Okay, I might be the last woman on the list you may picture being a Joni wannabe. My Mediterranean look pretty much eliminated that possibility. But I still fancied myself quite the little hippie, I did have Abbie Hoffman hair. Although I am queer, I was not ever really that attracted to Joni's looks. Curly dark hair the complete opposite shape, 5'6 and round. But I could sing a little. So being a high school sophmore (72/73), and acting like one, I used to sing in the cafeteria, doing all my imitations, Johnny Mathis and Joni in particular,Ethel came much later. I would walk down the halls and girls would yell out requests to sing especially, "You Turn Me On..." Being a Leo I always complied. Deep voice and all, I could hit every note that Joni dished out back then. Whether or not I sounded like her is only an urban myth now, but I thought I did somewhat. I took up guitar for a very short time and sucked. So I tried to write at least lyrics that were as profound and as multi-layered as Joni's. I sucked at that too.
I also dreamt of being her "Little Green" - although I am at least 10 years older than Kilauren. Couldn't it be somehow that I was her daughter?! Well of course not. Later and thankfully, Phoebe Snow came aong and I fit much more into her look and sound. And now neither Joni nor I can hit those notes anymore. So finally we have something in common! But what I wouldn't have given to live her life, so free so creative soooo cool! I think we all live vicariously through the life and times of Joni. She gives us that portal to dream through and to know we are not so strange, for being so different and thinking outside that box. And here we have found all our fellow Joni geeks and I, for one, am finally at peace with not being her. I am truly anjoying life as one of her greatest fans and damn proud to be one, DED and all! Peace, Susan NP: Joni/T'log/Chinese Cafe-Unchained Melody Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/
