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Amanda

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About Me

My name is Amanda, I sing in the band PRESENT TENSE (www.presenttenseband.com / www.myspace.com/presenttense). I work in the film industry by day, and I love my job and my band! I live in Culver City with my fiance Tom who is also in the band and my cat Chicken who wishes she could be. We have fun, we like "stuff".

My Interests

a wizard of earthsea, abfab, absolutely fabulous, acting, alexi murdoch, alfred hitchcock, allen ginsberg, ambient, animals, animals rights, beatles, beth gibbons, bill waterson, bjork, black adder, bloomers, bridget jones, burlesque, calvin and hobbes, candles, celtic, cheese, christopher guest, cocteau twins, cooking, corsets, costumes, curry, darkwave, david bowie, david ives, david lynch, dress-up, dressing up, elbow, eldest, elven, elves, enya, eragon, ethereal, fae, faeries, fairies, fairy, fantasy, fawlty towers, film, fiona apple, fish nets, firefly, ella fitzgerald, george and ira gershwin, ghostworld, harry potter, historical, hobbits, indian food, inkheart, inkspell, j.r.r. tolkein, jedi, jhonen vasquez, jrr tolkein, kevin smith, kids in the hall, ladysmith black mambazo, lord of the rings, lotr, make-up, makeup, merrick, moby, monty python, mr. bean, mst3k, music, mystery science theater 3000, nabakov, neutral milk hotel, the office (UK), oscar wilde, paul simon, peter sellers, pink floyd, pisces, portishead, punk, r.a. salvatore, r.e.m., radiohead, recipes, rocky horror picture show, science fiction, serenity, shoegazer, shoegazer music, sigor ros, sigur rós, simon and garfunkel, simpsons, spongebob, star wars, steve martin, terry gilliam, theater, theatre, the cardigans, the force, tori amos, tricky, twin peaks, ursula k. le guinn, the vandals, vas, vegetarian, vegitarian, vixen, wallace and grommit, wicca, wiccan, x-ray spex, yoda, yoga

I'd like to meet:

David Lynch, Dita Von Teese, Tom Waits, Liz Frasier, Bruce Campbell

Music:

Air, The Andrews Sisters, The Beatles, Big Elf, Billie Holliday, Bjork, Blondie, The Buzzcocks, Cat Stevens, Chopin, The Clash, Cocteau Twins, David Bowie, Dead Boys, DJ Shadow, Eisley, Elbow, Elvis, Enya, Giant Drag, Gnarles Barkley, Harry Chapin, Inara George, Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane, Jesca Hoop, Joe Cocker, John Lennon, Johnny Cash, The Killers, The Kinks, Kula Shaker, The Like, MGMT, Marilyn Monroe, The Mars Volta, Martina Topley Bird, Merrick, Metric, Michael Jackson, the Misfits, Mum, The Music, Neutral Milk Hotel, Nikka Costa, NoFX, Operation Ivy, Otis Redding, Patsy Cline, Paul Simon, Pink Floyd, The Pixies, Portishead, Prince, Radiohead, The Ramones, Rancid, Roxy Music, Sade, Scissor Sisters, The Shins, Sigur Ros, Spiritualized, Stevie Wonder, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Tom Waits, Tool, Tracy Chapman, Tricky, the Vandals, Vas, The White Stripes, X, X-ray Spex

Movies:

The Lord of the Rings, Rear Window, Harold and Maude, Vanilla Sky, Jerry Maguire, Bridget Jones' Diary, Cold Mountain, Bowfinger, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Man With Two Brains, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Being John Malcovich, Star Wars, Harry Potter, LA Story, Waiting for Guffman, This Is Spinal Tap, Bowling for Columbine, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Some Like it Hot, Dr. Strangelove, Lolita, The Matrix, Best In Show, Sean of the Dead, Serenity, His Girl Friday

Television:

The Simpsons, Lost, The Office(BBC), Kids in the Hall, Family Guy, Black Adder, Monty Python, Spongebob Squarepants, Twin Peaks, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Fraggle Rock, Firefly, Coupling, Heroes, History Detectives, Veronica Mars, Footballers' Wives, Punky Brewster, The Office (UK)

Books:

Lord of the Rings, Lolita, The Stranger, Earthsea series, Thrawn Star Wars series, Dark Elf Series, Bridget Jones' Diary, Bridget Jones: Edge of Reason, All In The Timing, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Pure Drivel, Shopgirl, Harry Potter (all of them), Cat's Cradle, 1984, Eragon, Eldest, Inkheart, Inkspell, anything by Oscar Wilde

Heroes:

is not as good this season

My Blog

I will never like a scrunchied side ponytail, I dont care what you say

This was my latest post on my beauty blog (http://chiccheapandcrueltyfree.blogspot.com/) but I had to share further, I feel THAT perplexed... I know 80's is retro now apparently, but... Really...
Posted by Amanda on Wed, 21 May 2008 05:32:00 PST

I hate you, Tom Waits

Why? You ask? How could I hate such a talented and unique genius of a performer? Well, because this morning when I opened myspace, what do I see on the main page? An advertisment proclaiming "get Tom ...
Posted by Amanda on Fri, 09 May 2008 11:17:00 PST

If you havent already...

Come visit my latest blog endeavor.  It's called Cheap, Chic and Cruelty Free, and it is here:http://chiccheapandcrueltyfree.blogspot.com/ Witness me pine for my summer dress finds, hunt down the...
Posted by Amanda on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:49:00 PST

Surveys are for the weak...

A fact about the person you like?It’s his birthday! YAY!What happened at 10:00 am today?Ha.  I hustled into work a full half hour late for the second day in a row.  I gotta stop t...
Posted by Amanda on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:33:00 PST

It’s been a busy fun time

I feel like I’ve been chasing about 8 of my tails lately.  But it is good.  I’m just trying to put several pots in the fire and see which one bubbles first. :-)  I posted a...
Posted by Amanda on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 05:31:00 PST

My latest endeavor

Hey all - As an outlet for my more girlie side, I have started a blog called "Chic, Cheap and Cruelty Free", regarding all things beauty and fashion related for anyone who is interested in finding fie...
Posted by Amanda on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 05:21:00 PST

Quick show update...

I will blog more soon, I promise, life has been fun but busy :-)  Just wanted to pimp this weekend’s Present Tense show, in case you didn’t know about it! SHE’S YOUR SISTER far...
Posted by Amanda on Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:32:00 PST

A SAD DAY....

One of my favorite writer/directors of today has passed away... Anthony Minghella died at age 54 from an apparent brain hemorrage.  Yikes.  YES I loved his movies like The Eng...
Posted by Amanda on Tue, 18 Mar 2008 02:25:00 PST

another year goes by....

It's my birthday!  I'm such a certified birthday whore, I totally pimp this one day out over the entire month... but today is the ACTUAL day that Amanda joined the world (and, as I hear tell from...
Posted by Amanda on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:38:00 PST

Life in general

I haven't blogged on here in a long time it seems, so I wanted to post a catch up blog of sorts... Life has been good, with the major exception that I have had 2 massive MASSIVE colds in the last 2 mo...
Posted by Amanda on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 04:31:00 PST