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| ElC | Posted – 8/2/2007 5:21:13 PM | show profile 1. What do you crave? Ooh, I like the previous answer of "attention." But at the moment I really could go for a mojito, so that wins. 2. Do you believe in life after death? Sure. 3. What is the most beautiful thing you have seen in the past 24-hours? My dogs sleeping. They look so sweet and peaceful. 4. How many times have you been kissed this week? I don't know who I've been kissed by more, my husband or my dogs. 5. What are you lacking? At the moment, creativity. 6. What will you absolutely not tolerate? Racism. 7. What modern-day musician do you think is a genius? I don't know. 8. If you started a magazine, what would it be called? I don't know about that, but the most amusing one I saw this week was The Ice Cream Reporter. There really is a trade pub for everything. 9. Which celebrity do you wish would disappear for a while? Paris. 10. How many countries have you visited? Nine. Would love to add Norway to the list. ~Bonus Question~ If you sold your website for $23 million like Laurel did with Media Bistro, what would you do with the money? Pay off my student loan and my house. Have fun donating to the organizations in my community that I love and smiting the one that is being mismanaged. |
| Donna Chang | Posted – 8/2/2007 5:32:11 PM | show profile talames Ummm...talames are a new breed of tamales. They have a sugary corn cake on the outside and ummm...plantians on the inside? Hmmm...or maybe that was just a typo... Or...maybe not.... Or, maybe it was. |
| keltoi2 | Posted – 8/2/2007 6:07:52 PM | show profile Actually, angela, you may have something there. That combo sounds pretty tasty. |
| foto | Posted – 8/2/2007 10:48:06 PM | show profile 1. What do you crave? An opportunity to help Janet adjust her thong 2. Do you believe in life after death? I used to. Not sure anymore 3. What is the most beautiful thing you have seen in the past 24-hours? Nothing 4. How many times have you been kissed this week? Zero (and I'm married.) 5. What are you lacking? a big cock 6. What will you absolutely not tolerate? proctology 7. What modern-day musician do you think is a genius? William Shatner 8. If you started a magazine, what would it be called? Bad Housekeeping 9. Which celebrity do you wish would disappear for a while? Paris 10. How many countries have you visited? Including New Jersey, two. ~Bonus Question~ If you sold your website for $23 million like Laurel did with Media Bistro, what would you do with the money? Give almost all of it to charity |
| jjones | Posted – 8/3/2007 12:59:51 PM | show profile I can't believe I'm answering this 1. What do you crave? Authentic Neapolitan pizza, from Pizzeria da Michele in Naples, as described by Elizabeth Gilbert in Chapter 27 (page 77) of her book Eat, Pray, Love. 2. Do you believe in life after death? No. After Hurricane Katrina, I realized there is no god. 3. What is the most beautiful thing you have seen in the past 24-hours? My dog. 4. How many times have you been kissed this week? A lot. Affectionate husband, affectionate dog. Too many to count. 5. What are you lacking? Fulfilling work. 6. What will you absolutely not tolerate? Working in this unfulfilling job for the rest of my life. 7. What modern-day musician do you think is a genius? Not into music. 8. If you started a magazine, what would it be called? Not into magazines (since I work in magazines and have for the last 10 years, they sort of make me puke), but if I had to, I guess either "The Truth" or "Fuck Off" 9. Which celebrity do you wish would disappear for a while? Aside from all of them, Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan. 10. How many countries have you visited? Let's see: Ireland, England, France, Spain, Italy, U.S., Canada, Czech Republic, Slovakia. What's that? Ten? Not nearly enough. ~Bonus Question~ If you sold your website for $23 million like Laurel did with Media Bistro, what would you do with the money? Why did I feel I'd been punched in the gut when I heard this news? Because in the time it has taken Laurel to build and sell this business, I have managed to go from freelance copy editor to full-time copy editor? Because I used to sit next to her extremely wired husband when he was a freelance fact-checker and his clothes reeked of pot and now he's a millionaire? I don't know. Anyway: 1. Pay the taxes on the money. 2. Talk to my broker about investing and asset protection. 3. Create college funds for my two young nephews. 4. Pay off my sister's debts and help her get a divorce. 5. Quit my job. 6. Buy and decorate a home. 7. Write, write, write. What else is there? |
| pamelabeth | Posted – 8/4/2007 10:41:32 AM | show profile 1. What do you crave? solid assurance that "it will all work out" 2. Do you believe in life after death? i think i do. 3. What is the most beautiful thing you have seen in the past 24-hours? the pouring rain in the middle of the afternoon looked pretty good. but i think the winner is the great dane puppy sitting in its owner's lap, gazing around. so lovely. 4. How many times have you been kissed this week? somewhere above 7. (kisses goodnight, plus however many others.) 5. What are you lacking? the kind of life that could benefit from a plan (my goals aren't of the type i can make "achievement plans" for--or at least, i don't see how. it's frustrating). 6. What will you absolutely not tolerate? bullies, personal or international. being charged tourist prices in my own hometown (there shouldn't be tourist prices anyway, of course; but if there are, i'm sure not paying them). i'd say guys spitting on the street, but actually i have no choice but to tolerate that pretty much every day. sometimes, though, i pick up trash that people have thrown on the ground and hand it back to them--"excuse me, you dropped this"--as if it was an accident. 7. What modern-day musician do you think is a genius? glad to see others say prince, stevie wonder, and lennon. of course! (mccartney, i'm not sold...) also--i'm gonna say kate bush. 8. If you started a magazine, what would it be called? hmmm..."wake up"? overlooked news/issues; growing social/political trends. (if you decide to steal this idea, at least please use me as a writer.) 9. Which celebrity do you wish would disappear for a while? i think our country is "self-medicating" on celebrity drama to avoid thinking too hard about the war, etc.; so yeah, if they all disappeared for a while we'd be better off. lindsay should do off-off-broadway theater work for a while; she's got talent and just needs some stability and discipline; and needs her parents not to view her as a meal ticket. britney and paris should work at delis or something; minimum wage; not a camera in sight except for the disposable ones people buy sometimes. nicole should go off quietly and have her baby, i guess.....and truly, yeah, enough with the eva wedding. she got married. great. now be quiet. (you see i myself read too much celebrity "news.") 10. How many countries have you visited? 6 (not enough, but better than i thought at first) ~Bonus Question~ If you sold your website for $23 million like Laurel did with Media Bistro, what would you do with the money? (jjones, your ship will come in! not necessarily to the tune of 23 mil, but you'll see. you'll sell books; you'll leave your job. you'll have a little place in the country, by the water...oh, wait, that's my dream. but maybe it's yours too...) travel. buy home in city (which city?) and above-mentioned home in country (which country?). write every day; make documentaries. and--did anyone else say adopt a child in need? am i the only angelina here? |
| pamelabeth | Posted – 8/4/2007 11:06:03 AM | show profile oh, and... mad fingers, animal abuse boils my blood too. if we abuse people, at least those people have a *chance* at some recourse. animals can't file a lawsuit, can't tell people what's happening; generally can't escape (and if they did--to where?). |
| writesonwater | Posted – 8/5/2007 1:13:26 AM | show profile Agree on the abuse thing -- abuse of anyone or anything helpless. Children, animals, elders -- it goes back to despising bullies. Love the adoption idea -- I've always thought that what kept me limiting the number of children under my roof was the ability to provide very well for them -- and of course, the wear and tear on my body. With the right resources in place I could definitely make room for more or at least improve the lot of others' children. |
| mailbag | Posted – 8/5/2007 7:41:52 AM | show profile | email poster I'd hire people from here. 1. What do you crave? Charisma 2. Do you believe in life after death? No. 3. What is the most beautiful thing you have seen in the past 24-hours? Lightening storm 4. How many times have you been kissed this week? None. 5. What are you lacking? Livable space. 6. What will you absolutely not tolerate? Stupid people. 7. What modern-day musician do you think is a genius? Don't know. 8. If you started a magazine, what would it be called? Climate Change Monthly. 9. Which celebrity do you wish would disappear for a while? All of the them except Sean Penn. 10. How many countries have you visited? 7 ~Bonus Question~ If you sold your website for $23 million like Laurel did with Media Bistro, what would you do with the money? Put it in trust. Launch Climate Change Monthly magazine as non profit, and hire six writers from this board for at least $100k annual salary and full benefits. The rest will work itself out, but the trust would fund this magazine for the remainder of our working lives. |
| writesonwater | Posted – 8/6/2007 1:21:08 AM | show profile | email poster ENjoy these answers Mailbag. I too crave charisma -- in other people. I've been told I "suffer from a deplorable excess of personality" -- so I generally have to tone things down in common company! ;) I was talking with my son about an Albert Einstein quote today -- the one about the long-tailed cat -- and he said, "Oh, he was a little nuts." I begged to differ -- alkthough I don't know much about Einstein's personal life, I took him on. He had wildly unconventional hair, but the smarter you are, the less you give a rip about conventions. Many conventions were invented by dull people in an effort to create order where there wasn't understanding, if you ask me. BUt i digress---let me know when you launch Climate Change Monthly (what an ironic hoot of a name, especially when it does seem to, well, change monthly.) I'd write for you. |
| caitlinkelly | Posted – 8/6/2007 10:03:47 AM | show profile 1. A long and healthy life. 2. Define"life." Are there shoe sales? 3. Baby llamas in a Rhode Island field. 4. many. 5. detachment 6. bullying and the stench of entitlement 7. if early 20th c counts, erik satie 8. have no interest in starting a magazine 9. I'd like to revive a few from the 18th century. 10. 37, with many more I'm eager to get to: Mongolia, Jordan, Laos, Norway, Argentina... Bonus: She netted $8 m of that so, after-tax...not *quite* so big a pile. Would have been an elegant touch to send a bonus check to everyone who "donated" their time, energy and talent to her board, events and company, all of which helped to build its value and the size of the payoff. Buy homes in France and Canada. Travel. Pay off mortgage, renovate. Set up some scholarships. Work only if it seemed interesting to do so. Write books for the pure pleasure of it without the stress of too-small-to-live-on advances. |
| writesonwater | Posted – 8/6/2007 5:35:56 PM | show profile Fascinating idea, reviving celebs. You know who'd do really well these days? Ben Franklin, Oscar Wilde, George Sand -- there's a few . |
| Janetblueyes | Posted – 8/9/2007 2:39:27 PM | show profile 1. What is the most unusual compliment you have received? "You dance like a black girl." (I'm white). 2. What is the most disturbing thing you have seen this week? After nursing a blind, orphaned, two-week-old mouse for three days, I placed him on my woodpile only to have a pissed off chipmunk kill him within two minutes. Nature can be cruel. 3. When are you most vulnerable? When I eat and when I cry. More than once these acts have occured at the same time. 4. What is the most exotic food you have eaten? Bull's testicles and steak tar tar before I was a vegetarian. 5. What erodes your self-esteem? My ever-present inner critic. I am my own worst enemy. If that doesn't do the trick, picking up any women's magazine will usually complete the task. 6. What is your life motto? When the shit hits the fan, turn off the fan. 7. Who is the smartest person you know? My first editor and my father. 8. Who are your favorite MB posters? I admire all of you. I love foto for making me laugh; Bleak Spouse for his ever-present bleakness; granitegirl/doglady for her manic posts; mad fingers, mag girl, Groovalicious, writesonwater, Nikongirl, Angela, catlondon, Wineaux, redheadedone cause I think we?d all be great friends; Keltoi cause he sounds sexy; Manhattan Matt and mailbag for their insight and debates; Cyrus for always offering sage advice; Printingman cause you never know what he is going to say; foodlit, caitlinkelly, Linda F. and Sheila Mullen for great advice; Village Gal for always responding to questions about the NYT and the Village Voice; Cal Orey looking for vinegar stories; the odd post from Gracie about how she feels about her mother?s illness. I?m old school MB---who remembers Uneedabob, PJ Reporter, OJplease and Gern Blanstein? 9. When was the last time you had a real belly laugh? In Ireland a few months ago on the streets of Dublin with my cousins, whilst completely sober. I really think I felt my soul sing right then and there. 10. What do you find sexy? In men: strong forearms and hands with neat nails, less-than-perfect teeth, an off-center nose and slightly bowed-legs. In women: We are all sexy! ~Bonus Question~ If you could trade lives with someone for a week, who would you choose? Sarah Silverman who is possibly the funniest woman on the planet. Who else would be able to simulate sex on stage with a piece of cheese and get paid for it? I love her lack of inhibition. I also wouldn't mind looking like Sandra Bullock. She is just gorgeous. |
