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Gina

So much a long communion tends to make us what we are.

About Me

Yes, my name is Gina. No, I'm not Italian. I'm a simple person, or at least I try to be. Ok, I'm complicated, so what? I like to learn a little bit about a lot of things, meet new people and just enjoy life.
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My Interests

Movies, enjoying the arts - going to concerts, the theatre, museums, festivals. Seeking out new music, reading, photography and photographers (like Diane Arbus, William Clift, Anton Corbijn, O. Winston Link, Annie Leibovitz, Jerry Gay, Andreas Feininger), Warhol, weekends in NYC, nutrition/whole foods, hanging out with my pets, traveling. I find random things interesting - magic, UFOs and the unexplained, urban legends, other cultures or eras, people in general are fascinating - why they do and say certain things and what they're interested in, anything that makes me go, "Hmmm...wonder what that's all about".

I'd like to meet:

Anyone kind, creative, intelligent, funny, open-minded and interested in knowing different kinds of people.

Music:

I worked at a record store for a few years in the 80's, so I developed a taste for a wide variety of music. And I've had the opportunity to go to many concerts during my life. So, I enjoy any music that MOVES me really. Simple stuff. Complex stuff. Old classic country that has raw honesty to the story. Tunes from the 30s and 40s - crooners, variety shows. 70s punk. Everything 80s. Glam. Showtunes. Choruses in old european churches. Blues in Memphis. Since I'm originally from Illinois, I have a particular affinity for Cheap Trick, but I like a ton of others.

Movies:

I like dramas, old black and whites, silents, horror and cheezy/trashy comedies. My favorite movie is The Deer Hunter. I tend to gravitate towards certain directors: Elia Kazan (A Streetcar Named Desire), James Whale (Frankenstein), all Tennessee Williams's works, P.T. Anderson (Boogie Nights, Magnolia), Darren Aronofsky (Requiem to a Dream), Sam Raimi (Evil Dead series and so many more), George Stevens (A Place in the Sun, Giant), Darren Bousman (Saw), Fight Club, Made in Heaven, The English Patient, Amadeus, Last Tango in Paris, Xanadu & The Warriors (yeah, I know...so what?), All About Eve, ANYTHING by Charlie Chaplin (I love City Lights) or Michael Mann (who is brilliant) or Spielberg or Scorcese or David Lynch, Danny Kaye, Montgomery Clift, the brat pack, the splat pack, Session 9, Less Than Zero, Re-animator, Cabaret. So many I guess.

Television:

Lost, Nip/Tuck, Prison Break, Rescue Me, Miami Vice, The X Files, Looney Tunes.

Books:

Anything by Lord Byron, Charles Bukowski, Chuck Palahniuk, Joe Simpson, Bret Easton Ellis, Sam Shepard. Any type of travel narrative, biography, photography collection. I like to read the NY Times sometimes, Smithsonian, Fangoria, anything really.

Heroes:

Teachers, social workers, policeman, firemen - basically anybody that busts their ass on a daily basis for the greater good, protection and growth of another human being. Also artists, magicians, musicians, performers, poets and writers - pretty much for keeping the world sane and beautiful and smiling with their craft - living every day to do what they love. Robert Kennedy for his civil rights work. Lord Byron for his dedication to Greece. Bob Geldof for his Africa/AIDS efforts. Michael Mountain for his work with animals. So many wonderful people.

My Blog

give me anything

give me pepsi or pornography pills a get-rich-quick scheme songs for this despair give me fizzle or fuss colors half-forgotten dreams hope that i can hear give me letters or long-lost lovers looks hom...
Posted by Gina on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 04:13:00 PST

Happy Birthday Mozart! 1/27/1756

music danced through your veins like cold air o'er the alps invisible, blind, spirited, yet there moving me...moving many oh vienna! amadeus = "beloved of god" wolfie = giggles powdered wigs and...
Posted by Gina on Sun, 28 Jan 2007 05:52:00 PST

Hillary Clinton, the rally in DC today, and taking action!

Will we ever elect a woman president?  Well, let's see.  Would we ever allow a female to vote?  Folks of different races to ride the bus together?  Children of  that...
Posted by Gina on Sat, 27 Jan 2007 12:15:00 PST

100 bottles of cold medicine on the wall...100 bottles of...STOP!

Last week, I felt like I was starting to come down with a cold, so I stopped at Walgreens to buy some medicine.  Easy enough, right?  Pop in.  Pick it up.  Pop out.  Done.&nbs...
Posted by Gina on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 06:43:00 PST

Can you dig it? The Warriors, Xanadu and Michael Beck

Can you dig it?  Remember that line from The Warriors?  I do too!  I love it!  The film is a classic!  But as with many classics, at one point or another, Hollywood feels...
Posted by Gina on Thu, 25 Jan 2007 05:03:00 PST

Tonight, one snowflake fell.

Tonight, one snowflake fell. I was walking to the subway (with a few hundred of my closest friends), and it floated right down in front of me like a little love note from Heaven. I opened my mouth and...
Posted by Gina on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 04:08:00 PST

Happy Birthday Lord Byron 1/22/1788

Happy Birthday Lord Byron!   219 years ago today you graced this earth with your presence.  Soon thereafter you took it by storm.  Then, all too quickly, you left in a blaze of glory.&n...
Posted by Gina on Mon, 22 Jan 2007 03:29:00 PST

Good Black, Bad Black

Good & Bad Black     Good black 1.Gino Vanelli's Black Cars Look Better in the Shade (although Living Inside Myself was great too&but that wasn't black) 2.Little black dresses (only if...
Posted by Gina on Mon, 22 Jan 2007 03:34:00 PST

Mississippi Nights in St. Louis is closing its doors after nearly 30 years (sniff...sniff)

I was really surprised to hear that Mississippi Nights in St. Louis is closing its doors after nearly 30 years (actually, last night was their swan song jam session).  Since I haven't lived ...
Posted by Gina on Sat, 20 Jan 2007 07:56:00 PST

icouldbe.org

Time is precious, and who has much extra of it these days, right?  I understand.  Really.  But if you're still searching for a way to give something back, there is a wonderful orga...
Posted by Gina on Sat, 20 Jan 2007 09:20:00 PST