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1. What's your dream job?

Dream. Dream dream dream. Thank you, Everly Brothers. Okay, in my dream world, soon after my graduation from SI, I would be hired by Clerkenwell Films (John Hannah's production company) to make official websites for the company and their films. I would, of course, have lined up the job a few months in advance, because I don't want any helphelpI'mgraduatingandIhavenojob panic.

This would be, for some reason, a miraculously well-paying job and John would lend me his vacation home in France to work from, but bring me into London from time to time to talk about projects and to spend time on sets taking pictures and picking up information for the sites.

Eventually I would build up a body of contacts, buy a little house in Provence and go freelance, still doing all of Clerkenwell's sites, but also branching out and doing sites for other film companies in the US, France, and the UK. Then I would TAKE OVER THE WORLD.

2. If you were to give one piece of advice to today's high school graduates, what would it be?

I would be afraid to have that kind of power. And I think it would be useless, anyway. Everyone needs their own message. I suppose I would tell them to be aware of their surroundings. Both on the Big Picture level and, say, not getting hit by a bus. Sounds like good advice to me.

3. Describe your perfect day.

She would be tall, blonde, have a bachelor's degree from Albion College, work at Pfizer...

Oh, sorry. That's Jackie Day. And she isn't quite perfect.

I would wake up around 9am. I don't want to get up early, but neither do I want to sleep through all of my Perfect Day. I wake up at 9am. I don't want breakfast in bed, because that's messy. I want Breakfast At the Table Across The Room From The Bed. After breakfast, I'll surf the net for a while in my imaginary wirelessly-connected laptop. Then I'll get dressed in Brand New Clothes that someone with taste picked out (not me).

After that, all of my friends (and I mean all of them - from all over the world) will come over and miraculously get along. I don't think this would happen in real life. We will go to the movies, where they will have a John Hannah Film Festival with all of my favorites - even things that never made it to the big screen - including Sliding Doors, Pandaemonium (4th time on the big screen?) and "Out of the Blue". Waiters will bring us food throughout the movies and we will eat at little tables set over our knees. There will be potty breaks. No one will complain that there was too much John Hannah when we emerge, bleary-eyed. We will be driven home in a flying bus and have an enormous sleepover. There will be s'mores.

4. Your current sibling(s): too much, not enough, or just right?

Is this question meant to ask if I have too many siblings? That makes me laugh. If I have too many, will you come to take the extras away?

I suppose (although I would never tell her) that apart from her comically stubby pinky fingers, my sister is just right. If we're counting the evil demon dog, then I have one sibling too many.

5. What scares you?

I have many levels of fear. I'm afraid of people sneaking up on me in restaurants, but I don't sit up nights worrying about it. I'm afraid of where George Bush is leading the country and that he'll be reelected. I'm afraid of things pointing at my eyes. I'm afraid of travelling to a country where I don't speak the language. I'm afraid that I'll get stung by a bee and discover that I'm allergic to bees and die. I'm afraid of dogs that are bigger than me and some that are smaller. I'm afraid that I'll never love anyone as much as I love myself. I'm afraid that I'll get to SI and discover it's not at all what I thought it was and I don't like it. I'm afraid I'll get to SI, discover that HCI isn't what I want to do, and switch to the Archives & Records Management specialization. I'm afraid that I'll inherit heart problems, bad knees, and diabetes. I'm afraid that coming up with all of these things I'm afraid of will make me want to curl up in a ball and hide tonight and I'll never get to drink out of a jar with Harini.