if you haven’t heard of MamaTulip, you should head on over to her site, right now. who am i kidding…who hasn’t heard of MamaTulip? Well, she wants to play reporter…and who am i to say no to her?? so, i am allowing her to interview me with 5 questions.
1. If you could only watch re-runs of one show for the rest of your life, which show would you pick to watch?
hmm…this is really tough. Seinfeld is definitely up there. it NEVER gets old. I’d likely get sick of South Park after a while. and perhaps i’d say My-So-Called Life if it had more than one season. Facts of life? Growing Pains? I think i’m going to stick with my gut and say Seinfeld. and that’s my final answer.
2. What is your favorite Canadian band?
probably The New Pornographers. i’m totally digging them these days.
3. Besides getting married and having a family, tell us about a life-changing experience for you?
having Ms. Baker as an English teacher in 10th grade and yearbook advisor senior year. She was once an editor at Houghton Mifflin and opened my eyes to publishing as a career choice. i have been trying to track her down for years. i want to thank her. I am where i am today because of her. i thought she might like to know.
4. What did you want to be when you grew up? Are you doing it now?
i wanted to be a writer. YA. so…i’m pretty darn well close. I got really lucky. maybe someday i’ll write YA novels.
5. Do you have any tattoos? If yes, describe them. If no, would you ever get one?
no tattoos. would LOVE one. on my lower back. but i’ll never get it. too chicken and too afraid of my mother. also, i worry that it would be nice now, but super cheesy ten years from now.
i now challenge all of you to answer these in the comment section. pretty please 🙂
1. What not to wear .. this show is hilarious…
2. Blue Rodeo for band and Sarah Maclauglin as a singer.
3. I graduated university in Math and Statistics. I worked that first year in a button factory (ya .. nice, don’t ask!) .. anyway, a friend suggested I go back to technical college to get specific software training, I did, and that was the best advice I ever got, and put me on the road to my career. Funny .. university was great, but didn’t get me into my professsion .. just stepped me there..
4. Early in life a horse vet or a professional 3-day event rider, later in life (in my teens)a software engineer. I did alot 3-day eventing, but career-wise the software engineering won out (more money lol)
5. No tattoos. But did you ever watch that tatoo show on tlc, kindof cool! wouldn’t mind a small one also on my lower back, but I’m too chicken!
Oooh, number one. . . now that I think about it, it may be E! True Hollywood Story. Or (yikes) The Simple Life. Or the Soup. Really any trashy E! show that everyone pretends they hate or don’t watch, but secretly LOVE. Oh, or the Girls Next Door.
This looked easier than it is.
1. If you could only watch re-runs of one show for the rest of your life, which show would you pick to watch?
Friends. Hands down. I love Grey’s, but Friends, no matter how much I watch, it NEVER gets old.
2. What is your favorite Canadian band?
Does Nelly Furtado count? I think she’s Canadian
3. Besides getting married and having a family, tell us about a life-changing experience for you?
I’m not really sure. . . I think when you’re my age (13), a life-changing experience is getting a bad haircut, so I’ll keep you posted 😉
4. What did you want to be when you grew up? Are you doing it now?
a pre-school or kindergarten teacher. I’m babysitting, so that’s pretty close!
5. Do you have any tattoos? If yes, describe them. If no, would you ever get one?
nope. every once in a while i put a temporary disney princess tattoo on my cheek. i’m such a rebel.
1. Flip this House
2. Probably the Hip or BNL
3. Backpacking through Europe after university – sounds cheesy, but that really is where I “found myself”
4. I always wanted to be “the boss” and rich. Well… I am the boss; still working on the rich part
5. No tattoos. Nothing permanent that I wasn’t born with, or was involuntarily inflicted upon me!
1. Due South – I watched the whole series 5 times in a row after having Jeremy, feeding in the middle of the night – I LOVE IT!!
2. Blue Rodeo (was just listening to Diamond Mine – so classic) and Glass Tiger (ok, ok, I am old and have always had a crush on Sam Reid LOLOL).
3. Moving to Australia and when my mom died :(((
4. A flight attendant. A doctor. A writer. An engineer. A lecturer. (I am #4 and have done #5).
5. No – never, that old “it’s gonna look stupid when I am 50” thangggg.
1. Corner Gas. Try it, you’ll like it! Really. No, really!
2. Billy Talent. I heart Billy Talent.
3. Working through depression. Learned to make life decisions and NOT feel responsible for everyone else’s feelings. (hard to remember that some days, tho).
4. Well, astronaut, hockey player, those were early choices. Then a doctor was an enduring one for a while. Then I became a teacher, then regretted NOT going to grad school when I had the chance, then I wanted nothing more than to be a SAHM. Now I’m very happy where I am…learning, writing, designing web pages 😉
5. No…wouldn’t know what to get, ya know? Don’t think I could pull off a tattoo, honestly.
1. Friends. it always makes me laugh and it reminds me of university.
2. right now, it’s Arcade fire, i love them
3. losing my mother. that period – her sickness and passing – my life changed irreparably – I’m not the same person.
4. i wanted to be a teacher and a writer. I’m a lawyer/writer/consultant now.
5. no tattoos
1. TV show…ugh, this one is hard. I am not a huge fan of re-runs, of any kind. I watch Food Network and reality TV, re-runs of those are both pretty boring
2. Canadian Band….of all time….April Wine, but I am OLD with a capital FART.
3. Life changing moment…this one is two fold. I lost a son in April of 1997. That loss prompted me to go back to nursing school and finish my RN…….
4. I have wanted to be a nurse since I was 2yrs old. At least that is what my father told me. I am a nurse now….not always loving it, but doing it and likely will until I die
5. Tattoo – yes, one. A cherub over my heart, for my son, Gabriel, that I lost. I would love to get more, but nothing could ever hold that kind of meaning for me again.
1. Biography – I am REALLY nosey
2. Blue Rodeo – Who would have thought? I lurve the song “After the Rain”.
3. When my cousin, Madeleine (a mom of two), passed away from cancer. urbanmoms.ca is dedicated to her. She inspired me and her death changed my life. Check out her story here http://urbanmoms.typepad.com/the_urbanmomsca_story/ and here http://urbanmoms.typepad.com/urbanmoms/2006/11/index.html .
4. Never knew but I am definitely doing it now 😉
5. No tatoos…never…no way.
1. If you could only watch re-runs of one show for the rest of your life, which show would you pick to watch?
Gilmore Girls, well thats my choice today :), or nearly any decorating show, orthe Antiques Road Show, the one from England, or Corronation Street, thats it Corri St! Ugh, Miami Ink too
2. What is your favorite Canadian band?
The Hip, BNL, Jan Arden, Buble…
3. Besides getting married and having a family, tell us about a life-changing experience for you?
Moving to Ontario, two days after HS graduation, it sucked big time
4. What did you want to be when you grew up? Are you doing it now?
Well when I was in grade 2 a nun (good old Catholic school) Then an actress in musicals. I am NOT a nun! I have been in several musicals, but none since I moved to TO. so nope
5. Do you have any tattoos? If yes, describe them. If no, would you ever get one?
no tattoos. I am deffinately getting one a Celtic not with three sides, one for each of the boys. My GF and I want to go down to Miami Ink , but we both want to lose 20Lbs (well me more like 40Lbs) before I will let any of those guys see my back (rolls)
1. South Park
2. Guess Who or Tragically Hip.
3. My best friend lost his battle with Leukemia.
4. Write books or poetry. No, I develop software.
5. Do you have any tattoos? If yes, describe them. If no, would you ever get one?
no tattoos. would get the superman logo. cheesy, i know…
1. Sports Night, without question.
2. Our Lady Peace
3. Moving out at 19, with my parents offering no support
4. Doctor; nope… too much blood, so I’m an engineer
5. Three tats… two chinese characters and the western zodiac calendar (that I designed myself)
I love your answers!! Keep trying to track your teacher down; I know for a fact that she would love to hear from you and that she meant so much to you. 🙂
Okay, here are my answers. To my own questions. LOL!
1. I think it would have to be Jeopardy!
2. Probably Sloan.
3. Having my mom be so sick for so many years. It opened my eyes to a lot of things.
4. I never knew what I wanted to be when I grew up. When I thought about it, it scared me. The future scared me; I could never picture myself doing anything. It wasn’t until I was in high school that I knew I wanted to do something based on/around writing.
5. I do…I have five. One on either shoulder blade, one at the base of my neck, one on my tailbone and one on my hip.