Lipton Soup Mix

like cathi, i too enjoy a little Inside the Actor's Studio  with James Lipton sitting there behind his little TV tray desk.  and after watching will ferrell doing him on SNL this past saturday with alec baldwin as charles nelson riley, i too felt moved.  delightfully so.

1.  What is your favorite word? i like the word maniacal.  just the sound of it and the way it feels when it rolls around in my mouth. 

2.  What is your least favorite word?  this will sound silly but one word i dislike is "congrats," especially when it's mispelled "congrads."  c'mon, if you want to congratulate someone, make the extra effort and just say "congratulations!"  i mean honestly. 

another word i hate is panty or panties.  hate it hate it hate it.  i can't even say it without making a face because for such a harmless word it sounds so distasteful.  i mean boxers or briefs just doesn't have the same effect.

3.  What turns you on creatively, emotionally, spiritually?  Creatively i'm turned on by colors and patterns. in fact i look for pattern in everything -- nature, architecture, sounds, numbers, words.  i can't help myself.  it's like i'm some sort of rainman or idiot savant (according to j with an emphasis on the idiot and less on the savant).  emotionally, i get turned on by j's soft skin and his big bearlike paw hands. 

4. What turns you off?  Conservative, right-wing republicans and the 4o some odd percent of americans who are under the delusion that george w. bush is doing a good job.  fuckwits.

5.  What is your favorite curse word?  Fuck.  it's really the best curse word of all.  i also like fuckwit and fuckwittage, which i pronounce by putting emphasis on the last syllable...fuckwitTAHGE (rhymes with garage).  kind of makes it sound a little continental.  ha!

6.  What sound or noise do you love?  the sound when j stops snoring and when he calls me his dove.

7.  What sound or noise do you hate?  the honking horn of a car.  usually it's  a strong sign that there is an asshole in the general vicinity.

8.  What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?  i would have loved to do something more creative -- be an artist, illustrator or designer.  i think i would have enjoyed being an architect -- it's a profession that has an equal blend of right and left brain abilities.

9.  What profession would you not like to do?  there are so many professions that i wouldn't want to do but one that I DID want to do once is to be a doctor.  i was premed in college and even considered applying to medical school after grad school but i'm glad i didn't make that committment.  i don't think i could have handled holding people's lives in my hands.  in my current job, if i make a mistake, it's not that big of a deal and it's usually fixable.

10.  If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?   "See?  I do exist after all."