1. Who are your favorite cartoon characters?
Depends on the cartoon. Right now, GIR is a HUGE favorite, from Invader Zim. He's just so wacky. "To make room for the cupcake!"
Then there are the classic Warner Brothers - Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Foghorn Leghorn.
Never much of a big Disney fan, though.
2. Have you yet reached the point where you feel like you are from a different generation than today's youth?
Oh, hell yes, alas. The music, the clothes. I feel so old.
3. What was the first Music Video that really impressed you? What made it so amazing?
I have no idea. We had Previews (some kind of pre-cable system, I think it may have been satellite of some kind) back before MTV, because we didn't have cable. Roger & Roger had a video show, and that's where I saw stuff like Mental as Anything ("Brain Brain") and Oingo Boingo ("Nothing Bad Ever Happens to Me"), so I'm sure one of those scarred me for life, when it came to videos. Then again, I was a HUGE Duran Duran fan. I rented a videotape of all their early releases regularly.
I do admit to watching Thriller when it was released. That was really something for its time.
4. Name a song and an era that comes to mind when you hear the word "Retro."
Oh, the 50s and all their harmonizing girl and boy bands.
5. How has your life been affected by HIV or AIDS?
It's not been terribly impacted, for good or bad.
6. Yesterday in the USA, we celebrated "Mothers Day," a day where we honor the mothers in our lives. If you were on a "special day" nominating committee, who or what would you recommend that we create a day in honor of?
The Exploration of Space. Moon Day. Oh yeah.
7. Last week, we have several Tornadoes tore through many neighborhoods, destroying homes and devastating the lives of the residents. How would you feel if you lost every possession you owned? Or would it matter? How would you go on with your life?
I would feel devastated. But I've lost some things that were important to me before (kept in purses that were stolen), so I would be able to move on beyond it. It would be worse if someone close to me lost their life. Or if something happened to my cats.