Saturday, May 23, 2015

Post #18 - A Bit of Trivia about Me in Fours



Four jobs I’ve had:
1. Cocktail waitress in an infamous 70s & 80s Miami Beach private after-hours club (Sammy’s East Side). The clientele consisted of a sprinkling of celebrities; drug dealers from South America and Cuba; well-known Italian and Jewish gangsters, and dozens of discothèque aficionados.  2. Dance instructor at Arthur Murray Studios and a private studio in Bal Harbour, Miami Beach  3. Accounts Receivable Supervisor in a medical company (I had no idea how to use a computer and no prior experience when hired at the age of thirty-eight!)  4. Receptionist in an office located at One Park Avenue in NYC while Death Wish was being filmed (I met Charles Bronson, his wife, Jill Ireland (who were both very nice) and Vincent Gardenia who was a snob and a pig).

Four things I miss the most:
1. Dancing  2. Driving  3. Dipping my foot into the ocean
4. My independence

Four movies I watch over and over: 
 1. Remember Me  2. Nottinghill  3. Pretty Woman  4. Baby Boom

Four places I have lived:  
1. Los Angeles, CA  2. Las Vegas, NE  3. NYC  4. Miami Beach, FL

Four of my favorite TV shows:  
1. Law and Order SVU  2. Mad About You  3. Friends
4. The Voice

Four places I have been on vacation: (pre-wheelchair) 
1. Ontario, Canada  2. Freeport, Bahamas  3. Disneyworld
4. Phoenix

Four of my favorite foods 
1. Anything Mediterranean  2. California Avocado  3. Brie and Bleu Cheese  4. Red Merlot and Dark Chocolate

Four things that scare me:  
1. Heights  2. Hurricanes  3. Pain  4. Wars

Four things that make me smile:  
1. Children  2. A sunny day  3. Baby animals  4. Being alive

Four Things I enjoy:  
1. Mentoring teens  2. Birds  3. Cooking 4. Meeting people

Four Things I despise:  
1. Irresponsibility  2. Lying  3. Stealing  4. Lack of integrity 

Four things I don't understand: 
1. Suffering  2. Hate  3. Why people need to lie  4. Disloyalty
  
Four things I want to do before I die:  
1. Watch my grandchildren grow up  2. Publish my book
3. Touch the ocean with my feet (that would take a miracle)
4. Author more books that help others cope with suffering and inform

Four things I can do (even though I’m paralyzed): 
1. Use my hands and arms  2. Cook  3. Love people  4. Be a friend

 Four ways to describe my personality:  
1. Self-deprecating   2. Nurturing  3. Easy-going  4. Honest

Four things I can no longer do: 
 1. Drive  2. Swim 3. Walk  4. Dance