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mandylion

You want at me, well, have at it, `cause I`m in the mood to fight

About Me


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10 Fun Facts 1. When it's cold, I like to drive with the windows down and the heater on. 2. I would rather eat a bug than a pickle, and I would rather eat a pickle than an olive. 3. I know the pythagorean theorem and the quadratic equation, but I add on my fingers. 4. I keep a toothbrush in my desk at work, and brush after lunch. 5. I can recite "The Princess Bride." Like the whole movie. 6. When I was a kid, I wanted to be a Senator. 7. I don't think bees want to sting us. 8. I give the evil eye when someone takes the elevator only one floor. Sometimes I even sigh audibly. 9. My favorite number in French is 14 because it sounds like "cat-toes." 10. I like to look at strangers and try to think of what kind of animal they would be.

My Interests

Drink: Arnold PalmerRestaurant: Louis III aka LouisBurgerRadio Show: This American LifeInternet Show: Teen Girl SquadBoy: Danny WebberAnimal: Emperor Tamarin, like this:

I'd like to meet:

I'd like to meet:Holly Golightly, Oscar Wilde and Bob Dylan.

Music:

Old 97'sTom PettyBob DylanVan MorrisonNeil YoungWilcoNeil DiamondTraveling WilburysPeter, Paul and MaryCreedence Clearwater RevivalThe UnicornsCat PowerKimya DawsonDavid BowieScissor SistersT-RexViolent FemmesThe Velvet UndergroundBlondieArcade FireFranz FerdinandThe White StripesBright EyesABBA AND BRITNEY!

Movies:

Breakfast at Tiffany'sGhost Busters I & IIPrincess Bride,Back to the Future I & IIAliens (2)Hedwig and the Angry InchLa Vita e BellaTriplets of BellevilleIt's a Wonderful LifeJuno

Television:

I'm obsessed with LOST. I missed the first season, so I rented the DVDs and locked myself in a room not unlike a certain quarantine hatch…

Books:

I love social commentaries in science fiction's clothing: Ray Bradbury's Martian Chronicles, George Orwell's 1984, and anything by Vonnegut. I enjoy a good Wodehouse, and I'm also a fan of shorts: Flannery O'Conner and J.D. Salinger. A good book makes you want to meet the characters: I want to meet Bertram Wooster, Vernon God Little, Dellwood Barker and Colonel Aureliano Buendia. If I could meet one contemporary author: David Sedaris.

Heroes:

Grandma and Grandpa

My Blog

City of Snoop

I've finished working the harvest in Napa, and I have the liver spots to prove it. But they say red wine is good for your heart, so at least I have that going for me. So what does the future hold for ...
Posted by mandylion on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 06:58:00 PST

Old 97's, 1 Year Older Mandy

I had another one of my dreams. Some of you may remember the Tom Petty dream. If you missed that one, you can read about it here: click here. This time the Old 97's came to my birthday party. It wa...
Posted by mandylion on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 11:01:00 PST

Freaky Friday

I was never very superstitious about Friday the 13th. I always blow a kiss at yellow lights I drive through and I sometimes wish on a star, but Friday the 13th has never really freaked me out. I mean,...
Posted by mandylion on Sat, 14 Apr 2007 04:10:00 PST

Blind, Deaf or Dumb?

Practically blind, nearly deaf, and most definitely dumb: Amanda Osborn.   I'm not actually dumb, as in lacking the power of speech, though I'm sure I can name several people who wish I were. No...
Posted by mandylion on Fri, 19 Jan 2007 12:12:00 PST

Modern Love

A friend asked me last night if I believe in love at first sight. He had fallen in love over the weekend and is currently considering a 500-mile move. After only days of knowing each other, they excha...
Posted by mandylion on Wed, 29 Nov 2006 10:08:00 PST

Meals on Wheels Love Connection

This Thanksgiving, I couldn't make it home to Long Beach for our traditional Filipino-American eat-a-thon. We Filipinos are famous for our potlucks, our ability to eat straight through lunch until din...
Posted by mandylion on Fri, 24 Nov 2006 12:27:00 PST

Why So Blue, Soup Guy?

On gloomy days, I usually get lunch at the soup shop that faces my work. Not only is soup the perfect rainy day food, but the resident soup guy will cheer anyone up. He never fails to make me smile,...
Posted by mandylion on Wed, 22 Nov 2006 02:45:00 PST

A Bit of Tonsil Tennis

According to Snapple.com's "Random Facts," a one-minute kiss burns 26 calories. TWENT-SIX. So for every 26 calories I eat, I only have to kiss someone for one minute, and then it's ok. That means for ...
Posted by mandylion on Sat, 11 Nov 2006 08:47:00 PST

Like Spaghetti on a Plate, So Are the Days of Our Lives

"What kind of car would you and your wife like?" It's midnight, in Newark, NJ, at Dollar Rent A Car. "She's not my wife.  She's my assistant," my boss smiles. "What kind of work do you do th...
Posted by mandylion on Wed, 11 Oct 2006 11:32:00 PST

Like it was Dreamville

I had THE COOLEST dream ever last night.I'm walking down the street listening to Free Falling on my iPod, and I walk by this park bench and TOM PETTY is hanging out. He's got one foot on the bench an...
Posted by mandylion on Sat, 30 Sep 2006 08:54:00 PST