2001
| February 13, 2001 Between you and me - Fabio was a brat as a kid - he was just like my older son! And my younger son was right behind him! I was tough - just like Fabio's father. He was a wise-ass - just like my older son. Seconded by the younger one. He rides bikes, used to ski - my older son rock-climbs, drives the Tacoma off-road. The younger one likes dirt bikes. They like dangerous prove-yourself sports. They like to be challenged. They are all three alpha-males, dominant. Opinionated. Their way or no way. Try living with two of those! Fabio's into $$$$ stereo gear (who saw him coming!) - my older son is starting to acquire some of the same stuff - driven by computers - to build a recording studio. My younger one has a camera collection. They like their toys. Fabio hates his CD since he wasn't singing (I love it) - my older son is jamming with a radio station this week (a contract is looming) (He is very, very good.) Fabio made it as a model - my older son has puttered around - been in a few ads, etc. - not too serious about it. We all hope my younger one runs for Mr. Romance - once he's over chemo and has his hair back. Fabio likes big dogs - I doubt that he shovels up after them. I made my sons shovel up after theirs. Let's see - he was thrown out of schools - 2-3 a year. Both my kids were thrown out of Montessori schools. I insisted on no more than 1 school change a year...... Fabio talked back to the priests and nuns - he was, according to himself, a wise-ass. My older son had shouting matches with his teachers. They all love to argue. Fabio said he was always angry as a kid - so was/is my eldest child. None of these three kids were deprived - go figure! Fabio wants things his way or no way - hmmmmmmmm. Where have I heard that before? His father put him to work as a laborer at 14 - he would be the last there and the first out. I had my son working at AMCC. And at camp. Several of them. He got into bikes and shot put and skiing early - his love affair with motorcross is from the age of 14!!! My son hiked and camped and was into sports early - but mostly got into fast driving with a jeep. And now has the Tacoma. I just repaired. Again. Fabio scared the hell out of his parents. I can dig that. Of course Fabio didn't like 16 hour work days - he likes to sleep - a lot - I know that line - I've heard it from both my boys. Fabio was on more than four episodes of that Aculpulco Heat show - I have the tapes - he hated the violence - he hated just posing. My older son has limits as to what he poses for, or the props he poses with..... Of course Fabio didn't want to do those 900 ads (I was shocked when I saw one) - he's a Catholic boy! Whooppee cushion for a priest??? My son had his own set of antics. If I had lived near his parents - we would have been comparing notes. One thing about these alpha-male, attention-deficit, high-IQ boys - they land on their feet. Notice how both left home about 18 (finished school just barely, played at college) My younger one got his wings clipped before he joined this ranking - else he would have been out of the house by 18. Leukemia just got in his way. Fabio fell on skis during a championship and broke his leg - the body building followed. He started modeling......and the rest was history. My older son got a computer at two - and programmed it by 8 - and the rest is history. (He writes patented code at CISCO.) Notice that these brats are successful in spite of all this. (Time will tell with my younger one.) They are the rams among the sheep. And they are all single. I have a lot of sympathy for Fabio's mother. |
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