First – I was 15 years old back in 92′ when i received Lawrence Tabaks sales letter in the mail for his book “How To Fatten Your Wallet”. Changed my life. I was introduced to the “Prince of Prints” world. Still got the blue copy framed.

Second – came up in 93′ with an all natural solution for Acne. Was gonna bottle it. Trashed idea. When PROACTIVE came along… I was fuming!

Third – I threw my 20’s away by partying and having fun. Good news: During my drunkeness…I studied every good ad I came across till I was 34(got something in common with John, here…)
I would call myself a MASTER, but John would tell me to stop crying.

Fourth- I was arrested by the Secret Secret in 2004. I’ve been living off the banking system since I was 16. Another Frank Abagnale. A good 14 year run.
My mistake and downfall: I got involved with an idiot. They (feds) only knew of the “last” thing I did. So, only got 14 months at Fort Devens in Massachuetts(spelling?)
The feds swiped all my ads, sales letters and books- even a original copy of Boron letters, John Caples, and Robert Collier and Claude Hopkins. Sons of Bitches.

Fifth- I’m a member of Mensa and Triple 9 society. My IQ is 158

Sixth – I’m now 34 and about to embark on a major Direct mail campaign for a self help book.

Not long after I left my husband (a rough time, financially and emotionally), I kept seeing the number 222 everywhere. On my microwave oven, on license plates, etc. At first I thought, oh, it’s just a coincidence. But it happened so often that I wondered if it meant something.

Well, I don’t play the lottery, and I decided that if it was a message, someone up there would need to translate it for me. Otherwise it meant nothing. And until then, I would just let it go.

Not long afterward, I came across a book on – do not laugh!!! – angels. And this book said that numbers like 111, 222, etc., are messages from the angels.

Of course I bought the book. 222 meant to me that I was on the right track – that I would be okay.

Here’s the excerpt for 444: The angels are surrounding you now, reassuring you of their love and help. Don’t worry because the angels’ help is nearby.

Now, there’s one more thing about the story that I thought was pretty interesting. Some months later, I got an offer for affordable housing. I had to change my phone number. I got this really nice woman on the phone who said she would give me an easy number so that my then-7-year-old son could remember it easily.

Then she said, “Oh, a good number popped up right away.” The last four digits: 5444

That’s why I’m janet444 in my email address and in forums.

Anyway, I think it’s a good sign that you were born at 4:44. I believe the angels are with all of us, but maybe you got a little more attention from them?

Janet

Great list.

Here are two from my list:

17. At 15 years old I was arrested for manufacturing and selling fake id’s…the funny part: I got the idea from an episode of Saved By The Bell…and didn’t realize what I was doing was so bad…until the cops showed up…thanks again Zack, Kelly, and Slater.

25. I dropped out of college at 24 on my way to accounting degree…parents were very upset (both are college graduates)…and were going to show me by cutting off my funds…3 months later with no job they began to wonder was I doing something “illegal”…nope…wrote my first ebook and sales letter and was making a nice little income…to support my lavish lifestyle of going to the local college bars every weekend…miss the simple life.

Great list, man.

Since you asked: “The numeric value of ‘Holy Place’ and ‘Sanctuary’ in Hebrew is 444.” (According to Stephen Jones.)

Michel tagged me, too. Here are two from my list at:
http://www.ryanhealy.com/25-random-things-about-me/

6. My wedding day was on 9/11/99 — two years before 9/11 happened.

12. Back in 1998, I made $10 an hour installing wire closet shelving in new homes. I can’t tell you how many times people joked about me “coming out of the closet.” Unpleasant side effect of working in real, literal closets 10 hours a day.

Ryan

Random #1
In 1975, while moving from Ohio to Southern California, my family’s moving van was stolen leaving us with nothing when we arrived. I wore donated clothes for a long time. It builds character.

Random #2
I love my life, but if I thought when I was 15 that I’d be doing now what I’m doing, I probably would have jumped off a bridge. It’s all a matter of experience and perspective.

Jonathan Aluzas
http://www.arenafitness.com

Oh, yeah. 2) …”We drove into So. California from Montana–where we were living and owned property.”

Gees, my first write-up was washed away.