Cynthia Ames:  

6/11/2011 Having the most wonderful time doing commercials and especially Indie Films!!!!! Previous profile picture up there is me playing mean, recently widowed woman out to get hubby's money any way she can. You can also check out a fantasy of a lifetime doing the tango with Mr. Muy Macho, fellow actor Omar Scanu, half my age! woo hoo! Film - 'Connect' Directed by Judy Garlow, Written by Charles Cordaro, Will Molina DP. 2010 and more recently 'Where's My Man' on YouTube. Written and Directed by Eric Harvey, I play Mama Perez. Original Post>>>>>> .... I'm busier now than when I was working full time. Besides taking care of my home, husband, kids and grandkids, there is art and writing and community service [see neighborhoodlink(.)com(/)org(/)wics(/)] ...then friends and family, my yard, the dogs ........ I stay pretty busy. School Lets see, what do I remember? . . . I remember taking Drivers Ed in that metal building back there by the parking lot, I almost ran over one elderly lady and a boy chasing a ball in the 'on screen' course. Thankfully I turned out to be a better driver in real life. Once I got my license I drove my old blue Comet to school . My cousins and girlfriends would all throw in our change to buy gas. We drove the heck outta that car. It had the shift on the column and one morning it came off in my hand, so we stuck a long screwdriver in it and kept on 'truckin'. I remember driving my Dad's brand new green Ford Pinto Station Wagon to school without permission (and got in trouble for it too) but I thought I looked pretty cool getting out of that green thing wearing my green granny skirt. Remember Granny skirts? Did you ever get ambushed by some bad boy who thought it was fun to throw a wad of ABC gum into the crowd down the hall as we changed classes? I remember that 'gum' thing in Gym class too. When one of the guys would jump and raise his arm to make a jump shot into the basket, someone else would jump up and stick a wad of gum in their armpit !!!That was rude! I only went to the Principal's office once. It was when John G., my boyfriend at the time, and my friend Patsy L. decided it would be cool to skip school and go to see the movie 'Woodstock' at the El Rancho. I called for her and she called for me, unfortunately for me, her imitation of my Aunt making an 'illness' excuse for my not being in school was not convincing enough. (I guess the fact that I was a better liar is not something I should be proud of, huh?) Anyway, by the time we got home - I was in BIG trouble. I remember typing class and this girl named Susan (Schweinsberg?), she could type so fast! ... my timed papers were always a mess because she sat right next to me and I had trouble concentrating because I was so fascinated by her 'flying fingers'. Football games were the best. I loved the bon-fires. One sad memory is of that one player we had that had an accident on the field one night and ended up in a wheel chair. I never knew if it was temporary or if he had permanant damage. Whenever I hear of high school sports accidents now, I always wonder about him. I got along pretty well with everyone at school. There were girlfriends that I thought would be friends forever and now they're pretty much just faces in the past. There was a girl named Yolanda who usually wore a long dark braid, she was always nice to me, and I remember Pam Mayfield in gym class, she was sweet too, and Irene who lived a couple of streets from me, and Wilma who had dated John before me. I remember other names of girls in my classes like Becky Black, and Diane Matula, Debbie Caldwell and Kitty Clapsaddle, Amy Gauthier and Brenda Cordova, there was Kenneth Goetz, Kevin Harrington - I think he had red hair, Tracy Liessner - I think her Dad worked at the drug store on Laurent, Freddie Sauceda and Kaye Wallace - Anna Padilla and Irene Ramos- I hope you're all doing well. I stopped by the public library on Main street once when I was back in Victoria and thumbed through an old VHS Annual - so many faces . . . it really made me smile to see you all again. There was that tall, (fair) and handsome, older guy in Spanish class, (Abel?) everyone thought he was so cool. Hey,remember Mr. Cano, the Spanish teacher? He married one of my cousins. I remember having to memorize the song 'El Nave del Olvido' in his class. I also remember the gas wars and watching the little gas station across the street on the corner change it's price to 19 cents a gallon. Wouldn't that be nice today? I remember running track and trying to jump the hurdles-oww! Then there were the trips out to the gravel pit - now it's called Saxon Lakes. We used to take my Dad's boat out there and go skiing. Then, we'd go to Coleto Creek and walk down to the sandy banks... those were the days my friend, we thought they'd never end... College Nope, didn't go on to college. Some advice - Don't fall for the ... 'I guess I'll just take off a year and relax before I go on to college'. So far, most people I know who took that attitude never went back. That's OK for some folks but for those of you who have a real desire for degrees and careers, go for it, don't hesitate, keep your nose in the books and don't stop 'til you get enough! I did alright though, I've been good at taking advantage of the Education and information that's out there for the work that I do. I still am able to get accreditation for all kinds of continuing education and it's usually free. I've benefitted from, Small Business-University of Houston ,Clear Lake, School of Social Work; Partnerships for Quality Education,University of Texas at Austin ; Leadership Training Academy,The Neighborhood Program, University of Houston (¿93); Neighborhood Leadership,City of Houston Planning & Development (¿96); Neighborhood Connections Conference,City of Houston (¿97,¿98,¿99); Economic Development Training,National Council for Urban Economic Dev. (¿97); Neighborhood Matching Grant Program,City of Houston Planning & Dev (¿97); Building Neighborhood Capacity for Grant Opportunities, Houston Planning & Dev. and The University of Houston Graduate School of Social Work ¿98); Neighborhood Matching Gr...Expand for more