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answers to questions 12-28, and p.s. this was really fun let’s do it again sometime
At one point you'd said that your "real life" friends didn't know about this blog? Do more of them know now? (From Suzanne)
I’d say most of them check in from time to time, leaving little assisnine comments here and there like, “OMG. I can't *believe* you apologized to his mother!” and correcting details on the names of former roommates cats. I love it.
What is the song for the first dance?
Right now, we’re torn between “Whatta Man”, “Nights in White Satin,” and “At Last” by Etta James. The real issue, however, is that first we gotta learn to dance. I mean, just the other evening I was shaking my ass mightily in the bathroom, singing “I’m too sexy for this party” and Alex looked at me and said, “Damn. I keep forgetting to sign us up for dance classes.” …Hmmph!
What blogger would you most like to meet fact-to-face? (From ~ Kabe)
Hm, Elizabeth Spiers? Jessica Coen? I’m not much of a star-gazer but these two women amuse me endlessly.
Who do you have to read daily?
Gawker. Go Fug Yourself. Veiled Conceit. Number One Hit Song. A Little Pregnant. But that's just this month.
Where would you max out your credit card?
Williams-Sonoma.
Heh. I can answer Caren's. (Well, in a really shallow and superficial way) (From Frankenstein)
Surely you’ve got some new material by now.
If you had to make out with ONE character from Napoleon Dynamite, who would it be? (From Rachel)
God, I don’t even know what Napoleon Dynamite is. Wait hang on… Wow, they all look really ironic and stuff. Do I have to?
Best weight loss tips for people who love to eat? (From Fay)
Swap quantity, NOT quality. Diet like a European, not an American.
Best thing about NYC?
Roof decks. Faded ads on the sides of buildings. A car-less existence.
Want to swap lives (respective finacees prolly not included eh) ) for two weeks or so? like a life holiday? I'm curious about your life and I love NYC. I'm a writer, I'm engaged, and I live in London -- hey its almost like we're twins!
Well, we hate rain but love the pubs so… maybe? Oh, and can you come on a week where I have a dress fitting?
Seeing your varied recipies, I'd ask for your wine recommendations... What do you prefer for a white and for a red? (From M)
White burgundys. Cote du Rhone. South American Reds. South African Sauvingnons. I like wine under $20 because I know great stuff is out there if you keep after under saturated markets. I think it’s worth it to read up. Also, when I am at a restaurant, I almost always order the wine I have never heard of before. You can get Merlot anywhere. Additionally, I loathe California Chardonnays.
How much oil could an oil pot boil if an oil pot could boil oil? (From Michael)
Hey, we should come out to your bar tonight after Alex’s going away party!
If you could have any name but your own what would it be? Like Marsha or Smurfete… (From Jenny)
Well, this week it’s Natasha. But, when I was seven it was like “rainbow” or something, so it’s best I don’t get to choose these things, non? And unfortunate for any future little girls of mine.
If you were on a deserted island and you could only have 1 item with you, what would it be?
My “dishwasher”. Or a boat.
If you were casting a superstar porn, who would star in it? I am casting angelina and Tommy Lee (The rocker, not the actor)
Hm, Jude Law and… Gosh, I don’t know. I know almost nothing about “superstars;” if I had to name 50 actors, I would struggle. Honest.
Now that you and alex live together who won the hot water cold water battle for brushing your teeth?
Hee, you’ve been reading for like a year or more! (Gold star for your forehead!) We brush separately. It’s just a short slide until we start showering separately and not complimenting each others belches. We are going to be old and married soon, after all.
Did you have a pet when you were a kid? (From Carrster)
Gerbils. An outdoor cat my sister adopted that SantaDad still keeps a picture of in his wallet. Goldfish. I prefer dogs.
I want to know if you use the "toy" that you got as a x-mas gift from Alice & Darrens secret santa party. (From Jocelyn)
Not only did we never use it, it never made it out of the old apartment. Tsk tsk.
How long do you think you and Alex will wait before you have kids? Will set up a pregnancy blog? (Anonymous)
Well, if you are my mom, and I think you are (haha), the answer is like ten or twelve years. In truth, it could be as little as four or five years. Oh, god – I have so much more partying to do!
when you first started blogging, how did you get the word out there, and how long did it take to get your fabulous following? (From Kate)
Um, I don’t know? Okay, well, my dorky answer is that in the first month some posts I wrote were picked up by some big-name sites, deluging my teeny site with traffic. Why people stayed? The naked pictures, obviously. Also, the posts about rare mushrooms are especially popular.
You've mentioned your job a few times, and I'm curious about the kind of writing you do... no need to name employer, as I know that can be sensitive. (From Semper083)
Don't laugh but, tech. Geeky nerdy computer stuff. Hey, it's a start, right?
comments (2)
Ah, yes you could... only its Friday an dI didn't see your comment. However I also mange there tonight too... it will probably be busy but worst case scenario I get to buy you a drink and run :)
1 | michael | April 29, 2005 10:39 AM
My husband of 4 years and I had never danced together before our wedding day. And since our 1st dance song was written for us by a close friend (which will always mean so much to us), we had never heard the whole song before the wedding dance.
We learned three valuable lessons that day: 1) Specially written songs can be 8 minutes long, 2) We suck at dancing, and 3) The combination of 1 & 2 made for the LONGEST FIRST DANCE IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD.
2 | Amy | April 29, 2005 11:25 AM