I continue to answer questions!

The next (and final) batch of questions getting the long (or not so long in some cases) treatment is from Sid. While I've only met her once, I hope to hang out with her again:

1. Poetry or prose?
To read, both. I like poetry (especially the wild crazy ones like ee cummings, Whitman and some of the more modern stuff), but I have a hard time writing it. It inevitably turns into a mutilated version of "There once was a man from Nantucket..."

As for prose, I like reading and writing it. I find I'm better with prose because there's a sense of rhythm in writing, but I don't feel as tightly structured as I do with poetry (blame my English classes).

2. Would you consider being a richly kept woman if it meant you could never work again, at anything, even if you wanted to?

No. The never work again clause could mean anything. While it might appear neat on the surface ("Great! Never get up at 6:30 to do a shitty commute and deal with work! Sign me up!") the question for me is what constitutes work? I mean, if I write a book in my free time and it's published and I get paid, is that work? If I'm working towards a goal such as getting the laundry done or cooking a meal, is that work?

I also know myself. I know that if I don't have something to do, I'm going to go nuts. In the book Aloud: Voices from the Nuyorican Poets' Cafe there's a poem called "I Need a Job." The final lines are "A man without a job, is a man in HELL." I've often felt like that.

Now if we're talking about something like Breakfast at Tiffany's where George Peppard's character was a writer set up in an apartment by a rich woman and he spent all day writing, I might be able to go for that. To me, that's still work, but you're working on something you love, as opposed to paying the damn bills.

However, I think that no matter what, Jeff will have objections to me becoming a kept woman for some rich guy. And overall, I wouldn't want to do it either because I'd probably have to leave Jeff behind.

3. When you make #2, do you look before you flush? Feel free not to answer that one.

I said I'd answer the questions, so I will. But I'll post a warning for people:

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No. I don't. But I do look as the flush goes down the drain. You almost have to because you have to turn around to hit the handle -- or at least, I do. I've never been coordinated enough to find the handle when I'm sitting on the pot. Not to mention, I don't like the potential splashback on my ass. It gets the underwear wet.

Whee! That was fun! Thanks for the questions guys!