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About Me

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"...You know me. I'm just like you. It's two in the morning and I don't know nobody..." -The Sting
No, Khavi's not my real name. It's Lesley. Khavi is a very old nickname.
This is my Personal profile. My Photography profile is here: MySpace.com/LesleyArakPhoto . If your inteerst is photographic, feel free to make friends with that one too.
For fun and profit, (for better or worse) I am a Photographer. I am co-owner of FNS Studios , a photo studio in Springfield MA, along with my partner, Matt Harrison.
I shoot model portfolios, fashion, glam, portraiture, pin-ups, weddings, events, commercial products, bands and random artistic stuff.
You can see some of my photography work on my DeviantArt page and here on ModelMayhem .
I am a graduate of the Hallmark Institute of Photography in Turners Falls, MA. I graduated in the top 10% of my class.
Personal Stuff...
my AIM = OPDKhavi ...However - Stop IMing me if you don't have anything to say! "wow yr hot" doesn't count as anything to say. And don't ask me what I like to do with my time - There's basically *one* thing, and if you look hard, I bet you can figure it out.
I'm a very devoted and loyal friend. (My friend Nicole says I'm the most thoughtful gift-giver she knows.) I will always stand up for the people I care about.
I am generally a pretty mellow and accepting person. This probably has to do with the fact that my parents are Buddhist, so I was raised in a Buddhist household, right smack in the middle of happy liberal land New England. I'm a realistic romantic, and I wear my heart on my sleeve.
I love thunderstorms, especially in the summer.
I like to go dancing but hardly ever get it together to go.
I probably spend too much time online, although not so much lately as I used to.
I have a very sarcastic sense of humor, but I'm never mean.
I love plays and stand up comedy.
I saw Eddie Izzard live in Boston and almost peed myself laughing.
I read a *ton* and I'm always looking for good books.
I have an extensive vocabulary but still can't spell worth a shirt.
I can tie a knot in a cherry stem with my tongue.
I'm a sucker for baby animals and baby people.
I shoot sexy, cutesy girlie photos a lot of the time, but I'm almost always in jeans and tank-tops myself. I do clean up well when I have to, though...
I don't use the blog here, because I have my own over at Xanga.com
Some of my work:

My Interests

Photography, love, light, how people tick, basic human kindness, politics, making out, erotica, Indian food, sushi, tattoos and body mods (on other people), reading and discovering new books, sex, playing on the internet, trivia games, cute underwear, smart people, Roller Derby, Eddie Izzard, Ze Frank, little dogs, the Muppets, dancing, OnlyPaperDolls, blueberries, raspberries, cherries, swimming, going places where people know me (bars, coffee shops, messageboards etc.), making new friends and reconnecting with old ones...

I'd like to meet:

I'd always like to meet more of "my kind of people". Do you like to talk politics? Would you sit in line with me for two hours to see Michael Moore's new movie? How about the new Harry Potter flick? Are you able to sit out in the sun drinking coffee for hours? Can you trash talk while playing pool well enough to distract your opponent by making them laugh so hard beer comes out of their nose? Are you interested in photography, local music, political change?
(If you roll down your windows and blast the stereo in your car so loud that the cars around you shake, like to pick fights, enjoy gossip and backstabbing, lie, IM me with "asl?" or kick puppies - you are not my kind of people)
I'd basically like to meet everyone who isn't a jerk, as well as Jack Black, Michael Moore, and Jon Stewart (hey, I can dream)
Models! I want models, dammit.. Throw on something sexy for me and strike a pose. :) I'm serious, if you live in or near Mass, and you want to take some fun pictures - even if you've never modeled before, I want to talk to you. I especially like working with "alt" girls (ink, blue hair, piercings?. The more the better!)

Some more of my work:

Music:

Anything that moves me.... Including bits of: Nellie McKay, Arlo Guthrie, the Pogues, Elton John, Frente, Ok Go, R.E.M., Patsy Cline, The Fratellis, Norah Jones, Tom Jones, Beatles, Santana, Jason Mraz, David Bowie, Crash Test Dummies, Bob Dylan, Oasis, Mary Chapin Carpenter, ABBA, eminem, Maroon 5, They Might Be Giants, Apoptygma Berzerk, Lords of Acid, Coldplay, , Elvis, Me First and The Gimmie Gimmies, Marvin Gaye, Portishead, Ottis Redding, Offspring, Blondie, The Darkness, James Blunt, Greatful Dead, John Mayer, the Donnas, Bruce Springsteen, Alison Krauss, Johnny Cash, Nightwish, Loretta Lynn, Madonna, Jet, lots of soundtracks, cheesy 80s music, songs that make me leap to my feet and dance... despite all of this, I wind up spending most of my time listening to NPR, PRI and the BBC.

Movies:

Secretary, Ghost World, The Hudsucker Proxy, Mumford, Tank Girl, School of Rock, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Breakfast Club, Amelie, To Wong Foo, Nightmare Before Christmas, Safe Men, Rocky Horror, Living Out Loud, The Electric Grandmother, Baseketball, Blazing Saddles, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, High Fidelity, Silence of the Lambs, The Sting, all Muppet Movies, In and Out, The Shawshank Redemption, The Fifth Element, Witches of Eastwick, Brain Candy, Pink Flamingos, Hitch, Clerks, Mall Rats, Dogma, 50 First Dates, Freeway, Hocus Pocus, The Wall, Sin City, Ghostbusters, Disney movies, The NeverEnding Story, Labyrinth, Dark Crystal, V for Vendetta, Office Space, Clueless, Romy and Michelle, Shaun of the Dead, Super Troopers, BeetleJuice, Monty Python movies, Woody Allen movies, Michael Moore's movies, Steve Martin movies, Mel Brooks movies....

Television:

Six Feet Under, West Wing, House, CSI, Simpsons, The Daily Show, Monk, Grey's Anatomy, Family Guy, Mr. Show, Boston Legal, The Practice, Who's Line Is It Anyway?, Robot Chicken, Drawn Together, Dead Like Me, American Dad, Scrubs, America's Next Top Model, Project Runway

Books:

The Whitness of Bones, Jitterbug Perfume, Catch22, Stranger in a Strange Land, Ishmael, The Time Traveler's Wife, The Talisman, The Poisonwood Bible, Naked, Big Trouble, I Was A Teenage Dominatrix, Harry Potter books (yeah, I'm a dork), The Secret Life of Bees, Lullabies for Little Criminals, The Stand, Neverwhere, American Gods, Good Omens, The Giver, Even Cowgirls Get The Blues, RollerGirl, most anything by: David Sedaris, Neil Gaiman, Donald Westlake, Robin Hobb, Tom Robbins, Kurt Vonnegut, Dave Barry, Terry Pratchett, Douglas Adams, John Steinbeck, Chuck Palahniuk, Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury...

Heroes:

My Mother, Kurt Vonnegut, Martin Luther King, Ze Frank, John Stewart, David Lachapelle, Stephen Colbert

My Blog

Come shoot my models! - Info on the FNS Studios Group Shoots.

So, here's some basic info on the Group Shoots that are held at my studio. Group Shoots are held roughly every 4 - 6 weeks. Message me for the date(s) of upcoming shoots!(This is the standard announce...
Posted by Khavi takes your picture on Fri, 17 Aug 2007 06:29:00 PST

Lesley Arak & Capitan Jack do it with STYLE: Valley Advocate

On Thursday, August 17th, 2006 - The Valley Advocate published the second edition of a special insert section entitled "STYLE."My partner Captain Jack (aka Matthew) and I shot the photos. :)Yeah, we'r...
Posted by Khavi takes your picture on Fri, 18 Aug 2006 03:04:00 PST

well...

finally broke down and joined myspace. I don't think I'll be using this journal much, as I have at least two or three other pages on which to keep one. If you want updates, try here... http://www.xang...
Posted by Khavi takes your picture on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST