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J€ff

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About Me

OCS, here I come!.. Myspace Graphics - Myspace Layouts

My Interests


....Making music, travel, travel, travel, photos, did I mention travel? Hoping to make a difference.

I'd like to meet:

Friendly folks, any cool people- got wit- got charm- got a brain?....
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My Friend Space
I have a gob of friends.

Diana Krall

Chet Baker

1st Infantry Division Band

Frank

Drew

Stephen

Woodard

Mr. mark

cory

Look out!!!

You're a Daisy if you do

Lyds

Chris Botti

Brandt

devon LB

Prison James

Nadine

Kenny

Lacy Blackledge

Peter Erskine

View All of My Friends

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Music:

I listen to all kinds of music especially jazz and classical. You name it, I've probably heard it. I love Elvis, Diana Krall, Wynton Marsalis, Miles Davis, Prokofiev's "Romeo and Juliet", Pink Floyd, Sting ( I LOVE Sting's version of "LIttle Wing" and "When We Dance"), Mahler "5", Real Country Music like Willie, Merle and Johnny, Gipsy Kings, Papas Fritas, Astor Piazzola, Tony Bennett, Paolo Conte, Buena Vista Social Club, Jamiroquai just to name a few... look at pic above and see who's playin' the trumpet solo in Austria (c'est moi!). And check out Dianna Krall's DVD Concerts- Live in Paris and Live at the Montréal Jazz Festival. They are Wonderful.

Movies:

***"Amelie"***(French), "Un Long Dímanche de Fíançaílles" (A Very Long Engagement) and "Delicatessen"- all directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, a genius!, The Princess Bride, Heat, Napoleon Dynamite, How Green Was My Valley, French Kiss, The Mexican, Blazing Saddles, Pride and Prejudice, Say Anything, The Quiet Man, Snatch, Stalag 17, Legend, Danny Deckchair, The Matrix, Spartacus, Croutching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Throw Momma From the Train, 300, Lord of War.

Television:

Discovery Channel, History Channel, any baseball game- "GO YANKEES!, Poirot, ROME, Chappelle's Show, CNN, Learning Channel.

Books:

I love to read especially non-fiction like American,World and Military History, but sometimes a fun novel is good, Shakespeare, Whitman, and you can't go wrong with a Proverb (of Solomon).

Heroes:

Peter S. Ruckman

My Blog

It's on. I'm tradin My Bugle in For a Tank.

That’s right. I have applied for OCS (Officer Candidate School) and been accepted and branched Armor. My report time is Sunday, 13 July 2008. I graduate, Lord willing, on Thursday, 2 October 200...
Posted by J€ff on Fri, 09 Nov 2007 07:11:00 PST

Florida Bound

That's right folks! I will be in Sunny Florida beginning Monday, July 16 for TWO WEEKS! I am soooo ready to get back "home". Can't wait to eat some reall sushi (@ Sakura's). Kansas sushi just isn't th...
Posted by J€ff on Sat, 07 Jul 2007 12:40:00 PST

I'm tired o' Kansas

I am officially sick of Kansas. Nothing but hills of nothing. Oh! Wait... there are plenty of rednecks, un-educated fools and stupid women. I've had my fill of them all. Wait a moment..... wasn't Doro...
Posted by J€ff on Fri, 23 Feb 2007 08:37:00 PST

Have you ever listened to "Taps"?

I just performed in a ceremony commemorating the 88 year anniversary of the Battle of Cantigny France fought on 28 May 1918. The first shot fired by a 1st Infantry Division (Big Red One) soldier in WW...
Posted by J€ff on Mon, 29 May 2006 05:40:00 PST