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JMack

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

-Three things I consider 'must haves' in a car trunk:
a sled, a picnic blanket & a bike rack.

-I dance barefoot & on my toes for a living.

-I believe Ice Cream should be enjoyed all 12 months of the year.

...have any random thoughts, questions, comments or concerns?
feel free to share.

(check out my mnartist website !) or continue reading onward...

My Interests

the arts. the outdoors. a good read or conversation.Laughing.quirky,odd & old things.graham cracker crusts & Traveling: most memorable was living in Szeged, Hungary.

people's stories...preferably told in person with lots of wild movement and/or vocal accents.

I'd like to meet:

the neuron/s that are responsible for the creation of dreams & memories

also wouldn't mind: Beryl Markham, Joan of Arc, Edgar Allen Poe, Anna Sokolo, Tom Yorke, Fiona Apple,and...oh, just some crazy, talented, fun,'peeps' and I'm not talking the marshmallow kind!

Music:

NEWEST LISTEN:
Fiest, Damien Rice

VERDICT:
HOLY CRAP GOOD!

THE TREASURED: Lucinda Willaims,Regina Spektor,Piazzolia,Radiohead, Placebo,Fiona Apple,Beattles,Bjork,Natalie Cole,Nina Simone,Havalina Rail Co.,Jars of Clay,Madanna,Nirvana,Alanis Morissette,Aaron Zaffke,Mogwai,Dresdan Dolls,Rasputina,Mazzy Star,Poe,U2,Olive,You're Pretty,DJ Shadow & Unkle collaborations,Tori Amos,Reloaded,Sixpense None the Richer,Modest Mouse,LeTigre,NIN,Beethoven,Vivaldi (NOT the 4 seasons!),Sting,the Eels,the Cranberries,Beck,Elliott Smith,Morphine,PJ Harvey,Miles Davis,Bartok,Mahler,Verdi,David Byrd,Karen Ann Nolita,Postal Service, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and this could go on...and on, my friends.

IN MINNEAPOLIS!: Murzik,A Whisper in the Noise,Mark Mallman,Coach Said Not To,Ada Jane,The Willie August Project, & JelloSlave

Movies:

LAST VIEW:
'Knocked Up'

VERDICT:
HILARIOUS! A great group movie!

THE BEST YET: Amelie,Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, & Kind of America.

OTHERS TO REMEMBER: Lord of the Flies,Once, Trainspotting,The 40-year old Virgin,Office Space,Requiem for a Dream,Black Cat/ White Cat,Fight Club,Sliding Doors,50 1st Dates,When Harry met Sally,Donny Darko,Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, Schlindler's List,Goodby Lenin,X-men, almost anything by Hitchcock

Television:

who/what is this 'television'?
I have no time for him!

FOREVER: CONAN!

THANKS TO DVDS: Dead Like Me, Freaks & Geeks

ON OCCASION: the History Channel,Comedy Central,Bravo...and thanks to my dad...
Law & Order/sci-fi

Books:

MY FIRST LOVE!

ON MY NIGHT STAND:
Jule Nyquist's Poetry,A Dream Guide,
Snow Crashers

RECOMMEND:
the ORIGINAL versions of 'Snow White & Rose Red' and 'Rapunzel','The Screwtape Letters' by C.S. Lewis or any of his essays,Edgar Allan Poe,Neil Gaiman,Victor Hugo,Emily Dickinson,Lewis Carroll, Silverstein,'Celestine Prophecy',E.E. Cumings,Deborah Garrison,Pagan Kennedy,Chip Kidd's 'Cheese Monkeys,'The Alchemist' by Paulo Coelho,'The Little Prince'by Antoine de Saint-Exupery,'Perks of Being a Wallflower','Women Who Run w/ the Wolves',Judy Blume,Sylvia Plath,Kafka,Circle of Time Series,Kahlil Gibrah,Istvan Baut,Imre Madach,David Sedaris,'Blankets' by Craig Thompson

Heroes:

none, but i admire:
my parents, great grandmother, Beryl Markham & Joan of Arc

My Blog

Oh to be back....

to the snow that is. It's 2007 and what a way to begin it. Something I never thought in a million years I would do....a carribean cruise. I must say the beach was a wonderful way to start of a new yea...
Posted by JMack on Mon, 08 Jan 2007 05:27:00 PST

The ray of pumpkin today

It's gray, gray, gray and cold winter is well on its way and has my bones cold from the inside. Thank goodness for pumpkin pie. Soon to be on its way!
Posted by JMack on Tue, 15 Nov 2005 06:33:00 PST

Xcel-smells

okay... so...that's it...but I'm beginning a revolution... just say 'no' to xcel!
Posted by JMack on Tue, 08 Nov 2005 06:04:00 PST