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Jaimie

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About Me

I love everthing round: Hula Hoops, Coffee cups, snowballs, the moon, martini rings, drums, the world......I also adore Musicals, Symphonys, Broadway Shows (especially Phantom Of The Opera,Cats, Cabaret, and Hairspray), Ballets, Opera, Tango Dancing, Teatro Zinanni, Cirque Du Soleil, and all kinds of theatrical, creative performances that stun and insprire me.New videos ( "Hoop In Black" and "Fusion") are now on my website: www.hoopingallure.com and on You Tube!

My Interests

Hoop Dancing, Hula-Hooping with friends, dancing, travel, meeting new people, reading, writing, great cafes, fine food, and so much more....

I'd like to meet:

I like fun, kind, spirited, sweet, intelligent, inquisitive, and spunky people. I'm hoping this is you..and that you like to hula hoop too.

Music:

Rock n' roll, polka, hip-hop, world music, classical, house, some techno,........ LOVE Johnny Cash! North African music mesmerizes me,,,especially from Morocco and Algeria. I really like the sound of violins, The song Love Cats by The Cure , Tiger Lilies, Yo La Tengo, REM, Depeche Mode, Blond Redhead, Mattafix, Modest Mouse, The Shins, The Trucks, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Gorillaz, Decemberists, Stars, Death Cab for Cutie, Wilco, Beta Band, The Killers, Ginger Ale, Beatles, Elvis, Goldfrapp, Buffy St. Marie, Gnarls Barkley, Michael Franti, Outkast, Dee-lite, Blondie, White Stripes, Moby, Missy Elliot, Basement Jaxx, DJ Cheb I Sabbah, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Heather Nova, Bob Marley, Neil Diamond, Cat Stevens, Iron and Wine, Odetta, Jack Johnson, Black Eyed Peas, India Arie, Wycleaf Jean..... The Waterboys show in Athens Greece was amazing! The Buju Banton concert I saw awhile ago was spiritual and so special.

Movies:

"Once" is the sweetest movie I have seen lately. Love it! Just saw "Into the Wild", an excellent and very beautiful film. Planes Trains and Automobiles is one of my all -time favorites... always makes me laugh and cry. I love and never tire of The Producers. It is so hilarious! Some of my faves: Baghdad Cafe, Donnnie Darko, Girl on the Bridge, Breakfast At Tiffany's, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon,The Crazy Stranger from the Gyspy Tilogy, Scent Of Green Papaya, Eat Drink Man Woman, Cider House Rules, The Other, Wait Until Dark, and David Lynch's Blue Velvet.....and so many more Current movies I have seen and love: Khandahar, I Heart Huckabees, Me You and Everyone Else We know, Brokeback Mountain, Capote, The Squid and the Whale, The Same River Twice. Borat was so strange, so gutsy! Did not like Science Of Sleep that much, so magical but dissapointing. Pieces of April is so sweet! I just saw one of the most beautiful, powerful, and stirringly simple films I have seen: Cave of the Yellow Dog, from Mongolia. The cinematography is breathtaking! This film inspired me ( well, want-wish) to believe in reincarnation and live in Mongolia with a family like this in my next life! Finally saw Fire Walk With Me... loved the lighting and the eerie, ethereal depiction of good and evil that exist in every small town life and within all of us. David Lynch is brilliant. Now I think even more of the perplexing Lynch. I just saw Inland Empire and am in the midst of absorbing it now. The new Coen Brothers film, No Country For Old Men, was tough to watch yet amazing. I was so touched by "The Namesake"... immersed me in such a good story.

Television:

Been there, done that. When that was: Twin Peaks, Sex and the City, Cheers, The Cosby Show, Sesame Street, Zed TV, and many more. Now: YouTube

Books:

Of course, like every other woman in this country, I am reading Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert. I just finished a fascinating book: The lady and the Panda, which is a true story about a socialite from the 1930's who dares to go deep into China to capture a baby panda bear! Recently read Anil's Ghost, by Michael Ondaatje... Quite beautifully written about Sri Lankas's civil war. It seems like I've been reading "Reading Lolita In Tehran" forever. The author is passionate about teaching literature and I am learning a lot about Islam. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan captivated me and gave me yet another diverse, poetic, and realistic glimpse into the world of Chinese women. There are so many great books to read! White Teeth by Zadie Smith is so witty, snappy, and true. At last I read Lolita...ooh is it a beautifully written, amazing, intoxicating, disturbing, brilliant, seductive, and provoking book! I love travel literature too, especially by Pico Iyer and the Lonely Planet series. Just a few of my favorites: Chronicles of Narnia, An Unexpected Light, Ordinary Wolves, William Faulkner, Flannery O'Conner, Anchee Min,...

Heroes:

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My Blog

So Many Blessings

I am counting my blessings at this time....and I am so  thankful and thrilled to have friends like you!
Posted by Jaimie on Wed, 21 Nov 2007 11:50:00 PST

Parade Of Lost Souls!

I love Halloween...the creativity, the costumes,  carved pumpkins with sinister smiles, and the essence of fun and mystery. But  what I love  most about Halloween  is&nbs...
Posted by Jaimie on Sat, 03 Nov 2007 12:34:00 PST

World Hoop Day

Last night, exactly at midnight, Jackie, Alex,  and I kicked off World Hoop Day  on a downtown Bellingham street corner.  We had just finished a hoop dance performance at Paul D'Ar...
Posted by Jaimie on Sat, 07 Jul 2007 02:03:00 PST

Hooping in the Fremont Solstice Parade. What an Adventure!

Early saturday morning,  Jackie and I headed to the Fremont Solstice Parade on "Conn Highways" ( which is, quite simply, her boyfriend Conn's car). We were gidddy and excited about bein...
Posted by Jaimie on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 12:14:00 PST

Blake Lewis Wins ( to me)

Wow, did Blake Lewis really shake up the rather mundane American Idol show. I watched, voted, and cheered him on for many reasons.... not only because is he from this area I live in now,  and not...
Posted by Jaimie on Thu, 24 May 2007 12:40:00 PST

Teatro Zinzanni

I just experienced Teatro Zinzanni in Seattle  for the first time last Sunday. What a magical evening.... alluring singers in fantastic costumes, hilarious comedy, and  stunning Russian...
Posted by Jaimie on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:54:00 PST

Back Home! But, I want to go back to Shanghai as soon as possible!

I just got back from my fantastic journey to Shanghai China and I look forward to telling you all about it.  For now, check out my new pics.  
Posted by Jaimie on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 01:04:00 PST

Shanghai Soon!

Yea! Tonight I say goodbye to my difficult  month of January.  Now I welcome fresh new February, promising Valentine's Day,  more snowfall, Chinese Lunar New Year of the ...
Posted by Jaimie on Thu, 01 Feb 2007 11:18:00 PST

Cold Icy Weather!

Brrr,,,,it's cold out there.  The streets are icy and menacing. I long to curl up like a bear and sleep and read..ahhh...that's my little dreamworld. But, instead I work, work, work, hula hoop, ...
Posted by Jaimie on Mon, 15 Jan 2007 11:19:00 PST

Hooping with Elvis!

I just hooped with Elvis!   Make that the Illusion of Elvis, Danny Vernon, a fantastic singer  who truly becomes young Elvis on stage.   On  January 6th and 8th...
Posted by Jaimie on Mon, 15 Jan 2007 11:44:00 PST