Amanda Owens

Temple H S, Attended 1994 - 1998, Class of 1998

University of Maryland - University College, Attended 2006 - Present, Master's Degree, Information Technology
Johns Hopkins University, Attended 1998 - 2002, Class of 2002, Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science

programmer/analyst

Episcopal Church

computers, skiing, cooking, linguistics, politics, parrots, flute, texas, maryland, episcopal church, europe, germany, austria, bavaria, hiking, sailing

Molly Ivins Can't Say That Can She?, Winds of War, Jane Eyre, Persuasion, Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil, Harry Potter series, Pride and Prejudice

The Sting, Gone With The Wind, Casablanca, Circle of Friends, Office Space, Lord of the Rings

Donegal Express, Tori Amos, Ani DiFranco, Radiohead, baroque, classical, techno, house, random live acts my friends take me to see, German drinking songs

The Daily Show, The Simpsons, King of the Hill, various worthless Bavarian soap operas

I moved over here in October 2004 to work for an evil defense contractor at Hohenfels Joint Multinational Readiness Center.

Tiring of country life, I made the move this past May to a place with more than one restaurant and several traffic lights - Amberg. Now that I live in a proper apartment less than half a mile from a city rail station, you guys no longer have an excuse not to come over.

I have been dating Christoph since November 2005. He's a German with a PhD in mechanical engineering and far less interest in the German national soccer team than I have. Main quote from Germany's World Cup Summer: "Amanda, could we not watch so much football?" In his defense, he also defies the stereotype of the German male who loves his car more than he loves his woman - he cheerfully lets me drive his car and shrugs when I grind the gears.

This poor, misguided soul is also attempting to teach me how to sail. The process is going about as smoothly as teaching me how to drive did.

Americans and other English-speakers living in Bavaria, especially if you like to ski.