Amanda

About me

Gender Female
Industry Student
Occupation mother
Location Maine, United States
Introduction Mother, wife, friend, student, writer, photographer, blogger, democrat, martini drinker, blog junkie. Generally in that order.
Interests higher learning, literature, writing, poetry, art, parenting, liberal revolution
Favorite Movies The Princess Bride, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Madagascar, Ice Age, I have a hard time distinguishing between what I like and what my son likes...
Favorite Music Jack Johnson, Ben Folds, Tori Amos, Sarah McLachlan, Dave Mattews, Bjork, John Mayer, Jamie Cullum, Gavin DeGraw, Aimee Mann, Bob Marley, Patti Griffin, Ani Difranco Sometimes everything you've ever wanted floats above It's stickin' out its tongue and laughing while Everything that anyone could ever need is down below Waiting for you, know this There's never gonna be a moment of truth for you While the world is watching, 'Cause all you need is the thing you've forgotten And that's to learn to live with what you are. ~Ben Folds "Learn to Live with What You Are"
Favorite Books King Lear, The Waves, Not Wanted on the Voyage, The Handmaid's Tale, She's Come Undone, I Know This Much Is True, The DaVinci Code ... poets: Ken Norris, Robert Creeley, Artie Gold, Walt Whitman, William Carlos Williams

That can't really be a fish you're standing on, can it?

Sure it can. But it's not.