I'm Being Interviewed!!!

I feel FAMOUS! Kateshrew interviewed me for Schmacko Daily. Shanks, kateshrew!

Okay, for anyone who's interested, this is how it works:

The Rules:

1) Leave me a comment here saying "interview me."

2) I will respond by asking you five questions here (in my comments section). They will be different questions than the ones below.

3) You will update your blog/site with the answers to the questions.

4) You will include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the same post.

5) When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions.And now,

here are my questions from kateshrew:

1. If your life story were turned into a musical, what would it be called?
“Midwestern Muses”

2. Give us some sample lyrics from said musical.
“A long time ago, a fellow names Lincoln
Started a blabbin’ with great pride –n- joy.
He wanted us to know, the image to sink in
He was born in a cabin in Illinois
Soon, every common person started thinkin’
His kid could grow up to be Lincoln
Yes, even a simple gent
Can one day be President
It doesn’t matter where you’re from.

How did Francis Gumm become Judy Garland?
How did Norma Jean become Marilyn,
And little James Dean from Indiana
Reinvent himself a rebel and a man among men?
It seems as their stars were being polished
Their pasts were all but abolished.
It’s doesn’t matter what you’ve done,
Only matters who you are.
Even a rural bum
Can turn out a movie star.
It doesn’t matter where you’re from.

Everyone needs a home,
Everyone needs a place to come from
A place that you start, you know it by heart
It’s that place you run from.

So thank you all for your questions and queries.
You won’t find me teary now that Tara is gone.
You can prod me some more with your posits and theories
But I’m wary and weary; it’s way overdone.
I feel like the past is always fading
I feel like tomorrow is waiting
And analysis and debating are downright dumb
(big finish)
It doesn’t matter where you’re from!”

…I’ve thought about this…

3. If you won an Oscar, Tony, etc., who's the first person you would thank?
Eeeks, the FIRST person? I don’t know, depends on what I won it for. But I would definitely thank the women who have been my mentors; My grandma Lorena, my college professor Susan Maroldo, and my adopted mom Janet.

4. If you could only read one book over and over for the rest of your life, which one would you pick?
To Kill a Mockingbird

5. Suppose someone gave you $1 million, with the stipulation that you could only use that money to throw a lavish party. What would that party be like? (besides being lavish, I mean).
Well, the first thing I would do is charter a jet to Venice, Italy and block out a floor of the San Trovasi Hotel during Carnaval. From there, I’d improvise. Oh, and everyone would get digital cameras to record their debauchery.