That interview meme, yet again
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bhagwanx, who asks:
1. First question is always geography. Tell us something about your home town that no-one knows.
Hmm, seems like most people know a lot about New York City, which is what I think of as my home town. Here's one from movie trivia: At the end of "Crocodile Dundee," when Linda Kozlowski leaves the Plaza Hotel searching for Mick and the doorman tells her he headed for the subway, she isn't running toward the closest, most logical subway entrance. There's an entrance at 5th Avenue and 59th Street, almost directly across the street from the hotel. But she's running across town to Columbus Circle, blocks and blocks away. This has always driven me crazy.
If one defines home town technically, then we'd be talking about North Bellmore, which is a hamlet on Long Island. I've already mentioned in a previous post that Lenny Bruce went to my high school, so that's not news at this point. Roone Arledge, too. Ooh! I know! Wikipedia states that the area that became North Bellmore was originally purchased as a farm. Well, if memory serves correctly the original farmhouse still stands, or at least it did when I was a kid, because we lived across the street. The place was huge, very different from all the 1950s split levels around it, with an enormous, overgrown garden. When my brother and I were small, the old people who lived there used to invite us over to sit in the big old-fashioned, double-seated swing.
2. You've been a left coaster for a long time now. Do you still identify as a New Yorker? And how long do you think it will take for you not to do so?
I'll always be a New Yorker. 'Till I die. Trust me on this. :-) Yes, I'm a Seattlite. I drink coffee. I've worked in high tech. I'm politically correct. I've even developed a long-time Seattlite's finely-tuned ability to waffle when there's a need for concensus. But down in the bones? New Yorker. Can't help it. It's in the blood. Listen to my accent, especially when I get tired or a little irritated. It's not real strong generally, but when I get tired or annoyed, it comes back without my even thinking about it. And, as has been attested to by more people than I care to think about, I've still got a New Yorker's assertiveness. I've been told on more than one occasion that I'm intimidating. Don't mean to be. Maybe it comes with the pedigree.
3. We have even more mutual freinds than you think, in that late Sunday night at RadCon my friend Paul brought you up in passing as "My friend Janna...."
Hmm... One wonders what he had to say, my friend Paul. ::grin::
With the interconnectivity of the intarwebs combining with the ever shrinking pool of "people who are cool and we have not met," how long before there are people we both know through entirely separate vectors, that neither of us has actually met?
15 minutes. Half an hour. ::grin:: Actually, no clue. I'm not anywhere near mathematician enough to figure this one out.
4. Would you ever Emigrate?
The thought has crossed my mind more than once. I'd need to find the right place though. I haven't spent enough time in many countries to make the call. I actually loved Jerusalem and might consider that. I saw just enough of London to want to learn more. Glasgow was a nice place to visit but not live. Frankfurt was modern but somehow sterile (maybe it's because I didn't see it during the week). I could go on, but you get the idea.
5. What will you do with your first lottery check?
First check? As in, first installment of the whole? Pay off any outstanding bills and the car loan (can't help it; I am genetically paranoid about bill paying). Beef up my retirement fund. Throw a party somewhere insane and extravagant. Next check? Buy the condo so it's free and clear, or sell it and purchase a place in exactly the city and neighborhood I want. Then I'd take a year or more and travel around the world. The philanthropy and the theater subscriptions would come later.
Meme rules for those who have managed to miss them somehow:
1. Leave me a comment saying, "interview me."
2. I will respond by asking you five questions.
3. You will update your LJ with the answers to the questions.
4. You will include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the same post.
And I'm still open to questions if you like. G'head. Hit me.
bhagwanx, who asks:1. First question is always geography. Tell us something about your home town that no-one knows.
Hmm, seems like most people know a lot about New York City, which is what I think of as my home town. Here's one from movie trivia: At the end of "Crocodile Dundee," when Linda Kozlowski leaves the Plaza Hotel searching for Mick and the doorman tells her he headed for the subway, she isn't running toward the closest, most logical subway entrance. There's an entrance at 5th Avenue and 59th Street, almost directly across the street from the hotel. But she's running across town to Columbus Circle, blocks and blocks away. This has always driven me crazy.
If one defines home town technically, then we'd be talking about North Bellmore, which is a hamlet on Long Island. I've already mentioned in a previous post that Lenny Bruce went to my high school, so that's not news at this point. Roone Arledge, too. Ooh! I know! Wikipedia states that the area that became North Bellmore was originally purchased as a farm. Well, if memory serves correctly the original farmhouse still stands, or at least it did when I was a kid, because we lived across the street. The place was huge, very different from all the 1950s split levels around it, with an enormous, overgrown garden. When my brother and I were small, the old people who lived there used to invite us over to sit in the big old-fashioned, double-seated swing.
2. You've been a left coaster for a long time now. Do you still identify as a New Yorker? And how long do you think it will take for you not to do so?
I'll always be a New Yorker. 'Till I die. Trust me on this. :-) Yes, I'm a Seattlite. I drink coffee. I've worked in high tech. I'm politically correct. I've even developed a long-time Seattlite's finely-tuned ability to waffle when there's a need for concensus. But down in the bones? New Yorker. Can't help it. It's in the blood. Listen to my accent, especially when I get tired or a little irritated. It's not real strong generally, but when I get tired or annoyed, it comes back without my even thinking about it. And, as has been attested to by more people than I care to think about, I've still got a New Yorker's assertiveness. I've been told on more than one occasion that I'm intimidating. Don't mean to be. Maybe it comes with the pedigree.
3. We have even more mutual freinds than you think, in that late Sunday night at RadCon my friend Paul brought you up in passing as "My friend Janna...."
Hmm... One wonders what he had to say, my friend Paul. ::grin::
With the interconnectivity of the intarwebs combining with the ever shrinking pool of "people who are cool and we have not met," how long before there are people we both know through entirely separate vectors, that neither of us has actually met?
15 minutes. Half an hour. ::grin:: Actually, no clue. I'm not anywhere near mathematician enough to figure this one out.
4. Would you ever Emigrate?
The thought has crossed my mind more than once. I'd need to find the right place though. I haven't spent enough time in many countries to make the call. I actually loved Jerusalem and might consider that. I saw just enough of London to want to learn more. Glasgow was a nice place to visit but not live. Frankfurt was modern but somehow sterile (maybe it's because I didn't see it during the week). I could go on, but you get the idea.
5. What will you do with your first lottery check?
First check? As in, first installment of the whole? Pay off any outstanding bills and the car loan (can't help it; I am genetically paranoid about bill paying). Beef up my retirement fund. Throw a party somewhere insane and extravagant. Next check? Buy the condo so it's free and clear, or sell it and purchase a place in exactly the city and neighborhood I want. Then I'd take a year or more and travel around the world. The philanthropy and the theater subscriptions would come later.
Meme rules for those who have managed to miss them somehow:
1. Leave me a comment saying, "interview me."
2. I will respond by asking you five questions.
3. You will update your LJ with the answers to the questions.
4. You will include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the same post.
And I'm still open to questions if you like. G'head. Hit me.
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Date: Wed, Feb. 28th, 2007 02:27 pm (UTC)2) Is there a novel on the backburner or are you going to concentrate on short fiction . . . or both?
3) When you start working on a new piece, do you find yourself starting with character or with a situation?
4) You spent some time living out on the islands, but you're such a city girl. What was it like for you to be away from the urban environment and what made you decide to return?
5) SIFF, Bumbershoot, Folklife: Which festival is your favorite and why?