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My non-day-job is doing music and hamming it up in front of an audience - in varying capacities.

Here are upcoming shows I will be performing in - (so far, only in the Reno, Nevada area)

2009 November 6 - 21 - Dracula the Musical? by Rick Abbott - Brewery Arts Center - Black Box Theater - Carson City, Nevada. I'm Count Dracula !! Visit http://breweryarts.org/BACPAC_dracula.html.

Back to About Me: A mild-mannered all-around misfit who wants to be your friendly neighbor.

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Alice
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Music - major part of my life

I'm a walking jukebox. Music goes through my head most of the time. Some song that I like.. with all the instrumentation. I sing and play piano and keyboards. Though classically trained, I tend towards teaching myself music by ear, usually some creative form of jazzy or prog rock that I have on the "b" side of my albums. My singing career stems from singing in a community boys' choir to high school and college and sundry church choirs to madrigal groups to a vocal jazz group to choruses on stage - i.e. the Nevada Opera Chorus. Among my musical goals is to do more composing as well as arranging.

Other things about me

Myers-Briggs type - tested at INTP (sometimes INTJ)

Quite a lot of interests - my "fingers in a lot of pies"

Reality is far more interesting than stereotypes.

Love languages and connecting with the world.

Enjoy absorbing interesting bits of information as opposed to big novels.

Design for clarity, utility, and beauty.

Understanding and perspective - not blind loyalty.

Like to be goofy, playful, creative.

Love pets and kids, though I don't have any.

A monk's karma? "Quirkyalone" but open to "Quirkytogether" possibilities. (http://quirkyalone.net)

Smoking - never done it - don't plan to.

Alcohol - moderate: I don't go out just to drink.

Drugs - not for me. Opposed to the so-called "War on Drugs" though.

Libertarian-ish leanings - prefer ground-up, voluntary solutions over top-down authority

I favor voluntary redistribution of wealth - true free enterprise.

I'm all for voluntary world unity - keeping the best of the world's diversity intact.

Beliefs are not as important as how they inspire living.

The "God" I believe in is not really a "god" but the infinite well-spring of all that is.

My experience is that sexual feeling does not just respond to male or female.

We're all one human race with varying shades of brown skin.

I love observing and meeting people of all kinds of backgrounds, and hearing their stories.

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Esperanto - an invented "bridge" language for international use

Esperanto is a constructed language created in the late 1800's by a Russian Jew, Ludvig Zamenhov living in Poland in a town with deep cultural and linguistic divisions. Being a high minded idealist (kind of like me), he invented a language with mostly Latin and Germanic root words and with a simple, streamlined grammar. Visit http://www.esperanto-usa.org and http://www.lernu.net for more info.

For those who are curious to know more on the "what" and "why" about the invented international language of Esperanto, here's a short promotional video about the purpose, life, history, and usefulness of the language as a "learner-friendly" bridge language for the world. I wasn't involved in the making of this video, but I think it's well made. I offer my help in learning the language, so feel free to contact me.

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Before you say, "There ought to be a law..."

Here below is a video that eloquently outlines the basic "laws" of liberty - in terms of rights and non-rights. It's a wonderful line of logic. In a nutshell, whatever freedoms you expect for yourself, you must respect the same freedoms for others. Also, whatever rights and privileges you instinctively expect for yourself over what you own, you must also honor for everyone else over what they own. Check this out. You may find it to be an eye-opener.

* people I know (and like) * people I do not know, IF you... * * find something interesting my myspace - AND - * * email me along with your Friend request - AND - * * are a real person - AND - * * are specific about what you like about my MySpace * * want to discuss points of common interest * * have content on your MySpace that piques my interest * * have interesting perspectives that I like * Hablo español (castellano). * Mi parolas Esperanton.

* sources of other interests: (such as an actor, speaker, philosopher, a school of thought, a hobby, a professional organization, a political leaning - I'm picky but will check out just about any point of view.)

* I WILL NOT ACCEPT THE SP%@MMRZ - sorry, not interested in your porno web-cam site, your business opportunity, your credit card, your single-mom-looking-for-a-nice-man story, your degree in Actuarial studies, ad nauseum

If you're curious, you could read variable self descriptions on http://crnel.zaadz.com and http://people.tribe.net/crnelson - all of which I periodically update to make more "eloquent" as it were...