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Janielaurel

I am here for Friends

About Me

I'm just a quiet little girl from Washington State; live at the beach, love good music - Chicago at the top of the list.... the list goes on, but you can see that somewhere else on this page! Grew up musical: piano, flute, guitar, vocals. Moved on to other creative pursuits - photography, graphic design, websites, writing. Not sure I want to fill up this space with drivel, but there's a lot goin' on here. :-) Oh, and I'm a bit of a crazy woman. I love to laugh, I love to play, I love to garden, I love to travel, and I LOVE CHICAGO!!

CURRENT MOON moon phase

My Interests

Landscape photography in a challenging setting (if you've ever been to Bryce Canyon in February, you'd understand this); music (obviously!!); baseball, football, golf, windsurfing (the most graceful and powerful sport in the world); hydroplane boat racing (gotta love the speed and power of the boats!).

I'd like to meet:

People of common interests, people who enjoy life, and think that life is truly the best adventure there is. For the THIRD time? Jason, Keith, Robert, Bill, Jimmy, Walt, Lee & Tris. For the first time? The Dalai Lama and John Cleese.

Music:

Chicago, Eric Clapton, John Mayall, The BeeGees, Beatles, Bach, Mark Knopfler, KebMo, Josh Groban, Mozart, anything Renaissance, JJ Cale, Atlas, The Alien Cowboys, Ravi Shankar, Moody Blues, Carlos Nakai, Verdi, Pink Floyd, Puccini, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Dawayne Bailey, Chardeau, Queen, Richard Wagner, George Shearing, Gerry Beckley, Starland Vocal Band, Procol Harum, Phoebe Snow, Keith Urban, Little River Band, James Taylor... a whole batch of stuff. Oh, and my friend Bill VanAlstyne.

Movies:

Always, Young Frankenstein, Let it Ride, What the Bleep Do We Know, old Fred Astaire movies, any big Broadway musical production on film (and way too many more to list!)

Television:

The Daily Show and The Colber(t) Repor(t) (because they make me laugh out loud), Ovation Channel (for the music profiles), and anything that's a movie channel.

Books:

philosophy, spirituality, Joseph Campbell, Seth, Wayne Dyer, Carlos Castaneda....

Heroes:

Gandhi, The Dalai Lama, Teddy Roosevelt, my father

My Blog

Angie’s Halloween Songs

Okay, in honor of Angie's new blog about Chicago Halloween songs, here are MY additions.....check out her page if you want more inspiration! http://www.myspace.com/elton_chicagofan I'm a (Dead)ManPoem...
Posted by Janielaurel on Sun, 21 Oct 2007 10:33:00 PST

random thoughts on moving out

Mornin' everyone,this is my first official blog in MySpace.... but, like Jason Scheff, once I get started, there will be no stopping me!! LOLAs I've been packing up the house to leave this wonderful s...
Posted by Janielaurel on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 09:25:00 PST