Tue Mar 26 11:05:06 1996
Name:
A: Nick
Email:
A: montfort@well.com
Home Page:
A: http://www.well.com/~montfort
How do you FEEL about food? Why do you eat?
A: I eat to live, I don't live to eat. I try to make it tasty, though -- both food and life.
What is your biggest flaw?
A: Kryptonite enfeebles me
3 favorite authors
A: Cormac McCarthy, Jorge Luis Borges and Italo Calvino, not to mention Ballard, Baudrillard, Dante, Eco, Eliot, Faulkner, Gibson, Homer, Kafka, Leyner, McLuhan, Mishima, Ovid, Pinsky, Pynchon, Shakespeare, Vergil
What are the hallmarks of success in life?
A: Your own
What is your biggest mental fuck-up?
A: Are you talkin' to me? ARE YOU TALKIN' TO ME?!?
What is your favorite animal?
A: I hate animals.
Describe it.
A: My hatred isn't really brimming and bitter...maybe it's not really even hated, but apathy...
How long do you usually know a girl before you kiss her?
A: 3 years.
Jump her?
A: A week.
Dump her?
A: Do I look like the kind of guy who dumps girls?
How old were you when you first kissed?
A: 25
Had sex
A: 25
Smoked Pot?
A: 26
Do you use recreational drugs?
A: Yes
What?
A: Coffee
When?
A: Night
Still?
A: Yes
Have you ever been married/lived with someone?
A: Neither
Who worked?
A:
Who cooked?
A:
Who cleaned?
A:
Do you know how to cook?
A: Yes
Do you like to cook?
A: No
What are the things you cook best?
A: Omlettes. Actually, they're the only things I can cook.
Have you ever used any of the following (which?): gel hairspray mousse cologne deodorant conditioner zitcream aftershave
A: I deodorize myself. Don't offend me by suggesting I use hair care products.
What was the most crazy thing you ever did as an adolescent?
A: I was a new warez kid.
as a college student?
A: Drove to San Francisco and back from Austin, in between my last final exam and graduation.
as a working stiff?
A: Drove 2000 miles to San Francisco with all my stuff in my car, no job, no place to live -- and stayed, this time.
If you were a fruit or a vegetable, what would you be?
A: Hey, I'm not a fruit.
If I were, what would I be?
A: You wouldn't be fruit, either -- you'd be a nut.
If you were at a party, and across the room you saw a very handsome man and your girlfriend chatting quite animatedly, what would you do?
A: Are you talkin' to me?
Do you think there is life after death?
A: Yes
On other planets?
A: Yes
Are you psychic?
A: No
Do you think you have any sort of understanding of what it would be like to completely insane?
A: Yes
Why?
A: Are you talkin' to me?
Were you ever in the armed forces?
A: No
Did you ever kiss a girl who had big, hairsprayed bangs?
A: No
What was the most important scientific achievement in the last 50 years?
A: The Atari 2600
What is the biggest problem...
...all women have?
A: men
...all men have?
A: women
...with our society?
A: gender
Which do you prefer:
A: Animals
Why?
A: Prefer for what, exactly?
If you won $1 million, what would be the very first thing you would buy?
A: Probably a book.
The second?
A: Probably another book.
The last?
A: A Macintosh! HAHAHAHAHA!
Who has been the greatest influence in your life?
A: Yukio Mishima
How do people describe you?
A: "Ah, Nick, he's a clever chap..." "Nice personality."
How do you describe yourself?
A: I don't. I just give a few choice URLs.
Do you subscribe to any magazines/newspapers?
A: Yes
Which?
A: Harper's, Wired
What are your favorite shoes?
A: Dr. Marten's
Additional Comments
A: Please don't hate me becuase I don't use a Mac. Some of my best friends are Mac users, really...