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Here's the rules:
1. Leave me a comment saying, "Interview me."
2. I will respond by asking you five personal questions so I can get to know you better. If I already know you well, expect the questions may be a little more intimate!
3. You will update your lj with the answers to the questions.
4. You will include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the post.
5. When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions.

(Note: In the past, I've done this and some of the questions didn't end up getting answered, I intended to get around to them, but the hard drive I'd kept them all on in order to make sure they got done crashed and I didn't have a backup of it, so I apologize for those that I didn't get to. This time, I intend on answering things in a much more timely fashion.)

from cjdoyle:

1) How would you defend the music of Weird Al to someone who didn't particularly care for him?

Well, first of all, I wouldn't. If someone doesn't particularly care for him, that's their taste, and just because I enjoy what Weird Al does in no way obligates anyone else to.

Having said that, Weird Al is a superb parodist, and anyone who wants to write music parody would do worse than to study him and his work. Besides, he's funny, and funny is always good.

2) Why are you hiding kitanzi from all of us here in Michigan? Greed? Unwillingness to share? Is she a robot? What??

kitanzi refuses to travel to any state or country that resembles a part of the human body. This is why we have also never been to Florida or Italy. It's nothing personal. (You'll get to meet her at

aiela's wedding.)

3) If you were forced for some reason to live the rest of your life with a small mammal in your front shirt pocket at all times, what mammal would you choose? Would the inability to wear shirts without a front pocket wear on you?

A kitten, because girls love cute kittens, and besides, if you have a kitten in your pocket, how cool is that? I think I'd manage to live with only having shirts with pockets. I mean, it's not really a huge imposition.

4) What is the ultimate super-power to have?

Right at this moment, I'd go with teleportation with an unlimited range. Because the world is just way too big.

5) What is the super-power to avoid at all costs?

The ability to change into a snake. It never helps.

from aiela:

1. If you could learn one new musical instrument, and learn it well, what would it be?

It wouldn't kill me to learn the guitar well, but that's beside the point. :) Having to choose just one instrument to play well other than the one I already know, I'd have to go with piano. There's really nothing more versatile than a keyboard, and I've always admired people who do play it well.

2. Favorite memory of kitanzi?

Wow. that's not an easy question, really. I have *so many* good memories of Kitanzi. But I'd probably have to with that Sunday at OVFF in 2001, when we slipped off to the back hallway by the grand piano to have a private conversation, and I hesitantly asked "May I kiss you?" She said yes, and the rest is history.

Valentine's Day last year was pretty memorable too, but that's not for public discussion. *blinks innocently*

3. You and I have the opportunity to go away for the weekend to anywhere in the world. Where would it be, and what would we do?

We'd go to a beach house on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, and we'd spend the weekend enjoying time at one of the more beautiful places I know.

4. What did you want to be when you grew up?

I always wanted to be a rock star. Sometimes I think I still do. :)

5. Who is your favorite House character, other than House, and why?

Other than House? Hmmmm. Cameron is certainly easy on the eyes, and that's no small thing. Prior to this season, though, I'd have had to say my favourite character was Wilson. I've been a bit unhappy with him this season, but then, I was pretty unhappy with the whole Tritter arc in general.

from kitanzi:

1. What do you think you would feel - and what would you do - if your dad suddenly called up and said he wanted to get to know you again?

I'd certainly invite him to do that, though until I saw how that was going to go, I'm not sure I'd make any real effort to go out of my way to make it happen. If I ever had children, I suppose I'd at least make the effort to let him know, but since I haven't and have no plans to, I really don't have a basis for communication with him.

2. What do you want for your birthday?

I'm not sure, at the moment. Ask me again when we're closer to the date.

3. Are there any funny Little Rob stories you haven't told me yet, and if so what?

Oh, I'm sure there are, but none spring to mind. You've heard most of the ones that occur to me to be worth retelling. If you really want the goods on me as a kid, you should probably talk to either my mother or to Jeff when he comes to visit.

4. As someone who lives with me, what's the most irritating thing I do on a daily basis?

On a daily basis? Nothing, really. Unless it's engaging in semantic arguments because you're bored, but you don't even do that *every* day. I suppose I could say "Go to bed so darn early.", but that's not really so irritating as it just a fact of our different natural circadian rhythms.

5. When's the last time you wrote something to go into Aphelion?

Well, Iain Muir has been taking stuff off my songbook page and publishing it for some time, as I gave him carte blanche to use any of my stuff he wanted without checking first. But the last thing I wrote specifically for Aphelion was, I think, my review of Phoenix's "Into the Fire" cd.

from yellowmouser:

1) Who is your least favorite celeb?

I'm not certain I actually have one. I don't really pay close attention to celebrities, as a rule. I suppose at the moment, I'd choose Anna Nicole Smith, but mostly because I can't believe the media are still talking about her! Seriously, was this C-list trollop really worth 2 solid weeks of around-the-clock coverage?

"And this just in, it has been revealed that the father of Anna Nicole Smith's infant daughter is, in fact, Generalissimo Francisco Franco. As of this report, both parents are still dead."

Sheesh!

2) What is your favorite Little Debbie snack cake?

Swiss Cake Rolls. I try not to buy them, because they're so not good for me. But yum.

3) What is your favorite genre of pr0n?

I prefer amateur productions that are well made and show the participants genuinely happy and having fun. Firegirls is a good example, as is Abby Winters I also like the artistic focus of a site like Domai (Note: obviously, none of these links are safe for work).

4) Ninjas or Pirates?

"Ninjas? Pirates? A Jedi cares not about these." (credit to a t-shirt by Instant Attitudes)

5) If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?

I'd lose about 100 pounds of weight. I have no desire to ever be "thin", but I also have no desire to be on medication forever for hypertension and diabetes.