#1: When I was a very young child, I thought that Dr. Spock was Mr. Spock. So every time my mother consulted her Baby Bible, I envisioned Cpt. Kirk's right-hand man giving her tips on child-rearing.
vs.
#2: Also, when I was a young child I had, as many kids do, an imaginary friend. But this was not any made-up imaginary friend, this was the imaginary embodiment of Major Winchester from M*A*S*H the TV series. We had many romps before he pissed me off one day, and I threw him down the stairs and killed him off. And he never came back.
R.I.P.
#3: I am secretly obsessed with Alaska (the vast amounts of space, the history of the state, the mountains, ocean and glaciers, the last unspoiled American frontier, etc.), and will get there before I die. I will pretty much drop everything when the travel channel throws on a block of Alaska programming.
#4: I dream of learning how to fix engines so that I can buy an late '60's era VW Westfalia pop top and live out of it like a dirty hippie. (I may have been born 20 years too late).
#5: Reliable sources tell me that I was conceived on the day that John Lennon was shot outside of the Dakota building. (I took my sweet time getting out of the womb.)
R.I.P.
So, I guess those are my five things. Apparently I was far too influenced by TV as a child, and by James A. Michener's novels as an adult (especially Alaska and the Drifters). And I was born late.... not just 2 weeks late, but actually more like 20-30 years late. Also, I was a weird kid.
I tag Bil, who probably already knew all of this stuff, but needs to write something new for me to read on his blog.
That is all.
2 comments:
Let's go to Anchorage. It's a college town. I hear it's quite the happening joint.
Hey, they have a good theatre in Alaska--Preserverance Theatre that was started by the woman who is now the Artistic Director at Arena Stage in DC...apparently they do great work.
PS-you cannot possibly know how jealous I am that you are working at Steppenwolf
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