The Interview Meme

Last week Mr. Fab did this on his blog, and I simply had to be a part of it. It's a different kind of meme; instead of being tagged, you have to request the tag. You then get "interviewed" by the person, who asks you five questions you have to answer. Then you get to offer interviews to five other people, and you decide what questions to ask them.

Here are the questions Mr. Fab gave me:

1. You play the French horn, yet you are not French. What do you have against American horns, you treasonous strumpet?

Despite my lawyer's advice, I'm going to tell you the same thing I told the senate sub-committee during the hearings last week: I am not a treasonous strumpet. There is no such instrument as an American Horn. By the time the U.S. learned to read music, all the really good instruments had already been invented. I realize this means that I will be hated by patriots everywhere, and may be sent to live in Canada instead. I'm totally ok with that.

2. I know you are currently single. Let's say you are in the market for a significant other. What qualities to you are most important in a mate?

A) He must be able to make me laugh.
B) He must feel like I am able to make him laugh. (Must understand my bizarre sense of humor, and not be completely freaked out by the weird things I can come up with sometimes).
C) He must respect me.
D) He must make it reasonably easy for me to respect him as well.
E) He must never, ever, ever be abusive to me. Ever.
F) He must not be tone-deaf. (Must be able to hit the proper pitches when singing. He doesn't have to have a great voice, he just has to know whether he's singing the right notes. This may sound petty, but I would totally be driven insane by someone who couldn't even tell whether they were on the right pitch or not. This is why I can never watch American Idol.)
G) He must not hate cats.
H) He must be ready to try new exciting things involving ice cubes, plastic wrap, and menthol cough drops.

3. I happen to know that when washing your hair you lather and rinse, but you steadfastly refuse to repeat. Have you always been such a rebel?

Stop watching me in the shower!
Come on, do restraining orders mean nothing to you?
I've definitely had a "rebel" streak throughout the years, but haven't always shown it to the outside world. More often than not, I pretend to be a "good girl". Those who don't know me very well might think I'm quiet and boring. If only they could see what bizarre things go on in my brain. Heh heh heh.

4. You've had a rough day and are at the end of your rope. How does Janna relax and mellow out?

Lots of green jello and leather and chains and.... doritos... and...
Oops, sorry, forget I said that.
What I meant to say is, I love my cats. There's a lot of good therapy in holding a purring kitty. Plus I get a lot of stress-relief from reading funny blogs, and making up fun things to put on my own blog. I love photoshopping strange pictures for myself and others. Fun! I also love the soothing effects of music. Depending on my mood, I either listen to classical music, new age, classic rock, 80's rock, heavy metal, or Celtic/Irish folk music. I am generally NOT a fan of Country, Rap, Blues, or Jazz, yet sometimes even those have redeeming value. Even when I don't like a particular song/genre, I can still appreciate the musical work that went into creating it.

5. You have a tremendous fetish for fountain pens, some of which can cost upwards of $1000. I think most people have a hard time understanding that. Can you explain it to us?

I first mentioned my love for fountain pens in THIS POST. It explains the whole thing completely! :) Read it to learn about the four reasons I love fountain pens:
A) Aesthetics
B) Expression of eccentricity
C) Elegant simplicity
D) Reconnecting with history
It also explains how I can totally reconcile the fact that fountain pens are often insanely expensive. (And why I hate it when people say things like "Why spend a zillion dollars on one of those things, when you can get a package of ten BIC pens for a dollar?") Grrrrr.

That's the end of the interview! :) Hope you liked it. Thank you, Fab, for the questions. You rock.

Now, if the rest of you want to play, here are the rules:

I'll interview the first FIVE people who request it.
If you want to be one of them, do this:
Leave me a comment saying, “Interview me.”
I will respond by e-mailing you five questions. I get to pick the questions. (Make sure I have your e-mail address).
You will then answer the questions in a blog post of your own.
You will include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the same post.
When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions, and the cycle will repeat forever and ever until the end of time.
Have fun!