Amy!

So this is the really exciting part where you get to learn all about me, in excess. This is really fun. I swear. Read it and have patience.

Full Name: Amy Eleanor Bartlow

Gender: female

Birthday: october 25

Zodiac Sign: scorpio

Height: 5'3"

Shoe Size: 8

Hair Color: sort of a strange brownish-blondish color. i guess you could say brown with blond "highlights" (leftover from the summer)... it's too complicated...which is really annoying, because it's just hair. it shouldn't be complicated.

Eye Color: green

Glasses?: yeah

School: goucher. hurrah!

Hometown: philly

You:

A few words to describe you: moody, optimistic, fickle, introspective, caring, responsible

What do you do in your spare time? listen to music, play on my computer, go shopping, watch movies, hang out with people

What makes you happy? good music, sunshine, my bed, my friends

What makes you sad? crashing my car. lying to myself. people when they make me feel stupid.

What do you Hate? not many things at all. seriously. i'm way too optimistic to truly hate.

Have you ever....

Broken the law? Probably - i've never been arrested, but i'm sure i've done something illegal, like jaywalking or something

Broken a bone? Yes - i fell off a fire pole at day camp when i was, like, 5, and broke my pinky

Lied? I used to more often when i was younger, cos i thought i had to. but now i've realized that there's never really a need to be dishonest.

Gotten into an accident? yes. several times. 1 - i was making a left turn and couldn't see around this one car and had another smash into my right side. i had had my license for about a week. 2 - this isn't really a true accident, but a few weeks after my first accident, i hit my car against the curb and broke the rim off the tire. or something like that. 3 - i hit the side of a covered bridge and broke the side mirror off. it's still not there. that was almost a year ago. oh yeah, and my car was mildly broken into, too.

Been out of the country? yes, four times: haiti, ireland, aruba, montreal. in that order.

Favorites...

Food? chicken fingers. pasta. ice cream.

Beverage? hmm. water. the sprite

movies: "The Princess Bride", "Dirty Dancing", "American Beauty"

trait a person can have: patience. and understanding. they don't have to exactly empathize, they just have to know what i mean. or imagine what i mean.

Color: sarah mclachlan green - it's the background of this page

Musical instrument: violin or drums

Band? the cure. the counting crows. but don't hold me to that.

Singer? trent reznor, tori, thom yorke. robert smith.

TV Show? the real world. and friends.

Childhood Tv show? zoobilee zoo.

Book? i don't know. i haven't read enough to have a favorite.

Magazine? jane, entertainment weekly

Do you believe in....

Love at first sight? romantic love, maybe. maybe not at first sight, but at first meeting, you know? you can definitely be infatuated with somebody after the first time you spend with them. but i don't think you can truly truly truly love them.

God? Not really...I have faith, but i don't think it's in "God"

Horoscopes? I don't actually believe in them - but i read and apply them anyway

Luck? Only when it works for me ;)

Ghosts? Nah

Angels? Yes, i suppose....i do feel like there's someone watching me; guiding me to the right place(s). my faith is really complicated. i've only really begun to think about recently, piece by piece. i'm still not completely sure of it.

Heaven? I don't like to think about it

Hell? See above

Yourself? yes.

What is...

Your biggest pet peeve? Apathy, arrogance, bad grammar

Your biggest accomplishment? this is cheesy, but graduating from high school.

your family like? my family is awesome. we have fun together, especially since we're all almost on the same level now.

Your relationship with your parents like? my mom is one of my best friends. my dad and i are strange. sometimes we don't really get along, but then other times we kinda do. and i think it's because we're a lot alike.

Your relationship with your siblings like? my sisters and i get along so well, it's sickening. i have this theory that my sisters are more my friends than my friends are. my friends and i get along most of the time, but sometimes we drive each other crazy and don't want to see each other again...just like a family. but my sisters, and my family - they'll always be there, even if we just have little 5 minute quarrels.

Do u consider yourself to be a good friend? most of the time. as long as i like the person. usually, if i'm shitty to somebody, it's because i haven't eaten/slept or because i just love them so much that all i know how to do to get their attention is be shitty. i know that sounds fucked up, but yeah. that's it. but...just normally, day to day, i think i'm a really good friend to the people i love. i care about them, even if i'm not the best at showing it.

Are you a complex or simple person? i think i seem complex, but there are only a few simple things which make up my complexities. the roots are simple (i guess they'd have to be)

If you could be anything in a kitchen, what would you be? a blender

If your life were a book, how would you describe the book? really long with lots of flashbacks and monologues.

If you could meet one person in the world, who would it be? adam duritz

If you could be a gardening tool, what would you be? oh! i never remember the name of this tool, but it's the one that pick ups all the bad shit out of the ground...a weed picker or whatever

Are you an inside person or an outside person? i'd like to be able to say that i'm an outside person, but only under certain conditions. i love being outside when it's wonderful and sunny and 75 degrees. then, it's like....heaven.

Pick some song quotes to describe you:

"It's so simple to look at every little thing I do wrong. It's so simple to overlook every little thing I do right. I think too much."-deftones

“They say the past must die for the future to be born. In that case.....die, mother, die....” - Pulp, “Monday Morning”

“There’s only one thing that I know how to do well, and I’ve often been told that you should only do what you know how to do well, and that’s be you. Be like yourself.” - They Might Be Giants, “Whistling in the Dark”

“I don’t walk around trying to be what I’m not. I don’t waste my time trying to get what you got. I work at pleasing me cos I can’t please you, and that’s why I do what I do.” - Erykah Badu, “Appletree”

“Why live in the world when you can live in your head?” - Pulp, “Monday Morning”