1. My first goal was to be a professional photographer. Now it’s one of my son’s goals (and he actually got a job photographing a birthday party and a wedding).

2. I’m a converted Catholic but have always been (and still am) drawn to Eastern thought and practices such as meditation and chakra balancing. I still keep my laughing Buddha for good luck. I’m definitely a Christian though.

3. I’ve been reading the Bible more lately but still find it hard to relate to a lot of it or apply it to my life. I’ve never actually read the whole Bible though. One of these days I plan to do so.

4. I used to do astrological charts for pocket money when I was in high school.

5. I used to be a big American Idol fan (thanks to my daughter who was addicted to it some years ago).   My favorite contestant was Adam Lambert.

6. Speaking of which, my kids attended high school with Caleb Johnson, the winner in 2014. They did not know he could sing, apparently no one did.

7. Until I had kids, I wanted to have four of them. Two was plenty.

8. At one point, my ex and I had 15 cats (we used to show cats).

9. I was on Candid Camera (the old black & white one) when I was about 5. To my knowledge, there’s no record of this anywhere. It was random footage of little kids eating hot dogs. I think this might have been the first reality show.

10. I met Woody Allen 3 times (accidentally) when I lived in the New York area. Once was on my 16th birthday. He signed a napkin and wrote “Happy Birthday” on it. I also met Joni Mitchell in a ladies’ room in Greenwich Village.

11. I auditioned to be in the movie “Fame” but didn’t get a part because my dancing skills suck and my singing isn’t much better. But I did get to try out after waiting outside for about 6 hours and met some cool people standing in line that day.  NEXT!

Film Title:FAME Year: 1980 Dir: PARKER, ALAN

12.  I used to model for confession magazines like True Story and True Love.   One time I had to depict a beggar girl (the story was about a throwaway teen) and another time, a pregnant girl fighting with her mother (the mom was my real mother in the photo LOL).   Unfortunately I don’t have any of these photos anymore.  I’m still trying to find at least one of them on Google.

13.  I’m distantly related to both William the Conqueror and Pocahontas.

I just realized how many of these have to do with close brushes with famous people or the concept of fame itself. I really don’t care much about those things, but it’s always a good icebreaker.