1. What, thus far, has been your favorite Jobsite role (whether yours or someone else’s)?

Man, that one is rough. Norman from The Boys Next Door as a really great guy to get to know, as was Edward in Cloud 9. It was a lot of fun to be the slimy Inspector from Delusion of Darkness, too. I think that The Creature from Playing With Fire would be my favorite though, if for no other reason than the fact that it was one of the harder roles I’ve had to pull off. spprs and I pretty much had just each other to work with for an entire show, and that’s rough. By the end of each performance, we were physically exhausted…but it was well worth it. I was intensely proud of my work in that show.

2. You get to pick a third wheel for a night of conscience-free gadzookery. Who dat is?

Oh man…the possibilities are endless. Only one night? Only one person?

Sorry, I’m gonna kind of wimp out on this one and safely say that there were plenty of candidates on Goth Cruise who would have been more than welcome to partake in gadzookery and leave it at that.

3. What’s the cleverest gaming hack you’ve ever seen perpetrated in a table-top (not necessarily d20, but that’s assumed) gaming session?

I’d have to say it was the time that my friend Derrick Hudson got out of particularly nasty debriefing in Paranoia by standing up and singing “Alpha Complex Uber Alles.” No, he didn’t say “My character sings Alpha Complex Uber Alles.” He got up and sang it himself, full volume. Which, in turn, got the rest of the players at the table to stand up and do so as well (so as not to seem disloyal to The Computer). Not only did he not get executed, he got a promotion.

4. The majority of strippers aren’t really putting themselves through college, are they?

Ummm…no. But they do exist. There are also women who are supporting children and just trying to make ends meet. But there are also a lot of them who, essentially, want to party all the time and figure that stripping allows them to do so and get paid.

5. Christopher Walken is going to perform your wedding ceremony to K. How do you want him to welcome all and sundry to the proceedings?

“Dearly Beloved. We are gathered here today for MORE COWBELL.”

1. Are there any girls there?

If there are I want to DO THEM.

2. Do you begin to understand how hard it is to ask the person you live with insightful questions, considering you already share all your secrets and thoughts with them on a day to day basis?

Pretty hard, apparently!

3. You. Me. Condiment. Bedroom. Choose.

I want two! Hershey’s Syrup and some caramel!

mmmm

4. You are an amazing father, lover and best friend. Give me one way I can help you feel more amazing each day.

Find one thing to smile about and be thankful for every day. If through my influence you’re able to find a reason to smile every day, I’ve done my job.

5. It’s an old one, but I honestly don’t know the answer to this. Which visionary of the past (alive or dead) would you most like to invite over to dinner and sit around and just talk with?

My Dad. I know, he’s no grand visionary or anything like that…but if I had to pick just one person to spend an evening with, I’d give anything to have another one with him.

1. Your 30-something year old self has to write a letter to the 16-year-old self. What are some of the things the letter would say?

Oh geeze. I’m afraid it would be a horribly brutal letter. I don’t like the person I was when I was 16, to tell the truth. I made many of the women in my life uncomfortable by being way too preoccupied with sex, I didn’t take care of myself physically, I didn’t pay attention in school, I was a complete and total shit to my Mother. Yeah. 16 year old Mike was, in my humble opinion, a pretty repugnant individual. I’m sure some people saw good in me then (if not, I wouldn’t still be friends with good_eeevening), but a letter from me to him would be a pretty biting one.

2. What’s your first name? See I AM new to your journal, I have no clue!

Michael!

3. Have you lived in Florida all your life? If so, where do you want to visit? Do you see yourself in Florida all of your life?

Pretty much. Moved here when I was 3, and other than brief excursions out of state have lived here ever since. I’d be comfortable being here for the rest of my life. I used to hate Florida, but as I’ve grown older I’ve realized it’s actually a pretty cool place (and as I’ve gotten older it got cooler too).

4. Favorite food [dietary restrictions aside]?

Hrm…Let’s put it this way – There is a place here in Tampa called Crazy Buffet. It’s an Asian-Fusion restaurant with a huge sushi bar and all kinds of other buffet evil. I’d eat there every day if I could!

5. Best day of your life? [so far!]

The day my son told me he was proud of me (because of the work I did in the theater).

Hey gang…Just a heads up. I try to put a lot of thought into the interview questions I ask when this meme goes around, and as such it takes me a while to do them (not to mention the fact that I’m working while doing so). I’ve done a few today, and its getting harder to think of original questions, so I’m going to set this down for now and get back to them tomorrow.

I know some of you out there have envied my Cuisinart Grind and Brew coffee maker in the past. Well, today is your chance to get one of your own. Woot.com is offering a refurbished brushed steel version of this machine for $69.99 today (about what I paid for mine, also refurbished). For those of you who aren’t familiar with woot, they offer one product a day and only sell it while quantities last. So if you’re interested in this wonderful machine, buy it now!!

Oh, and one other thing – This is even better than mine. It has a thermal carafe.

Day off to bad start.

Wanted to work out. Can’t. All my workout clothes are in the washer.

Not sure when I’ll be able to fit it in today, now.

Feck.