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Monika

About Me

Laughs alot. Shy but doesn't want to go unnoticed. Loves to sing and dance. Wants to win on Jeopardy. Desire for travel is strong. Good student. Competitive spirit. Creative. Excitable. Strong organizational skills. Quite nerdy. Animal lover.

My Interests

Creating ambience
mixing up retro styles
traveling
go-go dancing
classical studies
glamour
dressing up
driving cross-country
psychology
sewing
photography
guacamole
love
mathematics
kissing
learning
furry animals
books
daydreaming
linguistics
turning my fantasies into reality
foreign languages
dancing by myself, unless it's flamenco, so if you see me out and I'm dancing, please don't try to join me, OK?

I'd like to meet:

Kind , fun, semi-intellectual types. People that live their dreams and create beauty. Those who enjoy life and adventure. Positive, happy people.

Music:

Spanish guitar
gypsy violin
spaghetti-western
bossanova
rock and roll
metal
surf
freakbeat
lounge
exotica
trumpets
organs
cabaret
blues
garage
glam
new wave
classical
rag time
60's/70's punk
ie: Gavin Friday Blondie the Ventures the Damned the Doors Love the Pretenders AC/DC INXS Charlie Feathers Duran Duran the Kinks Squirrel Nut Zippers Van Halen Nancy Sinatra Electric Prunes Abba Gene Loves Jezebel the Monks Cab Calloway My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult the Hypno-Twists Jacques Dutronc Roy Orbison the Ramones Billie Holiday Queen Tom Petty the Cars Cheap Trick Led Zeppelin Devo Santo and Johnny Charo Soundgarden Aerosmith Guns n Roses Stray Cats Richard Hell New York Dolls David Bowie Iggy Pop the Stooges Roxy Music T-Rex Dick Dale Yma Sumac Ennio Morricone Bo Diddley Milt Buckner Grand Master Flash Barry Adamson Marrianne Faithful Angelo Badalamenti the Cramps Serge Gainsbourg Screamin Jay Hawkins Black Box Recorder Goldfrapp the Verve the Libertines the Cult Bauhaus Love and Rockets Howlin Wolf Adam and the Ants Holly Golightly Devotchka the Kills Music Machine Henry Mancini Rolling Stones Clash Daniel Ash Mazzy Star thee Hypnotics

Movies:

Hammer horror films...Girl on the Bridge...Black Orpheus...Henry and June...In the Name of the Father...Wings of Desire...Run, Lola, Run...Amelie...the Deep...Ladyhawke...Lion in Winter...Jaws...Juliet of the Spirits...Talk to Her...Bubba Ho-Tep...Raiders of the Lost Ark...the Name of the Rose...the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly...Amadeus...Life is Beautiful...James Bond...the Wrath of Khan...Planet of the Apes...Empire Strikes Back...12 Monkeys...Quills...Rear Window...White...Blade Runner...Barbarella...Little Miss Sunshine...Zefferelli's Romeo and Juliet...Tombs of the Blind Dead...

Television:

Star Trek(the original series)
Alias
Jeopardy
Project Runway
Rome
Seinfeld

Books:

Henry Miller...Umberto Eco...history...linguistics...Anais Nin...Catullus...Rudolf Steiner...intellectual stuff...naughty stuff...philosophical stuff...esoteric stuff...occult stuff

Heroes:

Julie Newmar...Bond women...Captain Kirk...Indiana Jones...Yoda

My Blog

Its Sappy Time

Lately, I've been making new and/or rekindling old friendships with some extroardinary people. I am thrilled to know so many kindhearted individuals. I had always been a loner and didn't share mu...
Posted by Monika on Sat, 03 Nov 2007 12:36:00 PST

Asashoryu is the man

I have found a new love....Sumo.
Posted by Monika on Fri, 01 Jun 2007 08:50:00 PST

Karaoke Queen

OK, my first time doing karaoke ever was in Japan (yaya) and I sucked unbelievably bad. So now I have done 5 songs and the last one brought the house down. I think I may be hooked. Even my sister-in-l...
Posted by Monika on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 12:52:00 PST

Are You Lonesome Tonight?

I'm feeling a little lonely tonight. I haven't made any real friends yet and I can't afford to call anyone in the States. I wish that I had a cat or dog. I met some Americans the other night for the f...
Posted by Monika on Sat, 24 Feb 2007 07:35:00 PST

First of the Japanese Blogs

It's been snowing alot, yippee! I love snow. They have the good powdery kind here. The other night we had to walk to the busstop in a veritable Dr. Zhivago Siberian blizzard. It was great!!! I'll have...
Posted by Monika on Sun, 18 Feb 2007 02:49:00 PST

Any publicity is good publicity...right?

OK so I'm a little hesitant to do this. My first "attempt" at singing has been released. I am at least proud that Rudy "Action" Protrudi thought it was good enough to put on the album. If y'all want s...
Posted by Monika on Mon, 11 Sep 2006 06:01:00 PST

Music to your ears

I'm DJIng again tomorrow night for the first time in 8 months; since we left NYC. I'm a little nervous. I'm accustomed to working at bars that gave me free reign with what I played. This is a little d...
Posted by Monika on Fri, 30 Jun 2006 08:05:00 PST

"Things That Make My Heart Smile", by Me

In no partcular order:old AC~DCCaptain Sensible's shenaniganssnowDavid Lee Roth, period.big tipshigh-heelspronking catsNew York Citywearing and being complimented on an outfit that I madeducks quackin...
Posted by Monika on Fri, 26 May 2006 04:20:00 PST

Whoa! This is totally me!

You Are GuinnessYou know beer well, and you'll only drink the best beers in the world.Watered down beers disgust you, as do the people who drink them.When you drink, you tend to become a bit of a know...
Posted by Monika on Mon, 15 May 2006 12:53:00 PST

I may be a nut, but I can still laugh

Yesterday I was in a severely depressed mood and thinking that life is meaningless, etc... So, I'm at the library, in the video/dvd section, holding a stack of self-help books in my arms, at...
Posted by Monika on Thu, 11 May 2006 07:45:00 PST