Getting To Know You, Getting To Know All About You . . .

[Cindysphinx]

Here are a few topics that might help some of us to get to know some of you, and vice versa.  Skip the ones you don't want to answer, of course.  I'll post the blank form here, and then I'll fill it out for myself.

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Name:

Also known as:

Age/Sex:

Birthplace/Livingplace and feelings about same:

Family Life:

Personality:

Words friends have used to describe you:

Words you have used to describe you:

Things you do when not staring at the computer:

Comfort foods:

Education/Work:

Language skills:

Where have you been all my life:

Piano proficiency:

Describe your baby (your piano, that is):

Piano piece you'd give anything to be able to play:

One thing about your life you'd change if you could (sorry, but you
may not say "lose weight"):

Philosophy for an easy life:

Your most rock-solid prediction for 2005:


ADD A QUESTION OF YOUR OWN AND ANSWER IT:

[Cindysphinx]

Name:  Cindysphinx

Also known as:  Mom.  Hey, you. 

Age/Sex:  43 (how did that happen?); F

Birthplace/Livingplace and feelings about same:  I'm in the D.C. suburbs right now.  I was a military brat, so I lived a few places before settling in the Phoenix metro area for most of my childhood.  I like D.C.  It seems to be a nice balance.  The weather's not great but not awful.  The cost of living isn't great but not awful.  And there's never an excuse to be bored.

Family Life:  Married, 3 kids.  Two dogs.  I haven't had to wipe up urine in a few weeks, so I'm on a hot streak.

Personality:  Yes.

Words friends have used to describe you:  Bent.  Morbid.  Tough.

Words you have used to describe you:  Bent.  Morbid.  Tough.  Able to persuade others as to what they should say about me. 

Things you do when not staring at the computer:  Exercise (recently took up tennis).  Cleaning, cooking. 

Comfort foods:  Ooooh, cupcakes with vanilla frosting.  Beef stroganoff.  Bubble gum.

Education/Work:  I'm an attorney who is now a stay-at-home mom.

Language skills:  English.  Pig Latin.

Where have you been all my life:  I've traveled to Italy, England, Spain, France, Germany, Austria, Costa Rica, Mexico and Canada.  I'd love to make it to Egypt.

Piano proficiency:  Started as a beginner 5 years ago.  Much remains to be accomplished.

Describe your baby (your piano, that is):  Estonia 190 polished mahogany, purchased last year.

Piano piece you'd give anything to be able to play:  Rhapsody in Blue.

One thing about your life you'd change if you could (sorry, but you
may not say "lose weight"):  I'd love to be able to support myself by doing something other than practicing law.

Philosophy for an easy life:  Hug your kids.  A lot.

Your most rock-solid prediction for 2005:  Hmmmm.  Robert Blake will be acquitted of murder.


ADD A QUESTION OF YOUR OWN AND ANSWER IT:

What do you drive?

A Toyota minivan.  A white one.  You can't get more boring and mundane than that, can you?! 

[jodi]

Name: Jodi

Also known as: Jodi  duh.

Age/Sex: 45 Female.  I'm older than Cindy, I'm older that Cindy!

Birthplace/Livingplace and feelings about same: Living in the Pacific Northwest.  Born and raised in the Midwest.

Family Life: Yes. And they're all home for Christmas break.  AAAAAUUUUUUGGH.

Personality: Sometimes.   Sometimes I just stare at a computer screen and click refresh

Words friends have used to describe you:  Nice I'm so tired of being nice

Words you have used to describe you: Could I be one tough cookie today, please?  Or maybe smart and sexy?

Things you do when not staring at the computer:  Ride horses.  Paint pictures. Dig in the dirt.  anything to avoid the laundry and dishes...

Comfort foods: chocolate, refined four, butter.

Education/Work:  I used to be a medical illustrator.  Then I was a horse vet.  Now I'm a stay at home mom.

Language skills: none 

Where have you been all my life:  Illinois, Wisconsin, Idaho, Washington State (with a few trips elsewheres)

Piano proficiency:  Took lessons in grade school and high school.   

Describe your baby (your piano, that is): Charles Walter grand

Piano piece you'd give anything to be able to play: The fast middle part of Schumann's Widmung. (the Liszt transcription)

One thing about your life you'd change if you could (sorry, but you
may not say "lose weight"):   Not a thing.  Really.  I'm happy.

Philosophy for an easy life:  I have never been easy. 

Your most rock-solid prediction for 2005:  My flowers will bloom.

[Cindysphinx]

Jodi?

You didn't add a question and answer it.  I'm *so* sorry, but now you must go back to the beginning and start over.

Cindy -- thinking Jodi wimped out BIG TIME on the prediction for 2005!

[jodi]

What do you drive?

A Toyota minivan.  A white one.  You can't get more boring and mundane than that, can you?! 

Oh yes you can.  I drive a white Dodge Grand Caravan.  It's not only boring and mundane, but it's a big fat lemon too.  But I LOVE it.


And I have to come up with a question?  ok.
Q: What is your absolute favorite piece  cooking equipment in your whole kitchen? (talk about boring and mundane! )

A: My large blue Le Crueset pot. 

Oh, and cindy - how come nobody else is playing? Do you think we scared them all off?

Jodi

[ted]

Name: Ted

Also known as:

Age/Sex: 57, male

Birthplace/Livingplace and feelings about same: Auckland, New Zealand. Still a nice place to live, despite becoming more like big cities overeas and starting to have the problems of such places.

Family Life:Married, one grown son (22)

Personality: Placid, introspective

Words friends have used to describe you: A rock, a gross under-achiever, very different, very much my own man.

Words you have used to describe you: Very much my own man, a bit on the lazy side perhaps.

Things you do when not staring at the computer: Playing, improvising and writing piano music, mathematics (in my modest fashion), exercise and training, reading, working in the garden.

Comfort foods:Yoghurt, marmite, cups of tea

Education/Work:IT manager for a large manufacturing company

Language skills:Nothing except English

Where have you been all my life:Here

Piano proficiency: Very creative, play reasonably well, but with a natural technique and philosophy too personal to make a living out of music.

Describe your baby (your piano, that is):Weinbach (1971) 5'10"

Piano piece you'd give anything to be able to play:I play everything I want to at present.

One thing about your life you'd change if you could (sorry, but you
may not say "lose weight"):Get rid of the television

Philosophy for an easy life: An easy life per se is not necessarily my end goal. A good life is more important to me.

Your most rock-solid prediction for 2005: Barring catastrophes, I shall play plenty of music.


ADD A QUESTION OF YOUR OWN AND ANSWER IT:

What is my range of musical appreciation ?: Very eclectic. I give everything a chance.

[Cindysphinx]

Yep Jodi, we scared them off.  All except Ted!  Who can play anything he desires to play.  Man, am I jealous, Ted!

I wish I had one of them there personality transplant machines so I could be Ted for just *one* day.  I would play until my fingers bled.  I'd just reel 'em off:

Rhapsody in Blue
Mozart's k545
Moonlight Sonata *with* musical expression
Everything Chopin ever wrote or wanted to write

And for my big finish . . .

Linus and Lucy

[ted]

Cindy:

But if you did that you would also inherit my laziness, wouldn't actually learn many new pieces and just sit around improvising all day. I'm so lazy that I carry compositions around in my head for weeks without writing anything out. A complete personality transplant would be a risky business; just selected propensities admittedly might come in handy sometimes though. For instance I might like certain of Jarrett's abilities but I certainly don't want his illnesses, angst and back problems thank you very much.

[teachum]

Here are a few topics that might help some of us to get to know some of you, and vice versa.  Skip the ones you don't want to answer, of course.  I'll post the blank form here, and then I'll fill it out for myself.

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Name:Kathy

Also known as: Teachum (or fondly by some as "bossy-butt"

Age/Sex:Oooh - ouch 53

Birthplace/Livingplace and feelings about same: North Idaho - love it except too cold right now.

Family Life: Married with many animals

Personality: Never going to grow up

Words friends have used to describe you: Talkative

Words you have used to describe you: Talkative, insecure

Things you do when not staring at the computer: Play piano ad nauseum, ride horses, ride bikes, read, take care of my five dogs, 2 cats, 2 horses

Comfort foods: Pasta, pasta, pasta

Education/Work: 3rd grade teacher

Language skills:  Very talkative

Where have you been all my life: Many places

Piano proficiency: Intermediate?  Improving?

Describe your baby (your piano, that is): Estonia 190 in Satin Mahogany

Piano piece you'd give anything to be able to play: Rhapsody in Blue

One thing about your life you'd change if you could (sorry, but you
may not say "lose weight"):  Win the lotto so I could stay home and play (not just the piano) all the time.

Philosophy for an easy life:  Work to live, not live to work!  Remember to play, play, play!

Your most rock-solid prediction for 2005:  I WILL improve on the piano and win the competition on PW to never miss a day of practice!


ADD A QUESTION OF YOUR OWN AND ANSWER IT:

  Favorite COmposer?  Chopin

[m1469]

Name:  J. K. Finn

Also known as:  m1469 Fox; Me

Age/Sex:  Female

Birthplace/Livingplace and feelings about same: There/ Here:  They are both good

Family Life: Married

Personality:  Shifty

Words friends have used to describe you:  Deep, Unique

Words you have used to describe you:  very private

Things you do when not staring at the computer:  Practice Piano, walk, swim, bike, read, draw

Comfort foods:  Food gives me very little comfort

Education/Work:  Life/Life

Language skills:  Some

Where have you been all my life:  Around

Piano proficiency:  Striving for perfection

Describe your baby (your piano, that is):  My "baby" would only be my fantasy piano whom I have never met.  What I practice regularly on:  Nordiska 5'6" 

Piano piece you'd give anything to be able to play:  

One thing about your life you'd change if you could (sorry, but you
may not say "lose weight"):  I would have had a very qualified piano teacher the very second I was born

Philosophy for an easy life:  Haven't a clue

Your most rock-solid prediction for 2005:  Things will change


ADD A QUESTION OF YOUR OWN AND ANSWER IT:

How do you like your eggs?  It depends.

[Cindysphinx]

m1469:

Food gives me very little comfort

:insert little smiley dude with eyes popping out]

Wow!  I'm impressed. 

If I could get away with it, I would eat all day, every day.

You're so lucky!

[Glissando]

I did something like this on this board not too long ago, but I'm bored so here goes again:

Also known as: Glissando and many other screen names.

Age/Sex: 16, and I'm a girl.

Livingplace and feelings about same: Kansas, and I likes it.

Family Life: parents and siblings.

Personality: Oh man I'm supposed to answer this?! Okay well then: intelligent, determined, friendly, high reaching.

Words friends have used to describe you: determined, serious, funny, skillful...

Things you do when not staring at the computer: tennis (play, watch); fiber arts; reading (Dickens, Austen, Tolkien); piano; study old languages like Old English and Finnish.

Comfort foods: chocolate, hot chocolate, fudge, hot tea, cheese, homemade gingerbread.

Education/Work: I'm a high school student.

Language skills: English, some latin & elvish.

Where have you been all my life: avoiding you.

Piano proficiency: don't really know. Pretty good, and musical (so I'm told), the pieces I'm playing range in difficulty from level 7 to 8+.

Describe your baby (your piano, that is): It's a very old De Kalb baby grand.

Piano piece you'd give anything to be able to play: That changes all the time- right now it's Ravel's Tocatta from Le Tombeau de Couperin.

Your most rock-solid prediction for 2005: I'll go see the NEW STAR WARS! YEEEEHAAAAAA!!!!!!!

ADD A QUESTION OF YOUR OWN AND ANSWER IT:
Who is/are your favorite(s) and who is/are your least favorite composers?
Chopin, Mozart, and Bach are my current favs. Least favorite is Bartok (eeeeyuuuck).

[jazzyd]

I'm going to be brief, because it's my bedtime...


Name: David

Also known as: Dave
 
Age/Sex: 25/M

Birthplace/Livingplace and feelings about same: [bursts into song] And did those feet in ancient time, walk upon England's mountains green?

Yes, they did.  

Family Life: I am living in sin with top totty. And very nice it is too.

Personality: Quite immature and weird - but I try to be a good person.

Words friends have used to describe you: Oh goodness. I don't know. Nice things, I hope.

Words you have used to describe you: Immature and weird.

Things you do when not staring at the computer: Play piano; write music; read books.

Comfort foods: Meat.

Education/Work: I am currently a desk jockey for a firm I'd rather not name.

Language skills: English, Spanglish, Frenglish, and a smidgen of Latin.

Where have you been all my life: Sorry, I missed the first half.  

Piano proficiency: Grade 8, according the ABRSM, but a poor sight-reader and not terribly diverse; I only play Bach, Bartok and works by various obscure English composers these days.

Describe your baby (your piano, that is): Bluthner, black, 7ft.

Piano piece you'd give anything to be able to play: I'll have to make it "pieces"; the entire keyboard works of JS Bach.

One thing about your life you'd change if you could (sorry, but you
may not say "lose weight"): I wish I'd practiced piano more as a child.

Philosophy for an easy life: Ask me in another life.

Your most rock-solid prediction for 2005: All-out nuclear war.

I can't think of a question to add.  


David

[chickering9]

Name:  Rick (not short for anything, either)

Also known as:  Rick, but answers to "Mike" for forgetful little old ladies for 30 years at a whack.

Age/Sex:  Old enough to know better/Used to, but old enough to know better.

Birthplace/Livingplace and feelings about same:  South central Oklahoma/Dead center Oklahoma often called "Normal", Oklahoma.  It's called "Normal" for a good reason and those reasons are enough to make it okay by me.  I have found that living and working much of my adult life in a single square mile of this planet that the greatest good and evil will find you and that the most unexpected adventures can happen there even while distant exotic destinations seem almost provincial and ordinary.

Family Life:  Not if I can help it, unless two cats count

Personality:  Contrarian

Words friends have used to describe you:  "enigmatic", "reserved", "blunt", "tells it like it is" (Reconcile those, please.)

Words you have used to describe you:  "Cranky demanding old b*stard" and proud of it, I might add.

Things you do when not staring at the computer:  Piano, stargaze, piano, paint, piano, write, piano, Turner Classic Movies, piano

Comfort foods:  southern pecan pie; coconut meringue pie; anything chocolate; a good rare NY strip steak

Education/Work:  Journalism/(well that was useful wasn't it) (Independent consultant)

Language skills:  Less and less as time goes on with native English grammar and spelling, but not receding as fast as my French or Spanish, or my hairline.

Where have you been all my life:  Passing you at night on the Sunset Limited or halfway up the mountain, or hiding in the kitty litter aisle of Wal-Mart till you got the dog food for Hooter.

Piano proficiency:  I owned five at once but got proficient enough to justify one of the three that remain.  I don't own a Shoenhut.

Describe your baby (your piano, that is):  Don't get me started on "My Girlfriend" (really  )

Piano piece you'd give anything to be able to play:  Also, "Rhapsody in Blue" (bought 30 minutes after the Chickering 9 was delivered, with high hopes.  So far only sight-played the first two pages, but enough to foster hope.

One thing about your life you'd change if you could (sorry, but you
may not say "lose weight"):  Six words I'd take back. 

Philosophy for an easy life:  There is no easy life but worrying is pointless; so get a good night's sleep.

Your most rock-solid prediction for 2005:  I'm a cynic and a pessimist and you want me to go there based on that shaky assumption? 


ADD A QUESTION OF YOUR OWN AND ANSWER IT:  What is my single-most compelling area of inquiry to satisfy curiosity?  Trying to grapple with String Theory to explain a few things that need explaining.

[Jack Appleseed]

Name:  Jack

Also known as:  Jack Frost

Age/Sex:  54 guy

Birthplace/Livingplace and feelings about same:  Massachusetts and Maine.  I love Maine.

Family Life:  Married with three kids.  Two are in college so I have no money.

Personality:  None that I can think of.

Words friends have used to describe you:  Nice guy.  Nowhere Man.

Words you have used to describe you:  I don't talk about myself much.

Things you do when not staring at the computer:  work, ski, GARDEN

Comfort foods:  Cabernet

Education/Work:  Too many to count / Attorney

Language skills:  Some

Where have you been all my life:  here and there

Piano proficiency:  Midnight Hour and Light My Fire

Describe your baby (your piano, that is):  Farfisa

Piano piece you'd give anything to be able to play:  Anything at all

One thing about your life you'd change if you could (sorry, but you
may not say "lose weight"):  have a couple more kids

Philosophy for an easy life:  Take it easy

Your most rock-solid prediction for 2005:  We will be in a war in Iraq


ADD A QUESTION OF YOUR OWN AND ANSWER IT:


Pets:  two dogs, a cat and a rabbit (maybe a couple of fleas)

[Tash]

Name: Tash

Also known as: Tashs_tiara, tashy, tashles, mickey

Age/Sex: 19 TODAY!!! female

Birthplace/Livingplace and feelings about same: sydney australia it's the bomb

Family Life: still married parents and little sister who's currently living in birmingham on her way to becoming a professional ballerina

Personality: bizarre, happy, bouncy, sometimes unpredictable

Words friends have used to describe you: a musical nerd hahaha, arty, crazy, off with the fairies

Words you have used to describe you: unpredictable (i can't even predict myself!), vague

Things you do when not staring at the computer: at my piano, or painting, or eating/having coffee at some place with friends

Comfort foods: chocolate of course! baker's delight pullapart bread, water

Education/Work: uni student doing b.fine arts/b.arts

Language skills: english, and about 10 words in french and german, and about 2 in japanese

Where have you been all my life: not in the right country!

Piano proficiency: currently doing AMEB AmusA, which is kinda like the start of the more serious stuff

Describe your baby (your piano, that is): an 80 year old Carl Ecke that has a pitch system of its own and has a muffly tone. aesthetically however, i love it, cos it's this beautiful dark brown wood with a great texture with this darkish red coming through, and the keys are really off-white so it's cool

Piano piece you'd give anything to be able to play: BARTOK PIANO CONCERTO 3 PLEASE!!!! and prokofiev toccatta and chopin barcarolle

One thing about your life you'd change if you could (sorry, but you
may not say "lose weight"): gain weight!!!hahaha otherwise do my uni assignments more than the weekend before they're due

Philosophy for an easy life: be a lazy ass bum and do nothing

Your most rock-solid prediction for 2005: i will say i'm going to do my uni assigments more than the weekend before they're due, but i won't


ADD A QUESTION OF YOUR OWN AND ANSWER IT:

future career plans: children's book illustrator, own my own card desiging business, write a series of books for children on different composers and other musical aspects, something to do with musicology, part-time artist, mother of 3 daughters, ummmm can't remember what else....

[calidris]

Name: Michiel

Also known as: Little brother

Age/Sex: 22 M

Birthplace/Livingplace and feelings about same: Belgium

Family Life: great parents, three sisters, one lives with her husband, the other two are still here

Personality: quiet, stubborn, perfectionist

Words friends have used to describe you: piano freak, photography freak

Words you have used to describe you:

Things you do when not staring at the computer: playing the piano, studying, birdwatching with friends, field trips with friends, listening to music, ...

Comfort foods: used to be chocolate, because some study said it makes you feel like you are in love    Changed it to pickle crisps when that girl whom I fed tons of chocolate fell in love with someone else 

Education/Work: university student doing biology

Language skills: Dutch, French, English

Where have you been all my life: all kinds of places

Piano proficiency: currently studying Chopin's second scherzo (still  ), Rachmaninov prelude opus 23 No. 5 and a Chopin Waltz

Describe your baby (your piano, that is): a digital Yamaha, CLP 990, wooden keys, great sound, easy for recording yourself

Piano piece you'd give anything to be able to play: Chopin's first and second Ballad, Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini.

One thing about your life you'd change if you could (sorry, but you
may not say "lose weight"): studying at the conservatory instead of studying biology

Philosophy for an easy life: take up life lightly, no heavy philosophy, and don't overcomplicate things

Your most rock-solid prediction for 2005: invasive, exotic species are going to have a hard year (before anyone accuses me of racism, I'm talking about plants )


ADD A QUESTION OF YOUR OWN AND ANSWER IT:
Plans for the future :
Don't know for sure yet.  Perhaps a master in environmental management or eco-marine management. 

[Bluethroat]

Name: Bluethroat

Also known as: That foul-mouthed Welsh bint

Age/Sex: 38/Female of the species

Birthplace/Livingplace and feelings about same: Born in the valleys, currently beside the seaside (as opposed to myself). Tacky town, spectacular scenery, too many Tories.

Family Life: Living in sin.

Personality: Some remnants of.

Words friends have used to describe you: Mad, bad and dangerous to know.

Words you have used to describe you: Likes quiet evenings in, curled up in front of the fire with a mug of steaming hot cocoa watching hard porn.

Things you do when not staring at the computer: Nothing. I've been here since 1974.

Comfort foods:Human flesh

Education/Work: I'm a singer - in the loosest sense of the word.

Language skills: None.
Where have you been all my life: All over the shop.
Piano proficiency: Grade 4 ABRSM. Been playing for 16 months.
Describe your baby (your piano, that is): Crane and Sons - likeable old banger.

Piano piece you'd give anything to be able to play: My Old Man's A Dustman.

One thing about your life you'd change if you could (sorry, but you
may not say "lose weight"):I'd like to invent the world's first magic wand.

Philosophy for an easy life: Be happy.

Your most rock-solid prediction for 2005: I'm gonna have to do something about this wisdom tooth.............


ADD A QUESTION OF YOUR OWN AND ANSWER IT:

You what?

[pskim]

Name:  Philip Kim

Also known as:  pskim

Age/Sex:  33/m

Birthplace/Livingplace and feelings about same: Seoul, Korea.  Immigrated to the US when I was 9 and lived in California until 1998, and now I live in Ise, Japan.

Family Life:  Wife and a 3 and a half year old son

Personality:  yes

Words friends have used to describe you: "You're a typical AB blood type."

Words you have used to describe you: 

Things you do when not staring at the computer:  Arranging or composing for my students or for myself, but mostly I practice Close-Up magic, especially cards.

Comfort foods:  Jujube tea

Education/Work:  BM, MA in piano performance/ piano teacher

Language skills: English, Japanese, Korean, and some Spanish (I forgot most of them)

Where have you been all my life:  I'd like to know that too.

Piano proficiency:  Advanced

Describe your baby (your piano, that is):  2 Yahama baby grands

Piano piece you'd give anything to be able to play:  Nothing, really.  And I played the Rhapsody in Blue (2 piano version) 13 years ago. 

One thing about your life you'd change if you could (sorry, but you
may not say "lose weight"):  avoiding the car accident that left me and my wife with a severe whiplash and now suffering from constant shoulder and neck pain.

Philosophy for an easy life:  Is there one?

Your most rock-solid prediction for 2005:  Life will go on.

As for my own question, I can't think of any.

[Egon von Sprocket]

Name:  Egon von Sprocket

Also known as: Tom.

Age/Sex: 45/M.

Birthplace/Livingplace and feelings about same: Born in Connecticut--but now living in exile in NYC and Florida.

Family Life: Wife, a good piano player, and two girls--11, a really good piano player, and 8, an OK piano player but a lovely little ballet dancer wannabe.

Personality: Somewhat mercurial.

Words friends have used to describe you:  Evil Clown and Saint, but oddly not much in between.

Words you have used to describe you: Blessed.

Things you do when not staring at the computer: Horseback riding and fencing.  I read a lot, too.

Comfort foods: Pickled Herring--I have to eat it in the car, my wife won't abide the smelly stuff in the house.

Education/Work:  AB, Classics, MA Philosophy, worked a little on a Ph.D, but came to my senses and moved on. I buy failing businesses (usually from MBA's who thought they know something about business) build them up and then flip them.  I also develop strip malls.

Language skills:  Used to know Latin and Koine Greek pretty well, but that was a long time ago.  Also know a little French and a little Polish.

Where have you been all my life: Waiting, hoping and praying for you to arrive to fill my days with wonder and my nights with passion.

Piano proficiency: I'm a classical guitar player who for the longest time only played the E, B, G, D, A, and E notes on the piano.  Now, I'm working my way through Chopin's Preludes with some minor success.

Describe your baby (your piano, that is):I have a mahogany Steinway L  in my home in NYC--and a polished ebony Young-Chang PG-213 in Florida.

Piano piece you'd give anything to be able to play: Any of the Brandenburg Concertos.

One thing about your life you'd change if you could (sorry, but you
may not say "lose weight"):  I would have studied piano instead of guitar in my youth.

Philosophy for an easy life: To know all is to forgive all.

Your most rock-solid prediction for 2005: I will become a kinder, gentler person.


ADD A QUESTION OF YOUR OWN AND ANSWER IT:  Why?  Don't know!

[jazzyd]

Just as I thought.

...That scent of human flesh and cocoa is strangely familiar, BT. Or, if not familiar, certainly strange.


David

[wynnbear]

Name:  Wynne

Also known as: WynnBear

Age/Sex:  48/M

Birthplace/Livingplace and feelings about same:  New Orleans.  It's a great place to visit.

Family Life:  Yes, I have one.

Personality: Still just one (as far as I know)

Words friends have used to describe you: "You can be intimidating."

Words you have used to describe you: Shy, but trying to get over it.  "Intimidating, me???"

Things you do when not staring at the computer: Piano, singing, reading.  Watching way too much television.

Comfort foods:  Mashed potatoes.  Mmmmmm.

Education/Work:  BS Finance, minor in Comp Sci (back in the days transitioning from punch-cards to terminals), MBA.  Make decisions on loans for a commercial bank.

Language skills:  Only English.  I had four years of Latin in high school and remember none of it.

Where have you been all my life:  Here. 

Piano proficiency:  Four years of lessons as a young teen; I took up playing again last year.  Probably play somewhere in the late intermediate / early advanced level.  The U.S. doesn't have those nifty standard grade levels, or at least we didn't back then.  How about this:  The two most technically challenging things I've played are Chopin's "Military" Polonaise (A), and Mendelssohn's Rondo Capriccioso.

Describe your baby (your piano, that is):  Bought a Charles Walter upright last year.  She's polished cherry and sounds and plays much bigger than 43" high would lead you to believe.

Piano piece you'd give anything to be able to play:  Rhapsody in Blue is good, but I'll also add the "Heroic" Polonaise (Ab)

One thing about your life you'd change if you could (sorry, but you may not say "lose weight"):  There are too many things in my miss-spent youth to ever narrow down to one.

Philosophy for an easy life:  If you can't change something, don't worry about it.

Your most rock-solid prediction for 2005:  The U.S. will still be in Iraq next year at this time.

ADD A QUESTION OF YOUR OWN AND ANSWER IT:  If you could start-over, what field would your career be in?  Medicine.

[Edgar]

Name: Edgar

Also known as: Bernard

Age/Sex: 48

Birthplace/Livingplace and feelings about same: NH-hated it/NYC-love it

Family Life: single with new boyfriend

Personality: idealist, considerate, Scorpio

Words friends have used to describe you: sensitive, reserved

Words you have used to describe you: silly goose

Things you do when not staring at the computer: How much time have you got?

Comfort foods: cheese, chocolate, chips, wine, french onion soup, veggie beans with veggie dogs

Education/Work: High School

Language skills: Some French

Where have you been all my life: Looking for my soulmate

Piano proficiency: Advanced Intermediate/Early Advanced. Self-taught as child, started lessons 14 years ago.

Describe your baby (your piano, that is): Yamaha G1R 5'3" purchased 14 years ago for $8K

Piano piece you'd give anything to be able to play: Chopin Sonata in B minor

One thing about your life you'd change if you could (sorry, but you
may not say "lose weight"): I'd be a man of leisure, nothing but the arts, education and all things beautiful

Philosophy for an easy life: Everything in moderation; the most important word in the human vocabulary: balance.

Your most rock-solid prediction for 2005: Some current predictions for 2005 will prove to be true, some will not.


ADD A QUESTION OF YOUR OWN AND ANSWER IT:

Do you keep ice cubes in your freezer? No and I've always felt inadequate when I have company because I never have ice.

[Cindysphinx]

Edgar,

About the whole ice thing . . .

Maybe Bluethroat can spot you some ice.  He probably needs a lot, what with all the *human flesh* he's got lying around! 

Cindy -- getting quite a giggle from all of the fab responses

[jazzyd]

"He" is a "she", Cindy.  And one with a penchant for eccentric Babylonians, unless I'm gravely mistaken (which I could be).


David

[luda888]

Name: Frank

Also known as:Franksta, Frankie, Gangsta

Age/Sex:13, male

Birthplace/Livingplace and feelings about same:North East of USA

Family Life:parents, bro, sis

Personality:cool, respective.............yeah

Words friends have used to describe you:cool, gangsta

Words you have used to describe you:respective

Things you do when not staring at the computer:play guitar, read, study, eat, sleep, play outside, watch tv

Comfort foods:chocolate, tea

Education/Work:going to high scool next year

Language skills:english, chinese, some french

Where have you been all my life:all of Eastern US, Taiwan, United Kingdom

Piano proficiency:played for 8 1/2 years, advanced

Describe your baby (your piano, that is):yamaha

Piano piece you'd give anything to be able to play:Opus Clavicembalisticum

One thing about your life you'd change if you could (sorry, but you
may not say "lose weight"):my skin, i have eczema

Philosophy for an easy life: have fun

Your most rock-solid prediction for 2005: lots of killing

[QueenBee]

Name:QueenBee

Also known as: BeeLady

Age/Sex: 45/F

Birthplace/Livingplace and feelings about same:Brooklyn NY! / Greater Boston,my true home

Family Life:Only Female in the house with Spouse and three boys

Personality:Partly cloudy with periods of sun

Words friends have used to describe you: organized, thoughtful

Words you have used to describe you: frantic

Things you do when not staring at the computer: housework, garden and keep bees,  housework, fiberarts, housework,  teach, housework, walk the miles of trails near home

Comfort foods: duh, chocolate

Education/Work: life experience

Language skills: lousy typist

Where have you been all my life: doing laundry

Piano proficiency: proficient? hardly

Describe your baby (your piano, that is):1901 S+S A

Piano piece you'd give anything to be able to play: any Brahms intermezzo

One thing about your life you'd change if you could (sorry, but you
may not say "lose weight"): Would have continued piano lessons thru my teens

Philosophy for an easy life: simplify, simplify

Your most rock-solid prediction for 2005: The grass with grow, the sun come up.


ADD A QUESTION OF YOUR OWN AND ANSWER IT:  What IS that green stuff in the fridge?  Meatballs from ? weeks ago...I think....

[Bluethroat]

"He" is a "she", Cindy. And one with a penchant for eccentric Babylonians, unless I'm gravely mistaken (which I could be).


David

David aka Smart Alec. ;-)

[Floristan]

Name:  Floristan

Also known as:  Eusebius' buddy.

Age/Sex:  56/M

Birthplace/Livingplace and feelings about same: Peoria, yuck!/San Francisco, ehhh, actually not my favorite place.

Family Life:  Just the S.O. and me. 

Personality:  Private and introverted (my S.O. is the opposite, of course).

Words friends have used to describe you:  Brainaic/idiot, sweet/sour, sensitive/insensitive, funny/humorless.

Words you have used to describe you:  Grateful and blessed, definitely.

Things you do when not staring at the computer:  Practice, read, work out, visit with friends, go to the movies.

Comfort foods:  Chocolate, chocolate, chocolate and popcorn.

Education/Work:  B.A. Univ. of Illionis, M.A. Columbia (English and Comparative Literature), did all my coursework for my Ph.D., then realized I wanted a different life.  After a few years of foundering, I developed a career in market research (go figure).  25 years later I'm quite good at it.

Language skills:  French and some German.

Where have you been all my life:  So needy!  Back off!   

Piano proficiency:  Low advanced.  I'm working on Rachmaninoff Opus 32, No. 12 and Brahms Op. 117, No. 2, plus 3 Bach Inventions.

Describe your baby (your piano, that is):  J. & P. Schiedmayer 170 cm grand.

Piano piece you'd give anything to be able to play:  Schubert's "Wanderer" Fantasie.

One thing about your life you'd change if you could (sorry, but you
may not say "lose weight"):  Be less moody.

Philosophy for an easy life:  Accept everything, expect nothing.

Your most rock-solid prediction for 2005:  Nothing I predict ever comes true, so I'll say:  world events will prove the wisdom of George W. Bush's plan for Iraq and the Middle East.   


ADD A QUESTION OF YOUR OWN AND ANSWER IT:

What would you like Santa to bring you?

A Bosendorfer Imperial!  (I guy can dream.)  Oh, and peace on earth, if it's not too much to ask.

Happy Holidays, everyone!

[Amoreena]

Name: Hilary

Also known as: Amoreena, Hil

Age/Sex: 31/yes please..I mean female 

Birthplace/Livingplace and feelings about same: southeastern PA - between Philadelphia and Allentown. I live with my parents - bleh.

Family Life: parents, 1 older brother (he lives north of Allentown), 1 dog, 1 cat, 1 Cockatoo, 2 hermit crabs, 3 turtles, lotsa fish

Personality: independant, strong-willed, smartass (I blame my dad for that   

Words friends have used to describe you: kind, compassionate, funny

Words you have used to describe you: funny, caring, weird

Things you do when not staring at the computer: sleep, watch tv, go shopping

Comfort foods: French fries, chocolate

Education/Work: currently a student - taking online classes through University of Phoenix - Bachlors of Science in Information Technology

Language skills: English, Spanish, does HTML count as a language?

Where have you been all my life: right here

Piano proficiency: took 2 years of lessons - early intermediate level. haven't played for a few years - carpal tunnel, lack of funds and lack of confidence get in the way

Describe your baby (your piano, that is): Technics SX-PC 12 digital piano

Piano piece you'd give anything to be able to play: "Funeral For a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding" - Elton John song from "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"

One thing about your life you'd change if you could (sorry, but you
may not say "lose weight"): I wish I was a multi-millionaire

Philosophy for an easy life: One day at a time

Your most rock-solid prediction for 2005: that I'll meet Elton John..ok, in my dreams


ADD A QUESTION OF YOUR OWN AND ANSWER IT: Why can't we all just get along? I wish I knew.

[Egon von Sprocket]

Lately I've been thinking how much I miss my lady
Amoreena's in the cornfield brightening the daybreak
Living like a lusty flower, running through the grass for hours
Rolling through the hay like a puppy child

And when it rains the rain falls down
Washing out the cattle town
And she's far away somewhere in her eiderdown
And she dreams of crystal streams
Of days gone by when we would lean
Laughing fit to burst upon each other

I can see you sitting eating apples in the evening
The fruit juice flowing slowly, slowly, slowly
Down the bronze of your body
Living like a lusty flower, running through the grass for hours
Rolling through the hay like a puppy child

Oh if only I could nestle in the cradle of your cabin
My arms around your shoulders the windows wide and open
While the swallow and the sycamore are playing in the valley
Oh I miss you Amoreena like a king bee misses honey

Lately I've been thinking how much I miss my lady
Amoreena's in the cornfield brightening the daybreak
Living like a lusty flower, running through the grass for hours
Rolling through the hay like a puppy child


[Edit:]  That was by Bernie

[donjuan]

Name: Hugh Jass (lol )

Also known as: donjuan

Age/Sex: 17.75/male and yes please

Birthplace/Livingplace and feelings about same: Canada, eh?  I live in a house- yep...pretty sturdy house.       ...??

Family Life: abusive and all that ***, haha j/k I love my family

Personality: introvert who can fake extrovertedness rather well when necessary

Words friends have used to describe you: huh? friends??

Words you have used to describe you: open, honest (sometimes at my own expense), awkward and shy around people

Things you do when not staring at the computer: playing piano, eating, sleeping, school,

Comfort foods: thanksgiving dinner type stuff - you know turkey, ham, stuffing, mashed potatoes, green beans, broccoli, all smothered in a truly groovy gravy baby

Education/Work: Im doing my last year of highschool

Language skills: english, music

Where have you been all my life: all YOUR life? geez I hardly know you

Piano proficiency: crappy sightreading skill, stiff wrists at times, and a number of bad habits to work off now due to years w/o competent teacher, adequate repeated note technique

Describe your baby (your piano, that is): She's black and weighs more than me

Piano piece you'd give anything to be able to play: Rach 3, Liszt Totentanz, Reminiscences de Norma, Grand Concert Fantasy from Sonnambula, Grand Galop Chromatique, Prokofiev Toccata

One thing about your life you'd change if you could (sorry, but you
may not say "lose weight"): I hate having IBS - Id love to be able to eat pizza and drink milkshakes again.

Philosophy for an easy life: I dont really want an "easy" life.  I like hard work just so long as Im into it and its rewarding in the end.  No communists, please!

Your most rock-solid prediction for 2005: Im graduating, and here in Canada it will snow some more


ADD A QUESTION OF YOUR OWN AND ANSWER IT:
What's the meaning of life? crap, I dunno...what do you think?  hey is it right to answer a question with another question? oh look I did it again

donjuan

[Amoreena]

Lately I've been thinking how much I miss my lady
Amoreena's in the cornfield brightening the daybreak
Living like a lusty flower, running through the grass for hours
Rolling through the hay like a puppy child

And when it rains the rain falls down
Washing out the cattle town
And she's far away somewhere in her eiderdown
And she dreams of crystal streams
Of days gone by when we would lean
Laughing fit to burst upon each other

I can see you sitting eating apples in the evening
The fruit juice flowing slowly, slowly, slowly
Down the bronze of your body
Living like a lusty flower, running through the grass for hours
Rolling through the hay like a puppy child

Oh if only I could nestle in the cradle of your cabin
My arms around your shoulders the windows wide and open
While the swallow and the sycamore are playing in the valley
Oh I miss you Amoreena like a king bee misses honey

Lately I've been thinking how much I miss my lady
Amoreena's in the cornfield brightening the daybreak
Living like a lusty flower, running through the grass for hours
Rolling through the hay like a puppy child


[Edit:]  That was by Bernie

Egon - 

[felinecholer]

Name: Feline Choler

Also known as:  A Force to be Reckoned with

Age/Sex:  Does it matter much?

Birthplace/Livingplace and feelings about same:  What do you think?


Personality:  Catty

Words friends have used to describe you:  I don't have friends

Words you have used to describe you:  Animalistic, Athletic, Strong, Confident, Capable

Things you do when not staring at the computer:  Whatever I feel like

Comfort foods:  Whatever I can find

Education/Work:  I learn from everything and work at everything

Language skills:  I have my own way of saying what I think and feel

Where have you been all my life:  Staring at you... Calculating

Piano proficiency:  We shall see, won't we

[chozart]

Name: Chozart

Also known as: da Chode, heh

Age/Sex: 16/F

Birthplace/Livingplace and feelings about same: born in Sarajevo, Bosnia; currently living in the U.S.A. let's just say.. I really wished I lived in Austria ''

Family Life: 1 younger brother, 2 parents, and hell of a lot of family across the ocean

Personality: funny and fond of laughing, prone to sarcasm, sometimes moody, somehow managing to be both shy and outgoing

Words friends have used to describe you: funny, smart, obsessed with bach & mozart (lol), weird, crazy, etc

Words you have used to describe you: heh, the same as the above pretty much

Things you do when not staring at the computer: playing piano, talking/hanging out with friends, studying >_>

Comfort foods: chocolate!! .. and ice cream and cookies

Education/Work: in the 11th grade of hs; haven't ever had a "real" job... oh, and I'm head upperschool accompanist... whoo, something to be proud of right there, heh

Language skills: Bosnian (well Hrvatski.. so I guess Croatian sort of counts too, and all those dialects), English, (forgot my German SADLY), and Spanish

Where have you been all my life: unfortunately not in Europe..

Piano proficiency: i dunno.. ok i guess o_O i've played 5 years now, I'm in Russian/Ukrainian school grade 7, .. look at my repertoir

Describe your baby (your piano, that is): just got a new one huzzah! a Kawai cherrywood upright 606! my old one which sucked is a Thompson upright 1912

Piano piece you'd give anything to be able to play: umm... well there's several, but among them is Liszt's Liebestraum No.3, Brahms' Variations on a Theme by Paganini, and a bunch more..

One thing about your life you'd change if you could (sorry, but you
may not say "lose weight"): physically - my hair. it's not bad or anything, but its waviness never cooperates, lol. so i'd like to somehow find a wonderfully versatile style and make my hair so as well
otherwise - that I somehow miraculously could have stayed in Europe.. AND started playing an instruement/piano between the ages of 6-9 (rather than in 6th grade.. >_>)

Philosophy for an easy life: have good oral hygiene lol

Your most rock-solid prediction for 2005: umm... i have no freakin clue >_>


ADD A QUESTION OF YOUR OWN AND ANSWER IT:
Fav sport(s)?
-> biking & archery (to do); soccer, swimming, and winter sports, in particular figure skating (to watch)

[Rich D.]

Name: Richard Diefenbeck

Also known as:  Dief

Age/Sex: Male/55

Birthplace/Livingplace and feelings about same: North Bay Ontario Canada.  Been living forever it seems in the Washington DC area which I'm not complaining about.   It's a great place!   Hey but I'm moving to Maine when the Mrs. retires.

Family Life:  married, one son (34)

Personality:  Hmmm well quiet I suppose, nice, slightly introverted,

Words friends have used to describe you: nice, easy going

Words you have used to describe you:  see above

Things you do when not staring at the computer:  play piano of course! runner, tennis, reader and too many other interests to list

Comfort foods: Chocolate Covered Pretzels

Education/Work:  Masters in Pulic Administration.  Just retired from the Feds so working from now on is an option.

Language skills:  poor English

Where have you been all my life:  Making everyone sleep better at night knowing I worked in Homeland Security.

Piano proficiency:  Oh...hmmm...hard to say, better go ask my teacher...

Describe your baby (your piano, that is):  it's BIG....

Piano piece you'd give anything to be able to play:  Scriabin Etude Op. 8 #12.  A two minute piece that takes my breath away!

One thing about your life you'd change if you could (sorry, but you
may not say "lose weight"): that I could have started taking piano lessons as a child instead as an adult.

Philosophy for an easy life:  Marry a good woman and treat her well.

Your most rock-solid prediction for 2005:  Andre Agassi will win his last grand slam.


ADD A QUESTION OF YOUR OWN AND ANSWER IT:   Are you a naturalized US citizen?  Yes, after having been an illegal alien for many years growing up.  
 
 

[Glissando]

Your most rock-solid prediction for 2005:  Andre Agassi will win his last grand slam.

*crosses fingers and hopes against hope that the above comes true.*
I want Tim Henman to win Wimbledon and Andre to win the US, that'd be too cool!

[pianobabe56]

*sigh* Why? Because 18 people under one roof for 4 days with nothing to do but sit around and look at each other gets more and more exciting with each passing second. Plus, it appears that the minors on this thread need to be better represented.

Name: Kimberly

AKA: Kym, Alex, & Fraulein

Age/Sex: 15-year-old girl

Birthplace/Livingplace and feelings about the same: Pacific Northwest, USA. ... hey look! A tumbleweed! Get a picture!.... oh man! here comes another! get ready!...

Family life: bizarre beyond human reasoning. My grandmother washed her hair in the kitchen sink yesterday for lack of adequate shower time.

Personality: Insanely introverted

Words friends have used to describe you: Well, I have been told that I am someone's "Sheckshy sweet fat-free bran muffin."

Words you have used to describe you: Laid back?

Things you do when not staring at the computer: This may come as a shock, but I play piano. I also LOVE to read (Tolkien!:D). Listen to punk rock and do homework.

Comfort foods: Sugar-free warm tapioca pudding with strawberries, hot cocoa, and M&M's

Education/work: Sophomore in high school/piano teacher

Language skills: English and an EXTREMELY limited amount of spanish

Where have you been all my life: Practicing my tumbleweed watching.

Piano proficiency: You'd have to ask my teacher. I honestly have no clue.

Describe your baby (your piano, that is): A Conn upright! Very stiff keys, hasn't been tuned in AT LEAST 10 years...

Piano piece you'd give anything to be able to play: well, if I could get Fantasie Impromptu up to par for my competition this spring, that'd be nice. I don't know what else I'd like to play.

One thing about your life you'd change if you could (sorry, but you may not say "lose weight"): Hm. If we can't use "lose weight" then I'm good!

Philosophy for an easy life: pass yourself off as either chronically ill or insane, and let other people take care of your problems.

Your most rock-solid prediction for 2005: The US is screwed. The fact that George Bush was re-elected versus John Kerry just slows down the screwing process. Tumbleweed-watching will become an olympic event.

[chozart]

doesn't mostly everyone wish they'd started with music earlier? @_@

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Your most rock-solid prediction for 2005: The US is screwed. The fact that George Bush was re-elected versus John Kerry just slows down the screwing process. Tumbleweed-watching will become an olympic event.

agreed, heh
also, i think the world is.... i mean, what... people aren't being all that great, and there's a nice amount of natural disasters... hmmm >_o

[dlu]

Name: DLu

Also known as: Dustin, DLu, DustyLu, ect...

Age/Sex: 14, yes please, male

Birthplace/Livingplace and feelings about same: Born in Colorado, have lived in Colorado duh?, Okinawa Japan, Florida, New York, Virginia ectectect....

Family Life: ok...i gues...what are you asking...i've got a sister...ect...*confused*

Personality: N/A...lol

Words friends have used to describe you: quiet, reserved, eccentric, (quite a combinataion)

Words you have used to describe you: quiet

Things you do when not staring at the computer: um...piano...

Comfort foods: um...piano...

Education/Work: freshman in high school

Language skills: um...uu?...i speak english?...and some french

Where have you been all my life: piano

Piano proficiency: lower advanced

Describe your baby (your piano, that is): yamaha t121...NEED a grand!!!

Piano piece you'd give anything to be able to play: opus clavicembalisticum...

One thing about your life you'd change if you could (sorry, but you
may not say "lose weight"): um...change...um...i wish i'd never listened to beethoven's grosse fugue...

Philosophy for an easy life: die

Your most rock-solid prediction for 2005: prediction....um...err...u?...hitler (i.e. Bush) will screw the world over a bit more...


ADD A QUESTION OF YOUR OWN AND ANSWER IT: piano?
DLu

[Deeply Satisfied]

Name:  Deeply Satisfied

Also known as:  Me

Age/Sex:  34/ yes please... I mean, Female

Birthplace/Livingplace and feelings about same:  California/Washington state:  there are things that I love about both places

Family Life:  I have a dog, a vegetable garden and a spice garden, three japanese maples, and many familiar mountains   .

Personality:  Extroverted, I love people and I love being around them, I love making people laugh and smile and feel things, I love to entertain... I love to be entertained and to be made to laugh.

Words friends have used to describe you:  Funny, polite, peaceful, happy

Words you have used to describe you:  Extroverted, friendly, peaceful, loves people

Things you do when not staring at the computer:  Piano studies, research, deep thinking and reflecting about life, piano studies, sleeping, writing, piano studies, painting, piano studies, hiking, exploring... etc

Comfort foods:  Chocolate!!!  Red Meat,  Hummus and vegetables,  Sushi,  Soup.

Education/Work:  Undergraduate degree in piano performance/  Graduate student

Language skills:  English is my native language.  Studied Spanish for a while.  I love to try to decode both French and German, and I wish to study Russian.

Where have you been all my life:  Keeping very busy, and eating lots of Chocolate  !

Piano proficiency:  I pretend that I am

Describe your baby (your piano, that is):  Whatever I can get my hands on will do.

Piano piece you'd give anything to be able to play:  I would actually really like to begin serious work on Rach 3... and many others of course.

One thing about your life you'd change if you could (sorry, but you
may not say "lose weight"):  The temptation to want to try to change something about my life if I could  .

Philosophy for an easy life:  Don't worry, be happy

Your most rock-solid prediction for 2005:  Piano


ADD A QUESTION OF YOUR OWN AND ANSWER IT:

Are we there yet?  No.

[justme]

Name: Peggy

Also known as:justme

Age/Sex: Female 47

Birthplace/Livingplace and feelings about same:Baltimore/Florida

Family Life:confusing

Personality:Yes

Words friends have used to describe you: nice

Words you have used to describe you: Hah!

Things you do when not staring at the computer:read and enjoy my confusing family life

Comfort foods:chocolate

Work:sales

Piano proficiency:intermediate, I think

Why I am here: I want to say hi to all my old friends and tell them I miss them.

[wynnbear]

Name: Peggy

Also known as:justme

Hey, Peggy!  Welcome!

[Freedom]

Name: Adam
Also known as:Freedom
Age/Sex: 15/M
Birthplace/Livingplace and feelings about same:Scotland
Family Life:interesting
Personality:Yes
Words friends have used to describe you: strange
Words you have used to describe you: mm..?
Things you do when not staring at the computer:reading and playing piano
Comfort foods:chocolate and chocolate milk (mmmmm)
Work:Student
Piano proficiency:intermediate, I think
Why I am here: I followed justme 

[Ben D.]

Name: Ben

Also known as: Bennie Loo Hoo (Silly Canadian girl at my school calls me that)

Age/Sex: Young, M

Birthplace/Livingplace and feelings about same: Born in Ft. Worth, lived there for 3 years and moved to The Woodlands, which is just north of Houston. It's too hot here. rrgh.

Family Life: 1 sister, she's 4 years younger than me, my mom and dad are both teachers.

Personality: Quiet in person, but otherwise not. Dunno what to put here. Oh well.

Words friends have used to describe you: Silly, old, just about everything

Words you have used to describe you: silly, old, ... hm

Things you do when not staring at the computer: play piano, watch tv occasionally, play basketball...

Comfort foods: Goldfish (original), Pop Tarts (frosted strawberry), Cheez-Its, Chocolate...

Education/Work: Stuck in school, but I referee bball games for little kids on saturdays

Language skills: English, about half of Spanish

Where have you been all my life: Never lived outside of Texas, for vacations I've been to North Carolina, California, Canada, New Mexico...

Piano proficiency: Been playing for six years, one of the best pianists in Texas for my age...

Describe your baby (your piano, that is): Upright, TERRIBLE CONDITION, the C 2 octaves below middle C is almost a whole step flat but it doesn't sound that bad because the rest of the piano is a half step out of flat... If you saw it you would laugh for a very long time...

Piano piece you'd give anything to be able to play: Ooh so many things, the Waldstein comes to mind, ohh... ahhh if I had to pick one the Waldstein but... hmph can't pick one

One thing about your life you'd change if you could (sorry, but you
may not say "lose weight"): Wish I didn't have to go to school, had more money, and didn't have braces RRM

Philosophy for an easy life: I have no idea.

Your most rock-solid prediction for 2005: I increase my vertical enough to touch the rim.


ADD A QUESTION OF YOUR OWN AND ANSWER IT:

What was your favorite Christmas present you recieved: My mini iPod! YAY I LOVE IT

[noelle]

Name: Noelle

Also known as: . . . Noelle

Age/Sex: 16/F

Birthplace/Livingplace and feelings about same: Canada/USA - wish I could still be in the former.

Family Life: parents, brother.

Personality: introverted, intellectual

Words friends have used to describe you: committed, sesquipedalian (hah), weird

Words you have used to describe you: me.

Things you do when not staring at the computer: piano, cello, draw, read, school

Comfort foods: peanut butter, mayonnaise and banana

Education/Work: high school =P  I have no idea what I want to major in on top of music.

Language skills: English, Japanese, some Spanish and French and German

Where have you been all my life: where have I traveled?  Canada (PEI, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, British Columbia), USA (northeast, CA, NC, FL), Costa Rica, Colombia, Germany, Austria, England, Scotland, France, going to Japan next summer.

Piano proficiency: decent?

Describe your baby (your piano, that is): Vose & Sons - upright - Boston hXc.  Hates to stay in tune =[  We might be getting an organ soon.  Cackle.

Piano piece you'd give anything to be able to play: don't make me decide.

One thing about your life you'd change if you could (sorry, but you
may not say "lose weight"): never dropped piano lessons.

Philosophy for an easy life: pay attention, return phone calls.

Your most rock-solid prediction for 2005: it will snow.  Yes.


ADD A QUESTION OF YOUR OWN AND ANSWER IT:

What is the meaning of life?  42.

[wintervind]

Also known as: etude Op. 25 no. 11

Age/Sex: 28/female

Birthplace/Livingplace and feelings about same: France (I can't say where. I'm in hiding)Family Life: Perpetually single and happy

Personality: Introvert who gets nervous around people and acts like an extrovert

Words friends have used to describe you: possible attention deficit disorder candidate

Words you have used to describe you: Incredibly shy, arrogant, synical, and ridiculously optimisitc.  

Things you do when not staring at the computer: piano,piano, piano piano piano piano, eating, sleeping, school, shopping (i like shoes)

Comfort foods: How bout comfort drink? Wine in all forms

Education/Work: College Grad

Language skills: english, french, and music

Where have you been all my life: all YOUR life? geez I hardly know you

Piano proficiency: Again back to being arrogant; I'm the best you've ever seen (thats also my synical side)

Describe your baby (your piano, that is): Shes puke yellow with an empty bottle of Chopin Vodka sitting on top.

Piano piece you'd give anything to be able to play: Any of the pieces I have already learned. There are too many to name! First is the Schumann Fantasie

One thing about your life you'd change if you could (sorry, but you
may not say "lose weight"): Took piano seriously when I was a child

Philosophy for an easy life: Always do what you love!

Your most rock-solid prediction for 2005: Hopefully still be alive

[wintervind]

Also known as: etude Op. 25 no. 11

Age/Sex: 28/female

Birthplace/Livingplace and feelings about same: France (I can't say where. I'm in hiding)Family Life: Perpetually single and happy

Personality: Introvert who gets nervous around people and acts like an extrovert

Words friends have used to describe you: possible attention deficit disorder candidate

Words you have used to describe you: Incredibly shy, arrogant, synical, and ridiculously optimisitc.  

Things you do when not staring at the computer: piano,piano, piano piano piano piano, eating, sleeping, school, shopping (i like shoes)

Comfort foods: How bout comfort drink? Wine in all forms

Education/Work: College Grad

Language skills: english, french, and music

Where have you been all my life: all YOUR life? geez I hardly know you

Piano proficiency: Again back to being arrogant; I'm the best you've ever seen (thats also my synical side)

Describe your baby (your piano, that is): Shes puke yellow with an empty bottle of Chopin Vodka sitting on top.

Piano piece you'd give anything to be able to play: Any of the pieces I have already learned. There are too many to name! First is the Schumann Fantasie

One thing about your life you'd change if you could (sorry, but you
may not say "lose weight"): Took piano seriously when I was a child

Philosophy for an easy life: Always do what you love!

Your most rock-solid prediction for 2005: Hopefully still be alive

Sorry donjuan- I copied your post to add my responces and didn't erase one of yours!

[athykay]

Also known as: etude Op. 25 no. 11


Describe your baby (your piano, that is): Shes puke yellow with an empty bottle of Chopin Vodka sitting on top.

Would that be the one with his picture etched on the inside?  I bought some of that last month and I don't even like Vodka.  Fantastic!

[Egon von Sprocket]