Now For Something Completely Different.

Just a quick clarification regarding yesterday's post (both mine and Mr. Boy's): he was not going to pee on the ring, he was going to pee with the ring on.  Although Older Slackbrother J. came up with an alternate suggestion to keep the ring safe.

Anyway, there's been little time to solve mysteries here at the Slackmistress & BetheBoy Detective Agency.  So today I thought I'd do something a little different and allow myself to be interviewed by my partner.  You can see the results of his interview (not by me) here.  I was positive his questions were all going to be about robots and makeouts and dogs.  Clearly my Detective Work needs some work.

1 – What inspired you to start The Slack Daily and what inspires you to continue?

Back in 2002, people kept bugging me to start up a daily blog as an adjunct to the slack, which I updated weekly.  By that point I had been exposing myself online for nearly five years, and I thought how much more do they want to know?  I wasn't hooked into the blogging world, so I just put up a livejournal on November 15th, 2002.  However, as the blogging world grew, I realized that while a community like livejournal was great, it didn't really get me out there to the world at large.  So I made the transition to my Big Boy Blog back in 2006.

What inspires me to continue?  I know I say this a lot but I've been blogging since before "blogging" was a word (I think).  I'm 34, and I've been doing this for ten years.  I don't know how not to do it at this point.  As a writer, I think it's good practice to keep yor writing chops up.  But the occasional fan letter always helps.

2 - In your writing you frequently mention about your Russian heritage and this brings to mind an obvious question: Given the choice to make out with Stalin or Khrushchev, who do you chose and why?

Stalin was a bad, bad man who wiped out a good portion of my family.  And Mr. K. was a Stalin supporter and the Butcher of Ukraine.  It's weird to think that this is all part of history, but it's not that long ago. Both of my grandparents as well as my aunt had a little detour into the camps, and SlackMom herself was born in a refugee camp. You don't make out with people who have cut the family tree off at the trunk.

But going on looks alone, I'd say Stalin.  That moustache has to tickle. Besides, who wants to kiss a guy who takes his shoe off in public?   

 

3- Do you want to know who reads your stuff?

Of course I do.  The weird thing with me is that unlike a lot of bloggers, I don't know most of my readers.  A lot of people have been with me since I started the slack, and there wasn't any way to interact outside of email.  So a good portion of my reading audience doesn't interact with me because they're just not used to it.  I wish they would.
 

4 – Has there been anything you have written that you wished you could have back once it was posted?

I think I've written some pretty revealing stuff, but nothing I want to take back.  I have taken down one article on the slack because it caused drama for someone I was friends with although I got permission from him to post it in the first place.  I always make sure that I either keep people anonymous, and the only person who gets revealed is myself.  To that point, if I'm in a relationship I try to only write about my partner in the best light possible.

5 – What can Slack Daily readers expect in the future?

Wedding photos (sorry), maybe some more penis talk.  Detective Agency antics, some whining, hopefully some good news and maybe, just maybe, a videoblog or two. If anyone's got any requests, you know where to find me.

The rules of this game are supposed to end with me saying "post here and I'll ask you five questions."  But I hate rules.  So if you'd like to steal these for yourself, please do.