Before I post the results, I would like to thank everyone who took an interest in this little game of mine. I had a lot of fun reading your comments and I'd like to give a special thanks to Jenn for saying that me studying at Harvard was plausible! ![]()
I counted the votes and it seems that the most unbelievable statement was me meeting Michael Jackson, it got 9 votes.
The second most unbelievable was me being an extra in "Snake Eyes" with 7 votes, followed closely by me studying law at Harvard with 6 votes. Statement #4 got 3 votes and Kewlz was the only one who chose statement #5 to be wrong. Is she right? We'll find out after these brief messages.....
...and now back to our regular programming.
So let's start with statement #1: I met Michael Jackson aboard his private jet
In 1984, at the height of his career, Michael went on a world tour with his brothers. Montreal was one of the stops on this world tour. I was *oh my god I can't believe I'm going to say this but* 15 at the time and I was a BIG fan. Yup, I know it sounds pretty lame now that we all know what he turned into, but at the time, he was still black and still somewhat normal. My dad was a customs officer working at the Montreal International Airport and he was the one in charge of the arrival of Mr. Jackson. Naturally, I begged him for weeks to take me to work with him on the day of Michael's arrival but he always said he couldn't take me but that he would try to get me an autograph. When the day finally arrived, my dad woke me up in the morning, told me to get dressed, I wasn't going to school, I was going to work with him and meet Michael Jackson in person!!!!! I could not believe it.The official date of arrival had been kept secret to avoid the media showing up at the airport and disrupting everything. They found out and showed up anyway. Since there were so many journalists and cameras and it was looking like a circus at the airport, my dad decided that instead of having Michael actually get off his jet and come into the airport, he and his team would go meet him aboard his jet, take care of business and then Michael could leave in his limo directly from the runway and never set foot inside the airport. And that is how I got to meet Michael Jackson aboard his private jet!
. Statement #1 was therefore TRUE. That eliminates most of you from getting a prize, na na na na na ![]()
And now for statement #2: I was an extra in the movie "Snake Eyes" starring Nicolas Cage and Gary Sinise.
The movie was shot in 1998, in Montreal, at the Montreal Forum to be exact, which was home to our National Hockey League team, the Montreal Canadians. At the time, I was working for the Montreal Police Dept and one of the police officers in charge of security on the set of the movie was a friend of mine. He called me up one day to tell me that he had met Nicolas Cage and that it was real nice to be working on the set and meeting all the stars, etc... I commented on how lucky he was to be there everyday and that's when he told me they were looking for extras to be part of the audience at the boxing event in the movie. I immediately called a few of my friends and we showed up at the Forum the following week, ready for our close-ups!
.Now most of you know I have an obsession with Gary Sinise. At the time of this story though, I had a lot of respect for his work and was always interested in the movies he made but I wasn't in full addiction mode yet. I just wanted to clear that up so you didn't think that the only reason I wanted to be an extra in the movie was to meet him. I also wanted to meet Nicolas Cage!!! ![]()
Turns out I didn't meet either of them, didn't even catch a glimpse, it was the longest day of my entire life, it was hot, and the part I was in ended up on the editing room floor.
Trust me, being an extra in a movie is only fun for the first 10 minutes! Although the snack table was nice! So statement #2 was also TRUE.
So let me see, who's still in the game at this point? Well I'll be darned!! None of you! Hahaha, GOTCHA!!!
Is it worth going on with the rest of the statements? Do you want to know which ones are false? Sorry I didn't get that...Yes? Ok then, let's move on.
Statement #3: I studied law at Harvard University
When I was in college, I visited Boston with my American History cl a ss. Harvard University was on the tour and we spent an afternoon visiting the campus. At the time, I knew I wanted to be a lawyer and I thought how nice it would be to study law in one of the most prestigious university in the world! And that's exactly what I didn't do! Haha! I did study law for 2 years but at Montreal University, which is a little less prestigious, but a good university nonetheless! I ended up not finishing my bachelor's degree because after the 2nd year, I decided I was way too honest to be a lawyer..
. No offense to all the lawyers out there.....![]()
Statement #3 was therefore false.
On to statement #4: I was once mistaken for a man in a bar
About 8 years ago, I was working for the Montreal Police Dept. Even though I was working mainly at Headquarters as a dispatcher, there were times when we would go on what the department called "ride-alongs". We would team up with a team of patrol officers and ride an entire shift with them, just to put us in the "heat of the street" feel. On one of those ride-alongs, the officers I was patrolling with wanted me to have a swell time so they took me to a Drag Queen bar that was celebrating it's Grand Opening that night!
They said they wanted to check it out and see if everything was up to the city's regulations on emergency exits, alcohol permits and all that jazz. While my partners were busy checking out the emergency exits, I was waiting for them by the entrance to the bar. There was a....urrr....extravagantly, brightly colored costumed.... I guess person would be the right word, who was going around the bar, flirting with....urrr...other equally extravagantly costumed persons. At one point, this, again, for lack of a better word, person, came up to me and started to flirt with me.
I politely declined his/her advances. When he/she heard my voice, he/she took a closer look at my face, touched my cheek and finding it as smooth as a baby's bottom, said unbelievingly : "OH! You're a woman???"
I'm still in therapy over that incident. ![]()
Statement #4 was TRUE.
Well, you have all guessed by now that I was NOT a mascot for a local hockey team. I totally made that up. There is absolutely no story to go with this statement. It's just something I made up to bring my statements to the more harmonious number that is 5
. Kewlz is the only one who chose this statement to be false. And for that, she gets....M & M's COOKIES!!!
Oh well, looky here, I finished this blog just in time to go and watch
THE CSI NY SEASON PREMIERE!!!!
SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!
See you on the forum tomorrow!!!
Comments
Enjoy the premiere, SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
Esther: I'm glad you liked the stories, it was a fun blog to write. I'm sorry I wasn't a mascot, you would have loved to see a video of that eh? LOL. And please do not mention any grandchildren so soon!!! I'm still young!!!!! LOL
Congrats to Kewlz!
And shooting with Gary made you become so obsessive, right?
Hugs!
HUGE HUGS hun!!
Lin: I hear ya! Not that I have anything against the younsters, but it is indeed nice to find people my age on here who are as crazy as I am!
Susi: Nobody sucks, it was just for fun. And shooting with Gary make me a little more obsessed I have to admit...lol
Jordina: My life might seem interesting but it's only because I am older!!
Esther: You and Carmine are so welcomed to our place!!! And why wait until we're old and crochety?? You guys come on over next week end, we'll have a BBQ. Gary makes a mean cheeseburger!
Renn: Yes, that would be an awesome video indeed...LMAO!
Matt: I told ya! I dont kiss and tell!! Now will you believe me? lol
I got one right??? *hugs herself* YAY! Thanks for the M&Ms cookies!!! *munch munch*
*pops out*




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