I stole this from Dullard and Cynnie...

Layer one:
Name: Leslie "Les" Bennett Jones
Birth date: May 29th, 1959
Birthplace: Chicago, IL
Current location: Chicago, IL
Eyes: Dark Brown
Hair colour: Used to be dark brown
Height: 6’ 3"
Right handed, but i use my left a lot After all I used to play every stringed instrument.
One of me is a Gemini, but I forget which one.

Layer twoHeritage: My family came from Wales to the Carolinas in the 1690’s. They owned tobacco plantations and slaves. They were pioneers and spread out across Carolinas, TN, VA, W VA, OH, KY, IN and IL
Shoes: Florsheim loafers or Air Nikes
Weakness: can't see past 3 feet, and self involved women
Fears: getting bit by spiders or stung by bees
PerfectPizza: cheese , sauce and more cheese and sausage
Goal: not to die weighing 1000 pounds

I almost forgot layer 3!!Layer three
Most overused phrase on IM: ?
First waking thought: I hope it’s not after 5:00.
Best physical feature: Do I have one?

layer fourPepsi or Coke: pepsi
McDonald's or Burger king: Wendys makes the best burgers, but I am a sucker for Burger King sausage egg cheese croissants. I am glad there is no burger King near me or I’d already be 1000 llbs.
Single or group dates: If you are with a group then it isn’t a date.
Addidas or Nike: Nike, Nobody makes a running shoe as good as Air Nike.
Chocolate or Vanilla: A scoop of Vanilla in a big glass of root beer!

layer five
Smoke: I started in 1971 and quit in 1985 and then started again in 1989 and then quit at 8:30 PM March 8th 2002.
Cuss: sorry
Sing: Love to sing,
Do you think you've been in love?: Of course..love is easy
College?: UIC
Liked high school:I was not a cute kid..my high school was all about cheerleaders and jocks..i was one of the kids across the street from the school smoking all sorts of things.
Get motion sickness: Nope
Think your attractive?: I've had my day in the sun
Health freak?: I run a half hour every morning before work, I ride my bicycle to work, yet my diet is a cardiologists nightmare.
Get along with parents: As long as I'm a trillion miles away..we get along great!
Like thunderstorms: especially while on the 33rd floor.
Play an instrument? I used to play Tenor Trombone, Bass Trombone, Classical and Electric Guitar, Bass, Violin, Viola, Cello, Bass Violin, keyboards…etc. I still play my guitars

Layer six..in the past monthDrank alcohol?: I try not to , but unfortunately I fall off the wagon now and then.
Smoked? didnt they already ask this ?
Done a drug? lots
Made out? yup
Eaten sushi? Bleech!
Been dumped?: by both wives
Gone skating: used to play hockey
skinny dipping?: used to
Dyed your hair?: Don’t ever enter the salon at Marshall Fields drunk, tell the gay stylist "just make me look handsome" and then pass out in the chair!
Stolen anything?: never admit it

Layer 7..
ever?Played a game that required removal of clothing?:yes
Been intoxicated and cant remember: yes
Been caught doing something? What?
Been called a tease. yes
Got beaten up. Don’t ever scream "fuck you" at a convertible full of highschool football players the day before homecoming.
Changed who you are to fit in? I am what I am

Layer Eight
Describe your dream wedding? Been there done that
How do you want to die? Been there done that
What do you want to do when you grow up? Play guitar in a bossa nova band in Rio de Janiero
What country would you like to visit? Brasil or Japan

Layer 9
Number of people I trust with my life: 5
Number of CD's I own: 30
Number of piercings: 0
Number of tattoos: 0
Number of times name has been in newspaper: lost count
Number of scars: lost count
number of regrets: none

Sorry, I've been sick

As the Barometer rises, so does the pressure

The inbox overflows while many things remain undone

Nevertheless the sun shines and the summer calls

The city waits no more as you stall

Time to tour your imagination

5 things...

I grabbed this from Cynnie. If you would like to know a little more about me read on...

Recent Life
10 years ago: I was married to a woman that was and is the most imprtant person I’l ever have met, ever. Living in an awesome downtown Chicago highrise and working as a commodities broker.
5 Years ago: Divorced, lonely, drinking too much. Broken-up body after having been hit and run by a drunk. Living in a three flat in a Chicago neighborhood.
1 Year ago, Vivo con mi novia y ella hijos en Chicago’s Pilsen vicinedad.

5 Songs I know all the words to:
The Girl From Ipanema
Desifinado
Ain’t Misbehavin’
All of Me
Mack the Knife
Every Beatles, Led Zepplin, Mothers song
God help me, I was also raised southern Baptist and "Hot Damn" patriotic

5 Favorite Snacks:
Ice Cream ( Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough)
Lays Potato Chips
Hot Buttered Pop Corn
Smarties
Bottle Caps

5 Things I would do with $100,000:( is this suppose to be a million? cause a hundred thousand would just get me halfway out of debt)
Pay off my bills, including my hundreds of thousands in medical bills
Build a great house in Anchorage, AK.? (With global warming, Anchorage will soon be temporate.)
Travel .
Help my family and friends..
help another friend..( I needed a five)

5 Places I would run away to:
Belfast (I liked drinking there)
New Orleans (I liked drinking there also)
Nassau (I liked drinking there also, Wow, do you see a pattern developing)
Clarksburg, West Virginia (I like mountains and trees)
Rio de Janiero, Brazil (I love Samba and Bossa Nova)

5 Things I would NEVER wear:
Hip hop type jeans with my waist around my knees exposing my underwear
Boxers (they feel like pajamas under my pants)
Pajamas
Women’s clothes
Cowboy hats

5 favorite TV shows:
2 and a half Men
Nova
CSI
Law and Order
American Experience

5 Greatest joys:
Playing music
Being alone
Not being alone
My girlfriend and her sons
My Motherand family

5 Favorite toys:
My Fender Guitars
My Toshiba DVD Player
My Dell Computer
My Specialized Bicycle
My Ancient Minolta Camera

Cabrini Green

A warm beautiful day spent cycling around the city.

Along a lake, along a river to where a mightly ghetto once stood.

The energy used to pedal, to drive on, has left us parched and gritty.

We stop, we rejuvenate.

Where you would once fear the crack of a pistol, Now stands a luxurious neighborhood and the smile of a young boy.

The Big Box

Welcome to Gold Coast on Chicago's near north side. This is the country's richest neighborhood. Any day you take a stroll through the perfectly manucured sidewalks, ivy covered walls, you will see an odd assortment of tourists, on their way to the Worlds highest open air observatory or Chicago's watertower. On the other hand you might run into an assortment of older rich women on their way to the day spa, the salon or to blow a few thousand at Saks.

You will not find a Walmart in this city. You will not find a Taget her, oh no! The city coucil just ran them out of town. Of course they can't outlaw discount stores, but they can pass what they call the "Big Box" law, requiring all discount stores to pay a living wage of $10.00 an hour plus $3.00 an hour in benefits. Of course it sounds great. Unfortunately for Chicago's idiotic aldermen, it never occured to them that wages of $13.00 an hour would make the stores economically unviable. Walmart immediately decided not to open a store here. Target immediately annouced they were closing their stores. Chicago lost thousands of jobs so that local politicians could look good. Nevertheless, you can still get a thousand dollar bikini wax and hair style....