I won a trophy for "Perfect Attendance" as an altar boy two years in a row...and was a first-line singer in the Glee Club and choir....

I remember my parents, cousins, aunts and uncles would go camping every year. It's weird because we would go to Moss Landing, in between Monterey and Santa Cruz, and it would always be freezing. Sometimes it rained. We had the best times though. I really miss those outings.

MY favorite memory was when I kneeled down near our camp fire right onto a piece of hot coal. It was like in the movies, "Do you smell something?" My cousins couldn't stop laughing. I had a HUGE blister on my knee. Another time my dad got stung by jellyfish. And another time someone caught a shark and they had it laying there on the beach. It's a wonder we kept going back there.


M

HEY! That's Cool!!

When i was a kid i used to lie on the couch with the fan going during summer with my toy guitar which played 'twinkle twinkle little start' with each tweak at the knob ...i think it was supposed to teach a kid rhythm cause it played the song kinda note by note as you tweaked...so if i felt like being real fast and groovy i'd play it mentally ...i used to get frustrated at that toy though- it was one song and one song only damn it. I also used to play 'mothers and fathers' and 'husband and wife' LOL with my dolls and cousins ...i used to steal my uncle's microphones and use another uncle's guitar when he was not at home during the day and play stupid songs to my grandfather who'd only encourage me when i was a kid i could never colour inside the lines and felt rather retarded for it. But i was later on when i went to primary school a whizz at spelling and enjoyed writing stories at home on rainy days more than anything else! I'd write till the cows come home actually...my stories never really ended my aim was to write the longest damn story than anyone i ever went to class with and the most creative at that! LOL!! Having said that i was never a popular kid, opting to read books and listen to my walkman during playtime cause i didn't wanna be treated like crap by the others (all girls). What else did i do? I loved calligraphy when i was ten and collected stamps! I played piano in my preteens- didn't practice much but ended up being pretty good at it in the end! Used to try and copy the MJ thriller clips with my cousins i got a picture of it too. Me in a little dress trying to be all scary!! MUHHAAHAHAH!! LOL!!

I can remember heaps and could write more but i won't!!

But like i said, those are cool pics!!

retina said:

I was gonna say, no wonder her daughter is so beautiful.

Thank you everyone for sharing your stories ...it has been wonderful to learn more about who you all are


Mach

When I was very young... I used to 1) record songs off the radio onto a cassette (that's how I became a Kiss fan at age 5) and 2) draw fashion Illustration. I'm not being conceited (sp) when I say I think I'm still pretty good at it, despite having started when I was about 7. my friend and I used to sit down and draw all the time

Natisse said:

when I was in 3-6th grades I used to draw fashion gowns all the time

You guys are a spiitin' image Mach.

When we were kids we used to build a lot of forts.

Have lip synching contests/ Make up cheer routines.

Play 4 square and Blackie.

Go to the cemetary and 'predict'.

Screw around on the train trax waiting for a ride into town.

SureThing said:

what's that exactly ?

Mach said:

We'd sit there and try to predict stuff that was gonna happen.

And wait for an appearance from the Virgin Mary by trying to evoke her.

Pretty much just a bunch of silly girls sitting there scaring themselves shitless.....for fun.

SureThing said:

So nothing every showed up ?

Mach said:

Yeah, all the time, we'd 'see' stuff and run home screaming.



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