I'm Manda. Confused. Trying. Hopeful. Hopeless. Desiring art. Musically-inclined. Nervous.

Music. Paint. Shirt-making. Drawing. Talking. Thinking. Worrying.

Alanis Morissette, Amanda Palmer, Andrew Bird, At The Drive-In, Audioslave, Autolux, Bach, Bassnectar, The Beatles, Beck, BEETHOVEN, The Ben Taylor Band, Blonde Redhead, Bob Marley, BRIGHT EYES, Citizen Cope, COLD WAR KIDS, Coldplay, Dave Matthews {Band}, Death from Above 1979, The Derek Trucks Band, The Doors, The Dresden Dolls, Elvis Costello {and the Attractions}, Feist, Fiona Apple, Foo Fighters, Garbage, Giant Drag, Gorillaz, Grandaddy, Green Day, Immortal Technique, John Frusciante, King Crimson, Lily Allen, THE MARS VOLTA, MINDLESS SELF INDULGENCE, Modest Mouse, Mozart, Mr. Bungle, Muse, NINE INCH NAILS, Nirvana, No Doubt, Paul Simon, Pink Floyd, The Pixies, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, R.E.M, The Raconteurs, RADIOHEAD, Red Hot Chili Peppers, REGINA SPEKTOR, Rufus Wainwright, RX BANDITS, Sarah McLachlan, Saul Williams, Seal, The Shins, Tears for Fears, Thom Yorke, Toad the Wet Sprocket, The White Stripes, THE YEAH YEAH YEAHS

Fight Club, American History X, Moulin Rouge, Garden State, Pootie Tang, 300, Reservoir Dogs, Princess Bride, Rat Race, The Green Mile, Shawshank Redemption, Zoolander, Identity, Super-Size Me, Bowling for Columbine, Minority Report, The Truman Show, The Cable Guy, Se7en, Mystery Men, Kill Bill, School of Rock, Mean Girls, Parenthood, Resident Evil, Underworld, Scary Movie 3, The Prestige, What About Bob?, Ocean's Eleven/Twelve, Big Fish

The Office, The X-Files, CSI: Las Vegas, Family Guy, The Simpsons, Daria

1984, Brave New World, To Kill A Mockingbird, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, Animal Farm, Lord of the Flies, I never read., I really should., =