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2 excellent questions before I go to class.

Which designers and architects have inspired you most?  What made you want to study what you do?

A tough one.  I am partial to the work of Nicholas Grimshaw, anything that Ove Arup (engineers, not architects, but I’d consider them designers) had a hand in… I would say I’ve been inspired by the last firm I worked at, Landon Bone Baker.  Also, Archigram, Lebbeus Woods, and Syd Mead.  My design-related friends continue to inspire and challenge me.

In terms of what got me interested in architecture, I’m going to pull out the cliche and say LEGO.  Lots of people say that, but I’m legit because I still play and build with LEGO.  In general, I’m just interested in how things fit together, why the constructed world is the way it is…  This quotation I posted a few weeks ago touches on all this, suggesting that the toys we play with as kids directly affects how we build as adults.  I think that is incredible, with fascinating implications.

Who is your favorite Muppet?

A friend from high school has always said that I’m Kermit, demands that I sing “It’s Not Easy Being Green” and even made me a mix CD of Kermit songs…

I like Beaker, Swedish Chef (especially as portrayed by Andy Samberg), Statler and Waldorf, and on rare occasion I do a Count von Count impression, mainly when counting.

K I imagine these Q&A posts get boring pretty fast, so last chance.

Did you know that I admire you? I love to read your posts, you always make me smile and I sort of envision you as what my brother would be like if I had one. I think you are positively wonderful. I wish I knew you in real life!

Wowzers, thanks!   Regarding your question, no I did not know, but as I am quite admirable, I tend to assume people do.

Formspring!

How do you feel about the experience you’ve had in DAAP at U of Cincinnati? (academically, design-ly, socially, whatever else) [from TimZ, who is applying in Industrial Design]

Oh, pretty good.  I imagine most schools are basically the same, objectively speaking.  The best way to tell is just to visit the place.  UC has the co-op thing, which is really nice, because you get paid, and also work experience is just generally good.  I don’t know how ID ranks, but it’s probably a good program.

Socially, I had quite a good time.  I suppose Cincinnati isn’t the most “happening” city, but its got some nice stuff, plus you can always co-op in cool places.

how do you eat your oreos?

Well, I don’t eat them anymore, because of high cholesterol, but when I did, I suppose I dunked them in milk once, and then but the cookie in my mouth.  What followed was the normal eating routine.

why the Joseph Gordon-Levitt hate?

I don’t know, in those SNL promos he seemed like an asshole.  You are making me look him up on IMDB… haven’t heard of any of these movies… didn’t see 500 Days of Summer, but from the previews I hated it… ok Brick was good.  Do people think he’s hot or something?

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Where are all the perverse questions, y’all?  Or the ones that are weirdly mean and hateful?  Get your act together, and question some shit.

Is Formspring cool again?  Mike is doing it, and I recall Matthew doing it a lil bit ago.

Back when it was the most popular fad since marriage proposals, I participated in my own special way.  First, I made up questions to answer.  Then, I created a bizarre scenario where people would submit answers, which I would then question.  See the entire sordid affair, in blog-typical reverse-chronological order.

Anyway, my sense immediately following my 9th sense (in the Tim scheme of senses) senses that my adoring fans have dozens if not hundreds of burning questions to ask me.  So here goes:

KNEEL BEFORE ZOD. (aka, “submit”)

It’s time for the second and also last installment of my reverse bandwagon Q&A concept-art-piece.  The actual bandwagon is rapidly getting played out, so I best hop off now too.  Remember, OTHER PEOPLE wrote the ANSWERS, and then I wrote questions to create the illusion that I was answering peoples questions.

Q: What’s an answer that someone might submit to your “formspring” if they don’t really get the concept of this whole “questioning the answers” thing?

A: where do the ducks go in the winter?

Q: That’s a good one!  How about one other example?

A: goddam this is such a good idea, wish I were witty enough to come up with a good one

Q: Moving on, have you ever seen Paris Hilton?

A: never without an umbrella

Q: You are way sexy, and I would like to sex you up.  What music should accompany our love-making, and in what position should we start?

A: rock and roll music.  any old way you choose it.

And that’s it.  Done.  Over.  (relevant Paris Hilton information from July 8th 2008)

I’ve questioned the first batch of answers.  (guide to reading this) (remember, OTHER PEOPLE wrote the ANSWERS, then I wrote the questions, as if they were questions that people asked me)

Q: Why set this whole thing up?  It’s not funny and it’s confusing.

A: Because I wanted to.

Q: Why did you unfollow me?

A: I thought you were gay, and obnoxious.  I kind of still do.  But it’s okay.

Q: How many times have you cried in your life?

A: 4 in total.  Maybe 5 if you count that one time last year when that flock of sheep ran away

Q: Do you frequent sperm banks often in order to spread the gay gene?

A: No, totally not.  While I might think about it, I don’t have any motivation to act on it

Q: What is your best asset, and please don’t make this a weak attempt at a pun.

A: My ass.

Q: Remember that one time in Copenhagen when you disappeared for a day and a half?

A: I really don’t know how it happened.  All I know is I woke up the next day with bloodstains on my hands.

Q: If you were Harvey Dent, what would be your favorite day of the week?

A: Tuesday

Q: What’s that thing you say in an Austrian accent when something good or exciting happens?

A: Wonderbread

IF YOU LIKED OR HATED THIS, SUBMIT MORE ANSWERS AS SOON AS YOU WANT TO BUT HOPEFULLY RIGHT AWAY!

Answers are rolling in for my experimental A&Q!  Submit your answer! Shameless self-promotion!

It occured to me that reading a collection of these Q&A/A&Qs might be difficult.  They will be presented in the traditional question then answer format, despite the time-reality of the order being reversed.

Is the red dot on the the outside edge, or the inside corner?  This is what your brain has to do when you read my Q&As.

Red dot on outside edge: People wrote answers, and I made up questions to go with them.

Red dot on inside corner: People wrote questions, and I answered the questions.

It should be read both ways, at once.  SUBMIT NOW!!!!!

So now absolutely everyone is doing that “Submit Questions To Yer Blog” thing.

It should be noted that when I did mine, they were all fake and made up by me, and the link didn’t even work.

Fake questions are now passe.  The next step in Q&A evolution:  Go to my form and answer a question about me.  Don’t write down the question.  I’ll make up the question later.  If this doesn’t make sense you are dumb.

THIS IS THE FORM GO THERE NOW AND START ANSWERING

Following in the steps of such equally-famous-but-less-hot Tumbl-gays as Cameron, John5, and Qisto, I present the first questions from my latest bandwagon-hopping:

Q:  what sort of chimera would you be?

A:  The best kind!  The heart of an olympic athlete, the brain of a robot, and the metabolism of a hummingbird.  As a bonus, a nose that looks sort of like it was broken at some point, but really never has.

Q: When was the last time you got in a physical fight?

A: Usually I defeat villains with mind-powers so thats not really “physical.”  But I punched a completely innocent guy in the head 2 years ago.  It was a flying punch; I jumped down a staircase and landed the punch before landing on the ground. 

Q: Why do you do architecture?

A: For the vast sums of money, the babes, and the respect.

Q: whyyyyy are you such a queer

A: The money, bitches, and prestige.

Q:  Is “it” true?

A:  All of it!

That’s it for now!  Submit your question!