Pop Quiz
by David B. Rhaesa
 
1.   What is your name?         David Rhaesa (pronounced racey)
2.   How old are you?         37
3.   Where do you live?         Denver, Colorado
4.   What do you do for a living?         Disabled
5.   Do you drive?         Yes - but i prefer to give Deb my keys.
6.   What do you do for joy?         Not sure.
7.   What is your pet peeve?   And how much does it weigh?  Does it sleep by the door?  Is it housebroken?         I don't know. Stupid people calling other people stupid people. or - Smart people who can't be convinced they're bright. or - time. TIME --- physics, i am not big on physics. I prefer chemistry and biology to physics I think.
8.   Do you write, paint or play?  All at the same time?  (While juggling a dozen eggs and riding a unicycle?)         I'm more of a typist. I've been known to play guitar. Have trouble getting into it. Used to play guitar four hours a day or so but that was a decade ago.
9.   Who is the most impressive character you've ever met?         I like characters but can't say that i find many impressive. Either they all are or none sort of thing. William Burroughs was pretty impressive - but he was stiff and in an open coffin so i don't know if it was a "meeting" per se.
10.   Have you ever read, acted, performed, thrown up, etc. in public?         Yes.
11.  What piece of literature or art moved your soul to ecstatic waves of bliss?         Hmm. I'm pretty illiterate really though i have trouble convincing folks of that. Fine art and visual art are things i'm ignorant about. Dylan was influential - though not certain of ecstatic waves of bliss. Usually it takes time with a special being, great sex or great chemicals to get me to that exact "spot".
12.  What was the first thing you ever encountered that made you realise that art is important?         I'm not sure it is important.
13.  Would you consider yourself an artist?  A good one?  Why or why not?         I probably have an artistic temperament. I have the normal doubts about my talents and a compliment now and then provides me inspiration and energy. I often suffer from the it doesn't matter syndrome as an attack on motivation.
14.  What are your favorite things that have ABSOLUTELY nothing to do with anything else?         Listening to loved ones, Love, Passionate intercourse, Thinking, Caring, Sleeping, Looking at mountains, Riding, Listening to music, Watching basketball, Writing.
15.  What are your favorite things that have ABSOLUTELY everything to do with everything else?         yes and no, true and false.
16.  What's the meaning of life?         Ask me when the story ends.
17.  Why?         Either - or.
18.  True or false: the Three Stooges represent the apex of American cultural achievement.         Mu
19.  True or False: Shemp was funnier than the original Curly.         Not interested :)
20.  Who's da man?         Ain't met yet.