Jo - ProfilesArchive

About Me

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How Do!
Welcome to my evolving and revolving part of the universe...
I live and work in Birmingham although I am proud to say I am still a Mancunian.
I'm a graphic artist by day and a dancing fool by night, with a sprinkling of Scuba Diving in between, currently an assistant instructor.
Dancing is and always has been a major love in my life and I'm getting back to my previous level after a nasty achillees rupture last year. Would like to chat to everyone really(as I am nosey as well as friendly!!)but especially happy, chatty people, people who like to talk about different ways of life and thinking,people who love any sort of dancing to express themselves, tap, jazz and Hip Hop, etc, etc,3d Artists/Graphic artists to chat to along the way, Children of the 70's - generally anyone who has anything interesting to say!!!!
YES PLEASE!!!
'THE WHO'GETS AROUND IN TIME AND SPACE!
A PERFECT COMBO!!GLASTONBURY AND THE DOCTOR!

My Interests

Dancing, particularly Tap, Jazz, Freestyle(Disco) Hip Hop, Street. Scuba Diving, Reading, Festivals, Music, Graphics,painting, Laughing, Fancy Dress, fire eating, skydiving anything with a calculated risk!!(I'm not a complete loon!!)

Music:

Anything and everything Muse, Feeder, The Feeling, James Morrison, Jamiroquai,Remix-Factory,Zero 7,Gerry Rafferty, Rolf Harris, Coldplay, Tears for Fears,The Smiths, Morrisey, Take That, Sade, Radiohead,Moby, Morcheeba,embrace,cure,depeche mode,duran duran,massive attack,space brothers,paul weller,katie melua,gatecrasher club'95-ish,sundessential 95-ish, dance music, old music hall,rachmaninov,any type of music with feeling.

Movies:

It's a Wonderful Life, Muppets Christmas Carol, Singin In The Rain

Good Mornin'

Terminator, Ghosts of the Abyss(3d Imax version)Bladerunner, Moulin Rouge,Babe, musicals in general

Television:

Dr.Who(Christopher Ecclestone, Tom Baker),Heroes,CSI (Las Vegas-NOT Miami!)MythBusters, Scrapheap Challenge,Queer as Folk,Button Moon,Bagpuss,The Second Coming,The Royle Family

Gets me everytime!!!Boo Hoo!!

Books:

Narnia Books, Dark Materials series,Five people you meet in Heaven,Digital Fortress,From Atlantis to the Sphinx,Fingerprints of the Gods,The Girl in the Red Coat, Popular Psycology Books,'how to'books whatever I like the look of when I'm in a book shop!...........and yes, I always read the instructions/manuals!!!

Heroes:

Gene Kelly , Wonder Woman and anyone who 'GOES FOR IT!!'

My Blog

Farne Islands

FARNE ISLANDS Just got back from the Farne Islands this Bank Holiday weekend. 16 of us from our Dive club made the journey(5 hours in my case!) up to Seahouses on the North East coast. I must admit,&n...
Posted by Jo on Wed, 09 May 2007 11:09:00 PST

Dancing....yeah!!

FANTASTIC!! Yey! At last!! I have found a school that I can train with to fulfill one of my life's ambitions.....to teach tap!! I went to speak to the school's head(Wendy) on Saturday morning and disc...
Posted by Jo on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 05:24:00 PST

ON MY WAY!!!

GREAT NEWS!! I've had a great day today!!I'm buzzing!! My physio has said that there is nothing more she can help me with, that I've done fantastically well with my achillees recovery and that she was...
Posted by Jo on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 08:12:00 PST

Impatience......................

LIFE AFTER CAST!! Hoorah! I am now walking and have taken my 'first steps' on the dancefloor again!!(but don't tell my physio!!) A week ago, the physio gave me some excercises and told me to walk with...
Posted by Jo on Thu, 30 Nov 2006 01:09:00 PST

YEY!!

YEY!!I'M FREE!!!! I went to the hospital yesterday, to have the '2 week' shorter plaster removed and to possibly have another put in it's place!! Apart from having the hairiest leg I've ever had(urghh...
Posted by Jo on Wed, 15 Nov 2006 11:43:00 PST

WELL, SO NEAR AND YET SO FAR!!

NEARLY THERE!! Well, three weeks off having my final plaster off and I can't wait!! Just thought I'd post a couple of diagrams to amuse you on how to wash a cripple(me!!) Thank God I don't ha...
Posted by Jo on Mon, 06 Nov 2006 12:48:00 PST