My Blogger Insider partner for this cycle is (I hope I’m spelling this right) Doyce Testerman (what a weird name, right?) of bears-cave.com, which has too many taglines for me to list here. He also (apparently) authors a number of other “lesser” blogs, mostly related to roleplaying games (which as near as I can tell have something to do with steam tunnels and tattoos).
Here are his answers to my questions:
1. So I was wondering —
Yes, it’s my real name. Read my intro, or my long intro. Brilliant lead-in, Chuckles, I can see you reeeeely did your homework. Move on.
2. Okay, How happy are you with your current “look”?
That’s funny. Umm… I’m a guy. Doyce is a guy’s name — well, at least it can be — it is in my case, anyway. Guy’s don’t have “looks”. Again, some of this is covered in my intro page.
3. Is the concept of having a “look” something you find silly, or normal? Both?
How many times do I have to shock you Monkey-boy? Drew Barrymore has a look. Angelina Jolie has a look. On them, it’s not silly. Guys trying to have a “look” is silly.
Is this opinion Sexist? Sure. On the other hand, it’s sexist about my own sex. If ethic groups can employ ethnic slurs against their own ethnic group and it’s okay, then I can say “a guy with a ‘look’ looks like a jack-ass.”
But Antonio Banderas has a look…
Pardon me, but I’m still talking about guys here. Ewan McGregor, Tommy Lee Jones, Edward Norton, Forrest Whitaker, Mike Alstott, Chow Yung Fat… am I painting you a clear word-picture, cupcake?
4. Umm. Right. Name the best part of Easter: getting to see fa —
Cadbury Caramel Eggs. Next question.
5. … Okay… The band who most recently surprised you, either by unexpectedly rocking or unexpectedly sucking. (In concert or on an album.)
Bad Religion. Never heard anything by them, now I’ve got their stuff on repeat on my harddrive. Excellent punkish stuff. Reminds me of the Pogues before the lead singer got too drunk to remember the song lyrics. They have earned the right to take my money. Think I might catch the Warped tour in June just to catch them and Alkaline Trio.
6. Favorite spectator sport, (or most annoying, if that’s not your cup of tea).
Football. Also, sadly, golf. Yes, I have discovered I can watch golf. It’s a sickness. Kill me.
7. Name a thing you desperately *need* to buy/get that’s within your normal spending range.
Those shoe things that you strap on to aerate your lawn with. Also, rubber gloves — I see a gutter cleaning in my very very near future.
8. How about something you desperately *want* to buy or get that’s outside your normal spending range?
Hotel reservations for when my in-laws AND parents are in town. They can all have my house, and I’ll take the dogs with me.
…or a nice Palm PDA. I can afford it, but can’t exactly justify it.
9. Name a site that’s most like what you’d like your site to be, or is your site exactly what you wanted?
I’m really happy with my site, although I always feel like it could be tied together more. Downside to that is that most of the rest of my stuff is pretty fringeworthy and turns off a lot of people who aren’t into it, so if I integrate too much, the game people don’t get their game stuff, and the straight people get over-geeked.
That said, I really like the forums that Xkot has. I think they’d make me spend even MORE time online, though.
10. Spring/Summer activity you’re most looking forward to?
I’m hoping to find a team to play softball with, but barring that, golf is always a winner… the whole family can go to a three par and have a good time.
11. What recent mishap would have won you 10,000 bucks on America’s Funniest Home Videos if someone had been taping you?
Last weekend, I was making a joke and, to illustrate the joke, was bouncing around on a really cushy office chair as though riding a horse (VERY long story behind that), anyway, I was leaning sideways at the same time as I bounced up and down, which created a lot of torque or something at a strong angle. The shaft connecting the chair to the base snapped like a pretzel in W’s mouth as I was leaning way out to the side, and my ass hit the floor with a surprised thump.
I’m told it was very amusing. There, you’ve had your fun at my expense, I’m outta here.
