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This is the strangest life I've ever known...

About Me


Without deviation from the norm, 'progress' is not possible.
-Frank Zappa

*I am an artist - a maverick, a free thinker, an underdog lover... and quite sincere- sometimes to a fault. I like what I like and I don't try to be something I'm not. I like to bring about the questioning of ideas...

I strive to be grateful for all that is earned or given to me and I believe in admiring rather envying. I am trying to "live my life well, so that when I look back at it I can enjoy it twice"
(a Dalai Lama quote)

My Interests

I LOVE PHOTOSHOP!

MUSIC! I LOVE PLAYING MUSIC, SEEING MUSIC, SINGING MUSIC, and HEARING MUSIC!!!
I'm kind of addicted to Concerts and live shows
My current passion is for percussion- I am now learning african beats and ensembles
I love going to Museums, I love Art, architecture and castles!
I enjoy reading History,Science books, Biographies and even the dictionary! (I'm a freakin' geek!)
I dig Renaissance Faires (see, I'm a geek)
I do all kinds of Arts and Crafts
and as a profession... I'm a Graphic Designer

I'd like to meet:

YOU! *wink* Come one come all.

Music:


Anything from Vivaldi to Megadeth. ..although I generally grieve the state of mainstream music of late. I'm especially drawn to guitar-oriented music.

Here are just a few of my favorites (in no particular order):

The Beatles!
(Playing Magical Mystery Tour on my little record player as a child started me on my long, strange musical trip...)

Beethoven

Brian May- Guitarist and Physicist Extraordinaire
Al Di Meola

Jimi Hendrix
("He took the blues to outer space" -Jimmy Page)

Stevie Ray Vaughan RIP

Gary Moore

Joe Bonamassa

Uli Jon Roth

Deep Purple

....mark III

Steve Morse

Pink Floyd

Eric Johnson

Randy Rhoads.

RIP

Stevie Wonder, Liquid Tension Experiment, Ohm, The Police, Alex Skolnick Trio, Van Halen, Aryeon, Niccolo Paganini, Alan Parsons Project, Dire Straights, Ronnie James Dio, Boston, Dream Theater, War, Transiberian Orchestra, Steely Dan, Marvin Gaye, Journey, Yes, Robin Trower, Alice Cooper, Thin Lizzy, UFO, Gary Hoey, Frank Zappa, Kansas, Racer X, Sergei Rachmaninov, Judas Priest, Led Zeppelin, Rush, Rainbow, Ambrosia, Santana, Jr. Brown, Genesis, Earth, Wind & Fire, Bill Withers, Queensryche, Ozzy Osbourne, Queen, Joe Satriani, Def Leppard, The Doors, Dr. John, Jeff Beck, Stevie Ray Vaughn (his version of Little Wing is my favorite!), Armored Saint, The Spinners, Toto, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Jethro Tull, Heart, The Who, Donovan Leich, Cream, Carmina Burana, Pat Benatar, Al DiMeola, Ray Charles, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Scorpions, Alice in Chains... The list goes on and on...

Movies:

LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL

IMMORTAL BELOVED
SHAUN OF THE DEAD!

Braveheart, Immortal Beloved,
Pirates of the Carribean,

Lord of the Rings,
Interview With the Vampire,
What the *Bleep* Do We Know?

The Gods Must Be Crazy, The Count of Monte Cristo, Shawshank Redemption,
One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest,

To Sir With Love, Life is Beautiful;*Musicals: Jesus Christ Superstar, Tommy;*Comedy:
This is Spinal Tap,

Office Space, Princess Bride.
I LOVE historical Documentaries.
(I Claudius rules!)

Television:

I am gross and perverted. I'm obsessed 'n deranged. I have existed for years but very little had changed. I am the tool of the Government, and industry too- for I am destined to rule and regulate you.I may be vile and pernicious, but you can't look away I make you think I'm delicious with the stuff that I say. I am the best you can get- have you guessed me yet? I am the slime oozin' out from your TV set.You will obey me while I lead you and eat the garbage that I feed you- until the day that we don't need you. Don't go for help...no one will heed you. Your mind is totally controlled, It has been stuffed into my mold- and you will do as you are told until the rights to you are sold."That's right, folks.. Don't touch that dial" -Frank Zappa

Books:

.. View Verse of the Day ..
Genesis,Stephen Hawkings- History of the Universe & Universe in a Nutshell,
Josephus' Jewish War, anything on Imperial Rome, Seutonius' Twelve Ceasers is my very favorite. I reread it every so often

Ancient Greece, Dead Sea Scrolls, Celts, Vikings etc. Also, I love to read Biographies. (God, Guns and Rock and Roll by Ted Nugent is hilarious!)
as far as fiction... I love JRR Tolkein, and Anne Rice is cool, but I don't really read fiction much anymore- my passion is reading about real people that have changed the world we live in

Heroes:

Jesus Christ, my Dad David Cooper, my Husband Adam Matthew Cameron,

and Albert Einstein img src="http://www.centrolamatk.com/comuni/Einstein%20-%20jazyk %20cb.jpg"height="250px" width="200px"

My Blog

Veronica- a friend Ive never met, yet has changed my life nonetheless...

A note written to me from Veronica (with permission to post) we graduated the same year from the same High School, and am just now blessed to know her now that the time is right.This is quoted exactly...
Posted by eNECO on Wed, 15 Aug 2007 08:20:00 PST

NITWIT RIDGE! You gotta check this out- it truly is brilliant

NITWIT RIDGE! You gotta check this out- it truly is brilliantThis is Nitwit RidgeA very special place that Adam and I visited on our honeymoon 2 years go. Located in coastal Cambria California, the pr...
Posted by eNECO on Sun, 05 Mar 2006 02:30:00 PST

YOU KNOW YOU'RE ADDICTED TO PHOTOSHOP WHEN...

You see the world with one eye and stock images with the other. When asked what the primary colors are, answer "RGB"You get the urge to 'fix' poor quality images.You ramble about a breakthrough in th...
Posted by eNECO on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST