Everything I feel I make believe is real

Ok, so it's a few days coming...

2008-04-30T17:55:36Z

Never thought you'd live to see this, did you???

Bad picture. Good day.

Me and the Music Dept. advisor. Just showing off my pretty dress. :-)

Updating after all this time....

2008-02-18T03:51:50Z

And what do you get? A meme. Courtesy, as all good music memes, of aries11.

1. List your top five favorite musical artists.
2. List your top five favorite songs from each artist.
3. Tag five people to do the same.

I should add that these are in no particular order, by the way. And really more subject to my current whim than permanent taste.

Bruce Springsteen
1. The Promise
2. Born to Run
3. Murder Incorporated
4. Thunder Road
5. The River

The Killers
1. Romeo and Juliet (I know it's not technically theirs, but it's a brilliant song.)
2. Read My Mind
3. When You Were Young
4. Mr. Brightside
5. I'm calling a tie between "All These Things That I've Done" and "All the Pretty Faces"

U2
1. One (haha)
2. Angel of Harlem
3. With or Without You
4. Original of the Species
5. Acrobat

Jack's Mannequin
1. Last Straw
2. Katie
3. The Mixed Tape
4. Rescued
5. Kill the Messenger

Jimi Hendrix
1. Bold as Love
2. All Along the Watchtower
3. The Wind Cries Mary
4. Castles Made of Sand
5. Tie: "Purple Haze" and "Hey Joe"

Honorable mention:
The Beatles, who only lose out because I haven't been listening to them much lately
Graham Colton [Band], who loses out because he's about level with JM and I wanted to fit in Hendrix

Tagging:
1. darkleviathan
2. stevenharper
3. richardrahl
4. rhiannon383
5. kaidadarcy

Do it or not. Up to you.

I'd write a real update right now if it weren't for being exhausted from throwing a kick-ass Valentine's party last night and all the homework I'm not doing right now. On that note, who knew 12 credits (all music classes) could kick my butt more than 18 could? Anyway, things are good, but really crazy lately... I'll write more once things calm down a bit. For real this time. Promise.

Allen's finally conceding and not even a massive cold can keep me from enjoying this

2006-11-09T20:10:00Z

Dear neo-cons,

Payback's a bitch.

Love,
the Democrats

Answers to the shuffle meme

2006-10-20T02:31:12Z

I must say, I'm a little disappointed in you people... but at least you got most of the easy ones.

1 - "Your scars were still showing when I first met you, babe" - Joss Stone, "Victim of a Foolish Heart"
2 - "I had a dream our love would last forever; I had a dream, tonight that dream comes true" - Bruce Springsteen, "Rendezvous"
3 - "It is the evening of the day; I sit and watch the children play" - The Rolling Stones, "As Tears Go By", guessed by stevenharper
4 - "All that I wanted to say, I'll never come here again" - Howie Day, "Trouble in Here"
5 - "Something is bound to give; I can feel it coming, I think I know what it is" - U2, "Kite"
6 - "Pressure, pushing down on me, pressing down on you, no man ask for" - Queen w/David Bowie, "Under Pressure", guessed by stevenharper
7 - "Don't let 'em get where they're going to; you know they're only what they think of you" - Rob Thomas, "Problem Girl"
8 - "Your mama's yapping in the back seat, tell her to push over and move them big feet" - Bruce Springsteen, "Sherry Darling"
9 - "If you let me take your heart, I will prove to you, we will never be apart if I'm part of you" - The Beatles, "Tell Me What You See"
10 - "Oh mercy mercy me, oh but things ain't what they used to be" - Actually this one's a Matchbox Twenty cover, but I'll give credit for Marvin Gaye, "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)", guessed by stevenharper
11 - "You say you want a revolution, well you know we all wanna change the world" - The Beatles, "Revolution", guessed by stevenharper
12 - "Save some face, you know you've only got one" - The Killers, "Smile Like You Mean It"
13 - "L.A. lights never shine quite as bright as in the movies - still wanna go?" - Anna Nalick, "Catalyst", guessed by roxie_07
14 - "Don't let me down" - The Beatles, "Don't Let Me Down", guessed by stevenharper
15 - "Black and blue I chose my way; I'm a candid castaway" - Anna Nalick, "Satellite", guessed by rhiannon383
16 - "I think you know because it's old news, the people you love are hard to find" - Keane, "Broken Toy"
17 - "Well I'm standing next to a mountain and I chop it down with the edge of my hand" - Jimi Hendrix, "Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)", guessed by stevenharper
18 - "If you don't mind, I will start again alone" - Adam Pascal, "Liken a Razor"
19 - "From an empty room on the first floor, as the cars pass by the liquor store, I deconstruct my thoughts at this piano" - Jack's Mannequin, "Into the Airwaves"
20 - "Billy's leaving today, don't know where he's going" - James Blunt, "Billy"

In other news, it's amazing how much better a little mashed potatoes, cream gravy, and okra slime can make me feel.

It's official - I'm a music meme whore.

2006-10-13T02:57:45Z

Stolen from aries11, as always.

Step 1: Put your iTunes or equivalent on random.
Step 2: Post the first line from the first 20 songs that play, no matter how embarassing.
Step 4: Bold out the songs when someone guesses correctly.
Step 5: Looking them up on Google or any other search engine is CHEATING!

1 - "Your scars were still showing when I first met you, babe"
2 - "I had a dream our love would last forever; I had a dream, tonight that dream comes true"
3 - "It is the evening of the day; I sit and watch the children play" - The Rolling Stones, "As Tears Go By", guessed by stevenharper
4 - "All that I wanted to say, I'll never come here again"
5 - "Something is bound to give; I can feel it coming, I think I know what it is"
6 - "Pressure, pushing down on me, pressing down on you, no man ask for" - Queen w/David Bowie, "Under Pressure", guessed by stevenharper
7 - "Don't let 'em get where they're going to; you know they're only what they think of you"
8 - "Your mama's yapping in the back seat, tell her to push over and move them big feet"
9 - "If you let me take your heart, I will prove to you, we will never be apart if I'm part of you"
10 - "Oh mercy mercy me, oh but things ain't what they used to be" - Actually this one's a Matchbox Twenty cover, but I'll give credit for Marvin Gaye, "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)", guessed by stevenharper
11 - "You say you want a revolution, well you know we all wanna change the world" - The Beatles, "Revolution", guessed by stevenharper
12 - "Save some face, you know you've only got one"
13 - "L.A. lights never shine quite as bright as in the movies - still wanna go?" - Anna Nalick, "Catalyst", guessed by roxie_07
14 - "Don't let me down" - The Beatles, "Don't Let Me Down", guessed by stevenharper
15 - "Black and blue I chose my way; I'm a candid castaway" - Anna Nalick, "Satellite", guessed by rhiannon383
16 - "I think you know because it's old news, the people you love are hard to find"
17 - "Well I'm standing next to a mountain and I chop it down with the edge of my hand" - Jimi Hendrix, "Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)", guessed by stevenharper
18 - "If you don't mind, I will start again alone"
19 - "From an empty room on the first floor, as the cars pass by the liquor store, I deconstruct my thoughts at this piano"
20 - "Billy's leaving today, don't know where he's going"

I gave y'all a little more than the first line because some of these songs are pretty obscure. That said - if nobody gets 10, 11, or 14, you're all off my f-list. I wouldn't push my luck with 6 either. :-p

Promised I'd do this a while ago...

2006-10-11T23:37:53Z

From aries11:
01: comment here asking for a letter and I'll give you one
02: post your TOP 5 songs that begin with that letter along with these instructions
03: My letter was L.

(I should add that these aren't ranked so much as in the order I thought of them.)

1) "Layla" - Derek and the Dominoes
2) "Losing My Touch" - The Rolling Stones
3) "Last Straw" - Jack's Mannequin
4) "Let It Be" - The Beatles
5) "Look What You've Done" - JET

6) "La La Lie" - Jack's Mannequin
7) "Love is Blindness" - U2
8) "Little Wing" - Jimi Hendrix
9) "Lover, You Should've Come Over" - Jeff Buckley
10) "Lady Stardust" - David Bowie
11) "Lady Marmalade" - Moulin Rouge soundtrack
12) "Love and Peace or Else" - U2
13) "Light My Fire" - The Doors

P.S. I'm a show-off.

...ok, so I had to consult the iPod to get a few. Still plenty of good "L" songs though, right?

Guess I could take this opportunity to make an update... Have tendinitis. Really bad. I mean REALLY bad. Shouldn't be typing much right now, especially since my painkiller is wearing off. The whole thing is pissing me off, because it's been about a month since it started and it hasn't gotten any better at all. I can hardly play piano with my left hand (which THRILLS my piano teachers, let me tell you), I have to fake piccolo after 15 minutes, I have screaming pain after exams and the long-ass homework assignments my music history prof is so fond of, and I'm constantly tied to a bottle of prescription ibuprofen. Not even fun painkillers. Ibuprofen. I should at least be getting some Vicodin out of this deal. This is what happens when you get all your drugs from a parent who knows your addictive tendencies all too well. hmph.

Wow, this is turning into a big fat rant. Sorry. All I want is a weekend off. I mean really off, with nothing to do. No band, no SAT classes to teach, no Mortar Board projects - nothing. It's been 4 weeks since I last had one, and it's looking like 3 more before I finally get there. Ugghhhhh... for one of the few times in my life, I'll freely admit that I'm completely overextended right now. Learning 6 weeks worth of symbolic logic in roughly 8 hours the other night didn't really help things any... this is why we don't completely ignore our schoolwork till the night before an exam, kids. Especially when we still haven't recovered from the previous weekend's band trip. On the bright side, teaching all day on Sundays and Thursday nights means I should have a big fat paycheck from the Princeton Review next month, which will be nice for a change. :o)

Hmmm, so much negativity... what are some good things that have been going on? I guess I'll just list some highlights of the past month or so:
*Jack's Mannequin concert in September - freakin' AWESOME. Even if it was overrun with annoying teenyboppers and emo kids... only Andrew McMahon could draw that mix. I wanna have his punk rock babies.
*Pitt football's doing well - 5-1 baby.
*Most of our band shows have been really good. The problem is that there's been so damn many of them.
*Niagara Falls this weekend was way fun. Syracuse not so much, but Niagara was good. I heart Canada. It's like America, but with gun control, smoking bans, and way more legal fun stuff. I can't believe I didn't think of ordering absinthe at the bar.
*Mortar Board, much to my surprise, is actually turning out to be fairly active and successful, given what we were left with from last year. My officers and a small but loyal core group of members are really dedicated and fun. We might actually get some things accomplished this year, which will make me endlessly happy.
*I'm totally in love with the new Killers CD.
*Um, I like Environmental Politics?
*Oh, I have a new baby nephew! His name is Keegan, he was born September 29th, and apparently he's ridiculously cute (he's in Texas, so I haven't seen him yet). And my sister's decided to move up here, so I'll get to play with him all the time. :-)
*My mom is finally on her way back from Texas after about a month (at least till they go back to help my sister move). And she's bringing two puppies with her.

Aaaaand it's time for more pill-popping. I'll probably update again after I've been through physical therapy for my tendinitis and rehab for my painkiller addiction. Byyyyeeeeeee.

Silly aries11, you know I can't resist a good music meme...

2006-08-24T06:10:40Z

The 50-song meme. Bold any song choice that is the same as the person you gacked this meme from. Anyone you like but like a different song from, insert your favorite song. Anyone you don't like, put "--" in place of a song. Also, add three bands to the list.

1. Favorite Beatles song: "A Day in the Life"
2. Favorite Rolling Stones song: "Wild Horses"
3. Favorite Doors song: "The Crystal Ship"
4. Favorite Bob Dylan song: "Like a Rolling Stone"... or "Subterranean Homesick Blues" because it's so awesome in its bizarreness
5. Favorite Led Zeppelin song: "Rock and Roll"
6. TV Theme Song: Daily Show
7. Favorite Prince Song: "When Doves Cry"
8. Favorite Madonna Song: er, "Like a Prayer"?
9. Favorite Michael Jackson Song: "The Way You Make Me Feel"
10. Favorite Queeen Song: clearly, it's "Bohemian Rhapsody"
11. Favorite Motorhead Song: --
12. Favorite Ozzy Song: "Crazy Train"
13. Favorite Public Enemy Song: --
14. Favorite Song from a cartoon: "Family Guy" theme
15. Favorite Bruce Springsteen song: man.... I'll say "Murder Incorporated"
16. Favorite Depeche Mode song: "Personal Jesus"
17. Favorite Cure song: --
18. Favorite song that most of your friends haven't heard: nobody's heard most of my favorite songs. "The Promise" by Bruce Springsteen.
19. Favorite Smiths song: --
20. Favorite Beastie Boys song: "Fight for Your Right to Party"
21. Favorite Clash song: "Rock the Casbah"
22. Favorite Police song: "Every Breath You Take"
23. Favorite Eurythmics song: "Sweet Dreams are Made of These"
24. Favorite Beach Boys song: "God Only Knows"
25. Favorite Cyndi Lauper song: "Time After Time"
26. Favorite song from a movie: "Most of the Time" by Bob Dylan, High Fidelity soundtrack
27. Favorite Duran Duran song: --
28. Favorite Peter Tosh song: --
29. Favorite Johnny Cash song: "Folsom Prison Blues"
30. Favorite song from an 80's one hit wonder: "Tainted Love", Soft Cell
31. Favorite song from a video game: --
32. Favorite Kinks song: "You Really Got Me"
33. Favorite Genesis song: "The Way I Walk"
34. Favorite Thin Lizzy song: "The Boys Are Back in Town"
35. Favorite INXS song: --
36. Favorite Weird Al song: "Amish Paradise"
37. Favorite Peter Gabriel song: "In Your Eyes"
38. Favorite John Lennon song: "Imagine". Duh. Or "Watching the Wheels".
39. Favorite Pink Floyd song: "Comfortably Numb"
40. Favorite cover song: "All Along the Watchtower" by Bob Dylan, as covered by Jimi Hendrix. Also "Hallelujah" by Leonard Cohen, as covered by Jeff Buckley.
41. Favorite White Stripes: --
42. Favorite dance song: "Cotton-Eyed Joe," Rednex
43. Favorite U2 song: you gotta be kidding me... how about "Acrobat"?
44. Favorite song from an actor turned musician: Does Will Smith count?
45. Favorite disco song: "Hot Stuff"
46. Favorite Power Ballad: "Bed of Roses", Bon Jovi
47. Favorite Guns N' Roses song: "November Rain"
48. Favorite The Who song: "Baba O'Riley"
49. Favorite Elton John song: "This Train Don't Stop Here Anymore"
50. Favorite song, period: Uh-uh. Freakin' impossible. Try half the songs on this list, and then some.
51. Favorite Monte Montgomery song: --
52. Favorite Green Day song: "Time of Your Life"
52. Favorite Alanis Morrissette song: "That I Would Be Good"
53. Favorite Jamiroquai song: --
54. Favorite Foo Fighters song: "Best of You"
55. Favorite David Bowie song: "Suffragette City"
56. Favourite Metallica song: "Enter Sandman"
57. Favourite Jeff Buckley song: "Hallelujah". Seriously, what kind of question is that?
58. Favourite Pearl Jam song: "Better Man"
59. Favorite song from a TV show: Didn't they already ask this?
60. Favorite electronica song: --
61. Favorite Regina Spektor song: --
62. Favorite Linkin Park song: --
63. Favorite Coldplay song: "Fix You"
64. Favorite Aerosmith song: "Angel"
65. Favorite Dashboard Confessional song: "Saints and Sailors"
66. Favorite Blink 182 song: "My Own Worst Enemy"
67. Favorite Santana song: "Evil Ways"
68. Favorite Killers song: "When You Were Young". Or maybe "All These Things That I've Done". Or "Mr. Brightside". Maybe this was a bad question.
69. Favorite Radiohead song: "Fake Plastic Trees"

Band camp was amazing. Ridiculously intense, but fun. All I can say. Other than I want my summer back. Classes start in less than 5 days and that's really weird. Know what else is weird? Me talking. I should shut up and sleep. Night.

Uh-oh, another quiz!

2006-08-04T19:35:16Z

As always, stolen from aries11 - maybe I'm only posting because I like the result.

You Are a Phoenix

Driven and ambitious, you tend to acquire material success easily.
You have grand schemes - both for your own life and for changing the whole world.
You are a great leader, and you have no problem taking the reins.
However, you aren't all business. You also have great talents for performing and visual arts.

What Mythological Creature Are You?

EDIT: I actually fixed a spelling error. In a meme. Clearly I have issues.

"He doesn't look a thing like Jesus, but he talks like a gentleman like you imagined..."

2006-08-04T03:05:28Z

"...when you were young."

Holy crap.

All of y'all need to go listen to this song now.

The only way it could be any fucking better would be on the highway with the top down. Or live. Whatever.

Freaking amazing.

I think I might be indecisive

2006-08-02T21:01:20Z

Well that extra userpic space didn't last long. I now have 14 of 15 used up, and the only reason I have one left is because there's about 6 I saved and can't decide which one to use. enriana makes amazingness (thanks aries11!).

I meant to go home hours ago (I'm in Pittsburgh), but first I got lazy, then I got caught up in all this uncleared account/missing member crap that got dumped in my lap when I became president of Mortar Board, and now I may or may not be meeting my parents in Cranberry for my dad's birthday dinner. Still waiting to hear back, still here, and still taking deep breaths from my MB email frenzy earlier.

It's a good thing the ladies in the Mortar Board national office are so nice. *headdesk*

I sold out for more userpics

2006-08-02T16:15:54Z

I found an awesome new icon and had to have it. Oops, no more space! So now I've upgraded to a Plus account and agreed to have my journal covered in ads I don't care about just to get more userpics. I'm such a cheap LJ whore. All this and I hardly ever update. :op

Lots of new stuff going on right now. I can't wait for school to start - I think it's gonna be a good year. Right now I'm pretty much obsessed with making Mortar Board work. And of course, PittBand is right around the corner. :-) No one knows what this year will bring, but for one of the few times in my life, I feel like change is good.

Hmmm, so much to talk about I don't even know where to begin. Oh well, I need a shower anyway, haha. Later!

Stupid me, forgetting to order decaf at Starbucks

2006-07-22T05:35:56Z

I know, one of these days I'll actually write a real update instead of another survey, but

The ABCs of Me

A is for age:
----- 21 years old

B is for beer of choice:
----- Guinness. Or Dos Equis.

C is for career right now:
----- Student (Pitt. Senior.)

D is for your dog's name?:
----- Gracie's my favorite. :o)

E is for essential item you use everyday:
----- hmmm... cell phone?

F is for favorite tv show at the moment:
----- The Colbert Report

G is for favorite game:
----- Hold 'em!

H is for home town:
----- Currently New Castle, PA

I is for instruments you play:
----- Piano, flute/piccolo, maybe I can still play some bass but I haven't tried in a while

J is for favorite juice:
----- Pineapple juice

K is for whose butt you'd like to kick:
----- hmmmm...

L is for last restaurant you ate at:
----- Does Starbucks count? What about takeout from Quizno's?

M is for marriage:
----- Eventually... that or I'll just become a crazy cat lady, which is probably the more likely scenario.

N is for your full name:
----- Amanda Carolyn Nowotny

O is for overnight hospital stays:
----- None yet. *crosses fingers*

P is for people you were with today:
----- My parents, then I went shopping with Lauren.

Q is for quote:
----- "My life has become a boring pop song and everyone's singing along." - Jack's Mannequin

R is for biggest regret:
----- Not taking more pictures.

S is for status:
----- Single. Very. Very. Single.

T is for time you woke up today:
----- 9:30-ish.

V is for vegetable you love:
----- Lots... we'll go with green beans (sauteed with garlic and almonds, mmmmm)

W is for worst habit:
----- procrastination, disorganization

X is for x-rays you've had:
----- teeth, chest, feet

Y is for yummy food you ate today:
----- Bean and veggie fajita, even though it might've been better with some chicken in it.

Z is for zodiac sign:
----- Sagittarius

Making good on my bargain with aries11

2006-07-12T03:27:51Z

I. The Fandom Association Meme
1. Comment and I'll tell you what fandom I associate with you.
2. Post this in your own journal so I can see what fandom you associate with me.

II. The One Question Meme
Reply to this entry and post these instructions in your own journal. I will go poke around your list of interests on your profile and ask you one question about one of them. You wax rhapsodic on the subject of your interest for the edification of all and we'll learn something keen about you.

Hey look, I'm alive!

2006-07-11T22:35:25Z

Everybody's doing it, so of course I will... didn't I answer something really similar to this once?

(Click here to post your own answers for this meme.)

✓ I miss somebody right now.	× I don't watch much TV these days.	✓ I own lots of books.
✓ I wear glasses or contact lenses.	× I love to play video games.	× I've tried marijuana.
× I've watched porn movies.	× I have been the psycho-ex in a past relationship. (Well, that's debatable...)	✓ I believe honesty is usually the best policy.
✓ I curse sometimes.	✓ I have changed a lot mentally over the last year.	× I carry my knife/razor everywhere with me.

* * * * *

× I have broken someone's bones.	✓ I have a secret that I am ashamed to reveal.	× I hate the rain.
✓ I'm paranoid at times.	✓ I would get plastic surgery if it were 100% safe, free of cost, and scar-free.	✓ I need/want money right now.
✓ I love sushi. (But only with crab or shrimp)	✓ I talk really, really fast.	× I have fresh breath in the morning.
× I have long hair.	× I have lost money in Las Vegas.	✓ I have at least one sibling. (1/2-brother + 1/2-sister = one whole sibling!)
× I was born in a country outside of the U.S.	✓ I have worn fake hair/fingernails/eyelashes in the past.	✓ I couldn't survive without Caller I.D.
✓ I like the way that I look.	✓ I have lied to a good friend in the last 6 months. (maybe?)	× I am usually pessimistic.
✓ I have a lot of mood swings.	× I think prostitution should be legalized. (But it might be safer and better regulated if it were.)	× I slept with a roommate.
× I have a hidden talent.	× I'm always hyper no matter how much sugar I have.	× I have a lot of friends.
✓ I have pecked someone of the same sex.	✓ I enjoy talking on the phone. (If I'm in the mood for it.)	× I practically live in sweatpants or PJ pants.
✓ I love to shop and/or window shop.	× I'm obsessed with my Xanga or Livejournal.	× I'm completely embarrassed to be seen with my mother.
✓ I have a mobile phone.	× I have passed out drunk in the past 6 months.	✓ I've rejected someone before.
✓ I currently like/love someone. (gahh...)	✓ I have no idea what I want to do for the rest of my life.	✓ I want to have children in the future. (operative phrase: IN THE FUTURE)
✓ I have changed a diaper before.	× I've called the cops on a friend before.	× I'm not allergic to anything.
✓ I have a lot to learn.	✓ I am shy around the opposite sex.	✓ I'm online 24/7, even as an away message. (only during school)
✓ I have at least 5 away messages saved.	✓ I have tried alcohol or drugs before.	× I have made a move on a friend's significant other or crush in the past.
× I own the "South Park" movie.	✓ I have avoided assignments at work/school to be on Xanga or Livejournal.	✓ I enjoy some country music. (SOME.)
× I would die for my best friends.	✓ I'm obsessive, and often a perfectionist.	× I have used my sexuality to advance my career.
✓ I think Halloween is awesome because you get free candy.	× I have dated a close friend's ex. (well she wasn't my bestest friend in the world or anything...)	✓ I am happy at this moment. (eh...)
× I'm obsessed with guys.	✓ Democrat.	× Republican.
× I don't even know what I am.	× I am punk rockish.	× I go for older guys/girls, not younger.
✓ I study for tests most of the time.	× I tie my shoelaces differently from anyone I've ever met.	× I can work on a car.
× I love my job(s).	✓ I am comfortable with who I am right now. (eh...)	× I have more than just my ears pierced.
✓ I walk barefoot wherever I can.	× I have jumped off a bridge.	× I love sea turtles.
× I spend ridiculous amounts of money on makeup.	× I plan on achieving a major goal/dream.	✓ I am proficient on a musical instrument.
× I hate office jobs.	× I went to college out of state.	× I am adopted.
✓ I am a pyro. (heehee)	× I have thrown up from crying too much. (i've only wanted to.)	× I have been intentionally hurt by people that I loved.
× I fall for the worst people.	✓ I adore bright colours.	× I usually like covers better than originals.
× I hate chain theme restaurants like Applebees and TGIFridays.	✓ I can pick up things with my toes.	× I can't whistle.
✓ I have ridden/owned a horse.	✓ I still have every journal I've ever written in.	× I talk in my sleep.
× I've often thought that I was born in the wrong century.	× I try to forget things by drowning them out with loads of distractions.	× I wear a toe ring.
× I have a tattoo.	× I can't stand at LEAST one person that I work with.	× I am a caffeine junkie.
× I am completely tree-huggy spiritual, and I'm not ashamed at all.	× If I knew I would get away with it, I would commit at least one murder.	× I will collect anything, and the more nonsensical, the better.
✓ I enjoy a nice glass of wine with dinner.	× I'm an artist.	× I am ambidextrous.
× I sleep with so many stuffed animals, I can hardly fit on my bed.	× If it weren't for having to see other people naked, I'd live in a nudist colony.	× I have terrible teeth.
✓ I hate my toes.	✓ I did this meme even though I wasn't tagged by the person who took it before me.	× I have more friends on the internet than in real life.
× I have lived in either three different states or countries.	✓ I am extremely flexible. (wink)	× I love hugs more than kisses.
× I want to own my own business.	× I smoke.	✓ I spend way too much time on the computer than on anything else.
✓ Nobody has ever said I'm normal.	✓ Sad movies, games, and the like can cause a trickle of tears every now and then.	× I am proficient in the use of many types of firearms and combat weapons.
✓ I like the way women look in stylized men's suits.	✓ I don't like it when people are unpleased or seem unpleased with me.	✓ I have been described as a dreamer or likely to have my head up in the clouds.
× I have played strip poker with someone else before.	× I have had emotional problems for which I have sought professional help.	✓ I believe in ghosts and the paranormal.
× I can't stand being alone.	✓ I have at least one obsession at any given time.	× I weigh myself, pee/poo, and then weigh myself again.
× I consistently spend way too much money on obsessions-of-the-moment.	× I'm a judgmental asshole. (maybe occasionally)	✓ I'm a HUGE drama-queen. (but all in good fun :-))
✓ I have travelled on more than one continent.	× I sometimes wish my father would just disappear.	× I need people to tell me I'm good at something in order to feel that I am.
× I am a Libertarian.	✓ I can speak more than one language. (mais, je suis pas vraiment fluente en francais... en fait, il y a probablement quelques erreurs ici.)	✓ I can fall asleep even if the whole room is as noisy as it can be.
× I would rather read than watch TV.	× I like reading fact more than fiction.	✓ I have pulled an all-nighter on an assignment I was given a month to do.
× I have no piercings.	✓ I have spent the night in a train station or other public place. (airport.)	× I have been so upset over my physical gender that I cried.
× I once spent Christmas completely alone because there was a miscommunication on which parent was supposed to have me that night.	× There have been times when I have wondered "Why was I born?" and may/may not have cried over it.	✓ I like most animals better than most people.
× I own a collection of retro games consoles.	× The thought of physical exercise makes me shiver.	× I have hit someone with a dead fish.
✓ I am compulsively honest.	× I was born with a congenital birth defect that has never been repaired.	× I have danced topless in front of dozens of complete strangers.
× I have gone from wishing I was a girl to revelling in being a boy to feeling like a girl again in the span of five minutes, and not cared a whit for my actual sex.	× I am unashamedly bisexual, and have different motivations for my desires for different genders.	× I sometimes won't sleep a whole night or eat a whole day because I forget to. (that was really only one time and believe me, it ain't gonna happen again.)
× I find it impossible to get to sleep without some kind of music on.	× I dislike milk.	× I obsessively wash my hands.
× I always carry something significant around with me.	× Sometimes I'd rather wear a wig in day-to-day life than use my own hair.	× I've pushed myself to become more self-aware and thereby more aware of others.
✓ Even though I live on my own I still cry sometimes because I miss my mother. (then when I'm home she drives me insane.)	× I hand wrote all the HTML tags in this document.	✓ I've liked something which a majority of people claimed was either bad or weird.
× I have been clinically dead for a brief period of time.	× Instead of feeling sympathy/empathy with people and their problems, I simply become annoyed.	× I participate/have participated in auto drag races and won.
× I do not 'get' most comedy acts.	✓ I don't think strippers are money-greedy or slutty for dancing.	✓ I don't like to chew gum.
✓ I am obsessed with history/historical things and can't wait for someone to build a time machine so I can be the first to use it.	× I can never remember for the life of me where I parked the car.	× I had the TEEN ANGST thing going for at least 2-3 years. (only a year or so)
✓ I wish people would be more empathic and honest with each other.	× I play Dungeons and Dragons weekly.	✓ I love to sing.
× I want to live in my mother's basement when I grow up.	× I have a custom-built computer.	✓ I want to create a certain someone's babies, even though there's a 0% possiblity of ever achieving it.
× I would be in a relationship with one of my pets if they were human.	× I've gone skinny-dipping.	✓ I've performed in three plays.
✓ I enjoy burritos.	× I'm Irish and loving it. (I just let people think I am, heehee)	× I have a thing for redheads. (but if you happen to be a nice boy who does...)
× I am a twin!	× Most of the times, I'd rather do something intellectual instead of doing something generically 'fun'.	× Once I set out to finish something, I always stay at it until it is completed before I move on to something else.
✓ I wish there were a way to erase past mistakes.	× I sleep more than 12 hours a day.	✓ I wish I could be prouder of what I've accomplished, but it's never enough.
× I need more time to myself.	× I wish I was more open-minded.	× I hope that I go really prematurely grey.
× I download songs from the internet.	× I've just reenacted chapter 58 of Death Note with my best friend.	✓ I say random things to freak people out.
× I'm still a little mad about the ending of Death Note.	× I love playing Truth or Dare.	× I love listening to slow music, but I hate singing to it.
✓ Music helps me remember that I am not alone.	× Playing my favorite sport makes me temporarily forget my problems.	✓ I think this survey is particularly long.
× I prefer my LJ friends to my real-life ones.	× I can only hate someone that I love.	× I've ordered an extra two shots of espresso to an Americano at Starbucks. (Me? order a mere Americano? pffff...)

I know I said this 3 1/2 months ago, but I'll make a real update later.

Stolen from aries11 because I'm procrastinating and it looks like fun

2006-03-27T07:54:42Z

The Music Survey.
Answer all of these questions with a lyric from a song.

1.) Are you male or female?
She's a girl in her world
She's moving as fast as she goes
Loves her mom and her dad
The only secure that she knows

2) Describe your neighborhood:
It's just that everywhere I go
All the buildings know your name like
Photographic memories of love
Steel and granite reminders
The city calls your name and I can't move on

3.) How do you look?:
La lune trop bleme
Pose un diademe
Sur tes cheveux roux

4.) If you could say something to the person you like, what would it be?:
Do, do ya, do ya, do ya wanna
Wanna go
Where I've never let you before?

5.) Where do you wish you were right now?:
Somewhere there's only lovers left alive

6.) What would you say to your best friend?:
When the night just cuts you through
When the dream is lost to you
When you're worried and confused
I will give you my heart, give you my shoulder

7.) Any words of wisdom:
And remember the truth that once was spoken
To love another person is to see the face of God

8.) What do you wish you were doing right now?:
Hey what else can we do now?
Except roll down the window
And let the wind blow back your hair
Well the night's busting open
And these two lanes will take us anywhere

9.) What do you think of drugs and alcohol?:
So please hand me the bottle
I think I'm lonely now
And please give me direction
I think the hurt set in
And I don't feel nothin'

10.) If you could say one thing to your enemy, what would it be?:
Sexy Sadie, you'll get yours yet
However big you think you are
However big you think you are
Sexy Sadie, oh, you'll get yours yet

11.) What do you usually do on Friday nights?:
I know what you want
I'm gonna take you to a midnight show tonight
If you can keep a secret
I've got a blanket in the backseat on my mind

12.) Are you for world peace?:
Heaven on Earth, we need it now
I'm sick of all of this hanging around
Sick of sorrow, sick of the pain
I'm sick of hearing again and again
That there's gonna be
Peace on Earth[...]
Jesus can you take the time
To throw a drowning man a line?
Peace on Earth

13.) What do you think about school?:
Everyone knows I'm in over my head, over my head...

14.) How do you feel right now?:
Now she's walking through the clouds
With a circus mind that's running wild
Butterflies and zebras and moonbeams and fairy tales
All she ever thinks about is riding with the wind

15.) Any closing words?:
I'm not wearing underwear today
No I'm not wearing underwear today
Not that you probably care
Much about my underwear
Still nonetheless I gotta say
That I'm not wearing underwear to-daaaaaaaaayyyyyyy!!!!

Real update to come in the near future.

I'm gonna kill somebody... just as soon as I've gotten some sleep.

2006-02-02T12:40:15Z

Fine, I've accepted that jackhammering 5th Ave. directly underneath my (2nd floor) bedroom window is apparently necessary. But is it possible, just remotely possible, that there might be some better time for it than 7 fucking o'clock in the morning?!?!?!? It's not like you're right in front of a residential building or anything. Assholes.

hopefully i won't regret this tomorrow...

2006-02-01T06:51:53Z

The State of the Union Address Drinking Game is awesome.

aries11 made me do it... again.

2006-01-13T22:16:23Z

Random Questions about your life and other absurdities

Answer these questions, then add a new one of your own, and tag five people!

1.) When showering, do you start the water and then get in?: Of course

2.) Do you read the labels on your shampoo bottle?: Sometimes

3.) Do you moan in the shower like the people on the herbal essence commercial?: Um, no.

4.) Have you ever showered with someone of the opposite sex?: No

5.) Have you ever been forced to shower with your siblings?: Ew, my siblings are way older than me... no.

6.) Have you ever brushed your teeth in the shower?: No, but I think i've done it in the tub a couple of times.

7.) Have you ever dropped your soap on your foot? That doesn't hurt nearly as much as a full shampoo bottle.

8.) How old do you really look? At least 16, whoo! hell, probably 17 or 18 now that I've cut my hair!

9.) How old do you act? Depends on what I'm doing and how I'm feeling... either 45, 8, or 21.

10.) What's the last song you sang?: like sang sang, or like belted loudly along with my iPod? I think the former was "Deep River" in choir Wednesday... I listen to way too much to remember the latter.

11.) Have you recently become a member of anything?: Flute Academy, and a couple of new Facebook groups

12.) What are your plans for the weekend?: Last-minute trip to Ft. Worth for the long weekend! :-)

13.) Do you kiss with your eyes opened or closed?: Usually closed.

14.) Have you ever ridden a mechanical bull?: No... maybe this weekend ;o)

15.) Do you ever intentionally vomit after eating?: No

16.) If you were working on a pirate ship, what would you most likely be? The serving wench.

17.) Have you ever called anyone a slut?: Yes - usually jokingly.

18.) Have you ever been called a slut? Are you kidding me? that's Nathan's favorite nickname for me. :oP

19). Have you ever smuggled something into America?: Um.... I don't think so... but can I plead the fifth just in case?

20). Does playing the guitar make a guy more attractive?: Sometimes, but not as much as playing the piano does.

22). Have you ever finished off the popcorn?: I'll finish anything.

23). How many people do you think would come to your funeral? I would hope there'd be a decent crowd.

24). How many of them would come just to make sure you're dead?: hah, probably all of them.

25). Do you have more enemies or more friends?: I have very few enemies, if you can even call them that... so definitely friends.

26.) Have you ever sent an anonymous letter?: Not to my recollection.

27.) Can you fix your own car?: If it's minor enough, like, washer fluid. Ooh! I changed the oil once!

28.) Have you ever turned someone down for a date?: Yes.

29.) Are you smarter than your friends?: hahaha, no comment. :-P

30.) Have you ever been arrested?: No.

31.) Have you been beaten up? No

32.) Should you have?: Oh, probably.

32.) Do you like the taste of beer?: Only certain very high quality kinds (Guinness!) very VERY cold.

34.) Have you ever died or killed someone in a dream?: Yeah I think.

35.) Have you ever given to charity?: Yes

36.) Would you kill a dog for $1000?: I don't think I'm capable of intentionally taking a life, regardless of who or what it belongs to.

37.) Do you sometimes get depressed?: Yes.

38.) Do you live with your parents?: On breaks, yeah.

39.) Do you have plans for your future: Er, vaguely...

40.) Where does depression hurt? Everywhere.

41.) What's your favorite town/city? Dublin, Paris, Pittsburgh, Ft. Worth, Toronto, Chicago

42.) How long do you leave up your Christmas tree?: Till it starts looking crappy. Seeing as we don't usually get it decorated till Christmas Eve, we've been known to keep it up well into February.

43.) If you could travel anywhere you've never been before, where would you go? lots of places... South Africa.

Now time for my tagging:
whoever!!!

In other news, GORGEOUS day, finally declared majors (yeah, only took me 2 1/2 years to get around to it), and an awesome long weekend in Texas ahead of me... yeah, I'm in a good mood for a change. :-)

*EDIT* AND I just won a last-second eBay bidding war for the score anthologies I need for the next 2 semesters of music history!!! bwahahahahahaha!

Somehow the "OH YEAH!!!!" icon is completely appropriate tonight

2006-01-05T07:39:01Z

Started spring semester today. And what a way to kick it off...

NCAA basketball: Pitt defeats Notre Dame 100-97 in double overtime.

NCAA football: Down 38-33 with 19 seconds left, Texas scores a touchdown and makes a 2-point conversion to win the Rose Bowl 41-38.

Two of the best, most nerve-wracking games I've ever seen all in one night. Absolutely freaking amazing. This is the best college sports day ever. :0)

Hmmmm, guess I should write some of the stuff I need to catch up on from break. Lemme think... This semester's schedule isn't too bad. 18 credits, but it's mostly music stuff so at least I'll be more or less interested:
MUSIC 0224 History of Western Music Since 1750 M W 3:00-4:15
MUSIC 0419 Theory 4 M W F 11:00-11:50
MUSIC 0420 Musicianship 4 T Th 11:00-11:50
MUSIC 0533 Jazz Piano (lesson) T 3:15-4:00
MUSIC 0614 Women's Chorale M W 4:00-5:30
MUSIC 1242 Major Composer (Beethoven) T Th 4:00-5:15
PHIL 0300 Intro to Ethics T Th 10:00-10:50
PHIL 0300 Intro to Ethics Recitation Th 3:00-3:50
PS 0650 Politics and Liberal Democracy T Th 1:00-2:15
Hah, I'm such a slacker. And how proud am I of myself for having no 9 AM classes for the first time ever? Awesome. Tuesdays and Thursdays may kinda suck though.

My grades from last semester weren't nearly as bad as I expected. Okay, so I squealed like a little girl when I checked them...
Rhetorical Process: W
19th Century French Romantics: A-
Intelligent Life in the Universe: B
Theory 3: A
Musicianship 3: B+
Jazz Piano: A
Women's Chorale: A
Marching Band: A
Philosophy and Liberal Democracy: A
Current QPA: 3.719 Cumulative QPA: 3.659
I would've had a pretty high A in French if I'd turned in all those short assignments... I expected the B's, in fact I was afraid Musicianship would be worse... as for Intelligent Life, a B isn't a bad grade for a class I sometimes forgot I was taking earlier in the semester. AND I CANNOT BELIEVE I GOT AN A IN PIANO!!! OR PHILOSOPHY! Or even Theory... for the first time ever! (bolded grades=totally awesome) But I definitely thought I was getting a B in piano. Again. I find it amusing that the semester I expected to be my worst ended up being my best in a long time.

So I guess things are rarely as bad as you think they are.

Okay, enough prattling about classes and grades. Gawd, I'm such a nerd.

Tons of fun stuff to cover from break... another time. It's late. I have my early class tomorrow (and by early, I mean 10:00 :-P). And the Leno rerun I was half-watching just got interrupted by a Days of Our Lives rerun without warning. Yuck. So one last time before bed...

HAIL TO PITT/HOOK 'EM HORNS!!!!!!

Night.

another finals procrastination entry

2005-12-13T04:37:05Z

Dear Santa,
I've tried to be good this year, I really have. And I think I did a pretty decent job. But ya gotta have your fun too, right? Anyway, I know you're really busy and all, but I just thought I'd take this opportunity to get in touch and see what's up and do the whole wish list thing and all.

All I want for Christmas is an A in something besides Women's Chorale and marching band.

Thanks.
Much love,
Amanda

*sigh* day one over. philosophy paper - done. not great, but done. probably a b+ or b at worst... i guess i shouldn't really complain, seeing as i hadn't actually exactly read the Rawls book I was writing on. but i think my grade in there is borderline (A- on one paper, A on the 2nd, and probably not great participation) and it would be really nice to swing an A. intelligent life final - over. not great, but not nearly as bad as I thought it would be, or as it should've been, considering i've gone to lecture once in the past month and didn't even get the whole way through the study guide. better than the last exam. got all my back assignments and some extra credit turned in afterwards too. woot. yeah, i could've done without falling asleep for 3 1/2 hours this morning, but as usual, i somehow managed to half-ass my way through it and it's all over, so no point in worrying about it.

so all that's left is a theory exam and my 2 string quartet variations. i've never been so happy to work on music theory in my life. i never thought i'd hear myself say that. and considering my exam is at 8:00 AM (ugh) and my score is due when i go in, i'm not working nearly as hard as i should be. oh well, it should only take a couple of hours. and sleep is overrated anyway, right?

in the midst of all my finals-induced ranting and silliness, i failed to mention that Eric totaled his car the other day. he was trying to drive to school through the 4 inches of snow covering Smalls Ferry Rd. (because north beaver township is awesome at road maintenance that way) and lost control, went head-on into a ditch, flipped the jeep a couple of times, and landed right-side up 6 inches from a utility pole. he's okay, but definitely really lucky. puts things into perspective - all this time i'm whining about finals, when i could be at one of my best friends' funerals instead. so i should really quit bitching. apparently mr. hodge came along and rescued him, hahaha.

i'll done with this semester in less than 11 hours. yessssssss!

which reminds me - who doesn't have anything important on wednesday that wants to get really really raging drunk with me tomorrow night? ;o)

gahhhhhhhhh.....

2005-12-12T16:22:56Z

Today we salute you, stressed out college student, during exam week. As you sit in your lonely cubical in the library, doped up on Starbucks & Aderol, you think to yourself, 'am I ever going to need to know this stuff in life?' The distractions are tempting and you have suddenly diagnosed yourself with ADD along with advanced delusionary schizophrenia with involuntary narcissistic rage. I'm sure by now you know exactly what everyone is doing because you have checked your buddy list 800 times. Christmas break is just days away, and your Prozac prescription will be in tomorrow. So crack open an ice cold Bud Light after that last exam, because for most of us, Christmas will be spent in rehab.

I am so fucked at the moment. Thank you, University of Pittsburgh, for giving us the ample preparation time and reading days that EVERY OTHER MOTHERF-ING COLLEGE IN THE WORLD grants to its student body before finals week.

Love,
Amanda

new icon!

2005-12-12T06:17:06Z

I FOUND IT! OH YEAH!!!!!!!

sad part? i'm really proud of myself :o)

2005-12-12T05:40:32Z

Rock Star
You scored 96%!

You damn rock star. You know all the basics, and if you got any wrong, I bet it was that stupid Traveling Wilburys question. Your friends are probably intimidated by your knowledge of classic rock and envy your impressive collection. When a classic rock song comes on the radio, you can probably identify it before the vocals kick in most of the time. You probably get good scores on the "maiden name of Clapton's mom" tests, too.

My test tracked 1 variable How you compared to other people your age and gender:

You scored higher than 87% on notes

Link: The BASIC classic rock Test written by allmydays on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the 32-Type Dating Test

and this is why i should be a musicologist, kids. because who needs a real job when you can make a living on random bits of useless music trivia?

i should probably move to the library where i feel compelled to do some work... it's much harder to fall asleep there too.

You know you live in Pittsburgh when...

2005-12-09T04:30:24Z

It's snowed 2 inches in the past 3 hours, the sidewalks are plowed, and the roads haven't been touched.

starkraving16 @ 2005-12-08T22:32:00

2005-12-09T03:34:03Z

Your 2005 Song Is

Mr. Brightside by The Killers

"It started out with a kiss
How did it end up like this
It was only a kiss, it was only a kiss"

Let's just say you're happy to be done with 2005!

What Hit Song of 2005 Are You?

I find it amusing that these things always come up with my favorite songs.