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the hopeful ~jolene siana~

she'd look beautiful if she cried.

About Me


Some images I've taken over the years...
goaskogre.com my humble first book project.
my publisher rocks! Process
get some here... Amazon link...
Write Girl Empowering Girls through mentorship & self-expression!
Smart Gals Smart Gals Productions is a not-for-profit arts organization dedicated to creating intriguing happenings and original theater in unlikely places throughout Los Angeles.
GO ASK OGRE PRESS
“Pure, lucid and engaging…more authentic for a new generation of young women than, say, the 1971 cautionary tale about drugs Go Ask Alice.” — Susan Carpenter, L.A. Times
“The dozens of letters show an unmistakably teenage voice asking teenage things, but also an intelligent, jarringly lucid evocation of a journey through post-prosperous America and a struggle to find out what it means to be alive.” — Brian Joseph Davis, THIS Magazine
“Dark, funny and touching…” — David Pescovitz, boingboing.net
“Cringingly confessional, persistently desperate, yet often uproariously funny. All rendered and packaged in labor-intensive psychedelic outsider graphic design. An overdue riposte to the bludgeoning morality of the fabricated Go Ask Alice.” — Doug Harvey, L.A. Weekly
“Emotionally transcendent and eerily personal…riveting…a razor-sharp vignette from one woman’s emotional history.” — Erin Broadley, LA Alternative Press
“Jolene Siana is to be thanked and lauded for many things already in her young career; number one is for rendering Go Ask Alice completely useless.” — Hardcore Ink
“It’s easy to bill this book as a memoir of teen-aged angst and mental illness; but Go Ask Ogre is so much more, and so much better than that. Jolene Siana’s story is one of survival, and of rising out of the depths of a personal hell largely through the power of self-expression. It’s also about the vital role that art can play in our lives, both as audience, and through our own practice of it. It’s sad, funny, truthful, good-hearted and genuinely moving.” — Jaime Nichols, blogcritics.org
Here are some Go Ask Ogre related images. Some are in the book and some are not.


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My Interests

I'M VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN:
Reading,
writing,
painting,
hiking,
taking photographs,
personal evolution,
al-anon,
documenting everything,
running on the treadmill,
dancing,
listening to music,
the sound of silence,
dreaming,
drinking coffee,
great conversation,
learning, language,
speaking Dutch,
San Francisco,
eating ice cream,
eating with my hands,
manners,
honesty,
mineral water,
shiraz,
babble blogging,
romantic walks,
holding hands,
kissing,
massages,
cute puppies,
sushi,
laughing,
problem solving,
therapy,
cuddles,
giggles,
veggie pot pie,
oatmeal,
hula-hoopin',
respectful communication,
bike-riding in
The Netherlands,
walking in New York City,
crispy cookies,
and most of all,
YOU!
I love cheezy feel good shit.
And...that's coming from a old school goth.
I HAVE NO INTEREST IN:
Haters.

I'd like to meet:

Those with healthy attitudes, manners and common sense.

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I'm on myspace to network.
I'm not on here for dating purposes.
I
love
people
but
I
hate
pressure.

I require a lot of alone time...
time to reflect
and grow
and wonder
what the heck
I'm going to do next...

I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4

Music:


Luc van Acker
Air
Tori Amos
Bauhaus
Belly
Beck
the Bolshoi
Sarah Brightman
Nick Cave
Meg Lee Chin
the Carpenters
Clan of Xymox
Cocteau Twins
Collide
Chris Connelly
the Cure
Dead Can Dance
Depeche Mode
Descendents
Duran Duran
Enya
Everlasting Arm
Feersum Ennjin
Garbage
Glimmer Kids
Hoopherphonic
James
Millia Jovovich
cEvin Key
KoRn
Kilna
Left Orbit Temple
Low Flying Owls
Love & Rockets
Lydia Lunch
Lusk
Loreena McKennet
Ministry
Necros
New Order
Nine Inch Nails
Portishead
Sinead O’Connor
OhGr
Petern Murphy
Pigface
Queen Maude Land
Revolting Cocks
Damien Rice
Robyn Hitchcock
Qntal
Siouxsie & The Banshees
the Sisterhood
Sisters of Mercy
Skinny Puppy
Slipknot
the Smiths
Elliot Smith
Stella Maris
Tear Garden
This Mortal Coil
Thompson Twins
Tones On Tail
Tool
Trembling Blue Stars
T.S.O.L
VAST
Zeitmahl

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Soundtracks

A Clockwork Orange
Harold & Maude
Hairspray
The Sound of Music
Once

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Top 11 Songs Ever
(…for the moment…)

The Centre Bullet by the Tear Garden
Everybody Wants to go to Heaven by Love & Rockets
Five-O by James
Giving Ground by The Sisterhood
Help Me Lift You Up by This Mortal Coil
Love & Violence by OMD
Rain from Heaven by The Sisterhood
Say Yes by Elliot Smith
The Sun & The Rainfall by Depeche Mode
The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove by Dead Can Dance
Vienna by Ultravox

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Top 10 Songs to dance alone in your room to:

Ask by The Smiths
Big Sexy Land by The Revolting Cocks
I’ve Done Everything for You by Rick Springfield
Jump by Loverboy
Kiss Them for Me by Siouxsie & The Banshees
Rock Me Gently by Neil Diamond
Separate Ways by Journey
Sunday Morning by The Bolshoi
St.Vitus Dance by Bauhaus
Kiss Them for Me by Siouxsie & The Banshees

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Top 5 to Make Out To

Angel by Massive Attack
Close to Me by The Cure
Gimme Shelter by The Rolling Stones
Lorelei by Cocteau Twins
Strange Kind of Love by Peter Murphy

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Top 9 Songs to Mourn a Break-Up

The Blowers Daughter by Damien Rice
Eden by Hooverphonic
Empty by Ray LaMontagne
Fond Affections by This Mortal Coil
I Still Do by The Cranberries
Pictures of You by The Cure
Some Kind of Stranger by The Sisters of Mercy
This Time by INXS
Thrown Away by VAST

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Top 3 Songs to Inspire

Dreams by The Cranberries
Dreams by Gabrielle
Strength by The Alarm

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Top 6 Songs to get the Aggression Out of Ya…

The Choke by Skinny Puppy
Breathe by Ministry
Kerosene by Big Black
So What by Ministry
Thieves by Ministry
Wait & Bleed by Slipknot

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Top 4 Songs About A Girl Named “Jolene”

Jolene by Dolly Parton
Jolene by Ray LaMontagne
Jolene on the Freeway by The Kostars
Paradise by New Order

(These song selections could change depending on mood
…there is so much music to love.)

Movies:

Bob Roberts
Bowling for Columbine
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang!
Crash.
DIG!
E.T.
Harold & Maude
Koyla
Loose Change
Lost In Translation
The Notebook
Once
The Sound of Music
Under the Tuscan Sun
WEDDING CRASHERS!
Willie Wonka

Television:

I love musical theatre.
Now that I am a resident of NYC.
I aspire to see all of the shows.
I've seen...
The Dowsy Chaperone!
Hairspray!
High Fidelity
I saw Chitty Chitty Bang Bang! in London!
I went on the Sound of Music tour in Salzburg.

Buy
my book
&
please
support
my
musical habit!

::wink::

Books:

W R I T E R S

Augusten Burroughs
Clint Catalyst
Diablo Cody
Paulo Coelho
Chris Connelly
Caprice Crane
Dave Eggers
Emma Forrest
Kate Hall
Kate Holden
Nick Hornby
Lori Jakiela
Jen Lancaster
Jason Leopold
Brad Listi
Anais Nin
Lori Notaro
Sarah Grace McCandless
Henry Miller
Joe Meno
Rilke
Henry Rollins
David Sedaris
Melissa Walker
Elizabeth Wurtzel
....there are so many more...

Heroes:


Bob Fisher
Dr. Drew
Maude
Anne Frank
Miep Geis
Anais Nin
Madonna...
Strong women
who follow their hearts
and
don't let anything get in their way...
survivors...
& finally,
Maria Von Trapp.

Introducing, Mr. Bob Fisher writer of Wedding Crashers & Miss Jolene Siana, superGeek and author of Go Ask Ogre.

How can you not love a man holding a Blue Crayola marker? Seriously!

Look how supportive he is!

...that's why he's my Hero!

..

My Blog

holy moly!

Thanks for the Birthday wishes! I love them. Am totally beat from my week in LA...went on a lovely hike today and will have dinner with a friend before I jet back to NYC. Gonna see the girls tomorrow!...
Posted by the hopeful ~jolene siana~ on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:08:00 PST

nobodywalksinla.

OK, that's not entirely true. I haven't walked much so to speak while being here in LA dealing with things like all of my belongings and renewing my drivers license... but I did manage to go on 2 hike...
Posted by the hopeful ~jolene siana~ on Mon, 09 Jun 2008 10:03:00 PST

what if?

When it rains I can't help but want to obsessively listen to Rain by Tones on Tail. I've been experimenting with writing style and structure as of late. I really enjoy doing all of the exercises from ...
Posted by the hopeful ~jolene siana~ on Sat, 31 May 2008 10:44:00 PST

me want...

this book. Bigfoot: I not dead. Product DescriptionIn his eagerly anticipated follow-up to Me Write Book, Bigfoot returns from exile to share his inspiring, hilarious, and often deeply disturbing expe...
Posted by the hopeful ~jolene siana~ on Tue, 27 May 2008 11:53:00 PST

tinkerbell on cough syrup

I don't care what Kevin & Bean say. Scarlett Johansson's abum is lovely. I pre-ordered the album on Amazon. After reading the CD booklet it all makes sense to me. The producer David Sitek was going fo...
Posted by the hopeful ~jolene siana~ on Sun, 25 May 2008 10:11:00 PST

my doctor says...

to stop googling diseases.
Posted by the hopeful ~jolene siana~ on Fri, 23 May 2008 09:04:00 PST

apology draft 1.

36. Write a letter of apology without using the words sorry or apologize. Dear M, I know it's been a long time and I hope this letter finds you well. I'm pretty sure that I'm the last person you expec...
Posted by the hopeful ~jolene siana~ on Thu, 22 May 2008 09:08:00 PST

hy·po·chon·dri·a

...just wondering if anyone is a bigtime hypochondriac like myself.
Posted by the hopeful ~jolene siana~ on Wed, 21 May 2008 11:07:00 PST

call me!

So I have this book called, " Yoga for the Brain (Daily writing stretches that keep minds FLEXIBLE and STRONG!)" by Dawn DiPrince and Cheryl Miller Thurston and I love it. I know I haven't been bloggi...
Posted by the hopeful ~jolene siana~ on Tue, 20 May 2008 12:42:00 PST

you miss me, don’t you?

And I've been neglecting you. I'm a horrible person. The lovely Melissa Walker sent this link my way. So freakin' funny! I miss you too!...
Posted by the hopeful ~jolene siana~ on Fri, 16 May 2008 09:39:00 PST