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Oh yeah, I hated journalism!
So, I was going to do the interview meme. I got all set to take the time to come up with great questions for everyone, then I remembered that I actually kind of suck at that, and don't really enjoy interviewing people. So, here are my answers to questions from ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
darkmoon, and I am in turn interviewing her (questions will be coming shortly), but I'm not offering to do anymore interviews.
1. What made you decide to start doing RHPS?
The simplest answer, which applies to a frightening (although sociologically speaking probably not all that surprising) number of things in my life is "becausemschryste was doing it. But, other than the desire to be just like Sister, I was drawn to the freedom of it. All these taboo subjects that I had not had much exposure to in my rather sheltered home life were there on the screen (and in the audience), for anyone to see. Sexuality was open and normal, and exploration of it was easy. Gay, straight, bi? Not an issue. Be what you want, do what you want, who you want. It's all okay here. The crowd was made up of the people who weren't cheerleaders, student body presidents, athletes, drama club members, or any other mainstream clique that I never belonged to at school. Finding friends who didn't seem to require that I dress different, look different, be different from who I am was something I'd never really known before. I felt like I belonged, instead of just being the awkward friend of "the pretty girl," tagging along with her. It was mine.
2. What do you miss most about doing it?
There are a few things I really miss. It's hard to narrow it down, so I'll just be wordy. The first is being on stage. I love it. I feed off of the energy in an audience. But, outside of Rocky, I don't have much of an opportunity. I'm a lousy dancer (I can't learn new steps/routines fast enough to be competent in any mainstream performance settings), a mediocre actor, an adequate singer, and too impatient to actually learn an instrument. But what I am, is a damn good Columbia. (I'm also not a half bad Janet, Riff, Magenta, and Brad). It's the only type of performing I've ever been good at, and I loved it, and I crave that feeling that I used to get from it. Wow. A little more so than I thought. Writing about it is actually a little difficult.
I also miss who I am when I'm there. I'm completely at home in a Rocky theatre, even if I've never been there before. I've had friends who have watched me sulk against a wall in a bar, too shy to do much of anything, drop their jaws in shock as I strike up conversations with strangers, scream and shout to be heard over the crowd, dance freely in the aisles, and um, well, lose clothing in public. I haven't figured out how to access that hidden extrovert when I'm outside of the theatre, and unfortunately, I haven't seen that side of me in years.
Finally, I miss the family. Erotic Nightmares was my life for a good sized chunk of time. Looking back, even the people I didn't adore, I think of fondly and I wonder what they're doing now (if I haven't already tracked them down on LJ, that is.)
3. Where did the Barbie obsession come from?
I've always liked Barbies, but never had many of them as a kid. I think I had one that was really mine, and the rest were part of the "Barbie Box" that Sis and I shared, and by the time I was old enough to remember, all the Barbies' legs were broken and Ken's head was long gone. I got my first collected Barbie when I was in college, a gift from a friend who had seen me gawking at the Native American Barbie, amazed at how gorgeous it was. After that, I ran across a few great deals on fancy ones that I couldn't pass up. Next thing you know, I've got 20 of them, and nowhere to put them... and yet I keep getting more. I think they're pretty, and I love the ones that are a little different (this usually means "not blonde").
4. What do you like best about yourself (can be a physical or a non-physical feature)?
My mind. There's one thing I spent a long time learning to acknowledge and accept, and that's that I am smart. I have a good head for logic, deductive reasoning and problem solving. I loved being the one at my old job who could take an account with an error on it, and using clues that nobody else understood, I could figure out when the error occurred, if it was human or computer error, and if human, who the culprit was. I have a tendency to play dumb sometimes, I'm not sure why (well, I have some ideas, but they're far too psychologicaly complex to get into here), but I know that with the possible exception of politics and poetry, there are few intellectual pursuits that I can't get my head around if I really want to.
5. If money were not an issue, what would you do with your life?
Settle in a big house on a hill in Oslo, write, travel, learn.
As a side note, if you really love interviewing people, and just can't get enough of it, I'm always willing to answer any question thrown at me. I just can't guarantee that I'll be able to reciprocate.
darkmoon, and I am in turn interviewing her (questions will be coming shortly), but I'm not offering to do anymore interviews.1. What made you decide to start doing RHPS?
The simplest answer, which applies to a frightening (although sociologically speaking probably not all that surprising) number of things in my life is "because
mschryste was doing it. But, other than the desire to be just like Sister, I was drawn to the freedom of it. All these taboo subjects that I had not had much exposure to in my rather sheltered home life were there on the screen (and in the audience), for anyone to see. Sexuality was open and normal, and exploration of it was easy. Gay, straight, bi? Not an issue. Be what you want, do what you want, who you want. It's all okay here. The crowd was made up of the people who weren't cheerleaders, student body presidents, athletes, drama club members, or any other mainstream clique that I never belonged to at school. Finding friends who didn't seem to require that I dress different, look different, be different from who I am was something I'd never really known before. I felt like I belonged, instead of just being the awkward friend of "the pretty girl," tagging along with her. It was mine.2. What do you miss most about doing it?
There are a few things I really miss. It's hard to narrow it down, so I'll just be wordy. The first is being on stage. I love it. I feed off of the energy in an audience. But, outside of Rocky, I don't have much of an opportunity. I'm a lousy dancer (I can't learn new steps/routines fast enough to be competent in any mainstream performance settings), a mediocre actor, an adequate singer, and too impatient to actually learn an instrument. But what I am, is a damn good Columbia. (I'm also not a half bad Janet, Riff, Magenta, and Brad). It's the only type of performing I've ever been good at, and I loved it, and I crave that feeling that I used to get from it. Wow. A little more so than I thought. Writing about it is actually a little difficult.
I also miss who I am when I'm there. I'm completely at home in a Rocky theatre, even if I've never been there before. I've had friends who have watched me sulk against a wall in a bar, too shy to do much of anything, drop their jaws in shock as I strike up conversations with strangers, scream and shout to be heard over the crowd, dance freely in the aisles, and um, well, lose clothing in public. I haven't figured out how to access that hidden extrovert when I'm outside of the theatre, and unfortunately, I haven't seen that side of me in years.
Finally, I miss the family. Erotic Nightmares was my life for a good sized chunk of time. Looking back, even the people I didn't adore, I think of fondly and I wonder what they're doing now (if I haven't already tracked them down on LJ, that is.)
3. Where did the Barbie obsession come from?
I've always liked Barbies, but never had many of them as a kid. I think I had one that was really mine, and the rest were part of the "Barbie Box" that Sis and I shared, and by the time I was old enough to remember, all the Barbies' legs were broken and Ken's head was long gone. I got my first collected Barbie when I was in college, a gift from a friend who had seen me gawking at the Native American Barbie, amazed at how gorgeous it was. After that, I ran across a few great deals on fancy ones that I couldn't pass up. Next thing you know, I've got 20 of them, and nowhere to put them... and yet I keep getting more. I think they're pretty, and I love the ones that are a little different (this usually means "not blonde").
4. What do you like best about yourself (can be a physical or a non-physical feature)?
My mind. There's one thing I spent a long time learning to acknowledge and accept, and that's that I am smart. I have a good head for logic, deductive reasoning and problem solving. I loved being the one at my old job who could take an account with an error on it, and using clues that nobody else understood, I could figure out when the error occurred, if it was human or computer error, and if human, who the culprit was. I have a tendency to play dumb sometimes, I'm not sure why (well, I have some ideas, but they're far too psychologicaly complex to get into here), but I know that with the possible exception of politics and poetry, there are few intellectual pursuits that I can't get my head around if I really want to.
5. If money were not an issue, what would you do with your life?
Settle in a big house on a hill in Oslo, write, travel, learn.
As a side note, if you really love interviewing people, and just can't get enough of it, I'm always willing to answer any question thrown at me. I just can't guarantee that I'll be able to reciprocate.