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Tawnya 1st, Sweetpea 2nd

We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment

About Me

************************************************************ As TAWNYA: Therapy assistant & clinic manager to a brilliant doctor for a naturopathic chiropractic wellness center. Personal trainer, yoga instructor, nutritionist, urban education student & mentor by day. ... Sweetpea the Ecdysiast, performance artist, novice aerialist & bullwhip snapper, writer, comic, philosopher, theosophist, sex therapist & political debater by night. *AND* part of the Pi family (the coolest restaurant/nightclub/social club in the cities.) Actually, everything & more at all times. ... I believe the purpose of life is to create who you truly are and then experience that. And I try to pay attention to intention, since life proceeds out of one's intentions for it. ... So, I explore, intention, create, and experience with every breath that comes and goes. I'm also very trusting and forgiving, but not by credulousness or memory failure. Oh, and I'm a sunshine daredevil (you'll have to ask) who reeeeeeallly loves to dance ...and can limbo, hula-hoop & pogo-stick like mad. ************************************************************ As SWEETPEA: "Sweet as honey. Tough as nails." Since putting on her first pair of pasties, the stripteuse has continuously provided a delicious, unique flavor to the burlesque world. She was an original member of Le Cirque Rouge de Gus as a burly-babe, and then evolved to co-found, direct, and perform with Lili's Burlesque Revue. Four years and over three hundred shows later, Sweetpea has seduced, hypnotized, and made audiences dizzy with her chameleon prowess. A new character with every skit, and with each skit a new expertise, she's been hailed as, "The Girl with the Tricks". ... Along with celebrating three years as the favorite cyclone cutie of Lili's, she has performed with Foxy Tann & the Wham Bam Thank You Ma'ams in the original run of the Naughty Naughty Show - a Not-so-Nude Revue, and has been a featured guest of Twin Cities queer hits such as Diva Riot and Dykes do Drag. ... She has performed in front of thousands for charity events to little handfuls on a art-tugboat floating down the Mississippi. She savors the experience of each show and appreciates every fan -- and loves hearing that to not miss a thing, the audience doesn't talk, breathe, or blink during the time she's on stage. ************************************************************
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My Interests

Everything and anything except those things that suck in a bad way. I get very excited from existence in general. Note: LOVE, my Mahal, my Elfie, Family and Friends, Burlesque, Dance, and Performance Art, Books, Writing, Sewing, Travel, and Sushi would all rank very high if I started a list.

I'd like to meet:

************************************************************ DO NOT ADD ME if YOU DO NOT KNOW ME. I'm not here for hand-picked fan bases. ************************************************************ I'm always wide-eyed for saucy gyrls with as much sass as substance and dapper gents who whose pilot is brain 1. I like people who enjoy talking about the things we're told we shouldn't: sex, politics & the Divine. ... I'd like to find those understanding of someone with a busy schedule and can employ the philosophy of quality-over-quantity with sincerity (especially because you have your own life and mad set of priorities). ... I love the passionate who inspire, the ambitious who give energy, the light-hearted who share buoyancy and the free-spirited who give laughter. The peaceful to breathe alongside. The gurus who'll teach something new and the sages who'll share contemplation or a fresh perspective. ... Looking for those who understand that authenticity is profundity, and that simplicity doesn't necessarily mean complacency -and are not too rough on themselves or others if theory and application are sometimes at odds. ... Those into self-realization and self-gratification greatly appreciated. Those with drama and without direction need not apply. ************************************************************

Music:

See: General. I enjoy, appreciate, and support that which is a passionate creation of art for art's sake (and/or it makes me want to dance :). And I mean it - everything from Opera to Punk to Jazz to Folk... and everything around and in between.

Movies:

Again, see: General.

Television:

The Biggest Loser. It's my date-night show with my Cricket, and we both cry through the whole thing. Oh, and American Gladiator so I can watch her reactions. That's about all I have time for. Except for PBS at like two in the morning.

Books:

What stays on my nightstand: The Prophet, by Kahlil Gibran. As of 1/08: What I've just finished: Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert, This Is It by Alan Watts. What I'm reading now: On the Road by Kerouac. Rereading: Awakening the Buddha Within by Lama Surya Das, Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda & The Diary of Anais Nin, vol II....I love to read: books important to my friends, classics to contemporary, feminist, religious/spiritual/philisophical (esp. Eastern), poetry, lesbian/bi erotica, porn-comics (Michael Manning!), history, diaries, biographies...

Heroes:

Paramahansa Yogananda Mahatma Ghandi Neale Donald Walsch Lili St. Cyr, YOU, & so many more...

My Blog

A Zen thought for the day

There is confrontation everywhere if you seek confrontation.There are those who want to beat you, defeat you, out-maneuver you, and even become you.To do this, they will go to all lengths to succeed i...
Posted by Tawnya 1st, Sweetpea 2nd on Tue, 27 May 2008 03:08:00 PST

Esthers Coming Out Party! - March 22nd at Pi

J  P R I D Ewww. j-pride. orgContact: Nathan Meyer Tel: (612) 201-7026Email: [email protected] IMMEDIATE RELEASEJ-PRIDE TO CELEBRATE THE SECOND COMING OUT OF ESTHER!Twin Cities Jewish LGBT will...
Posted by Tawnya 1st, Sweetpea 2nd on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:57:00 PST

Love, Lilis Style: Post Valentines with Lilis Burlesque Revue

Hosted By: Lili's Burlesque RevueWhen: Saturday Feb 16, 2008at 7:00 PMWhere: Stasiu's PlaceLowry & University NEMinneapolis, MN 55418United StatesDescription:Lili's Burlesque Revue Click Here To V...
Posted by Tawnya 1st, Sweetpea 2nd on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 10:53:00 PST

Check out this event: The Best Of Midwest Burlesk!

Hosted By: Lili's Burlesque Revue When: Friday Jan 11, 2008 at 7:00 PMWhere: The Historic Ritz Theater345 13th Ave NEMinneapolis, MN 55403United StatesDescription:Lili's Burlesque Revue Click Here To...
Posted by Tawnya 1st, Sweetpea 2nd on Sun, 06 Jan 2008 10:37:00 PST

Sweetpea at The Joke Joint this weekend!

Special Event!  Two Nights Only! A Retro Entertainment Event Comedian Lord Carrett & Burlesque Star Sweetpea Oct 5 & 6 at Joke Joint Comedy Club Advanced reservations for this show a...
Posted by Tawnya 1st, Sweetpea 2nd on Tue, 02 Oct 2007 08:24:00 PST

MY BIRTHDAY IS ON TUESDAY the 13th!!!

...and at around 8pm, I will be having dinner, drinks, and dancing with any of you who can come join me at Pi - my new home-away-from-home.more later.  for info on Pi, look them up on my top frie...
Posted by Tawnya 1st, Sweetpea 2nd on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 11:58:00 PST

HANG'EM HIGH Aerial Circus Variety Show TONIGHT

HANG'EM HIGH Aerial Circus Variety Show to benefit Discovery Arts Trapeze Thursday, March 8th, 7:30pm $5-15 sliding scale Intermedia Arts, 2822 Lyndale Ave. South, Minneapolis Reservations (612) 871...
Posted by Tawnya 1st, Sweetpea 2nd on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 11:54:00 PST

OKTOBERLESK! Ladiz Luzin Lederhosen

Lili's Burlesque Revue Presents: OKTOBERLESK! Ladiz Luzin Lederhosen Lili's Burlesque Revue presents its newest production, "Oktoberlesk! Ladiz Luzin Lederhosen," at Trocaderos Nightclub on Thursday,...
Posted by Tawnya 1st, Sweetpea 2nd on Wed, 04 Oct 2006 03:24:00 PST

Just some old finds.

Cleaning out some files on my computer, I found old writings.  Here are a few short things that I thought I'd share. Enjoy. :) ---------------------------------------------------------- I'll...
Posted by Tawnya 1st, Sweetpea 2nd on Wed, 21 Jun 2006 08:21:00 PST

TONIGHT: Lili's Burlesque Revue, Show & Filming!!!

TONIGHT: Lili's Burlesque Revue, Show & Filming!!! SPECIAL EVENT Please join Lili's Burlesque Revue during the filming of an international burlesque documentary at Trocaderos on Thursday, June ...
Posted by Tawnya 1st, Sweetpea 2nd on Thu, 01 Jun 2006 09:40:00 PST