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Amanda

*holy crap*

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

You know that guy/girl you once met through a friend of yours who you seem to run into at various random locations where alcohol is always involved who tends to latch onto you like the death star tractor beam and after three or four drinks becomes an especially close talker and before the night's end tries to make out with you at least twice?Not especially him or her.

Music:

the postal service :: aretha franklin :: kings of convenience :: talib kweli :: air :: two lone swordsman :: mastadon :: fela :: matthew dear :: murs :: J5 :: pedro the lion :: pete rock :: diplo :: !!! :: pixies :: common :: de la :: billie holiday :: broken social scene :: mos def :: memphix :: mylo :: four tet :: johnny cash :: acdc :: roots :: breakstra :: velvet underground :: pete rock :: air :: nina simone :: ian pooley :: rjd2 :: dj shadow :: joy division :: curtis mayfield :: antibalas :: the cure :: nina simone :: beck ::

Movies:

rushmore :: city of god :: royal tenenbaums :: ghost in the shell :: all about my mother :: fight club :: the secretary :: office space :: spirited away :: harold and maude :: the princess bride :: kung fu hustle :: little miss sunshine :: science of sleep ::

Television:

34" with an @ss you could barbeque on

Books:

chinese takeout :: murikami :: neverwhere :: catch 22 :: fight club :: 1984 :: salt :: the fuck up :: guns germs & steel :: paul auster :: who's afraid of virginia wolf? :: catcher in the rye :: stiff :: herman hesse :: american gods :: kurt vonnegut :: stardust :: jonathan letham :: running with scissors :: albert camus :: tropic of cancer :: shakespeare :: fast food nation ::

Heroes:

I once saw my friend pop the top off a bottle of bud with the tip of a shovel.That was pretty 'effin cool.

My Blog

Goodbye Kurt

"To whom it may concern: It is springtime. It is late afternoon."Kurt Vonnegut, 1922-2007
Posted by Amanda on Sat, 14 Apr 2007 02:40:00 PST

Movin on up...

Well, maybe more like movin' on in. That's right kids, I'm relocating to Williamsburg. Its time for me to get serious and start pretending to be a grown up. April 1st. (heheh) I will be moving into a ...
Posted by Amanda on Wed, 21 Mar 2007 08:05:00 PST

Quality of Life

Once again I find myself at work, still, saddled with a chip on my shoulder and a ridiculous deadline to meet. *sigh*After going through the appropriate range of emotions; shock, frustration, acceptan...
Posted by Amanda on Thu, 07 Dec 2006 07:55:00 PST

50 mph winds and sideways rain

There's something refreshing about riding home in 50 mph winds and eyelid piercing rain. 12 hours, 46 emails, and 112 command z's in front of a computer is pretty tiring. Walking out into a wet night ...
Posted by Amanda on Fri, 17 Nov 2006 08:49:00 PST