Interview!

Here are Alex's five questions for me, and my answers, and soon to follow are five questions for Alex. Just as a reminder on the rules, if you want to be interviewed, leave me a comment telling me so.

Alright Rachel, you wanted questions? you got 'em! Of course, I fully expect questions from you now : )


1. The age old debate: PIRATES or NINJAS? Pick one and clearly explain why.

Well, pirates are undoubtedly very cool. Jack Sparrow, for instance, was for a time the hero of my world. I'm a big fan of pirates. But that said, I absolutely have to pick ninjas--just because I think ninja turtles are even cooler than pirates. They're MUTANTS, for crying out loud!

2. [ok this next one will be a bit of a journey...] My friend Abby has this thing where she says she'd sleep with Bob Dylan on principle. Her reason being (aside from... you know... it's Bob Dylan) it would be the ultimate trump card.

ex.
person x: Hey, guess what?
Abby: what?
person x: I won an autographed vintage copy of Abbey Road!
Abby: yeah? I slept with Bob Dylan.

Who is your sexual trump card? Choose anyone-- s/he need not be alive though ideally s/he should be real (i.e. "Frodo Baggins" not acceptable) and explain your choice.

Hmm.... this is interesting. Now that you've said Frodo Baggins, I keep thinking of not real people! But the first real person who comes to mind is Melissa Etheridge--which would be amazing, I think, when I saw her in concert she was the most energetic rocker I have ever witnessed. Imagine what that would be like in bed...

3. BLOOD AND BLOODY ASHES! You've now got a resident crazy (or crazies) living in your head (à la Rand with Lews Therin Tellamon) of the following who would you rather hear jabbering crazily at the most inopportune moments?

a.) the Siamese cats from Lady and the Tramp-- keep in mind they'll be singing most of the time...
b.) the guy from the Orange Glo/Oxy Clean commercials
c.) Pocahontas [but everything she says is to the same tune as "should i marry Kokoum... steady as the beating drum"]
d.) Dilexi AND Think and Jump

Oh my God.... I think out of loyalty I'd have to pick Dilexi and Think and Jump... Pocahontas might be all right, too, though I might go mad with that same tune in my head all the time! At least Dilexi might tell me useful things, and Think and Jump would be cute!


4. You are assembling a group of individuals to go on a quest (think the fellowship of the ring) the catch is they must all be cartoon characters-- who do you choose and why? (there are 9 in the fellowship.. so choose 8 others, and if you feel so inclined pick someone who you would be.)

Well, question #1 has inspired me to include Michelangelo (for the laughs) and Donatello (for the brain) of the Ninja Turtles, due to their coolness and exceptional ninja skills. After that I'd definitely need someone magical, especially for a quest, and that would have to be Schmendrick, from The Last Unicorn...and he doesn't go anywhere without Molly Grue, so she should definitely come along too. Two more..... well, this is getting into realms you don't know, but I think I'd want to take Nuriko, Tasuki and Chichiri from my favorite anime, Fushigi Yuugi--all definitely good news on a quest of any kind. That leaves one more....which, to make the questing go faster, would have to be Spirit (as in, Stallion of the Cimmarron), so that I could ride. ;)

5. Useless powers part deux. Just like maddie, you develop a strange, and for the most part, completely useless power. Of the following what do you choose?

a.) the ability to detect cornflakes within a radius 200 yards... with your pinky toe.
b.) the ability to talk to potatoes
c.) the ability to make your own personal rain storm. But only right above your own head.
d.) the ability/ to speak only in haiku/ continuously

Ooh, it's hard to choose between talking to potatoes and speaking in haiku.... But I think I have to go with the haiku. I like to eat potatoes, and I'm afraid if I could talk to them I'd feel terrible eating them.

All right, there are my answers! Your questions are soon to follow.