With more than a bit of apprehension I decided to let Kelly ask me five questions. Luckily, he's on a kick of being kinder and gentler so the questions were ones that I could handle. I must say his questions, especially number 5, were much much worse!

1.What is your worst vice and would you really like to stop?

Just one? Ok, I'm trying to decide on which vice to pick. The second part of the question is easy. All my vices bring far too much fun into my life so no, I do not want to stop! Worst vice? Geez, I have way too many to pick just one. Can too many vices be considered a vice? I have no idea in part because most of my vices seem periodic. Oh dear, did I just fail the five question survey on the first question? Not a good start.

2. What is the most fun thing you have ever done in your adult life?

This one is a hard one. First thing that came to mind was the two months I studied art in France but then I thought about the time I taught art in Pennsylvania. Teaching art was great fun but some of the other stuff we were expected to do was not. But man did my roommate and I have fun. We would laugh and gossip into the wee hours of the morning. We capped off the summer with spending a few days in Philadelphia and then in New York City during the Republican Convention. I will definitely have to post about that sometime. New York was insane with 120,000 police on duty 24 hours a day and 30,000 police circling a "free zone" which included our hotel. Protests galore. It was just one exhilarating crazy summer.


3. What is something you regret having done or not having done?

In grade six I wrote a paper where I stated that I was going to go to New York and study piano at Julliard. I did and although in the end it turned out that I have a little problem with performing, ok an enormous massive problem with performing, I have absolutely no regrets. Some people in my life look at the end result and see failure. I do not.

I have never had regrets in anything that I have actually pursued. I do have regrets in what I have allowed to slip away.

I was accepted into the civil engineering program at University of Alberta and at the University of BC but I foolishly decided I did not want to leave Victoria. That is how I ended up with a stupid math degree instead. (Victoria does not offer civil engineering.) I count that as my single worst decision of my life. I don't know when I became so settled in my life that I was unwilling to leave it. Dumb, dumb, dumb. Anyone reading this that has a dream, go for it. Learn from me. No matter what I will always regret staying put. I get sad just thinking about it.

I know people say you are never supposed to have regrets but quite frankly I don't trust those that don't have regrets. How is that possible?

4. If you could change one thing about yourself what would it be?

Refer to number three! Number three aside I really wish I could sustain a focus and a passion for a single thing instead of being all over the map. The end result has been I'm pretty good at a few things but brilliant at nothing.

5.Now for the sex question............nahhh just kidding....What would be the ultimate adventure for you?

Ok, Kelly the Fireman had me scared there for a moment. I would sell everything I own. Everything! Well, maybe I would store my piano with a friend but everything else I want gone. Then I see myself taking off and just travelling the world and working odd jobs as need be in far off countries and taking in all the art the world has to offer. First stop Italy. The world has so much to offer and I want to take it all in.


Ok, so here are the rules of the game if anyone is interested.

If anybody would like to be interviewed.....
Leave me a comment saying, "Interview me!"
I will respond by e-mailing you five questions. I get to pick them, and you have to answer them all.
You will update your blog with the answers to the questions.
You will include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the same post.
When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions.

Trust me it wasn't so bad. I survived and you can too.

Hmm, I just hit spellchecker and I see I say ok a lot and apparently I do not even know how to spell it!