INTERVIEW

so, i opted to be interviewed by smababy.  and this is what she had to ask:

1-  Do you think blogging is an egotistical hobby?

absolutely.  well, mostly.  when i started my blog a million years ago (ie. 5) it was because i couldn't for the life of me maintain a written journal.  blogging was so much easier and more efficient.  and then someone, somehow, stumbled upon it and linked to it from their own blog.  and the next thing i knew, i had 25 people reading it every week.  at first i found it to be extremely unsettling, and considered removing it.  but then i started to kind of get off on it.  read: egotistical.  eventually 25 per week became a lot more and the ego soared and then landed.  now i find it to be egotistical in different ways.  whether it's talking about yourself, spouting your opinions, or sharing with the world your amazing writing skills, there seems to be few other ways to describe blogging of any type anything other than egotistical.  every now and again i get emails from people who read my blog, saying they've liked what i had to say, or that what i've had to say has in some way helped them through their own turmoils.  those are the times i think, perhaps, it serves more than just the ego.  i think a lot of people read blogs, particularly like yours and mine, because they want to know there are people out there whom they can relate to; people who think, feel and/or experience things the same way.  i think it can be a comfort zone to those who wonder if they're crazy, disillusioned, or alone in a maddening world.  at least, that's the reason i read the blogs i do.  points of view and relatability. 


2- When you write in your blog, do you consider how vague you'll be due to the people who read your blog (i.e. parents and such)?

i remember, very clearly, the day i found out my parents had discovered and were reading this thing.  i was shocked, and immediately started going over every post i'd ever written.  thinking, 'shit, my folks do not need to know all this.'  immediately thereafter i started writing almost in code.  everything was very metaphoric and aloof.  and my blog went on like that for quite some time.  eventually i just got fed it up with it.  it wasn't me.  it wasn't real.  i was doing something i never wanted to do, write for an audience.  i figured, at that point, my folks had at one point or another already read about blowjobs, drug use, binge drinking and countless other things you cringe even thinking about while your folks are in the same room.  so, i stopped censoring myself.  granted, i don't write every dirty little detail of everything i do in here, but i don't worry about whose out there reading it.  the whole thing about it is, if you've gone to the trouble to track this thing down, it's your own problem if you read some unpleasant or unwanted opinions, notes, details.

3- Would you rather swallow a frog whole or eat a bag of Cheetos?

honestly, this is the question i thought most about.  most people don't know this, but i think cheetos are hands down the most reprehensible food in the world.  there was a year in sf where it seemed every time i got on the bus i, inevitably, ended up next to someone eating cheetos.  even the smell makes me want to vomit.  even considering the smell, at this very moment, makes me want to vomit. 

if the frog is cooked, i'm eating the frog.  i've had frogs legs on several occasions, and don't mind them too much.  if the frog is raw... well... i guess it would just depend on my mood that day, and the size of said frog.  i'm still thinking the frog, though.

4-If you had to choose, would you rather be born a hemaphrodite or a
woman with unusally large labia?

a hemaphrodite, for sure.  you get the best of both worlds and the option for surgery.  a large labia?  you just get nicknamed lady flaps, and constantly have to check for road debris.

5- Do you know what its like to play the Crying Game?

is that the game where you realize you are drunk and in a threesome you don't really want to be a part of, but the threesome is happening in your bed and there's no escape?  and so you actually slur, "um, so, i'm just going to lay here and you two can do what ya gotta." if so, then yes, yes i do know what it's like to play the crying game.

Per the rules of the interview game, here is how you play along:

1. Leave me a comment saying, “Interview me.”

2. I will respond by emailing you five questions, so make sure I have your email address. I get to pick the questions.

3. You will update your blog with the answers to the questions.

4. You will include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the same post.

5. When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions.

Comments

[jen]

the only question I was serious about was the frog vs. cheetos. I was thinking you'd go for the frog, but I wanted to make sure.

I was on the bus in Chicago one morning, still cracked out on Eand someone was eating cheetos.

It made me think, 'If this is hell, I better find Jesus or something.'

Yeah. Jesus take the wheel. Or something.

I haven't slept much. Excuse me.

[jen]

oh. and interview me.

[jen]

oh. and interview me.

[jon]

#4 is the best question i've ever heard.

interview me (if you'd like to).