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Originally Posted by tracilicious
I'd like to interview Euromonkey. I can't PM him because I still have no idea how to type his name.
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1. What childhood experience has most shaped who you've become as an adult?
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My family was never very good with money. Or rather, my father relentless pursued and failed to achieve the American Dream. We went from luxury homes and Lincoln Continentals to garden apartments and a user Chrysler. After that, my Dad got sick with a brain tumor, the treatment of which soaked up any remaining wealth the family had, and the aftereffects left him disabled and at the time marginally employable, so from the age of ten we were living off social security. But, as a child I never picked up on the waning family wealth. Rather I was entertain by my family’s immigrant story, the love of books (especially the banned ones), and appreciation for good food and drink
As a result, I think I’m far less materialistic than I might have been – to be sure I enjoy the finer things, but what I treasure most are experiences, so I have an insatiable curiosity that drives me to travel, read, enjoy art, and just philosophize. So I spend my money on transient things, and seldom think of “investment.”
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2. What is the goofiest thing you do, alone or in public?
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I’m not sure, but I think it might be dancing to Bollywood music – best direct this question to Not Afraid.
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3. Boxers, briefs, or commando?
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Boxers mostly, but I am a sort of wannabe nudist so sometimes I’ll go commando on a lazy weekend when I have to throw some clothes on to go to a store.
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4. What is your worst quality?
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I am much too passive, which on the positive side has made me rather patient and understanding, but I feel I sometimes shy away from things too easily and not take the risks that would make an already enjoyable life, something far more spectacular. The passiveness also makes me rather quiet which can come across as non-communicative, or snobbish – though sometimes, I am those as well.
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5. If you were losing your mind, but could choose one single memory to retain, what
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The night we built LoT was a good one, felt accomplished, surrounded by wonderful talented people all involved in the creative process. A definite high point of recent times. Other than that, I have a number of good travel memories, one of the best being Not Afraid and I lounging in our Montmartre hotel room, sun shining. She sits at the window sill, smoking a cigarette while jazz music from a street combo fills the air. That afternoon was paradise.
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6. If you could erase one memory, yet retain all others, what would it be?
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The day we lost Robert, our unborn son. The long day in the hospital, the bureaucratic social workers telling what they are required by law to tell you, his tiny lifeless body, Learning that funeral arrangements would be required, though there would be no birth certificate, that at 5-months there would be no cremains. That day was Hell, a Hell that lingered and took its toll on us for quite some time.
Bonus: Wit is sexy. Curioisty is sexier.