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DAMIEN'S INTERESTS ...
GENERAL
JAYNE MANSFIELD
I am a HUGE fan and admirer of Jayne Mansfield. She's hot! She's cute! She's got an IQ of 163! She's got a 40 inch bust! She was a proud mother of 5children (left to right) Mickey Hargitay Jr., Jayne Mansfield, Tony Cimber, Jayne Marie Mansfield, Mariska Hargitay, Zoltan Hargitay.whom she raised successfully. She can act, model, sing, and dance... and she lovesLas Vegas JAYNE BUSTS UP LAS VEGAS!
Jayne enjoys the nightlife and her fans in Downtown Las Vegas on 2nd and Fremont Street in front of Binion's Horseshoe (left) and the Fremont Hotel and Casino (right).
My favorite career highlight of Jayne's was when she was doing casino stage-show entertainment with her husband Mickey Hargitay (a.k.a. Mr. Universe) in Las Vegas from 1958-1962 and 1966. She performed at casinos such as the Tropicana, the Dunes, and the Fremont. Jaynes act consistently sold out nightly. Her 1966 show at the Fremont consisted of her "satire on strip-tease" act. Before Mickey Hargitay became Mr. Mansfield he performed in the Mae West Show from 1954-1957. This show was hosted at the Latin Quarter in New York City and also at the Sahara Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. ! The sexiest blond bombshell of all time! Man-Oh-Man-Oh-Mansfield! What's not to like about her? She's top shelf as well as a class act. The fact that she is sexy, but still a class act is one of the things that attracts me the most to her. Without any one of these characteristics I have mentioned above, Jayne Mansfield wouldn't be Jayne Mansfield. This being so, all together, is why she is very special and unique to me. She will always remain close to my heart. I am fortunate to have the opportunity to be able to visit and pay my respects to her every-so-often, as she rests peacefully at a beautiful secluded cemetery in Pen Argyl PA only a couple hours away from me.
In 1958 Jayne Mansfield appears in Monte Prowser's Tropicana Holiday show at the Tropicana Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas NV.
JAYNE PHOTO GALLERY
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A 1958 postcard from the Las Vegas Tropicana Hotel and Casino promoting Jayne's show. This postcard is filed in the archives of the UNLV Special Collections Library.Jayne pool side at the Las Vegas Tropicana Hotel and Casino (1959). In the background, the Tropicana low-rise motel rooms which still stand today over 50 years later.Las Vegas showgirl Jayne Mansfield poses for a photo promoting her show at the Dunes titled The House of Love (1960). This show was hosted in the Arabian Room in the Dunes Hotel.Las Vegas showgirl Jayne Mansfield poses for a photo promoting her show at the Dunes titled The House of Love (1960). The Dunes was demolished in 1993 and is now the location of the Bellagio Hotel and Casino.Jayne Mansfield posing pool side at the Dunes (1955).Jayne Mansfield playing roulette at a Las Vegas casino.
LAS VEGAS
My favorite place to vacation is Las Vegas. I've been going there since 1994. Las Vegas is also my favorite town because it continuously is a city that progresses into the future and makes history every decade that passes. Even though it seems that it has been in existance 'forever' it is still a very young town. Established by the Mormons in 1905, that makes Las Vegas only 103 years old. My favorite area of Las Vegas is North Las Vegas because that's where it all began. The Downtown Casino District is where the REAL neon lights are, and how it lights up at night is quite a sight. Walking up Fremont Street at night and looking at the bright neon and watching the animated lightbulbs come to life on signs such as The Famous Pioneer, Vegas Vic, Binions, the Fremont, the Four Queens and the El Cortez is what I like the most about staying Downtown.
Las Vegas 1960s - 1st through 3rd and Fremont Street, Las Vegas Blvd from Sands Ave. to Sahara Ave.
My Las Vegas Trips: Tropicana (1994), MGM Grand (1998, 1999), Venetian (2000,2002), Bally's Paris (2001), Treasure Island (2004,2005), Mirage (2006), Four Queens (2007), Fremont (2007).
Downtown Las Vegas circa 1950s.
BLACKJACK AND BLACKJACK CARD COUNTING
My favorite casino game is Blackjack. My favorite casinos to play in are any that offer TRADITIONAL Blackjack rules. 6:5 isn't Blackjack, it's "Crapjack". Yeah, the numbers "6" and "5" are greater than "3" and "2" but do the math and you'll see 6:5 payout is less than 3:2. Of course the casino isn't going to point you to the game with the least house advantage on their casino floor, so play at your own risk. I've taken up card counting for about 3 years, as a side hobby, and it's been fun and made for some interesting stories and memories on my previous Vegas trips. The biggest challenge of card counting is not the counting itself, but doing it and being able to get away with it without the casino noticing.
PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES BASEBALL (AKA:SILLIES BASEBALL)
WARNING! This Team stinks folks!
When it comes to the stinkin' Phillies there isn't much to talk about. They have only won 1 World Series in franchise history, 1980. They get smoked every year. I guess that's why they named cigars after them? I have been to the 1993 Division LCS (2 games) between the Phillies and the Braves as well as the 1993 World Series games (2 games) between the Phillies and the BlueJays. The World Series that everyone will remember: Mitch Williams in game 6 serving up the homerun ball to Joe Carter that made the Toronto Blue Jays world champs. What a bummer! Atleast I whitnessed the only year in which the Phillies actually kicked the Braves ass. I was at game 6 of the 93' LCS game at Veterans Stadium which the Phillies won to make them NL Division Champs. The Phillies won that series 4 games to 2.
BOWLING
Jayne steps over the foul line while she demonstrates excellent bowling form (hey now).
I love bowling. I am very competitive and try my best to play every game to win. What's the point of finishing last? Any Joe can do that. I am currently a member of the Wednesday Night Mixed Birds League at Cherry Hill Playdrome Bowling Center. I currently average between a 172 and a 182. My goal is to improve to a 190/200 average and bowl in the more competitive leagues and join competitive tournaments.
Jayne Mansfield... my ideal bowling teammate. *sigh*
Googie/Doo Wop Architecture
Googie, also known as populuxe, is a subdivision of futurist architecture influenced by car culture and the Space Age, originating from southern California in the late 1940s and continuing approximately into the mid-1960s. With upswept roofs and, often, curvaceous, geometric shapes, and bold use of glass, steel and neon, it decorated many a motel, coffee house and bowling alley in the 1950s and 1960s. It epitomizes the spirit a generation demanded, looking excitedly towards a bright, technological and futuristic age.
The Hotel Fremont and Casino (pictured above) is an example of Googie architecture. The Fremont was built in 1956 by architect Wayne McAllister. It opened as Nevada's tallest high-rise building standing 14 stories tall with 500 rooms. Some other famous examples of McAllister's work include once famous and legendary Las Vegas landmarks such as the Sands Hotel and Casino, the Dessert Inn Hotel and Casino, and the El Rancho Hotel and Casino. Wayne also designed some well known iconic coffee shops and restaurants in Southern California, his most famous being Bob's Big Boy.
MUSIC
Oldies/Street Corner Harmony/Doo Wop
My favorite music is the oldies, the Street Corner Harmony, Doo Wop, Soul, and Motown of the 50s and 60s. I became first interested in it a few years back by hearing the way it was presented on the radio and at public events by our areas local legendary DJ, Jerry Blavat. He calls it "Music from the heart, not a research chart". Unlike corporate radio stations today, Jerry Blavat plays the music he likes and what the local public enjoys listening to. He is able to do this only because he works independently and buys his own airtime with his own money. Otherwise, the corporate radio industry of today is pretty much total shit all around, and it's getting just as bad as television causing a negative cultural impact on society in the USA. Fifty years ago mostly all music in the USA had a positive impact and the general idea of a song was along the lines of 'looking forward to a better and brighter future'. Today it's all changed for the worse. I am thankful for those few select radio personalities that are still around that have kept the Oldies alive.
The 'Geator', Jerry Blavat, at work at his studio in Philadelphia PA.
Some of my favorite oldies groups/musicians, to name a few, are: The Duprees, The Skyliners, The Cadillacs, Donnie Elbert, The Four Tops, Elvis Presley, Frankie Vallie, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., The Pentagons, Lee Andrews and the Hearts, Keely Smith, Nat King Cole.
Other artists I like from other genres of music are: Hall and Oates, Michael McDonald, and Van Halen.
MOVIES
JAYNE MANSFIELD MOVIES!
My favorite actress of all time is Jayne Mansfield. Listed below are my favorite Jayne films. These films are my favorite all together because they display how versatile she can be in playing different roles, not just the role of a 'dumb blonde'. These films are also my favorite because I like the story lines. In my opinion, they are well written which makes watching these films in their entirety fun and exciting while awaiting Jayne's scenes.
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957)
The Girl Can't Help It (1956)
The Burglar (1956)
Dog Eat Dog (1963)
Too Hot To Handle (1960)
Sheriff Of Fractured Jaw (1958)
Aside from watching Jayne movies all the time, some of my other favorites are:
RAIN MAN (1988)
MIDNIGHT RUN (1988)
CASINO (1995)
GOODFELLAS (1990)
BAND OF BROTHERS (2001)
CANNONBALL RUN (1981)
ROCKY I (1977), II (1979), III (1983) and IV (1985)
THE GREAT ESCAPE (1963)
TELEVISION
BOOKS
HEROES
DAMIEN'S DETAILS
STATUS: Single
HERE FOR: Friends
ORIENTATION: Straight
BODY TYPE: 5'7"Average
ETHNICITY: White/Caucasian
ZODIAC SIGN: Sagittarius
SMOKE/DRINK: No/No
CHILDREN: Undecided
EDUCATION: College Graduate
OCCUPATION: Animation, Cartooning, Design
DAMIEN'S SCHOOLS
Art Institute Of Philadelphia 1996 to 1998
Philadelphia, PENNSYLVANIA
Graduated: 1998
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Associate's Degree in Specialized Technology
Major: Animation/Media Arts
Achievments:
* Graduated with honors (3.9 GPA)
Eastern High 1992 to 1996
Voorhees, NEW JERSEY
Graduated: 1996
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
Achievments/Awards:
* Graduated with honors (3.8 GPA)
* Senior Medallion Award for computer graphics
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ABOUT ME
Greetings and salutations to the entire MySpace population! My name is Damien. For those who may recognize me, I was known as "Disney" in the Animation/Media Arts classes at the Art Institute of Philadelphia. I often dub myself "Jayne Mansfield's Prince" for my perpetual love for Jayne Mansfield. From the graduating highschool class of 96', that nice and generous person who gave you answers to homework. Last but not least, just plain "D" for those who don't like to bloviate.
THINGS I LIKE:
Jayne Mansfield, USA, blackjack/card counting, Las Vegas history, the Mafia, baseball, bowling, Disney, Archie Bunker, ING money market accounts, Oldies music (Street Corner Harmony/Doo Wop, Rock n' Roll, Northern Soul, Motown), Las Vegas, busty blondes, the coctail waitresses at the Venetian Casino in Las Vegas, $money$ (specifically 50's and 100's), innovative and creative people, smart people, successful people, downloading free stuff on the internet, oatmeal, baked beans, Aunt Sue's home made rice pudding, the $5.49 breakfast buffet at Fremont Casino in Las Vegas
THINGS I DISLIKE:
cell phones,left-wing people, reality tv, unorigional people, people who copy, people who steal ideas, people who take credit for things they didn't do, people who copy & steal my ideas, people who don't give a shit, people with no work ethics, people who hide their real self to be something they are not, people who ass kiss for underminded personal gain, dishonest people, narrow minded people, phony people, huge crowds of people, traffic, unsecure US borders, illegal immigrants, price gouging, cold weather, 8 deck Blackjack games, rain, Nancy Pelosi, secular progressive people, hip-hop/rap, thugs, people who dress like thugs, people who act like thugs
WHO I'D LIKE TO MEET
I'd like to meet nice people in general, or perhaps people who share similar interests as me.
I would also like to meet famous and interesting people such as Steve Wynn, Donald Trump, Bill O'Reilly, The Rock-A-Hula-Girls, Cindy Crawford, Claire Dames, Diandra Asbaty, Jerry Blavat (already met him... he rox!), Mariska Hargitay (already met her!she's so cute!!!), Mickey Hargitay Jr, Mickey Hargitay Sr, Jayne Marie Mansfield, Zoltan Hargitay, Tony Cimber, Matt Cimber, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Roy Disney (already met him), Mickey Mouse (already met him and worked for him), Ross Perot ("Ross puts it across"), Newt Gingrich, George W. Bush, Harry Kalas, and Chuck Woolery.
Mariska Hargitay and I during the filming of Law and Order SVU in New York City.
Me and a fellow Disney Store Castmember chatting with Roy Disney before the 2004 Walt Disney Company Shareholders Meeting in Philadelphia PA.
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