When I signed up to participate in Neil’s Interview Experiment, I wasn’t so much worried about who was going to interview me because, y’know, I pretty much tell anyone anything here, as long as I don’t have to show my face. But I was worried that the person I interviewed was going to say, “Geez. What a dorkwad bunch of assinine questions.” Or “Does this person even know what an interviewer is supposed to do?”. Or, “I’d rather shut down my blog than respond to this drivel.” Or some such stuff.

But when I got Whitney’s link and started reading through her archives and her 101 things, I calmed down somewhat. Because she’s really quite down to earth for being so young (Shush. Yes, I know that I’m 23 years older than her. Yes, I do know that she’s barely of legal drinking age. That doesn’t mean that I couldn’t tell her to drink vodka while answering the questions.)

So, here’s the results of our email interview. Enjoy - and then go visit Whitney so you can see why I asked the questions I asked. (By the way, I added more stuff after she answered. My little sidebar comments look like this.)

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What is your favorite Middle-eastern food?
Arab baklava. But you have to say it the right way: BAWK-law-wah.
Oh, absolutely. We need to get people to stop saying “Back-lav-uh”

How many Kate Spade items do you have?
Not nearly enough, seeing as I break something new every week. On Super Bowl Sunday, a ceiling fan took my new sunglasses right off my head when I jumped a bit too high at the local bar.

How do you explain your auto-immune deficiency to others?
If it’s a new doctor, I smuggle in some tequila and say, “Oh, you are going to NEED this when I’m through.” Otherwise, I don’t really talk about it much. To be honest, I have some of the weirdest medical issues, so I feel strangely guilty bringing up another one to anyone other than family.
As a fellow auto-immune disease sufferer, I can understand this.

Are Kyle and Sona going to get back together?
I don’t know, Kyle’s off doing his own thing (read as: continuing on his mission to impregnate as many fifteen year olds as possible).

If you told me what Sona does in Quantico, would you have to kill me?
No, but Sona might. She is in the Marine Corps, training to be a translator. After that, she’s in the Middle East for a couple years. She’s originally from Iraq, you see, and she’s looking forward to kicking some insurgent ass.
My brother-in-law worked for a year as a translator….I remember hearing the phone clicks when we would talk to him as he was going through the ’security clearance’ phase of getting the job. We used to tell the people listening in that they were welcome to come over for dinner. hee!

Which arm did you break?
I basically shattered my carpals in my wrist. My school nurse told the ER doctor I broke my arm (elbow) so when I arrived with just a broken wrist, the doctor went ape-shit and bitched and moaned and shook my arm with annoyance/impatience. I remember, being nine years old and thinking, “You dickhead.” Thankfully, my mom said it for me.

How does anyone name their kid Brady Bunches?
His parents were bizarre (who sends their nine year old to school with Kahlua-filled chocolates for lunch?).The one time I met them, his dad started licking the school walls. Not gonna lie, it was a little awkward.
Um, I would think so.

Can you tell me where your piercings are?
Both ears are double-pierced and my belly button is too.

What was the best word you ever made playing Scrabble?
I flubbed a lot of words, but the best one I ever played was quaxi. It’s not even a word, but everyone bought it because when I was a loner, I read the dictionary. I think I gave a definition as some arithmetic term. Anyway, I won like 8 bazillion points.

Who was your date for Prom?
Sona. I’m not obsessed with her, I promise. Or maybe I am. Just a little, though.

Where do you buy candles that smell like cleaning products?
At the Bump N’ Dent. One of those food warehouses that sell expired food or products that didn’t really hit it on the market. For some crazy reason, people don’t like Clorox or Pine-Sol scented candles.
If you find Murphy’s Oil Soap or Orange Glo, grab one for me, eh?

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Thanks Whitney - for being such a great interview subject.

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