Brandy Walters: the interview

Brandy got in the mood to ask questions one day. Here are the questions she asked me. Also, here are my answers.

1. Your new blog "Notes for a Potential Suitor" is one of the best things that has ever been found on Planet Earth. It's hard to for me to pick a favourite entry, but if you had to share your top three, which ones do you love the most?

Oh, I am so glad you like that blog. I enjoy writing it so much. I guess my favourite 3 are #4, #8, and #31. And also #39. Choosing only 3 is for suckers.

2. Jack seems like the coolest person alive. If you could have him experience one life experience that you have had, what would it be?

Camp. More to the point, improv camp. In general it's the best place in the universe filled with the very best kind of people. Everybody there is just so themselves, you know? I think my summers there have been the most influential in shaping me to become who I want to be, instead of somebody with self-esteem issues and the inability to communicate. Okay, I was never THAT bad, but definitely camp has taught me a lot about perspective, compassion, honesty, and trust. I love that place.

Send your kids to camp.

3. If you had to give all your worldly possessions to one person who you are not related to, who would get the goods?

TOUGH. Because none of it is worth that much. Like, maybe a friend who is a student would enjoy receiving my laptop so s/he could take all my music files then sell my laptop for a few weeks worth of groceries or something. All my stuff of sentimental value (home made crafts from my little brothers, t-shirts from high school student council, that kind of stuff) isn't really of value to anybody other than myself.

All my stuff of moderate monetary value isn't worth enough to sell... can I give my books to SJ, all my engineering related stuff to a lucky first year student who reminds me of myself, all my triathlon stuff to my friend Julia who is probably the only person who might use it, and all my clothes to the Goodwill? (My fashion style is too non-descript for anybody to really want my clothes, I think. My sister would enjoy receiving all my Lululemon, but she's related to me so that sucks to her ass-mar)

4. Other than the whole health care thing and Wayne Gretzky, what's the best part about being Canadian?

When you're outside of Canada and you meet another Canadian, it's insta-bond. I don't think Americans do that. It's like meeting somebody from your hometown but for Canadians it seems to extend past town to entire nation. It's like auto-community.

Also, Canada is an incredibly beautiful country, geographically and culturally. I feel lame suddenly. I feel like I'm writing an intro to geography video for fourth graders. "You live in a unique nation! From the Rockies (cut to a panned out shot of people hiking in Bermuda shorts) to the Prairies (cut to a shot of wheat blowing in the wind) to the Atlantic provinces! (cut to a shot of grizzled fishermen unloading fish into a small bustling marketplace) Canada has something for everyone! (cut to a group of 4 friends, each a different race, skating on the Rideau Canal)

5. If you could either grow gills and swim underwater indefinitely or grow wings (the real kind, not some metaphorical pair) and fly, which would you prefer?

Gills. I could build a hovercraft if I was really into flying. Also, I'd be the best swimmer ever.