So far I have gotten a couple of interview requests — it’s true.  Like I really have anything to say — but OK, and as the Paul likes to remind me, it seems — I am developing some sort of minor (ghetto-type) celebrity here.  And when recent guest poster Ronique Gibson actually sent questions, I was glad to answer them for her. . . . Some of my thoughts appear on her site stagetecture.com today.

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Ronique’s questions forced me to evaluate our blog as it stands, look at where it came from, and where it may be going; they also made me, and I couldn’t help . . . but, reflect on myself a little too (and Yah . . . you know. Like I don’t do that enough already).  I just thought this little bit was, well . . . worth sharing:

Ya know . . . I frequently spend time hounding on posters for what we in the industry (*tongue in cheek*) call . . . a bio.  But when I have been asked recently to produce the same — I have to tell ya — I end up feeling a little like a deer in the headlines . . . letting out one, big, giant, literary “ummmmmmmmmm . . . well . . . .”

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What I mean  — look at some of the guys I hang out . . . near . . . while I’m in here. There’s Bob Borson :: Life of an Architect, Nick Lovelady :: Cupboards, Jody Brown :: Coffee with an Architect, and Paul Anater :: Kitchen and Residential Design.  Sure, all are supertalented, and charismatic (OK, maybe Jody — not so much).  Each also is a downright awesome blogger (and Jody — you know I was only kidding back there).  BUT really do those descriptives wholly define these guys?  No, not completely.  You see, in my eyes, they all also do have one, other, thing in common . . . A Career (Capital “C”).

Again, what I mean — I imagine it is easy for Bob and Jody at dinner parties. They probably start with something like, I am architect.  Nick might say, “My family owns a kitchen and bath firm.” For Paul, it might end up coming out a little more well-formed, but . . . at some point, I am almost certain, Paul would say . . . I am a kitchen designer.

. . . Then there’s me. I mean — I didn’t go to school for what I/we write about; I currently have no certifications; I do not control profit and loss; and I can’t even seem to manage the time (nor the motivation) to take my General Contracting exam . . . (which, by the way, is an open book test).  I mean, and especially in relation to these guys — What am I?  What do I do?

Now . . . this may seem like a sidebar . . . but . . . my father-in-law has a very angular sense of humor.  He probably has a decent answer for those questions.  From the day we met, some 13 years ago, he has referred to me as Job — j o b . . . of course adding only an o between the two letters that make up my name.  A joke I know, good-natured ribbing.  But times though, and I’ll admit — when I let the dark in (*ahem* Jody), I seem to let myself take it up to a slightly higher meaning . . . . Like — Shit! My Career will be made up of nothing more than, well, my jobs. And you know . . . you are going to be forty soon . . . . (<< Notice I add the ellipses in my thoughts too.)

Andddddd . . . if I think about it that way, I guess I’ll be the guy at the party saying, Ummmmmmmm . . . well . . . I’m a waiter-writer-handyman-software tester-process designer-construction manager-web designer(type)…wannabe-entrepreneur who runs a blog.  That’s NAWWHSTPDCMWDTWEWRAB certified DA,AD.  BUT . . . I really am only a regular guy.

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Anyway . . . enough of that and you know what I mean . . . . It was fun doing the interview, and go read it now! >> http://stagetecture.com/2010/11/d-i-y-home-stagetecture-interviews-building-moxie/. Please leave a comment, say hi to Ronique, and of course hang out and poke around her awesome site (which she posts to 7 days a week!).

Thanks and BMoxie BMore!