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My claim to fame:
I took the last ride on the train through the train station in downtown Richmond. If you get ahold of the footage, I'm the first grader backing down the steps with my plaid coat on with the black velvet collar. No face for my fifteen minutes (actual 5) of fame, just pudgy little bobbysocked legs oh so carefully maneuvering their way backwards down the traincar steps.
I was on the Bozo the Clown TV show (twice) on Channel 6. My most memorable moment came when I participated in the balloon relay race where you grab a balloon, run to the chair across the floor and sit on the balloon trying to pop it. I was in the second grade and probably weighed as much as a chihuahua and was wearing a skirt (1969ish). On black and white TV, it appeared that I birthed a balloon from beneath my plaid knit skirt.
I am on a 1980s Skateworld commerical actually dance/skating and singing to "YMCA". I was unaware I was being filmed (obviously) and would have dove for posterity's sake had I not thought I was all that at the time and taken the time to notice the damn video camera on a tripod.
With these qualifications and more, I am Mr. Bean's soulmate.
For updates, visit my blog at:
http://karengibson-writersblock.blogspot.com/
My WEbook
My book projects
Remember That Time When...
Got a funny story? Wanna share it?...
Learning the Ropes One Strand at a Time: Raising a Child with Asperger's Syndrome
The struggle of raising a child with Asperger's Syndrome....
My Submissions
- Chasing SANE
- Learning the Ropes One Strand at a Time: Raising a Child with Asperger's Syndrome
- That Dog Won't Hunt
My Reviews
- The Cart: Wow! Once again my creative friend, wow! Just a few rough areas near the beginning that ...
- Be a Chef in the Bedroom: thank you for your suggestion. I took your great advice....
- Chasing SANE: James, you make me laugh. I would never hit you for doing me the honor of reading my work...
My Favorites:
Title of my memoir:
Toxic Poop: Stories from the other side of the bedpanCurrently reading:
reading and re-reading and self editing my own work in progress at the moment. With occasional breaks to read Style Weekly (a Richmond news magazine with a cup a joe each morning) and Stephen King's newest.Character I'd like to be for a day:
Lisey of Lisey's story so I could straighten her life out for her...LOL.Favorite authors:
Stephen KingDavid Baldacci, of course
Patricia Cornwell, of course
John Grisham, of course
(all Virginians)
John Sandford
James Patterson
Dean Koontz
Iris Johannsen
Tess Gerritsen
Mark Twain
Erma Bombeck
Sommerset Maughan
Dorothy Parker
so, so many more
...too many to name, really
Favorite books:
Dante's InfernoMadame Bovary
The Stand
Wish You Well