I've gotten the remark from a couple of people that my outgoing voicemail message is "short" and "abrupt." (It says, "Hi, this is Keith, leave a message." That's all.) Quite frankly, I don't see why my outgoing message needs to be longer. If the phone rings five times or so, it's pretty obvious I'm not picking up and you'll be kicked to voicemail, where you'll wait for the tone and then leave a message with your name and, if I don't have it already, your number. So since we've all been conditioned to already know what to do when leaving a message, why do I have to spell it out for you in a long blathering message? So Wendy was doing this five questions thing, and I decided to participate... 1. When did you start blogging? Who introduced to you to it? June 2001. I was actually introduced to it by Aimee. She doesn't look like she's blogging much anymore, though. Through some glitch on Blogger.com, she was stuck on the recently updated page for a month or so, and her blog sounded the coolest of all the ones listed there. So I started reading, we started e-mailing, and she suggested I start blogging -- I think it was to make sure I wasn't a completely insane stalker guy. 2. Alternate Universe: There is only country music. It is the ONLY music there is. Death is not an option. What do you do for a living? I'd be a deeeeeeentiiiiiiiist... sorry, couldn't resist breaking into song there. Um... I guess I'd probably never have left the wonderful and exciting and fulfilling world of public relations. Or maybe I'd have auditioned to be one of the Fantanas. 3. Your perfect day, beginning to end. Sleep late. Wake up next to a wonderful woman. Go out to brunch. Do some kind of outdoor fun activity, maybe mini golf or going for a walk on the beach or something. Then perhaps cooking a dinner together. Then cuddling on the couch and watching a good movie together. Then some rock 'n' roll hoochie coo. Then falling asleep together. 4. 3 songs you can't live without. 3 songs that should have never been made. Oh, evil woman! How dare you reduce my musical tastes to a simple triad of good and evil! I'll give it a shot, but I expect that it'll change in about five minutes. Can't Live Without: 1. Grand Theft Audio - "As Good As It Gets" 2. Handsome Boy Modeling School - "Once Again (To Kick One For You)" 3. Finch - "What It Is to Burn (Radio Mix)" Should Never Have Been Made: 1. P. Diddy - "I'll Be Missing You" 2. Avril Lavigne - "Complicated" 3. John Mayer - "Your Body is a Wonderland" 5. Finish this sentence. The perfect woman for me would be... My best friend, my lover and my partner-in-crime all wrapped into an attractive package. Someone who thinks I'm the funniest guy in the world and who can make me laugh until I have trouble breathing. Someone who can argue with me about something as stupid as the plot intracacies of Super Troopers as well as something as intelligent as politics and philosophy. Someone who likes me for my quirks and little aspects of my personality and who allows for things that I love that she may not. Someone who can sing. Someone who likes rock. Someone who is handy with tools. Someone who makes me want to make an effort to accept her for who she is. If you'd like to be interviewed: 1) Leave a comment by 10pm tonight if you want to be interviewed. 2) I will respond; I'll ask you five questions. 3) You'll update your journal with my five questions, and your five answers. 4) You'll include this explanation. 5) You'll ask other people five questions when they want to be interviewed.