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Manda

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me


She's America's sweetheart with an urban sensibility."
I want to dance on tables and sing in the streets. Just because I can.
Interests? Starting over.

Coming in 2007: The highly anticipated sophomore album from the feemo sensation Wet Plaid... "Deliciously Bad"
Coming to a rockin' hipster record store that's way too cool for you this summer.
;-P
"If you don't learn to laugh at yourself, your life is gonna seem a lot longer than you'd like it to be."

My Interests

music ((listening to, writing, or performing it)), indie films, dance, theater, books, Bhuddism, Manhattan, yoga, meditation, hockey, NJ devils, funny scarves and hats, writing, stand-up comedy, the 80's, dark nail polish, horseback riding, men, fashion, watching nerdy documentaries, black tea, museums, street fairs, Montreal, make-up, going to shows, talking with my friends about everything until the wee hours of the morning, Cosmo, swimming, AIDS awareness, small corner cafes, photography, driving around, old Hollywood, London, Cyd Charisse and Gene Kelly, Miami, Johnny Depp, Esquire, pop culture, used book stores, Questionable Content, Edie Sedgewick ((& the Factory))

I'd like to meet:

Anyone who can teach me something. Or make me laugh. Both is good.
You know what, no, anyone who can put up with my bullshit. Yeah, that sounds about right.

Music:

Fiona Apple, Augustana, The Bangles, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, Belle & Sebastian, Pat Benetar, Blondie, Bond, Catch 22, CCR, Chicago, Clapton, The Clash, Coldplay, Phil Collins, John Coltraine, The Corrs, Counting Crows, The Cranberries, Cream, Crosby Stills & Nash, Jamie Cullum, Dave Matthews Band, Miles Davis, Dido, Depeche Mode, Ani DiFranco, The Doobie Brothers, The Doors, Duran Duran, Bob Dylan, Duke Ellington, Gloria Estefan, Melissa Ethridge, The Faint, Ella Fitzgerald, The Flaming Lips, Flogging Molly, Ben Folds, Foo Fighters, Franz Ferdinand, The Fratellis, Frou Frou, Garbage, Gin Blossoms, Jimi Hendrix, The Hippos, Billie Holiday, Etta James, Jay-Z, Jet, Billy Joel, Elton John, Journey, Kasabian, Alicia Keys, The Killers, King Django, Lenny Kravitz, John Lennon, Less Than Jake, The Libertines, Lifehouse, The Like, Mae, Maroon 5, The Mars Volta, John Mayer, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Maria Mena, Joni Mitchell, Modest Mouse, Morningwood, Alanis Morrisette, The Mooney Suzuki, Muddy Waters, Anna Nalick, Pink Floyd, The Police, The Pretenders, Queen, Radiohead, Rage Against the Machine, The Raveonettes, Rooney, The Roots, Santana, Save Ferris, The Shins, Carly Simon, Simon & Garunkel, Steve Miller Band, Sting, Joss Stone, Sublime, Tegan and Sara, Ali Farka Toure, KT Tunstall, U2, Van Hunt, The Von Bondies, Weezer, Kanye West, The Who, Neil Young, Mat Kearny, Corinne Bailey Rae, Sade, Rocco De Luca, Bowie, John Mayer Trio, Zero 7, Shiny Toy Guns, Hellogoodbye, Wolfmother, Bach, Vivaldi, Pachelbel, Schubert, Bill Whelan, Sheryl Crow, Seal, The Music, Zeppelin, Keane

Movies:

Empire Records, Snow Falling on Cedars, Fight Club, Kissing Jessica Stein, Ghost World, Saved!, Dirty Dancing, Emma, The Truth About Cats & Dogs, Pride & Prejudice, Sense & Sensibility, The Princess Bride, The Craft, Footloose, the Jersey Chronicles, SLC Punk, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, High Fidelity, The Big Lebowski, Being John Malkovich, The Virgin Suicides, The American President, Breakfast Club, Snatch, Don Juan Dimarco, American History X, The Believer, Ferris Buehler's Day Off, Wet Hot American Summer, Boondock Saints, 10 Things I Hate About You, The Goonies, Snatch, The Man Who Cried, Benny & Joon, Lord of the Rings trilogy, Garden State, Star Wars, Office Space, Lord of War, The Departed

Television:

Entourage, Alias, ER, My Boys, Grey's Anatomy, Gilmore Girls, Scrubs, The Daily Show, The Riches, That 70's Show, Family Guy, Friends, Sex and the City, Ab Fab

Books:

Catcher in the Rye, Lord of the Rings, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Go Ask Alice, The Chronicles of Narnia, A Separate Peace, Emma, Dangerous Angels, The Celestine Prophecy, She Came to Stay, On The Road, Wicked

Heroes:

Joe Schmoe from Alameda, CA

My Blog

the waiting place

"You're at that age - where people are becoming who they are.  You start to lose touch with people who used to mean a lot to you." I find that theme has been circling around me a lot lately. ...
Posted by Manda on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 09:18:00 PST

lemons and rebirth

I hate lemons in my water.  The lemon slices make water taste like you're drinking diluted pledge.  I don't mind it in my soda, because it cuts the after taste and you barely notice it. ...
Posted by Manda on Mon, 26 Jun 2006 07:00:00 PST

talkin' bout my generation

You know what I was thinking?  Once again I can't sleep, so I started watching Empire Records.  Earlier in the day I'd watched The Breakfast Club, and I realized that our generation is reall...
Posted by Manda on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

what kind of girl am I?

I am a hybrid of: Progressive GirlIndie GirlClick on the pictures below to read more:Take the 'What Kind of Girl Are You?' quiz at CookingToHookup.com The Progressive Girl Moderation in all thin...
Posted by Manda on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST