishment of a job well done ...Which...
Posted by Amanda Jordyn ... on Mon, 14 May 2007 09:36:00 PST

"Jordyn, You Are An Excellent Titler": Compliments As Titles

Yes, it's been a while. Two weeks, at least -Oo my! The remnants of my seasonal sinus-cold are all but the occasional cough. I spent a week with my vocal cords on the "Chewbacca/Bea Arthur" setting an...
Posted by Amanda Jordyn ... on Wed, 09 May 2007 11:02:00 PST

Achoo!: How I Learned To Stop Worrying + Love The Snot Bomb

Friday, redline -southbound: Two little girls, braids + barrettes, seated behind me -Their Mother (reading a copy of the Red Eye + chatting on her cellphone] seated across the aisle from me. Girl #1: ...
Posted by Amanda Jordyn ... on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 08:44:00 PST

For Vanity's Sake + A Box Of Bla

10AM, Dominick's grocery, me w/ my wheeley-cart cutting up an aisle to the check-out lanes. [Indian woman, black hair w/ a sploch ..Yes, sploch ...of gray smack-dab ...Yes, smack-dab ...at the crown, ...
Posted by Amanda Jordyn ... on Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:57:00 PST

Jane Austen Doesn't Live Here No More: For Those of You Who Want To Start A Book Club ...

The Department of The Treasury has a few suggestions ...[The following titles are from a mini-flyer included alongside my federal tax return] "Order some of our best sellers!" -Federal Benefits for Ve...
Posted by Amanda Jordyn ... on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 10:46:00 PST

White Skirts + Dwarf TKO

First things first, a twist ...A book review, if you will. Yesterday, on the train en route to work: [Two girls, sitting behind me]Girl #1: "Yeah so I read the 'Zodiac' and that book messed with my mi...
Posted by Amanda Jordyn ... on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 10:58:00 PST

Gonna Look In Every Corner of the City: Part I

I'm being stalked. "You're what?" "Who?" "When?"Well, I'll tell you ...I am being stalked by five men: John, Zal, Steve, Joe + Jerry ...You might know them as the Lovin' Spoonful (that's the original ...
Posted by Amanda Jordyn ... on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 05:45:00 PST