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Lauren

Music Saved My Life. Therapy is expensive...listening to music and popping bubble wrap is cheap ther

About Me

Am a pain to put up with, but am an open book. To know me is to love me. Just ask my friends and family
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My Interests

Reading, listening to music, traveling-Maui and the Bahamas and New Orleans especially, singing, taking voice lessons with a member of the Chicago Symphony Chorus, nice long walks, hanging out with friends, Wii, dabbling in the stock market and spoiling my nephew.

I'd like to meet:

Bono-such an incredible person and inspiration, Brad Pitt, George Clooney-to ask them about their charitable activities and Barack Obama. John Paxson again, Grobies, Zachary Provost, Eric Holden, Groband and Josh again of course-but how do you thank someone who stopped you from killing yourself? What do you say to them that won't scare them off? Sarah McLachlan, Jon Christos, the Dali Llama, David Foster...just to pick his brain about music in general. Did I mention Josh and Jon? Jim Harbaugh,Dead: Ghandi, Martin Luther King jr. Randy Pausch

Music:

The Beatles, Jon Christos, Tracy Chapman, The Redwalls, Zachary Provost, Corrine May, Indigo Girls, Wicked soundtrack, Celine Dion, Bon Jovi, Chicago, Simon and Garfunkel, Norah Jones, Aretha Franklin, Lucia Micarelli, Dave Matthews Band, Gloria Estefan, Mandy Patinkin, U2, Carole King, Sting, Josh Groban, James Taylor, Roy Napp, , Sarah McLachlan, lots of Broadway, Barenaked Ladies, Kenny Loggins, Train, Goo Goo Dolls, Ben Folds Five, Bon Jovi, Michael Buble, Elton John, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, the Bloody Lovelies, Van Morison, Boz Scaggs, Billy Joel, John Mayer, Peter Gabriel, Barbara Streisand, Peter Paul & Mary, Barbara Cook, Linda Eder, Bruce Springsteen, Eva Cassidy, Ray Charles, Paul Simon, James Blunt, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Renee Olstead, Josh Kelley, Ella Fitzgerald, Jewel, and the list goes on.

Movies:

The Sound of Music, Marry Poppins, Baraka, Hotel Rawanda, Black Hawk Down, Harry Potter series, Top Gun, Lemony Snicket, Oceans 11, Oceans 12, Pretty Woman, Mona Lisa Smile, Fever Pitch, The Polar Express, Mr. Hollands Opus, Apollo 13, Forest Gump, Pay it Forward, Pretty Woman, RENT, Sweeny Todd, Rookie of the Year, Dances With Wolves, Music of the Heart, Wizzard of Oz, Field of Dreams, Wicked, Mrs. Doubtfire. Just about anything with Robin Williams, Jim Carrey or Adam Sandler or Tom Hanks, Finding Nemo, Shrek, Monsters Inc. The Natural, Planet Earth, Once

Television:

The Simpsons, Queer Eye for a Straight Guy, ER, Greys Anatomy, Iron Chef America.

Books:

Harry Potter series, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Little Women, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Bridging the Gap: Raising a Child with Nonverbal Learning Disability, The Natural, Fast Food Nation, What to Drink With What You Eat, The Language Police, Oh the Places You'll Go!, The Cat in the Hat, Light in the Attic, Where the Sidewalk Ends, the Giving Tree, To Kill a Mockingbird, Driven To Distraction : Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood Through Adulthood, Answers to Distraction, Pride & Prejudice, Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time, just about anything by Dr. Seuss or Shell Silverstein, Johnny Got His Gun, Mohandas Gandhi: Essential Writtings, A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, The Last Lecture, Goodnight Bush,anything by Shell Silverstein or Dr. Seuss.

Heroes:

Parents, sister-for putting up with me. Grandpa, Rebecca, my doctors-Harris and Z, Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., Randy Pausch, Nay aka Yoda, Bono, my cousin Nick-serving our country and those who serve/have served our country. Those just trying to get by and live with morals who don't hold themselves as better than others.

My Blog

Chicago Slang

CHICAGO SLANG1. Grachki (grach'-key): Chicagoese for 'garage key' as in, 'Yo, Theresa, waja do wit da grachki? Howmy supposta cut da grass if I don't git intada grach?'2. Sammich: Chicagoese for sandw...
Posted by Lauren on Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:42:00 PST

Check out this event: New video launch Stand up! for Barack Obama

Hosted By: Mark Stephens and FarmaniWhen: Friday Jun 13, 2008 at 10:00 PMWhere: www.myspace.com/markstephensmusiccheck out the video onlineBEVERLY HILLS, CA 90210United StatesDescription:Mark Stephen...
Posted by Lauren on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 06:02:00 PST

Official Boyfriend Application

The Official Boyfriend ApplicationThis application must be filled out in its entirety in order to be considered for the position that you are applying. Photographs may sway my opinion one way or the o...
Posted by Lauren on Fri, 18 May 2007 01:38:00 PST

Josh Groban: Singer, Race Horse or BOTH

I thought some of you would enjoy this. Josh isn't just a wonderful son, brother, singer, friend, humanitarian, etc. He's also a RACEHORSE. Yes, you read that correctly! http://www.businessday.co.za/a...
Posted by Lauren on Fri, 18 May 2007 12:51:00 PST

College

You Know You're In College When... Enjoy! :) (Thanks Sarah) 1. High school started before 8am, but now anything before n...
Posted by Lauren on Sun, 13 May 2007 05:44:00 PST

Insurance and Josh Groban

I wish insurance would cover the cost of Josh shows!!! I'd write off Josh on insurance in a heartbeat. Preventive medicine of course. Insurance would cover 90% of it, tickets, hotel, gas $ or flights ...
Posted by Lauren on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 12:52:00 PST

For All Females

THIS SAYS IT ALL: Time passes. Life happens. Distance separates. Children grow up. Jobs come and go. Love ...
Posted by Lauren on Sun, 29 Apr 2007 08:08:00 PST

Proud to Be a Grobie and Is the Semester Done Yet?!

Major congratulations to Val and the GFC team and all the Grobies who have donated their time, effort and money to GFC, on raising half a million dollars for Josh's charity! This is one major reason I...
Posted by Lauren on Sat, 21 Apr 2007 12:20:00 PST

What is Butt Dust?

WHAT IS BUTT DUST? What, you ask, is "Butt Dust"? Read on and you'll discover the joy in a child's sincere originality. No adult is this creative!! 1. JACK (age 3) was watching his Mom breast-feedin...
Posted by Lauren on Mon, 09 Apr 2007 06:58:00 PST

South Carolina

*SIGH* The visit to South Carolina sure started out on the wrong note. The night before we left, we went to our dear family friends for a wonderful dinner. We were leaving there to go home and when I ...
Posted by Lauren on Sun, 08 Apr 2007 05:48:00 PST