Interview This
Wednesday, May 24th, 2006
So, there’s this meme going around where people interview you and what not. I saw it on Emily’s blog and she “interviewed” me by sending the following questions. If you want me to ask you some questions, look at the bottom of this post. Without further ado…
1. What did you want to be when you grew up when you were six?
Hmm…I’m not sure what I wanted to be at 6. I know that by 8 I had it all worked out. I wanted to be an actor. I remember going on a field trip in 3rd grade to a children’s theater production of Alice in Wonderland. I realized that if those kids were on stage they must be missing school, too. That seemed awfully fun so I looked into it. Turns out, I rather loved it and went on to appear in numerous plays over the years.
I was very serious about my craft. How serious? My uncle had a store that made t-shirts with custom iron on letters and I had a yellow one with glittery rainbow letters that said Hollywood Hurley. Yeah, I was hardcore.
2. Let’s hear about YOUR greatest weakness.
My perfectionism.
I really struggled with this one. I’ve got lots of weaknesses and trying to pick the greatest one is a challenge. I’d thought about procrastination. That’s good. Yeah, but everyone procrastinates. Maybe my hyperfocussing to the exclusion of everything else. Meh. That’s kind of boring. Perhaps it would be better if I talked about my distractibility. ADD is always popular.
Then it hit me. I was having such a hard time deciding because it was so important to find the exact right answer. It had to be “perfect.” Of course, nothing can ever be perfect. So I spend a lot of time procrastinating, hyperfocussing, and distracted because I’m trying to find a perfect answer that doesn’t exist. Rather than just going with something “good enough” for now, I’ll end up paralyzed to inaction looking for something better.
Yup, that’s it. The perfect answer.
3. Describe the soundtrack to a movie about a typical day as Aaron.
I have no clue. At all. None. What the hell does this even mean? Am I picking songs or just a genre? Should I talk about the crap I do and what I LIKE to listen to or what would make it more interesting on the screen? Who writes these questions? What kind of interviewer ARE you? Let me see your press pass again.
4. What are your three most random talents and how do you make them work for you?
A. I know where everything is. Everything. Even stuff that isn’t mine. If I’ve seen it, even with my peripherals, it’s stored away in the vault. Nary a girlfriend has been disappointed by this. I frequently find myself amazed by the fact that I know some random object is hiding in the drawer of the nightstand under the magazine behind that blue book.
B. I can compose gibberish lyrics on the fly. I’m like the Wayne Brady of the my iPod. Who really needs to know the words to songs when you can come up with some sort of ridiculous facsimile instead? Not me.
C. I have a highly evolved sense of spatial perception, probably brought on by years of playing Tetris. When it comes to packing a trunk, there is none better.
5. Where do you see yourself in five years?
I figure I’ll be settling down in northern California, taking my food pellets in my flying car on the way to the dot com where I made my millions but cashed out before the crash. On the weekends, I’ll work on restoring my jet pack in the garage of a craftsman style house on a leafy street with friendly neighbors. I’ll have trouble finding a regular poker game because people stop inviting me after I repeatedly run over the table. During the summer, I’ll spend some time travelling with the Mrs. to nearby planets (but the kids can only go on the terrestrial expeditions until they are 16).
Yeah. Seems like a pretty good life to me.
THE GUIDELINES:
1. Leave me a comment saying, “Interview me.”
2. I will respond by asking 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.
