I love God, the Most Holy Trinity. I love my wonderful and totally insane family and I love my friends, they've truly saved my life time and again just by being them. And I love being a sideshow freak:
FreakShow Deluxe: The Super Awesome Amazing Halloween Show!!-
Here's a quick glimpse of my beloved sideshow troupe:
Things I like- Holy Communion. Peace and quiet. Photographing insects. Religion (it's my favorite subject in the world). Writing children's stories and music. The Yurodivye (Fools for Christ's Sake). Orthodox Christianity, Catholicism, Anglicanism and Lutheranism. Theology. Divine Liturgy. Church history. Hebrew, Aramaic, Arabic and Russian (if you're a woman and you speak to me in those languages, I will melt before you, even though I probably won't understand a word). Contemplative Prayer. Hiking. Camping. Honesty and straight-forwardness with a touch of flavor. Vaudeville and Sideshow!!! Commedia del Arte. Campfires and fireplaces. The smell of campfires and fireplaces. Vegetarian restaurants. Dinosaurs (Stegosaurus is my favorite!). Laying on my back and looking at stars (preferably next to someone) British things. Russian things. Indian things. Animals (Siberian Tigers are my favorites!). Trees (California Live Oaks are my favorite! Yes, I have a favorite tree, and yes, I hug them). Gothic art, imagery, and clothes. People who can successfully cross dress without looking too silly. People who carry trash in their pockets so they can recycle it later. My heritage: RUSSIAN and ENGLISH!!! (with Welsh, and touch of Irish).
And please, help the species we haven't killed yet:
I love to meet new people, but I always appreciate messages accompanying friend requests. I prefer not to add random people, so please let me know who you are. I allow anyone to advertise with their comments, but only if you return the favor, and be forewarned, I will not post anything that I deem offensive, so please be tasteful and respectful.
I'm definitely looking for:
Vaudeville, Burlesque and Sideshow troupes and producers who'd enjoy having me and my peculiar talents on their stage. People who work with children, children's theatre, and child development and want me and my children's stories, poems and songs to be a part of it.
Anglican, Lutheran, Orthodox, and Catholic Christians. Muslims and Sufis. Jews and Kabbalists. Sikhs. Tibetan Buddhists. Hindus. Religion is obviously a big passion of mine.
I'd like to meet anyone who has an interest in God, religion, spirituality, peace, and ya know, all those other little things.
The Beatles, Radiohead, Black Sabbath, Nine Inch Nails, Scott Joplin, J.S. Bach, Erik Satie, lots of ragtime, classical, metal, electronic, classic rock, industrial, American folk, Northern and Eastern European folk, Middle Eastern folk, and all other sorts of various, wonderful things! Howard Shore, John Williams, Rachel Portman, Yann Tiersen, and Danny Elfman are among my favorite movie composers.
Gregorian Chant, and the Divine Liturgical music from the Catholic and Orthodox churches (especially Rachmaninov). Sufi and Sikh chants are awesome too.
Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, The Marx Brothers!!!!!, Willy Wonka, Monty Python, Mel Brooks, Carey Grant movies, the Thin Man series, The Sting, The Passion of the Christ.
Anything that's offensive. And I love, love, LOVE, children's shows. It's A Big Big World awesome. And of course, Sesame Street, Muppets, Rocky and Bullwinkle, Looney Tunes, etc.
The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, the Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, Take This Bread by Sara Miles, Lamb by Christopher Moore, Groucho and Me by Groucho Marx
The good word in the Good Books- The Holy Bible (particularly the four Gospels). Though I am a Christian I have found great value in the Sri Guru Granth Sahib [the Holy Book and Guru of the Sikhs], the Dhammapada of the Buddha, and the Bhagavad Gita.Christian poetry (St. Teresa of Avila and St. John of the Cross are among my favorites). Sufi poetry (especially that of Rabi'ah al Basri and Rumi).
My Lord and Savior Jesus Christ (Yeshua M'Sheekha)
St. Mary Magdalene
St. John the Baptist
St. Teresa of Avila
St. Xenia of Petersburg
St. John of the Cross
And these other wonderful folks:
His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Jalal-ud-Din Rumi. Shams-ud-din Mudhammad Hafiz. Guru Tegh Bahadur. My mentor and life saver, Patrick Guggino. My sister. My aunt and uncle. The Marx Brothers (Harpo in particular)! And really, anyone who's come into my life, and offered me the thinnest slice of their love. You've kept me alive and sane.