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Amber

I just figured if I was gonna make the world a better place, I'd do it with cookies

About Me

"A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it." George Moore "All things considered, there are only two kinds of (wo)men in the world--those who stay at home and those who do not. The second are the more interesting." Rudyard Kipling

My Interests

Road trips!, snowboarding, attempting to surf, backpacking, rock climbing, traveling, camping, running, reading, baking, knitting, Spanish, Japanese, karaoke (only in Japan...), soccer, the beach, snorkeling music festivals, and the list goes on...

I'd like to meet:

Someone who inspires me...

Music:

A little bit of country and a little bit of rock...Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Taking Back Sunday, The Used, My Chemical Romance, The All American Rejects, The Fray, Switchfoot, Yellowcard, Damien Rice, Patty Griffin, The Dixie Chicks, Remy Zero, Whitesnake, U2, The Ataris, Rascal Flats, Fallout Boy, Kasabian, Bloc Party, Bright Eyes, Simple Plan, The Proclaimers, Johnny Cash, Bob Seger, Ellegarden, Blue October...

Movies:

Cold Mountain, Walk the Line, Donnie Darko, The Princess Bride, Amelie, Zoolander, Hero, House of Flying Daggers, Back to the Future, Bridget Jones' Diary, The Last of the Mohicans, Office Space, Happy Gilmore, Top Gun, Wild Hearts Can't be Broken, Napoleon Dynamite, Bring It On, Love Actually, Pirates of the Carribean, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Old School, Army of Darkness, Goonies...

Television:

It`s all in Japanese, but thank goodness for DVDs...Lost and Prison Break...Yum Yum ;p Oh, and anything with my new favorite Japanese actor...Nagase...

Books:

Bridget Jones' Diary, Anne of Green Gables, My Forbidden Face, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genious, The River Why, One For the Road, Harry Potter (1-6), Touching the Void, Pride and Prejudice, The Alchemist, The Prophet, La Casa de los Espiritus, Cien Anos de Soledad, The Little Prince, Kafka on the Shore...

Heroes:

My Parents, My brother, My sister...they`re all better people than me ;p

My Blog

Kites

So, it's only the beginning of May, but it seems Spring has already ended out here.  The cherry blossoms are long gone and the humidity has already wilted all but the heartiest of the seasons flo...
Posted by Amber on Fri, 12 May 2006 05:11:00 PST

Springtime in Japan

If you're on my "real" email list, you've already read this...so don't bother ;)...   According to my father it's been quite some time since I've managed to muster up enough inspiration to provid...
Posted by Amber on Fri, 12 May 2006 05:07:00 PST

Heated Toilet Seats

In the interest of keeping my readers entertained while I spend the month of December doing absolutely nothing, I've decided to share a few of my favorite (although at times a bit unpleasant) things ...
Posted by Amber on Sun, 11 Dec 2005 03:32:00 PST