Pop Quiz by Melanie Haupt | |
1. What is your name? | Melanie Kathryn Haupt |
2. How old are you? | 26 |
3. Where do you live? | Austin, Texas, for the moment; Houston (again) in about 2 weeks |
4. What do you do for a living? | Right now, I am a reader/scorer of the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS) test...scintillating work. In two weeks, I will be an online "Content Producer." |
5. Do you drive? | Well, I haven't been, but I just inherited a delicious old boat, sooo....someone contact the EPA. |
6. What do you do for joy? | I spend many valuable hours with my friends. I talk to my true love on the phone more than we can afford to at this time. I read lots and lots of books. I run to make my body feel better. I hug my mother. |
7. What is your pet peeve? And how much does it weigh? Does it sleep by the door? Is it housebroken? | That would have to be the religious right. Big ol' pet peeve. Oh, and hearing people chew, swallow, suck that last bit of tea from the mug. Drives me bonkers. |
8. Do you write, paint or play? All at the same time? (While juggling a dozen eggs and riding a unicycle?) | I write. |
9. Who is the most impressive character you've ever met? | B. Without a doubt. |
10. Have you ever read, acted, performed, thrown up, etc. in public? |
I have read in public a few times, as well as performed. Always
traumatic. I decided that my work was best appreciated on the stage of
someone's mind.
I threw up in public once. I don't want to talk about it. |
11. What piece of literature or art moved your soul to ecstatic waves of bliss? | Jeff Buckley's debut album, "Grace" |
12. What was the first thing you ever encountered that made you realise that art is important? | Good lord. I have no idea. I guess it was when I started meditating and allowing myself to be more creative. |
13. Would you consider yourself an artist? A good one? Why or why not? | I think that life is art. We are all alive, therefore, we are all artists. Some people just make more out of it than others. |
14. What are your favorite things that have ABSOLUTELY nothing to do with anything else? | Eating toast with Vegemite. Smoking a cigarette with a glass of red wine. Singing along to the radio. |
15. What are your favorite things that have ABSOLUTELY everything to do with everything else? | When B. calls me "Bunny." I love that. When my baby cousin smiles at me through his pacifier. The way I feel when I'm satisfied with my work. |
16. What's the meaning of life? | Whatever you want it to be. |
17. Why? | Because I said so. |
18. True or false: the Three Stooges represent the apex of American cultural achievement. | Please. Have a cuppa joe and rethink that statement. |
19. True or False: Shemp was funnier than the original Curly. | In my world, the 3 Stooges do not exist. Talk to me about The Kids in the Hall, though... |
20. Who's da man? | B. |