Personal Questionnaire

A wee questionnaire from Cheddar X.

Dan answered it, which is where I picked it up.

1. What was your last good deed for a stranger?
Sunday night, waiting on 46th Street in the freezing cold, as Pat jacked up our car to change the now-flat tire. A passerby dropped a huge box of fliers that went everywhere. I went over and helped him pick up his fliers. Embarrassingly, when I looked at the fliers – all I saw, over and over, was the picture of someone’s naked ass, and a huge red-letter logo: COME TO THE LAST ASS SHOW!! I handed this guy back his fliers, and he gave me this kind of embarrassed sheep-faced look, like … “Uh … thanks…”

But that was a good deed.

2. Describe the last relationship that ended badly or with regrets.
I never walk away from something I love with ease and rosy expectations for the future. I have to be dragged away, screaming, “NO”. I’m very very very big on regrets.

3. Do you love or hate your job? Why?
As an artist-type, my “job” isn’t really my “job”. In terms of how I make my money. At least not yet. So I don’t really relate to the question.

4. What was the strangest place you’ve lived?
A huge sprawling place called Breezy Corners. I lived there for a semester during college. It was a beautiful house, but it inadvertently became a half-way house for every runaway drug-addicted teenager in town. And each runaway seemed to bring a pet with them, and all the pets camped out in a pigpile in the empty fireplace. That house was NASTY.

5. What blogs do you occasionally read just because you have no idea why anyone would have any interest in reading them?
Life’s too short for that. I just read stuff I like.

6. Have you engaged in comment wars before? On your blog or on someone else’s? What was the war about?
No, I haven’t. I hate that shit.

7. Do you ban IP’s and commenters? Who and why?
I ban people all the time. Weirdos, wackos, stalkers, penis-enlargers …

8. What is the first thing you notice about someone when you first meet them?
If they take themselves too seriously, and/or have no sense of humor. It’s almost like a scent I pick up on: “Uh oh, humorless chap right here…”

9. Have you already made up your mind about the next Presidential Election?

A couple quotes come to mind.
Joan Armatrading: “I am not in love, but I’m open to persuasion…”
Philip Barry: “The time to make up your mind about people is never.”

Do with that what you will.

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5 Responses to Personal Questionnaire

  1. Dan says:

    Better hurry. Wouldn’t want to miss the ‘last’ ass show. ow playing, limited engagement.

    Ah, I kill me.

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    Questions from Cheddar X Dan and Sheila’s answers 1. What was your last good deed for a stranger? I patiently told someone which subway lines they needed to take to their destination, even taking them over to a map to…

  3. red says:

    Dan – I was actually tempted to take one of the fliers, so I could go check it out.

    I’ve never seen an “ass show” – or … I don’t THINK I have!

  4. Dave says:

    Sheila-Come to our next senior management meeting, it should be in August. I’ll send you an invite.

  5. Cara Remal says:

    “The course of true love”…”gathers no moss!”
    One of the best movies ever!

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