My favorite artist EVER is Robert Rauchenberg. I saw his exhibition at the Guggenheim in Bilbao, Spain back in '98. It was absolutely BREATHTAKING. The man is a creative genius!! I'm psyched right now cuz I'm going to rent this video on him, "Robert Rauschenberg: Inventive Genius" from the SF Public library. But first I need to see if I can find my library card!
The first time I went to the library & got my library card, they insisted I had already received one. And I of course, knowing full well that I hadn't, insisted I didn't. So she proceeds to tell me - yes, you live on (address) that I didn't live on... etc. That day I realized, funny enough - I'm not the only Willo O'Brien in this city!!
I've actually had a few random things happen having another Willo(w) O'Brien somewhere in this city... things like getting random calls from (her) Uncle's who are "passing through town & thought they'd look her up!" and even a strange call from a co-worker of a retail store or something that was wondering why she was so late! (hmm, maybe these willo's aren't so different!) And then lastly... when I went to sell some clothes years ago - the girl looked at my ID like I ripped it off, cuz she knew of this other Willo(w) girl. Anyway - other Willo's out there - and definately "Willo(w) O'Brien" - Say hello!
p.s. now that we're talkin about my name... here's a little trivia for you: I haven't been an O'Brien my whole life - but I have never been married. hmmm.... How does that happen?
Well I'll start by saying most kids who went to grade school with me probably still have hard time not thinking I'm still "Willow Hamilton". Wow that name looks like me at about 8yrs!
The story: Somewhere in my growing up around 9? 10? maybe... I dropped the 'w' on the end of my name. (I was no 'willow pillow'! hahaa - no, that wasn't the reason, but it's funny.) So anyway. Now my full name is:
Willo Sawn Hamilton O'Brien
O'Brien came from my step-dad. He adopted me when I was 13 or so. Now ya know.p.s. I'm now 27 (28 in june)
UPDATE: Read about how I met the other Willow O'Brien!
