My friend, Patricia Sargeant, did a blog that fascinated me.
Her blog was 3 weeks ago at www.pinkladiesblog.com and she flattered me a lot, but that's not the point. It was such a fun blog!
So I'm stealing it.

The point of the blog was things that other people might not know about you, that could be surprising.
For instance, Patricia was surprised at the music I prefer. Like KORN and Drowning Pool and Rob Zombie...

I'm surprised that super sweet, soft-spoken Patricia could ever utter a curse word, but I have it on good authority that she does indulge on occasion.
(Personally, I can't imagine anyone in this biz who doesn't get fired up enough on occasion to fry the air! )
So what is surprising about you?

On my end, yeah, I love really hard loud music with a strong beat. Almost all my choices are male bands/singers, although a lot of times I enjoy Macy Gray, and I loved Janis Joplin.

Another suprising thing from my past...
Back in my super young, super skinny days, I worked for a well known factory and ended up being their first female material handler.

Yeah, what a distinction!
I have to admit, with all the heavy boxes and lifting, I got help from the guys on occasion. They were all super nice and accepting of a young woman in their all-male domaine.
I think it was the only time in my life that I had noticable biceps.

Initially my job was standing at an assembly line, packing shampoo into boxes. We rotated stations on the line, but man oh man, was it boring! I'm not good at standing still. Never have been.

When the offer to work in the back came up, I volunteered. Anything was better than the line, and I've always enjoyed male camaraderie more than female.
Sorry, but it's true.
The "Powers that be" jumped on the chance to have a female in the ranks. It even got written up in the paper, which was great exposure for them and their "fair practices."

Here's omething else that many people don't know - all 3 of my sons modeled when they were very young. I think my oldest was about 6 or 7, then the middle son was 4 and the youngest 3.

They were in newspaper ads mostly - you know, the ads for clothing stores. I had very cute boys who were extremely well behaved and good at direction.
They LOVED being in front of a camera.

My oldest even did a commercial for the amusement park "Kiddieland" in Chicago. I'm not sure if Kiddieland is still around, but I can recall the jingle that played in the commerical. He had to eat so much ice cream for the shoot that he went about a year not wanting it anymore.

As my sons got older, they chose sports over modeling, and that was that. But while they did it, they were well paid!

Speaking of sports - I'm a lousy athlete. I can't throw a ball, can't run fast, and I was one of those kids who hid during gym when they made us play an organized game. I'd claim to be sick sometimes - anything to avoid sports!

HOWEVER... I was always pretty good at water-skiing. Not quite as good as my sister and younger brother, but I could do some tricks (with special skis) and a disk (round board that you "skiied" on,) and I could slalom with ease.
I learned to ski when I was 6 years old.
I love the water, but now those murky lakes sort of scare me. These days, it's in the water, grab the robe, and I yell "Hit it!" so I can ON the water instead of IN it.
The faster I'm on the skiis and out of the water, the more I like it.

So what about you sometimes surprises your friends or acquaintances?
What surprising things are in your past, or in your present?
Happy Friday everyone!