1. I'm all thumbs on the Internet and after 65 years of typing still 'hunt and peck'!
2. Many moons ago I took a vocational exam
and got zero in 'mechanics'
3. I was an habitual liar (and a good one) until
I was 36.
4. I was an alcoholic until the age of 45.
5. I trust
people.
6. I have been out of the closet since I was 12.
7. I started
smoking at 12 (to appear sophisticated) and between the ages of 18-63 I smoked
2-3 packs a day--at the age of 65 I had conjestive heart failure and gave up smoking July 23, 2008 after having an aorta valve replacement operation.
8. I cry at movie and plays.
9.
Sunsets thrill me.
10. In the 70s I use to take off--with the AAA travel book
and a gay guide--from work July 15-August 15, in my convertible with the top
down, exploring a different section of the country each time--stopped when and
where I wanted for as long as I wanted.
11. I have lived in NYC, Laguna Beach
and Hollywood, California, Memphis, Tennesse (Some of the best years of my life),
Miami Beach and Fort Lauderdale in Florida.
12. Have travelled to Australia,
New Zealand (Auckland is my most favorite city in the world), South America,
Vancouver, Canada, Hawaii, Fiji Islands, Puerto Rico and took cruises in the
Caribbean.
13. I have 4 'ex-lovers'.
14. I am basically a loner.
15. I
believe in pleasure before business.
16. I have been both rich and poor--more
of the latter--but happy under both circumstances (though rich is
better!)
17. I am selfish.
18. I am stubborn.
19. I am giving.
20.
Though I may ask where you would like to eat and/or what kind of food I already
know what restaurant we are going to.
21. I divorced my family when I was
16.
22. I don't NEED someones acceptance and/or approval.
23. Though I
don't wear a sign around my neck saying "I am gay." neither do I deny it nor
will I stand by and listen, not saying anything, to anti-gay jokes.
24. When
someone asks me if I am gay I first reply, "Why do you want to know? Do you want
to go to bed with me?" then answer yes.
25. I am a romantic.
26. I believe
in 'little things mean a lot'.
27. My favorite writers are Tennessee Williams
and Maya Angelou.
28. The most exciting time I ever spent in the theatre was
watching the performance of "A Chorus Line" when it became the longest running
musical on Broadway--Sept. 29, 1983--the Shubert Theatre, NYC.
29. The second
most exciting time was the first time I ever saw ACL--Thanksgiving, 1976,
Shubert Theatre--I have seen over 100 productions of the show across the
country.
30. In my opinion the two worst Broadway to Hollywood adaptations are "A Chorus
Line" and "man Of La Mancha".
31. I have champagne tastes and beer
pockets.
32. I have never saved for a rainy day.
33. Have declared
bankruptcy twice.
34. I absolutely detest housework--even send my socks to
the cleaners.
35. I love gardening.
36. I love to cook and am great at
it--you have never tasted shrimp scampi and Caesar salad like mine.
37. I
have 7 finches, 2 cockatiels and 1 budgie.
38. I love life.
39. I love people.
40.
I am Mr. Pollyanna and Mr. Optimist.
41. Like Anne Frank I believe there is
good in everyone.
42. I take people at their word.
43. I have hated only
two people in my life--one was 50 years ago and I don't remember what his name
is or what he looked like--the other is an ex who i called my hater instead of
my lover and now all I can remember is that he did his best and what he thought
was right.
44. I dislike intolerance, prejudice and discrimination though I
admit to all against negative people.
45. I have experienced that many
splendored thing--loving completely and being loved completely in return.
46.
I would rather have a good friend than a lover.
47. My favorite sound is
children laughing as only they can.
48. I admire actors tremendously--even
the bad ones--because I have never had the guts to do it.
49. I am great at
motivating people but not myself.
50. I've been a big fish in a small pond
and a small fish in a big pond--the former is better.