Things you don’t know about me; 29-34
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29) I always dreamed of being a ballerina. I love to watch ballet. One of our public stations runs an arts channel every night with ballet, orchestra, musical theater…things like that. It is great seeing ballet every night. I do get somewhat annoyed when they run an opera clip with a soprano just as Zane is falling asleep though…it is so disturbing. In person, opera is great, but for some reason it does not translate well to tv. I think the audio just doesn’t record well. Back on topic…I never really outgrew my desire to dance. I sit here, 34 years old, and still want to take a ballet lesson. lol. That is one of the reasons I want to lose weight, so I can take a dance class. I will probably stink at it, but I think I would like it. I still pull out my “Maggie Adams, Dancer” series books, I love the new “Center Stage” movie, and there is this new movie out….not as interesting as Center Stage, but much more realistic….what is it called. Oh, “The Company”. Really good dancing in that movie.
30) Someday I hope to learn the guitar. I have always been interested in learning it, but I played the flute and couldn’t afford to get callouses if I wanted to play with the French keys. (little holes in the keys you have to seal with the pads of your fingers, but you can get different pitches by changing the seal). Unless I get really serious about flute again, I will probably just play with the holes corked up, so I don’t need to keep my fingers soft and can afford to get them roughed up on a guitar. I also need to play my flute more. I have been living in apartments and haven’t wanted to drive my neighbors nuts, but I should just not worry about it…they drive me nuts.
31) When I was a front desk clerk at a 4 star hotel in La Jolla, CA I rented some movies for Steven Segal on my blockbuster card and I received and delivered a script for him that came in over the fax machine. I also had the phone in my hand to call security escort him out of the lobby because I didn’t recognize him and he looked really scary. He was also really hard on his assistant. She was downstairs bawling at least once a day, usually several times. I am not sure if there is enough money to take the kind of treatment he handed out to his “people”.
32) At the same hotel, I spent an hour or two Christmas morning in 1995 talking to Marion Ross (mom on Happy Days) about clocks. She collects them and was admiring the clocks in the hotel. She was really as sweet as you would expect her to be. Not a lot of people treat desk clerks like human beings and she did. I was feeling pretty sad, away from home and tropical weather and she really made my day.
33) Again, at the same hotel, I talked to Bill Cosby on the phone. He was pretty cool. For one thing, as much money and status as he has, he didn’t get the super-expensive suite, but instead opted for a middle of the road suite. (of course, the cheapest room in that hotel was a $350/night closet with a twin bed and a view of the bottom of the trash cans in the alley.) He was also a nice guy.
34) I have to say, one of the weirdest Christmastimes I ever had was the Christmas season I spent in La Jolla. Christmas decorations on Spanish & Medeteranian architechture, carollers in full Dicken’s like costumes with candles, but seeing the ocean front out the window behind them…strolling on the beach on Christmas day. After a lifetime of Midwest Christmases, it was really surreal.
That’s one year after I left La Jolla. I used to live up by UCSD. Wow, another ex-San Diego Xangan.
You have ALWAYS wanted to be a ballerina. From the time you were a little girl. There were 2 main reasons we didn’t let you have lessons. One was, of course, money. But the more important one was the fact that the gal in H town who gave lessons to ‘everyone’ also gave them leg, hip and foot injuries too frequently for me to feel comfortable taking you. Of course, the injuries will happen, but it seemed that too many happened for one teacher. My peers advised against her too.
I’m not sure what your questions were that you are answering, but one of my favorite ‘hotel’ stories about you was the State Fair one and the cowboy looking for something to do in town.
I have always wanted to learn the guitar too. I tried for a while, but the guitar I got had the strings (wires) too far from the neck of the guitar and was very hard to play. I took it to Carol S and she said too that I should get a different one. But I never did.
Another fantesy of mine was always to have a beautiful singing voice like my mom did. She was even asked to sing on the radio in Nashville. I just wanted to have a good enough voice to sing in small groups in school and church. I guess it skipped a generation. Aunt Sis has a beautiful singing voice too. She and Uncle Johnny sing up a storm while they work. It was fun to listen to.
Love you!
mom