interview, part deux

Questions from lissa_ann. Anyone else who'd like to ask me questions, feel free, btw. :)

1) What's been the toughest thing transitioning from the South "up here" to the North?

Honestly? The lack of certain, shall we say, staples of life down there--for example, sweet tea, good barbecue, and Sonic restaurants. Also, the fact that I'm far away from my family. Most of my friends either live within driving distance or so far away that being in the south wouldn't make a difference one way or the other, but I really miss being within driving distance of my mom, especially now that J. is here.

2) What was it like going to an all-girls high school?

It was great. Really. I loved the fact that we didn't have to dress to impress anyone, since there weren't boys around, and wearing uniforms really helped make the rich kids and the poorer kids more equal. I liked that none of the girls felt the need to hide their intelligence because there were boys in the classes. Also, because my school was so small, there was a good rapport between most of the girls. I knew by name a good 70% or more of the students in the entire school while I was there, and I graduated in a class of only 89 people and knew every one of them fairly well. I think a lot of people couldn't say that. Single-gender education is great, IMHO.

3) Do you regret the time you spent working on graduate degree?

No, not at all. I have some regrets about not finishing my degree, but at the time it was totally the right decision for me to leave the program--I basically had a nervous breakdown the semester after my dad died, and staying there would not have helped me at all. I'd still like to go back to school, not necessarily to finish my degree, but to do *something*, but I think the time I had in grad school was well spent and I enjoyed it.

4) How do you think you will explain the bi/poly lifestyle to Jamie as he grows up?

I plan to treat it much the same way that I'll treat his questions about sex when they come up, actually. I'm planning to answer his questions at an age-appropriate level and let him have as much detail about how I live my life as he (and I) feel comfortable with. I don't anticipate it will be too difficult for him to wrap his head around.

5) You're stranded on a desert island and get to have five CDs with you. What do you have?

I could totally cheat and say that I'd have 5 burned CDs, crammed with as much music as possible, but I suspect you mean real CDs. I'm counting double sets as 1 CD, and so I'd have:
TMBG-"Dial-A-Song"
Ani Difranco-"Living in Clip"
Indigo Girls-"1200 Curfews"
Tori Amos-"To Venus and Back", the live CD only
and a mix CD I made called "happy bouncy songs" which contains a lot of my other favorites.

interview, part deux

Questions from lissa_ann. Anyone else who'd like to ask me questions, feel free, btw. :)

1) What's been the toughest thing transitioning from the South "up here" to the North?

Honestly? The lack of certain, shall we say, staples of life down there--for example, sweet tea, good barbecue, and Sonic restaurants. Also, the fact that I'm far away from my family. Most of my friends either live within driving distance or so far away that being in the south wouldn't make a difference one way or the other, but I really miss being within driving distance of my mom, especially now that J. is here.

2) What was it like going to an all-girls high school?

It was great. Really. I loved the fact that we didn't have to dress to impress anyone, since there weren't boys around, and wearing uniforms really helped make the rich kids and the poorer kids more equal. I liked that none of the girls felt the need to hide their intelligence because there were boys in the classes. Also, because my school was so small, there was a good rapport between most of the girls. I knew by name a good 70% or more of the students in the entire school while I was there, and I graduated in a class of only 89 people and knew every one of them fairly well. I think a lot of people couldn't say that. Single-gender education is great, IMHO.

3) Do you regret the time you spent working on graduate degree?

No, not at all. I have some regrets about not finishing my degree, but at the time it was totally the right decision for me to leave the program--I basically had a nervous breakdown the semester after my dad died, and staying there would not have helped me at all. I'd still like to go back to school, not necessarily to finish my degree, but to do *something*, but I think the time I had in grad school was well spent and I enjoyed it.

4) How do you think you will explain the bi/poly lifestyle to Jamie as he grows up?

I plan to treat it much the same way that I'll treat his questions about sex when they come up, actually. I'm planning to answer his questions at an age-appropriate level and let him have as much detail about how I live my life as he (and I) feel comfortable with. I don't anticipate it will be too difficult for him to wrap his head around.

5) You're stranded on a desert island and get to have five CDs with you. What do you have?

I could totally cheat and say that I'd have 5 burned CDs, crammed with as much music as possible, but I suspect you mean real CDs. I'm counting double sets as 1 CD, and so I'd have:
TMBG-"Dial-A-Song"
Ani Difranco-"Living in Clip"
Indigo Girls-"1200 Curfews"
Tori Amos-"To Venus and Back", the live CD only
and a mix CD I made called "happy bouncy songs" which contains a lot of my other favorites.