Interview!
Sometimes memes look fun! Usually, this is when they appeal to my vanity. Or, include making lists of some kind. I like lists.
Anyway, this one is from Amber.
This is how it works:
Here’s how the game is played:
- Leave me a comment saying, “Interview me.”
- I respond by asking you five personal questions so I can get to know you better. If I already know you well, expect the questions may be a little more intimate!
- You WILL update your journal/bloggy thing/whatever with the answers to the questions.
- You will include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the post.
- When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions.
Here we go:
1. So, you use TextPattern for your blog. What do you like about it and what do you hate about it?
I started using TextPattern about a year ago, after a period of time with pMachine, which is now a dead technology, really. There are a lot of positives about TP. The interface is simple, clean, and easy to navigate. It custom generates tags. It’s basically a designers dream—the developers set out to truly “separate design and content,” or so the story goes. Once you get a handle on how TP uses code, “forms,” and “pages,” there’s basically nothing design-wise that TP can’t manage, and manage beautifully. The downsides—it forces formatting on comments which drives people batty, and I’m too lazy to figure out how to fix; I don’t have trackbacking, which isn’t a big deal to me, but could be a dealbreaker for some people.
2. What do you like most about California?
The scenery. And, the fact that I can run around relatively certain that my mere existence isn’t going to piss off the nearest neighbor. And, the lack of Confederate flags.
3. What do you miss most about Texas?
The easy answer is “My family and friends.” But, ohmigod, the food. Everytime I take a trip home I gain five pounds in gravy and Tex-Mex.
4. What is the song that you are most embarrassed to admit you have on your iPod/iTunes/digital music device or application of choice? Come on, it’s time to confess!
Oh, wow. I own 39.2 gigs of music. So… not all of that is properly cool. But, to narrow it down to a single song? I’ll go with Concrete Blonde’s “Bloodletting.” It’s a fucking awful, awful, stupid, cheesy song. YouTube doesn’t have the video, but seriously, it’s like an ad for Vampire: The Masquerade. And, of course… now I have listen to it.
5. Recently, in a fit of blogosphere drama and rage, someone called you a Klan member. How hard did you laugh, and for how long?
Ya know, I just smirked at the Klan member thing. It was the accusation of “plantation mistressing” that really cracked me up.
Ok, Veronica, I’ll play.
— Combat Philospher Mar 13, 09:56 PM #
Alright.
1.) Why are you a “combat” philosopher? Were you in the military? Do you simply idolize Sun Tzu?
2.) Who is your favorite philospher and why?
3.) According to your entry on the legal status of chickens in Louisiana, you smoke. What brand, how long, how old were you when you started, and have you ever tried to quit?
4.) I have heard that there is long-standing debate in philosophic circles about zombies. How much coffee does one have to consume before hypothetical zombies seem like a good way to make a point?
5.) What was your favorite thing for lunch in elementary school?
— Veronica Mar 13, 10:38 PM #
Ok, give me something to write about.
— Dylan Mar 13, 11:37 PM #
Dylan…
1.) If you could take a vacation anywhere in the world, where would you go and why?
2.) Which bug would you prefer to eat: a worm, a grasshopper, or a moth?
3.) When you are an old man will you try to stay hip and with it? Or will you throw caution to the wind and embrace the white socks with sandals, gleefully embarrassing your progeny?
4.) Who do you hope to see during your 12 bands in 12 months spree?
5.) Do you floss daily?
— Veronica Mar 14, 01:50 AM #
me me me! ca n i have an interview please
— Blackamazon Mar 14, 12:07 PM #
Blackamazon…
1.) What do you assume is the source of Prince’s unearthly cool factor? Is it genetic? Some sort of divine gift?
2.) Which would you rather live through: an earthquake, a plague of locusts, or a volcano?
3.) What did you want to be when you grew up, when you were a little girl?
4.) If you could pick anyone to be president in 2008, who would you appoint?
5.) If you were a male impersonator in some sort of drag king show, who would you impersonate?
— Veronica Mar 14, 12:36 PM #
My turn
— Tamara Mar 15, 01:13 PM #
May I play?
— hcgtv Mar 15, 07:07 PM #
Hey, lady you don’t have a blog! You have to leave the answers here!
Tamara…
1.) Who’s your favorite muppet?
2.) You’re a real estate broker—do you think that a house is a wise “investment” compared to other forms of investment, if you’re in an area where appreciation isn’t keeping up with inflation? Or, is it a good idea no matter where you’re at, because you have to have a place to live?
3.) What’s the coolest thing about getting older?
4.) If it was socially acceptable would you spend all day in your jammies, or do you feel better when you’re properly dressed?
5.) If you could take a commercial flight to space just to see the view, would you?
— Veronica Mar 15, 07:23 PM #
hcgtv…
1.) What does “hcgtv” stand for or mean?
2.) I took at a look at your McCuba site(s). Do you think that when Castro finally kicks it, Cuba will have another revolution? Or, will someone else take over with little fanfare?
3.) I see you like Maximum Overdrive. Which sounds more pleasant: shot down by the military vehicle, run over with the steamroller, or attacked with an electric carving knife?
4.) What’s your favorite kind of wine?
5.) Maybe you can help me—how on earth do I turn off Textile for comments?!
— Veronica Mar 15, 07:40 PM #