I got my 13! from Jennifer Bishop (Things my F.B. friends dont know about me). 1). Im a fiction writer who dropped English 30 because there was too much novel reading AND Shakespeare. 2). Due to number 1, I had to take remedial English in Art College. I write a helluva cover letter and know my way around a basic resume for any of the following jobs: Wendys, Tim Hortons, McDonalds, Costco on a good day. 3). I have feet like a duck. 4). I have great balance, thanks to feet like duck. 5). I am a left-handed, gemini. Cant get much worse. 6). I have five, count em five sisters. No brothers. My poor father. 7). I weirdly want to get invited to Inside Actors Studio so that I can answer the question: What else would you like to do? Answer: Actor 8).My pet roster thus far: guppies that got eaten by their dad (see: childhood trauma). Three cats, one was a siamese, and like the fish, was a great fighter in our hood. One was a barn cat that ate all his food at once, as if it was his last meal, then filled his litter box with unreal amounts of... Third cat: lovely, black, lived to 17 years. Dogs: labs, Heinz 57s, Husky. Birds: one parrot that bite everyone but me. Not a kid favourite. Turtles, the live kind, not the ones that come in a box at Christmas. 9). In Art College I had to choose between volleyball or studying. Id like a do over. This time: volleyball. 10). I thought I was destined to be a hard core feminist, unlike my mother who stayed home and raised all of number 6s sisters. Then I had children and all I wanted to do was stay home and watch them grow into the fascinating people they now are. So. Very. Lucky. 11). My husband is an artist and for the first thirteen years of our marriage, we were like two kids with a newspaper route (non-salary). I dont know how we ate, let alone managed shoes and soccer shin pads and school field trips. But here we are, and Im so grateful for that meagre-moneyed gift of time for art and life and watching our kids evolve/revolve around us. 12). My name is Lee Ann Kvern. I have freckles, former ginger. 13: Jobs I have endured: Dairy Queen (lousy pay, had to WEIGH the cones). Peters Drive-in (got fired for giving my friends Firehall prices). Casino: dealt blackjack, roulette, craps, pit boss, supervisor, AND I dont even gamble. Commercial real estate: so lousy at this job, specific to early 80s when everyone was losing their homes and jumping off tall buildings. Bad timing. Calgary Co-op: produce clerk. Yes, I know how to pick a ripe avocado. Writer: full-time, part-time, no-time. Part-time works best for me. I need something outside of writing to pull me out of that inner, obsessive sanctum, which writers often fall prey to while attempting to write full-time. Part-time educational aid in kindergarten class. Part-time accidental activist due to bad provincial Premier who does not understand the value of caring for each other. Whew! Done all 13, Jennifer : )
Posted on: Sat, 16 Nov 2013 03:00:42 +0000
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