The scent of pears...

1) what brings you down?

Excessive humidity, uncomfortable silences, fishing for compliments. (I say these because I don't like genocide or poverty, but "bring me down" isn't emphatic enough for that)

2) what makes you happy? (TEN THINGS AT LEAST! THAT'S RIGHT, PAYBACK, BITCH!) things that make you euphoric, really. cripplingly happy. it can be anything. except for junk like, "I forgot the third one".

a. Chinchillas
b. Catching people dancing when they think they're alone.
c. Lingering eye contact from an attractive guy.
d. Finding that new song that hits you in the chest.
e. Clone High. Really.
f. Rollercoasters.
g. Singing off-key with a friend.
h. Being in a crowd of people, all singing the same song.
i. Honestly, the scents of pineapple, peach, mango, and ginger. No lie.
j. Meeting people that make you feel like the luckiest person on earth.

3) what do you think is your best feature?

Physically, and this is probably a terrible thing to say, my breasts. The only feature I've ever got consistent compliments on. They're great accessories, but I realize they're multipurpose. A 'sexy' thing, yes, but somewhere along the line they might nourish my children. It's impressive. I've also gotten fond of my eyes recently, but only recently.

4) name your top five favorite movies

Before Sunrise
Wit
Lost in Translation
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Ferris Bueller's Day Off

5) what are your five favorite love poems?

e. e. cummings 'since feeling is first'
W. H. Auden 'Funeral Blues'
Oscar Wilde 'We are one with what we touch and see'
Joseph Zitt 'Psalm 183'
Allen Ginsburg 'Song'


6) what makes you feel vulnerable/exposed?

In the negative way, being more naked than I think I am. I don't like feeling out of control about my body. In a positive way, performing. I've actually gotten addicted to the vulnerability, it makes everything seem really vital and electric, stripped down.

7) if you were to start a rock band (or a polka band, it's up to you) what would you call it?

The Nipple Slips

8) if you were going to make a mixed dance tape, what would be on it?

(These are just some suggestions, I always have more)
DJ Ross- Dreamland
Whitetown- Your Woman
Black Eyed Peas- Pump It
The Rapture- I Need Your Love
Q-Tip- Vivrant Thing

9) what do you look for in a potential 'mate'?

A sense of humor, sensitivity, creativity and initiative. But of course, it's not that. It's just a sense I get when I look at them. A flushed, semi-comfortable, squirmy, tingly feeling. Like I'm a little bit drunk, just enough that I'm completely certain of what I want.

10) what the hell are you putting in your water to make you so great?

Vitamin D and crystal meth. But no, no, no, this talk is bad for my ego. I remain honored as always.