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amy

I myself am... strange and unusual.

About Me


My Interests

Chicago Bears and Cubs. Jameson, Old Style and PBR. Soy Candles and Nag Champa. Revamping, Refinishing, Rearranging. Vintage, Retro, Kitsch. Thrift stores, Resale shops, Estate, Rummage, Yard, Garage Sales. Vintage furniture and fashion. eBay. 40-50s pin up girls. Camille Rose Garcia. Mark Ryden. Roman Dirge. Jhonen Vasquez. Tim Burton. David Lynch. Vincent Gallo. Benicio Del Toro. Crispin Glover. Dark Surreal and Fantastic Art. Chicago Punk Rock and Industrial. True Crime. Chicago Architecture, History, and Crime. Chicago Haunts and Cemeteries. Superstitions. Dot, Dot, Dot. Over drinking, Over sleeping, Over thinking, Over You.

I'd like to meet:


Music:



Movies:


A Clockwork Orange, Nightmare Before Christmas, Twin Peaks, Willard, The Way of the Gun, The Big Lebowski, Buffalo Soldiers, Pulp Fiction, Usual Suspects, Trainspotting, American Movie, UK DK, Memento, Punch Drunk Love, Ghost World, Crumb, Snatch, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Blue Velvet, Palookaville, Buffalo 66, Heathers, Mulholland Drive, The Doom Generation, American History X, Fight Club, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Lost Highway, Sid and Nancy, Sleepy Hollow, The Crow, True Romance, Edward Scissorhands, Resevoir Dogs, Boxing Helena, Lone Star State of Mind, Scarface, Taxi Driver, Amelie, Royal Tenenbaums, Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, Requiem for a Dream, PI, Donnie Darko, Evil Dead, Army of Darkness......... I know I am missing a bunch- I'll watch anything on IFC, Sundance, or TCM- I am a sucker for old movies and classic horror...

Television:

True Blood, Conan, Freaks and Geeks, The Office, Six Feet Under, Flight of the Conchords, It's Always Sunny..., Carnivale, Chicago Stories,WTTW Pledge drives- they have the BEST Chicago specials on during them, Check Please!, Curb your Enthusiasm, Seinfeld, Mr. Show, Arrested Development, Home Movies, Simpsons, Bears/Cubs games, History/Travel/Discovery channels, Twin Peaks, Dark Shadows, RR/RW challenges, I Love Lucy, TCM.

Books:

southern vampire mysteries.

Heroes:

my old man... and my ma.

My Blog

Art in the Park...

Show and I will be participating in this year's "Art in the Park" Fair at Chicago's beautiful Portage Park.Our "booth" is on Irving just west of Long.Saturday September 20th 9am - 5pm (Cubs celebratio...
Posted by amy on Sat, 20 Sep 2008 10:22:00 PST

as bored as you...

I've been abusing my iPod. I have a love/hate relationship with it these days.I love the idea of it, I love that it stores my music collection. I love that it's so convenient and reliable& and never l...
Posted by amy on Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:31:00 PST

dear colleen...

Okay& I have answers to your questions. Be warned, some answers may contain or be in the form of a question. (I will also implement the checklist format, I am quite sure it will not help the ADD from ...
Posted by amy on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:50:00 PST

bullweiner...

I was all set to adopt a puppy. He was half Frenchie, half Mini Doxie. I was supposed to pick him up this morning. I got a little nervous last night when I couldn't get in touch with the seller. I fou...
Posted by amy on Tue, 27 May 2008 05:18:00 PST

I’m in love...


Posted by amy on Thu, 08 May 2008 05:33:00 PST

guybrows...

There has been something bothering me more and more lately. This issue weighing on my mind has nowhere else to go but to blog.  Sculpted and shaped eyebrows& on men. Don't get me wrong fellas, i...
Posted by amy on Thu, 01 May 2008 07:53:00 PST

todays rant...

Another Wednesday night watching the game. I have a few frozen Magaritas in me and I'm feeling inspired. I've been compiling something of a mental list of all the little things that have irked me over...
Posted by amy on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:27:00 PST

cringe...

It's Spring. Today was proof. I woke up& walked to my car& the sun was shining& a Robin was scrambling for worms. It was nice. I made my way to work rocking The Effigies. At a point I even smiled...
Posted by amy on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:41:00 PST

word...

yea... so no trip blog. I’m still in Phoenix... I’ll be back tomorrow. I’ll recap then. Happy Zombie Jesus day. Catch ya’ll on the flipside.
Posted by amy on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 10:18:00 PST

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Step back and watch the sweet thingbreaking everything she seesshe can take my darkest feelingtear it up till i'm on me kneesplug into her electric coolwhere things bend and breakand shake to the rule...
Posted by amy on Wed, 18 Jul 2007 08:30:00 PST