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JoJo

jojozawawi

About Me

I have a wonderful husband.
I speak a lot of languages.
I write classical music (and sometimes jazz).
I play piano.
Come hear some of my music: myspace/jojozjojo
I love almost all sorts of music.
I write poetry and stories: Some Poetry
I paint and draw and carve wood and like to make things.
I have a garden.
I love Tahitian, Hawaiian & Saudi (and all !) dancing.
And I LOVE Flamenco. LOVE LOVE LOVE it !!!
I can't figure out what to put in my Profile.
When I perform (piano concerts), I make up all the music on the spot.

Here's my blog, where you can read about some of the wild adventures I've had (like running with the bulls, for example): TheZBlog

My Interests

Music
Languages
Art in general
Flamenco
Wing Chun Kung Fu
Gardening
Tahitian & Hawaiian Dance
Saudi Dancing
People
Good Poetry & Books

I'd like to meet:

I'd put L. Ron Hubbard here, but I've already met him and he was just absolutely amazing and wonderful.
Sting
Tom Cruise
Andrea Bocelli
Johnny Depp
The Chinese Dormitory Boys
And whole lot of other incredible musicians and artists
And honestly, everybody. I love meeting people !!!

Music:

The list of artists I like is way too long to put here. I LOVE music.

There are a few types of music I don't like, and I love the rest. Especially jazz, flamenco, blues, classical, good rock, Chinese, Japanese, various Latin American, various American Indian, Portuguese, Bulgarian, Russian, Tahitian, Hawaiian, various African, Arabic (Levantine, Gulf, Egyptian), North African & Rai, various Country, and a whole lot more.

Movies:

Shrek (all of 'em)
Kill Bill I & II
Get Shorty & Be Cool
Princess Bride
El Amor Brujo (Carlos Saura)
Carmen (Carlos Saura)
Pirates of the Caribbean (all)
Orfeu Negro
Oceans 11,12,13...
Lots more

Television:

Not too much.

Books:

LOTS of books.

Heroes:

My husband, Abbas - He's the BEST !
L. Ron Hubbard - He gave me the best gift of all: My Future
Chick Corea - Words aren't sufficient !
Flavio Cucchi, a dear, dear friend
My mother, Jerrye, for being awesome
David Miscavige, for all the incredible things he is doing -- I am eternally grateful
Tiare & William Widmaier, because I love them
Derek De Vette - My wonderfully insouciant friend
Sting, songwriter extraordinaire
Michael Duff - what beautiful songs
John Novello, an amazing guy
Tan Dun, for his beautiful music
All Artists, because they are artists and they are creating the universe

My Blog

Foreign Landscape

Foreign LandscapeThe light comes up, reaching over the horizon with smokey tendrils weaving and wafting through the blue darkness of space.   I hear a voice, and it comes shrieking into my...
Posted by JoJo on Tue, 07 Nov 2006 10:37:00 PST

Where Were You ?

Where Were You? clay red and pumpkin orange Where were you when the Wolf cried out your name? cactus green and mesquite brown The Eagle came searching and you weren't here. fragrant fires of ston...
Posted by JoJo on Tue, 07 Nov 2006 10:33:00 PST

Hi Everybody !

Welcome to my new page !I have a music page set up here:http://www.myspace.com/jojozjojoYou can hear some of my music there.You can also read some of my poetry here:JoJo's PoetryAnd you can read about...
Posted by JoJo on Fri, 01 Sep 2006 11:01:00 PST