i've come home from much travelling, and after some hard work, i now live in San Francisco!
The cappuccinos here rock my socks, the cold is heart warming, and i love that pigeons stroll on my streets.

I don't know SF at all, and until i started playing out again this week, i felt melancholy for the familiarity i had with san diego. to let myself feel at home, i've been cooking a ton. mostly breakfast because there's a soft spot for that time of day. rested but foggy in both mind and weather. i made a scramble with chicken mango sausage, basil, pesto, parmesean, and a side of potatos with sauteed onions & raisins. sat down with the food and watched Amelie from front to back, special features and all, even sat and listened to the brilliant soundtrack to each of the frames on the DVD options.

anyhoo, hope you've been well. i've been gone for long, hope to see you more often now. :)
here's a video of my farewell gig in SD. i love my handsome band.





Jane Lui - Live - Lestats West - 06202008 from Rockstep Productions on Vimeo.

lets be honest. Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, in addition to all the build-up of christmas cheer and then New Years - the Martin Luther King semi-holiday in January just doesn't match up. i found myself looking for something in january that i cannot find. it's a mood, a state of mind that takes over for 3 months, then poof.  gone. and because of this, you should see my living room. my strings of white lights are perfectly lined along the walls, the tree is a little dry, but you can't really tell when i turn the lights on in it at night.

call me whatever you want, but i feel so good in that room that i've been composing heaps, bursting out in (my stupid) dance to michael jackson's Billy Jean, reading the most incredible books, and over all feeling like i want to BAKE all over again.

so i thought i'd reach out to you, since i haven't written here since after the sweet peas at AnD changed my Site to this beauty. I absolutely LOVE the colors and format, and will try to put in a music player so you can hear what i do. THANK YOU THANK YOU. and please. say hi. 'cause we apparently have at least this place in common.

we all look for places to be.
quite a sweet thing to have so many chances.
second, third chances to re-introduce ourselves.
and so. i hereby request this: Share your Cookie receipe with me.
i have a great oven and i'm hungry.


taken: Memphis, Tennessee. near Martin Luther King's assasination location.

when i was a kid, i was noticed only because i was a cl[Ass] clown. as in throwing stuff at the teacher so i got to be yelled at, or got lice my first grade so all my friends got to watch me get sent home. oh and those 2 times when i straight out cheated on tests and and got caught... on purpose. other than that, i tend to Think way too much and Say way too little, so the outside world know what i'm doing or what i'm trying to do most of the time.

that's because i think declarations of will would make people Witnesses to my work & progress, which is quite daring in itself, but can sometimes be frightening. anyway i have been travelling to play in London, San Francisco, even made a 2nd music video that's in post production right now. it was the best tour yet, and all the people i met have become witnesses in large and small ways. and since i had been so busy, i haven't been here in a while.

my brows shot to the sky upon seeing my Official Artist Profile.
i guess you are now a witness as well.

i don't know how or who happened, but Thank You, AnD and all its population. and if i had a way to let you download my songs for a taste here, i would! in fact, go hear it at my website. and feel free to reach me anytime. i like writing back.

http://www.janelui.com
http://www.myspace.com/janeshands


good morning,
jane.


2 guitars and a dimple backstage in London

i've been reading a few amazing graphic novels lately, and am amazed at the wave of this new comic trend and how powerful it has become. aside from being politically and culturally open, it challenges young minds to think outside the box in sociological norms. the usual lines of gender, race, cliques, group types, lifestyles, artform, and story structure are all challenged and progressive. in addition, it is the most engaging type of medium for children young and old to take up Literacy.

i'm so happily impressed.



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i enjoy sitting in my dark streak because it is fuel for artform.
happy is a lovely thing, but happy doesn't yield struggle, and without struggle there is often little change in character.

so if you run into a struggle... don't complain. it's because you need it.
take care, and be well for now.

hello :)
got a message from the boys of far*east movement about this lovely site.
so here i am.

i write, compose, sing, produce, perform, daydream, and get anxiety attacks 'cause there's so much to do!! the first 12 yrs of my little life were spent growing up in HK going to school in my blue uniform with a blue pin and white socks all the way up to knees. then moved to San Francisco, then San Diego, which i've been residing for the last 10 yrs (holy...).

feels as though music grows in my hair, i haven't let it go since i was 4, and have broken some family ties because of it. i can give you a history. but if you're here that means you're computer savy, which means you are a click away from this world of information.

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creating this page has been my getaway for the afternoon. odd to realize that a break in this 21st century is leaving something and heading to the computer to connect with the world in isolation. it's counter productive..  mankind used to be much closer to the outside life. yet the growing addiction to the culture of  intellect, leads to a desires to understand & be understood.... and so here we are, eh?

you should.
though -

go take a walk after you're done here.
with cushions of music for your head.

a part of a few film festival in the san diego region, here's my imaginary friend Freddie Goodtime. :)

Video: Freddie Goodtime