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amanda

Fruit Fight!

About Me

I'm tough as glass and clean as night

My Interests

Ornithology, board games, jalapeno slices, people who are optimistic, cap n' crunch dinner, dorky video games, NPR, walking with my dog, people with manners, soap, sleeping, pitas, cats, dogs, animals in general, those with cat and/or dog hair on their clothes, coffee, salt, books, air in the morning, a giant thunderstorm, colors, humor and dry wit.

I'd like to meet:

I don't want clever conversation; I just want someone I can talk to. A reader. Someone nothing like me.

Music:

The Beatles, John Coltrane, Sam Cooke, Jackson Browne, Etta James, Matt Pond PA, The Replacements, The Rolling Stones, Elvis Costello, and David Bowie.

Movies:

Any movie with and/or involving in any way: Cary Grant, Jimmy Stewart, Wes Anderson, Christopher Guest, Woody Allen, Richard Linklater, Robert Downey Jr., and Leo DiCaprio.

Television:

Family Ties, BBC Mystery shows, Scrubs, Turner Classic Movies, Jericho, Futurama, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Golden Girls.

Books:

Some noteable writers I enjoy, for I love far too many to list them all: Arthur Miller, James Baldwin, J.D. Salinger, David Sedaris, John Keats, John Updike, and Raymond Carver.

Heroes:

Justin Timberlake's teeth, Mr. Jamaal Tatum, and Sir. Derek Anderson.

My Blog

action!

Man, I haven't gone to bed at 6 am in like 5 months. I actually saw the sun rise a bit before my head hit the pillow. The thing about life is, you can never plan for the moments that actually matter. ...
Posted by amanda on Mon, 14 May 2007 09:38:00 PST

The most rewarding thing

Last night we went to see The Hell, Himalayas, and Like No Other. I am so tired right now! Tonight I am going to finish that paper, I emailed my teacher and told him I didn't believe that I would be a...
Posted by amanda on Sat, 12 May 2007 05:20:00 PST

shit

if i don't finish my paper by tomorrow i am going to fail.
Posted by amanda on Fri, 11 May 2007 05:28:00 PST

always when my back is turned

that's when it rained. I mean, if you can consider sleeping having my back turned to a situation.apparently when there is a huge surge in wild fires, sucks lots of homes both animal and human will be ...
Posted by amanda on Thu, 10 May 2007 05:23:00 PST

why?

Bob Barker isn't that old?
Posted by amanda on Thu, 10 May 2007 08:19:00 PST

who wants to

buy me a new computer?? my harddrive crashed AGAIN.currently restarting...after running recoverycurrently on my roommates computer.don't worry i had permission.currently trying not to watch the pot, c...
Posted by amanda on Wed, 09 May 2007 08:47:00 PST

this is it

in light of the fact i am now in the mix for a job, in columbia (got an email yesterday) i have been thinking about my current siutation.i have come to the realization that:I have the best roommate ev...
Posted by amanda on Tue, 08 May 2007 05:42:00 PST

RIP

I think my mac commited suicide this morning at around ten a.m. it currently holds captive my updated research paper, my updated resume and cover letter, some pictures I've taken for CMG magazine, and...
Posted by amanda on Mon, 07 May 2007 09:44:00 PST

How I wish it would...

it's been raining for days, which I am fine with. Seriously, I'm fine. The only thing that sucks about it is I can't walk willa on really long walks because of the rain, she doesn't like it as much as...
Posted by amanda on Fri, 04 May 2007 05:30:00 PST

(for sure)

I don't like seeing old people walk in the rain.
Posted by amanda on Thu, 03 May 2007 12:27:00 PST