I Had To Say Yes Because She Is Royalty

I have Part 2 of the Beards Are Cool synopsis coming up. I just thought it would be more dramatic if I waited a bit before posting it. I'm all about throwing in an element of surprise*. Also? So far I have nothing to add to it other than photos of celebrities with beards.

A couple of days ago, Princess Pointful posted this fun meme (yes, I know lots of you are allergic to that word) on her blog where she got asked 5 questions and had to answer them honestly. If her royal legions wanted to play along, they just had to request to participate by asking for an interview in her comments.

Well, I asked her but then realized a good 10 other people asked as well (if not more). So I redacted my request. But she told me in not so many words, "Nice try," and sent me some questions.

If you'd like to participate (which if you need some blog material, then I suggest you play along, but if you don't want to play along then don't feel bad -- really, don't feel bad -- I'm over it already) ...

The rules:

1. Leave me a comment saying, "Interview me."
2. I will respond by emailing you five questions. I get to pick the questions.
3. You will update your blog with the answers to the questions.
4. You will include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the same post.
5. When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions.

You know I just realized that the rules of this post are kind of demanding. What if I only want to ask 4 questions? Or one REALLY GOOD ONE!? Anyhoo, on to the questions. I can tell that PP reads my blog regularly ... she done did asked some real good questions.

1. If you could sit down all the parents of your students, and tell them one thing, what would it be?

Hmm, that's a hard one. (No, that's not the one thing I would tell them.)

Being a teacher has given me a unique outlook on what it means to be a parent. They want their children to succeed and do well, but at the same time they don't want to be too harsh opting instead to be a "friend" to their child. Parents? Please don't do this. Because it will blow up in your face. If you want to be a good parent? Be a parent, not a friend. Your children need to be disciplined, they need to understand that they must follow rules and they need to learn that they are not allowed to behave in disrespectful manners under any circumstances. This attitude will be hard for them to change as an adult. There is plenty of time to be a friend when your kids are much older. Put the rules in place. And if they don't follow them, don't be afraid to discipline them in a fair manner. And follow through. Oh, and don't be afraid to beat their punk ass to a bloody pulp spank them if it is warranted. You'll only go to jail if you do it repeatedly.

2. As we can see by your weekly Fashion Friday installments, you have a pretty fabulous taste in fashion. What is the worst fashion faux pas you have ever committed?

Why thank you. Now if only my virtual fashion sense would translate into one in real life. Truth is I hate shopping. I avoid it at all costs. I guess I'm secretly a boy. A boy who hates to shop. The worst fashion statement as a kid was when I wore a neon orange sweat suit. Neon orange pants. Neon orange sweater. That was the year that boys hated me. As an adult, I would say that the worst fashion statement I made was in university when I just didn't give a flying fuck what I looked like. I wore Adidas track pants with dress shoes. I'm pretty sure boys were indifferent to me at this time as well (although I had a boyfriend so I really didn't care).

3. Do people in your "real life" circle know that you blog? If so, how do they react to it? If not, why not?

They used to. Then I changed blogs because I felt I couldn't be a bitch and talk about them on my blog. Kidding. For the most part. In all honesty, when they did know, it was very rare that they read because they saw me everyday or talked to me often. I think there were times where they forgot. The reason why I wanted that part of my life to remain separate is because I just don't want to have to censor what I write and how I write it. I want it so that the only people I need to answer to on my blogs are my readers.

4. What is your most petty pet peeve?

In myself? I hate that my nails don't behave and that they get to a certain length and start to get all weak on me and chip. At that point I just chop them off because having a hand where two nails are immaculate and the other three are short and stubby does not look good. Today I showed people how my fingers look like fangs because my pinky and pointer fingers had long nails and my fuck you finger and ring finger had short nails. I should just take more care of them. My most petty pet peeve in others is when people sneeze like 10 times in a row. I know it's something they can't control but after the fourth sneeze, I am trying to figure out where I could hide the body.

5. What is one thing your readers would be surprised to know about you?

Hmm, lets see. You said one thing but I'm going to go with many because I can't pick just one. I figure that if I include more than one thing, there is a possibility that you will be surprised by at least one of them. I will try to make them as interesting and shocking as possible:

• I've played piano for a long time. I hope to get back into it and also want to learn the violin.

• I wrote a children's book but haven't taken it to the next level. I also have other ideas but haven't gotten far with them either. I should probably get on that.

• I think green eggs and ham is a delicacy.

• I believe that my fish, Jim, is Jesus. He's been resurrected several times. One time he was actually upside down for a good portion of the day. The day after, he was swimming around the bowl gleefully.
  

• I will be starting Masters number 2 in September. Because I don't have enough information crammed in my brain.

• I believe that high school teachers have it way easier than elementary school teachers in terms of planning and teaching curriculum. I stand by this statement and will not be swayed.

• I predict that this is the year I find sex love again.

• I'm lazy.
  

And there you have it. Thanks for getting the questions to me so quickly, Princess. It really helped me with my intended segue between beard posts.


* BOO!