amie0610 (Amie Simpson) Female • 22 • glassboro, NJ • United States
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Orientation... Straight
I'm here for... Friends
I'm into... Writing Photography Music Activism Mind
I'm working on... trying to figure out how to get into the working world without disposing of my values and ultimately, myself.
My sites... http://amie0610.livejournal.com/
I'm not the g!rl I use to be...


Burning Incense to mask realities stench since 1985.
Last On: 05/05/08 PST

About me

I'm a lover of eclectic beers. I love snowboarding. I dislike red meat, but have to admit burgers smell good. I indulge myself frequently in the savory taste of love, better know as croissants. I love the word rad, and believe everyone should use it. I shamefully admit, I use the word "like" in place of forgotten words. I drink tea everyday. I am a fiend for pasta. I believe that truth hurts less than lies. Music is my love. The love of my life has gone off to heaven. I believe in God. I wish I could shoot rubber bands at the stars. Open land makes me feel alive, as does country music. I try living my life with no regrets. I don't wear socks to bed. I enjoy a good walk. I love a starry night. All of these things are me, no alterations or crazy pretenses. I am who I am.

Interests

Music

Coldplay , Death Cab for Cutie , Alexi Murdoch , Bob , Ziggy and Damien Marley , Broken Social Scene , Citizen Cope , Damien Rice , David Gray , Dierks Bently , Gary Allan , Doves , Incubus , Jimmy Eat World , John Mayer , Julian Velard , Keith Urban , Kings of Leon , Montgomery Gentry , Mute Math , Nada Surf , Our Lady Peace , Peter Bjorn and John , Postal Service , Radiohead , Snow Patrol , STP , Ted Leo and the Pharmacists , Tristian Prettyman , Van Morrison , Viva Voce , Zero 7 and Zwan.

Books

90 Minutes in Heaven , The Namesake , Written on the Body , The Lovely Bones , American Gospel , On the Road , The Big Sleep , Eat Pray Love , Light in August , Lost in the Amazon , Poisonwood Bible , Pride and Prejudice , Sister Carrie and a bunch more I'm sure...

Interests

Lacrosse , snowboarding , attempting to surf aka falling off the board when there's no waves around , chinese checkers , reading , photography , writing...









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April 06 2008 - 4:26 AM PST
evan_angel on
amie0610
I agree with so much of what you said. Our culture promotes us to study hard, pull our selves by our bootstraps, exercise, eat a healthy diet, vote, work hard, and of course it you have any more questions about life watch reality television shows. Unfortunately these concepts can leads us to conversations like this: Lady who looks over 50: “I work three jobs.” George Bush #2: “Wow, now that’s truly American.”
March 18 2008 - 11:09 AM PST
day2day on
amie0610
so it's a fact now that i won't be anywhere near as good as shaun white anytime soon... i have videos to prove it... once i get some decent internet, i'll post em. but at least that cancels out one career option; now i can start looking at more stable jobs I suppose... boring..
March 15 2008 - 4:25 PM PST
Rosco on
This is a great shot. It's funny sometimes how dog's faces can show so much personality. You captured it well here.
March 13 2008 - 2:30 PM PST
tre on
This is great. My boyfriend and i ahve conversations like this all the time. I'm 28 and he's 40, so there's a big age gap there. but we still believe in all that used to be held in high regards, like family and friends and love and trust. i totally agree with everything that you said. i think that alot of us gave up. it's not that we're destroying society. it's that society has been going downhill for awhile and we just let it fall. we got so tired of everyone saying that we couldn't make a d...
March 11 2008 - 5:57 PM PST
cronus on
amie0610
Thank you. Time really isn't an easy topic to cover like that. I looked at your XY writing and still photography. I love how you captured the thoughts either in words or through photos. Black and white has so much emotion in it.
March 07 2008 - 1:45 AM PST
day2day on
amie0610
your new pics are pretty rad :) i really like the view from rock bottom.
March 03 2008 - 6:33 PM PST
day2day on
amie0610
thanks for the encouragement, it's always helpful. and i guess i'll see next week if i have a future in snowboarding, i'm going to colorado to board!
March 01 2008 - 10:07 PM PST
vnezzatron on
amie0610
Hey I noticed you are into a few of the bands that I dig at the moment too - adore Kings of Leon. (Can you adore a rock band? That sounded funny) Anyways, I recently got Alexi Murdoch's 'Orange Sky' and its just, mind blowing in its awesomeness. Any other good ones?
March 01 2008 - 12:54 PM PST
vnezzatron on
I thought that was a wonderful piece, I particularly connected to your comment about children. I'm 18 and its so sad to see my younger cousins of 7 or 8 who know the provocative dance steps better than I do. As tired as this idea is, I do believe that TV is the root of this, specifically kids access to it. With the consumer driven capitalistic world we live in, parents simply do not have the time anymore to really invest in their children's lives as much. I strongly think the X and Y gener...
March 01 2008 - 7:36 AM PST
Zeroth on
I happen to agree with pretty much all of this, except for your comments on sexual material. Its not that they are bombarded, its that the children are not given the tools to handle the bombardment. Take for example, Sweden, which has sex-ed in the earliest grades, which isn't just, "This is a penis, and these are breasts." Its also about handling it maturely, and Sweden has one of the lowest teenage pregnancy rates in the world. A lot of the problems in society, I feel, stem from hyper-ca...

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XY Revolution

February 29, 2008

Is anyone else perturbed by society today?

I feel old having formed the question, however still curious of the answer.

I understand that we (collectively as peoples) are as technologically advanced as ever before. I know that we have taken a liking to achieving excellence in what we do and what we have. But, does anyone else feel like we're just building ourselves up for ultimate destruction? We've placed our values on other things. Our values once regarding family, friendships, common conversation, helping one another--they all seem to be distant reminders of a past preciousness. A preciousness, I feel we're stepping further and further away from with each passing day of one way conversations, violent commercials, children cursing their parents off and money hungry business men who go to bed soundly after cheating others out of their fair dues. When did we as a collective whole decide that a life of suspicion, deceit and hate would be a better future investment than truth, trust and love? After all, isn't it easier to love thy neighbor rather than hate (envy) them?

I fear that maybe the X and Y generation has become too lazy or fearful to challenge the inevitable doom of a failing culture. I also wonder if maybe our generations been bombarded with causes as if they were commercials, and fearful of starting a new cause-so why not call this a revolution, Revolution XY.

I think we collectively need to begin to challenge ourselves foremost. Is it okay that we're using sex to sell anything from cars to flavored water? Is it acceptable that sexuality is so apparent in our culture that children, that once possessed purity are bombarded with sexual images?

It's not just sexual material, its global warming that we're still questionable about. It's the violence that maybe we're surrounding ourselves with that is the ultimate motivation of school and mall shootings. It's the desire for more materialistic items like a new Maserati or Ferrari, instead of investing the money into music or art programs in schools. It's even the everyday conversations we have, or shall I say lack having with one another. There's seldom times when people speak to others, unless of course under the influence of alcohol. When did we wake up and decide that talking to one another and meeting new people was so horrible? More importantly, when did we decide to stop listening to another? Why now does it seem like the worlds flowing in a one way direction, that direction is better known as "Me". It seems like when we finally do engage in awkward, undesirable, dreaded conversation we're only out for ourselves. I want you to listen to ME, and give ME advice, but I don't know what to listen to your problems. I don't want to listen to your issues.

There's beauty all around us and there's amazing people with blinding allure, we just need to take the challenge of breaking away from this destructive lifestyle of self involvement.

I fear if we don't begin to seek one another and make a difference, we're just inevitably guaranteeing our own destruction as a community.

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