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Heather

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony. M.K.Gandhi

About Me

"Peace can only last where human rights are respected, where people are fed, and where individuals and nations are free." -Dalai Lama ______________________________________________________ "Conquering others requires force, Conquering oneself requires strength." -Lao Tzu ______________________________________________________ "When you work you are a flute through whose heart the whispering of the hours turns to music." -Kahlil Gibran ______________________________________________________"Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground" -Rumi ____________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________www.heatherj akeman.com

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My Interests

good art, yoga, vegetarian food, street fairs, homemade icecream, watching clouds, reversing fan blades via telepathy, old friends and friends who are old, family traditions, camping, drum circles, women who speak yiddish, spontaneity, Hungarian pop stars, warm showers, good music, patience, foreign films, street jewelry, jazz clubs, sequins, chess, Russians, Russians who play chess, dark chocolate, red wine, finishing books on trains, friends who don't speak English, dogs, saltwater fish, obscure national flags, fireworks, fireflies, firefly restaurant in SF, christmas ornaments, new love, old love, wrinkles, inspiration, life changing books, flying, dreams, learning new things, old pictures.

I'd like to meet:

God, Mahatma Gandhi, John Lennon, Miles Davis, Sark, Sy Safransky, Norma Rae, Lao Tzu, Elenore Rosevelt, Krishnamurti, Victor Hugo, Stephen Schwartz, Charles Dickens, Alphonse Mucha, Robert Fulghum, Peggy Lee, Dr. Suess, Ella Fitzgerald, Kahlil Gibran,and T.K. Desikachar.

Music:

Always the hardest question: Massive Attack, Michael Franti, Zap Mama, Gorillaz, Brazillian Girls, the Roots, Sugarhill Gang, Si Se, Manu Chao, PJ Harvey, Digable Planets, Eva Cassidy, Jimi Hendrix, Zero 7, Nellie McKay, G Love and the Special Sauce, Tribe Called Quest, Mano, Buena Vista Social Club, Panjabi MC, Bob Dylan, Herbalizer, Morcheeba, The Police, Morrissey, Thievery Corporation, Propellerheads, Queen, The Ramones, Radiohead, Erykah Badu, Aretha Franklin, Depeche Mode, Jefferson Airplane, The Beatles, Ravi Shankar, Billy Holiday, MC Solaar, Cat Stevens, Belle and Sebastian, Simon & Garfunkle, Rufus Wainwright, Jamiroquoi, The Velvet Underground, Bjork, Miles Davis, Tool, A Perfect Circle, Gypsy Kings, Moby, Pat Benatar, Billy Holiday, Lauren Hill, Jack Johnson, Bob Marley, Steve Miller Band, Jurassic 5, Counting Crows, Pointer Sisters, Nancy Argenta, Hooverphonic, John Mayer, Paul Oakenfold, Portishead, Laika, Kruder and Dorfmeister, Peggy Lee, Talking Heads, Sublime, Steel Pulse, XTC, Beastie Boys, De La Soul.

Movies:

The movie you are still thinking about 3 days after you've seen it. Black and white. Subtitles. Heartbreakingly bittersweet twists and turns...Off the top of my head: Big Fish, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Chocolat, Amalie, Akira Kurosawa samaurai films.

Television:

No, thanks.

Books:

Tao te Ching, Anatomy of the Spirit, The Prophet, The Tao of Pooh, Life's little Instruction Book, Eat Mangos Naked, The Alchemist, Rumi, The Sun, The Four Agreements, Harry Potter, The Giving Tree... so many good things to read.

Heroes:

Martin Luther King Jr, Mahalia Jackson, Maya Angelou, Michael Franti, Rosa Parks, Ida B Wells-Barnett, Caroline Myss, Christiane Northrup, Mothers.

My Blog

Riposo, The Blues, and their relation to Oktoberfest

I am not a frequent blogger. Why is this? Fear of permanance? Fear that my words can and will be used against me in the court of law? Because it makes me feel like I'm in a glass display cas...
Posted by Heather on Tue, 07 Nov 2006 12:24:00 PST

Amelia Earhart and 6th grade composers

Recently, a friend of mine out here who teaches 2nd grade, was doing a lesson on American history and asked if I would mind helping out. Turns out they were studying Amelia Earhart - how cool is ...
Posted by Heather on Wed, 31 May 2006 01:18:00 PST

In the Habit&

Through some voodoo mafia kung-fu I picked up in Korea, I managed to get myself cast in an Italian opera. I got the score last week. Its really good ...and sad. What's with opera and people dying anyw...
Posted by Heather on Mon, 22 May 2006 08:06:00 PST

25 Trivial Tidbits

  I can make almost anything out of tofu. I've been known to sneak it past my unsuspecting dinner guests... None of my profile pictures are actually me (except the one of the witch) the rest ar...
Posted by Heather on Fri, 19 May 2006 04:15:00 PST

c'est si bon...

I'm singing with an Italian jazz band these days.  It turns out that an American jazz singer is sort of a novelty out here, so I'm working with a small quintet and a full jazz orchestra...
Posted by Heather on Sun, 14 May 2006 03:59:00 PST

A few of my quirks...

The first player of this game starts with the "6 weird/things/habits about yourself" and people who get tagged need to write a blog of their 6 weird habits/things, as well as state this rule clearly. ...
Posted by Heather on Fri, 28 Apr 2006 08:52:00 PST