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Amanda

About Me

I am pretty easy going and enjoy bumming around more than average. I recently got married so that has been fabulous. I have been in Austin for almost five years now and I love it here, but I get antsy sometimes because I like to move around. I used to think I would always be a gypsy, but now with a house, a husband, and perhaps the most defining symbol of settling in, a bookshelf, I am here for awhile and very happy. I still try to get away as often as possible--I think travel is good for the spirit. As far as my career, I have a hard time committing to a job where the schedule is too rigid. I like calling my own shots when I can.

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My Interests

watching football (GO BEARS, GO BUCKEYES), playing poker, World of Warcraft (I am a nerd), traveling, reading, calligraphy, crosswords, languages

Music:

Over the Rhine, Dave Matthews, Phish, Blue October, Bon Jovi, Tori Amos, Natalie Merchant, Pete Yorn, David Grey, Ben Harper, all over the place depending on my mood, except nothing where they're screaming too much or where it could be filed under Easy Listening

Movies:

All-time favorites: Royal Tenenbaums, Saving Private Ryan, Magnolia, While You Were Sleeping, Amelie, American Beauty

Television:

Seinfeld, Sex and the City, Sopranos, Boston Legal, House, 24, Lost, Scrubs, Monk, Arrested Development, Firefly

Books:

I love pretty much anything by Henry James, Milan Kundera, or Chuck Palahniuk. Also really like Dostoevsky. For easy reading, I like books about mountaineering or maybe good legal fiction. I feel opposed to romance novels and for some reason I am not good at finishing historical accounts.

My Blog

Love Affair

I am so in love with Over the Rhine, if you can be in love with a band!  I finally got to see them in Austin after I missed them the last time when the SXSW line was way too long...it has be...
Posted by Amanda on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:41:00 PST

Sidewalk Chicken

Huge pet peeve--when there is a group of people walking down the sidewalk towards me and I am walking by myself, and they don't look like they're going to move over.  I held my ground yesterday a...
Posted by Amanda on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 05:40:00 PST

Another Buckeye Loss

Wait, haven't I already used that subject title? Oh yeah, that's because my team keeps going to national championship games in order to ultimately crush my spirit.  I even drove to New Orleans th...
Posted by Amanda on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 09:12:00 PST

Scary children disappoint

Wow, Polar Express was so BAD.  Every year it has come out around Christmas, I kept thinking Oh, have to go see it!!  Well my dream was realized last night and it was specifically not magica...
Posted by Amanda on Thu, 29 Nov 2007 01:31:00 PST

New babies!

My friend came with me yesterday to the animal shelter and I brought home two puppy dogs...Bella and Lucy, 2 year old Welsh Corgi types.  They are sisters who were just brought in a couple of day...
Posted by Amanda on Sat, 06 Oct 2007 03:15:00 PST

Hoo ha

My KK actually held up against two hands when we were all in before the flop with a nice healthy pot.  Also making better moves on smaller pots for some insurance against bad beats.&nbs...
Posted by Amanda on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 01:16:00 PST

Poker Blues

Boy, I'm just all warmth and fun, complaining about sports and whatnot...so while I'm still reflecting on losses for the season, let's just recap a couple of bad beats in poker.  In the last mont...
Posted by Amanda on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 10:10:00 PST

Another Buckeye Loss

I actually didn't lose any money on this one, like I did at the Super Bowl    Oden was a stud, too bad we couldn't make an outside shot to save our lives.  Boo....
Posted by Amanda on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 09:49:00 PST

Ohio State vs. Florida Round 2

Go Team
Posted by Amanda on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 10:57:00 PST

My year in sports

Woohoo, my Buckeyes just made it to the Final Four, in a not so close game that was a relief to watch after Thursday's match with Tennessee.  Ok, I am generally a bit blue when football ends, es...
Posted by Amanda on Sun, 25 Mar 2007 04:23:00 PST