As the numbers get higher, the words come more slowly.
I don’t know if that’s because I have to reach farther back into memory, or because the celebratory moments are less obvious.
Whatever the reason, I am determined to make it to 45, so here we go . . .
27. In high school I played flute and bassoon.
28. I sang in my synagogue choir when I was young. I took voice lessons as my first challenge to myself after I got my doctorate. I’d really like to join a woman’s a cappella group if I can ever get the courage.
29. When I went on a vacation trip to Bali/Hong Kong, I spoke in Japanese almost the entire time. I was travelling with a Japanese friend of mine, and she wanted to do the tour thing. Our tour guide in Bali didn’t speak much English, so Japanese it was (luckily on that part it was the two of us and the adorable guide). When we got to Hong Kong, and our tour grew to 30+ Japanese and myself, I spoke English at first until my friend let it slip that I could speak Japanese. That was when I knew I had a handle of the language . . . wish I remembered more than just a few phrases now.
30. Once upon a time I had a dream of being an actress. I never pursued that dream because I let fear and doubt get in my way. However, I do occasionally make appearances on the stage. My most memorable role in the early days was, perhaps, was an ancient Japanese woman in Teahouse of the August Moon, when I got to act as a goat. As an adult, I played the Nurse from Romeo and Juliet in a bizarre little summer Shakespeare show that took scenes from several plays. The nurse is lots of fun.
I just got an idea for the next one, which may take an entire post o fits own. Stay tuned . . .
Mar 10, 2013 @ 18:31:57
Like you, I dreamed of being an actress. In college, the chair of the department tried to get me to transfer to Florida State and major in musical theater. I wanted to do it, but my mother thought I would end up staring in porn films and starving.
Because I was not a rebel back then, I stayed put. I don’t regret it now.
Mar 11, 2013 @ 07:39:03
I’m not sure if I regret things or not. I just feel like my life kept going in many different directions and somewhere along he way I lost control of it. Isn’t that the way, though. Somehow I doubt you would have ended up in porn.