User:Jimmy Short In Sacramento

I LOVE ANN-MARGRET !

I was born on September 9, 1956, in Ukiah, California. I grew up in Boonville, California (Mendocino County), where I attended school from kindergarten through my senior year. Reverend Jim Jones, of the Jonestown Guyana, mass-murder cult suicide tragedy was my 6th grade teacher. I graduated at age 17 from Anderson Valley High on June 5, 1974, as Senior Class President, with my biography published in "Who's Who Among American High School Students". I attended Shasta College in Redding, California from September 1974 to January 1976, graduating with honors in (3) semesters. I lived in Montecito, a suburb of Santa Barbara, California in 1977 & 1978 while attending UC Santa Barbara and working for Bank of America. I then moved to Ukiah, California, where I worked for First American Title, Westamerica Bank and for Mendo Lake Credit Union. On September 8, 1992, I moved to Sacramento, California, where I worked as a Manager in the Customer Service Response Center for HomEq Servicing, a subsidiary of The Money Store, and later Barclay's Capitol, from June 19, 1995 through October 28, 2010. I have had (25+) various surgeries to date, and after having back surgery, as well as both hips replaced, I was retired by the state, in 2012. I met my partner, Markcurtis Otani, on June 5, 1996 - he retired in May of 2009 from the state of California's Justice Department, where he worked as a Forensic Specialist, identifying missing persons via finger prints & dental records. We live in the North Natomas suburb of Sacramento with our (2) Dachshunds, Molly, born on September 7, 2011, and Brody, born on July 9, 2018 - they are both miniature Dachshunds, dapple in color. We bought our first home on December 11, 2015, and continue to enjoy designing & refurbishing it.

I have followed the career of actress-entertainer Ann-Margret since the age of (7), when in 1964, I saw her in the film "Viva Las Vegas" with Elvis Presley. I have been fortunate enough to see her perform in concert more than 100 times, from Lake Tahoe & Reno, to San Francisco & Las Vegas, from Cincinnati, Ohio to the front row at Radio City Music Hall in New York. I have a very large collection of career memorabilia on her, from recorded albums, to CD's, videos, & DVD's, including all of her television specials & numerous guest appearances on talk shows through the years. I have many rare items, including a record album she made while still in high school (used for the opening of her biography series on A&E), to her high school yearbook, college yearbook, scripts from her TV specials, costumes from her film work, A-M on a box of Wheaties cereal to an Ann-Margret themed working telephone. A true highlight for us was when she and her husband, actor & producer Roger Smith, invited Markcurtis & myself to their home in Beverly Hills for a visit on October 28, 1998. Her friendship is a treasure in my life.