Interview, On The Rocks
I decided to join the Great Interview Experiment, a fun little blog lark where participants interview each other. It’s a bit like an online game of truth or dare, except without the dare part. Or I guess the dare is posting your answers on the internet. Yeah, that’s it.
So, I was lucky enough to get to stalk interview Deb of Deb On The Rocks. Holy cow, why did you guys not tell me I was missing out on another funny blogging woman! I had to read back through some of her older posts to come up with some witty and relevant questions to ask her (I failed) and I found myself laughing for half the morning.
Don’t believe me? Just read her interview, she’s a hoot!
1) First, describe yourself in three words. And describe how hard it is to break it all down into just three words.
I think the 3 words that best describe me are: rebellious. I’m lousy at following rules. Even worse at follow through. I once had a manager call me “unsuperviseable.” I immediately and loudly dismissed her as a loser for thinking that about me. I learned that you can make a career out of being rebellious, though, several, actually, so that is awesome and should be encouraging to brats everywhere. I’m an entrepreneur, and though I’m spending much of my time on public relations these days, I also consult on a number of rebellious things, including Process Improvement, which means telling businesses how they’re doing it wrong, and Organization Design, which means telling people why their office is dysfunctional and everything has to change! Immediately! Rage against the machine–and get paid. That’s my motto. Now that I’m middle aged.
2) I see you’re not a Twilight fan. I love you. Can we run away together somewhere where Twilight doesn’t exist and vampires don’t sparkle?
Oh, yes, that land must exist, where we are safe to walk the streets at night far from emo children and their adult equivalents mooing at each other like red-eyed cows. I’m right behind you. Is there an IKEA in our new land? Because then we are set.
3) Seriously, do you ever feel like giving in and just reading the damn books to get it over with?
I’d rather sleep in an igloo with only Robin Williams to keep me warm. Well, on second thought…damn, this is the worst Sophie’s Choice ever!
4) You’ve written a book on blogging. Are you nuts? Also, was it difficult writing a book about blogging?
I have been so lucky and my book 5 Ways to {Blank} Your Blog has brought lots of wonderful things to my life. The best part is new bloggers often write me and thank me for tips and knowledge about great bloggers, which is shy I wrote it. The only bad thing is that two mad bloggers have siad they aren’t talking to me anymore. But so far no lawsuits, so that’s cool. I think we have to figure out how to look at blogging as an art, as a science, and as part of pop culture just as we look at everything else. That means adoring it, exploring it, and sometimes wickedly tearing it apart and laughing at it. Understanding blogging is kind of like understanding the Twilight Saga. Except with no vampires, less teenaged angst and more cupcakes.
5) You declared back in October that the mommy wars are over. Do you think they’re really over/ Will they ever be truly over?
I really do think the Mommy Wars are over, because as a single mother for the last ten years for two boys who are now teenagers, no mother has had it harder nor triumphed more brilliantly than I have, so the rest of ya’ll have to just suck it up and be nice. Respect.
6) You’re one of the few bloggers that doesn’t have a super fancy special cool design for your blog. Any reason why not?
A couple of reasons. Shitty follow-through, mostly. See question #1. I’ve been meaning to switch to Wordpress for a while now, and that work just hasn’t ranked a spot in my favorite five. I hate Typepad and throw my head back in despair when I have to comment on a Typepad site, which is really ballsy/ridiculous for a Blogger to do. I made a trial site at Squarespace one day and that was fun…but then it wasn’t. I love my header, which I commissioned from the super-talented Schmutzie. I really should just hire someone to give me a nice site. But not featuring a cartoon character of me. Those headers are Stepford frightening. I think they capture your soul.
7) Can you share your weirdest blogging moment? Or just your weirdest moment?
My favorite blogging moments have been the Community Keynotes at BlogHer, and I was fortunate to read at the first one. I read a piece that allowed me to lead the audience in making loud orgasmic noises, which is pretty much the opposite of reading someone’s blog alone in your living room. Blogging as a whole is pretty weird, isn’t it? We’re so lucky!
I love it that you interviewed me. And also that you removed the stuff that you did. You are right, never tell a story until the Statute of Limitations has run out. Will you travel around with me and help me out on that one? Just until I get the hang of it?
xoxox
Excellent interview! I loves me some Deb, I does.
Haha! Interesting interview. Good thing I read this post. It was really fun. Thanks.