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Hi, my name is Lori, as you may or may
not know. I am
28 years old,an education & psychology major, an aspiring singer, and a great
lover of all
things creative! I hope you like my little
corner of the
internet!!
A Few of my Favorite Things!
- Fav color: Purple
- Fav food: Anything with cheese! haha, and
Chinese food
- Fav video game: Mario Kart 64,all the Super Mario games, Goldeneye, Tetris,all Tony Hawk, Pac-Man and
original Legend of Zelda
- Fav Scent: Lilac, anyting Bath & Body Works, epseciall Coco Cabana
- Fav desert: cheesecake
- Fav alcoholic breverage: Strawberry
Banana Wine Coolers (Bacardis), White Zifandel Zima
- Fav collections: Moons & Stars, angels
- Fav movies: City of Angels,The Family Man,50 First Dates, Beavis and
Butthead Do America, Austin Powers: Goldmember, all Adam Sandler, The Craft, Clueless,
Annie Hall, Camille Claudel, Impromtu, Scenes
From a Marriage, Wild Strawberries
- Fav tv shows: The Simpsons, Friends,
Everybody Loves Raymond, The Smurfs, Rock N Roll Jeopardy, That 70s Show, american idol
- Fav author: Dean Koontz
- More hobbies: I love to read, draw, contemplate, laugh, cook, learn from children, web creation :) creative expression
- Misc. facts:
I live in Springfield, MA USA, I drive a 1996 Chevy monte Carlo, I love
my family, my dogs and cats, Cape Cod, Dunkin Donuts ice coffee, Jesus, my friends, and
above all MUSIC!!
I am student teaching at samuel Bowles School in a third grade classroom. I graduate from WSC on May 21, 2005. Anyone who is reading this and knows me, come to my graduation and witness my dream come true!!
Old New:Went to Lilith Fair in Hartford, CT on August
4, 1999, and it was incredible!! I got my
dream stereo, a Pioneer 400 watt DOlby Pro
Logic receiver, surround sound, 100+1 cd
changer (cuz you always need one more!). ahhh, my dream come true. If I loved
listening to music before, its like a whole
new experience now. Just had my b'day trip to Cape Cod! Ah, heaven! :)
My Favorite Metal Bands!!
- Yngwie Malmsteen is the best!
- Fates Warning
- Dream Theater
- Savatage
- old Dokken
- Lots of imports such as Stratovarius,
Elegy, Rough
Silk, Alien, Glory, Masquerade, Fair Warning,
TNT etc
- Psyco Drama & Magnitude 9
- EternityX
- King's X and Galactic Cowboys
- Megadeth
- Ozzy w/ Randy Rhoads
- Dio
- Helloween
- The Gathering and Lacuna Coil (girl power!)
- Tonz More!!!
Yngwie
Malmsteen
Click
here to hear Yngwie play (Black Star)
My Favorite Sarah McLachlan Songs!!
- Elsewhere, because I identify with it
- Posession
- Angel, for the beauty
- I Will Remember You
- Building A Mystery
- Hold On
This list is neverending and
everchanging!!
Sarah McLachlan
Click here to listen
to Sarah (Elsewhere)
My Favorite Guitarists!
- Yngwie is a god!
- John Norum has my heart
- Jimi Hendrix is the master..
- John Pertrucci
- Jim Matheos-even though his ego is
growing to be the
size of Yngwie's...
- Frank Aresti-The other side of the Fates
Warning guitar
duo, I like his solos better actually.
- Randy Rhoads-his talent, our gift. His
death, our
sorrow...
Randy Rhoads
1956-1982
Click here to
listen to Randy play (Crazy Train)
My Current Favorite Singers!!
- Sarah Mclachlan-my true inspiration. I
love her
thoughts and her voice
- Amy Lee- She is everything I ever wanted to be, she is a beautiful person with beautiful thoughts, and Evanescence's music touches me in ways I can't explain, as if they embody every musical thought I have ever had---pure heaven!
- Goran Edman, Swedish singer with THE
RICHEST tenor Yum!
- Jeff Scott Soto, the most all-around
talented singer in
metal.
- Tori Amos, her breathy passionate
singing really
broadened my musical vision
- Ronnie James Dio-power and 1/2
- Tony Harnell, singer for a little known
Norwegian band
called TNT (though he is actually American)
- Ray Alder and James Labrie-you can't
have one without
the other. The masters of prog metal
- Ann Wilson-my hero
- Paula Cole-The righteously angry female!
- Anneke (The Gathering) She is a beautiful person with an ethereal voice.
- MYSELF!!-and I'm sure those who know me
would also
agree(I hope!!!)
I'm sure I have forgotten many but those
were just a
few of my loves from off the top of my
head!
My Desert Island Discs
You know how it goes, if you were stranded on
a desert
island, which discs would you have with you.
Well, these
are my picks!
- Yngwie Malmsteen-Eclipse
- Sarah Mclachlan-Fumbling Towards Ecstasy
- Evanescence-Fallen
- Dream Theater-Awake
- Fates Warning-Inside Out (but its also a
toss up with
No Exit)
- Yngwie-Marching Out
- Ozzy Osbourne-Blizzard of Ozz
- Europe-Wings of Tomorrow
- Heart's Greatest Hits
- Tori Amos-Little Earthquakes
Runners-up include Dio-Holy Diver, any
Savatage with Criss
Oliva, Dokken, etc Its too hard to pick just
10!