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Talk about never a dull moment. This
Brainy Blonde is full of adventure! From the time she was placed
for adoption to the moment twenty years later when she found a book
at the library her birthmother had written about giving her up and
dedicated to her! In some ways her life is like book, but not your
standard Grimm's fairy tale, more along the lines of a Roald Dahl
or JK Rowling novel!
 Ms
Brainy was born in Chicago and raised in the Mid West by her incredible
parents who adopted her the day after Thanksgiving two months after
she was born. She had a relatively normal childhood in which she
learned to entertain herself on the computer since she was an only
child until eight years old, when her parents adopted her little
brother. After going to a local private school through eight grades,
she went away to an all girls Catholic boarding school, an experience
from which she has many stories! She graduated high school and signed
her first modeling contract all by the age of 17. Juggling a career
as a model, a full course load, and working for a nonprofit group
all while discovering a whole new birth family was no easy feat!
After finding that library book when
she was twenty she ventured off to Europe to meet her birthmother
who turned out to be a world known anthropologist traveling the
planet, making films and writing all sorts of books about her work!
That same summer she also went to meet her birthfather who lived
in Washington DC, came from a prominent political family in the
US, and had also published countless articles and books.
Soon she'd come to discover the whole
family were writers: her mother and father (both PhDs), her grandfather
(also a PhD), her grandmother, and her uncle, who is a federal judge!
She's still ordering more of her birth relatives' books
and hopes to complete them all by 2005.
That
same year she went home to visit her adoptive parents for the holidays.
The day after Thanksgiving (21 years to the day after her parents
had adopted her) a big twister came along and blew their new, two
story home away, leaving nothing but the foundation! Unfortunately,
things didn't turn out as well as they did for Dorothy and Toto.
Her dog, cat and next door neighbor were killed. She'd left before
the storm hit and had no idea her house would be literally gone
when she returned. She thought her family had perished, but luckily
they'd been delayed at the video store.
After several hours, they all met
up on the hill just behind where the house had stood. It was a
tearful reunion to say the least. Her mother had even had the
Priest come out after the storm! Her mother later said, "twenty
one years ago today we got you and twenty one years later we were
lucky to get you back again" But enough of the mushiness!
Brainy Blonde refused to join a sorority
and considered herself the same geeky girl she'd been in high
school, despite the billboards, runway, fashion and print ads,
ads she was doing for products such as GTE, Revlon, MTV and General
Motors.
She was never really keen on the
modeling but the financial rewards were quite nice plus she was
marketed as the edgy alternative girl with the wild hair. She
also refused to model any fur products and still holds true to
that today. She used to add quite a bit of red henna to her hair.
Her friends jokingly would call her "I Love Lucy" because
of her hair color... ok, and maybe because of her personality
too... just a little!
 After college,
she moved out to Los Angeles where she signed with an agent doing commercial and print work.
She also continued her education studying technology and working with some of the pioneers in the computer industry.
In fact, one certain technological event landed her on the front of the New York Times and forced her to dodge reporters until this day.
She's currently writing a book on that chapter of her life which makes everything since pale in comparison.
After 9/11 occurred, she realized—like most of America—how far she was from her family.
Shortly after that fateful day in September, she moved back East to be closer to her relatives.
No sooner did she move there that the hurricanes began.
In October 2005 she awoke at 6am to a giant 100 year old tree staring her in the face after Hurricane Wilma served as a can-opener on her house.
She was almost crushed to death in bed as she slept!
Brainy decided to tough it out, bought another house on the coast (this time a 1950's Frank Lloyd Wright inspired home with fewer trees hanging overtop).
She is learning surfing and Spanish (though not at the same time) and doing a bit more traveling around the globe.
She's glad you've decided to visit her bio and hope you'll visit back for frequent updates!
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