Amanda
My blogs
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Marketing |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Location | New York, New York, United States |
| Introduction | I'm Amanda of the MsAdventures. I started this blog to record my experiences as a shell-shocked, and then jaded, public school teacher in Harlem. After two years, I ran out of patience and one-liners and went into marketing. I write with my left hand and think with my right brain. I'm from Texas, but I live in New York City. I moved here after graduating from college with my family's blessing, some self-doubt, and a big dream. ***Love letters and tellings off are welcome at girlgriefdecade [at] yahoo [dot] com. |
| Interests | Dorothy Parker, feminism, documentaries, roller derby, dinner and a movie, palindromes, urban exploration, public transportation, iMovie, sociology, canoeing, gender studies, anagrams, transcendentalism, occasional cheesiness, great adventures, culture studies, investigative reporting, parody, ballerina necklines, anagrams, the Jazz Age, smarmy comments, New York City, Marc Chagall, theatre, satire, Latin America, English bulldogs, world travel, vintage clothing, people watching, bookstores, sorbet |
| Favorite movies | Alfred Hitchcock films, Amelie, Sneakers, My Cousin Vinnie, Terms of Endearment, Capturing the Friedmans, Dumb and Dumber, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, West Side Story, Closer, Taxi Driver, The Weather Underground, Thirteen, Spellbound, All The President's Men, Girlhood, documentaries, Office Space, About A Boy, A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints, Little Miss Sunshine |
| Favorite music | Fiona Apple, Ani DiFranco, Liz Phair, Blondie, Etta James, Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Jill Scott, John Legend, Lauryn Hill, the Strokes, Jim Croce, Bjork, Carole King, the Mamas and the Papas |
| Favorite books | Blindness, Brief Intervals of Horrible Sanity, Random Family, From the Mixed-Up Files of Ms. Basil E. Frankweiler, Wide Sargasso Sea, The Night Thoreau Spent In Jail, My Wicked Wicked Ways, A Confederacy of Dunces, The Catcher in the Rye, The Bell Jar, Naked, Nickel and Dimed: On Not Getting By In America, The Bluest Eye, The Merchant of Venice |
What's the best time you've ever had licking stamps?
I use self-adhesive stamps nowadays, but I DO enjoy licking envelopes.