mulrain, amanda d. profile picture

mulrain, amanda d.

the myspace account I said I'd never get.

About Me

Poet, artist, writer, thinker, barista, self teacher.

Sardonic, quiet, loud, thoughtful, social, anti-social, curious, clever, kind, open minded, spiritual, assertive, passive, argumentative, contradictory.

Like to read, ride bikes, play chess, drink coffee, discuss ideas, scorn politicians, paint pictures, take photographs, make collage art, listen to music, share with others, watch old movies, walk around the city, hang with good people, explore the world, test boundaries, collect rocks, listen to others, be with myself.

My Interests

biking, badly playing the harmonica, writing, poetry, poetry readings, travelling, co-ops, anarchism, theology, philosophy, music, sustainable living, anything free

I'd like to meet:

Emma Goldman, George Orwell

Music:

The Decemberists, Pink Floyd, Mischief Brew, Erik Petersen, Evan Greer, Riot Folk!, Halo Fauna, Lemuria, Robert Blake, Emi Foxx, Bright Eyes, Rachel Jacobs, Gentry Bronson, Antsy Pants, Joanna Newsom, Neutral Milk Hotel, Arcade Fire, Animal Collective, Built to Spill, Modest Mouse, Bob Dylan, The Crying Shame, Suburban Kids with Biblical Names, Against Me!, Paul Simon, Neil Diamond, America, Don Mclain, Joan Baez, Erik Ayote, the Flaming Lips, the Beatles, Barry McGuire, Team Chocolate, REM, Lemon Jelly, Leadbelly, Woodie Guthrie, Anything Helps, Aurora Kaleida, Architecture in Helsinki, Apples in Stereo, Sarah Harmer, Pete Seeger, Phil Ochs, Arlo Guthrie, Barenaked Ladies, King Missile, John S. Hall, Emmylou Harris, the Faint, Devendra Banhart, Vetiver, the Velvet Underground, Gogol Bordello, Immortal Technique, Deltron 3030, Jens Lekman, the Killers, Man-Man, Pavement, Otis Redding, Smog, Tim Fite....lots, lots more! Anything Underground

Movies:

Dr. Strangelove, Requiem for a Dream, Amelie, the Princess and the Warrior, City of God...cult film, strange film, foreign film, documentaries, classic cinema

Television:

south park, tcm, robot chicken

Books:

Everything is Illuminated, Ishmael, The Story of B, My Ishmael, The color Purple, Meridian, The outsiders, the perks of being a wallflower, East of Eden, Anarchist Theory, Brother Earth Sister sky, The Mind of God, Welcome to the Monkey house, Slaughterhouse Five, Hitchikers Guide series, Truck, INRI, Phoenix Rising, Catcher in the Rye, Lord of the Flies, 1984, Why I write, the Stand, The Eyes of the Dragon, The Gunslinger, On Writing, Anarchism and other Essays, Dumbing us Down, comic books, Blankets, Goodbye Chunky Rice, Carnet de Voyage, Unlikely, Clumsy, Wars End, The Screwtape Letters, Keep the Aspidistra Flying, Animal Farm, Notes from Underground, Life of Pi, Fast Food Nation, Reefer Madness, Acid Dreams, Cunt, Catch 22, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Woman and Nature, The Monkey Wrench Gang, The Key of Liberty, The Stranger, The Fall, The Rebel, Posessing the Secret of Joy, Clan of the Cave Bear, Pagen Babies, Ecstasy Club, A People's History of the United States, Women-Race&Class, Off the Map, Voices of Resistance, The Bible...lots more

Heroes:

underdog

My Blog

call me a lefty, but i calls it like i sees it (poem)

There are voicesin the night.How can Iin good faithspeak up about my own trivial experienceswhen there are sixteen year oldson seventh streetslinging dopeand toting gunsin self defense, defianceand ag...
Posted by mulrain, amanda d. on Sun, 30 Mar 2008 01:51:00 PST

Waking Thoughts.

He left coffee in the coffee maker before he went to work this morning. Somehow it was the perfect ratio of grounds to water, making a better home brew than I would be capable. I always make it too st...
Posted by mulrain, amanda d. on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 09:56:00 PST

i have decided...

..that to hate a person only on the basis of their personal politics or philosophy is just as silly as to love someone for the same.Its generalizing a person into a set category based off of an arbitr...
Posted by mulrain, amanda d. on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 01:57:00 PST

If This World However Change (loong essay)

If this worldHowever changeWe never changeThere's no place of usIn this world, Dut. Let me first start out by being honest. I do not mean to insult your intelligence. No doubt you are worldly. Ignoran...
Posted by mulrain, amanda d. on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 02:56:00 PST

End Times Fiction (stream of consciousness)

Yes, I remember those days where fresh-eyed and open I could rise before dawn, go cavorting through the central market plaza before the other women and their children would get there, scope the best d...
Posted by mulrain, amanda d. on Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:45:00 PST

Dope Sick (poem)

Drug culturekills revolutionarieslike revolutionarieshave killed monarchsovertaking governmentswith unyielding forceuntil pasts are erased,histories forgone for new order,and free thought is stifledfo...
Posted by mulrain, amanda d. on Fri, 21 Dec 2007 08:04:00 PST

Response to the movie "An Inconvenient Truth"

Dear Former Vice President Al Gore,I've noticed that we have some things in common. We both like trees, for instance. Both of us are deeply concerned about certain hot-button issues, such as global wa...
Posted by mulrain, amanda d. on Sun, 11 Nov 2007 11:14:00 PST

Why I Hate Organic Produce (half list, half rant)

You say "tomato", I say "cruelty free produce for a better world!"So...this is my uneducated opinion about organic produce:1) It is a marketing tool designed to make people who can afford to pay highe...
Posted by mulrain, amanda d. on Thu, 08 Nov 2007 07:25:00 PST

Short Story

A Servant's Grievanceby A.D. MulrainI had led a relatively good life, compared to most who share my stature and social standing. There was not much that I could find outright contemptible. Always ther...
Posted by mulrain, amanda d. on Sun, 28 Oct 2007 06:54:00 PST

Common Quantities

Una taza de cafe(a cup of coffee)una gota de agua(a drop of water)un punado de arena(a handful of sand)un ramo de flores(a bunch of flowers)una docema de huevos(a dozen eggs)una collecion de sellos(a ...
Posted by mulrain, amanda d. on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 08:02:00 PST