Amber - ProfilesArchive

About Me

I like the ticking noise that old clocks make.
I don't like that feeling in my stomach when I'm nervous or guilty.
I also like having strange ideas.
I don't like eating sounds.

My Interests

Music.
Food.
Sleep.
Clothing.
Trivia.
Art.

I'd like to meet:

Myself. Like... a clone, perhaps, but... not?

Yeah?

Music:

Rock, alternative, indie [not usually mainstream, ironic as it may seem] pop. Punk, dance, classical, world, NZ stuff. Whatever.
I currently have Bat For Lashes, Beirut, Okkervil River, Bright Eyes, Kings Of Leon, Battles, Tom Waits (Brawlers from Orphans), the soundtracks to Amelie and 2046 on repeat on the ipod.

Movies:

Pan's Labyrinth, Vitus, Gloomy Sunday, Marie Antoinette, Perfume: Story of a Murderer, 300, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Domino, The Prestige, Mysterious Skin, House of Flying Daggers, Knocked Up, The Red Violin, Garden State, Gattaca, Tomb Raider I and II, Cinderella, Snow White, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, LOTR, My Summer of Love, Never Been Kissed, 10 Things I Hate About You, Charlie's Angels I and II, 50 First Dates, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, The Wizard of Oz, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Kill Bill (I and II), Corpse Bride, Pulp Fiction, American History X, Memoirs of a Geisha, The Producers, Spirited Away, Chocolat, True Romance, Little Miss Sunshine, Amelie

Television:

SKINS! Grey's and Heroes and Alt. Outrageous Fortune. Veronica Mars. Ugly Betty. Buffy. Southpark and Family Guy.

Books:

Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series: brilliant.
I Capture the Castle - Dodie Smith.
The Harry Potter books, of course.
A Short History of Nearly Everything, by Bill Bryson. Full of trivia :)

My Blog

Just because I

like having half-sentences as my blog titles sometimes.Hrmm... I'm not really in so much of a rambling mood tonight. I'm mostly just tired. So this post will probably be full of my tired ramblings. Re...
Posted by Amber on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 02:22:00 PST

so I read it, and I must admit

Eclipse is fanfreakingtastic. It arrived in the post yesterday. I was up quite late reading, stopping only briefly to sleep (Okay, so maybe 6 hours of sleep isn't strictly brief). This morning I resu...
Posted by Amber on Tue, 21 Aug 2007 09:55:00 PST

asphinctersayswhat

A Wayne's World classic.I'm annoyed. Annoyed that noone is online. What's the point of the internet, if not to communicate with other people? God damn you all.I'm not just annoyed with you, I'm in an ...
Posted by Amber on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 01:30:00 PST

maltesers ate my baby

umm... yeah. I love Maltesers. Do you remember that Maltesers ad that used to play like, five years ago? The one with the two girls who kept driving around and aroun d this rather large roundabout. Tha...
Posted by Amber on Sun, 03 Jun 2007 11:56:00 PST

how my bulletin became a blog

This is a journey. From bulletin to blog. The bulletin was:"There's an african mask thing staring at me from this screen. It's an ad. It's basically saying CLICK HERE, and I quote "CAUTION!! Clicking ...
Posted by Amber on Wed, 23 May 2007 09:11:00 PST

WARNING: Full stops ahead.

You have been given notice.I'm in a full stop mood.Does anyone understand what I mean by that? Do you guys ever get into this weird mood where you feel the need to express yourself using short sentenc...
Posted by Amber on Sat, 05 May 2007 07:13:00 PST

It's so wintery

that my feet are cold, even though I'm right in front of the heater.It's so wintery that I have the heater on.Tonight I tried to make tomato soup. I didn't use a recipe. It didn't turn out so well.I ...
Posted by Amber on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 03:04:00 PST

broken hand

School is crazy already. Crazy but fun. Kind of. Busy, mostly. I must stop there.It's a shame about the dude from Die! Die! Die! breaking his hand, and so soon before they're about to tour the states....
Posted by Amber on Mon, 19 Feb 2007 08:56:00 PST

bubble wrap. If I were to title this "DO NOT READ", would it make you want to read this blog?

Dad is so kind, he just gifted me with a length of unpopped bubble wrap! Ever seen a series of animations called Salad Fingers? That thing is very creepy. Nekita introduced me to it today.* If you've ...
Posted by Amber on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 10:11:00 PST

nothing but the best

the best advertisements on tv at the moment are1. The C4 ad with the big doll house and the famous NZers and the awesome song by The Tutts2. The Vodafone ad with the dragonfly's life3. The Dodge Calib...
Posted by Amber on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 02:35:00 PST