Amanda
@camanda.bsky.social
grumpy elder millennial 👩🦳 Ocean State native ⚓ leftist and left-handed ⬅️ current hyperfixations: Love 365 💞 Fire Emblem 🐉 vintage Coach handbags 👜 my Akita puppy 🐻 bagels 🥯 and synthwave 🌌 she/her ♀️
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What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
November 17, 2025 at 1:17 AM
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
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I am reading Ulysses by James Joyce and as it turns out I don't know how to read
November 14, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I am reading Ulysses by James Joyce and as it turns out I don't know how to read
I'm not proud of this but it's happened so here we are
November 14, 2025 at 8:49 AM
I'm not proud of this but it's happened so here we are
I really wish it were ever quiet in my brain. it's like this in there full time
Monkey Monkey Chew The Butter
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November 13, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I really wish it were ever quiet in my brain. it's like this in there full time
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Sustainable band lineups include four cool people (Ramones), four dorks (Weezer), or two cool people and two dorks (Cheap Trick). Unsustainable band lineups include one cool person and three dorks (Pixies)
November 12, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Sustainable band lineups include four cool people (Ramones), four dorks (Weezer), or two cool people and two dorks (Cheap Trick). Unsustainable band lineups include one cool person and three dorks (Pixies)
a bunch that I read throughout my younger life (through college) that left some sort of mark on me:
The Magician's Nephew, Redwall, The Secret Garden, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Harrison Bergeron, Macbeth, The Things They Carried, Blubber, The Westing Game, Flags in the Dust
The Magician's Nephew, Redwall, The Secret Garden, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Harrison Bergeron, Macbeth, The Things They Carried, Blubber, The Westing Game, Flags in the Dust
performative reading, lack of reading skills, nobody's reading anymore -- NO!
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
November 12, 2025 at 2:20 AM
a bunch that I read throughout my younger life (through college) that left some sort of mark on me:
The Magician's Nephew, Redwall, The Secret Garden, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Harrison Bergeron, Macbeth, The Things They Carried, Blubber, The Westing Game, Flags in the Dust
The Magician's Nephew, Redwall, The Secret Garden, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Harrison Bergeron, Macbeth, The Things They Carried, Blubber, The Westing Game, Flags in the Dust
putting BRIDESHEAD on pause because I'm on vacation the rest of this week and I don't want to spend it all reading that book. I'll go back to it but right now I just. I can't
I've read too many smart books lately. time for dumb books
I've read too many smart books lately. time for dumb books
I also have BRIDESHEAD REVISITED out from the library because I have similarly never read Waugh and I must have blacked out when I put both of these on hold
after this I have several volumes of THE WAY OF THE HOUSEHUSBAND to get through and I will deserve every last one of them
after this I have several volumes of THE WAY OF THE HOUSEHUSBAND to get through and I will deserve every last one of them
November 11, 2025 at 1:44 AM
putting BRIDESHEAD on pause because I'm on vacation the rest of this week and I don't want to spend it all reading that book. I'll go back to it but right now I just. I can't
I've read too many smart books lately. time for dumb books
I've read too many smart books lately. time for dumb books
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The democrats commemorating the anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald by also being a sinking ship
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 AM
The democrats commemorating the anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald by also being a sinking ship
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You can't live your life based on hate - that way lies madness and bitterness - but allowing yourself to slip into hater mode from time to time is a lovely little treat, like a drunk cigarette or a decadent slice of cake
November 9, 2025 at 1:09 AM
You can't live your life based on hate - that way lies madness and bitterness - but allowing yourself to slip into hater mode from time to time is a lovely little treat, like a drunk cigarette or a decadent slice of cake
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ice cubes are ridiculous. like yeah lemme just get a piece of water
November 8, 2025 at 10:27 PM
ice cubes are ridiculous. like yeah lemme just get a piece of water
love when a very enthusiastically chatty boy greets me in the morning 🥰 some mornings Koji is indifferent to my existence and others it's just nonstop talking and wiggling 😂 I guess I understand both ways
November 5, 2025 at 11:38 AM
love when a very enthusiastically chatty boy greets me in the morning 🥰 some mornings Koji is indifferent to my existence and others it's just nonstop talking and wiggling 😂 I guess I understand both ways
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now
without wishing to seem ungrateful for all we have been given upon this great American day
I DID lowkey hope that Someone™️might have a rage stroke and die about it and really just put a perfect capper on a perfect night
without wishing to seem ungrateful for all we have been given upon this great American day
I DID lowkey hope that Someone™️might have a rage stroke and die about it and really just put a perfect capper on a perfect night
November 5, 2025 at 6:04 AM
now
without wishing to seem ungrateful for all we have been given upon this great American day
I DID lowkey hope that Someone™️might have a rage stroke and die about it and really just put a perfect capper on a perfect night
without wishing to seem ungrateful for all we have been given upon this great American day
I DID lowkey hope that Someone™️might have a rage stroke and die about it and really just put a perfect capper on a perfect night
HRID EMBLEM IS REAL OH MY GOD
what a weird banner. whatever I don't care I'm fed
what a weird banner. whatever I don't care I'm fed
November 5, 2025 at 4:07 AM
HRID EMBLEM IS REAL OH MY GOD
what a weird banner. whatever I don't care I'm fed
what a weird banner. whatever I don't care I'm fed
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Elected Democrats spending more time today praising Dick Cheney than Zohran Mamdani is a great case study in abject fucking moral failure.
November 4, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Elected Democrats spending more time today praising Dick Cheney than Zohran Mamdani is a great case study in abject fucking moral failure.
ok I finished the book. it was fine but I still think these two are a drag. not even anything to do with the ending, which was obviously tragic. they were just so boring until they weren't and the weren't was the tragedy. I'm depressed. 3.5/5
Frederic and Catherine are a drag, this book should've been about Rinaldi instead
somehow I got it into my head that dipping into the Dead White Guy Canon was a good idea so I'm reading A FAREWELL TO ARMS. I say this as someone who has read a lot of Faulkner: I am on my knees begging for a comma
other than that it's not bad
other than that it's not bad
November 4, 2025 at 11:07 PM
ok I finished the book. it was fine but I still think these two are a drag. not even anything to do with the ending, which was obviously tragic. they were just so boring until they weren't and the weren't was the tragedy. I'm depressed. 3.5/5
right right almost forgot
Eleven Four
YouTube video by Dave Brubeck - Topic
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November 4, 2025 at 6:58 PM
right right almost forgot
Frederic and Catherine are a drag, this book should've been about Rinaldi instead
somehow I got it into my head that dipping into the Dead White Guy Canon was a good idea so I'm reading A FAREWELL TO ARMS. I say this as someone who has read a lot of Faulkner: I am on my knees begging for a comma
other than that it's not bad
other than that it's not bad
November 3, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Frederic and Catherine are a drag, this book should've been about Rinaldi instead
seeing some real Twitter energy on here tonight (not complimentary)
November 2, 2025 at 6:08 AM
seeing some real Twitter energy on here tonight (not complimentary)
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January. John Smoltz sits at the dinner table. He sighs and then, eager to shake off the rust, prepares to discuss the ineptitude of his wife’s cooking with the same dripping disdain he reserves for the modern game of baseball.
November 2, 2025 at 4:55 AM
January. John Smoltz sits at the dinner table. He sighs and then, eager to shake off the rust, prepares to discuss the ineptitude of his wife’s cooking with the same dripping disdain he reserves for the modern game of baseball.
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my niece is 10 years old today, which of course means that I am 4,000 years old
November 1, 2025 at 3:21 PM
my niece is 10 years old today, which of course means that I am 4,000 years old
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nooo thats my emotional support bucket of mozzarella sticks
October 30, 2025 at 11:37 PM
nooo thats my emotional support bucket of mozzarella sticks
somehow I got it into my head that dipping into the Dead White Guy Canon was a good idea so I'm reading A FAREWELL TO ARMS. I say this as someone who has read a lot of Faulkner: I am on my knees begging for a comma
other than that it's not bad
other than that it's not bad
October 30, 2025 at 4:23 PM
somehow I got it into my head that dipping into the Dead White Guy Canon was a good idea so I'm reading A FAREWELL TO ARMS. I say this as someone who has read a lot of Faulkner: I am on my knees begging for a comma
other than that it's not bad
other than that it's not bad
Criterion flash sale and I had 3 codes stockpiled so I got THE LADY EVE (which I have seen and which is tremendous, I strongly recommend) and DESTRY RIDES AGAIN (which I have not seen but I love Westerns so not a risky pick)
no I am not a grandma
no I am not a grandma
October 23, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Criterion flash sale and I had 3 codes stockpiled so I got THE LADY EVE (which I have seen and which is tremendous, I strongly recommend) and DESTRY RIDES AGAIN (which I have not seen but I love Westerns so not a risky pick)
no I am not a grandma
no I am not a grandma
I need to make a reading nook at home. I need to buy an ottoman
October 21, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I need to make a reading nook at home. I need to buy an ottoman