This is so fun.  More random facts.

1.  I like animals more than most people

2.  I started the Animal Relief Fund to help animals in my county.

3.  I rolled my dream truck

4. I have no desire to live in the "big city"

5.  I'm a writer whose had writers block for 5 years.

1. Little Women was the first book I read.
2. My first dog was a Jack Russell Terrier named Patches.
3. My first music concert was Alabama in the 80's.
4. My first painting was of a beach.
5. My first Halloween outfit was Mickey Mouse.

Firsts, huh? Hmm....

1. I was first published in a major national magazine at age 19 when I submitted a fiction story that Woman's World thought was true. I had to beg my sister's family to go along with it and the mag photographers came to my sister's home and took pics of her family going through the rough time they didn't know they were going through. Ha! I got a four page spread and had to pay my sister $100.

2. I first watched pro wrestling in 1988 when my then 3 year old son was watching a morning recap. It took me 4 months to get hooked and him 4 months to move on to cartoons.

3, I first flew in a plane in 1999. I swore I would NEVER fly but the magazine I edited was paying for my whole family (sisters and their families plus my sister in law and her sister!) to go on a cruise to the Bahamas with the wrestlers. I didn't want to do it but had a very calm flight and never once got nervous. I later found out we had bad turbulence and everyone else was scared to death. Who knew?

4. I wrote my first story at age 4. I started my first diary at age 11 and still have it. I lied in it and made my life MUCH more fun than it was. Not surr who I was lying TO since it was a private dairy. 

5. The first movie that scared me so much that I couldn't sleep was "The Birds". I watched it with my cousins and my brother and it terrified me. I was really young and should never have watched it. I am STILL afraid when I see flocks of birds or when one flies too close to me. One hit the window of an insurance company I was at recently and I imagined they would attack me when I left the building.

They didn't.

But I know they were considering it!

Firsts, huh? This could be fun...

1. My first girlfriend (other than a grade-school crush) was named Virginia. FWIW, I now live in Virginia.

2. My first car was a 1959 VW Beetle. My older brother Bill wrecked it.

3. My first guitar was a Sears Sivertone acoustic that my mother bought for $25. It had a crack in the side, so I borrowed a wood clamp from the high school shop, squirted some glue in the crack, and the guitar turned out to be a good beginner's instrument.

4. I was 19 years old before I got further west than Buffalo, NY.

5. I bought my first house when I was 26. It was a wreck, but my wife and I slowly fixed it up, and it was MUCH better when we sold it.

--Bob

1. First movie I remember seeing in theaters: The Great Escape.  It was probably a re-issue, since it premiered in July 1963.

2.  First crush I had was on a girl in my third grade class at Coral Park Elementary.  Her name was Cheryl Thigpen.

3.  First time I traveled by plane alone was in 1974. I flew from Miami to Bogota to spend summer break with my grandparents.   I was 11.

4.  First time I went to New York City was in 1986.  I was attending the eighth Columbia Scholastic Press Convention as part of my campus newspaper's staff.

5. First time I traveled by sea...the ship caught fire just before we docked.  Two people died and quite a few were injured.

1. The first time I posted pictures of myself online was on this website.

2. The first time I left home without my parents was when I was three years old. My parents freaked out for hours, but I just wanted to go find some swings.

3. The first movie I saw in a theatre was Star Wars: A New Hope (aka the "first" one). I sat on my dad's lap the whole time.

4. The first R-rated movie I saw in the theatres was "Stripes." I was 8 yrs old. My dad took me and I didn't stop saying "das da fac, Jack!" for months.

5. My first job was when I was 11 yrs old. I spent hours sitting at a table scraping the seams off "green" pottery so they wouldn't show after it was fired. The hardest ones were the Three Wise Men. I often popped their heads off.

1. I don't like raw tomatoes, but I'll eat chunky salsa and pico de gallo

2. I broke my nose skateboarding in 2004.  Somehow landed on my face and didn't break a tooth!

3. I play online poker and am pretty good too!

4. My favorite soda is Coke - regular Coke

5. I can't wink.  I've tried for years and just can't do it

EVERYONE can wink, this2!

;)

See?

1. I don't share my glass of milk....seriously don't touch. 

2. I love squidoo

3. I can't seem to clean my desk

4. My kids drive me crazy but I still love them

5. Eating a meal without crunchy food is not a meal for me.

Love all these!  Hope I don't repeat myself.

1.  First movie I ever saw on a pay channel (HBO) was Who'll Stop the Rain, starring Nick Nolte, Tuesday Weld and Michael Moriarity.

2.  I've played World of Warcraft for 4 years.  I have a level 80 Warlock named, "Killinyahard" and a level 80 Death Knight named, "Ibeatyouup"  plus 9 other characters.  They don't call it World of WarCRACK for nothing.

3. I am a carnivore of the highest order.  You had me at, "Ribeye".

4. I drink WAY too many Diet Cokes.

5. My first plane ride was in 1976 from Atlanta to Detroit.  I was moving to Michigan, where I lived for 3 1/2 years until I joined the Air Force.

This might explain some of my fears:

1. Fear of bad weather: My family home with my sister and me in was hit by a tornado when I was 4.  My mother was down at the bus stop getting my 2 older brothers.  A police officer took my sister and me to the community clubhouse.
2. Fear of dogs: I was attacked by a neighbor's Doberman in the 8th grade and had to get all those shots in the stomach.
3. Fear of Snakes: Bit by the same snake twice last summer; remember?
4. Fear of spiders: Got a Granddaddy Long Leg stuck in my ear when I was in grade school.  Don't even ask me how to explain that!
5. Fear of people (REALLY)-stalked for 3 years by a sociopath and attacked and left for dead.  And I'm an incest survivor, need I say more.

But through it all I hold to this one truth: Life is hard but God is good!!

Crazy facts about me:

1. I live to help and serve others.

2. I love all animals but, am terrified of bugs and snakes.

3. I wish I could see the future!

4. I want money, lots and lots of money, I want the pie in the sky. LOL

5. Intend on having a million children someday, somehow.

Such diverse comments and lives! Fun to read! Here are my 5, plus a bonus.

1) Always hated my first name, finally at age 38 added a 2nd middle name that I now go by. Kept the original name only to keep it less complicated for legal/insurance matters.

2) Finally saw Gone with the Wind for the first time about a month ago.

3) Had a role as a non-speaking featured extra in a PBS movie and had a small  speaking role in an indie film.

4) Played a solo piano recital at age 5.

5) Built a database for all my printed piano and vocal music. (Got tired of looking thru tons of books to find a particular song or arrangement.) So far have nearly 3300 songs entered, probably end up with around 5000. Then I'll do the same with my harp music, and eventually my 400+ CDs.

6) My mom and I collected printed musical scores to Broadway shows. Stopped doing so after she died, and I now have all of them - 33 full scores and 28 selections books.

1) I love cats

2) I work in an infertility clinic

3) I collect Christmas tree pins

4) LOVE pizza

5) love going to the hill country and visiting wineries

GigiandAdonai said…

This might explain some of my fears:

1. Fear of bad weather: My family home with my sister and me in was hit by a tornado when I was 4.  My mother was down at the bus stop getting my 2 older brothers.  A police officer took my sister and me to the community clubhouse.
2. Fear of dogs: I was attacked by a neighbor's Doberman in the 8th grade and had to get all those shots in the stomach.
3. Fear of Snakes: Bit by the same snake twice last summer; remember?
4. Fear of spiders: Got a Granddaddy Long Leg stuck in my ear when I was in grade school.  Don't even ask me how to explain that!
5. Fear of people (REALLY)-stalked for 3 years by a sociopath and attacked and left for dead.  And I'm an incest survivor, need I say more.

But through it all I hold to this one truth: Life is hard but God is good!!

 

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That's a great attitude you have!!  You've made it through some hard times.

It was fun coming up with these last night, so here's another batch.

1) We are still watching our 1988, 26-inch console TV. It's our main TV that the satellite, DVR and DVD/VCR player are hooked up to.

2) I have dysautonomia/chronic fatigue, but firing the medical world and turning to natural and alternative health has given me back my life. I still don't have "normal" health, but I work a full-time and two part-time jobs plus play occasional piano and harp gigs. I so appreciate the progress I've made over the past few years!

3) I'm very happily childless by choice. My husband has 2 sons (and now 5 grandkids) but I never had to raise his kids.

4) I do not have a domestic cell in my body. I only do what I have to do to get by - don't like cooking, cleaning, gardening, decorating, sewing, entertaining, etc. Maybe that's why I never wanted kids!

5) I am the same size as I was in high school 30 years ago: 5' 3" and 96 lbs. What's different now is I have a great tan but also more than my share of gray hair (that I don't even try to cover up)!

More random fives.....

1. I've bought almost every official recording of the original soundtrack from Star Wars - Episode IV: The Empire Strikes Back and its two Classic Trilogy Sequels.  This includes the 1977, 1980 and 1983 albums, their 1993 Soundtrack Anthology restorations, their 1997 Special Edition "complete score" updates, and the 2004 Sony Classical/Sony Soundtrax DVD companion reissues of the Special Edition albums.  The only re-issue set I have not bought is 2007's 30th Anniversary set, which includes the albums of the Prequel Trilogy.

2. My favorite computer game ever is Sid Meier's Civilization.  I've owned most of the officially-sanctioned editions, but I have never dared to play the game at its toughest levels.

3. My favorite musical genre is classical music, followed closely by its offspring, the symphonic film score.

4. I've traveled to nearly 50 cities in three continents - North America, South America and Europe.

5. My biggest ambition in life in my 40s is pretty much the same as mine when I was 14: write either a novel or a screenplay.

I love to sing and dance.  I've been doing classical ballet since age 3.  I wish I would have stuck w/piano in middle and high school but instead pursued gymnastics, dance, and speed skating.

I love reading your facts.  You sound like a woman of many talents who enjoys life and is very confident in and with herself.  Kudos to you!  Keep the facts coming!  It's great getting to know everyone.

opus88 said…

Such diverse comments and lives! Fun to read! Here are my 5, plus a bonus.

1) Always hated my first name, finally at age 38 added a 2nd middle name that I now go by. Kept the original name only to keep it less complicated for legal/insurance matters.

2) Finally saw Gone with the Wind for the first time about a month ago.

3) Had a role as a non-speaking featured extra in a PBS movie and had a small  speaking role in an indie film.

4) Played a solo piano recital at age 5.

5) Built a database for all my printed piano and vocal music. (Got tired of looking thru tons of books to find a particular song or arrangement.) So far have nearly 3300 songs entered, probably end up with around 5000. Then I'll do the same with my harp music, and eventually my 400+ CDs.

6) My mom and I collected printed musical scores to Broadway shows. Stopped doing so after she died, and I now have all of them - 33 full scores and 28 selections books.

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Coolness. You are definitely a very talented and witty woman!

More randomness.....

1. When I auditioned for chorus in sixth grade at my elementary, I sang "Yellow Submarine" by The Beatles.  When I auditioned for my high school chorus (men's ensemble), I chose "Ben" by Michael Jackson.

2. I didn't like Broadway musicals until after I signed up for the men's ensemble in 10th grade.  After practicing "Gee, Officer Krupke" (West Side Story) and "There Is Nothing Like a Dame" (South Pacific) and actually singing them in concert, I changed my tune, so to speak.

3. I have, on occasion, watched a movie solely because John Williams scored it. The best? "Superman: The Movie."  The worst? "Jaws 2."

4. I once attempted to take piano lessons. 

5. I can't sight-read music, yet I earned As during my three years in men's chorus and mixed chorus.  My teacher said I had a good ear and a nice voice.

Hi, everyone! Been here for awhile, just don't post in discussions much. Plan to change that. So here are my random facts:

1) I am EXTREMELY sensitive to smell. I can't be around anyone who wears too much perfume or has bad BO. I won't kiss my husband if his breath smells at all - I know it sounds awful...but I just can't help it.

2) I almost became a novelist. I won several awards in high school and in college. Now I'm going to school for nursing!

3) I agree with the other person who said that they like animals more than most people! What's weird is that I'm great with people if it's my job (I was a customer service rep for 6 yrs!) but after all the crap that I've had to deal with, I just don't like many people. While watching a movie, I'll cry more if an animal is hurt (or a small child) than if an adult person is hurt.

4) I'm a big advocate for children. I love my daughter so much that I can't imagine why someone would hurt a child - mentally or physically. If I were rich, I would build homes for abused and abandoned children - like orphanages, but not really. They would get everything they needed - especially love and care.

5) I HATE SPIDERS! It's a fear that is truly irrational - because I'm not merely afraid of them, I'm terrified of them. I avoid certain places where they might be hiding. I have my apartment treated specifically for spiders every so often. My husband says I have "spidey sense" because I seem to find them in a room before anyone else - purely from being overly observant. People say to let them be because they kill the other bugs. I would rather have the other bugs than spiders! Makes me itch just thinking about it!

Interesting facts.  I didn't know you could sing.  I love musicals.  I was in the Sound of Music in both high school and college.  I was also in The Fiddler On the Roof in college.  I don't know which I love more ballet or singing.  Well, I guess I lean more to singing because I can perform that way more.

GigiandAdonai said…

Interesting facts.  I didn't know you could sing.  I love musicals.  I was in the Sound of Music in both high school and college.  I was also in The Fiddler On the Roof in college.  I don't know which I love more ballet or singing.  Well, I guess I lean more to singing because I can perform that way more.

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Hey! That's neat! A singer and a dancer! 

I used to sing - I may have mentioned this in a previous "five random facts" posting - in my school choirs, with one stint taking place in sixth grade (when that level was still in elementary school) and then from 10th to 12th grade.  I suppose I could have tried out for my junior high chorus, but my voice was in that boy-to-teen cracking stage and I became too self-conscious to sing in public.)

Oh what the hay!

1. I watched network TV for the first time in almost a year on Monday.

2. I love rainy days.

3. I haven't had a beer since last Friday.

4. I'm not really a grumpy old bastage, I just play one on the internet. d;-)

5. I haven't met my future ex-wife yet, but I know she's out there.

1. Once shook hands with BB King and he gave me his guitar pick after an amazing concert. Also once bought James Cotton a beer during a break in his set.

2. Got attacked by killer bees while climbing a vertical canyon wall in Big Bend, Texas.. Somehow managed to hang on to my camera but lost my Dale Earnhardt sunglasses. Tore up my favorite boots scrambling up the rocks.

3. Have written a book of poetry. Planning to publish online once I figure out how. Too bad Viewpoints doesn't have a poetry forum, there seem to be a lot of creative people here.

4. Have a knack for finding things wherever I am. Old coins, flint tools, wild animal skulls, etc. Can find sand dollars at night.

5. Still driving that poor ol' truck in my profile picture. Not much headroom.

1. I like things neat and orderly.

2. Having three sons and a hubby sometimes precludes #1 from occuring the way I would like it to.

3. I have worked at the same place for 20 years next month, and most days wouldn't trade it for a thing.

4. I dated my husband for eight years before I married him.

5. My oldest son is 13. I have never cut any of my kids finger nails - dh has always done it. It just grosses me out!

GigiandAdonai said…

Interesting facts.  I didn't know you could sing.  I love musicals.  I was in the Sound of Music in both high school and college.  I was also in The Fiddler On the Roof in college.  I don't know which I love more ballet or singing.  Well, I guess I lean more to singing because I can perform that way more.

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Of the two musicals you performed in, which is your favorite?

Everyone else is giving more...why should I withhold, whether you like it or not!! :)

1. In 6th Grade someone brought the LP of the soundtrack to the film version of  Man of La Mancha to school and I just couldn't get enough of it.  I'd sneak a listen every chance I got.

2. I worked as an ophthalmic tech for 12 years both military and civilian.  This weekend I had an eye problem of my own for the very first time.

3. I was part of the Baptist Student Union Chior at Carson-Newman College in 1975-76.  We sang at malls and churches a lot.  I remember our chior director, Denny, taught us to sing the Greater Doxology correctly by having us pronounce Excelsis as "Egg Shellsis"

4. I like musicals, too. One of the first movie musicals I loved was Brigadoon.

5.  I have an almost inerrant sense of direction.  Blindfold me, take me somewhere and make me drive back and I can pretty well do it.  Too bad I can't market that.

i'll do it again too!

1. I came in 3rd place in a Jack-n-Jill Tournament (pool)
2. i hate doing the dishes
3. my feet are claustrophobic
4. i absolutely hate mustard, ketchup, and mayo YUCK!
5. i'm scared of the dark.

1)  I was a high school dropout...twice.  I went back and got my diploma at almost 19 years old and am very glad I did.

2)  I started in broadcasting 5 months after I graduated high school.

3)  I shot The Sex Pistols, The Ramones & The Runaways at Randy's Rodeo here in S.A. back in the late '70's when I was 18.  Don't worry, nobody died ;)  I have a little website space about my photos:  NancyGray.webs.com

4)  I love to roller skate ~ I love to swim and my dogs are my children, along with my human son LOL.

5) I believe I may have posted on this thread already! Wonky memory me :P

oh more???  okey dokey ;)

1)  I was the first chick on rock radio, 99.5 KISS here in S.A. I was the intern "token" girl and worked for free breakfasts & free rock concert tickets.   I then worked there two more times for real money - for a total of 3 times, 1978, 1982 & 1986.  I then worked for so many stations that I forget all the call letters.  I never worked country or jazz stations, although they made me start a show here that is still airing called "Sunday Morning Jazz".  I cried every Sunday morning I did it...lol. 

2)  My son was born butt breach at 8lbs., 5 1/2 ounces.  I smoked cigarettes while I was pregnant, just not as much as I do now.  Had I stopped then, I believe I would have had a 12 lb. giant baby.  He was born perfectly healthy, although 3 weeks past the due date. 

3)  I'm 3 years older than my husband.  This is the first marriage for us both.

4)  I mow my own yard and grill my own food.  Hubs knows he can't touch my mower or my grill.

5)  I'm steadfastly independent and probably should never be married LOL.  I've been on my own since the week before my 17th birthday and lived alone with my cat until I was 22 and had my son.  I never had a roomate except for pets, my son and my husband.   We are all hard-headed as all get-out!

 All of ya'll are so fun to read about!