The Maven (and believe me, if you don't know the Maven, you should) was playing the interview game on her blog. I know I've done some variation of this like 5000 times in the past year, but it's always fun, and in this case, it got the Maven to e-mail me some words she handpicked from her witty, wonderful brain specially for me. Yes, she interviewed me, and I'm posting my answers with the offer to interview you. Read on...1. If you could be famous, what would choose as your profession?
The Maven threw me a big, slow, hanging pitch here. It's interview batting practice so I can warm up for the tough ones ahead. The answer is (drum roll, please): writer. And not just because it's the one thing I passionately love doing. I have to admit that, sadly, sitting on my butt and stringing words together is about the only thing I'm good at. And being a famous writer would be a lot easier to deal with than being a famous politician or actor or musician. Few people know what writers look like, allowing me to blend into crowds and maintain the invisibility that I love.
2. What is the most important thing your son has taught you about life?
He's taught me that everyone learns and interacts with the world and processes information differently. I knew that to some degree, but he's made me feel it viscerally. There are things that are intuitive to me that he just can't grasp and vice versa. I can see how hard his brain has to work to figure people out or to tell his body what to do in order to get his clothes on. Yet I look at a math problem and see a jumble of numbers, and I can see that even at eight, he looks at the same problem and hears a symphony and sees the hand of God. He's made me much more accepting of where other people are, more appreciative of their triumphs and more comfortable with my own shortcomings in relation to other people.
3. What were you like in high school?
I was a nerd. I was at the top of the class -- the kid who had the best grades and won all the prizes -- and I felt conflicted about that: both proud to the point of arrogance and ashamed for not fitting in. I was shy and scared of people. I was a perfectionist, but spent a lot of time trying to look like I had thrown my work together at the last minute because I didn't want to seem uptight and I wanted people to like me. I spent a lot of time reading and writing (bad) poetry and angsty journal entries. Um, so pretty much the same as I am now, only with a hotter body.
4. If you could have dinner with any three people, who would they be and why?
Hillary Clinton, William Shatner and Anne Lamott. Hillary Clinton and Anne Lamott are both women I deeply respect for their accomplishments and the way they've worked through their personal pain. William Shatner not only appeals to my Star Trek nerdiness, but he's a codie. And I think each of them, in their own way, would be quite a lot of fun.
5. And now for the most important question: If you were on The Bachelorette: Sesame Street edition, who would be your final pick and why?
This is an excellent question, because I do like to think about which character I would date on every show I watch.* I hope this counts, since he's more often associated with his own spinoff hit franchise, but my pick is Kermit the Frog. He's gentle and intelligent, and there's something a little sad and broken about him that makes you want to hug him and take care of him, which is totally appealing to me in a man (or a frog). But he's not so broken that he winds up living in a trash can or binging on cookies or fastidiously trying to control his environment and his roommate. And he doesn't have Elmo's annoyingly cheery voice or Ernie's boundless optimism, both of which would need me to be cranky to counteract them. If I had to pick a runner up, it would be Grover, because he's goofy, a little insecure and very much lives in a fantasy world, which are also traits I find hot in men (or monster puppets).
* For those of you interested, the answers for dating preferences in my current top three favorite shows are:
Lost: Desmond. A crazy guy with a lovely Scottish accent who spends years on an island thinking of nothing but his tragic romance and Charles Dickens? Hot!
House: Um, House, of course. Sure, he seems like an asshole, but underneath he's a sensitive guy and I'm pretty sure I could fix him.
Heroes: Sylar. He's crazy, dangerous and nerdy, which all equal sexy in my book. And in the alternate future where he overcomes that addiction to killing people by psychically cutting their heads open, he's a sensitive guy and totally awesome dad.
And now...
Here are the rules if you want to participate in 5 Questions:
- Send me an email saying: ”Interview Me” to mamampj@gmail.com
- I will respond by emailing you five questions. I get to pick the questions.
- You can then answer the questions on your blog.
- You should also post these rules along with an offer to interview anyone else who emails you wanting to be interviewed.
- Anyone who asks to be interviewed should be sent 5 questions to answer on their blog. It would be nice if the questions were individualized for each blogger.
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