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Amanda

I am here for Friends

About Me

A little silly, a little serious, a little sarcastic, occasionally shy, love the smell of old books, addicted to caffeine, have an odd love of puns, hate chocolate, love music, take (evil) pleasure in taking bad pictures of family & friends, read entirely too much - but freeze instantly when people want me to rec a book to them, love listening to creative type folk speak, and spend an insane amount of time with my family.

My Interests

art, bad 80's movies, caffeine, dogs, drawing, horror flicks, movies, nieces and my nephew, old books, old tv shows, painting, photography, rain, reading, shaggy dogs, small towns, snark, snow, tv, whedonverse, winter, zombie movies

I'd like to meet:

anyone with something to say, friendly folk, and anyone who can tell a great story. If you bring a little snark with ya, well then we'll get along famously.

Music:

andy partridge, angie hart, azure ray, beatles, beth gibbons, beulah, billie holiday, bob dylan, bright eyes, cary brothers, chikinki, colin hay, damien rice, death cab for cutie, denali, earlimart, etta james, eva cassidy, franz ferdinand, horrorpops, elliot smith, ivy, jj72, john hiatt, john lennon, radiohead, rilo kiley, rufus wainwright, ryan adams, sahara hotnights, shivaree, sloan, the boxer rebellion, the decemberists, the detroit cobras, the distillers, the killers, the shins, tom mcrae, tom waits, yeah yeah yeahs

Movies:

200 cigarettes, clerks, donnie darko, elephant, four rooms, ghost world, little darlings, o brother where art thou?, princess mononoke, run lola run, snow walker, the jerk, twin falls idaho

Television:

arrested development, band of brothers, buffy, carnivàle, csi, dead like me, degrassi (old 80's seasons), everybody hates chris, family guy, firefly, futurama, my name is earl, supernatural, the office, veronica mars

My Blog

Happy No:ia (New Ya)!!

Hope all your bellies are filled with all the Indian cookies/donuts you could handle!
Posted by Amanda on Tue, 02 Jan 2007 04:50:00 PST

Snow!!

Most people are aware of the sick pleasure I take in snow and "cold" weather. I quote cold, because rarely do I ever think it's cold when people are complaining about the weather. I can't help but smi...
Posted by Amanda on Fri, 08 Dec 2006 12:47:00 PST

Signs Mom has been to your house...

  The funniest were the cards on doggie and kitty. Hee!...
Posted by Amanda on Mon, 16 Oct 2006 12:25:00 PST

race 'em!

... and only a mother who practically grew up with you, would respond to those words by flying past the suv beside her. lol For all the flack I got when I was little about how young my Mom was, I stil...
Posted by Amanda on Tue, 05 Sep 2006 02:23:00 PST

In case of Atomic Warfare... bury your face in your arms!

Yes, that is actual advice from a medical book. Hee! While rummaging through boxes of my Gramma's old books a book, "Modern Medical Counselor", caught my eye.  I knew I had to scan a few of the p...
Posted by Amanda on Wed, 09 Aug 2006 06:45:00 PST

Ace.

On an adventure to Ikea this weekend I spotted a car that took me back.  Back to a time when you get a pop AND chips for a whole dollar.  When there was such a thing as 1 cent candy (or...
Posted by Amanda on Tue, 01 Aug 2006 09:23:00 PST

It shouldn't be so surprizing.

I was taken aback last night when my Dad informed us all that someone had been listening to us at the dinner table.  It wasn't so much the idea that there are people who can hear us, because fran...
Posted by Amanda on Wed, 12 Jul 2006 05:44:00 PST