Interview with: Matthieu Chesaux
How long have you been in _____ (family history etc):
Eight years, before in Texas. Originally from Vermont.
What's one of your favorite things about living here?
The plethora of outdoor activities and the sunshine.
What's on of the worst things about living here?
Spreading suburban disease and all its intendant evils.
What do you do for work?
I work for an architectural firm, project manager.
Did you go to school? What's your specialty?
Grad school in Texas, undergrad in Vermont and Texas- Arlington. Not that many good things in Texas unless you live there for a long time.
What's with your tattoos?
No tattoos just self-inflicted wound scars.
What kind of animal would you be?
Pigeon or a crow. They can live almost anywhere, but a pigeon cause I can poop on humans.
Do you have dreams on a regular basis? What?
Not that I remember. When I do they are relatively ordinary.
Say something obvious
Something obvious
Do you like to cook? What?
A little bit. Simple things like veggies and pasta.
Are you persuaded politically?
Mostly in terms of a lesser of two evils leaning democratic by necessities.
Say a word that you don't know its meaning
Puerile (which Matt knew the meaning but said that he had to look it up recently)
What were you doing in 1987?
That was my gap year between high school and college, roofing, gainfully unemployed.
What were you doing in 1994?
That was another gap year. Decided to end undergrad and went heavy into architecture. Worked the lifts in Stowe Vermont too.
What's your favorite punctuation mark?
The ellipsis. A very versatile mark, keeps you from having to finish anything.
You are all alone on the top of the empire state building, what do you yell?
I wouldn't yell anything. I don't feel that need.
Best explanation for why a manhole covers are round?
The diameter of the the cover can't fall through the hole.
What is something that can make you shiver?
Loni's cold hands.
What is something that can give you a headache?
Cigarette smoke, biking too hard too long.
Pick a sport that you would play professionally
Freestyle BMX or surfing, but surfing would probably win.
Say something about you that would make people like you
I can empathize with various people.
Say something that would make people dislike you
Far too critical.
Have you ever started a fire without matches?
Yes with a magnifying glass.
If you were the president, what would be your highest priority?
Education reform and providing a college education for everyone.
What's your favorite vegetable?
Corn on the cob.
If you found a hundred dollar bill on the ground what would you do about it?
Share it with Loni
Elvis or the Beatles?
Beatles
Who do you relate more to big bird, snuffalupogus, cookie monster, captain America or spider-man?
Cookie monster I guess, I understand where he's coming from.
What philosopher do you find the most amusing?
Nietzsche. Paragon of indestructibility, no one really knows what he's talking about but it isn't as difficult as it seems.
What poet?
Les Claypool. Not really a poet but his songs make me happy.
Abstract, realism, or surrealism?
Abstract
First book that comes to mind?
The story of THE. Daniel Quinn.
The smartest and the dumbest thing you have heard lately...
Dumbest: the other night at a restaurant "so I woke up in my tank top and than I didn't know where I was- and I wasn't wearing any underwear..."
Smartest: I was listening to a guy who was describing his son and how he was asking him about the press industry and he said his son asked him "daddy, what do these things do?" and he responded "it turns".
Try to sum it all up (your motto?):
Ignorance is strength. Thanks to George Orwell for that.
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