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Basics
1. Name: Amanda
2. Age: 15
3. Location: Saint Paul Minnesota
4. Size/weight/height: 22-24/280/5'3
5. How did you find plus_cuties? (If you were referred, give username.): I looked up plus size in the interest box to find people like me

Essay Questions:
6. What do you love most about being plus-sized? The fact that Im different and even when I want to be like everyone else then I always have being plus size to remind me how awesome it is to be plus size.
7. What makes you unique or exceptional? I have amazing blu/grays eyes and brown hair which is a weird combo and I like my curves
8. What gives you your happiness? listen to music and reading
9. Give us a favorite quote: "don't let anyone ever make you feel like you don't deserve what you want" - Heath Ledger in 10 things I hate about you
10. And finally, why do you want to join plus_cuties? So I will know people who can relate to what Im going thro and understand.... and so Ill be able to people how beautiful they look when they post pictures and vice versa 

alright, alright, i know as adolescents we all did the rolling with toilet paper of other peoples, even sometimes random peoples houses, but i realized what a waste and how ridiculous it is this weekend.
my neighbors house got tp-ed and they didnt even bother to clean it up, this would normally, and typically not bother me since it is an act of vandals and not nature, but no it is bothering me, actually it is pissing me off because it brings forth the knowledge that, people just dont give a fuck anymore, our planet and eco-system as a whole is falling apart and noone seems to worry about it. sure, Al Gore isn't the answer and i dont think that any politician or religious official could or will bring a stop to this but, people as individuals can. support your environment and allow it to develop, rather than destroying it without regard to future generations. call me crazy but, when i have children i want them to be able to explore the same if not better world than what i have been left with. hippie/environmentalist/labelmewhatyouwill.

So we (me and Mr. Angelo Spencer and little Miss Panda) just got home the other night from our whirlwind 2 month United States tour! It was incredible! We got to play shows, do stuff, and hang out with Jeffrey Lewis, Jack Lewis, Herman Dune, Tiny Masters of Today, Schwervon, Karl Blau, Patsy Grace, Paul Baribeau, Paleface, Midtown Dickens, Spoonboy, Erin Tobey, Matty Pop Chart, Underthrust, Good Luck, El Olio Woloff, Metal, and Mecca Normal (and probably others I am forgetting). You should look all of these people up. They are all amazing. It was a dream come true. And in SF I got to play all the songs from Alphabutt with the kids from the album!!!! Sophia, Macalaster, Amani, Jason, Ange, and Panda all onstage with me!!! AND for a bunch of the tour I had one of bestest ever friends Matt Tobey as my band. Holy Smokes. I am a lucky girl.

And it may seem like I forgot, but this band needs a paragraph all to themselves. The second month of the trip was with our dear, sweet friends L'Orchidee D'Hawai. Holy shit. They blew my mind every night and were wonderful travel companions every day. And an awesome backing band on a couple of my songs. Panda misses her four funny uncles already. (They have a REALLY good photo slide show from the trip on their profile).

I took a lot of pictures too, mostly of all the good playgrounds we hit. I will do a photo post another time. And, oh man, we got to see so many good friends, and so much family along the way. I will post one picture of Panda and her cousins in Colorado. So good! Those boys are big. Some of you might remember when the twins were brand new and little Emerson was sooooo sick and we all thought good thoughts for him! Look at him now!!!!

Emerson, Charlie, Jaden, and Panda

So, yeah, here is the info for the upcoming stuff. I am sorry there is not much stuff in Europe. We have a lot of family and friend visiting to do in the time over there. When it looks like off time on the tour schedule we will be busy with Papi and Mimi and Great Granny and Baby Zoe. Sweet baby Zoe!!!
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ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, IRELAND

Fri-May-9 London UK Ladyfest London Underworld

Sat-May-10 Brighton, UK Duke of York Cinema w/ Your Heart Breaks

Sun-May-11 Manchester, UK Night and Day w/ Your Heart Breaks

Mon-May-12 Bristol, UK Thekla w/ Your Heart Breaks

Tue-May-13 Edinburgh, UK Caberet Voltaire w/ Your Heart Breaks

Wed-May-14 Glasgow, UK ABC2 w/ Your Heart Breaks

Thu-May-15 OFF

Fri-May-16 Dublin Crawdaddy w/ Your Heart Breaks

EUROPE

Fri-May-23 Amsterdam, NL Paradiso

Sat-May-24 Bruxelles, BG AB Club

Sun-May-26 Paris, France L'Ahambra w/ David-Ivar Herman Dune

HOME FOR A MINUTE FOR AN EXCITING EVENT

Fri-Jun-6 Seattle, WA NORTHWEST FOR BREASTS BENEFIT for Susan J. Komen for the Cure

AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND

Tue-Jun-17 Melbourne, Aus Northcote Uniting Church Hall w/Angelo Spencer

Wed-Jun-18 Melbourne, Aus Northcote Uniting Church Hall w/Angelo Spencer Fri-Jun-20 Sydney, Aus Manning Bar w/Angelo Spencer

Sat-Jun-21 Brisbane, Aus Brisbane Powerhouse w/Angelo Spencer

Tue-Jun-24 Aukland, NZ Auckland Girls Grammar School

Wed-Jun-25 Wellington, NZ Paramount Theatre

SUMMERTIME SHOWS

Wed-Jul-2 Williamsburg, NY Music Hall of Williamsburg Aaron Wilkinson 5 Year Memorial and Benefit Concert w/Graham Wilkinson and the Underground Township, Levy, Paleface, and more...

Sun-Jul-6 Tacoma, WA People's Park w/ Ghost Mice, Heathers, Cody Gordon

Mon-Jul-7 Olympia, WA Hall of the Woods w/Ghost Mice and Heathers

July 18, 19, 20 Anacortes, WA What-The-Heck Festival

Fri-Jul-25 Seattle WA Capitol Hill Block Party

August 15, 16, 17 Philadelphia Folk Festival

Sept 12, 13, 14 North Dorset, UK End of the Road Festival