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You’ve Got Questions, We’ve Got Answers. December 22, 2004 ~ 11:58 pm

Posted by Julie in : Daily Grind , trackback

Here they are, kids, the answers to your questions. In between cleaning up cat puke from three separate cats (I’ve already told my mom to leave the cat flu at home the next time she comes), I wrote these answers. Sorry for typos…you try cleaning up after the cat flu.

Aimee asked:
1. Have you ever lived anywhere besides New York?
Yep. I spent the first few years of my life in West Virginia, then moved to Beaver County, PA (North of Pittsburgh, near E-Lo’s home turf), and spent my college years in Meadville, PA (just south of Erie). I moved to New York after college graduation.

2. What’s your dream vacation?
Tough to say…I went to London when I was 11 and I’ve always wanted to go back, with a side trip to Ireland to see where my mom’s family comes from. And I’ve often thought Australia would be a great vacation. Finally, my friend Jordana keeps telling me I should go with her and her husband to South Africa, where he’s from, and that sounds awesome. So maybe a very long trip incorporating all those places.

3. Do you watch television, and if so, do you have a favorite TV show?
All the time…I often have the TV on for background noise, since I live by myself. Shows that I make a point of not missing are Rescue Me (mmmm….Denis Leary) and The Apprentice. And whenever there’s a rerun of M*A*S*H*, I’ll watch that, even though I think I’ve seen every episode five million times.

Tig asked:
1.What do you think is your best quality?
My sense of humor. Even if no one else is amused, I am, and it makes time go faster!

2. You best idea for a night out with your significant other?
I think I’ve had it. This summer, we went camping for Rick’s birthday by a lake upstate. We put the kids to bed, and then hung out by the fire for a few hours, talking. After that, we wandered down to the lake, found an active little next of baby catfish, watched the stars, then went to bed…with everything that entails. It was a good night, especially since I don’t often get out of the city.

3. Are you a Morning, afternoon or evening Person?
Hmmm…this is changing, because during college and my early 20s, I was a big fan of staying up all night – I only ever saw the dawn as I was going to bed, not waking up. Now I have problems staying up that late (stooped day job!), so I think I’m more of an afternoon person. I’m very productive then.

Esther asked:
1) Would you have chosen a different career?
Than what my day job is (Assistant Registrar)? Yes. I mean, who wakes up and says “I want to be a Registrar”? I’d like to change that job, possibly go into editing or writing, if I could make a living at it. But the dramaturgy bit…no way, I like that too much. I love being able to say “This play has changed so much since we started working on it, and I’m part of the reason that it did!”

2) Any personal traits that other people might think is strange/out of the ordinary?
Ah, my sense of humor again…it’s a bit offbeat. Very sarcastic, dark, wry. Other than that, only my extra bellybutton. Kidding…

3) frilly or classic?
Classic. I have never in my life gone for “frilly”. In anything. I’m just not a girly-girl.

Rhonda Elizabeth asked:
1. Would you ever change your first name?
When I was a kid, I hated my name. I thought it was the most awful name ever. Then my mom told me my father wanted to name me Vicky. Not Victoria, Vicky. After that, Julie didn’t seem so bad. Although when I write, the only part of Julie I use as part of my penname is “J”.

2. Why do you blog?
I started out writing to tell the things that made me laugh. Stupid things that occurred to me that none of my friends were around to hear. I still do those kinds of posts. However, in the past year I’ve become a lot more politically aware and occasionally post my opinions on happenings in the world. And I’ve started liking telling stories about my own stupidity to make others laugh. I look at blogging now as stand-up. Make people laugh, maybe make people think a little.

3. What is your most treasured possession and why?
Oh, this is hard. I’ve got a lot of things, but most of them could be replaced if they had to be. I’ll go for the sappy answer and say all the cards that Rick has gotten me since we started dating. He only gets them for birthdays, and Valentine’s Day and such, so there aren’t many, but they were the first glimpse I got of how he felt about me. He lets himself write more than he says.

Dave asked:
1. knowing that of the 10 most poisonous snakes in the world, we have about 10 of them (no, it’s more like 7), and we also have really, really big spiders…would you ever consider holidaying in Australia?
See my answer above to Aimee. But if I saw one of those Huntsman spiders, I’d be making serious tracks!!!

2. what does yellow sound like?
Warm, cheerful, occasionally obnoxious. That’s sunshine yellow. The answer changes for lemon yellow or baby-shite yellow, of course.

3. is there a question you’ve always wanted someone to ask you, and what would your response to that question be?
“What is your favorite swear word?” just like on Inside the Actor’s Studio. And my answer would be “Fuck and all derivations of that word.” Because I can’t pick just one.

Pup (Mr. Gulia) asked:
1. If you had 3 wishes, what would they be?
a.) Money enough to pay off all my debt, as well as that of all my friends and family members.
b.) A nice townhouse in Brooklyn Heights, on the Promenade so I could see lower Manhattan, but with a nice backyard that I could escape to when I was tired of city life.
c.) A job that pays me to write and be a dramaturg.

2. What’s your most sexy piece of clothing?
Do handcuffs count? ;) No, seriously, I have a low-cut green halter top that says “M*A*S*H 4077th” in red glitter. I got it the night I pierced my bellybutton and I love it. Hardly ever wear it, but love it.

3. Why are there voices all around me?
Because they love you? Hey, you’re the one who has all the talking monkey dolls in your office, why would you get them if you didn’t want them to talk to you?

E-Lo asked:
1. What’s your favorite place in NYC?
Coney Island when I want to be surrounded by a crowd, a small section of Strawberry Fields in Central Park when I don’t.

2. What do you remember most about being a little kid?
Getting picked on for my hair color, because it happened all the time. Other than that, one of my most vivid memories is the time that I asked my mother who Kierkegaard was. I heard the name on TV and loved the way it rolled around in my mouth. I think she told me “You don’t need to worry about that right now.” I must have been about 7.

3. What should I buy my hippie brother and his girlfriend for Christmas?
A bong, man, what else? Except don’t by it from Tommy Chong, the Feds are watching him! Or as they say in Harlem, “Police is watching”!

Celti asked:
Were you raised Pagan or did you convert at some point?
I converted this time 2 years ago when my friend Kim said “Hey, you have got to read this book! All the questions we had with organized religion, Wicca addresses!” The book was Wicca: The Complete Craft by D.J. Conway. I’m still finding my own way.

What are your hobbies?
At the moment, reading, blogging, knitting, music, and computer games.

What does the design of your tattoo mean to you and when did you get it?
It’s the cover art from two Def Leppard albums (Slang and Hysteria) that I combined to form my own design. I had a dream while I was still thinking about getting it where I was talking to Joe Elliott (the lead singer of Def Lep), and he said, “You’ll have time to settle when you get old. Now’s the time to excel.” Every now and then that dream comes back to me and spurs me on. I got the tattoo on my 22nd birthday.

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