At the gym again, toning my hexagons, perennials and robots and I really don’t feel like being here. I don’t want to feel the burn, I want to feel a snack and then a nap. So I’m going to do what I do when I am forcing myself to stay here: cry. Okay, now I’ll blog and I was thinking this might be a good time to answer all those questions FAQ style, except the formatting will likely be all messed up. Deal with it.
Do you really write those posts from the gym!
Yes.
Why are you always in the newsroom on Red Eye?
I get this one all the time and I’ve been in the studio, in both chairs at different times, however that was before I suffered a horrible accident and lost my left foot. In what can only be viewed as a horrible miscalculation on the part of the medical community and also the veterinary community, they grafted the foot of a duck onto what was left of my stump. Infection and deformity resulted, but I won the women’s freestyle and butterfly strokes in the olympic trials so it’s not without benefit.
Do you eat foie gras?
What am I, some kind of cannibal?
So then when people say “Is there a duck in here?” around you, is it actually a reference to your webbed foot!
Precisely!
When’s your band playing?
Never. Unless we reunite for a wedding of one of the members or a short west coast tour which I’m trying to beat the drum loudly for but likely won’t happen.
Beat the drum loudly? I thought you played guitar.
You’re awfully literal, you know that? I do or rather did play guitar, Amelia Bedelia, but since you ask, here is a fun fact: I was the drummer before we had one who was actually good.
Um, what else?
I don’t know, you’re the one asking the questions.
Right. Is your hair really black?
Yes. I used to lighten it actually.
Are you goth?
I prefer ‘realistic.’ I’m just kidding. I’m not goth, damnit, although I do remember that when I started working at the OC Weekly years ago someone told me that they thought I was just some ‘sullen intern.’ I promptly had them fired.
How long have you lived in New York?
Six years.
Where did you go to college?
Yeah, because I really get this one frequently! You are too much!
Thank you.
Pomona College. It’s a small liberal arts college in Claremont, California. It was also the facade of Eastland in the credits for Facts of Life, but that’s not why I went there, I swear.
Who’s your favorite Facts of Life girl?
Can’t choose, don’t make me.
Have you been listening to “Why Do You Let Me Stay Here” by She & Him on repeat for days?
Pretty much.
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