Amanda

Broken Bow High School, Class of 1997

Boston University, Attended 2005 - Present, Master's Degree, Gastronomy
University of Southern California, Bachelor's Degree

gastronaut

Cornerstone

food -- cooking & eating, sleeping, my dog, shopping

Guns Germs and Steel, Hitchhikers Guide (all of them), Parasite Rex, A Prayer for Owen Meany, A Girl Named Zippy, almost anything by David Sedaris and other comedic memoirs that make me feel like other people's lives are way more screwed up than anything I've ever seen.

Totoro, Empire Records, Office Space, Donnie Darko, The Usual Suspects, The Princess Bride, Spirited Away, Bloodsport, and R. Kelly's Trapped in the Closet (it's magical)

Mountain Goats, Magnetic Fields, Badly Drawn Boy, Belle & Sebastian, the Shins, Ray LaMontagne, Neil Diamond, Dolly Parton, Beck, Eels, Postal Service, Stars, Keane, Damien Rice, the Cure, the Clash, Van Morrison, Aimee Mann, Iron & Wine, ABBA, OK Go, Tribe. I hate people who say I like everything but country. What about speed metal? Do you like speed metal, you freaks?!?!?

kdramas, hospital shows: Scrubs, Greys, House, the food network (esp Iron Chef reruns), Inside the Actors Studio, bad reality tv that only my tivo knows I watch

Taurus

I have this weird need to feed anyone I meet. I long to be organized and to always have clean underwear. I miss sunshine and hope I can get back to California soon.

I hate filling out favorites, especially music. I think it depends completely on my mood. While I'll probably never say that Turbo is my favorite, I have been known to dance around my room in my underwear to them (and many other bands I'm ashamed to admit to listening to).

There are a few things that make life worth living: my dog, the perfect pair of jeans, sexy shoes, sappy movies that make me cry, friends who can make me laugh so hard stuff comes out my nose, oban scotch, hendricks gin, boys with hot shoes, indie rockers, licking the bowl when someone makes me brownies, kisses on the back of my neck, my family, people who teach me new things, instant messenger, and naps.

Things I could live without: snow (basically all cold weather), angry drivers, the person who steals my Wall Street Journal twice a week, flaky people, student loans, stitches, Ili destroying the apartment during thunder storms, and broken tivos.

Some who can edit my thesis and talk me in from the ledge after I've been writing for 12 hours straight.