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Wow. Making me think. Here's the questions answered (ones sent privately don't count - sorry.)

1.if you could be anything, what would it be? ANYTHING!????!???

I'd be marmalade the cat. Chase a few mice. Get a few scratches and tummy rubs. Eat whenever i ask. Sleep whenever i want.

Or, i'd be a politician. But, from experience, it's much easier to dream of change than to actually make change happen.

2.If you could live anywhere, where would that be?

Right around here. But, down the road a few miles right on the Lake with, at least, 25 acres. I would have more cats, more dogs, more chickens, a donkey and a jersey cow. I would swim every single day in the summer and i would skate in the winter. I would have a huge vegetable garden. My house would also come with housecleaners.

3.If you could choose between being invisible for a day, or being rich ($100,000 in your pocket) for a day, which would you choose and why?

I thought about this one all day. But in the end i'd have to go for the money. I'd be too scared to hear or see something i didn't want to if i was invisible. Kind of like the internet. If i had $100,000 i'd pay off my credit cards, i'd pay tuition for a year and speech therapy for a year and i would go on a vacation with my whole family that didn't involve tents or no showers. I would also give mike some money.

4.Do you like girls?

You silly. Of course. I have two daughters.

Oh. Wait. You mean like. Well, i was a women's studies major. Let's just say i've dipped my toes in that pool and though i would like to say never say never - i am a married woman.

5.What was your favorite thing to do when you were 6 years old?

My very favourite thing to do when i was six was bake with my mom. I had my own mini tart tins and cooking tools. I fondly remember sitting with my mom in our kitchen making jam tarts, punching down bread dough, rolling pastry. I loved each and every moment i spent alone with her in our kitchen covered in flour.

6.What is your favorite activity to do alone?

Sit in the school when it is empty and type. Write my novel. I like being here in the evening, knowing, and feeling, the immense energy that fills it all day. Feeling the remnants of that and the anticipation of the next school day. Yet it is quiet and calm and dark and all i can hear are the frogs in the pond next door. Plus the school is 100 years old and i like to sit in the dark and picture all the lives that have danced and laughed in these hallways.

7.are you still raising chickens?!?

Well, my chickens were all killed by a cougar. We still have one wild chicken living in the trees. We are, tomorrow actually, going to pick up 5 brahma pullets, 5 old english pullets and one of each rooster. I am going for the small chickens this year. I have missed them, but they are dirty and gross too. I really miss Stanley. He seems to have been reincarnated in Marmalade the kitty - who also thinks he's a dog.

8.Favourite memory from 1997?

June 7, 1997, 1:18a.m.

Tristan Thea Sparks born via forceps.

9.What's your favoritest music album of all time?

Impossible question.

Ten favourite bands?

The Shins
Wolf Parade
Jawbreaker
Sebadoh
Buzzcocks
The Police
Modest Mouse
Matthew Sweet
The Clash
The Cure

10. Who was the first guy you ever kissed, and what was it like?

His name was Kevin. He was a singer in a band. I was in grade 9, he was in grade 12. He sang "I'll Melt With You." It was my first love. It was amazing and still fills me with such happiness. But he broke up with me after three short weeks. I was heartbroken. I've never let anyone break up with me since.