Thu Apr 11 0:04:40 1996
Name:
A: Mike Anderson
Email:
A: mikeand@stat.berkeley.edu
Home Page:
A: http://demog.berkeley.edu/~mwande
How do you FEEL about food? Why do you eat?
A: Food is second only to sex, and living in Berkeley, I have access to some of the best and cheapest restaurants in the world. I eat because, godammit, food tastes good.
What is your biggest flaw?
A: I have no patience for stupidity.
3 favorite authors
A: William Burroughs, Carlos Castaneda, Herman Hesse
What are the hallmarks of success in life?
A: Originality, self-confidence, a good education, and happiness.
What is your biggest mental fuck-up?
A: I fall in love too easily.
What is your favorite animal?
A: Cats.
Describe it.
A: My cat Gergen, can be seen on my pag
How long do you usually know a girl before you kiss her?
A: At least 1 month.
Jump her?
A: About 2 months.
Dump her?
A: About 4-6 years.
How old were you when you first kissed?
A: 17
Had sex
A: 20
Smoked Pot?
A: 8
Do you use recreational drugs?
A: Yes
What?
A: Dope, shrooms, other things if free
When?
A: Dope - several times a week, presently
Still?
A: Yes
Have you ever been married/lived with someone?
A: Cohabitated
Who worked?
A: Both of us.
Who cooked?
A: Mostly me.
Who cleaned?
A: Both of us.
Do you know how to cook?
A: Yes
Do you like to cook?
A: Yes
What are the things you cook best?
A: Soups, salads, spaghetti
Have you ever used any of the following (which?): gel hairspray mousse cologne deodorant conditioner zitcream aftershave
A: none.
What was the most crazy thing you ever did as an adolescent?
A: Beat up my father and ran away for several days.
as a college student?
A: Stole some idiot sorority's $1200 photo composite.
as a working stiff?
A: Stood on top of a forklift about 20 feet in the air, pulling 20 ft 2x12's off a lumber rack, and knocked a hornet's nest down in the process.
If you were a fruit or a vegetable, what would you be?
A: Avacodo, for guacamole!
If I were, what would I be?
A: The onion in my guac!
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: Secretly ask her if she wanted a threesome with him!
Do you think there is life after death?
A: Yes
On other planets?
A: Yes
Are you psychic?
A: Yes
Do you think you have any sort of understanding of what it would be like to completely insane?
A: Yes
Why?
A: Because I had several very bad acid trips as a teen.
Were you ever in the armed forces?
A: No
Did you ever kiss a girl who had big, hairsprayed bangs?
A: Yes
What was the most important scientific achievement in the last 50 years?
A: The advent of the computer.
What is the biggest problem...
...all women have?
A: Men.
...all men have?
A: Themselves.
...with our society?
A: The drug war, no doubt about it.
Which do you prefer:
A: Animals
Why?
A: They are harder to kill.
If you won $1 million, what would be the very first thing you would buy?
A: music studio crammed with instruments
The second?
A: Forty acres of woods
The last?
A: A sports car
Who has been the greatest influence in your life?
A: Probably my PhD advisor
How do people describe you?
A: Extremeley intelligent, doesn't care what anybody else thinks about him.
How do you describe yourself?
A: Ignorant of the universe, smart about human knowledge.
Do you subscribe to any magazines/newspapers?
A: Yes
Which?
A: SF Chronicale, Newsweek.
What are your favorite shoes?
A: Black Chuck Taylor hightops.
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