Q&A
What I'm Currently Addicted To...
coffee, "news"
This Is Annoying Me...
Everyone else can grow beautiful succulents except me.
This Is Making Me Worry...
Esther won't go see 2012 with me and I'll have to go by myself.
This Is Bringing Me Joy...
sunshine
I'm Running From...
economic reality
This Is Helping Me Create...
If the artist does not throw himself into his work as Curtius sprang into the gulf, as a soldier leads a forlorn hope without a moment's thought, and if when he is in the crater he does not dig on as a miner does when the earth has fallen in on him; if he contemplates the difficulties before him instead of conquering them one by one, like the lovers in fairy tales, who to win their princesses overcome ever new enchantments, the work remains incomplete; it perishes in the studio where creativeness becomes impossible, and the artist looks on at the suicide of his own talent.
This Is Making Me Think - Hard...
Randy Newman - Bad Love
This Makes My Teeth Itch
Wooden utensils touched together. Yick!
Can't Do Without
Esther
Favorite Voices
Hank Sr., Bono, Chrissy
My Most Awkward Moment
Many
My Secret Ambition
Antarctica, or the moon.
I'm Known For...
laughing loudly
My Current Project
A novel set in and around San Francisco in the years before and after the rush for gold.
My Greatest Achievement
I quit smoking nearly 5 years ago!
My Biggest Regret
Not getting to Chevy Chase earlier in his career, to warn him to quit before things went wrong.
I Truly Respect
Nelson Mandela
Moments I'd Like To Forget
The moment: A shouting match with a particularly abusive preacher;
The subject: the meaning of the word iniquity;
My final argument: "I can scream louder than you can" (repeatedly);
Why I can't forget: Highly amused Video Production 101 students with a handy tv camera shooting tape.
How I Pay For This Wardrobe
I don't know
Blocks I've Been Around
Potsdam,
Norwood,
Star Lake,
Syracuse,
Poughkeepsie,
Annandale-on-Hudson,
New Orleans,
Baton Rouge,
Leesville,
Subiaco,
Brooklyn,
Philmont,
Paris,
Nice,
Oyonnax
New Paltz,
Manhattan,
Wellesley,
Northampton,
Barcelona,
Rome,
Florence,
Viareggio,
Lucca,
La Honda,
San Francisco
Things That Really Happened
I sang twice on stage at Carnegie Hall.
Where I'd Like To Be 10 Years From Now
Watching 2012 on a big projection wall in my "grownup" house.
Why True/Slant
A friend of mine suggested it.
