Interview With a Non-Vampire

I ran across this little "interview invitation" at Prudent Purl (via Blogs For Bush / GOP Bloggers) and thought it may be entertaining. It's also a way to finagle a few extra hits to my lonely blog - see, when it's lonely, it loses all ability to discern portion sizes, makes reckless decisions, and then gets depressed.

It's taken me forever to answer the questions, though, because in one of the questions, Ms. Prudent Purl said I was funny. Therefore, I was under tremendous pressure to answer them in an amusing manner. I've decided if I wait until I am able to do that, then it will be 2009 and I'll be too busy finishing up medical school. The questions may be irrevelant by that point as well. So, here's an introduction to what on earth I'm talking about, along with the questions and my answers:

I'll offer to interview the next four people to respond to this post that will do the following:

1. Leave me a comment that says you want to be interviewed.
   
2. I'll respond by asking you five questions here. They will be different questions than the ones below.
   
3. You will update YOUR blog with the answers to the questions.
   
4. You will include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the same post.
   
5. When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions.

And here's my questions from Prudent Purl:

Before I get to the questions, however, I would like to ask Kim how she found my blog since she has stated she doesn't knit. (It's on my paper route.)

1. I read on your profile that you like to run. Have you ever ran a marathon? If not, would you like to?
   I haven't ran in a marathon, but I ran in a couple of 5Ks with my dad. You know, back when I was more motivated and didn't have the unfortunate trifecta of sausage arms, a belly roll and a giant rear end to weigh me down. I'm actually feeling the motivation come back, though. It tends to do that when spring nears - I much prefer running outside to a treadmill. I'd like to run one someday, though. And when I do, I'd better be on the cover of everything like Oprah was.
2. Reading your profile I died laughing. From whom in your family did you get your sense of humor?
   I got it from my dad - I was six and I spirited it away while he was taking a nap. Mwahahaha! Just kidding. Actually, I don't know. I think I decided that if I can't be beautiful (I can fix the sausage arms but I'm stuck with my freakishly large head and my linebacker shoulders) then I'd do well in school and also attempt to be funny. I don't think anybody in my real life actually thinks of me as funny, though. I get a lot of strange looks. Also, sorry I killed you.
3. Do you think the head Dr. on House, M.D. is hot? (I do)
   Look everyone! I'm receiving communication from the dead! Anyway, re: House, M.D. - do you mean Dr. House or one of the other doctors? If it's Dr. House, then yes, yes I do, but I'm not sure why. I think it's the science brain + a sardonic sense of humor. But oh, the horror! I just discovered via IMDb that he was in SPICE WORLD. Aaaaack.
4. How long have you been blogging?
   Since August 2005.
5. Do you have a specific field of medicine you want to go into?
   I really don't know - I like infectious diseases, but I think that's because I know more about that than anything else, such as cardiology or gastroenterology or something like that. So I don't know. I'll just have to see what grabs me. I think endocrinology would be pretty profitable in the area where I live (and where I hope I can continue to live.) See, us West Virginians won't stop shoveling food into our faces and we also live on the couch, surrounded by Twinkies, small piles of Cheetos, and 17 remote controls, which is why everybody is diabetic.

The End. Sorry I don't have a sordid past or a whirlwind marriage that could have been brought up in the interview.

Leave me a comment if you want some questions! I promise I won't use Katie Couric's interviewing style (you know, awkward flirting.)