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Amy

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About Me

I'm a fiery redhead who moved to the DC area in December 2005. I'm fortunate enough to have an awesome family, wonderful friends in every corner of the continent, a spectacular job, a fantastic home, and the ability to take care of all of my material needs and the majority of my desires. There's something more to life, though, and that's what I'm looking for these days.LIKES: Chapstick, Diet Pepsi, A/C, Tab, wine, cheese, cats, high-quality sheets, Las Vegas, my thesaurus, fondue, Estee Lauder Pleasures perfume, stickers, Hallmark and Papyrus, shoes, soy candles, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, iTunes, the color green, Hello Kitty, Target, Auntie Anne's cinnamon sugar pretzels with cream cheese dip, purple roses, slightly excessive mascara, Audi TTs, pedicures, Borders and Barnes & Noble, King Street Cats (http://kingstreetcats.org) , pajamas, Potbelly's sugar cookies, bubble bathsDISLIKES: Humidity, ball-point pens, hypocrisy, beer (one exception: Lambic -- Thanks for the introduction, Tim!), public transportation, most children, coffee, guacamole, bugs, those who stand on the left side of escalators, DC tourists, dirty microwaves and can openers, 1-800-Flowers customer service
The All About Me Survey
Name: Amy
Birthday: May 4
Birthplace: Michigan
Current location: DC area
Eye color: Bluish green...or greenish blue
Hair color: Blondish red...or reddish blond...let's call it orangish
Height: 5'7"
Right handed or left handed: Right
The shoes you wore today: Tasteful black heels with funky flair
Your number one fear: Failure
Your perfect pizza: Giordano's in Chicago...with tons of cheese, mushrooms, and black olives
Your most overused phrase on instant messenger: I've never used IM
Thoughts upon first waking up: Pure hatred for my alarm clock
Your best physical feature: You tell me
Your bedtime: During the week, 11 p.m.-ish; on weekends, 4:00 a.m.-ish
Your most missed memory: ???
Pepsi or Coke: Diet Pepsi
McDonalds or Burger King: Neither...Taco Bell has my vote
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Neither
Chocolate or vanilla: Vanilla...with rainbow sprinkles
Cappuccino or coffee: Neither
Do you smoke: Nope
Do you swear: haha! That's like asking me if I breathe
Do you sing in the shower: Not lately
Have you been in love: Not sure
Do you get along with your parents: Yes
Do you like thunderstorms: I'm ambivalent
In the past month have you gone skinny dipping: Nope
Ever been called a tease: To my face? No
What is your dream job: Professional student
Where would you most like to visit: London
Number of piercings: Two...down from eleven
Number of tattoos: Zero
In the opposite sex...
Favorite eye color: Blue
Favorite hair color: Brown
Short or long: Short
Favorite clothing style: Jeans and a t-shirt...or a well-cut suit
Weakness: Canadians
Hottest in the universe: I'll keep that to myself
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My Interests

SleepingReadingHockey (watching, not playing -- I'm accident-prone)MusicSleepingDancingCooking (but not cleaning up)Finding true happinessSleeping

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I'd like to meet:

New friends in the DC area. Bill & Hillary Clinton. Brad Haviland. Duff Goldman. Anyone friendly, intelligent, and non-creepy who wants to write.

Music:

Anything from the 1980sStarsNeil DiamondTegan and SaraDixie ChicksPrinceArcade FireLeAnn RimesGreen DayEverclearDaughtryLisa Marie Presley

Movies:

"Memento""Gone with the Wind""The Exorcist"

Television:

"Frontline" on PBS"Grey's Anatomy""The Price Is Right"Reruns of "The Golden Girls" and "Bewitched"

Books:

"Metamorphosis" by Kafka"East of Eden" and "Tortilla Flat" by Steinbeck"To Say Nothing of the Dog" and "Doomsday Book" by Connie WillisAnything by Dean Koontz, Lee Child, Kathy Reichs, Michael Connelly, Laurie Notaro, or Emily Giffin

My Blog

Semi-Serious Question of the Day

In the past, I posed this question to my close friends, but since ABC has resurrected the TV show "Extreme Makeover," I think it's time that I ask a broader group of folks: Why is it that th...
Posted by Amy on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 07:47:00 PST

Advice for Single Folks

Some fantastic and encouraging guidance that I recently stumbled across on the web from MSN relationship advice columnist Lynn Harris:"[D]o not listen to people  I bet they're out there  w...
Posted by Amy on Sun, 22 Apr 2007 02:37:00 PST

Redheads Are Truly Different

Here are some fascinating facts about redheads, courtesy of the March 2007 issue of Allure: Approximate percentage of the world population that are natural redheads = 2% Percentage of women who would ...
Posted by Amy on Sun, 11 Mar 2007 06:46:00 PST

I'm Coming on Down, Bob!

I started watching the game show "The Price Is Right" when I was three or four years old.  I attended kindergarten in the afternoon, so I used to watch "TPIR" while I ate lunch before&n...
Posted by Amy on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 06:24:00 PST

Help Wanted

It is 2007 and, believe it or not, I am turning 30 years old in less than three months. When I was a kid, my mom used to allow me to stay home from school on my birthday.  These days, I usua...
Posted by Amy on Mon, 12 Feb 2007 08:04:00 PST

Food Obsessions

I will not feel ashamed.  I will not hide the truth.  I am addicted... ...to broccoli cheddar soup! It's odd.  It's crazy.  It's inexplicable, I know. I eat broccoli cheddar s...
Posted by Amy on Tue, 24 Oct 2006 07:16:00 PST

The Downside of Moving

I moved to the DC area in December 2005.  The most difficult challenge I've faced since then is the process of making new local friends.  It's hard -- really hard -- harder than I ever imagi...
Posted by Amy on Sun, 17 Sep 2006 03:01:00 PST

End of the Weekend Blues

Ah, Labor Day weekend -- three fabulous days off!  I love my job but, even so, I feel incredibly sad as my weekend wraps up and the work week begins...I suspect that if I could roll into wor...
Posted by Amy on Tue, 05 Sep 2006 04:18:00 PST