Bonnie Facts and Factoids List of things to know about Bonnie, in no particular order, whether you were afraid to ask or not: 1. She is, in fact, highly overeducated. She holds an MFA from the University of Alabama in Theatre Arts Scenic Design and Technology. 2. When she started grad school, she was still a minor, which has made her the cynical creature she is today. No human being should have to subject themselves to grad school without copious amounts of liquor. 3. She actually held a career for quite a long time in the theatre world, working as a scenic designer and scenic artist in various theatres and stuios in Tacoma, Olympia, Seattle, WA, and Tempe, AZ as well as doing freelance work in Alabama, Florida, and Arizona. 4. She also worked as a �roadie that went nowhere� in a road house and rock and roll arena in Florida. Her claims to fame: Getting hit in the face with a wet, stinky towel thrown by John Tesh, and confiscating underwear (women�s AND men�s) at a NIN concert. However, she refuses to EVER again coil an FOH snake. If you know what that is, you�ll understand. 5. She is married to a lovely man named Gary whom she met in an Italian deli. She invited him to a Mardi Gras party at her house on a whim and then discovered that he was a teetotaler. The cops showed up at that same party but refused any beads or moonpies. It was all Karen�s fault. Gary still called Bonnie the next day and asked her out. He�s not so much of a teetotaler anymore; in fact, he�s quite cute when squiffy. 6. She LOVES movies. The worse the movie, the better. 7. She has a terrible time watching movies or television shows where facts are made into a complete fallacy, or the characters are acting so stupendously stupid that it embarrasses her. 8. She can quote many television show, song lyrics and movie quotes verbatim. 9. She impressed her first boyfriend into dating her by reciting the entirety of �The Motorcycle Song� by Arlo Guthrie. 10. She studied Latin for four years in high school and translated �The Aeneid�. 11. She took a lot of AP classes in high school and passed every single exam, which helped her graduate from University of West Florida with a BA in 6 semesters. 12. She finished her last semester at UWF by taking 21 hours and recommends that no one ever do that. 13. She was # 11 in her class of 476 at her high school. 14. She studied dance for 15 years, and taught ballet and tap as her first job. 15. She worked at Victoria�s Secret off and on for over 5 years in Florida and in Seattle, where she got a reputation as being THE person to go to if you were a pre- or post-op transsexual or a crossdresser. 16. She supported herself in undergraduate school by working as a bellydancer, stripper, and singing telegram for a balloon delivery service. 17. She never had a pet until she moved to Tacoma, where she acquired the wonderful Maine Coon cat Max, who at the time was 10 years old and 20 lbs. He is now 21, 10 pounds, in the beginnings of renal failure, and is quite a cranky old man. 18. Her porn name is �Max Coldsprings.� 19. She thinks skinny dipping is one of the great joys of the universe. 20. She also enjoys nude beaches. 21. Her favorite comfort food is macaroni and cheese. 22. She was a virgin until the tender age of 21, when she had a fling while working in a summer stock theatre. 23. She falls in love very very hard. 24. She didn�t marry until she was 32. 25. She colored her hair various shades of red for 15 years and has now been returning to her natural color, which she is discovering is actually quite a nice shade of champagne blonde. 26. She sunburns within seconds. 27. She grew up on the beaches of Pensacola as the daughter of an enlisted Navy father and a special education teacher mother. 28. Her parents still live in the same house they bought 35 years ago in Pensacola when they thought they were only going to be there for 4 years. 29. She has an older brother named Michael, who is married to Krista, and they also have no children. And They Like It That Way. 30. She likes to bowl and ballroom dance, and is better at ballroom dancing than bowling. 31. She is terrified of clowns and most other circus performers. 32. She is also terrified of scorpions and any other insect that stings, bites, or is otherwise venomous. 33. She likes snakes, and likes to hold them. 34. She can talk to hoofed animals and can communicate especially well with llamas. 35. She likes sushi and sake bombers. 36. She prefers Pepsi to Coke, but would rather drink RC cola anyday. 37. She has only been to Mexico once but considering the activities she participated in down there, one trip is probably enough for a lifetime, considering the trouble that occurred at the bar. And this was all Karen and Melissa�s faults. 38. She likes eating in fine restaurants but prefers to eat in a pub n� grub anyday. Especially one with a pool table. 39. She knows millions of verses to pub drinking songs and will get up on a bar to sing them. While sober. 40. Her secret dream is to become a folk singer and guitarist. 41. She needs to learn how to play the guitar first. 42. She also has a secret dream to be voice over artist. 43. She was an actor in college until she decided that she needed to make a living. 44. She doesn�t really like Andrew Lloyd Webber. 45. Sondeim, of course, is the bee�s knees. 46. She will watch porn movies for the production values and storylines. 47. Her favorite candies: Special Dark chocolate bars, Jordan almonds, Swedish fish, nonpareils, plain M&Ms, and anything cream filled from See�s. 48. She likes hamburgers and hotdogs with equal zest. However, both must have cheese. 49. She was raised Catholic, is still active in the church, and her confirmation name is Elizabeth, for the sister of the Virgin Mary. 50. She studied German for 2 years but never learned to speak it fluently. 51. She has a strange desire to learn how to speak Welsh. 52. She has very little patience for bad or inattentive drivers, especially those talking on cell phones. 53. She wears size 11 shoes.
55. She can only roller skate forwards. 56. She has never been ice skating or skiing. 57. She throws and runs like a girl. 58. She once cut her thumb open on a table saw. 59. She was a spooky hippie poet in high school, with punk tendencies, and was also goth before it was cool to be goth. 60. She was once nuts for John Schneider of �Dukes of Hazzard� fame. 61. She is now nuts for Paul DiMeo of �Extreme Makeover: Home Edition�. 62. She thinks Ty Pennington is a corporate whore, and really not that cute. 63. She loves to kayak even though she�s not too proficient at it. 64. She collects state souvenir handkerchiefs. This is due to her Aunt Dolores who had her iron handkerchiefs for pocket money as a child. 65. She loves theme parks but is kind of picky what ride she goes on. 66. She spouts odd trivia all day and night. 67. She has a penchant for shopping in dollar and discount stores, like Big Lots. 68. She loves roadside attractions and will go out of her way to see a big ball of string. She has, of course, visited the Corn Palace, Wall Drug, and the Thing. 69. Her dream car is a 1967 or 1973 Ford Mustang. Color doesn�t matter so much, but bottle green is preferable. Although a vintage Corvette will do too. Or a Mercedes 450 SL convertible, midnight blue. Actually, she just wants a new damn car. 70. She nearly always swallows her gum. 71. She is crazy for nearly all animation, and is a regular attendee of Spike and Mike�s Animation festivals. She also insists on watching all Japanese animation in the original Japanese. No dubs. 72. She actually prefers to watch all foreign-language films in the original language. 73. She is able to admit she is wrong, and is also able to say, �I�m sorry� and actually MEAN it. 74. She is very gullible, which makes her the target of many practical jokes. 75. She likes to play practical jokes, too. 76. She is extremely ticklish. Like suggestion of tickling from across the room ticklish. 77. She nearly always styles her hair BIG, and her hair motto is: �The higher the hair, the closer you are to God.� 78. She cries readily at television shows, movies, books, news, and commercials. Don�t even get her started on the Olympics. 79. She likes watching college football games on TV. 80. She prefers microbrews and cheaper wines. 81. If it�s on the menu, she will order liver and onions at a restaurant. 82. She can remember number combinations easily: phone numbers, credit cards . . . 83. She loves playing DND type games on the computer. 84. She loves to read the same books over and over, and her favorite is �To Kill a Mockingbird�. 85. That�s one of her favorite movies too. 86. She wishes Gregory Peck had run for President. 87. She is a registered Independent. 88. She is a fiercely loyal person, but woe to anyone who betrays her. 89. She is on the cusp of the Aquarius/Pisces zodiac signs. 90. She enjoys reading about true crime.
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