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Drew Orr

A little about me:
I spent the "wonder years" growing up near the Jersey Shore, in a town that is no more (New Shrewsbury) between Lincroft and Tinton Falls... near Red Bank in Monmouth County. As a youth I took art lessons from Mr. Geza DeVay who owned "The Olde Mill" in Tinton Falls. I also loved going into New York City to the MoMA, Metropolitan, Whitney and Guggenheim museums, SoHo galleries, and shopping on Fifth Avenue with my Grandmother Orr. Whenever I go back to NJ, I still like to take the train into "The City" and visit the museums and SoHo galleries, but now I also love going to "Puglia's" in "Little Italy" for the house wine, steamed Calamari and music on Friday afternoons, then on to the East Village and Greenwich Village to the old record stores to look for mint condition 60's records for my vinyl album collection or photos of Ms. Bettie Page.

I attended Monmouth Regional High School, but moved to Oklahoma early in my Freshman year (1967).

I've worn a lot of different hats professionally speaking, from blue collar to white collar, i.e. - carpenter, factory worker, machinist, Porsche+Audi mechanic, oilfield roughneck - chef's assistant, waiter, Maitre d' - advertising Account Executive, NGL (Natural Gas Liquids) Broker, Petroleum Landman, photographer, custom photo lab Manager (Photo/Flash) for my Mom after my Father had a stroke. I worked from 1996 until 2003 as a scenic artist for Jim French Design, building and painting flats and canvas drops for stage, TV commercials, movie sets and trade show conventions. With help from Jim French, Charlie Alsip, and Jack Rogers, I became a freelance Grip and TelePrompter Operator for local film/video production companies and worked on my first independent film, The Round and Round, in July 2001 in which I was assistant to the Art Director (Jim French) as Set Decorator and Prop Master.

Four years ago, immediately after my friend, Bo Bovaird passed away, I decided to move from Tulsa to Oklahoma City to persue a career as a Petroleum Landman (again). I miss you every day Bo.

A lovely friend I met online, Shelly Kay, was instrumental in finding me work as a landman. Over time, I fell in love with Shelly. Shelly is now my fiance and we are getting married this summer. Please visit our web site http://www.shellyandandrew.com for more information about us, our engagement and wedding plans.

I have an A+ certification for computers and I am studying for N+, and CIW (Certified Internet Webmaster) certificates. I know this site is not "slick" by professional web building standards and many of the pages take too long to load because of all the extraneous content contained herein. This is only meant to be a fun web site about me.

Below are some hyperlinks to humorous photos from my somewhat checkered past.

I worked in the "oil patch" in my early twenties... I also played in the oil patch sometimes too.

I ride DUCATI motorcycles. Here is a B&W pic of me and my first DUCATI 750 Sport taken in front of the Boston Ave. Market in 1978 by my friend Pete Silva's girlfriend Dana. Pete recently found a roll of film dated 1978 in a drawer and had it processed. So this is the first time anyone has seen this picture since it was taken. Thanks Pete!!!
My meeting with Ing. Fabio Taglioni (the designer of my Ducati motorcycle) at Daytona Speedway.

When I was 41 I let my hair grow for a couple of years without cutting it. When I was a teenager in the turbulent 60's I promised myself that when I was 40 I would grow my hair out 'because I could', so I did. However after two years, I decided to have my hair cut. Hard to believe both of theseB&W pix were taken on the same day, but they were!

Dick Dale and me at the 'IKON'.

A photo I took of Stevie Ray Vaughn in his tour bus at Mohawk Park, Tulsa, OK and one of Carlos Santana on stage at The Brady Theatre in Tulsa, OK.

Action pix of Pete Townshend with 'The Who' at the Myriad Coliseum, Oklahoma City, OK March 1976.

A couple of "pals" with me at LAX.

A picture of me from my very brief stint with Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus.

A view of beautiful downtown Tulsa and my old favorite automobile... and my new favorite automobile on a Kansas highway.

One of my attorney friends in action!

Some of my friends and loved ones who have passed on

Audrey Jaynes

Gary Simpson

Bo Bovaird

Charles Seger

The Johari Window was invented by Joseph Luft and Harrington Ingham in the 1950s as a model for mapping personality awareness. By describing yourself from a fixed list of adjectives, then asking your friends and colleagues to describe you from the same list, a grid of overlap and difference can be built up.

My Johari Window

All Percentages

able (7%) accepting (19%) adaptable (7%) bold (11%) brave (3%) calm (7%) caring (23%) cheerful (11%) clever (15%) complex (15%) confident (3%) dependable (3%) dignified (0%) energetic (3%) extroverted (15%) friendly (50%) giving (11%) happy (7%) helpful (7%) idealistic (3%) independent (3%) ingenious (7%) intelligent (46%) introverted (0%) kind (15%) knowledgeable (38%) logical (0%) loving (15%) mature (3%) modest (7%) nervous (0%) observant (15%) organised (0%) patient (3%) powerful (7%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (7%) relaxed (7%) religious (0%) responsive (3%) searching (15%) self-assertive (3%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (0%) sentimental (23%) shy (0%) silly (7%) spontaneous (15%) sympathetic (3%) tense (0%) trustworthy (19%) warm (19%) wise (0%) witty (26%)

A LIST OF FRIENDS I'VE LOST CONTACT WITH:

Frank L. Ashby
Teresa Kilburn
Sharon Henshaw - Geologist
Steve Swanson a/k/a "swinford"
John Abdo
John Ashton
James "Jim" MacNutt - New Shrewsbury, NJ
Robert "Bob" LaTowsky - New Shrewsbury, NJ
Jim Neville - New Shrewsbury, NJ
Kenny Blowers - New Shrewsbury, NJ
Rick Blowers - New Shrewsbury, NJ
Greg Lucas - New Shrewsbury, NJ
JoAnn Herbert - New Shrewsbury, NJ
Georgina Fread - Tinton Falls, NJ
Judy Rottenberg - New Shrewsbury, NJ
Nina Rosenberg - New Shrewsbury, NJ
Sarah Morcum - New Shrewsbury, NJ
Jeannie DeGray - Holmdel, NJ
Judy DeGray - Holmdel, NJ
Lynn Palumbo - New Shrewsbury, NJ
John Danner - Tulsa, OK
Evelyn Fulkerson
Terrell "Terry" Woody - Tulsa, OK
Jeannie Hollenbeck - Norman, OK
Jim Peck - San Antonio, TX
John Nelson - artist / jeweler - Tulsa, OK
Toni Bethel - Tulsa, OK
Pam Hatcher Bell
Sherry Ward Anderson & Timothy Jason "T J" Anderson
Kim Ford
Diane Bomford
John Tonetti - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Katie Tonetti - Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Friends from 9th Grade - Susan Mullens, Christy Cyrus, Rick Irwin, Barbara Johnson, Karen Hulebak, Susan Siegle,

Candy Stark - Little Silver, NJ
Terri Clocksin - Tulsa, OK
Robin Bradley Schulman - Jenks, OK
Dave Mueller
Ryland Christian "Chris" Oliver
(Roy) Cole Hinds
Paul Barnes
John Minihan, where are you? Colorado?
Annette Myers, Anadarko, OK
Christine Kell
Kevin Brock, sculptor
Leigh & Amanda Farrall - Victoria, Australia (Ducati parts)
Steve Haeffner, Trumpet player
Meredith Houston King
Rebecca Jenkins Perrault
Sheridan 'Sherry' Reilly
Marlyn Rose
Anna Stockley
Lindsey Sherrod, artist, philosopher, entrepreneur
Mick Walsh
Cynthia Hall - film & video production
Mitch Wilson - cinematographer
Tom Patton, pilot
Dan Shaleen, Ducati
Clayton Atchison
Norman "Mickey" Davis

and some of my Steak & Ale colleagues:
Vicki Crawford
Brenda Teal
Sandy Sartell
Gail Lederle
Fernando Ley
Robert Steinkirchner
Steven A. Jaynes

Updated May 23, 2008
This new page is constantly under construction, so come back and see what other fun pix and info I've added.

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A video I took while snorkeling in Grand Cayman Islands, B.W.I.

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