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Julie

Who let the apes out?

About Me

Single Chicagoan seeking friends with common interests. Get your own free cool template at mywickedspace.com

My Interests

Live music, literature, poetry, art, cultural events, left-leaning politics, liberal causes, peace studies, teaching, learning, spirituality, travel, baseball, and music again. I lived in Hungary and traveled to Czech Republic and Belgium in the early 90's and would love to travel more. I can read, write and speak some French. I took piano for a few years when I was a kid but can't play much anymore.

I'd like to meet:

Cool people with interests in music, literature, art, spirituality. Interested in networking, friendship, dating.

Music:

WXRT listener--Chicago's finest rock Rock/Pop: Beatles, Beatles solo work, Led Zeppelin, The Who, Pink Floyd, Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Cream, Blind Faith, Traffic, Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello, Rolling Stones, Genesis, Peter Gabriel, Motown, World Party, Willy Porter, Wilco, Freddy Jones Band, Verbow, The Grays, Andrew Bird,Smashing Pumpkins, Brad Peterson, Cameron McGill, Sufjan Stevens, Cat Stevens, Elton John, Donovan, Fleetwood Mac, Neil Young, Allman Brothers, Pete Yorn, Matthew Sweet,Michael Penn, Rufus Wainwright, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jack Johnson, Poi Dog Pondering, Squeeze, Crowded House, U2, Queen, Chicago Blues and whatever else I hear on XRT Classical composers: Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Verdi Classical musician: Joshua Bell World/crossover musicians: Bela Fleck, La Volee des Castors, Ashley MacIsaac, Flook, Funkadesi

Movies:

I love film festivals! Foreign film, offbeat film

Television:

Classic television, Law and Order, Seinfeld, Everyone Loves Raymond, Twilight Zone, educational

Books:

The Secret Life of Bees, Dead Man Walking, To Kill A Mockingbird, What we Talk About When We Talk About Love, Huckleberry Finn, Fahrenheit 451, Pride and Prejudice, A Separate Peace, A Sand County Almanac, Walden, Angela's Ashes, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Stranger, Canterbury Tales, Zlata's Diary, The Joy Luck Club

Heroes:

I try not to idealize anyone

My Blog

My commute

Now that I'm commuting to my new position, I have a lot of time to observe the goings-on in each neighborhood I pass through. I pass an adult bookstore every morning. Right in front of the bookstore i...
Posted by Julie on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 07:50:00 PST

Danger Will Robinson!

When I was probably three years old, I saw the Lost in Space robot in person at Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg, IL. It was crazy, one of the biggest moments of my preschool years! "Intruder Alert! Intru...
Posted by Julie on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 07:40:00 PST

WAR

What is it good for? Absolutely nothing, say it again!
Posted by Julie on Mon, 29 Jan 2007 07:23:00 PST

I wanna go back to Chocolate Land U.S.A.!

About 17 years ago, I was driving home from Beloit College back to the Chicago suburbs. Somebody told me a shortcut to get home was to take Route 10 in Illinois. When I got off at Route 10, lo and beh...
Posted by Julie on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 08:26:00 PST

The Peace Museum is closing! Get there soon!

If you live in the Chicago area or are planning on visiting, please go to The Peace Museum at 100 N. Central Park in Garfield Park's Gold Dome building if you can. The Museum is dedicated to...
Posted by Julie on Fri, 22 Sep 2006 07:56:00 PST