The Monkey Interview
Jun. 4th, 2003 09:42 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
judecorpYeah, so there's that meme where someone interviews you and you answer in your journal. And then if other people want to be interviewed they leave a comment and I write an interview for them. Well, okay, I'll do that (but I'm slow). Also, if YOU want to interview ME, leave some questions and I'll give you your very own journal entry. Yeah.
1. Why smurfs? What do they mean to you that you choose to make them your symbol?
I don't even know why I started liking smurfs in the first place, back when I was a kid. I wasn't really into some of the other "girly" cartoons, and I didn't like a lot of the "boy" cartoons (fighting ones), and the smurfs were probably a good compromise. Somewhere along the way, I think in college, smurfs got associated with me. My friend Luke started calling himself the Ninja.of.Love, and I started calling myself the Smurf.of.Love. I wish I knew why. And then this boy Dylan called me "Meanie Smurf." I dunno. It just happened. Or maybe there was this tragic train accident involving Gargamel...
2. Working the job that you do, how do you find the inner strength to keep going in light of budget cuts, the economy etc?
While the job that I do, on paper, is Case Manager, or Licensed Social Worker, the job in my head is Superhero. Part of the reason my job is important is because I strive to give voice to the voiceless, to act as advocate to the oppressed, to use some of my privilege to influence policy. In light of budget cuts and the economy, this need is more acute rather than less. In the end, it's not really about the job where I draw my paycheck, it's about the inner job. It doesn't require any inner strength that I know of to do what I do. It just involves me doing what I think is right.
3. Where do you see yourself living in 3 years?
Is this the part where I say, "I don't plan that far in advance."? Oh, wait, the vomity side of me is currently saying, "With Jennifer, in the Bay Area, hopefully in our own home."
4. How do you define love and use that definition to make your relationships richer?
Wow. Tough question. I still don't know that I can understand what love is, and I'd be a fool to try to define it. On one level, love is similar (to me) to Unconditional Positive Regard. But I have had enough chaotic relationship experience (friends, family, SOs) to know that it's not that easy. But I try to show love to everyone in at least the sense that they are human beings who deserve my respect, and deserve dignity. When it comes to Capital-L Love, I will say that Love is defined as that night on the balcony of the beach house, when she kissed me and I saw my future. That sort of Need makes the relationship richer in a way I don't have to try to do. And then there's Monkeyluv. But you know all about that.
5. Is there any one thing that could make you feel complete and if so what is it?
Honey, if /I/ am not enough to make myself feel complete, I'm going to be perpetually disappointed.
1. Why smurfs? What do they mean to you that you choose to make them your symbol?
I don't even know why I started liking smurfs in the first place, back when I was a kid. I wasn't really into some of the other "girly" cartoons, and I didn't like a lot of the "boy" cartoons (fighting ones), and the smurfs were probably a good compromise. Somewhere along the way, I think in college, smurfs got associated with me. My friend Luke started calling himself the Ninja.of.Love, and I started calling myself the Smurf.of.Love. I wish I knew why. And then this boy Dylan called me "Meanie Smurf." I dunno. It just happened. Or maybe there was this tragic train accident involving Gargamel...
2. Working the job that you do, how do you find the inner strength to keep going in light of budget cuts, the economy etc?
While the job that I do, on paper, is Case Manager, or Licensed Social Worker, the job in my head is Superhero. Part of the reason my job is important is because I strive to give voice to the voiceless, to act as advocate to the oppressed, to use some of my privilege to influence policy. In light of budget cuts and the economy, this need is more acute rather than less. In the end, it's not really about the job where I draw my paycheck, it's about the inner job. It doesn't require any inner strength that I know of to do what I do. It just involves me doing what I think is right.
3. Where do you see yourself living in 3 years?
Is this the part where I say, "I don't plan that far in advance."? Oh, wait, the vomity side of me is currently saying, "With Jennifer, in the Bay Area, hopefully in our own home."
4. How do you define love and use that definition to make your relationships richer?
Wow. Tough question. I still don't know that I can understand what love is, and I'd be a fool to try to define it. On one level, love is similar (to me) to Unconditional Positive Regard. But I have had enough chaotic relationship experience (friends, family, SOs) to know that it's not that easy. But I try to show love to everyone in at least the sense that they are human beings who deserve my respect, and deserve dignity. When it comes to Capital-L Love, I will say that Love is defined as that night on the balcony of the beach house, when she kissed me and I saw my future. That sort of Need makes the relationship richer in a way I don't have to try to do. And then there's Monkeyluv. But you know all about that.
5. Is there any one thing that could make you feel complete and if so what is it?
Honey, if /I/ am not enough to make myself feel complete, I'm going to be perpetually disappointed.
