Listening:
"Me & Bobby McGee," Janis Joplin
"Cry Baby," Janis Joplin
"Gold Rush Brides," 10,000 Maniacs
"Don't Let's Start," They Might Be Giants
"Dig My Grave," They Might Be Giants
"Sliver," Nirvana (live)
"Hello," TMBG
"Lacrimosa (from Requiem)," Mozart
"Bird," Dead Can Dance

1. If you knew there would be a nuclear war in a week, what would you do?

uhm, tell a lot of people "told you so" grab my family and Molasses and caravan to Mexico. It's unlikely any attacks would be aimed Guadalajara, and with my mom's citizenship and house we might be able to get by.

2. Would you be willing to reduce your life expectancy by five years to become extremely attractive?

heh no.

3. When were you last in a fight? What caused it and who won?

um. physically, and inspired by negative feelings would be in the eighth grade I shouted at this girl during PE. She was *much* larger than I was and FAR more violent. Her only natural response to getting yelled at was to hit me, a lot.

verbally? Heh. Sunday I went with Molasses to spend the day with his great aunt and uncle in Laguna Beach. We went to dinner and for some reason we got into politics and sociology. I'm used to his conservative relatives writing me off as a naive kid and just not broaching the subject with me, but the Uncle had taught junio high history and is very engaging. The Aunt is sort of the same way, but likes to make her points by just talking over you, a tactic I absolutely hate.

I can see that they (especially the aunt) were trying to defend their way of life, but insisting that Al Sharpton was just out to try to rile up the blacks was a quick way to get on my bad side, and at the point when she said (this is a direct quote) "Oh, those gays have come in and ruined so much of Laguna Beach!" I slammed my hands so hard on the table that even I jumped. I gave Molasses a dark grin and told him I had to be somewhere else. I got up and walked out of the restaurant.

So I guess it was draw.

4. Do you enjoy sleeping in physical contact with your lover?

Well I absolutely love to fall asleep in his arms, but it frequently gets too hot and I have separate in order to sleep well.

5. What is so important to you that, without it, life would not be worth living?

Passion. It might make me suicidal, but it's also the only thing that gets me out of bed, some days.

6. Since becoming an adult, in what three-year period do you think you experienced the most growth and change?

Who says I'm an adult? };> I guess from 21 to 24. It was certainly the bumpiest ride. Nearly got tossed out a couple times, too. But I learned to have pride in myself, as well as when I should be humble.

7. Would you be willing to give up sex for five years if you could have wonderfully sensual and erotic dreams any night you wished?

hmm. not without a lot of qualifiers. Like my SO was still satisfied with not getting it on with me. And it didn't last a second longer than five years.

8. If you could have free unlimited service for five years from an extremely good cook, chauffeur, housekeeper, masseuse, or personal secretary, which would you choose?

hmm. if the secretary knows how to make money do smart things (aka a financial advisor) then, sure. Otherwise...I dunno a housekeeper I guess.

9. Would $50,000 be enough to induce you to take a healthy, loyal pet to the vet and put it to sleep??

hmm. I don't have any pets, have never had any pets and doubt I will ever have any pets.

So I don't think so. I might take the money if the animal's life and death was to further the study of medicine and biology, but the waste of life for personal monetary gain is unacceptable to me.

10. Of all the people close to you, whose death would you find most disturbing??

uhhh well anyone of their deaths would be extermely upsetting, but disturbing? hmm... It would probably depend on the manner of death to be disturbing.

But likely my sisters would really be unsettling, being preggers and all...

11. What things are too personal to discuss with others??

totally depends on the relationship I have with the other person. Say talking to former lovers about my current boyfriend. Or talking about BDSM with my mom....

12. What do you strive for most in your life?

depends on what I remember at the time. USually some sort of self-satisfaction, but that's the cheap answer, because striving for *anything* inevitably means trying to do something that will please the self, even if it also does something else.

In actual doing, I guess am I trying really hard to get back into theatre, to get on with directing and so on. In the greater scheme of things, I want to remind people how timeless, perfect and succinct live performances are for trying to pin down the human experience, until we can all come together in communal understanding.

13. If you could choose the sex and physical appearance of your child, would you do it?

prolly just to avoid defects that could cripple the kid. Otherwise, no.