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Mandy
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22
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Female
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Never settle for default reality
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UNITED STATES
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72
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meeting people, prizes
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5/31/2007
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9/25/2007
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5/31/2007
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Views: 72
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My name is Mandy and I hail from the glorious, corn-bearing state of Nebraska. Some people call me the space cowboy. Some call me the gangster of love. The truth is, I'm just a offbeat, laid-back, opinionated, intellectual, free wheeling hippie. I'm really mellow. Kinda quiet. Rather spacey. But it's all good. I'm just kickin' back and enjoying the ride.
I'm a free thinker and a free spirit. I have a mind of my own, and I live in the moment to the extreme. I hate restrictions, baggage, and all that jazz. I'm also the world's biggest commitment-phobe. I don't really worry about anything, except politics. Libertarian represent!
I'm good at creative pursuits, but I suck at everything else, including life. I'm an artist. That means I'm always broke and I'll probably live with my parents til I'm 30. La vie boheme!!!
Anyway. That's a short rundown on the Mando.
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General
Stuff I do : guitar, singing, songwriting, writing in general, blogging, film-making, photography, ink drawings, reading, watching good films, performance, educating people on the benefits of marijauna, making comics, picking up random crap off the side of the road to decorate my room with, taking pictures with random signs
Stuff I'm in : Thespians, Speech Team (Persuasive and OID), Spanish Club, National Honor Society,
Stuff I Can Dig : music, good movies, good books, politics, ducks, musicals about sexual liberation, Ron Paul, hemp, counter culture, Libertarianism, psychology, good conversations, flea market, art, Shanghai Inn, getting lost, dancing in the rain, irony, rolla skating, cassette tapes, vinyl records,chai, pool, checkers, hiking, camping, car shows, the races, super nintendo, thunderstorms, "handball", redneck things, offroading, big slobbery dogs, beat literature, exploring, 90's one hit wonders, kolaches, etc
Stuff I despise : cell phones, iPods, Starbucks, TV, radio, gauchos, big sunglasses, faux-fur lined ski vests, tiny old lady purses, reality shows, shows about rich kids, materialism, conformity, this decade, FST, shopping, No Child Left Behind, Real I.D. Act, The Patriot Act, imperialism, Toby Keith, narrow minds, status quo acceptance, war, etc
Favorite Books : The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, On the Road by Jack Kerouac, Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom, The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice, A Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood, Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes, Animal Farm by George Orwell, Night by Elie Wiesel, The Giver by Louis Lowry, Heavier than Heaven by Charles Cross, The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand, many others
Dreams
My ultimate dream is to achieve purity and peace of mind. I have no desire for wealth.
However, if I was to acquire some wealth, I would buy a swimming pool and fill it up with those little rubber ball-bin balls.
My other dream is to become an indie rockstar and then mysteriously disapear without a trace, to never be seen again...when actually I will be hearding goats in Azerbaijan.
If that doesn't work, I'm going to start a llama farm called Mandy Van's Happy Llamas. On that farm I will have a big dog and lots of ducks. I think that's the only way I'll ever achieve pure happiness.
Music
I have a pretty diverse taste in music. Here's a condensed list of some of my favorites: Opeth, Neutral Milk Hotel, Ani DiFranco, Melissa Etheridge, The Dresden Dolls, The Fray, The Cars, Rob Zombie, Alice in Chains, REM, The Cure, The Goo Goo Dolls, Gorillaz, Three Inches of Blood, The Killers, Franz Ferdinand, Ben Folds, Rufus Wainwright, Porcupine Tree, Orphaned Land, The Doors, Pantera, Michael Franti and Spearhead, Billy Joel, Iron Maiden, Iced Earth, Devendra Banhart, Bob Dylan, Warren Zevon, Mickey Avalon, Primus, The Distillers, Santana, Kaki King, Mana', Nirvana, Symphony X, Young Galaxy, The Shins, The Decemberists, Nickelback, Kid Rock, Meshuggah, Simon and Garfunkel, Danny Elfman, Gershwin, John Cougar Mellancamp, and abundance of others.
Movies
I love Tim Burton and Quinten Terantino movies! Some of my favorites include: Sin City, RENT (I saw the real theatre production), V For Vendetta, The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Breakfast Club, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Hours, Edward Scissorhands, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Apocalypse Now, Kill Bill, Hero, Donnie Darko, TransAmerica, Pulp Fiction, Children of Men, Fried Green Tomatoes, Beetlejuice, Weird Science, Amelie, Clerks, American Splendor, Big Fish, Garden State, Butterfly Effect, Chicago, Almost Famous, Mars Attacks!, The Matrix, Joe Dirt, Superstar, Wayne's World, Detroit Rock City, Twister, Hotel Rwanda, The Blair Witch Project, Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle, etc
People
I have two good friends. They are pretty cool.
Places
Nebraska is a very exciting state! Not. But here are my favorite places within it.
Beatrice, NE : (pronounced bee A tris, not BE atris) My birthplace, about 15 miles from the village where I live. It has a population of about 12,000, which is way bigger than my town of 447. It's a pretty run down, white trash town, Beatrice. But I love it anyway.
Shit-Taco Park: (Chautauqua Park) My favorite park in beatrice. Home of the Violent Ducks.
Taco John's: The Beatrice Taco John's is where we go to have deep, philosophical conversations over cheap tacos.
Cub Creek : The best watershed in Jefferson County. We go stargazing and camping there a lot.
Lincoln, NE : Nebraska's capital. Hand's down, the hippest city in the Midwest.
Places I'd Like to Visit : I'd be pretty stoked to go anywhere outside Nebraska! Japan, New Zealand, Mexico, Italy, New York City, Seattle, Denver, India, Israel, Kenya, Nepal, Spain
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