Questions for the tagged folks:
1. If you could have one completely frivolous object right now, what would it be and why?
A really fantastic dandy suit with a cravat and fancy shoes. And a hat. That's several objects, though.
2. What’s the strangest and/or most backhanded compliment anyone’s ever given to you?
"You look so exotic!"
3. You’re in kindergarten and it’s career day. What do you want to be when you grow up? Why?
I think I wanted to be a dancer, an author, a teacher, a scientist, and a Harvard graduate. Oh, tiny me.
4. Do you truly have no regrets as you look back on your life so far?
I regret this one time I went to make out with somebody I really really liked, and I got nervous and overcompensated by being too aggressive, and freaked them out. It ended up being okay but I still think about it a lot. :( I kind of want to write a letter and apologize but it was years ago and I don't know if I'm over-analyzing.
5. What is your greatest and most irrational fear?
NEEDLES. SYRINGES. NO THANK YOU.
6. What is something you cannot get enough of?
Tea, maybe? Time in the woods? I imagine I'd eventually have enough of either (especially if there are blackflies).
7. Are there any scandalous moments floating around your past? (You don’t need to detail them if you don’t want to!)
Ask me about my subpoena!
8. What was the very first job you ever worked?
I worked in my dad's guitar shop. The first non-family job I worked was as a housekeeper in a hotel where the rest of the underpaid staff was on meth. I was 14. They told me that if I wanted gloves to handle dirty laundry or heavy chemicals, I could buy them myself. It's been all uphill since then.
9. What is your guilty pleasure music?
Dancey pop music? (Adam Lambert, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera.)
10. Do you have any surprising hobbies? Are you secretly a world-renowned kazoo player? Can you juggle five eggs at a time?
I don't know whether any of my hobbies are surprising. I fence, I play trombone, I make films, I perform drag as Prince.
11. What color makes you feel happiest?
Green.