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About Me

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Umm...how to sum myself up? A total chameleon would be best. Opera singer who loves 80s karaoke, former Army ROTC and sorority girl, LARP and City of Heroes junkie, and currently, college instructor/fine arts recruiter. That's right, they let someone like me teach and mold impressionable young minds. I have a complete lack of impulse control, including such proud moments as flopping on the floor in front of my class and rolling around in "death throes" while my boss gazed at me through the window. Small town girl who fled right out of high school to the big city and never looked back. Somehow I ended up back in rural America, though. Cross a type A perfectionist personality with a totally diva temperment, more often completely unhinged than not. Thank God for my totally unimpressed, blase husband for making me laugh at my craziness and peeling me off the ceiling when needed.

You Are The Sun
You represent the best of life - vitality, success, and and truth.
You tend to have a strong, centered, balanced personality.
Inspiration and discovery are your fortes. You are very mentally strong.
A talented mind, you tend to excel at math, philosophy, and music.
Your fortune:
As well as you have done in the past, the future is going to be filled with more success.
A new creative project is coming your way. Feed it, and it will grow into something huge.
Great riches, recognition, prosperity, or happiness is coming your way.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Music:

God, where to begin...my most favorite is Tori Amos. She is amazing live. Currently jamming on the complete Charlie Brown Suite by Vince Guaraldi. It has to be the happiest music known to man. SNOOPY, I LOVE YOU!!! I love old jazz, Ella Fitzgerald is the BEST! Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, the "mad hat" man Thelonious Monk, Sarah Vaughn, Count Basie, etc. I love to sing along with 80s females Pat Benetar, Irene Cara, Bonnie Tyler, Madonna. Other faves include old, dark Sarah McLaughlin (Fumbling Toward Ecstasy is the best), Victoria Williams, Joss Stone, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Cranberries, Annie Lennox, This Ascension, Black Tape for a Blue Girl, Gitane Demone, Nine Inch Nails, the Projekt Christmas albums. Classically, I like Natalie Dessay, Barbara Bonney, Anne Sofie von Otter, all operas on the Decca Compact Classics series, Teresa Stratas and Placido Domingo in the Zefferelli La Traviata film. For giggles, Bill Cosby, Stephen Lynch, Florence Foster Jenkins, Wheatus, and Fountains of Wayne. New fetishes include Gorillaz and OKGo

Movies:

Anything with Drew Barrymore...I think she is a goddess of all good things. Umm, Harry Potter I, II, and III, Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke (I need a roomful of the wood sprites), The Fifth Element (it's all about the diva), Jan Svankmeier's Faust, Crouching Tiger, anything with Johnny Depp , Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon, anything with Hercule Poirot in it.

Television:

Gilmore Girls, Nip/Tuck, House, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (in syndication), no reality TV (boo! hiss!), Simpsons, and Futurama.

Books:

Harry Potter!!!! Lemony Snicket, all Gregory MacGuire (especially Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister), the Griffin and Sabine trilogy, original Dragonlance series (Tracy Hickman and Margaret Weis, not all those spin-offs), the Wheel of Time series (especially the earlier ones), I am Madame X by Gloria Dilberto, PETER PAN (I must read this at least once every 4 months). I love just having lots of books. The bargain rack at Borders is my Mecca for inspiration.

Heroes:

Anyone who lives their life true to themselves and their purpose.

My Blog

Big Apple Bound

So. Life is truly unpredictable sometimes. I just got home from spending three weeks in Wichita assistant directing Pirates of Penzance for Wichita Grand Opera. Great time, fun people, some swimmin...
Posted by Shayna on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 06:41:00 PST

Is diversity a four-letter word?

I read a blog yesterday by a good friend of mine. He is definitely on the opposite side of the political and religious spectrum compared to many of his family members. He received this spe...
Posted by Shayna on Wed, 23 Aug 2006 07:04:00 PST

Blog game

The first player of this games stars with the "6 weird/things/habits about yourself" and people who get tagged need to write a blog of their 6 weird/things/habits, as well and state this rule clearly....
Posted by Shayna on Mon, 13 Mar 2006 08:20:00 PST

We bought a house...

So, haven't blogged again in ages...here's my latest life update. Matt and I are in the process of buying a house in Hiawatha, KS. We have signed a contract, applied for our mortage and are just...
Posted by Shayna on Fri, 13 Jan 2006 07:43:00 PST

I am on the web!!!

My website is live! You can check it out at: http://www.shaynaleahy.com Let me know what you think!
Posted by Shayna on Wed, 30 Nov 2005 09:08:00 PST

Rent update!

So.. the late show on Sunday is 9:30 PM. I suggest we congregate at my place and leave for St. Joe around 8:30ish. Feel free to come over anytime, Matt and I will be home all day, I think. See ...
Posted by Shayna on Sat, 26 Nov 2005 07:27:00 PST

Rent Party!!!

So, I've decided that our event for the time being should be a Rent release party. The movie comes out this week while we are all on vacation. I propose that we come back to Highland Sunda...
Posted by Shayna on Mon, 21 Nov 2005 08:02:00 PST

Life update

Hello all! Haven't written anything in ages, so I thought I'd offer a little update. My job is better! I have been very busy for awhile now, and I am actually looking forward to Than...
Posted by Shayna on Mon, 14 Nov 2005 08:49:00 PST

My job sucks!

So, it's been about a month, and my job still sucks. I waited for things to get busy on the 12th and they didn't. I waited for things to get busy after the fine arts meeting on the 23rd an...
Posted by Shayna on Wed, 31 Aug 2005 07:34:00 PST

Mmm....pirates

Okay, this is hysterical. I am leaping on the bandwagon, will be obtaining pirate regalia, and picketing the Kansas Board of Education should that become necessary. Enjoy! http://www.venganza.o...
Posted by Shayna on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST