Jon Rabka:
CLASS OF 1972
Marist High SchoolClass of 1972
Chicago, IL
Loyola UniversityClass of 1977
Chicago, IL
St. Mary of the PlainsClass of 1976
Dodge city, KS
Loyola UniversityClass of 1976
Chicago, IL
St. Walter SchoolClass of 1968
Chicago, IL
Jon's Story
Current City:
Albuquerque,NM
Birthday: November 20,1954
Hometown:Albuquerque, NM
Activities:
Big Brothers Big Sisters; High Desert Center For Spiritual Living; Albuquerque Shin Buddhist Center; Ethnic folk dancing; Vocal and keyboard lessons; The Mankind Project -New Mexico/Southern Colorado Chapter; hiking, camping, and outdoor activities, yoga/tai chi and other physical activities, meditation....and more
Interests:
progressive and altermative psychology/therapy; alternative spirituality (i.e. Buddhism, New Thought, Taoism, Science of Mind, Quantum Physics, Native American shamanism, etc); nature; animals; politics and social advocacy (politics/social issues for me is like sports is for other men - I get very passionate about it); gay activism (big supporter of EQNM & P-Flag); music; cooking; baseball; making friends and good conversation; ethnic, cultural, and regional "stuff" as well as "retro" americana stuff; history; progressive talk radio...and much more
Favorite Music:
I am all over the map on this one....all sorts.....jazz, blues, r&b, all sorts of ethnic music (my Chicago roots showing here)....but also rock, pop, classical, broadway....latin american music (salsa, brazilian jazz, tropical, afro-cubano, all kinds) is a favorite...retro, period music.....the list goes on
Favorite TV Shows: Don't watch a lot of TV but know what I like...and a few things I won't miss.
Ugly Betty
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
The Naked Archaeologist (or anything on History Intl)
The Graham Norton Show
Baseball
Glee
THe Antique Roadshow
Also like progressive talk TV and progressive talk radio
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Rachel Maddow, Anderson Cooper, Stefanie Miller, Ed Schultz, Randy Rhoads, etc.)
Favorite Movies:
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Harry Potter
What the Bleep
Down the Rabbit Hole
Anything with Streisand (and not just a gay thing here)
My recent favorite is: Julie and Julia (Streep does a kick butt Julia Child - a semi-icon since the first B&W
French Chef episodes on PBS in Chicago)
Favorite Books:
The DaVinci Code
Aztec
Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Anything by "Deepak Chopra"
Christy
Mastering the Art of French Cooking
The Power of Intention
The Tao of the Ego
The Power of Now
The Law of AttractionFavorite
Quotations:
Dance like there's nobody watching; sing like there's nobody listening.
Love and Encouragement are just other names for God.
About Me:
55 Gay and partnered for nearly 29 years. Psychotherapist for 0ver 13 years. Before that just about everything else (i.e. travel agency, messenger, dispatcher, chef, hotel employee, and more). Originally from Chicago, transplanted to New Mexico in Mar. 2005 and consider New Mexico my real home now. Love it out here!! Really is the Land of Enchantment!!!
Education and Work:
UnderGrad:
St. Mary of the Plains, Dodge City 72-74/
Loyola-Chicago 74-76 B.A.
PostGrad:
Adler School of Prof Psych-Chgo 94-97 '97 M.A. - Psychology / Credentials: LPCC & NCC, Psychology
High School:
(I have pretty much succeeded in putting the misery of my grade school and high school years in the past but....)
Marist High School, Chicago, IL 68-72
St. Walters School, Chicago IL 60-68
Employer:
Rio Rancho Family Health Center, Rio Rancho, New Mexico
Position: Psychotherapist
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