What was the first piece of music you ever bought?

Aerosmith - "Toys in the Attic."

"Foreigner 4."

"Dance, Dance, Dance" by Chic (it was a 45!).

God knows, I remember buying a Harry Connick Jr. tape at the Fair when I was pretty young.

The Go-Gos, "Beauty and the Beat." I kinda relied on my sibling's music until something came out that they didn't have. I got it on cassette. In fact, I just gave the cassette to Good Will and a friend of mine was appalled I'd give away such a classic. Ooh, my friend and I also bought the Footloose soundtrack on vinyl. I don't know how we split it. We felt way cool. I bet I still know the damn thing by heart. Ah, the Eighties.

The Osmonds, "One Bad Apple" (I think that's the title). I was five!

Donna Summer.

I think it was Styx "At The Paradise Theatre." I remember getting "Really Rosie," but I'm pretty sure that my parents hooked me up with that.

Styx "Mr. Roboto."

Tears For Fears' "Songs From The Big Chair."

Andy Gibb 7".

Jerry Lee Lewis, "Great Balls of Fire."

 

Have you ever seen a dead human body? Whose was it?

Yes, our neighbor Martha.

Yes. At a funeral.

Lord no, thank god. It's not something I look forward to. My mom asked if I wanted to check out my grandfather before they shut the coffin. When she saw me hesitate she said, "Nah, better you should remember him alive." That was a good idea.

Yes. My childhood best friend's father was shot and I saw it.

Nope. Not that I remember anyway.

NO. That would freak me out.

Yes! Ruth Buzzy [Editor's note: Hey man, don't diss the Buzz!].

Yes. My Grandfather's.

Yes - a stranger just killed in a traffic accident in Mexico, my uncle, my great-grandmother, my cousin, my best friend from junior high. Yikes, that's a lot!

A priest at a Catholic school, and we had to file by his coffin.

 

Stop and listen. Please describe the sounds you hear.

Footsteps, distant chatting, the motor of my brain.

Howard stern on TV's E!.

Traffic, ceiling fan, television, keyboard clacking.

The air conditioner softly buzzing and whirling, somewhere someone's taking a shower, a couple birds outside (as opposed to the birds that are actually inside the apartment). That's it, I think.

The computer is making weird noises, but other than that it's pretty silent.

Computer's buzzing, Marcy Playground's "It's Saturday" song, and our computer guy's voice.

Hiss, humm.

A distant airplane. A car just drove down my street with a satisfying whoosh. I don't hear it now, but my neighbor's broken car alarm will be sounding momentarily.

Birds chirping. Bird cleaning. Car starting. Radio. Keyboard clicking. Fan from computer. Strange distant unrecognizable hum.

The hum of my computer; various birds.

I hear the Police singing "Every little thing ..." on the radio, the microwave high pitched beep and the HVAC

Air conditioner in my room, fireworks outside. It's the Fourth of July.

The air conditioner. The creaking of my desk as I rearrange my legs. The keys on the keyboard when I type. And "Porky's Two" coming from the other room. Forgive me, I haven't had the energy to get up and change it since Ben Stein ended.

 

How many languages can you speak? What are they?

English (sometimes), used to be fluent in Spanish.

One. English. Two if you include "speaking" American Sign Language.

One really, English obviously. But I've taken German, Spanish and French before and right now I'm taking Italian - I'm learning that pretty well.

ENGLISH!!!

Well, English, duh. I was once considered proficient in French. Don't know if I still am. Took Yiddish for a couple of years. I'm studying American Sign right now. I can read and "pronounce" Hebrew as long as they use vowels. I don't know what it means though. They neglected to teach us that. I was in Mexico this weekend and my friends made me order lunch in Spanish. I don't think ordering fish tacos counts, though. I live in LA; it's time I learn Spanish.

One. Just English. I know, I know, I'm a typical American.

Three. English, American, Pig Latin.

Three - English (no, really! I mean it!), Spanish and Italian.

English real good, French pretty good, Spanish little bit, I can read and speak Hebrew but I don't know what I'm saying.

Almost fluent in English.

 

How old were you when you lost your virginity? Would you have it happen the same way if you had the chance to change it?

I was 13 and I wouldn't change a thing. Priceless.

17. Yes.

24. I think so.

Bad question - no one wants to remember that! I would definitely change it if I could - at the very least change the person.

16. I would not change a thing.

Hmmm, I was 20 (we're strictly talking intercourse here, right? 'Cause I go by the Clinton definition.). I waited for the right guy (nobody before was worth it), and the setting was nice. The event was actually mostly quite pleasant but things got kind of fucked up (no pun intended). I kinda took on his hangups. I should have done it earlier in our relationship, before the pressure (my own) got to me. When we were still fancy free. Whatever. It sure is fun now.

17. No.

Young ... around 10! No, fucking in my fort was cool!

17. Hell yeah I'd change it. I really think I just wanted to do it, so romance was not an issue.

16. I don't know how you could change something you don't know anything about, without first having experienced it.

17. Yes - it may have been nice to do it for reasons other than being mad at my mom.

I think I was 16. It was with someone I was dating for a year or so and he was sweet so I wouldn't change a thing.

I still haven't lost it and I wouldn't change it at all.