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So the idea is to pick your favorite tv shows, and name the character that you identify with most. Most, engaging, Justin- if I do say so myself. Here goes:

Law and Order: yesterday, today, and tomorrow- I want to be Jack McCoy.

Bones: Angela

House: Dr. Wilson, I'm covertly devious.

NCIS: Abby, duh.

Mad Men: Joan

Pushing Daisies: Chuck

The Tudors: Margaret, the King's sister... until she bought the farm.

Firefly: Inara... or Jayne.

Sex and the City: usually Carrie, but I'm getting more Charlotte-y with age.

Moonlight: Joseph

Lie to Me: the "radical truth" guy... good show, btw.

Scrubs: Carla

new, awesome, quote from last week's House: "unless that poem ends with 'In order to fry my brain to death, I smoked some primo crystal meth' I'm not interested."

So this looked like an interesting update of where I am in my life right now... some of the answers are the same, some not. I totally think I did this before...


1. What time did you get up this morning? 8:15... I had 9:30 class *sigh*
2. Diamonds or pearls? probably pearls.
3. What was the last movie you saw? Watching Phantom of the Opera right now instead of doing homework.
4. Where is the most beautiful place you've ever been? This may be lame, but Manton.
5. What do you usually have for breakfast? This morning I nuked leftover radiatorre. I don't recommend it for breakfast, but I'm a total scavenger.
6. What is your middle name? Leigh Genevieve
7. What foods do you dislike? Olives and Pickles. and Bologna.
8. What is your favorite CD? Dresden Dolls, Yes...Virginia.
9. What kind of car do you drive? 2004 Dodge Grand Caravan, complete with dents and bloodstains.
10. Favorite sandwich? Turkey tomato avocado swiss dijon mustard mayo sprouts on rye. mmmmmm.

11. What characteristics do you despise? apathy, taking oneself too seriously
12. Favorite item of clothing? My Frye biker boots.
13. If you could go anywhere in the world for a vacation, where would you go? Paris or Dublin
14. What color is your bathroom? mostly white, but it came with copious unidentifiable stains.
15. Favorite brand of clothing? low end- GAP High End- I dream of Chanel...
16. Where would you retire? An apartment in downtown San Francisco, forever in the middle of life.
17. What was your most memorable birthday? I turned sixteen while at a choir competition in Disneyland. That night we went to medieval times dinner and andrew got me a flower!
18. Favorite sport to watch? Hockey, live. Because someone's getting their ass kicked!
19 -21 are boring questions! I guess so...

22. Favorite saying? Cheers, mate.
23. When is your birthday? 4-10
24. Are you a morning person or a night person? Probably night more so than morning.
25. What is your shoe size? nine.
26. Pets? if shoes count...
27. What did you want to be when you were little? an architect, until I found out there was math involved... then I switched to Vegas Showgirl. I was a weird kid.
28. What are you today? a trade secret beauty adviser.
29. What is your favorite candy? Heath Bar.

30. What is your favorite flower? peonies and ronunculus... I have expensive tastes.
31. What is a day on the calendar you are looking forward to? Feb 13 is our Goth Party
32. What are you listening to right now? The song "Notes" from the movie
33. What was the last thing you ate? Drinking Merlot.
34. Do you wish on stars? of course, they can hear us.
35. Do you believe in Angels? Honestly, only Baruch and Balthamos.
36. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? lavender.
37. Pet peeves? right now, discussing literature.
38. Favorite Television show? Bones, Lie to Me, Pushing Daisies
39. Last person you spoke to on the phone? my mom (and thanks connie!)

40. Do you like the person who sent this to you? yes. she's my fave.
41. Favorite soft drink? Diet Dr. Pepper.
42. Favorite restaurant? Ernesto's in Sac.
43. Hair Color? Auburnish right now.
44. Siblings? uh, none.
46. What was your favorite toy as a child? my bunnies Pinky, Rose, and Mr. Bun.
47. Summer or Winter? neither. Spring and Autumn, I enjoy moderation.
48. Hugs or kisses? Right now I would kill for one hug from Benji. His hugs fix things.
49. Chocolate or vanilla? CHOCOLATE (this week)
50. Do you want your friends to repost this? whatev!

51. When was the last time you cried? I nearly just did, thinking about Benji!
52. What is under your bed? too much shit to possibly inventory.
53. Who is the friend you've had longest? Lasley, I've known him since the third grade.
54. What did you do last night for dinner? I made a sandwich to take to work.
55. Favorite smell? morning at the ren faire, full of promises of fun! (ditto reenactments)
57. How many keys on your key ring? 9.
58. How many years at your current job? One.
59. Favorite day of the week? Thursday, I have all my classes that day!

60. How many towns have you lived in? eight.
61. Do you make friends easily? I make acquaintances easily.
62. How many folks will read this? no telling.
63. Are you happy? well sure.

awards-season bliss has begun, unfortunately it happens to be coupled with new-semester irritation. alas.

first, the bliss.
I made some fantastic predictions for both the Golden Globes (which was just two hosts trying to be excited whilst reading off the winners from the teleprompter) and the SAG awards. Is it wrong to bet on "No Country for Old Men" even though I have never, nor have the desire to, view said movie? Eff the Coen brothers. I fucking hate Fargo. Except for that part with the wood-chipper, that was awesome.

I have also managed to see a few more Oscar nominees (and a couple non-noms) recently. I highly recommend both Sweeney Todd and Atonement.
Disclaimer: Sweeney Todd is the most gory movie I have ever seen in my life... no kidding. It is nearly difficult to watch some parts because of the arterial spray. Regardless, Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter are at their best and Alan Rickman is delightfully creepy.
Also, do not go to Atonement if you're in the mood for a light-hearted, feel-good movie. You will cry. Do not say that I did not warn you. The soundtrack is going to win for best score, mark my words.

In other news, I'm looking into buying a 1936 Royal-Brand typewriter. It looks fecking awesome.



And now for the irritation.
I'm taking 16 credits this semester, not too bad- but I will definitely stay busy. My abridged schedule is:

French MWF- fuck french. hopefully I will get through this semester without dropping the class. again.

Wisconsin History MWF- who knew that anyone cared enough to teach a class on that?

Shakespeare I TTH- awesome.

American Philosophy TTH- There are four of us in this class, and it is taught by a strange former-hippy-esque broad who loves to hear the sound of her own voice. In 90 minutes, she only paused once- and that was to take role.

Ancient and Medieval Worlds TTH- taught by the ever-fantastic Sinclair, who describes being "drawn and quartered" with equal zeal that she professes her hate of "Braveheart"

so I just spent, like, and hour trolling for christmas songs on itunes.

it's the 27th of October, and I'm ready to deck the proverbial halls. This is rather unsettling. To further this disturbing trend, I plan on assembling/decorating the christmas tree next wednesday.

christ.

do you think that I'm getting in the spirit a bit early?

just be afraid, next I'll start buying egg nog.

oh dear.

I like it when it gets cold here, because it makes me feel like I'm not dying. There is something utterly appealing to me about the shivvery undercurrent of one's body struggling to stay warm. This is something you can really only feel in the North,
it never gets cold enough back home.

and it is odd to me that something I always thought that I hated, is something that I do not wish to leave.

the truly sad thing is that no matter where I live, someone feels abandoned. so what do I do? choose? to this day, there is only one person who could break my heart enough to get me to move back to the golden state.

so what if I am more silver than gold.

I decided to not follow the rules, mainly because the last three are just pure gold... I love how "magician" is sandwiched in between "criminal lawyer" and "dancer". This was kind of screwed up for me because the test didn't really touch on my interests...

1. Go to http://www.careercruising.com/.
2. Put in Username: nycareers, Password: landmark.
3. Take their "Career Matchmaker" questions.
4. Post the top ten fifteen results.

1.Paralegal (eff that)


2.Judge (they spewed this out only because I admitted to enjoying giving unsolicited advice)


3.Translator (from what to what? I don't speak anything but valley girl.)


4.Civil Litigator (I don't even know what that does...)


5.Lawyer (I do have fantasies about being the next Jack McCoy)


6.Political Aide (when hell freezes over. I can barely tolerate my own bullshit)


7.Historian (finally, something we can agree on.)


8.Actor (now blend 7 and 8 together and we'll have a party)


9.Plasterer (so I'd get plastered professionally?)


10.Editor (only on LJ)


11.Corporate / Commercial Lawyer (no thanks. )


12.Furniture Finisher (I would love to. Seriously.)


13.Sign Language Interpreter (the only signs I can interpret are rather unsavory)


14.Interpreter (once again... from what? )


15.Comedian (only in my own mind.)


16.Critic (every day of my life)


17.Criminal Lawyer (oh yes.)


18.Magician (...insert caption here)


19.Dancer (only when I'm professionally plastered)


20.Model (ha...)

So recently, instead of sleeping I have been surfing the internet and listening to Loreena McKennitt. While I think that this happens to be a valuable use of my time, I am growing concerned that this sort of behavior will continue when classes begin in two days. Alas, I could keep up this vampiric schedule if only it were not for the 8:50 french class. For those of you with inquiring minds, my classes are as follows:
French 202 (*sigh* more french...)
History of Medieval Europe (hells yes.)
Survey of US History (...something new and different for me.)
Arc/Hist of Ancient Egypt (I hope female circumcision is omitted.)
Intro to Minority Cultures (I thought that living in california made me exempt from this one.)

And if my calculations are correct, it appears that I will be done with my undergrad degree in 4 semesters from today. That means I should be graduating in the spring of 2009. thank god. or satan. whomever at this time has placed the highest bid for my soul (can be found on ebay if you would like to put in your two cents).


goodnight.

Tell Me About You
1. Name: Amanda Leigh Genevieve
2. Birthday: April 10th
3. Place of residence: it varies...
4. What makes you happy: Fog covered hills
5. What are you listening to now/have listened to last: soundtrack to Prince of Egypt
6. Do you read my lj: why, yes I do.
7. If you do, what is particularly good/bad about it: I get to read your commentary on events I am familiar with.
8. An interesting fact about you: I enjoy laundry day.
9. Are you in love/have a crush at the moment: yes I am/do
10. Favourite place to be: san francisco
11. Favourite lyric: Yes, when this flesh and heart shall fail, And mortal life shall cease;
I shall profess, within the vail, A life of joy and peace.
12. Best time of the year: autumn
13. Weirdest food you like: sauerkraut
14. Do farts make you laugh: depends on the situation, but usually, no.

Recommend
1. A film: Stardust, it is breathtaking.
2. A book: Going with the theme, Stardust-by Neil Gaiman, which the movie is based on.
3. A band, a song and an album: Rasputina- amazing instrumentals and interesting lyrics. "Just Like Heaven"- by The Cure. Yes, Virgina- Dresden Dolls album, every song is fantastic.

Me
1. One thing you like about me: just one? Your ability to see a situation from all sides.
2. Two things you like about yourself: my mad trivia skills and my eyebrows.
3. Put this in your lj so I can tell you what I think of you.

What would be your Patronus?
a goat

What would you want your wand to look like/be made out of?
11 inches, holly and unicorn hair

If you could be an Animagus, what animal would you be?
a raccoon

Would you join D.A. (Dumbledore's Army)?
in a heartbeat

Who was the character you hated the most in the books?
Umbridge, and Snape (until the last half of book 7)

Who were the characters you loved the most?
Sirius, Ron, Lupin, and McGonagall

What house would you be sorted into at Hogwarts?
Gryffindor, because I'm sure as hell not the purest or the smartest- but I think I'm brave enough.

What was your favorite store in Hogsmeade or Diagon Alley?
The Hogs Head and Ollivander's

If you could play Quidditch, what position would you play?
Beater. Hell yes.

Would you honestly eat the kidney pie?
sure

Dark mark or D.A. "Galleon"?
Galleon

What magic power or inheritance would you want the most?
to be an animagus

What magical creature was your favorite (ex. centaurs,house elves, etc.)?
thestrals

At the moment if you walked by the Room of Requirement what would it turn into?
something akin to the prefects bathroom

What would your boggart be?
like Mrs. Weasley's

What was your reaction to the Ron and Hermione "thing" in book 7?
awwww! I thought that they balanced each other out wonderfully.

If Thestrals were real could you see one (meaning have you seen someone die)?
no.

What would you see in the Mirror of Erised?
a pair of wool socks. ;)

Are you brave like Harry, funny like Ron, or intelligent like Hermione?
probably a combination between Harry and Ron.

Which of the Deathly Hollows would you choose (the cloak, the stone, or the wand)?
the cloak

Would you be a member of S.P.E.W.?
sure... kind of in the way that Ron is a member.

Out of the Marauders Map, Sirius' dagger, and a Sneakoscope, what would you choose?
Dagger, of course.

What pet would you take with you to Hogwarts (toad, cat, owl, etc)?
owl

Who was your favorite teacher at Hogwarts?
Lupin and McGonagall

What subject would you like to teach at Hogwarts?
Defense of the Dark Arts or History of Magic

What job would you like to have in the Wizarding World?
Professor at Hogwarts

Which character do you wish was real and you could befriend?
Neville

Would you enter your name in the Triwizard Cup?
Yeah.

Which was the best movie so far?
Order of the Pheonix

On a scale of 1-10 (ten being the worst) how depressed are you that the series is over?
5. I'm kind of bummed that it's the end of an era, but it was a satisfying

Who do you want to marry or date?
Sirius or Lupin! Too bad they both kicked the bucket by the end of the series!

Please repost as "HARRY POTTER SURVEY!"

50 Things you didn't want to know... or maybe you did. how the hell do I know?

1. What does your *lj nickname mean? my 2nd middle name is genevieve, and 1564 was an important date. Look it up.
2. What’s your heritage? English, Welsh, and Irish. And a smidgen of Norwegian. My people like to fuck others from the same island, what can I say.
3. Where were you born? Sacramento
4. What’s your hair color? nearly black
5. What is life to you? far too intrusive a question for LJ, so you shall get a bullshit answer: A cup of coffee with bailey's in it. cheers!
6. What is love to you? The one thing I can't bear to lose.
7. What do you hate most? Hate, actually. Well, that and Rush Limbaugh and Michael Moore equally.
8. What do you love most? WHAT I love is partying like it's 1699, who I love is entirely different.
9. What makes you happy? being useful and shameless flattery
10. What’s your best physical feature? my lack of pigment which I've grown to love
11. What is your best quality? my brash yet flowery way of speaking
12. What feature do you first notice in the opposite sex? a spark, or lack thereof.
13. What are you scared of? nothing. bring it on.
14. What’s your favorite color? dark green
15. Do you like your job? what job?
16. Do you wish on stars? not ever to my recollection.
17. Are you sarcastic? sometimes.
18. Do you curse? often. kind of like the bartender in Boondock Saints.
19. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? cerulean. only crops up in the deluxe box. high class all the way.
20. Where do you want to be ideally? sleeping on 1000ct egyptian cotton sheets.
21. Are you the serious or loud or happy or shy type? brave, boisterous, comical, and solemn type.
22. If you had three wishes, what would they be? 1) cure for aids 2) a big pile of money to use at my discretion 3) Genie, I wish you free
23. Who is the last person you talked to on the phone? Connie
24. Last Movie you watched? "Hot Fuzz" fucking hilarious
25. What song makes you cry? Minnie's Lullaby and Buxton by Tanglefoot
26. What’s the best feeling in the world? love
27. What’s the worst feeling? lonlieness
28. Have you been in a car accident? only a small one
29. Have you had a song written about you? twice. *sigh* sadly neither one was very good, and one was accompanied by the accordion.
30. Have you ever skipped school? oh, I'm legendary.
31. Have you fell asleep in the shower? yep.
32. Have you ever skinny dipped? many times.
33. Have you ever drunk dialed? yep. it's a fond pastime of mine.
34. Have you been bitten by a dog? nah.
35. Have you ever smoked/done drugs? couple of times.
36. Have you ever been on stage/in a play? more than I could possibly count.
37. Have you let a friend cry on your shoulder? yep
38. Do you believe in love at first sight? depends on what you're looking at. I believe it was love a first sight when I saw my Frye knee-high boots...
39. What was the last thing you purchased? $117 worth of wool fabric.
40. What‘s on your CD player? Gaelic Storm and Dresden Dolls
41. What turns you on? dark eyes and knee breeches.
42. Favorite fruit? Blackberries
43. Favorite vegetable? cucumber
44. Favorite sport? badminton
45. Favorite food? that's like asking me to pick a favorite episode of CSI!
46. Favorite drink? coffee, vitamin water, and jen's strawberry daquiris
47. Favorite magazine? Vogue and Jane
48. Favorite flower? peonies and ronunculus
49. Favorite ice cream flavor? vanilla
50. Favorite Band, Group, Singer or Rapper? Gaelic Storm, Tanglefoot, Billy Joel, Stan Rogers, Dresden Dolls, Voltaire, and Rasputina

So yesterday was the 20th anniversary of my birth, and it was fun. The only problem is, I have to wait another year for a birthday. curses.

per usual, I raked in the loot. some of the highlights included: coffeemaker that looks like a time machine, foxy skivvies, earrings, books, springy tank tops, and bare minerals makeup.

looking at the record of my spoils, it is easy to tell that everyone I love knows me to be a girly, literate, caffine-dependant person. go me.

in addition to being showered with gifts, erik's mom made me an awesome birthday dinner, that ended with the ever-orgasmic chocolate pecan pie. mmmm. There's leftovers, come on over.

cheers all, from your friend who no longer belongs to the category "teenager"

we love easter. and not so much because of that jesus fellow, but because it means our birthday is a'coming! yeah, we know- it's a holiday celibrating the resurrection...

but really we're just excited about our birthday. sorry jesus.

other than that, have been having a riveting time down here at the front desk shooting the shit with my fave international student: Hasan the Saudi. he really doesn't get the whole easter concept, but I suppose he has an excuse, seeing as he is a muslim and as such doen't celebrate Peter Rabbit and His Chocolate Eggs.
who has everything to do with an undead Christ, you know. ;)

Also was greeted by Kyle: everyone's favorite compasionate conservative, who made Hasan (who happens to be a MUSLIM, for those of you just joining us) an easter basket. heh heh.

all in all, a rather entertaining evening down here at the Reuter Hall Front Desk.


how cool is it that we managed to write an entire entry utilizing the royal "we".

this may very well become a habit.

that was said by jon stewart. HILarious.

tonight we have commedia dress rehearsal... oh shit.
good news is, we'll have an audience...
oh wait, that's a bad thing.

coin operated boy
sitting on the shelf he is just a toy
but i turn him on and he comes to life
automatic joy
that is why i want a coin operated boy

made of plastic and elastic
he is rugged and long-lasting
who could ever ever ask for more
love without complications galore
many shapes and weights to choose from
i will never leave my bedroom
i will never cry at night again
wrap my arms around him and pretend....

coin operated boy
all the other real ones that i destroy
cannot hold a candle to my new boy and i'll
never let him go and i'll never be alone

not with my coin operated boy......

this bridge was written to make you feel smittener
with my sad picture of girl getting bitterer
can you extract me from my plastic fantasy
i didnt think so but im still convinceable
will you persist even after i bet you
a billion dollars that i'll never love you
will you persist even after i kiss you
goodbye for the last time
will you keep on trying to prove it?
i'm dying to lose it...
i want it
i want you
i want a coin operated boy.

and if i had a star to wish on
for my life i cant imagine
any flesh and blood could be his match
i can even take him in the bath

coin operated boy
he may not be real experienced with girls
but i know he feels like a boy should feel
isnt that the point that is why i want a
coin operated boy
with his pretty coin operated voice
saying that he loves me that hes thinking of me
straight and to the point
that is why i want
a coin operated boy.

-Dresden Dolls

how is it possible to get do little done in so much time? I am worthless without deadlines, and as such that none are looming- I am utterly idle.

*sigh*

ps- If you haven't listened to the Dresden Dolls, you should. they will change your life.

cheers,
mandi

last night involved splendid brain-rotting entertainment. I enlightened my wisconsoninan homies with a viewing of the Funnies-fucking-episode-of-Hercules and the Legendary Journeys ever. AJ was actually interesting in watching, as was Connie (though she had take a raincheck), and Abby finally drank the koolaid and sat down with us. We were later joined (then left, then rejoined)by the indomitable Tom who was only too pleased to partake in the immense dorkhood.

Due to his utterly unnatural fondness of HatLJ, Tom may actually be my sibling.

The fearsome foursome decided to move on to Robin Williams: Live on Broadway and cap off the evening with the last 20 minutes of Chamber of Secrets.

all in all, an entertaining waste of an evening.

capital.

I am SO the minister!

*mumblemumble*

I just spent half and hour writing a most excellent post for your reading pleasure.

Unfortunately, something bad happened and the internet window shut. Fuck.

and because I have been up for 19 hours as of now, you will get a brief summary of the astounding wit that was my deleted post.

-back in sacramento, will hang with friends and troll for knock-off sunglasses in the old sac district.
-airports suck
-erik in south carolina, the 3hour time difference and 3 week separation is not that great. Do not want a bicoastal relationship unless I had a...
-Private Jet and Pilot (like john travolta) though using his services would probably require my subsequent conversion to scientology and all the utter idiocy it produces.
-If I were an alien, tom cruise would not be allowed on my UFO... and scientologists are fucking nuts.

cheers all, happy new year
I'm off to bed.

I didn't like my last layout... then I switched it several times, and went back to the same one. almost. Decided to simplify my colors until I could make up my frigging mind.

In other news, out of the four classes I took last semester, I have received the grade of AB in three of them. and the last grade hasn't been posted yet. woot. here's to improving my floundering gpa.

right now Bruce (that's erik's step-dad, for those of you not in the know) has selected out of 500 channels a motion picture entitled "Hard Bounty". I inquired as to whether the channel hosting this program is called "movies that neither cost to make, nor grossed over 50,000 bucks". This movie is a western (made in 1995, no less)and the only recognizable actor in it is Kelly LeBrock (of weird science and celebrity fit club fame) and she plays a prostitute. So far we are 45 minutes in, and the movie has no discernable plot... BUT it features lots of bare titties in the whorehouse, which is the main setting of the movie.

what the fuck am I watching?