(my friend yvette did this, and inspired me to do the same!)
1. Licensed private pilot with basic aerobatics training - last flight was feb 2001. I pretty much quit flying after 9/11 for several reasons I won't get into here. (mostly too expensive and too republican)
2. Expert horsewoman. Been riding horses since I was 6 years old. They were my first love. Owned one for 6 years, in the mid-90s. Western and English. Love jumping....but didn't get to do as much as I wished I did. Got in trouble throughout grade school for daydreaming about horses and writing horse stories and drawing horse pictures. I barely made it through to 8th grade graduation! I hated school as a kid.
4. Went to catholic school - grade 1-8. What a bunch of hateful spiteful children...my classmates. I always felt like an ousider. Super dork, only thought about horses. Got into leathercraft for a few years. Still have all the tools if I need to fix or make something...
5. learned tap and ballet. Loved tap. Still do! Want to learn belly dance & flamenco someday...
6. Played flute in 8th grade, then bassoon & cello in high school. Accelerated rapidly in music, won a few awards and played in a few honor orchestras. Studied electric bass for about a year, a few years after high school....then I met Satan (the man who ruined my passion for music. See item 4)
7. Married once, for only 2 1/2 years, to a very talented but insane singer. Blew every opportunity that came is way. Controlling and abusive. Invalidated any talent I had because I didn't starve for my art. The experience was so intensely awful that I swore off music for 15 years. Electronic dance music brought me back. I never thought my musical soul would be reawakened, but it has! Been single ever since, though. (I took my life back, by leaving him & everything I owned in 1990).
8. Used to draw horses and human portraits, won a few art awards throughout my grade & high school years. Then took up photography in 1980 as my creative outlet, focusing on carnival rides.
9. Was a stage hand in high school, then got into video in college, and made it into a career - specialty: Video Quality Control (I watch movies for a living - looking for technical problems with video, audio & film)
10. Love to water ski and speed boating. Been going to the river since age 2. Natural born river rat
11. Rode dirt bikes in the 70s. Had a Bultaco 125 Libido, and then a Sherpa-T 250. My family was into English Trials
12. Born & raised catholic, then became non-religious but still spiritual through most of my adult years. Converted to Orthodox Judaism in 1995 for spiritual reasons. Lived the Orthodox life for 3 years. Eventually returned to spiritual, not religious, which is what I am now. Non-observant, but Judaism is my belief system. I grew alot as a person through that experience. All good! Now I consider myself a mystic.
13. Had a thyroid disease in the early 90s, all the meds the doctors had me on damaged my liver. That is why I don't drink or smoke and rarely party. I also converted to alternative and holistic healing modalities after Western Medicine took my thyroid from me. Goes to show, sometimes bad experiences turn out to be blessings. If not for this, I would probably be a total addict loser nothing piece of shit, abusing my body with drug and/or alcohol to this day. Instead, I am a healer with an interest in helping and healing addicts, alcoholics and anyone else who is open & ready to be happy and well and live the at ease life they deserve. Wellness is also a priority in my life, and I spare no expense to stay well. Health & happiness is more important than money. But we all need enough money to stay well and live happily. Balance!