I love foreign languages, film, music and art in many forms, the ocean, horses, travel, the weather right before a storm, a good book, dancing, laughing out loud, good food, good people, good wine, cooking (especially ethnic foods), and singing anywhere, anytime.
Music
Jack Johnson, Sarah Hughes, Gunghobos, Stocky Male Negros, Mar, Fayetteville Funk Ensemble, Chris Loggins, Haakon Gjertzen (a.k.a. Hokie Smokes), BlueJazz, Brian Martin, Speakeasy, The Demos, Mum, Sigur Ros, Mark Lanegan, The American Tragedy, Aphex Twins, Chris Isaak, Tom Waits, The Black Keys, The Shins, Citizen Cope, Edwyn Collins, Damien Rice, Ben Harper, Dave Matthews, Beck, Marvin Gaye, Kris Kristofferson, Temptations, Yardbirds, Jeff Beck, Howlin' Wolf, Buddy Guy, James Cotton, Muddy Waters, Miles Davis, Joe Bonamassa, Robert Johnson, Ron Carter, B.B. King, "Blind Lemon" Jefferson, Ryan Adams and the Cardinals, Hound Dog Taylor, Neil Young, Jimi Hendrix, Beastie Boys, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Bob Marley, George Clinton, Ray Charles, Elton John, Duke Ellington, Frank Sinatra, Otis Redding, Bob Marley, Carlos Santana, Coldplay, The Beatles, Mother Love Bone, The Doors, The Kinks, The Stones, The Who, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Allman Bros, Flaming Lips, Concrete Blonde, Four Non-Blondes, Radiohead, Jane's Addiction, White Stripe, Tool, A Perfect Circle, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ween, Morcheeba/Skye, Weezer, Cake, Sublime, Nirvana, Velvet Revolver, Soundgarden, Alice In Chains, Modest Mouse, Smashing Pumpkins, Nine Inch Nails, Massive Attack, Prodigy, Gorillaz, Jeff Buckley, Tom Waits, Portishead, Queen, Prince, David Bowie, The Who, Bob Dylan, Otis Redding, Cream, The Black Crowes, The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, The Zombies, CCR, Jefferson Airplane, The Cure, Depeche Mode, The Rolling Stones, Cream/Eric Clapton, The Cranberries, The Pixies, Gipsy Kings, Buena Vista Social Club, Cypress Hill, Los Orishas, Fabulosos Cadillacs, Chocolate, Jorge Benjor, Karda, Khaled, Carla Bruni, Madelaine Peyroux, Alize, Jeannie Stearns, Liz Phair, Mazzy Star, Martha Wainwright, P.J. Harvey, Poe, Bjork, Tori Amos, Nikka Costa, Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin, Lauren Hill, Erykah Badu, Alicia Keys, Joss Stone, Susan Tedeschi, Joni Mitchell, Etta James, Eva Cassidy, Nina Simone, Koko Taylor, Fiona Apple, Billie Holiday, Joss Stone, Norah Jones, Sade, Janis Joplin, Tracy Chapman, Allison Krauss, Gillian Welch, Fiona Apple, Concrete Blonde, Emmylou Harris, Koko Taylor, Victoria Spivey, Alberta Hunter, Anne Peebles, Edith Wilson, Bessie Smith, Sippie Wallace, Ma Rainey, Mamie Smith, Ida Cox, Diana Krall, Mary Lou Williams, Marian McPartland, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Joan Cartwright, Heartbeats, William Besson, Gnarls Barkley, Cat Power... to name a few. :)
Movies
Friday, Slingblade, Napoleon Dynamite, Donnie Darko, Le Diner de cons/The Dinner Game, I Heart Huckabees, Capote, Harold & Kumar, The Squid & the Whale, Buddy, Tron, Blade Runner, Citizen Kane, Dr. Strangelove, Lock, Stock, & Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch, Boondock Saints, Fight Club, Super Troopers, Office Space, Dazed & Confused, Kill Bill, Pulp Fiction, The Italian Job, High Heels & Low Lifes, Groundhog Day, Star Wars series, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Star Trek Movies, The Wizard of Oz, Alice In Wonderland, Spaceballs, Dune, Heathers, The Lost Boys, Basketball Diaries, Brazil, City of God, The Princess Bride, Legend, Drunken Master II, Le Placard/The Closet, Delicatessen, M, 12 Angry Men, Nosferatu, The Seven Samurai, Pandora's Box, The Fly, The Game, American Beauty, Finding Nemo, Monsters Inc., Stand By Me, Dark City, Kids, Usual Suspects, Cold Comfort Farm, Last Tango in Paris, Spygame, The Godfather (I & II), Goodfellas, Scarface, Ikiru/To Live, Unforgiven, Tombstone, A Few Good Men, Swingers, The Labrynth, The Dark Crystal, H.Potter Movies (*blushes*), The Lion King, The Little Mermaid, The Shawshank Redemption, Crash, Back to the Future Trilogy, Indiana Jones Trilogy, Superman, Batman, Spiderman, X-Men, Team America, Blazing Saddles... I could go on & on.
Television
When I watch, which is almost never... Discovery Channel(s), Chappelle's Show, Seinfeld, Reno 911, Sci-Fi, Spike, Star Trek, History Channel, AETN, Biography Channel, HGTV, South Park, Family Guy, HBO, Stars, Comedy Central, PBS, WorldLINK TV, NewsWorld
Books
AUTHORS: C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Bukowski, Alan Watts, Henry Miller, H.G. Wells, Robert Jordan, Edgar Allan Poe, Dante Alighieri, Rudyard Kipling, Jack London, D.H. Lawrence, Jane Austin, Emily Bronte, Lewis Carroll, Willa Cather, Cervantes, Geoffrey Chaucer, Agatha Christie, Thomas Paine, Jack Kerouac, J.K. Rowling, Stephen King, Charles Darwin, Howard Pyle, Daniel Defoe, Charles Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, Alexandre Dumas (Pere), Walter Scott, Piers Anthony, Mercedes Lackey, Mary Shelley, William Shakespeare, John Fiske, Anna Sewell, Bram Stoker, Harriet Beecher Stowe, S.E. Hinton, Jonathan Swift, Thomas Hardy, Leo Tolstoy, Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), Lao Tzu, Sun Tzu, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Victor Hugo, Walt Whitman, Oscar Wilde, Henry James, Washington Irving, Virgil, Zitkala-Sa, Aesop, Andrew Lang, Louisa May Alcott, Victor Appleton, James Fenimore Cooper... Oh, and the Bible.
Heroes
My family, friends, and hard-working musicians and artists.
Oklahoma City University
Oklahoma City, OKLAHOMA
Graduated: N/A
Student status: Alumni
Major: Graphic Design & Business
Minor: Vocal Music & French
Clubs: Art
1997 to 2001
University Of Louisiana At Monroe
Monroe, LA
Graduated: N/A
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: Computer Science
Minor: Music/Voice
1995 to 1995
Camden Fairview High School
Camden, ARKANSAS
Graduated: 1994
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
Major: Art, Choir, French, Drama, Basics
Clubs: Art (president), French, Madrigals, Ladies Ensemble, Concert Choir, Drama, Library (treasurer), Beta, FBLA, FCA, Astronomy, Science, Senior Rep. for Ouachita Co. Youth Aid Planning Board of Directors
1991 to 1994
Union High School
El Dorado,Arkansas
Graduated: N/A
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: Basics, Choir
Clubs: FBLA, Library
"SoulTree" girls, Jennifer and myself, doing the background vocals for the song "Illusions" by MP Productions' new album "40 Korleone" coming out in 2007:
Snickers Commercial Video Entry - October 2006 - Written & Performed by Lisa Leamons (a.k.a. - StageHopper) & Lucian Tisdale of SoulTree (see ending credits for others involved):
I am a Macintosh enthusiast (minus the PC-user hating), chanteuse (vocalist), graphic designer, painter, framer, sculptor, cook, and a teacher of Origami, Collage, Voice, and Photoshop.
I'm also very interested in travel, film, computer animation, foreign languages & cultures, wine, ethnic food, song-writing, ceramics, and photography.
oh, and um... shoes are cool too.
Tell Me About Yourself - The Survey
Name::
Lisa
Birthday::
April 8th
Birthplace::
El Dorado
Current Location::
Fayetteville
Eye Color::
Blue/Green/Gray
Hair Color::
Blonde
Height::
5'7"
Right Handed Or Left Handed::
Born a lefty, raised a righty - ambidextrous
Your Heritage::
English, Cherokee, French, Irish, & Caddo
The Shoes You Wore Today::
Black stilettos
Your Weakness::
I'll never tell
Your Fears::
Fearless, for the most part
Your Perfect Pizza::
Thin crust, pineapple, extra cheese
Goals You Would Like To Achieve This Year::
An animation short film & an album recorded
Your Most Overused Phrase On An Instant Messenger::
saturday at o.p.o. with the scotts, the 5th on the square with d. west, and nov. 7th at boom boom with the scotts. and who knows what's happens in between. :)
