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Amanda

Man is born free, but is he everywhere in chains.

About Me

I have changed a lot in the past couple years. Although it doesn't seem like it's been years, only a couple months. I wish I was still actively involved in music but I think that ship has sailed. I work at a bakery and it's the best job I've ever had :) I want to move to a different country and raise my children there...like France. I like knitting but need practice. I love being in college. I'm extremely opinionated and have been since I could speak, I don't plan to change that. I'm not a big family person but I had a great fifth grade teacher and her and her family are like my family, they will always have a special place in my heart. I want to adopt kids from impoverished countries and do something to change someones life besides my own. I live most of my life hoping I'm not as selfish as most of the people I know. Ian and I need a puppy in our lives but they keep coming and going and it's really sad. I like to read and wish I had more time to read the books I want instead of the books I have to read.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

In history, I'd like to meet Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, James Madison, Thomas Paine, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Jane Adams, Margaret Sanger, Martin Luther King Jr., and John Lennon. Today, I would love to meet Gore Vidal, Lou Pinella, George McGovern, other adoreable, passionate old men, and the members of RAWA. Anyone who is still doing something meaningful and not just working for a paycheck.

Music:


American Football, Anathallo, The Appleseed Cast, Artic Monkeys, At the drive in, The Audition, The Beatles, Bedroom Heroes, Billie Holiday, Bjork, Bob Dylan, Braid, Brazil, Bright Eyes, Broken Social Scene,Cale Parks, Cake, CaP'n Jazz, Cat Stevens, Chicago Underground, Chin up chin up, Coheed & Cambria, Copeland, Cream, Cursive, Damien Rice, Death Cab, The Decemberists, Decibully, Don Cabellaro, Duke Ellington, Eisley, Elton John, The Flaming Lips, Frog Eyes, Frou Frou, Ghosts and Vodka, Headlights, Henri Mancini, Hum, Ian Nelk ;), Ida, Imogene Heap, Iron and Wine, Islands, Jeff Buckley, Joan of Arc, John Coltrane, John Lennon, Journey, The JV, The Like Young, Louis Armstrong, Make Believe, Margot and the Nuclear So and So's, Maritime, The Mars Volta, Mates of State, Miles Davis, Minus the Bear, Modest Mouse, My mourning Jacket, Nuetral Milk Hotel, Of Montreal, Owen, Owls, Park, Pedro the Lion, Pele, Peter, Paul and Mary, Pinback, The Postal Service, Prince, The Promise Ring, Pullman, Rachel's Radiohead, Rainer Maria, Ratatat, Regina Spektor, Robot Ate Me, Sam Prekop, Sam Zurick, The sea and cake, The Shins, Sigour Ros, Simon and Garfunkel, Stars, Straylight Run, Sufjan Stevens, Sunny Day Real Estate, Theivery Corporation, Thirty Seconds to Mars, Throne Yourk, Tom Waits, Tortise, Town and Country, Very Secretary, The White Strips, The Who, Why?, and Wolf Parade
I love making it and listening to it. You should try to hear for yourself once. There are some beautiful things to hear out there.

Movies:

Almost Famous, Garden State, SAVED!, Twelve Monkeys, Stand by Me, The Notebook, Breakfast at Tiffany's, The three faces of Eve, Elizabethtown, The Virgin Suicides, Moulin Rouge, Roman Holiday, Marie Antoinette, Everything is Illuminated, Little Miss Sunshine, Boondock Saints...I can't think anymore. I love movies. There are a lot I love.

Television:

Dead Like me and Deadwood!

Books:

Pride and Prejudice. it's definitely my favorite!, the Harry Potter series, For the love of the Cubs!, A thousand splendid suns, Grimm Fairy Tales, Little women, Amerika, The Odyssey, Great Expectations, Shakespeare, Sex Wars was great, now I'm reading The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins.

Heroes:

people who aren't apethetic.

My Blog

the modern world’s flaw?

I’ve been thinking about the world. I’ve been thinking about America’s place in the world and that thought kind of scares me. I think we are stuck. The world has become as reliant on...
Posted by Amanda on Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:24:00 PST

religion is a killer.

Of course, everyone should know this. Religion kills. It has forever. From human sacrifices to keep the sun rising everyday, to the crusades, to present day. I know there is so much I do not know...
Posted by Amanda on Sat, 25 Aug 2007 11:44:00 PST

stem cells?

Okay...so yet again another class bothered me. (but i love when classes do that because i know i'm really learning something.) I am a very opinionated person, everyone that knows me knows that. Someth...
Posted by Amanda on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 10:02:00 PST

just blogging.

Today I feel like blogging. I'm not really sure what about but we'll just run with it.  First of all...happy easter. I guess. Even though, they think they might have found Jesus' bones so that wo...
Posted by Amanda on Sun, 08 Apr 2007 09:01:00 PST

THE ROADTRIP!!! :)

okay...i'm going to try to not make this too long. the roadtip was AMAZING! i swear i will make a slideshow when i get the time to which will probably be tomorrow...so keep a look out. here's how it w...
Posted by Amanda on Sat, 03 Jun 2006 02:18:00 PST

the secret truth.

most of you will not understand this blog. some of you know know it without me even saying it because you have known me for years or just know me that well. sometimes i dont know what the hell i'm doi...
Posted by Amanda on Tue, 18 Apr 2006 09:42:00 PST

change

I don't know why but I'm noticing this huge change that has taken place in me and my surroudings over the last two years. I barely talk to my best friends that I had in high school that I thought I co...
Posted by Amanda on Mon, 27 Feb 2006 12:13:00 PST

happy yappy

So I thought this was definantly worth bloging about. If you know me and have for a while, ecspecially these past few months, you'll understand...   I'm happy!!!   Like really ginuenly happy...
Posted by Amanda on Thu, 19 Jan 2006 12:48:00 PST

i think i have themed blogs now...

wow...it's crazy to think about how much things have changed lately. How much I've changed in the past year... things are sooooo different being out of high school. Which is good. I never really liked...
Posted by Amanda on Mon, 16 Jan 2006 09:48:00 PST

things i'm realizing

I'm realizing that:   No one is 100% good and if I am honest with myself and see the bad and still like that person it's better than being blinded to what i don't want to see.   ignorance is...
Posted by Amanda on Fri, 16 Dec 2005 09:11:00 PST