random and sundry true facts about the hulaluna:



pulled over by police helicopter and two squad cars while riding bike home from shopping mall because description matched a shoplifter's, lakewood, ca 1980

pianist at a reception for the calif governor and board of uc regents, newport beach, 1992

turned down job offer as clothing store model, 1989

convinced neighbor to show his penis and promise marriage, 1973

played high school varsity badminton against compton team, complete with barbed wire campus, 1984-86

reenacted death massacre in front of federal building to protest government involvement in guatemala, los angeles, 1991

attended psychedelic furs concert, irvine amphitheater, 1986

broke both legs and ligament on first ski attempt, wenatchee, 2000

had sex in a storeroom, walk-in freezer, the ocean, hotel window, boss's desk (not with boss), hot tub, lifeguard station, against mother's garage door, mattress showroom

said hi to dave wakeling (english beat, general public), greenpeace protest, manhattan beach, 1990

rode 23-mile ronald mcdonald bikeathon, huntington beach, 1979

masterminded stakeout of suspected drug dealer and fastfood boss, 1988

grandmother accompanied alfalfa's (lil rascal)singing lessons when he was an adolescent

worked for a forklift company, film room, nursing home, department store, airline, grocery store, research center, catering company, church, mattress factory, auto finance, counseling office.

childhood friend/roommate abducted by own family and taken back to iran, 1992

at mother’s coaching, sang ‘wouldn’t it be loverly’ in shawl, flower basket and cockney accent, school-wide talent show, 1977

made small talk with seattle mayor, fundraising luncheon, seattle, 2001

convinced neighborhood children that she could talk to animals, 1977

applied for medicare aid when a brain tumor was discovered in fiance and he didn't have insurance, harbor ucla med ctr, 1993

set kitchen on fire making candles, seattle 1998

bodysurfed with porpoise, bolsa chica beach, 1986

mother was a back-up singer for a vince edwards’ album and several protest singles in the 60's

was 'despair' in music video for downtown clubs, wherein it was required to completely wrap face in duct tape and be bound by tape to two other girls to depict repressed social system, all filmed in dilapidated warehouse, seattle, 1989

home windowsills currently contain bits of rock from childhood geology set from 1976

turned down proposal for love affair with married man on wedding day, 1996

touched a viking ship, norway 1983.