#11 Postby cajungal » Fri Aug 12, 2005 5:56 pm
Around the age of 8, I always wanted to be an actress. It almost never left me. I wrote my own plays when I was younger and used to act them out at holiday times at my grandparents house. I would get all my cousins to participate in it. My first play was about Punky Brewster. I had just turned 8. I starred as Punky of course. The next year, when I was 9, I did the Miracle Worker at Thanksgiving. I learned the manual alphabet and played Helen. I wrote all the lines and added on from the version of Patty Duke. I even wore a long dress and had everyone dressed like the 1800's. My uncle still has it perserved on tape. Then, when I was around 10, the flair for gymnastics became very strong. I watched the movie about Nadia Comaneche over and over. I wanted to be a gymnast very badly. But, at age 10, I was already considered to be too old for just starting out. They had a gymnastics place about a mile down the road from my house. So, I begged my mom to let me join and I was in it for about 2 years. It got too expensive, so my mom had no choice but to take me out. I actually just started to get good. I could run and a cut a flip in mid air on the ground. My acting flair still had not left me. So, of course, I had to try to put on a play about Nadia. But, all my cousins were active gymnasts, too. And one of my cousins was better than I. And I got jealous and we argued so much over who was going to play Nadia, that the play never went on.
The acting flair still went out all through high school. I joined drama class my sophomore year. I was in several plays and skits. The acting thing was still strong in my early 20's when I tried out for Driving Miss Daisy at the local theater. But, did not get the part because they were looking for someone older.
Now, with all that acting thing that was going on, at the same time was my love for weather. Especially severe weather and hurricanes. I started trying to track storms as early as around 9. But, the turning point was Andrew after I just turned 16. I wanted to go to college for Meterology. But, was terrible at math and could not bare to go through 3 years of calculus. Meterology is a lot of school. I am now 29, and it may be a little late for this, but I am leaning towards going to college to pursue a degree in journalism. That way it will keep my everlasting love for both acting and weather combined.
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