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MARIA

SING AS THOUGH NO ONE IS LISTENING!

About Me

Hey! Just my own space. . . as the song says. . . Maria Rivers or otherwise know as Miz Biz! Well, for those of you who know me. . . SHUT UP AND DANCE!!! and for those you don't. . . well, I was born humming! I didn't cry at first! I have always loved music! Singing is my forte - I have 2 volumns Loud and Louder! I am classically trained- Spinto Soprano to be exact and my belt voice is pitiful!I wish I could riff oh! how I do! I really love to just sing and perform anywhere - shower, mirror, kitchen - you get the picture! I have danced since I was 3 - first in grocery stores for strangers - for lots of attention then starting at 4 in structured lessons with BILL RAMSER of southern Indiana. I now work for and have fulltime since 1982 ENCORE INTERNATIONAL, INC. formerly SHOW BIZ. Writing and producing Theme Park shows and the like. I am in the production end now - hung the dance shoes up a while back! I write, direct, design, choreograph, teach music, do sets - yeah just about anything and everything to do with a show! I am not an expert at anything but if it has to be done. . . I GIT ER DONE! I also surround myself with really talented people who know alot! I do alot of freelance directing and choreographing - Church, Show Choirs and Musicals. I have friends but I do more thinking about them then actually talking to - I really am very busy! Argh! I try to live life to the fullest and take 1 day at a time! I guess I am one of the oldest members of MY SPACE but I never have acted my age! So there it is in a nut shell!
How to make a mizriabiz
Ingredients:
3 parts competetiveness
1 part brilliance
3 parts joy
Method:
Add to a cocktail shaker and mix vigorously. Add a little cocktail umbrella and a dash of sadness
Username:

Personality cocktail
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My Interests

I'd like to meet:

God in Heaven when it's my time. Of course I can't wait until I see my Dad again, I really miss him! I wouldn't mind meeting anyone famous - for a normal chat - not a hulabaloo or autographs and such - just normal conversation.

Music:

All types - depends on the day! The only stuff that I do not like is the screaming heavy metal or nasty rap. Listen people be creative with your lyrics.

Movies:

Love 'em but don't see them very often. Let's see. . . The Fifth Element, Passion of the Christ, The Cube, The Rock, Forest Gump, Wizard of OZ, Sound of Music (even though it is trite - I love it. It debuted when I was about 4) Chicago, anything and everything MUSICAL!!!!

Television:

PROJECT RUNWAY; TOP MODEL; TOP DESIGN; TOP CHEF all that reality stuff! - I don't watch much but I like anything that is creative! I sometimes watch the CREATE channel late at night when I can't sleep! Yeah! When you have a stressful all consuming job sometimes er, many times you just can't sleep! Argh!

Books:

Different books at different times - depends on what I am doing - my time etc. I love suspense and romance! Oh! and MAGAZINES! I read People from cover to cover! Gotta know what is going on in the world! I do not like Tabloids! This Inquiring mind does not want to know!

Heroes:

GOD! who is pretty darn smart! Let's me make choices even if they are wrong so I learn valuable life lessons! Gives me strength when I need it most and definitely has a sense of humor!!! Totally my MOM! At 76 she is up to lecture 7,436,281 but whose counting!!! Some of her favorite sayings. . . "SOCK IT AWAY" (save money) and "I'VE PROBABLY TOLD YOU THIS BUT. . . "

My Blog

CALIFORNIA!!!

I am leaving for California in just a few hours. . . I broke the base of my fourth toe and it is killing me. I can't sleep from the TROBBING. . . I am being a BABY!  I can't wait to just get...
Posted by MARIA on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 08:55:00 PST

Breathe In . . . Breathe Out. . . Breathe In. . . Breathe Out. . .

Well, I haven't written in a while but. . . I have been so busy. . . no it's - life has been chaotic!  ( this is me crazy) not Britney Spears crazy - I am still sane but never the less ...
Posted by MARIA on Wed, 21 Feb 2007 10:01:00 PST

Today's today!

Today's today and it will never happen again. Things for me have been extremely busy lately. . . therefore no blog. . . however blogging is a release. . . it has a calming effect on me as I spew my fe...
Posted by MARIA on Thu, 01 Feb 2007 09:46:00 PST

Wonder

As I walk this winding road, not understanding what I'm told about this thing call life and how to live it. What path to take the left or right, in blinded fear or timid sight, I need Your h...
Posted by MARIA on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 02:26:00 PST

Tis the Season

Tis the season. . . to be tired, cranky, short tempered, to eat too much, to leave the hair color on too long, to put off house cleaning as long as the tree is up, to be over comitted, to sing loud, t...
Posted by MARIA on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 08:25:00 PST

It's Your Choice

Today is today! yesterday is gone and tommorrow hasn't come yet but I have realized something. . . life is what you make it. IT'S YOUR CHOICE! You can choose to be depressed, you can choose to be sick...
Posted by MARIA on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 08:36:00 PST

STRESS

Well, here I sit with stomach knotted and head throbbing. What is it that when you try desparately hard to do the right thing, the correct thing, the thing that is in the very best interest of you and...
Posted by MARIA on Wed, 22 Nov 2006 12:19:00 PST

Sensory

  Hear with your eyes, see with your skin, smell with your heart   See with your soul!   Touch your dreams, taste your victories, look at your past   Hear with your soul! &nbs...
Posted by MARIA on Tue, 21 Nov 2006 12:43:00 PST

Enlightened!

Today is not special, no not really at all, but I feel very content!   I have been so filled and enlightened being in church choir. We sing great songs and the group sounds terrific. We have lots...
Posted by MARIA on Fri, 17 Nov 2006 11:01:00 PST

Home Sweet Home (Burp)

I am back in the 'ville - got back on Saturday the 11th and of course my plane was late so I was even later to rehearsal at church! We are doing some incredibale a capella music for Christmas Eve - sm...
Posted by MARIA on Mon, 13 Nov 2006 11:57:00 PST