An odd listing of snippets, whos-its, and whats-its about Amanda's life.
- Full Name: Amanda Sue Elena Quintana-Bowles
- Birthdate: November 25, 1973
- Her birthday lands on Thanksgiving every few years
- She's a Sagittarius...sun and moon sign
- She has hazel eyes
- She's 5'4", but swears she's 5'5"...
- Amanda has asthma
- Enjoys drinking coffee and chai
- Has been performing at Cordelia's Restaurant for 18 years
- Amanda's recording studio nickname: The One-Take Wonder
- What are the top artists from her iPod: Lacuna Coil, Basic Pleasure Model, Sting, Anton Bruckner, & Jason Daniello
- Considers Paul McCartney, W.A. Mozart, and Sting musical geniuses
- Besides Spanish, really enjoys singing chamber ensemble music
- Favorite fine art styles: Pre-Rafaelite, Neo-Classical, Italian Renaissance, and Impressionist
- Words used way too much: Excellent and And
- Other nicknames: Queenie, the Q, and...De-manda! (only once in a while!) heheh!
- Latest craze: Changing eating habits and maintaining a regular workout schedule
- Seriously considered being a nun when she was a girl
- Is a painter
- Adores staying up and then sleeping late
- Worked as a bilingual DJ/On Air personality for 7 years
- Is not a fan of going to the dentist
- 2003 marked Amanda's 20th anniversary of singing professionally
- Coincidentally mostly dated guys who's names began with a "J"...weird
- Married the right "J" in 1997 *grin*
- Owns a '06 MINI Cooper S - Purple Haze w/white roof
- Beauty Lifesaver: Smith's Rosebud Salve (Excellent lippie stuff)
- Can eat Hot Tamales candies till she gets sick
- Little known geekiness: LOVES fonts and can usually name fonts on everything from cereal boxes to TV commercials (Did you know that CBS News uses Amazone BT, the same font you see throughout this site, for their Weather logo?)
- Favorite software: Adobe Photoshop CS2
- Loves desktop publishing
- She was webmistress/graphical artist for Los Alamos Natl. Lab for 3 years
- Designed the whole aqmusic.com site complete with graphics, mp3s, and hand coded HTML
- Enjoys eating buttery popcorn, Pocky and crystalized ginger
- Loves roses, especially the ones that have lots of fragrance
- Actively takes lots of digital photos
- When she grows up is going to drive a black Jaguar XJ8
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