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Amy

Governments cannot be trusted with metaphysics

About Me

I'm a little bit country, a little bit rock and roll. And a whole lot of "fuck you."

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Harry Belafonte. That's it. Everybody else is just gravy.

Music:

Antje Duvekot, The Winter Sounds, Tara Greenblatt, Eddie from Ohio, Alastair Moock, Sloan Wainwright, Panjabi MC, Eddi Reader, the Watson Twins, Caroline Aiken, NWA, The Poozies

Television:

The Golden Girls...seriously

Books:

Devil in the White City, A Prayer for Owen Meaney, Busman's Honeymoon, I'm a Stranger Here Myself, The Serpent and the Rainbow, A History of the World in Ten and a Half Chapters

Heroes:

Paul Wellstone, Barack Obama

My Blog

Concert or coincidence?

..> This evening, my husband and I drove to Decatur, GA, one of Atlanta's many suburbs (exurbs?  outlying kinda-cities?) to see Ellis Paul and Antje Duvekot folk it up.  I have been a f...
Posted by Amy on Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:29:00 PST

Heres the Zen Amy talking...

I've been doing some Bruce Lee ruminating lately and it has led me to a sort of "at peace" feeling with how my life in the coming year may shake out.  I put "at peace" in quotes because "peace" f...
Posted by Amy on Sat, 08 Mar 2008 08:29:00 PST

It’s a Bruce, Bruce, Bruce, Bruce, Bruce, Bruce world.

Today, as I went in to the theater to check on the pre-show of a play I assistant directed, I saw that a collegue of mine was wearing a Bruce Lee T-shirt.  I had told him of my phobia earlier in ...
Posted by Amy on Sun, 02 Mar 2008 06:34:00 PST

F you, AMC!

In my hour in between class and rehearsal, I was flipping through the channels and noticed that AMC is showing "Enter the Dragon" tonight. Seriously, I had TWO auditions this past weekend, for theater...
Posted by Amy on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 02:28:00 PST

Why, Bruce Lee? WHY?!

When asked, the best of my friends will tell you that I only have one irrational phobia.  I do not fear spiders or snakes or clowns (though I question their motives).  Nor do I retain my chi...
Posted by Amy on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 09:02:00 PST

My Valentine

Back in 1991 or so, I remember watching "Saturday Night Live" on Valentine's Day.  I was 18 and lovelorn (I actually was lovelorn until my late 20's when I switched over to jaded) and not happy a...
Posted by Amy on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 08:01:00 PST

Everything’s Up To Date

I'm in Kansas City, MO right now, on my way back to Athens.  Coming from Minnesota, Kansas City isn't what you'd call "on the way" to Athens, but it was the most convenient stopping place conside...
Posted by Amy on Sat, 29 Dec 2007 09:51:00 PST

Wha...? Where am I?

Okay, just a week ago, I was prepping for the opening of a show and getting ready for two finals.  I was living on 3 hours of sleep and six packs of Rockstar (energy beverage!  Still waiting...
Posted by Amy on Thu, 20 Dec 2007 10:19:00 PST

Nickel and Dimed!

I'm stealing this from my friend Patsy: "Can a single, middle-aged woman survive off of $7 and hour, live in mediocre quarters and still 'get-by?' Nickel and Dimed takes you on a journey as journalist...
Posted by Amy on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 10:15:00 PST

Friend?

How long do you hold out your hand in friendship to someone?  How many times do you reach out to them and get rebuffed before you finally cut them off?  How much shit do you take from someon...
Posted by Amy on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 10:14:00 PST