amanda with a U

baby panda showss

2009-04-12T16:18:54Z

Oh,

Jen wood has been playing in baby panda as of recently. she's playing guitar and singing along with paul and I. She also plays the keyboards in some songs because I wanted to give up my parts.

We have a super awesome show coming up that i'm excited for.

It's the Jeremy Enigk Album release show at Nuemos may 14th.

I'm ecstatic about this show because sunny day real estate has been one of my favorite bands for a long time.

I finished recording a whole new album with paul at baby panda's studio. I'm still pushing baby panda vinyl. if you would like a copy of the record please go to http://www.unspeakablerecords.org/
you can also order a cd or download. the vinyl version comes with a bonus cd with demos from baby panda stuff and also jim yoshi pile-up stuff. outtakes as well.

I'm going to be flying to san francisco in mid july to record with my friend drew at http://www.decibellerecording.com/

I think paul will be flying along with me and we'll be doing some new songs together. focused heavily on electronics and synth.

amandawithau @ 2009-04-12T09:06:00

2009-04-12T16:06:50Z

cinco de mustache

the kids that are hip they grow hair on their lips
they throw down their razors they dont give a shit

they grow and grow and grow

so let your mustache show

amandawithau @ 2009-01-04T14:46:00

2009-01-04T22:46:46Z

oooga booga

ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT OF PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

2008-10-18T00:14:22Z

Article I
Creating a Secret Propaganda Campaign to Manufacture a False Case for War Against Iraq.

Article II
Falsely, Systematically, and with Criminal Intent Conflating the Attacks of September 11, 2001, With Misrepresentation of Iraq as a Security Threat as Part of Fraudulent Justification for a War of Aggression.

Article III
Misleading the American People and Members of Congress to Believe Iraq Possessed Weapons of Mass Destruction, to Manufacture a False Case for War.

Article IV
Misleading the American People and Members of Congress to Believe Iraq Posed an Imminent Threat to the United States.

Article V
Illegally Misspending Funds to Secretly Begin a War of Aggression.

Article VI
Invading Iraq in Violation of the Requirements of H. J. Res114.

Article VII
Invading Iraq Absent a Declaration of War.

Article VIII
Invading Iraq, A Sovereign Nation, in Violation of the UN Charter.

Article IX
Failing to Provide Troops With Body Armor and Vehicle Armor.

Article X
Falsifying Accounts of US Troop Deaths and Injuries for Political Purposes.

Article XI
Establishment of Permanent U.S. Military Bases in Iraq.

Article XII
Initiating a War Against Iraq for Control of That Nation's Natural Resources.

Article XIIII
Creating a Secret Task Force to Develop Energy and Military Policies With Respect to Iraq and Other Countries.

Article XIV
Misprision of a Felony, Misuse and Exposure of Classified Information And Obstruction of Justice in the Matter of Valerie Plame Wilson, Clandestine Agent of the Central Intelligence Agency.

Article XV
Providing Immunity from Prosecution for Criminal Contractors in Iraq.

Article XVI
Reckless Misspending and Waste of U.S. Tax Dollars in Connection With Iraq and US Contractors.

Article XVII
Illegal Detention: Detaining Indefinitely And Without Charge Persons Both U.S. Citizens and Foreign Captives.

Article XVIII
Torture: Secretly Authorizing, and Encouraging the Use of Torture Against Captives in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Other Places, as a Matter of Official Policy.

Article XIX
Rendition: Kidnapping People and Taking Them Against Their Will to "Black Sites" Located in Other Nations, Including Nations Known to Practice Torture.

Article XX
Imprisoning Children.

Article XXI
Misleading Congress and the American People About Threats from Iran, and Supporting Terrorist Organizations Within Iran, With the Goal of Overthrowing the Iranian Government.

Article XXII
Creating Secret Laws.

Article XXIII
Violation of the Posse Comitatus Act.

Article XXIV
Spying on American Citizens, Without a Court-Ordered Warrant, in Violation of the Law and the Fourth Amendment.

Article XXV
Directing Telecommunications Companies to Create an Illegal and Unconstitutional Database of the Private Telephone Numbers and Emails of American Citizens.

Article XXVI
Announcing the Intent to Violate Laws with Signing Statements.

Article XXVII
Failing to Comply with Congressional Subpoenas and Instructing Former Employees Not to Comply.

Article XXVIII
Tampering with Free and Fair Elections, Corruption of the Administration of Justice.

Article XXIX
Conspiracy to Violate the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Article XXX
Misleading Congress and the American People in an Attempt to Destroy Medicare.

Article XXXI
Katrina: Failure to Plan for the Predicted Disaster of Hurricane Katrina, Failure to Respond to a Civil Emergency.

Article XXXII
Misleading Congress and the American People, Systematically Undermining Efforts to Address Global Climate Change.

Article XXXIII
Repeatedly Ignored and Failed to Respond to High Level Intelligence Warnings of Planned Terrorist Attacks in the US, Prior to 911.

Article XXXIV
Obstruction of the Investigation into the Attacks of September 11, 2001.

Article XXXV
Endangering the Health of 911 First Responders.

amandawithau @ 2008-10-01T10:29:00

2008-10-01T17:33:28Z

I'm not sure if I've mentioned this yet. but i'm on strike against the boeing company. I've been out for 25 days now...

I just got a call from my dad who is a business represenative for the IAM which is the union which represents my coworkers and I.

He told me that it looks like this will be a very very long strike because the banks have just froze the loans on the airlines so they cannot buy any more airplanes.

Without airplanes to build this puts my job in the gutter. Until the credit crisis on wall street fixes, I am completely screwed and out of work.

Rest assured I will be selling my soul on ebay like normal and living the life I enjoy!

WOOOT

this shit is whack

2008-07-07T17:40:58Z

I've got nothing to report. well i do have lots to report. its just hard for me to get in the mood of updating this electronic BLOGGG or something.

I've been working my new job now for some time. Its become easy. I'm starting to take somewhat of shortcuts to simplify my day to day job. not cutting corners by any means.

Looking for a new place to live. I'm thinking of getting a 2 or 3 bedroom townhouse somewhere more north so its easier for me to get to work without such a pain of a commute.

want to get a dog. mainly a weiner dog.

who couldnt want one of these.

Three day weekend is over. gotta go to work again. I think this is the first holiday in my life in which i walked around doing no work and got paid for it.

I think paul and I are going to play a show at the comet next sunday...

Word.

I've been riding my scooter around like crazy. saving on gas money and actually saving on BUS MONEY! wow.

Saw a great movie last night:

its called something like happiness. reaaal good.

amandawithau @ 2008-04-19T09:43:00

2008-04-19T16:43:50Z

Record store day! my favorite new holiday. participating stores are offering free records at their events. i'm all over it.

amandawithau @ 2008-04-19T09:38:00

2008-04-19T16:39:10Z

totally aw3s0me!

woot

2008-04-03T18:06:33Z

i bought copies of 2 murder city devils records in town yesterday. i asked spencer if he could sign them so i could get crazy money. he replied this:

"dont feel bad about it, its easy to make money of that stuff. i'm not wierd about this kind of stuff. I'll sign it in a way that is best for resale value. ps FUCK IRS SHIT"

here's my update

2008-03-29T16:43:51Z

things are really looking up!

my boss completely fucked my tax information, filed the wrong ssn with the irs. For the past 3 years working at my work my taxes, medicare and social security as been applied for someone else. I didnt have to file last year because i was on tour most the year.

this year, i was going to file because i'm going to school this fall and decided to. when i found out i had the wrong ssn on file, i freaked out. I owe 2300, if i do not pay it before april 15th,they will charge me an oh so nice amount of tax of 40% interest of the balance PER DAY.

this could ultimately be the end of my life as i know it. unless i get the money and pay them. fortunately i have most all of it.

unfortunately i have quit my job very randomly, and i'm selling tons of my personal collection of records on ebay in hopes to not owe for the rest of my life.

the job quitting wasnt quite random. i've hated my job for quite some time now. and especially since all my friends have already since left long ago and gotten much nicer, happier jobs. I quit. i was tired of it. and i didnt care about doing it anymore. i tried to give 2 weeks notice but the manager wouldnt come in to work, and wouldnt answer my calls/texts that said: "will you call me back i need to talk to you about something very important".

after no response from him, i was done. though, i figured i would talk to the owner and tell him why i couldnt handle it anymore and i was walking out. (he normally gives money to people that do that) i walked in the office and said: "can i talk to you real fast, its very important"

he says: "sorry can it wait, i'm doing something important?"

"well i meant it when i said important, it can't really wait. so thank you"

he was just sitting around on the computer, he could have listened to me for one second.

good things:

i've been intense sending resumes to jobs on craigslist. I am not sending them to more shitty warehouse jobs that were exactly like my old job. all jobs that are nothing like i've ever been doing.

i'm mostly focusing on dog hotels/kennels.

i had a call back and a phone interview. and my next interview is wednesday morning. apparently i need to play with the dogs for an hour. and if i dont like it then its not going to work out.

Baby panda is going thru some major changes. i think i mentioned how everyone in the band was kicked out but me. but i just booked a few shows for us, and called paul to verify them.

he was like, oh shit i guess i'll tell shana and josiah that they wont be playing with us. he's pretty passive so i'm guessing he's just been putting it off until it becomes apparent that he will need to tell them.

i'm sick of typing about myself. i'm going to type item descriptions.

if you have any heart or any money please go to visit my ebay stuff and bid on some stuff.

you could spend your tax return and put that money back into paying back the IRS.

http://www.auctiva.com/stores/viewstore2.aspx?id=766965&styleid=12&siteid=0

amandawithau @ 2007-12-22T11:41:00

2007-12-22T19:42:49Z

i've been listening to really terrible 90's bands nonstop lately. its a little kick that yukki and I got on. whats your most memorable song of the early/mid 90's?

i just thought of, and i put my hand up on your hip, when i dip you dip, we dip.

amandawithau @ 2007-12-06T18:20:00

2007-12-07T02:21:47Z

beat zelda. beat mario. cut my hair off. baby panda is playing a show with casiotone for the painfully alone in january. starting B.P. practice this next friday. playing the comet tavern sunday the 16th of december with aheartlesssolution.

um thats all.

amandawithau @ 2007-10-20T09:53:00

2007-10-20T16:55:30Z

i cut 2 inches off of my hair yesterday. thats pretty much the news. i'm going to my friends wedding in bellingham. we are staying at the bellweather hotel. me and my girlfriend anyway.

lura sucks for being flaky.

i'm 60 percent done with zelda. sucks. its taking forever.

tour!

2007-07-24T17:00:03Z

my band baby panda flys to california in the morning for a week of shows.
we will be playing and staying mainly in san francisco. the venue we are playing at is called bottom of the hill, which is the cool venue for most bigger indie/punk bands to play.

excited!

amandawithau @ 2007-07-22T10:36:00

2007-07-22T17:37:18Z

im in love with this girl. i've not felt like this since i was 17 or 18.

woo

2007-06-01T07:59:08Z

I'm playing guitar in a band now. Its called baby panda. Www.myspace.com/babypandamusic

Its the singer of the jim yoshi pile-up's new band. Its pretty fun to play in, and like every other band, we are going on tour for the summer.

Its nice to be a part of a band again. Its been too long....

amandawithau @ 2007-05-22T02:11:00

2007-05-22T09:15:58Z

I've been painting again. I've been happy, been keeping better relationships.

My personal record store should be opening in the next few weeks here on 4th ave in seattle. The wasteland of various other commercial spaces. Thankfully costco is nearly my neighbor.

The grand opening is coming soon. I will send out invites as soon as I get them made.

Oh life you are crazy right now. But so good.

sigh

2007-05-12T03:37:52Z

I am clear minded. I have quit drinking. Quit smoking, eating all organic vegetarian. The fog is lifted, and to my surprise I am a really fucking happy person. I am so glad to be alive right now.

Here's to new beginnings and forever good days.

woot

2007-03-09T05:52:46Z

I'm going to los angeles for the weekend. Roadtripping it.

hey, check this one out

2007-03-07T09:12:04Z

There is a number of people I would love to tell to fuck off right now, but I won't. I go on with my life, without you, knowing that deep down I am happier than you and more, more what's it called, cooler?

Yall suck a fucking dick

I'm over stupid people. If you are a wreck. I'm over you.

This is joshua cleaning friends installment 3 this year.

Oh and I have a few dates this week I'm excited for!

Yall can still suck a dick cuz raiders are still number 1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

amandawithau @ 2007-03-04T11:18:00

2007-03-04T19:20:22Z

I partied way too hard friday night and literally just woke up from getting home saturday morning.

Things are going good right now. I've been feeling more and more confident in myself which is a very good feeling to have!

gah

2007-02-28T08:43:18Z

So, I'm not very good with flirting with complete strangers off the street or in public. If a beautiful girl were to ever smile at me I would put my head down and look away.
I'm shy.
I've been talking with a friend about it for a while now. I've been kind of bummed because I don't want to hurt peoples feelings. Its not that I don't appreciate the gesture or like it, I'm just shy.

So today was my first time trying something new.

Said girl smiles at me, I half smile and do my look down/away thing like normal. I see her again and she smiles again. This time I look at her right in the eyes as I walk past and smile. She blushes real bright red.

Its a good sign I know. But the feeling of getting over my fear was so great I just ran away and met maggie down the street and bragged like a little boy about this girl and how I was so happy I didn't turn away and potentially hurt her feelings.

Her and alex ask, "cool, did you ask for her number?"
"No, was I supposed to?"
"Well if she were to blush that's a damn good sign you should"

I think I will be good enough with getting over my fears of people in small stages.
And next time I see this girl I will have to like slap her ass or something. Not really, you know I kid.

I saw defiance ohio tonite. It was real good. My back really fucking hurts today. No good

amandawithau @ 2007-02-25T21:03:00

2007-02-26T05:13:40Z

I got 300 records for 50 bucks. Included in the stack was all original pressings of run dmc, public enemy, bob marley, peter tosh, the specials, black flag.

I bought myself a ton of new furniture from ikea. And a new overhead light.

I didn't go to portland. I didn't go to the vera tonight. I didn't do anything I had planned. And it still was a pretty good weekend.

I'm really into the idea of inviting people to my space soon and listening to music for days on end. With couches and chairs and art supplies. Creating, indulging. Its a long hard process to mold this space into what I have planned in my head. But its getting there kind of quickly and I can see a light at the end of the tunnel.

I hung out with bill and mary today and went to costco. Though I live across the street from it it is still an adventure. I bought a lot of bottled water and a huge case of pain reliever so my back doesn't feel as sore anymore.

I have ideas of running away still. But I refuse to act on them because I need to work out some personal stuff first.

Friends. Out of town friends. Come visit me!

wtf

2007-02-21T08:31:16Z

When its an environments record I expect sleepy time record. I put it on and there is nice outdoor type sound with crickets and dripping water. Sometimes a bird skwaking. the perfect soundtrack to fall asleep to.

Just as I'm dozing out the fucking monkey has to chirp in real loud and yell at the other monkey across my room.

Now I'm awake listening to rain dripping.
On my speakers
And outside

happy sunshine daze

2007-02-19T07:58:52Z

This is my favorite week of the year. Easy st records is 30 percent off on all used stuff. It might not seem like much but when you are purchasing close to 500-700 dollars in records a month it adds up.

I'm going to be heading to ikea this week to get some new furniture and do dads for my studio space. Pretty excited about it.

And this weekend I'm going to be in portland for my friends record release show. Word.