Lion and Magic Boy

Whit of FameCrawler and some other places has kindly consented, after listening to my pathetic begging for several weeks now, to present me with 5 interview questions. You know Whit, don’t you? He has some blog somewhere and his, er, wit over at FameCrawler is legendary. (I’m so original.)

Anyway, here we go:

1. What, and where, is the damn tattoo?

I’m so glad you asked! It’s actually a battle scene where Godzilla is biting off the head of King Kong. It’s an art piece covering most of my abdomen and chest and the coolest part is that one of Godzilla’s eyes is right over my nipple (I only have the one) and it’s shooting laser beams.

And there’s some Japanese Kabuki characters too but it’s mostly Godzilla and King Kong. Awesome.

2. Do you think that some people only waste a few minutes on your blog, while others waste nearly an hour? 20 minutes is so exact, it must be an average time.

I always figured that people were navigating to my blog by mistake and then wandering away to do something else or dropping dead or something while they were still on my page. It’s clear nobody actually reads this blog, because if they did there’d be, you know, comments and stuff.

3. You’re a big fan of reincarnation. When you thought you were going to be spandex roadside scrape, did you see a white light, or was there like a squirrel or something waiting patiently for your soul?

You know, I was totally expecting the tunnel and the white light and everything, and I did see a light for a minute, but when I looked again it was the Pennsylvania Lottery Groundhog. And he told me I had won a $43.7 million jackpot! And I was totally all excited and all (I can’t believe I forgot to mention this part!) but then he tore up the ticket right before my eyes and I figured it just wasn’t my time.

So you’re really really close with the guess about the squirrel.

4. Have you downloaded the EP made by Iron & Wine together with Calexico? If not you should, if so, discuss.

No, but I’m downloading it now, as well as Calexico’s 2007 album and 6 from Iron and Wine. I have one song from “In the Reins”, the album you’re referring to: “He Lays in the Reins.” Love that one. Eric’s dancing to it right now.

One more drink tonight as your gray stallion rests
Where he lays in the reins
For all of the speed and the strength he gave

One more kiss tonight from some tall stable girl
She’s like grace from the earth
When you’re all tuckered out and tame

One more tired thing the gray moon on the rise
When your want from the day
Makes you to curse in your sleep at night

One more gift to bring we may well find you laid
Like your steed in his reins
Tangled too tight and too long to fight

5. Do you ever get comments at Strollerderby that hurt your feelings?

Yeah, some days I want to crawl in a hole somewhere.

Bonus Question: Steelers or Eagles?

No question: Stillers. Love that Lynn Swann and Franco Harris, not to mention Kenny Stabler. Who were all still playing the last time I watched football.

So, even though I’m not a Rules Girl, not even CLOSE, I believe that without some structure there would be anarchy. And far be it from me to cause that. Therefore, as agreed, I’m posting the rules to the interview process:

If you’d like to be interviewed by! me!, this is what you need to do:
1. Leave me a comment saying “Interview me.”
2. I will respond by emailing you five questions. I get to pick the questions.
3. You will update your blog with a post containing your 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.