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holdoll — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:38:00 -0000

virtual tip wineglass... very nice! I battle with the question what should I do all the time, now that I have an almost 2 yr. old insane little boy, and an almost equally crazed 6yr. old daughter, that question is pretty much answered for the moment. I just joined your site today but have been a HUGE fan for a while now. I have not seen you live, and am so excited for the day I do!!!! XXXXXOOOOOOO

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holdoll — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:38:57 -0000

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Gaijin — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 08:35:00 -0000

Hmmm, what to do with your life? Huhu, so many possibilities, damn. I suggest you become a buyô dancer and after years and years(and years) of practice, you become a buyô teacher who will spread the buyô awesomeness all over the world.
1° Buyo makes people happy or you reach bliss or whatever, so it's cool.
2° You devote your life to awesomeness. And the world lacks people who devote themselves to Buyo awesomeness. Then again it also lacks people who devote their life to art/love awesomeness so if you'd rather just be... well, youself, fair enough!

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Gaijin — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 04:35:49 -0000

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john — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 16:20:00 -0000

Your life's your story and you get to live it as the main character, live your life, live the now.

Operating life without a safty net is scary and can wear you down, for that I recoment sleep in a safe warm bed while hugging some one or something that makes you happy and nodding off remembering that your having fun, and living life really fully, and if its scary thats just what makes it all the more real.

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john — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 12:20:45 -0000

Your life's your story and you get to live it as the main character, live your life, live the now.

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marlonanthonycameron — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 14:16:00 -0000

Amanda,

On your worst day you are worth 1,000,000 Katy Perrys and in your heart you know it. I haven't read your blogs recently as life has got in the way but your amazing, inimitable voice always comes back to me. You are what's happening now and this will be reflected in the fact that your fans will be fans for life, which is more than can be said for gaga et al
Stay cool,
Mac

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marlonanthonycameron — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 10:16:16 -0000

Amanda,

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CeciTart — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:27:00 -0000

Honestly I am a little perplexed with the whole 'do with your life' question. I thought you were doing with your life. You inspire, touch, entertain so many people. You have entire websites devoted to you. You have albums and a book and videos. It seems so weird to me that you are asking yourself 'what do I do with my life?' Maybe I am misunderstanding, and what you are asking is what do I do next...but if the question is 'what do I do with my life?' it seems to me you are already doing it.

Love and respect,
~Cecily

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CeciTart — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:27:01 -0000

Love and respect,
~Cecily

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donato678 — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:02:00 -0000

I cannot wait until the Philly show!! LOVE YOU AMANDA!!

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donato678 — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:02:48 -0000

I cannot wait until the Philly show!! LOVE YOU AMANDA!!

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Lauren — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 04:08:00 -0000

Aye!

And I know this may be a long-shot, but we'd love to have you in Atlanta. There are more than enough strip clubs here for you to hold a gig at. XD

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manta — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 02:50:00 -0000

WTDWYL department: "When the punk movement first surfaced in England in 1977, its nihilistic posturing and contempt for cultural and pop-music traditions rattled both the social and entertainment establishments. Long after the movement petered out or became commercialized elsewhere, it took hold for the first time in Jakarta in the mid-1990s — at a time when the music's belligerence seemed to perfectly echo the hostility many young people felt toward the authoritarian regime of then President Suharto... At this family's core are the members of Marjinal, a punk band that has helped over a thousand street kids earn cash by teaching them how to busk. 'Music gives these kids a way to survive, to make some kind of living,' says Mike, Marjinal's lead singer. 'Punk, to me, is addressing the things that are rotten in society. It tells us that we have the ability to be independent and take care of each other.'" From http://www.time.com/time/ma...

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Lauren — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:08:55 -0000

Aye!

And I know this may be a long-shot, but we'd love to have you in Atlanta. There are more than enough strip clubs here for you to hold a gig at. XD

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manta — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:55:00 -0000

Dear Ms Palmer, in response to your request for information/advice about what to do with your life:
1. find a good motivation w/in self
2. address the space.
Given these two conditions are met, all other needs will be more than adequately supplied.
love, manta

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manta — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:50:48 -0000

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bess82 — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:33:00 -0000

I love love love the idea of buying up all the parking spaces for the day, feeding in coins every hour and just having a party - but why not do it bigger, and go for a whole level of a multi-story carpark? At £30 per car space per day here in the UK, that's a prettyfuckingsweet deal if the "entry fee" is that each person pays for the equivalent of a day's rate for one car space. But doesn't bring a car, obviously. Instead, we all bring paint and canvas and recording equipment and instruments and performance artists and talking parrots and face painting equipment and we all make something, together. And webcast it, of course.

As for the marathon webcast - YES. Do it on a Saturday and give us a couple of weeks notice and we'll all be there. If people will spend 24 hours outside in London in October listening to 24 hours worth of manifestos (google "Manifesto Marathon"!) then they will definitely spend 12 hours inside in their nice warm houses listening and watching you be the amazing person that you are. Also, if you do this at the end of the month, then I and I'm sure many others will have just been paid and can do more than watch in frustration, shrieking "I CAN'T BELIEVE I DON'T HAVE EVEN $40 TO BUY ONE OF THOSE PRINTS," and wishing desperately that payday wasn't a week away.

And if you're still wondering what to do with your life? Check this guy out: http://bit.ly/G5BN2. He's a teeny little old man with the most amazing artistic vision, of how the world is and why that sucks and what should change. He's eighty-three and is one of the most amazingly passionate people I've ever met. He's never, ever stopped creating art (well, except for the '77-'80, when he was on an Artistic Strike) and he never, ever gives up. What I'm saying is - do what makes you fulfilled, what you feel like you need to do, what you must do. This might be what makes you happy, but it might not be. I don't know if Gustav's happy. But he's doing what he thinks is right and is using his art as a way to try and get people to understand what he thinks and feels.

So look at everything you've done in your life, and figure out which things felt the most important and why. Then take that "why" as your answer, and come up with more things to do that provide the same answer.

And finally, I know that so many people before me have said this, but I still need to say it again: you're amazing, Amanda. You make so many people so happy. Not just with your voice and your music and your songs, but because you're such a real person and you make your fans feel like real people too. You give us so much of yourself and we appreciate that so, so much.

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manta — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:55:18 -0000

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theresaembrey — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:30:00 -0000

Amanda...dont give up...the Evelyn's are going to worth the trouble, between Jason and yourself I have complete faith that I'll be seeing them perform somewhere soon (like seattle) Oh and when your done please send webley HOME!

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stasha — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:29:00 -0000

AIE!!

And this time I actually have money >.<

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Clare — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:56:00 -0000

Sorry to miss the London webcast - the union chapel and world's end gigs were amazing. As to what next, can you tell us what the situation is with Roadrunner? Is that what is stopping you producing another amazing album, or is it that you want to do something totally different? Does your contract allow you to release tracks online, on a 'tips' basis (as Dresden Dolls did sometimes)? (seriously, your cover of the 'Wind that Shakes the Barley' was wonderful - I'd ipod it!). Or is it that you want an entirely new project? film seems one way forward - the success of the short film bodes welll...

Whatever it is, I'm sure it will be amazing!

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bess82 — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:33:59 -0000

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laurieanne — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:48:00 -0000

If I can come up with the goats, will you marry me instead?

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Lauren_C — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:20:00 -0000

Maybe not your thing but I'm gonna throw it out there anyway. I really love the idea of getting everyone to send things/materials, anything, to you and then making some sort of sculpture/art piece live on a webcast or a series of webcasts and auctionting the final product off. Details would have to be worked out but I imagine it could come together fairly quickly.

Had a brilliant time at the 2nd Chapel show. It was the first time I'd managed to get to a show and I had to travel across the country to do it, I had serious backache after sitting in the pews for three hours and I was given the wrong size t-shirt, but it was well worth it. I had an amazing night. The church looked absolutely beautiful, as did you. I fell in love with the headband you were wearing.

Love. x