We're Janna and Michael. Both Americans
living and working in London, we met Lindy Hopping in August of 2000 and
have been together ever since. We were engaged in February of 2001 and are
now moving back to the US...and taking our time doing it. Here's a bit more
on both of us.
name:
Janna Murphy
home city/country:
London, Great Britain
date-o-birth:
03-29-67
email:
place-o-birth:
Taunton, Massachusetts, USA
whatchu do:
children's book editor
whachu do when you're not doin' whachu
do:
Dance (hiphop, lindy hop). Read. Watch Pop Idol (or yearn for its return). Talk about Pop Idol with my pals. Hang out with my fella.
favorites (book, movie, song, band,
etc.):
Author: John Irving. Movie: It's a Wonderful Life. Filmmaker: Woody A. Singers: F. Astaire, J. Garland, Chet Baker. Songs: You Are the Sunshine of My Life (S.Wonder); My Funny Valentine (Rogers/Hart/Chet); The Man That Got Away (Arlen/Gershwin/Judy); They Can't Take That Away From Me (G&I Gershwin/Fred).
Bloomers fell off during a production of Oklahoma! Stepped nimbly out of 'em and carried on dancing, of course.
you've just been crowned miss america/uk/world.
what do you wish for:
The invention of cigarettes that emit no superfluous (secondhand) smoke.
my first kiss (who, where, when):
Mystery towheaded boy at Green Acres Kindergarten School. Involuntary on my part.
my pet peeves:
People who walk with a big pointy umbrella poking fore and aft, with ne'er a thought for surrounding pedestrians. People who pop their gum on buses/trains -- can hear the saliva working, too. Ooh, and I hate the Call Me Crazies (in the UK, it's "I'm mad, I am"). I have about a squillion more. Will provide upon request.
other cool stuff about
me:
Aw, shucks.
name:
Michael Schmidt
home city/country:
London, England
date-o-birth:
May 19, 1967
email:
place-o-birth:
Baltimore, Md
whatchu do:
IT Consultant
whachu do when you're not doin' whachu
do:
Lindy Hop, tennis, photography, hang with my woman
favorites (book, movie, song, band,
etc.):
Book--A Prayer for Owen Meany; Movie--It's a Wonderful Life; Song/Band--Jungleland by Bruce Springsteen
Skydiving, white-water rafting, triathalons, study abroad year in Wales, played piano at my brother's wedding (it was pretty awful, though) and meeting my woman.
most em-bare-ass-ing moment:
Back in high school I was at an award ceremony where two people were performing a scene from a play that I'd also been in. Thinking I knew the scene so well, and thinking I was soooo cool, I decided to show off and be the first person to start clapping. Well, I sort of jumped the gun and started a line early. I wasn't the first person clapping, I was the only one.
you've just been crowned miss america/uk/world.
what do you wish for:
I'd wish that bitch Miss Texas wasn't wearing the same dress.
my first kiss (who, where, when):
Cheryl Gossmann, at a party in high school.
my pet peeves:
Stupid people doing mean things. People who don't pay attention to what they're doing.
other cool stuff about
me:
I don't have to work for a year. That's pretty cool.
