Interviews:

[judecorp]

1. You're politically and socially active. What is the one 'liberal' or 'mostly Democratic' idea or platform that you just can't get behind 100%?
The problem, really, is that I'm more left that most liberals and the Democratic Party. So there are lots of 'mostly Democratic' ideas that I can't get behind 100%. For example, why won't they get their heads out of their asses and actually, you know, be leftists instead of left-leaning conservatives? The Democratic Party is really dabbling far too middleward for my liking. I'd like to see them going back to the realm of fighting for social change (universal health care, abolition of poverty, fair trade) rather than fighting for votes.

2. On Survivor: Palau, Tom or Ian, and why? (Yes, I know you like Stephanie, which is why I'm not asking about her. :) )
Oh my gosh, Ian all the way without a doubt and without question. I am totally in love with him and have been since the first time I saw those big, nerdy glasses.

3. If you could go on any reality TV show, which one would it be and do you think you have what it takes to win? Explain your qualifications and what would make you a stand-out contestant!
If I had to pick a show to "win," I would probably choose Big Brother. The people on that show are so ridiculous and bland most of the time that I think I could fly under the radar and win without them knowing what hit them. I'd actually really REALLY like to go on The Amazing Race (even though I've never watched it) because I'd love to enter that sort of competition with my Jennifer and also get to see the world. (I just don't think she'd go for it.) I'd love to go on a version of The Real World for late-20-early-30-somethings. That would be fun, but there's nothing to "win" so I don't know if it fits your question.

4. If you could Design-Your-Own Big Gay Job, what would you be doing?
Being a queer mama to some great kids. (But I don't think that was REALLY what you were asking, so...)

Outreach in high schools and colleges. It would probably be part counseling young people who are coming out (and their families), part being a support person and advocates for young people, and part going to schools to mobilize students and rally support for queer young people and their allies. I'd really just like to be that one safe person in a school, school system, or community that everyone knows about. (Of course, I'd also like to be SO GOOD AT IT that I would be famous and everyone in the country would know who I was. I could be on the cover of Time, Newsweek, The Advocate, and everything else. Of course.)

5. It's ten years in the future and we run into each other in a trendy restaurant in New York City. Tell me what you've been doing with your life and how everything is going!
Dude, I am SO going to be that person that drives people crazy with pictures of their kids. In ten years there should hopefully be a couple of them running around, and I'd probably end up talking more about them than myself. Hopefully I could tell you all about how everything is great and that I finally have settled into something that works for me. I'm sure I'll still be busy, still be manic, still be volunteering with something-or-other, still hating my hair, and still in love.


1. How did you get so into the Smurfs? =)
I don't know. I guess I started liking them when I was a kid, and I had a couple of figurines and stuff. I'm sure I watched the show but I wasn't much of a TV kid. I just thought they were cute. I continued to think they were cute when I got older, and when I was in college I realized that people were remembering me as "that smurf girl," and that was kind of cool. So I revisted the figurines and thought they were adorable. I started collecting them. Then other people started saying things like, "Hey, my mom cleaned out the attic and I have a bunch of smurf stuff for you..." Nowadays all of my smurf stuff is in boxes, but I still like it.

2. What one person inspires you the most, and why?
My grandmother. Man, she is one tough lady. No one can tell her /anything/ and expect to change her mind, and she'll tell you exactly what she thinks about anything. She's also incredibly loyal to her family and will give every ounce of energy if a family member needs it. She may not understand me or anything I'm doing, but she will always support my crazy ass. When I was younger she would give me crap about my stubbornness and my attitude. I hope that someday she realizes I received all of my strongest, admirable qualities from her.

3. Do you think apathy is as damaging as antagonism? Why or why not?
More dangerous. You can /see/ antagonism. Apathy takes you by surprise, often when it's too late. See: 2000 election. Besides, I have more respect for antagonists because at least they're out working toward something.

4. If you could give one material posession to every person in the world, what would you give?
Like if I could give every person the same thing? A camera. I would love to see how each person chose to represent themselves and their experiences through their photos.

5. If you had to choose between losing your sight or losing your hearing, which would you choose and why?
Hearing. I wouldn't mind soaking in some Deaf culture... and I have enough song lyrics locked into my head to keep me going for the next 50 years. But to never see my Jennifer's smile again? No way.

6. Bonus question: When are you and J going to come visit me in Sacramento? =)
Dude, I would go tomorrow if I could. Sadly Boston sucks all of our money and there is no cross-country travel anywhere in our future. We need to go to Florida first to see the in-laws' new house... but someday we would LOOOVE to come out and visit you, either in Sacto or in Vancouver when you guys move out there. I love Vancouver, it's so gorgeous.

That was fun. Thanks! If you comment, I'll try to come up with questions for you, too. :)

Comments

[oxlahun.livejournal.com]

Sure. Why not?

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

1. What do you plan to do with your shiny, new degree?

2. What is the /best/ thing about living away from your SO while you are at school?

3. If you ever had a son (even if this will never happen), what would you name him and why?

4. If you had an unlimited amount of money to spend at Wal-Mart, which department would you go into first?

5. Why do you spell your name with just one letter?

[cfred.livejournal.com]

Yes, please, answering questions could be fun.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

1. So how did all of this "Earl the Squirrel" stuff start?

2. What, exactly, is a C.Fred?

3. What was your most hated nickname when you were a kid?

4. Who is your favorite person to eat ice cream with and why?

5. Why Atlanta?

[cfred.livejournal.com]

They're too long to post here, but your questions have answers!

[calledmara.livejournal.com]

I want to answer questions!

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

1. What are three things you already miss about Columbus? (Things, not people.)

2. When was the last time you cooked naked?

3. What do you REALLY want to do with a MLS degree?

4. What three dead people would you like to go out to dinner with? Where would you go out to dinner?

5. If you were crowned Miss Kewpee 2006, what signature Marchocolate pie would you demand they make in your honor?

[whirledpeas.livejournal.com]

Hit me. I'll give you some too later.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

1. If you were selected to go on Starting Over, what issue would you work on?

2. Quick - give me the first DSM diagnosis that pops into your head when you think of yourself.

3. We're neighbors. We have families. What is something you can imagine us doing together on a Saturday morning?

4. What was the first thing you noticed about Sarah?

5. What song would you like to duet with me at karaoke?

[michael622.livejournal.com]

Interview me please! :)

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

1. For some reason you are on a life raft with your two nieces. Cue the suspenseful music. Something dreadful happens and you can only save one of them. What do you do?

2. Your cell phone has three minutes left on it. How do you use them?

3. What was your favorite book when you were a freshman in high school and why?

4. Did Rhyse ever cheat on D'Arcy?

5. What is your favorite thing about working for the ACLU?

[saldemonium.livejournal.com]

Meeeeee! =)

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

1. How do Peter and Cady distinguish between you and Barb?

2. How do you spend a typical day, from waking up in the morning to going to bed at night?

3. Is there anyone against whom you hold a grudge, why or why not?

4. At what point did your friendship with Barb become more than friendship?

5. If you could go back in time to your last year of school, what piece of advice would you bestow on yourself?

[folkyboy.livejournal.com]

omg you would choose HEARING?! wow...i could never go without music. i think i would flip out, yo

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

I have so much music in my head I could totally cope. Once I had to have an MRI, and I kept myself occupied (and still) by going through all of Dar Williams's "The Honesty Room" in my head from front to back.

[folkyboy.livejournal.com]

haha i used to do that when i was younger. only i think it was Tori Amos' "Under the Pink"

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Heh, that's a good album for angsty teenagers.

[yarnaddict.livejournal.com]

Thanks for answering my questions. =) And sure, please do interview me. =)

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

1. You're planning to take Cady out of the country to start a life in Canada. How would you have felt if Cady's dad had planned an out-of-country move instead of you?

2. Which do you prefer to RP, men or women? Why?

3. Your house is up in flames and you only have time to save one photograph (all people and pets are safe). Which photo would you want to keep above all others?

4. If there was a registered sex offender in your neighborhood, and some of your neighbors were planning to deface his/her home, would you participate?

5. How did you explain your relationship with Sal to Cady at first?

Bonus #6. When are you coming to visit US?

[smurfbrother.livejournal.com]

Interview pls.

Oooh, it's hard to do you.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

1. You're on a reality television show where you have to choose someone for Dad to marry. It has to be someone that /you/ have met (but Dad does not have to have met that person). Who would you choose and why?

2. What is one thing you admire about the Republican Party?

3. If you could go back in time and kiss one person from high school right now (without consequences), whom would you choose?

4. The week before you're to defend your dissertation, some sort of weirdness happens at Mizzou and your whole committee is fired. They are replaced with all new people who don't know jack about you or your work. You're still scheduled to defend on time. What do you do?

5. Your sister's 30th birthday is coming up. You can get her absolutely anything under $500. You don't have to worry about things like stores, shipping, or any other logistics. What do you get for her?

Re: Oooh, it's hard to do you.

[smurfbrother.livejournal.com]

1. Dear God, there's seriously nobody I would wish on your father. So if I had to pick someone I'd pick Gretchen's mom, Sara. If G and I are gonna have to help support our parents, and it seems pretty likely, we might as well marry 'em off and house 'em together.

2. They spent 40 years remaking themselves. They spent decades honing and pitching a relentless message, and they built a huge infrastructure to refine and deliver it with monomanaical zeal. That's politics.

3. There was a girl a year ahead of you...Courtney something (Griffin?). Blonde, smart, so nice, had a crush on her all senior year. Or Karen Flaherty; she was another smart, sexy little number.

4. I'd go and sell them on my project. It meets all the standards of a good dissertation, it's clearly a significant piece of work, and its results are compelling. Of course, 5 random people might not care for what I did or how I did it, but I can convince almost anyone that this is a project that warrants a successful defense.

5. I would buy you $240 worth of pudding, then use the rest to buy you a plane ticket to come vsit us.

Re: Oooh, it's hard to do you.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Thanks. #5 is the best.

Re: Oooh, it's hard to do you.

[smurfbrother.livejournal.com]

Well, duh.

[cranapril.livejournal.com]

Hit me, chickie.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

1. You become pregnant again and you discover that you're having another boy. You cannot name him after a Beatle. What name do you choose?

2. You have to give up one or the other: medication or knitting. Which do you choose to relinquish and why?

3. Johnny needs a kidney and both you and John are matches to donate to him. You're sitting at the table with John discussing who should give Johnny a kidney. What is your end of the discussion?

4. What is your most poignant memory of our drive to 5Con in the Nimdok Van?

5. What is your favorite eggless dessert recipe?

[cranapril.livejournal.com]

Smooch! (http://www.livejournal.com/users/cranapril/47202.html?mode=reply)

[soulcatcher73.livejournal.com]

Once you are done with the plethora of questions you must ask.. you can ask five more to me!
heehee.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

1. You once said to me that you would never, ever diet. Recently, you dabbled with South Beach. Why the change?

2. Why do you call your brother "Diamond Jim"?

3. For financial reasons, you are in a situation where you absolutely /have/ to work a full-time job. What sort of job do you look for?

4. Do you ever think there will be a time when you have "grown out of" or gotten tired of roleplaying? Why or why not?

5. If you and I had a Count Chocula eating contest, who would win?