Elke has five questions for me.
What's the one thing I should know about the recall?
Ay yi yi. I'm new to California and have a lot to learn about the recall myself. To say California politics has some baggage is an understatement.
One basic thing is that, as I understand it, this is an abuse of the recall process, much like impeaching Clinton over his no-pants dance with Monica was an abuse of the impeachment process. Gubernatorial recall was supposed to be an emergency button in case the governor did something really atrocious or illegal . So Davis horked the budget -- that's not treason or larceny. He even got re-elected just last year. His blunders are only being punished like a high crime because of a partisan power play from that schmo Darrell Issa, who decided not to run for governor himself as soon as he saw the futility of competing against a movie star with no political experience.
It's also ironic that the special election, brought about by a screwed-up budget, will cost a lot. Estimates range from $30 million to $55 million. Duh.
You've had quite a few upheavals in your life recently - a move from one coast to the other, a series of jobs in different fields - what, if anything, is keeping you balanced?
a) Taking walks (yes, even in LA...the highways and sprawl don't visually differ *that* much from my previous neighborhood on the outskirts of Boston). There's something about a walk that clears the head.
b) Cathartic music. Ministry, Nine Inch Nails, Rage Against the Machine, that sort of thing. I also have a smaller collection of music that's actually relaxing.
c) I've been in the same relationship for the last 9 years, and though he's caused a small amount of the upheaval (uh, hi honey, how are you? :) the good infinitely outweighs the ungood. I've made a lot of mistakes, but it's comforting that I did one thing right.
Writing used to help much more than it does lately. This concerns me.
What's your favorite comfort food?
I try not to comfort-eat, as there's a 20-pound difference between a Jen that stuffs her face when upset and a Jen who goes for a walk or listens to Rammstein (see above). But...Ben & Jerry's ice cream. Most any flavor. When I was in Germany and this wasn't readily available, it was Ritter Sport bars, rum raisin nut.
If you could pick a publication to write for, which one would it be? (You can even invent one, if you like.)
"Publication" probably implies "periodical," but it would be really excellent to write or update a Lonely Planet book.
Thanks for your recent link to The Word Spy! Endless entertainment! I especially enjoyed the Favorite Words. Do you also have favorite words that just melt in your mouth?
I do love slang, idioms, and specialized lingo, so Word Spy is great. I used to enjoy "Jargon Watch" in Wired, too. Douglas Coupland has some neologisms that have crept into my vocabulary (McJob, anti-sabbatical) and some that really should (poorochondria, terminal wanderlust).
I really like saying "Gesundheit" instead of "Bless you" when people sneeze: it's secular, it's a nice souvenir of Germany, and my late grandfather said it (though for him it was Yiddish).
If you must be crude -- and I must -- swear well. "Craptacular" is better than "crappy," "wanker" is better than "jerk-off," "no-pants dance" is better than all sorts of things I could have said about Bill and Monica.
Yes, but what about regular English words found in the dictionary? I'm so verbal that I have to think, in words, about words I like and it gets confusing. But I came up with a few others:
I like -ous words. Gratuitous. Pretentious. Presumptuous. Concpicuous.
Disgruntled.
Cheese.
Ogallala (a town in Nebraska)
Certain -y words. Snarky. Wacky. Tasty. Tipsy. I guess most of those aren't in the dictionary, either. So it goes.
Official Rules:
1. If you want to participate, leave a comment saying "interview me."
2. I will respond by asking you five questions - each person's will be different.
3. You will update your journal with the answers to the questions.
4. You will include this explanation and an offer to interview others in the same post.
5. When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions.
What's the one thing I should know about the recall?
Ay yi yi. I'm new to California and have a lot to learn about the recall myself. To say California politics has some baggage is an understatement.
One basic thing is that, as I understand it, this is an abuse of the recall process, much like impeaching Clinton over his no-pants dance with Monica was an abuse of the impeachment process. Gubernatorial recall was supposed to be an emergency button in case the governor did something really atrocious or illegal . So Davis horked the budget -- that's not treason or larceny. He even got re-elected just last year. His blunders are only being punished like a high crime because of a partisan power play from that schmo Darrell Issa, who decided not to run for governor himself as soon as he saw the futility of competing against a movie star with no political experience.
It's also ironic that the special election, brought about by a screwed-up budget, will cost a lot. Estimates range from $30 million to $55 million. Duh.
You've had quite a few upheavals in your life recently - a move from one coast to the other, a series of jobs in different fields - what, if anything, is keeping you balanced?
a) Taking walks (yes, even in LA...the highways and sprawl don't visually differ *that* much from my previous neighborhood on the outskirts of Boston). There's something about a walk that clears the head.
b) Cathartic music. Ministry, Nine Inch Nails, Rage Against the Machine, that sort of thing. I also have a smaller collection of music that's actually relaxing.
c) I've been in the same relationship for the last 9 years, and though he's caused a small amount of the upheaval (uh, hi honey, how are you? :) the good infinitely outweighs the ungood. I've made a lot of mistakes, but it's comforting that I did one thing right.
Writing used to help much more than it does lately. This concerns me.
What's your favorite comfort food?
I try not to comfort-eat, as there's a 20-pound difference between a Jen that stuffs her face when upset and a Jen who goes for a walk or listens to Rammstein (see above). But...Ben & Jerry's ice cream. Most any flavor. When I was in Germany and this wasn't readily available, it was Ritter Sport bars, rum raisin nut.
If you could pick a publication to write for, which one would it be? (You can even invent one, if you like.)
"Publication" probably implies "periodical," but it would be really excellent to write or update a Lonely Planet book.
Thanks for your recent link to The Word Spy! Endless entertainment! I especially enjoyed the Favorite Words. Do you also have favorite words that just melt in your mouth?
I do love slang, idioms, and specialized lingo, so Word Spy is great. I used to enjoy "Jargon Watch" in Wired, too. Douglas Coupland has some neologisms that have crept into my vocabulary (McJob, anti-sabbatical) and some that really should (poorochondria, terminal wanderlust).
I really like saying "Gesundheit" instead of "Bless you" when people sneeze: it's secular, it's a nice souvenir of Germany, and my late grandfather said it (though for him it was Yiddish).
If you must be crude -- and I must -- swear well. "Craptacular" is better than "crappy," "wanker" is better than "jerk-off," "no-pants dance" is better than all sorts of things I could have said about Bill and Monica.
Yes, but what about regular English words found in the dictionary? I'm so verbal that I have to think, in words, about words I like and it gets confusing. But I came up with a few others:
I like -ous words. Gratuitous. Pretentious. Presumptuous. Concpicuous.
Disgruntled.
Cheese.
Ogallala (a town in Nebraska)
Certain -y words. Snarky. Wacky. Tasty. Tipsy. I guess most of those aren't in the dictionary, either. So it goes.
Official Rules:
1. If you want to participate, leave a comment saying "interview me."
2. I will respond by asking you five questions - each person's will be different.
3. You will update your journal with the answers to the questions.
4. You will include this explanation and an offer to interview others in the same post.
5. When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions.
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