I told Susie to INTERVIEW ME and what do you know? She did.
1. Where did the name of your blog come from? (warning:dork alert)
Hootie Mac is my nickname. A nickname that I gave myself. It makes me giggle. Hootie Mac sounds like a fun person. She never meets a stranger. Women want to be her friend. Men adore her. She wears expensive shoes and pretty bras from Victoria’s Secret. She is one hell of a classy broad.
2. Who was your first best friend, and what did you like about him or her?
My first best friend was Judy. She lived next door to me when I was 5 years old. She was incredibly blonde, very sweet, and she liked me. Pretty much what I look for in a friend-despite who/what I am you still like me.
3. Who is the sexiest cartoon character, and why?
Thundar the Barbarian. And that is all I am going to say about that.
4. You are Southern and Christian, both labels that come with a lot of stereotypes . What mistakes assumptions might be made about you, based on these labels?
If I tell you I am a Christian, I assume that you assume the following:
- I HATE in the name of my God
- I am a straightlaced prude with no sense of the ridiculous.
- I think I am a better person than you cause I am going to heaven and you are going to hell in a handbasket.
But that I would like for you to know is that when I say I am Christian, it means that I am a follower of Jesus Christ. A follower-not a leader. Jesus has an incredible love and mercy for all. He never judges. He knows that is not his purpose.
To me, being a follower means I try to emulate what he was. Try and fail miserably. But I still try. Every person I meet I want to love but let’s face facts: Some people are just asshats and would even get on Jesus’ last nerve.
I am irreverent, wicked, and enjoy a good shag like nobody’s business.
And I certainly not arrogant enough to assume that Christians have got it all figured out. What makes us think we have special insight to the working of God’s mind?
As for being Southern, I can only guess at what someone might think of me after learning I was bred and born in the great state of Louisiana. But let me assure you that:
- I am an intelligent person who can read, write and cipher numbers. I have a college degree. Although my I.Q. is not in the range of Einstein, I am smarter than the average bear.
- New Orleans is equally the best and the worst of the South. But it is still the coolest city ever.
- We did not all campaign for David Duke. What a waste of space he is.
- I have never eaten roadkill. Or cooked it.
- I can almost guarantee you that you have more prejudices that I do. We all live together in harmony like most semi-dysfunctional families no matter what you hear.
I will own up to the fact that I did date my cousin 4 times removed when I was 16. You got me there.
5. Do you use fragrance — perfume, lotion? Do you have a “signature” scent?
I own one bottle of perfume. Ralph Lauren’s Blue. I really like the Ralph Lauren scents. But scents never really “take” on me. They seem to fade right off. I sure that has a name or a support group of some sort. I will have to google it.
Well, there you go. My sincere thanks go out to Susie for her thoughtfulness and some really good questions. And according to the rules, I make the following offer. If you want to be interviewed:
- Leave me a comment saying “Interview Me!”
- I will respond by emailing you five questions. I get to pick the questions.
- You will update your blog with the answers to the questions.
- Include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the same post.
- When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions.
