When I first thought this series up, I wondered to myself
. o O ( How many strange things should I list?)
I'm pretty strange, or at least have quite a few unique qualities, so I decided on five, lest this post, and others, be arbitrarily long and drawn out.
So, in the spirit of brevity (meaning I don't actually know how brief this will end up), I shall stop yammering and get to the list!
5 Strange Things About Serenity Valle
1) I am ethnically [part] Caló. Caló people are one of the groups commonly referred to as "Gypsies". Caló generally are found in Spain. The Caló language, Zincali is all but dead now. We are also called Gitanos and at one point, erroneously called Zincali (that's the language, not us!) I've also seen Caló spelled Kaló. Those known as "Gypsies" (capitalised because it refers to an ethnic group), originally were from India, and there are "Gypsies" (the Banjara people) still there today. "Gypsies" (there are many tribes) can be found in every country in the world.
2) I was adopted at birth. Though my birth parents and family wanted me very much, they could not provide the kind of life they thought I deserved. To give me my "best chance", they gave me to my adoptive family. I was raised not rich in money, but always rich in love and my parents encouraged my writing every step of the way. I miss them daily. I found my birth family when I was 22 and have since met many of them and connected with my siblings, cousins, aunts and uncles.
3) I read Tarot and tea leaves. I am intuitive. Even before I was aware of my Caló heritage (also, Mexican, Lakota and Scottish-Clan Rutherford), I felt drawn to divination and knew I was intuitive. Eventually, my mum got used to me saying random things out of blue, only to have them be correct, or occur later that day... but when I was really young, it sort of freaked her out! :)
4) I LOVE spies. Spy movies, spy shows. I wanted to be a spy when I was young, I used to write for a spy RPG online, I even have books ranging from The KGB to Counter-intelligence to Private Investigation, which was my more mature choice for a career. It's hard to be a PI with young kids, so instead, I write paranormal mysteries and stuff.
5) I will watch Bollywood films over most Hollywood films any day. I don't know if my ethnic connection to India has anything to do with it or not, but I LOVE Bollywood! (Bombay [now Mumbai] + Hollywood = Bollywood. I own a number of DVDs and Netflix them all the time. There's just something about the innocence compared to Western films, not to mention all the singing and dancing! The first one I ever saw was Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. Hollywood films I will watch over and over? Star Wars (classic trilogy)- I saw the first one in the theater!, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings... I'm a geek. I admit it!
Ok, so I could probably come up with more, but like I said, I am trying to keep this brief. A small snippet of my life. That all being said, let me wrap up with this:
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