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posted January 15, 2009 06:11 AM         

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More things I like:

The smell of Mimosa
French handmade soap
Coco Channel Eau de Parfum
Chuncky jewellery
Having a long, hot shower at the end of the day
Cherry Drops
Woodland walks

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posted January 15, 2009 12:18 PM           

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Welcome to linda-land, mezzo.
Just posting to declare I resent the slang cuppa. It just doesn't say it all.
haha so yeah, that's all.
don't take this seriously at all.

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posted January 15, 2009 12:20 PM           

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Holy cow! You're born on Nov. 8? lol, sorry just read some now, but I know a guy and a girl born on nov. 8, and had a huge crush on the girl.
but anyway, I have no time, bye.

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posted January 15, 2009 02:31 PM         

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snohawk1 - you are a cheeky imp! I can and will happily continue to use the term 'cuppa' and 'brew'. Goodness lad! I'm from the land of tea drinking don't you know...

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posted January 15, 2009 02:33 PM         

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A picture of me doing my 'thing'....check the hat!

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posted January 15, 2009 09:50 PM         

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What a fabulous bonnet!!
Welcome to LL, mezzo

~ Zala

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posted January 16, 2009 07:51 AM         

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Hi Zala! thanks - not only did it have lace, it also had feathers! Was very hot on stage too....

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posted January 16, 2009 06:54 PM         

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I concur with the praising of tea and disapproval of the transport system

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posted January 16, 2009 07:12 PM         

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mezzoelf1:

So your a singer! How long have you been singing? Have you ever been before the royal family?

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posted January 17, 2009 09:05 AM         

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Hi good girl! Yes, I sing, although I work full time as a teacher. Have sung for years, firstly as a chorister, and now doing semi-professional gigs both as a soloist and in a couple of chamber choirs. Have never done anything in front of the Royals .... that would be scary! x

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posted January 17, 2009 10:52 AM         

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That's so awesome! I love your fabulous hat, mezzo! I used to have one like that in black and wore it with my torn jeans for fun
Gosh, it must be such a rush to be on stage. It's wonderful, must be so much fun
Do you have anymore photos of your performances by any chance?

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posted January 17, 2009 03:06 PM           

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Yeah, the Saturn Return sure can be a transformative time.

You are really pretty. And I love the hat.

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posted January 19, 2009 07:11 AM         

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thanks for all the lovely comments....

virgo mask - i don't have any more pics of me performing. the one on here is a still of a DVD. its a pain, but generally people don't take photos at concerts! also, love the idea of the hat in black, worn with jeans...wonderfully eccentric and chic!

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posted January 21, 2009 08:54 AM         

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OK....

time for some more stuff

Music I like (please feel free to add your own lists)

Classical stuff first.....

Anything by J.S Bach
Handel
Purcell (he wrote the BEST songs )
Debussy
German Lieder (Schubert, Schumann etc)
Vaughn Williams
Gorecki (esp. his Symphony of Sorrowful Songs)
Avro Part
Rachmaninov (esp.his 'Vespers')

there are more but can't think of them right now

more mainstream stuff coming up!

Amy Winehouse (got her first album when it first came out....totally fell in love with her voice, she might be a bit of train-wreak but damn! that VOICE!!!!!)

Reeeeeally like chilled/ambient dance stuff like Zero 7, Jakatta, Massive Attack and so on

Stereophonics - know they've not done much for a while, but their second album was the sountrack to my first year at uni! Bliss!

Carol King - old school and the best

Neil Diamond (blame my parents, oh, and Simon and Garfunkle....same....)

QUEENS OF THE STONEAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love their stuff and quite fancy Josh Homme

Metallica (seeing them LIVE in march)

Funeral for a Friend

Sheila Chandra

there are more but God! could be here ALL DAY listing them.

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posted January 21, 2009 10:17 PM         

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"Metallica (seeing them LIVE in march)"

Really??? I saw that way back in the 90's twice, they were really great live. I am not so sure about their stuff now for me...I'm a huge fan of the much older stuff , like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYKh85Leq_g

even better live...wish I would've seen them back then:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkkgYktQkFg

I'm curious to see if they're still as strong live as they were 16 years ago (wow...saying that just made me feel...really...old...LOL )

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posted January 22, 2009 12:39 AM         

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can you teach me to sing better?
enough so that people don't cringe when i open my mouth?

i think i'm tone deaf...

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posted January 22, 2009 07:33 AM         

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Hey virgo! yeh - love metallica's older stuff esp. master of puppets. their recent stuff isn't as edgy, bless them, but they are getting a bit long in the tooth... I am really looking forward to seeing them live though.

singing lessons? weeeelll - as a technicality we can all sing; we all have voices. but some people never learn to be free with their voice, and often i find those with deep felt, sometimes difficult emotions, struggle with singing. the voice is one of most expressive means of communication - its tone, timbre and modulations speak more loudly than words. if i am feeling low or unhappy i find it almost impossible to sing.....just some thoughts!

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posted January 22, 2009 07:47 AM         

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http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=miLV0o4AhE4

very beautiful, very moving.....you will cry...

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posted January 22, 2009 11:14 PM         

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I finally replied to your query here: http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/Forum23/HTML/000067-3.html

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posted January 23, 2009 08:23 AM         

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mezzoelf1!

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posted January 28, 2009 11:49 AM         

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today I have been wearing red tights

tomorrow I might wear purple ones

the kids think its a hoot but my head teacher gave me MASSIVE evils at the end of a staff meeting today......don't think she approves!

what do other teachers out there wear, and do they/would they wear coloured tights???!

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posted January 29, 2009 02:58 AM         

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Blecchh! They sound uptight and jealous! I say keep wearing what you love ...

I've seen teachers wear all kinds of stuff, so I don't see the problem...unless there's some kind of written code. It sounds like they're jealous of you standing out !!!

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posted January 29, 2009 09:23 AM         

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can't find anything anywhere that says wearing coloured tights is not allowed. I mean, its not as if i was wearing them with a mini skirt or low cup top - quite the opposite in fact. I did look smart. its my fault for working in a rural school full of provincial people.

oh well. so much for originality. i think the head would like us all in suits and heels. YUK!

p.s. watched the film 'Dogville' last night. AMAZING!!!!!! get it on DVD people. just awsome.

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posted January 29, 2009 06:28 PM         

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I say you go in wearing your bonnet!!

Or go in wearing all black from now on..(can you tell what kind of child I was? LOL)

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posted January 30, 2009 06:19 AM         

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hahaha! like it good girl! i don't have the bonnet anymore - it was hired for the performance (boo!), but i do often wear all black.....doing performing arts means i can get away with that all right!

so, apart from wearing lots of black as a youngster did you also listen to lots of deep indie/metal music whilst locked in your room?! (or am i feeding into stereotypes here????!)

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