A hard-hitting, all-facts, no-holds-barred interview!

I'm sure I did this a thousand times per year on the good ol' LJ, but I still like the idea of this one. So, here goes:

The rules:

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 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!
(These are Questions for me from one Miss Shannon)
1) What one quote/lyric/etc do you live your life by? Why?
2) What is your earliest memory?
3) What would someone be surprised to learn about you?
4) If you had to pick one meal to eat for the rest of your life, what would it be?
5) Would you ever do anything just to get on tv?

1. "There is always hope." Since senior year of high school, PMEA Region IV Chorus, this quote has been the one static thing about my AIM profile. (Yes, I still use AIM. Do not judge me.) Our guest conductor gave us this really awesome speech, and, near the end, he told us to remember that no matter how shitty things get, there is always hope. I don't necessarily live my life by these words, but I hang on to them for dear life when the weight of the world is crushing my shoulders into my shins and everyone seems to want to kick me when I'm down and/or in the fetal position trying not to convulse from all the stress. I just remember, "There is always hope."

2. That is a ridiculously difficult question to answer. I remember extraordinarily ridiculous things about my school-age years, but not so much about my early years. For instance, I remember in 7th grade, when we wrote our first MLA style research papers, I wrote mine on greek mythology and how fucked up the familial relations between the gods were, and I got a 97. The earliest thing I can remember right now is me probably around the age of 4 or 5. I had either just started pre-school or kindergarten, and my mom was driving me to school in the subaru. And I was reading her the weather report from the back page of the Pocono Record. If I thought harder about this, I could probably think of something earlier than that, but it's that time of the month and I have some pretty debilitating cramps right now. See previous answer about being in the fetal position and trying not to convulse for an accurate mental image of my pain right now.

3. I am currently obsessed with Gossip Girl. This embarrasses me like you would not believe. But it's just so trashy and marvelous that I can't help myself. It most certainly will never take the place of Sex and the City in my heart, but, gosh darn it, those crazy upper east siders sure are gonna try. I started watching it because I had run out of tv to watch online and my students at the charter school used to tell me that my clothes looked "mad Gossip Girl." I apparently wore a lot of plaid and headbands. Wait, I still do. I was curious because people identified my personal style with that of upper east side manhattan fashionistas. And then I was hooked. Now everyone that reads this blog knows my awful secret.

4. If I could only eat one meal for the rest of my life, I think I would only eat Thanksgiving dinner. Turkey, stuffing, green bean casserole, rolls, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, etc. I would probably weight a thousand pounds. I'm pretty sure that there is something about this combination of foods that causes one to eat as much as he or she possibly can in one sitting, thus the massive weight gain.

5. I would do a lot of things just to do them, but I do not think I would ever do anything just to get on TV. Something about a ridiculous desire for exposure like that irks me a lot. I mean, I like attention as much as the next girl, but not enough to flash my tits to Bret Michaels on national television. Or be in the same room with Flava Flav. Or eat bugs or bull testicles. If I really wanted to do any of things, TV would not be a factor in the decision.

That was fun. If anyone would like me to interview them, feel free!