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Ronda GP (Ms. G)

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About Me

High School Teacher Extraordinaire. ...and before that I worked in the music industry. WhatHappenedToJoey.com My Photo Album here .We're all inundated with daily requests to "check out my band", but... Tremolo really is well worth checking out. When rock stars, movie directors, musicians, producers, MTV, music critics, etc. are impressed, you know you should listen. 50% of everything they make from their record, Love is the Greatest Revenge (available everywhere) is being donated to non-profit organizations that you can suggest and vote for each quarter. . To read more or vote visit LoveIsTheGreatestRevenge.com TREMOLO's myspace page ...Listen, add them as friends, read about modern slavery, give feedback, buy a song, complain, spam, whatever, ...but visit it. And I know you want to join my group too, show some love, lol. View (or join) the TREMOLO group page here.The film CALL and RESPONSE by Justin Dillon (from the band Tremolo) about musicians responding to modern day slavery will be in theaters starting in September www.callandresponse.com http:// www.facebook.com/pages/CallResponse/15123119311 for more info and trailer (sorry for cut and paste, myspace problem won't allow links to be added right now)It only takes ONE minute to click on the banner and sign the declaration to join. It's completely free. Our generation has the opportunity to be remembered for saving millions of lives by ending extreme poverty. Economists have proven that this is statistically possible so please take ONE minute to sign up and delcalre that you are aware of this and want this plan followed, as well as previously promised government funds paid. You have the chance to take a part in world changing history!

My Interests

Film & Cinema, Music & Concerts Coral Reef Aquariums MAC Computers Art: drawing, painting, creating Skateboarding "Bleeding Heart Liberalism" (2 Corinthians 9)

I'd like to meet:

Sinead O'Connor (I'd love to make a documentry about her life and her fight against child abuse) Bono & Ali (...the whole band for that matter) Kevin Smith CS Lewis Joe Strummer Michael Moore Joan of Arc James Dean Siouxie Sioux Anne Lammot Moby my grandmother's little sister: Nena Troy Any other bands in my music that I haven't met yet.And I would love another chance to get to hang out with The All-American Rejects, Brand New, or Duran Duran again.

Music:

Adam & the Ants/Adam Ant ABBA The Alarm Alkaline Trio All-American Rejects Bad Religion Bauhaus Beastie Boys Billie Holiday Black Flag Blink 182 Blondie Black Flag Book of Love Brand New The Clash Cocteau Twins The Cure Duran Duran David Bowie Dead Kennedys Dime Store Prophets Echo & the Bunnymen Elvis (Presley & Costello) Five Iron Frenzy Fishbone The Foo Fighters Green Day Iggy Pop/The Stooges INXS Jane's Addiction Jesus & Mary Chain Johnny Cash Joy Division The Killers Lone Justice/Maria McKee Love & Rockets Ministry Misfits Moby Mortal/Fold Zandura My Bloody Valentine My Chemical Romance Muse Nine Inch Nails 9 Red Roses Nirvana New Order OMD Pixies Primus Public Enemy Radiohead Ramones Rivulets & Violets She Wants Revenge Sinead O' Connor Siouxie & the Banshees The Smiths/Morrisey Social Distortion Sonic Youth Stray Cats/Brian Setzer The Strokes Stone Roses
Stabbing Westward Sugar Cubes/Bjork Suicidal Tendencies Taking Back Sunday 10,000 Maniacs Tremolo Velvet Underground Violent Femmes U2 The Used White Stripes X

Movies:

All Time Favorite:
True RomanceComedy: EVERY KEVIN SMITH MOVIE - especially Dogma, Super Troopers, Swingers, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Bottle Rocket, The Princess Bride, Strictly Ballroom, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, The Blues Brothers, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, A Nightmare Before Christmas, This is Spinal TapDrama: SLC Punk (pretty much my story growing up in Napa) Fight Club, Donnie Darko, Rude Boy, The Fisher King, Dead Man Walking, Immortal Beloved, Shawshank Redemption, Million Dollar Hotel, Seven, Some Kind of Wonderful, Stealing Beauty, In America, The Breakfast Club, The Locusts, Life is a House, Sugartown, The Virgin Suicides, Amazing Grace, Freedom Writers, Dangerous Liaisons, Romeo & Juliet (both), Short Cuts, The Sweet Hereafter, Pan's Labyrinth, Stand and Deliver, Drugstore Cowboys, River's Edge, American History X, Trainspotting, Truly Madly Deeply, The Wall, Impromptu, Heathers, Crash, 24 Hour Party People, Return to Paradise, Shadowlands, "O"Action/Adventure/Fantasy/Thriller: Boondock Saints, The Usual Suspects, A Clockwork Orange, Dead Again, Blue Velvet, Interview with a Vampire, Reservoir Dogs, 12 Monkeys, Shallow Grave, Fall Time, The Professional, Lord of the Rings, Blade Runner, Star Wars, From Dusk 'till Dawn, Brazil, Seven, Desperado, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, The Faculty (of course, I'm a teacher)Classic: Rebecca, Casablanca, Dracula, Bringing Up Baby, Butch Cassiday and the Sundance Kid, Nosferatu, The Bad Seed, Rear WindowForeign Language: Cinema Paradiso, Raise the Red Lantern, Amelie, Farewell My Concubine, Like Water for Chocolate, The Wedding Banquet, Ran, Life is BeautifulDocumentary: Invisible Children, Bowling for Columbine, PUNK: Attitude, Sing Blue Silver, The Corporation, An Inconvient Truth, Sicko, Roger & Me, Stop the Violence: The V Word, The Lost Boys of Sudan, Life on the Murder Scene, Stoked, Skateboarding videos and documentries

Television:

My So-Called Life, Father Ted, The Black Adder, Office Space(UK), Monty Python's Flying Circus, Little Britian, The Daily Show, The Awful Truth, South Park, Robot Chicken, The X Files, Sex in the City, Twilight Zone, Steven's Untitled Rock Show, 120 Minutes

Books:

Fiction: 'Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis (novel re-tells the myth of Cupid and Psyche, but from the point of view of her sister, Orual) BEST FICTION EVER! Griffin and Sabine by Nick Bantock (all of them) The Lord of the Rings by JRR TolkienNon-Fiction: Not for Sale: The Return of the Global Slave Trade-and How We Can Fight It by David BatstoneThe End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities of Our Time by Jeffery D. SachsGod Came Near by Max LucadoLet Justice Roll Down by John PerkinsGod's Politics by Jim WallisChildren's Literature: The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde (I still can't read it without crying).Outside Over There by Maurice Sendak (My favorite illustrator as well).The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstien

Heroes:

Jesus Christ Bono & Ali Hewson Michael & Diane Brodeur Jamie Drummond Sinead O'Connor Agnes Pareyio my sister, Heather Gupton Free the Slaves especially the rescuerspeople who adopt or foster unwanted children

My Blog

So, I met The Used last night

It was a nice littl e bonus for me at the conce rt last night becau se I hadn' t heard that for 10 bucks you can meet the band. Small price to pay for their new 11 song ep and a meet and greet ...
Posted by Ronda GP (Ms. G) on Wed, 07 May 2008 12:46:00 PST

20 Questions (good ones)

1) What 5 people would be at your perfect dinner party? Why?*JESUS, to heal David's mother of ALS and hang out with us*BONO & ALI because we have so much in common to talk about*MOBY, he would be the ...
Posted by Ronda GP (Ms. G) on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:53:00 PST

New Teaching Job @ Napa High School

So I finally got a job in my home town after a horrible experience at Willits High School. (I will never trust teacher's aids the same ever again! I have never been that betrayed by a lying, two faced...
Posted by Ronda GP (Ms. G) on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 05:38:00 PST

lyrics that describe my state

Some say now suffer all the childrenAnd walk away a saviorOr a madman and pollutedFrom gutter instutionsDon't you breathe for meUndeserving of your sympathy'Cause there ain't no way that I'm sorryFor ...
Posted by Ronda GP (Ms. G) on Sat, 03 Feb 2007 12:27:00 PST

Two Things...

Copy and add more, take some out, do at least a few, then re-post in a comment.Two Names You Go By:1. Boronda (my sister saw this exit in Salinas on a road trip and it was all over)2. Chicken (a term ...
Posted by Ronda GP (Ms. G) on Sat, 30 Dec 2006 10:25:00 PST

Vegas Baby...Vegas! (just got back)

I just spent a week there for a friends wedding and it was awesome to say the least. It was my first time. The wedding was probably the most elegant wedding I've ever been to and I'm old. Not at all l...
Posted by Ronda GP (Ms. G) on Tue, 12 Sep 2006 12:36:00 PST

A CLOSE FRIEND KILLED

A dear and close friend of mine was just killed when he was hit by a car.news article about Joey's "accident" There's more to the story, they think he was mugged/robbed, taken in a car, beaten sever...
Posted by Ronda GP (Ms. G) on Wed, 02 Aug 2006 06:04:00 PST

I'm think (although doctors assure me I'm not) I'm dying...

I'm so sick of being sick.
Posted by Ronda GP (Ms. G) on Tue, 04 Jul 2006 01:31:00 PST

In the words of Alice Cooper; SCHOOL'S OUT FOR SUMMER!

(woo hoo)
Posted by Ronda GP (Ms. G) on Tue, 04 Jul 2006 01:29:00 PST

New Job @ Tre's (Green Day) High School : )

My new teaching job is going to be far superior to my previous joke of a school. I now work for a public school district instead of an idiot corporation ran by CEO's who don't know the first thing abo...
Posted by Ronda GP (Ms. G) on Wed, 22 Mar 2006 11:36:00 PST