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minniem asked, I answer:

1. Say you were an alien from the planet Jupiter. What would you look like?

Hmm. Excellent question. I have a very strong feeling that I'd be purple.

Now, when the purple people from Jupiter arrive years from now, you'll remember me as a visionary!

2. Do you believe in fate?

Dude! You have no idea how this whole interview thing fried my brain. I've been thinking about this for, like, a solid day.

The answer I came to was: I don't think so. I mean, there are some coincidences and freaky happenings that cause things to fall into place a certain way that certainly make it seem like fate, but most of the time, I just feel like the concept of fate takes away from the value of people's choices. If that makes any sense. I do understand the comfort that can come from believing in a greater plan, but most of the time I think that we create the future through our choices. Or something. I don't know. I'm not smart enough to articulate tough things like this!

I mean, I have been known to (very often) say that things will work out when things seem really uncertain, but it's not so much relying on some greater plan or fate or anything as much as it is a belief that positive thinking works simply because if you're looking for good things, you'll see them. I know! Totally cornball! I can't help it, I am.

Your interview questions are too smart for me! I know I'm going to post this and want to edit it ten minutes later.

3. I've been reading about The Misadventures of Jess, The Frazzled Temp Battling the OCD Boss at the Equally Evil Republican Law Firm for the past month and alternately giggling and wanting to throw things at the OCD Boss. I'm thinking that's not your dream job. So what are your long-term career goals? Or what is your dream job?

You are so very right, where I am now is most certainly not my dream job. It's in many ways as far away from my dream job as a job can get, but it's served a purpose: taught me a lot about myself, helped me to become a more outgoing person, gave me skills for dealing with annoying people, etc etc. Especially the second one there -- I don't know if it comes across in my LJ, but I'm a very shy person by nature and most of my adolescent and adult life has been spent trying to overcome that.

That said: I'd like to find a job where I respected my boss; where I could have conversations with people around me that did not revolve around office products and were actually, you know, interesting; where I felt really committed to what I was doing. I'd kind of like to work writing in somewhere. It's one of the things I enjoy doing most, if you don't count watching General Hospital and obsessing over NSYNC. The idea of teaching has been more appealing lately, too.

Or, you know, to just be obscenely wealthy. :)

4. If you had a one on one conversation with JC, what would you guys talk about?

Well, our wedding plans, of course! Since we would fall in love at first sight.

Kidding, kidding. (Mostly) In all likelihood, we would discuss Trading Spaces because I am OBSESSED with that show and after reading that recent article, it sounds like he is too. I want to compare favorite rooms and designers and see if his feelings for certain designers/show personalities has evolved like mine have. I mean, at first I thought Paige was *totally* annoying but now I get a kick out of her. What does JC think about Paige? Is he in love with Vern like I am? Does he wish he could wear swank shoes with as much confidence and flair as Hildi? Does he think Kia needs to be medicated? These are important questions for us to discuss.

And, after that, he'd profess his undying love and tell me to pick out a villa for us. Natch.

5. You make me laugh hysterically with your entries. The blood sucking ferrets saga, the runaway car, the ode to your car and Molly the killer bunny, to mention a few. What makes you laugh the most?

Oh buddy! Thank you. I must say, my personal favorite is the blood sucking ferrets saga, particularly its culmination in the Great Bee Invasion of 2002. I swear, that was the scariest moment of my life and, at the same time, the funniest. It was just so TOTALLY unexpected (like all great funny moments), and capped off with my father and brother getting suited up in ski masks and winter coats to go back in there to survey the damage (with my mother standing on the sidelines calling my father "a big galook", a phrase I have not heard her utter before or since). It was just the most bizarre, bizarre event.

It's also just a good memory of my family being crazy as usual. So, all in all, that's my favorite.

That was so much fun! Anyone have any other questions? Fire away! And if you want me to interview you, comment away.