Interview With A Brownie
This is an interview game that my good buddy Art over at the Naked Waiter started. Play along with me?
1. What is a typical Sunday like for you?
This time of year, a typical Sunday involves me sitting in front of the TV somewhere (home, friends house, the bar) screaming at the TV while watching football.
2. If you could be the family pet to someone famous (past or present), what kind would you be and who would be filling the food dish for you? Why that person?
Personally, I prefer dogs. I love dogs. I'm not sure, however, that I'd want to be a dog. I think I'd prefer to be a cat. A big, fat, spoiled cat who could lie around in the sun all day and always get my way.
My master would be Betty White because she absolutely loves animals and would take better care of me than probably anyone else on the planet.
3. If you could change careers, what profession would you choose?
I would love to be a firefighter/paramedic. It's such a heroic and dangerous job. It's a job, I think, where you'd truly feel like it matters that you're there; it means something; it's worthwhile.
4. What did it take for you to realize that a friendship was not all that you thought it was?
I had a very dear friend who disappointed me by not believing me, or believing in me. Have you ever had that happen? Someone you trust, love even...and they hear a rumor and for some reason choose to believe it? It hurt. It still hurts when I let myself think about it.
5. What experience in life has scared you the most?
I'm not easily 'scared.' I've always loved horror movies. I'm an avid reader of authors like Stephen King, Peter Straub, and Anne Rice.
On the other hand, I think that what I fear the most is being alone for the rest of my life. Un-partnered is a better way to express it, I suppose. I'll never truly be alone. I have family and friends to be with whenever I wish, or need.
The 'alone' I'm referring to is the alone that happens when all your friends have gone home and it's quiet in the house. The only sounds that can be heard are those of the refrigerator and/or furnace kicking off and on. When you've washed your face and brushed your teeth and you crawl into bed...alone. The sheets are cold and there's nothing there to cuddle up with except a book and an extra pillow.
That's the alone I'm talking about.
Interview Rules
1. Leave me a comment saying "Interview me please"
2. I will respond by asking you five questions here on my blog (not the same questions you see here.
3. You will update your blog/site with 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.
1. What is a typical Sunday like for you?
This time of year, a typical Sunday involves me sitting in front of the TV somewhere (home, friends house, the bar) screaming at the TV while watching football.
2. If you could be the family pet to someone famous (past or present), what kind would you be and who would be filling the food dish for you? Why that person?
Personally, I prefer dogs. I love dogs. I'm not sure, however, that I'd want to be a dog. I think I'd prefer to be a cat. A big, fat, spoiled cat who could lie around in the sun all day and always get my way.
My master would be Betty White because she absolutely loves animals and would take better care of me than probably anyone else on the planet.
3. If you could change careers, what profession would you choose?
I would love to be a firefighter/paramedic. It's such a heroic and dangerous job. It's a job, I think, where you'd truly feel like it matters that you're there; it means something; it's worthwhile.
4. What did it take for you to realize that a friendship was not all that you thought it was?
I had a very dear friend who disappointed me by not believing me, or believing in me. Have you ever had that happen? Someone you trust, love even...and they hear a rumor and for some reason choose to believe it? It hurt. It still hurts when I let myself think about it.
5. What experience in life has scared you the most?
I'm not easily 'scared.' I've always loved horror movies. I'm an avid reader of authors like Stephen King, Peter Straub, and Anne Rice.
On the other hand, I think that what I fear the most is being alone for the rest of my life. Un-partnered is a better way to express it, I suppose. I'll never truly be alone. I have family and friends to be with whenever I wish, or need.
The 'alone' I'm referring to is the alone that happens when all your friends have gone home and it's quiet in the house. The only sounds that can be heard are those of the refrigerator and/or furnace kicking off and on. When you've washed your face and brushed your teeth and you crawl into bed...alone. The sheets are cold and there's nothing there to cuddle up with except a book and an extra pillow.
That's the alone I'm talking about.
Interview Rules
1. Leave me a comment saying "Interview me please"
2. I will respond by asking you five questions here on my blog (not the same questions you see here.
3. You will update your blog/site with 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.
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posted by Brownie at
12:00 AM
7 Comments:
I adored your answers. You interview very well.
Yes..,Betty White would be a fabulous owner! Doris Day is another one...then she could sing to you too.
Very commendable on the firefighter career. I don't think I would be gutsy enough to take either one of those on. Squeamish kind of girl that I am.
Boy that was a tough one with your friend. I have had rumors spread about me but it never came between someone that close. I am sorry. What ever became of that person?
I totally understand the aloneness. There is an answer, but I am not there yet. I don't know how a person comes to terms with it.
Thanks for the interview!
By
Dawn Rossbach, at 10/10/2005 7:36 PM
LOVE it! Lol! And looky, you've posted TWICE in the last week! :D
-Jess
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Smart Mouth, at 10/11/2005 4:05 PM
Art, thanks. Your questions were great. You're a wonderful interviewer.
My friend still reads my blog. We talk maybe once or twice a year. It's not the same. I don't know what to do about it though.
It's funny, people say they're afraid to die alone. We ALL die alone, no one can do that with us. It's living alone that is my fear.
:) Thanks again!
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Brownie, at 10/11/2005 5:01 PM
cool that they still read your blog!
This was/is a really deep friendship that you mourn. Have the two of you ever talked about what happened?
Hey Jess! Excellent to see you here.
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Dawn Rossbach, at 10/11/2005 8:45 PM
We've discussed it. I don't think he'll ever be able to get over the 'betrayal' that didn't happen and I may never get over the one that actually did happen.
Sad, but probably better this way.
By
Brownie, at 10/12/2005 9:29 AM
I heard Betty White loves pussy—er—cats. Interview me!
By
fuquinay, at 10/13/2005 3:37 PM
Hi. Very good questions and very good answers. I liked the one about your worst fear. Your definition of being alone not only scared me, but it is also a good to encourage me to put an end to this situation. I may print it and pin it on my wall.
By
Edgar Cantero, at 10/15/2005 2:22 PM
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