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Amanda

I am here for Friends

About Me

Some random things about me ... i like: -helping others -surfing -listening to music very loudly especially singing along in the car at traffic lights whilst people look at you like you're from another planet -photography -cooking from scratch -splashing in puddles in the rain -live music -unexpected moments -thunderstorms -fresh snow -driving late at night down country lanes -talking crap with friends at stupid o'clock -camping -stars -people watching which usually leads to people bitching -making pictures out of clouds -intense conversations -water fights -food fights -films -dew on spiders webs -lists -hearing other peoples stories -uncontrollable laughter :)I don't like: -ignorance -fighting -being cold -m people or pet shop boys (i'll run a mile) -moaners who dont do anything about it -miserable people....If I can find someone else who can clap one handed then I'll buy you a gigantic cocktail

My Interests

Music, surfing, laughing, surfing and live band photography, music, surfing, travelling, laughing, music, surfing, photography, surfing, surfing, music, music, reading, travelling, music, surfing......ad infinitum...oh and photography! You get the picture!

I'd like to meet:

The legend that is Jonny Greenwood. The major leaders of the world, to give them an abusive earful. An inventor of a timemachine and befriend him/her, so I can go on adventures. People who can make me laugh like Kev and Marv do, or my bro and christian, proper stomach exercising laughter! A moonwalker. Sir Rannulph Fiennes

Music:

Radiohead, COLD WAR KIDS, Tool, THE SHYS, Muse, Sufjan Stevens, Levi Weaver, The Shins, Jeff Buckley, mewithoutyou, Silversun Pickups, Ours, Nickel Creek, The Leisure Society, Christiansilva, David Ford, Moist, David Usher, Flaming Lips, Mos Def,The Stones, Jose Gonzalez, David Bowie, Gary Nock, The Stooges, Nanci Griffith, Bic Runga, Kendall, Josh Ritter, The Beta Band, Jack Johnson, Feist, Nick Drake, Chris Tye, Elton John, Death Cab For Cutie, The Album Leaf, Beach Boys, Larrikin Love, REM, Cary Brothers, Thought Gang, Editors, Friends of the Stars, The Postal Service, Damien Rice, Bright Eyes, Dinosaur Jr, Mickey Greaney, Ray LaMontagne, Pavement, Bjork, The Mexicolas, Gil Scott-Heron, Willy Mason, The Verve Pipe, The Format and The Honorary Title (thanks Shawny!!!!!!!), and too many more to mention....and Adam Stidham!! How could I forget the gorgeously talented Jack Rubanicci!!!

Movies:

Garden State, Amelie, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, erm, Se7en, Being John Malkovich, As Good As It Gets, Donnie Darko, City Of God, Anchorman, Spirited Away,Howl's Moving Castle, etc... What the Bleep do we know, Around The Bend and too many more... oh and Point Break!!

Television:

The Simpsons Family Guy HEROES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Books:

Erm Gore Vidal, Noam Chomsky, Carlos Castaneda, Dan Millman, Hunter S.Thompson, too many to mention.. Some fave books - Way of the Peaceful Warrior, The Great Gatsby, The Damage Done, Moon Dust. ALL of MIKE GAYLE's books :)))

Heroes:

Eddie Aikau

My Blog

Arthurs Birthday

Couple weeks ago it was Arthurs birthday, here are some pics for your viewing pleasure :)))) Thats it. I cant be bothered to write anything so pics will have to do! Sorry that is rather lazy bu...
Posted by Amanda on Wed, 09 May 2007 02:02:00 PST

PART WITH YOUR HARD EARNED CASH........

.......ALL FOR A VERY VERY GOOD CAUSE THAT IS!!!!!!!!! I am doing a sponsored trek for the British Heart Foundation to the Sorrento Peninsula in Sept/Oct 2007. As some of you may/may not know, I have ...
Posted by Amanda on Wed, 02 May 2007 06:43:00 PST

Runny ant poo in Leamington Spa!!!

Me, Ant and Grant went along to Leamington Spa last night to see Levi and Gary play at the Copper Pot.  It was Levi's last gig in the UK before he heads home to the States :(  ...
Posted by Amanda on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 08:36:00 PST

I'm gonna shake the change outta ya while doing a human pyramid!!

Second part of sundays blog. I left the kids and went to the sunflower. The pictures speak for themselves at how wasted everyone was except for me!!!!! Previous pic looks soo sooo wrong!!...
Posted by Amanda on Tue, 06 Feb 2007 09:15:00 PST

Cold War Kids At the Academy

Ok I'm gonna post two blogs because sunday was such a wonderful night and it deserves two separate blogs! So there :P Firstly Cold War Kids, well what can I say except I was right - they are gonna mos...
Posted by Amanda on Tue, 06 Feb 2007 09:02:00 PST

GLEEful wonderful spectacular night

Thankyou to all of you who came to last nights glee gig. As I'm sure you'll all agree with me, it was spectacular.  Three stellar acts.... The Leisure Society, Gary Nock and Levi Weaver. We were ...
Posted by Amanda on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 09:53:00 PST

late christmas/new year pics

Ok I'm sorry in advance for posting these late. I've not had much time, but better late than never eh! Photos from christmas and new year. Much fun was had on both occasions esp because my bro and his...
Posted by Amanda on Sun, 07 Jan 2007 10:57:00 PST

The Kids

As some of you know I'm a huge fan of Cold War Kids and last night I had the absolute pleasure of seeing them in my hometown at the wonderful Jug of Ale. I'm so glad that the people I'd bigged them up...
Posted by Amanda on Thu, 30 Nov 2006 03:05:00 PST

Self Importance

After reading a friends ramblings, he inspired me I guess to write what I'm about to write. Why is it that for some reason the goalposts have been moved and that instead of blowing our own trumpets a...
Posted by Amanda on Wed, 29 Nov 2006 05:14:00 PST

Abbey Road Studios

Before Levi left for his tour of America with Imogen Heap, we went to London with Gary for a number of reasons. One of those reasons was to go back to Abbey Road studios and have a celebration mixed w...
Posted by Amanda on Wed, 15 Nov 2006 06:12:00 PST