WELCOME TO MY WORLD!

Hello! My name is ~Darlene and I am an AMAZON! (at least that's what my friends tell me, because I'm 5' 10" tall!!) I live in Nashville, TN. (Home of the TN Titans!) and I was born on March 11, a loooong time ago! Okay! Okay! I'm 40...happy now? I am a Pisces...and I get along best with Taurus, Cancer, Scorpio and other Pisces. (Can you tell I'm really into astrology?) I was married to Larry for 11 years (yes, it's true!) but things didn't work out...we're still really good friends though (most of the time! LOL!) Happily, we were blessed with 3 great kids together....WHY LOOK! Here they are now! ;-) Here's our oldest son Adrian, he's 17 and likes to play football, jam on the guitar and drums and listen to "Triple 6 Maffia" (yes, he's into all that 'gangsta' crap ~sigh~). He's very smart and a ladies man for sure! Here's our second son Brandon, he's 15 and loves the "Fast & The Furious" cars, 'extreme' sports...like rollerblading, skateboarding, BMX...anything dangerous! He likes to listen to Kid Rock and is the clown of the family! And finally, this is our "baby girl" Kelsey, she's 10 and is into Pokemon, the Power Puff Girls, Lizzie McGuire and just being cute! ;-) I must admit...We have the coolest kids in the world! Here...look at another picture taken in our "pool"...aren't they great? Here's one final pic of the boys when they met the band, "Cinderella", and one of Kelsey just being cute again! Oh, and what the heck!....Here's one more of Larry looking quite the "mountain man"....LOL!

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In my spare time (what spare time!) I like to listen to music, LOVE watching football, designing web pages, writing poetry and collecting FROGS! (that's why I named the AIC site "Froggy Depot") I also like to collect gemstones and read 'new age' books and anything by David Eddings, J.R.R. Tolkein or Anne Rice. I sometimes do free-lance (and I do mean "free"!) photography, and take pictures for local bands...check out these pictures I took of Tom Kieffer of Cinderella & Travis Meeks of Days Of The New! Here's one of my WILD cousin, "Slade" (yes...that's his real name!) with Sebastian Bach! I also like to hang out with my friends and get a little CRAZY sometimes! One of my favorite 'silly' things to do is, dress up in something WILD, go out on the town and pretend to be a "rock star"! LOL! People ask me alot if I'm 'really' a redhead....so, at the urging of friends and family, I'm adding this picture of myself 'smoking grass' at age 13...as you can see, my hair was red...and trust me, I had no idea who "Miss Clairol" was back then!!!

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Wow...you're still here! You are a brave soul, aren't you? Okay...well obviously, you know I LOVE Alice In Chains and Tantric...but I also LOVE Blind Melon, (R.I.P. Shannon) The Cult, Lenny Kravitz, Unified Theory, Candlebox, Audioslave & Stone Temple Pilots. On the 'heavier' side....I'd have to say Rob Zombie, Black Label Society, Ozzy & Kid Rock are some of my favorites...and yes, I even like a few country artists (I AM from Nashville, after all!) I really like just about everything...except for that really sappy "bubblegum" crap. UGH!!! Okay, okay....I admit it....I'm a 'closet' Backstreet Boys fan...but shhhhh....don't tell anyone! Speaking of bands...we have alot of good ones here in Nashville! If you like funk mixed with a hefty dose of rock, check out The Jones website! My friends in 4Fourty will definitely take you back to the 80's...they put on a GREAT show too! BONEPONY is an awesome "stomp" band and alot of fun...visit their official website here! You've also gotta check out the "Hangman's Daughter" site ...I dig this band alot! AND...drop by the "Big Jim Slade" page...these guys know how to ROCK! I highly recommend all of these bands if they should show up in your town!

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Gosh...I'm touched! You haven't left yet!!! (sniffle) Uhhhmmm...let me tell you about my friends! (what a "motley" bunch they are!) Here's my best friend Lisa...she's so cool...and man...she can talk your head off! She loves Stephen King and has "killer" blue eyes and is one of the kindest, most generous people I've ever met. Here's a hilarious picture of Jamie with his dog Tess....unfortunately, they moved and are living in Atlanta now...so I don't get to see them often, but we're still good friends. This is my 'online' sister Betty, hanging out with Wesley when she visited Nashville...Betty's very cool and loves Jerry Cantrell almost as much as I do! Here's Kevin...he's into film making, dragons, faeries and being a professional student! (NEWSFLASH! Kevin has graduated from college! This is not a test...Kevin has REALLY graduated from MTSU!) This is my 'goth' friend Kyle....carving a pumpkin at Halloween....Kyle has the cutest little boy named "Drake" and is a very good Daddy. :-) This is my other best friend, Allison, we've known each other forever and done some CRAZY stuff! (I ain't tellin', so don't ask!) She's a self proclaimed "redneck" and raises all kinds of exotic animals! She has horses, llamas, bobcats, lynxes, arctic foxes, and a bunch of other critters! We've nicknamed her "Ellie Mae"! Here's my best "guy" friend Quinton...(he looks so serious...LOL!) He's currently in the band "Strange Celebrity" and is working on a lot of other projects as well. Here he is again, with Ty Tabor of King's X! If you have time, check out Q's recording studio... "The Insane Domain" it's cool! This is my "radical" friend, Chad...he's Scotch Irish through & through, but really harmless, once you get to know him! Here I am with "Pyro" Dave, he's a tattoo artist (can't you tell?) and a big, studly Harley rider...Dave's a riot and makes me laugh A LOT! :-) Check out the tattoo website I just finished building for him!

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Well...I guess that about wraps it up for now! I bet you think I'm really neat, huh? :-}~ Thanks for taking the time to learn about me...I'm sure I'll be adding more to this page later, so feel free to stop in again. I hope you enjoy my sites...here's a GREAT BIG FROGGY kiss from me to you! Peace!

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