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by Sherri Sarantakis

 
1.   What is your name?         Sherri Sarantakis
2.   How old are you?         41
3.   Where do you live?         San Francisco
4.   What do you do for a living?         work for the president of a commercial real estate firm that buys and renovates beautiful old buildings. <I know... but San Francisco is one of the most expensive cities in the world and i'm a single mom>
5.   Do you drive?         Yes, but don't own a car!!! Yippee - i do not contribute to traffic congestion, insurance companies, the auto indsutry, the oil industry or air pollution!!
6.   What do you do for joy?         live, laugh, love, sing, dance, read, write, commune with the Universe
7.   What is your pet peeve?   And how much does it weigh?  Does it sleep by the door?  Is it housebroken?         the monkey on my back weighs a ton and shits all over me when I put my foot in my mouth
8.   Do you write, paint or play?  All at the same time?  (While juggling a dozen eggs and riding a unicycle?)         Honey, I do whatever the muse inspires and I've seldom been able to do only one thing at a time
9.   Who is the most impressive character you've ever met?         my daughter
10.   Have you ever read, acted, performed, thrown up, etc. in public?          all of the preceding
11.  What piece of literature or art moved your soul to ecstatic waves of bliss?         Too many to name. Why aren't film and music included here?
12.  What was the first thing you ever encountered that made you realise that art is important?         LIFE!
13.  Would you consider yourself an artist?  A good one?  Why or why not?         Yes, i'd consider myself an artist. Life is an art - aren't we all artists in one way or another?
14.  What are your favorite things that have ABSOLUTELY nothing to do with anything else?         everything
15.  What are your favorite things that have ABSOLUTELY everything to do with everything else?         see above
16.  What's the meaning of life?         Monty Python
17.  Why?         Why not?
18.  True or false: the Three Stooges represent the apex of American cultural achievement.         False, but i love 'em.
19.  True or False: Shemp was funnier than the original Curly.         FALSE!
20.  Who's da man?         the Universe