Feasting

Friday Feast

Appetizer
What was your first "real" job?

I babysat starting when I was 13 or so. My first hourly job--at age 16--was shelving books at my "growing up" library, where they still had my signature card from 10 years previous. Sweet.

Soup
Where would you go if you wanted to spark your creativity?

I would go into hibernation in a comfortable hotel room or rental house somewhere far from my real life, bringing nothing with me but a laptop, paper, writing utensils and two cases of bottled water. No TV allowed.

Salad
Complete this sentence: I am embarrassed when...

...people find out I have a nasty-ass temper.

Main Course
What values did your parents instill in you?

Work hard. Do the best you can do, and then do more, in everything you try. God is real, in the here and now; talk to Him. Appreciate life: it could all disappear very quickly. Pay your bills. Save everything you own because you might need it someday. It is a privilege to live in Colorado.

Dessert
Name 3 fads from your teenage years.

Vans
Big combs in the back pockets of jeans.
Moon Unit Zappa

A nice mixture of taste sensations...