Stacey-Ann's Blog

Question #1: Who is my favorite musical artist?
That's a hard one for me because I have such eclectic music tastes (I like everything except classical, hard rock, and country, except for Kenny Rogers).  However, R. Kelly is one of my favorites (I know he's crazy but he sure is talented).

Question #2: Who is my favorite visual artist?
I'm a big fan of Monet and the Impressionist era in general.  Not fond of modern or contemporary art.

Question #3: Who is my favorite blogger?  I don't know if I have a favorite blogger but I definitely have some people who I enjoy reading their blogs and feeling like i'm getting to know them.

Question #4: If I could meet anyone (dead or alive), who would it be? I would love to meet my paternal grandmother.  She passed away the same year I was born.  She's the only one of my grandparents that I never grew up with.  The other three were such an important part of my life that I think I really missed out by not knowing her.

Question #5: What did I want to be when I grew up? First a telephone operator (ambitious I know), then a pediatrician.

Question #6: If I could live in any point of history when would it be and why? I would like to live right now.  I think watching all the changes in technology over the past few years is fascinating and I can't imagine functioning without them.

Question #7: What is the most interesting piece of trivia you know? That Jamaica has more churches per square mile than any other country in the world.

Question#8: What is the most interesting job you have ever held? The most interesting job i've had would be teaching undergraduate psychology courses.  Each class is different and each student brings a different flavor to the material.  On the other hand, the worse job I had was in high school where I was an envelope stuffer for the phone company.

Question #9:  What event has had the greatest impact on your life?  Obviously the usual things like my wedding day and the birth of my children have been very instrumental in shaping who I am.  However, apart from those obvious things there are two other things that have drastically changed who I am (in chronological order):

1. Moving to the United States from Jamaica in 1992.  Coming here as a teenager exposed me to different cultures and allowed to grow in many wonderful ways.  Also, allowed me to make some long lasting friendships.
2. September 11, 2001.  I lost my best friend, Angie Houtz in the Pentagon that morning.  I am not the same person I was before that.  I've had to learn that love sometimes hurts but that its better to love and hurt than to never allow yourself to connect to people.  We also set up a scholarship in her honor and that has become a major focus in my life.  

Thanks to Tracy Williams Pender for tagging me.  Its interesting to think about these responses.

Now to tag some other people, i'm afraid to do it in case they have been tagged in the past:
Debi Ernst, Richard Weisser, Dennis Beckner, Robert Rauf, Stuart Dobson.  Yvette Smith & Kevin O'Shea you get away because i'm pretty sure you've been hit before.