At last! I am done with the Interview Game meme!

In case you can't be bothered to scroll down because you have a lazy finger or something, know that Rich has answered my questions, quite marvelously, too.

Go and read.

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Last but not least. We have arrived at my final victim interviewee, Rich of Seldom Sober.

Last summer, Rich embarked on a cross-country move. He decided that instead of having to find a motel room every night, he would instead plan his trip around the invites of hospitable bloggers. He called this project Blogs Across America and Glenn wouldn't give him one bloody insty-link to promote it. But he's not bitter about it. Anyhoo, he stayed here at the Cake Eater Pad on a rainy summer evening, and despite my promises of going and stalking Lileks, we wound up staying in and drinking lots of gin. A good time was had by all, but I had one mother of a hangover the next day.

So, to complete the game, Rich will answer my questions, I will linkie back to them when he's got them done AND he will need to include the rules in his post, so he can grill five of his own commenters, hence continuing the meme.

Here we go.

1. You are a poet, which is a rare thing in this day and age. What does poetry provide you with? Who are your poetry idols? And why haven't you coughed up my "albatrossy" poem?

2. During your BAA trip, you had the opportunity to meet up with Jeff Goldstein and Martini Boy---and even stayed at Martini Boy's house. Are there any stories you neglected to mention then that you'd like to relieve your soul of now? Confession being good for the soul and all.

3. In haiku format please define the differences between your old neighbors on the west coast and your new neighbors on the east coast.

4. You have received a classical education. What do you think this has given you and how has it prepared you for the future?

5. Explain where the title of your blog comes from. Do you have a favorite type of booze, or will any old swill do?

I'll update when Rich posts his answers.

UPDATE: Rich has answered all. And quite marvelously, too.

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Phoenix, after having some issues with Blogger eating her posts, has finally posted the answers to her questions.

Go and read my children, and get to know my kid better.

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Random Pensees has finally answered my questions for The Interview Game.

And they're very well done and completely worth the wait. Go and read.

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Ahhhhh, we've arrived at the Blog Child.

Yep. You read that right. Phoenix is my blog child. Late last summer, after lurking for months on end, she finally fessed up to her love of the Cake Eater Chronicles and told me something that still shocks and amazes me even today: she read my blog before she read Drudge. Woooooh. Thus began an email correspondence, which, after a while became quite screedy. This resulted in me telling her to start a blog.

Which she did. She also volunteered to be interviewed. Hence, I am now going to ask her five questions. She can find all of the stuff she needs to post with her answers right here.

And away we go.

1. You, Phoenix, are a midwestern girl. Born and bred in the heartland. Explain for the folks on the coasts (and around the world) what it's like to live here. Detail the pros and cons for them.

2. Your work has something to do with Agribusiness, which some people consider to be a dirty word. Give me an example of one common misconception you run up against in regard to the field you work in. Lavish us with the details of what you would say to these people if you didn't have to worry about being rude.

3. You enjoy baking. What has been your most spectacular success in this field, and conversely, what didn't work out so well?

4. You're an anonymous blogger. Why did you choose to blog anonymously? Do you feel it gives you more leeway to write certain things than if you attached your name to your work? Do you ever feel the compulsion to fib to your readers, knowing full well that they'd have no idea if you were telling the truth or not?

5. How did Prince Charming propose?

I will update when Phoenix answers.

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So the next victim interviewee up to bat is Random Pensees, a fellow resident of the moo knew domain and an all-around good guy. He also has the distinct honor of being my very first commenter when I moved over to moo knew. It was a very wonderful welcome that he posted and one that made me feel as if I had made the right move, the scariness of movable type notwithstanding.

Not like that's going to make me go easy on him, though.

Since RP is an exceedingly busy guy, I've told him he has some leeway on when he can post his answers on his own blog. I will update when he posts them, so keep checking back. He will need to include the rules in his post, so he can have the ultimate fulfillment that is payback by grilling a few of his own victims.

1. You're a corporate litigator. The lawyers I used to work with would occasionally become tired of cleaning up other people's messes---and would whine about it. If you could, what would you say to a particularly idiotic client if you didn't have to fear the loss of their billable hours?

2. You live and work in the NYC metropolitan area. For those of us who have never been, explain the pros and cons of living and working in that city.

3. If you could become a cat burglar, and were able to access (albeit illegally) any musuem in the world, knowing that a. what you're choosing to steal is for your personal pleasure and b. you wouldn't be caught, what piece of art would you choose to steal and why?

4. You're an anonymous blogger. Why did you choose to blog anonymously? Do you feel it gives you more leeway to write certain things than if you attached your name to your work? Do you ever feel the compulsion to fib to your readers, knowing full well that they'd have no idea if you were telling the truth or not?

5. Name your all-time favorite book. Why do you love it so?

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Ah, Good ol' Rob.

If you don't know Rob---and God only knows why you wouldn't be familiar with Rob, because he's marvelous and you're a slacker if you're not reading him daily---he runs his blog from the vast wilderness that is Orlando, Florida, where he visits places like Gatorland. He then calls up Manolo Blahnik and tells him which gators are primed and ready to be worn on my feet. He's a pal that way. Anyway, so you all can become a wee bit more familiar with my buddy Rob, I'm going to ask him five questions and he will reply.

I'll link to his answers when he has them ready to go. He will need to include the rules to the Interview Game in his post, which he can cut and paste from my original post, so he can grill a few of his own commentors.

Are we all ready? Okedokey. And away we go.

1. Who would you want to be: John Wayne or Kurt Russell pretending to be John Wayne? Why?

2. Who would win in a mud wrestling match: Lizzie Bennet or Emma Woodhouse? Why?

3. Explain how one can title their blog "Pious Agnostic," and yet still post about going to church.

4. You're a gamer. Try and explain for the non-gaming junkies of the world what games you like to play and why you like to play them. What do you get out of this activity? And does your habit drive your wife and family nuts? Or have they drank the kool-aid, too?

5. What is the symbol for Fool's Gold? (He promised to brush up on his chemistry. I'm just seeing if he actually did.)

UPDATE: Rob has answered! Go and read!

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So, as related in this post, I now get to subject a few bloggers to a Richard Nixon-style grilling interview a few of my very own commenters/bloggers.

This will be fun.

The victims interviewees are:

• Rob the Pious Agnostic
• Random Pensees
• Phoenix of Villains Vanquished

and last but not least...

• houseguest extraordinaire, Rich, who is Seldom Sober

The schedule is as follows. Rob will be grilled on Friday. RP needs some time to get this done, so his questions will be posted on Saturday and we will hope he finds the time to get them done over the weekend, and if not, he can post whenever he gets over his jetlag. Phoenix is slated for Monday, and Rich's weekend hangover should have dissipated by Tuesday morning so he should be capable of answering questions by then.

In the meantime, I will be formulating questions in the basement using my junior chemistry set. You can find me there if you really need me.

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...Getting to know all about you.
Getting to like you,
Getting to hope you like me.

Getting to know you,
Putting it my way,
But nicely,
You are precisely,
My cup of tea.

Ooops. Er. Was having a Deborah Kerr moment there and I got stuck in it.

Anyhoo, it's somewhat relevant. Margi, the uber babe, has some questions she needs to ask me, to fulfill her obligations to the Interview Game. I suppose I should get around to answering them. But first, this is a meme, so it gets passed along. Here are the rules:

• Leave me a comment saying “interview me”. The first five commenters will be the participants.


• I will respond by asking you five questions.


• You will update your blog/site with the answers to the questions.


• You will include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the same post.


• When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions. (Write your own questions or borrow some.)

If you're interested to know all about me, read on after the jump. more...

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Yeah. Another meme. From You know who.

Ten Things I've Done But You Probably Haven't

1. Snuck into a Branford Marsalis concert. (Something I will never do again. I won't even pay money to see the guy because he's a Grade A Asshole.)

2. Straddled the Prime Meridien---one foot in the eastern hemisphere, one in the western---while I was visiting the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, England.

3. Was "Shake n' Baked" three times by the fine, upstanding brothers of FarmHouse Fraternity, Iowa State University, Iowa Chapter.

4. Was lucky enough to have Joe Fiennes flag down a bartender for me at a pub in Notting Hill.

5. Hobbled around Alcatraz and San Francisco's Ghirardelli Square, Chinatown and Pier 39---and various points in between---with a sprained ankle.

6. Have dined at The French Laundry.

7. Served coffee to Bill Brown (he was one of my regular customers. I nicknamed him "Boom Boom" and he loved it.), Mick Sterling, Bobby McFerrin, and Chaka Khan, among many, many others.

8. Have done interesting things on the porch of this building back when it was called Old Botany and was condemned and scheduled to be torn down.

9. Have gone cow tipping.

10. Had a flat tire at 10:30 at night in the middle of nowhere, Iowa, was picked up by a semi-driver who took me to a phone. Then, when I was unable to find a tow truck driver in this dinky little town, a guy who'd been hanging out at the local Casey's drove me back to my car and helped me put the spare on...and I lived and was unharmed, not raped, etc. I wouldn't recommend it, but there are decent men in the world.

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So, another meme. You, of course, know where I got it from. Fortunately, Robbo's going on vacation this next week so you'll be spared from my lack of self-control.

Anyway...

The First Five Movie/TV Quotes that come into your head (must be from different movies/shows).

1. "When Alexander saw the breadth of his domain, he wept. For there were no more worlds left to conquer. Benefits of a classical education." ---Hans in Die Hard (You can hear Rickman saying this in your head, can't you? I know you can. God, he's good.)

2. "The Donger need food." ---Long Duk Dong, Sixteen Candles

3. "So, if you guys know so much about chicks and stuff, why are you, like, sitting around at the Gas n' Sip on a Saturday night?"
{insert dramatic pause here}
"Choice, man!"----Lloyd Dobler, et.al. Say Anything

4. "I say! Am I to strut around naked like a beggar child in Calcutta? Fetch me some clean linen to throw on before I call child services!" ---Stewie Griffin, Family Guy

5. "You know how to whistle, don't you Steve? You just put your lips together and...blow" --Slim in To Have and Have Not

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