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Xavi Reagh

Just a touch eccentric...

About Me

Just a touch eccentric...

Then again, maybe I'm just touched.
Fair warning -- if you want me to add you, please send me a message that indicates why, and have an interesting profile which actually has some content, so I'll know you aren't just a spambot.
Cat lady, costumer, chocoholic, I'm playful and a touch on the goofy side, with a fondness for words and a strange fascination with palindromes. I don't take life too seriously most of the time, after all, no-one gets out alive, right? Why not laugh while you're here? Spiritual but not religious, I'm here for the karma, not the dogma.
I'm a bit of a gumby -- hyper-elastic soft tissues as the doc says. It can be fun, so long as joints pop out when I want them to and not on their own.
I'm one of those Jack of All Trades types.
I've worked as a wardrobe lady, prisoner escort, guard for a premier's conference, banker, commercial embroiderist, editor, tutor and more. I can paint the house and arrange the garden, and then make a wicked pumpkin pie from the carrots the garden grew. (Try it sometime and see if anyone you know can tell the difference.)
I'm a mechanic's daughter and pretty much grew up on the back of various bikes, most often a Honda Gold Wing. I've shown up to work security in full uniform on a Harley. I find myself really liking the looks of the new T-Rex trike and the Can-Am Spyder trike from Bombardier.
Drummers and bass players fascinate me. I love to dance (note, I am not saying I am good at dancing, just that I love to dance) so I appreciate the guys who give the pulse and heartbeat to music.
I'm still enjoying Derek Sherinian's version of "In the Summertime" and Billy Idol's Christmas album, and looking forward to the new Billy Idol release which is in the works.
I'm not interested in being a webcam girl, or joining any sort of "guaranteed wealth" home business scam.

I'm single, slightly misanthropic, and perfectly happy staying that way.
By the way, just because it is a fun album and I was born on Christmas day, I am going to nudge folks to go get Billy's Holiday album. Make me smile. Go get it and listen, have some spiked egg nog and enjoy. Okay?
Oh, and one more thing: people who can't manage to use the shift key, space bar, or spell-check probably shouldn't bother sending me messages (allowances may be made if you happen to be a pretty peroxide-blond boy.) I have zero tolerance if you are into killing animals (hunting & fishing) or if you have decorated your page with marijuana leaves as if you are in grade nine and think pot is "cool". I don't care if you use pot, but if it is the be-all and end-all of your life, trust me, we won't get along.
I'll be a big meanie to you to make you go away, and then you'll have to cyber-hate me, and all that drama can be avoided so easily.
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My Interests

Tarot, stage magic, corsets, handcuffs, whips, leather, cats of all shapes and sizes, animals, contortionists, Cirque Du Soleil, music, art, chocolate, sewing, baking, dancing, flirting, painting, bellydance, tattoos, Pretty bad boys

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I'd like to meet:

Billy Idol, Iggy Pop, and David Bowie. Vin Diesel just because hey, he's hot and a geek. Val Kilmer because he is a chameleon,and I love his voice. David Lee Roth so I could listen to his stories about his travels. Edith Head, but I'm pretty sure she's pushing up daisies along with Freddie Mercury and Robert Palmer now.
If time travel were possible I'd love to meet me in 1980 and make sure a few things got sorted out and done right. I love meeting people who are fun-loving but who also know how to crack down and get things done.

Music:

Anything so long as it isn't gangsta rap or twangy country. Current favourites (AKA the heavy rotation in my CD player) include Seeed, AC/DC, Aerosmith, Iggy Pop, Billy Idol, the Clash, Oka, HumanKind, Muzz Marshall, Bo Diddley, Rob Zombie, Kate Bush, Goddo and Clannad. I'm always looking for new and interesting stuff; I love music that makes my body move.

Movies:

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, The Mummy trilogy (Brendan Fraser version,) the Matrix movies, the Evil Dead trilogy, Near Dark, Once Bitten, the Aliens movies, anything from Hammer Films, James Bond movies, horror movies and Christopher Walken films. Danny Kaye is one of my heroes.

Television:

CSI, Law and Order SVU, surgery shows on TLC/Discovery. I really miss watching Angel.

Books:

Angels and Demons from Dan Brown, Good Omens from Pratchett and Gaiman, Jack Whyte's Arthurian novels, Peter S. Beagle's A Fine and Private Place, anything by Pratchett or Michael Crichton. American Gods and Anansi Boys were very tasty books. More please, Mr. Gaiman?

Heroes:

My Grandmother, Jack Black, (chubby folks can get famous too!) John Belushi, Jim Carrey, Jeff Healey, and anyone with enough independence and spine to be who and what they want to be and not succumb to peer pressure.Also among my heroes, the guy who made this clip. .. ..

Oh, and anyone who helps in the effort to get Billy to come to Halifax.



My Blog

Doomed to notoriety...

All about your friendly neighbourhood flaming nag:About the Fire HorseThe six decades spanning the gaps between the years of the Fire Horse mean that this rare sign occurs only in the years 1846, 1906...
Posted by Xavi Reagh on Wed, 22 Oct 2008 06:13:00 PST

Owie

So I woke up this morning with a killer headache and a queasy gut, and decided paid or not, I wasn't going to make it to work today.  Something about the gut and the head spinning in opposing dir...
Posted by Xavi Reagh on Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:43:00 PST

It’s Dark in Here...

A woman takes a lover during the day, while her husband is at work.  Unbeknown to her, her 9 year old son was hiding in the closet.  Her husband comes home unexpectedly, so she puts the love...
Posted by Xavi Reagh on Mon, 20 Oct 2008 07:41:00 PST

Hmm. I think I have an addiction

I hate it when I click the wrong buttonI had half of this entry typed up and then hit a wrong button.I have noticed lately that the men I find the most attractive are bleach blond, slim/skinny, angula...
Posted by Xavi Reagh on Sun, 19 Oct 2008 06:16:00 PST

Cooper show, EC & such

I was lucky enough to get a free ticket to the Alice Cooper show last night -- not entirely free I suppose, I bartered some sewing for it.Well, it turns out a lot of my friends went too. We met up at ...
Posted by Xavi Reagh on Sat, 18 Oct 2008 12:39:00 PST

Orthodontia

Tuesday I went to the orthodontist and they put a "button" on the back of my left eye tooth to bring it around straight again.  Wednesday on the way home it popped off, I recovered it, and yester...
Posted by Xavi Reagh on Fri, 17 Oct 2008 02:19:00 PST

Wheeeee!

I had forgotten just how much fun riding a bicycle is.I waited until late at night in case I wiped out -- don't want the whole neighbourhood seeing -- and took my new bike out for a spin around the pa...
Posted by Xavi Reagh on Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:32:00 PST

Bicycle

I have a bicycle now. I haven't had one since I was about seventeen.  That's a lot of years.  I used to love to ride, and they say it's something you never forget how to do.  I hope tha...
Posted by Xavi Reagh on Sun, 12 Oct 2008 12:01:00 PST

Dain bramaged

This is one of those weeks I just can't wait for the end of. My eyes still aren't happy with me after the abuse Monday.  We have lost a person at work so we'll have overtime until they replace he...
Posted by Xavi Reagh on Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:30:00 PST

Just for giggles

Q & A time with the good doctor.Q: I've heard that cardiovascular exercise can prolong life; is this true?A: Your heart is only good for so many beats, and that 's it... don't waste them on exer...
Posted by Xavi Reagh on Tue, 07 Oct 2008 05:39:00 PST