As part of that whole interview meme, I was asked 5 questions by Hilly. I still have another 20 or so people to whom I need to send interview questions, so be patient. I'm working on it, fuckers.

As a result, I'm not going to invite commenters to request an interview. Instead, use the comments to answer the five questions that I'm answering. I'm interested in what you have to say. No, really. I am!

Hilly asks:

1.) What is the one thing that a blogger can do to really annoy you?

One thing? There are so many things that bloggers do that annoy me to no end. Let's see. I get annoyed if a blogger's name is "KIDNAME'S Mom", because it really says to me that you don't have your own identity or personality. Not that I have a lot of "Tyler's Mom" and "Shithead's Mom" bloggers who read me, but it frustrates me even when I see it on other blogs.

I get annoyed by passive aggressive bloggers who whine and lie and just use their blog as a way to get people to tell them nice things. Those types of people annoy me in real life, too.

I hate when bloggers have so many nicknames for all of their family members and kids and husband/wife and then they use the initials for them. You know what? I don't give a fuck if JT and QU were fighting and then DH farted and you just had to call PSFK to tell her, but she was already talking to CKSKR! That means absolutely nothing to me, and I might stop reading your blog now.

I am annoyed by bloggers who have a sponsored post as every other post, or who have ads in the feedreader, or who have an abbreviated feed or post a ton of pictures but have this need to hide their face or post something goofy in its place or do weekly things like haiku or HNT or lists or memes . . ..

Hoo boy. This is a post all on its own!

2.) Even though I HATE this phrase, do you consider yourself an "A List Blogger" or do you see it a different way?

I see blogging in tiers, but not like "A-List" or anything like that. There are Big Bloggers, Medium Bloggers, Small Bloggers, and Tiny Bloggers. Obviously, the Big Bloggers are people like Heather Armstrong (who I heard from a friend of a friend likes to have sex with a horse and then saves the horse jizz to put in things she bakes for her family), but she's the biggest of the big. There are plenty of big bloggers who get a ton of traffic, a lot of readers and commenters, and never seem to have time to actually ever show up and comment on anyone else's blog. That just seems to defeat the purpose of blogging being fun because you're part of a big community. If I ever reach that level, I hope I'm able to still read the blogs that I like.

I'd consider myself a Medium Blogger. Large enough to have an audience of some size but small enough to still be a drop in the bucket of the Internet.

3.) If you did not work for yourself, what kind of job would you like to have?

I cannot imagine ever working for anyone else, so any job that I would like to have would have to be working for myself. However, rather than the business that I'm in (selling razor-sharp glass dildos to masochistic fetishists), I would love to own a small independent movie theater/comic book store/cafe combo. That would be heaven.

4.) If I dared you to talk dirty to me, could you do it? Why or why not?

Ooh, baby, I want to insert my penis gently into your vagina and then retract it and insert it again and repeat that for several times until I ejaculate.

How's that for dirty talk? I just find the whole concept demeaning and have no interest in it. I put women on pedestals and the concept of dirty talk just seems to chip away at that pedestal, even if it's something that the woman likes or wants. I can't help it.

5.) How many folders do you have in Google Reader and what are their labels?

I have a ton of folders. Here's what I have now:

1. Must reads
2. 2nd Tier
3. Read if Time Available
4. Nice people with sucky blogs
5. New commenters to check out
6. People I Hate
7. Celebrity Blogs
8. Photo Blogs

I read the Must Reads almost every single day. I almost always manage to read the 2nd Tier blogs, and on days when I have time, I read the "RITA" blogs. The nice people with sucky blogs are people that I like personally but don't really find their blogs interesting, so I try to read them to see how their life is going, but I don't always have time for them. I add all commenters to my feedreader to the New Commenters folder and as I read them, I decide where to stick them. Finally, the People I Hate folder is for the people I hate but still want to see what stupid shit they're spewing. I have about 12 blogs in there.

What are your answers to these questions?