when a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man - II

12. Were you ever tempted to consciously choose evil over good? 

    yes

13. Have you ever seriously considered dropping everything and living a simpler life, away from everything? 

    not exactly, but kind of. After all, I live in the big city now, and the quiet and peaceful country seems really appealing sometimes....

14. Do you have an “unfinished” relationship with anyone? 

    heck yeah

15. Would you ever date someone with a face tattoo? 

    nope, I don't think I could get over that. Along with yellow cars and, um, private piercings. 

16. What do you think about advertisements that target kids? 

    having grown up on a steady diet of Trix Are For Kids, and Uh Oh, Spaghetti-Os, and even The Marlboro Man, I feel like it's not the hardest thing in the world to withstand. 

    Anyway, preventing that will solve what? Will it keep kids from "feeling bad," or facing discrimination, or being vulnerable? Nope. 

17. Are there any people you’d give up your kidney for? 

    yup. My family, of course, and another two or so people. 

    Someone recently described this as the core group of people you'd take a bullet for. How big is that group? Has it changed, over time?

    It's scary to think, much less to say, that you're willing to die for someone. It can certainly be misconstrued. To anyone who thinks they might be on my list, please know that I don't want to die for you.

18. What’s one thing you’d change about yourself? 

    only the way I look, think, and act

19. Have you fully embraced streaming media, or do you still play it old school?

    I do both, but for video I still prefer DVDs. Why?

        • gag reels - I think this kind of unselfconsciousness is a terrific glimpse into the genuine person behind the superhuman actor persona

        • other special features, like cast and crew interviews or documentaries

        • ease of use/speed of use - no scrolling to find something that sounds interesting

        • streaming while working is impossible because internet service in this limestone valley blows

20. If you had a year left to live, what would you do? 

    not sure, except that I wouldn't live it out loud like a farewell tour

21. What’s the most evil thing you have ever witnessed? 

    on a mass scale, the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Personally, it's being caused pain, deliberately, by someone who convinced me that they were committed to the opposite.

 

[from here; the title quotation is by Anthony Burgess, from A Clockwork Orange]