Morrigan's Korner
Welcome to the Interviewer's Interview.
I thought initially that it would be egocentric of me to do my own interview, so I put up a webpage explaining the background of my nickname, The Morrigan. But shock, horror, people in #Trivia_House complained! Imagine that?!? They said they wanted to read my interview and were disappointed to find that it wasn't there.So I decided to ask my own victims and future victims of my interviews to ask me a question each. I'm all for a democracy. My version of democracy meaning when people are bowing to me and calling me their Queen! =)
So please join me as we visit the fantasy land known as My Imagination. And please be advised that this interview is not suitable for children or the faint-of-heart as it contains sexual allegory only to be rivalled I'm sure by my future victim RoSeBuD`'s interview.
Morrigan
MEET THE OP & INTERVIEWER -- Morrigan
Out of anything in the world, what is the one thing you would not want to give up?
- ^Brianna^
Tough question Bri! You're pretty much asking me to define the most important thing ever to me in this lifetime and I'm not sure that I'm able to do that. Oh wait!! I know! Trivia is the one thing that I would not want to give up. Does that make me sound shallow?!? Actually it's not exactly playing trivia or being in the trivia channel, but it's the friends that I have made in Trivia as well as any other channel that I have chatted in. I have made some really great friendships over the past 7 years that I have been online and while some of them have been fleeting, others have lasted and developed into deeper friendships. And that is what I could never give up.
What motivated you to offer free labor and handle the website's new contents?
- Cherry_35
Tim promised to slip into a pair of bikini briefs and model his bod on the catwalk for me! (But then he copped out and LilMonkey did it and now I'm scarred for life!!) Naaah, not really! I just decided that it would be nice if we could learn about some of the people that we chat with in #Trivia_House to find out how psycho they really are! We seem to spend so much time with them anyway, so why not find out what makes them tick?
As for handling the contents on the website, I kinda forged ahead and then told Tim what a great idea it would be, so he really had no choice. Well he could have said no, but that's a rare occurrence with me. =) Plus I buttered him up by making him my first interview victim.
It's a joy for me to write and I would like to share my gift with others. So in a way, I do get paid - giving people humor, making them laugh and hearing them smile as they talk about what they have read. That is an important aspect of writing for me - enjoyment and reaction by my audience.
As for the quotes part of the website content, they fell into my lap and as I was reading through them, I just knew I had to showcase the complete set of quotes somehow, which is why they ended up on the site. I had a great time compiling them and hopefully people had a fun time reading them.
I wanted to know about ur background. What makes u so funny? Who makes u laff?
- epiphany
I didn't realise that I was defined as 'so funny'. =) I don't think that I am a funny person, I just see life from a humorously slanted perspective. I find the funny in things that you wouldn't believe! But then I also know that my humor and writing can take the form of sarcasm, acerbic, mocking and sometimes even cruelty. Not everyone likes it or understands it but that's okay.
I do like to make people laugh and this is the main reason behind writing funny stories, annecdotes and interviews. I think that I am damned good at it, so I shouldn't be wasting my talent for it. The worst thing a person can do is waste their talent, such a terrible shame. I like to find comedy in normality, so I don't write slapstick or canned / forced humor.
There are many things and people who make me laugh. I adore well written humor, silly humor, clever humor, fresh humor, twisted humor, dark humor among many other types. I love shows like The Simpsons, Futurama, Cheers, Married with Children, Buffy, South Park, RugRats, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, Nanny and the Professor.
Favourite movies : most Adam Sandler movies, pretty much all Steve Martin movies and pretty much all of the rest of the SNL cast who have branched out into their movie careers, Tom Hanks before he became too big a star, John Candy. My favourite humour time period has been the 80s / early 90s with movies (Blues Brothers, Ghostbusters, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Princess Bride, Space Balls, Groundhog Day) - less special fx and slapstick, more funny dialogue.
I like the way that Dave Barry sees the world, as well as the creator of Calvin & Hobbes and Gary Larson.
I would like to know when you are going to start the harem for us girls? The guys seem to have one so I thought you would be the best one to start one for us lol
- lesley1
Well Les, if we include the sorry specimens of the male species that frequent #Trivia_House in it, I think we are better off without one, wouldn't you say? Only kidding guys, you know I adore each and everyone of you. (Pay me your bribe money on the way out please!) Actually, I think most of the guys are married in here so I doubt their wives would like it if we took them into our harem. That said, I suggest we start recruiting outside #Trivia_House for potential candidates. What should we look for? Brains? Intelligence? Muscles? Money? Big feet which equates to big ........ shoes? =) I say forget about that! Any male who will give us his trivia points is eligible to enter our harem. That answer your question les?
If you could be any other #Trivia_House player, who would you want to be and why?
- Roland_De
I think the answer is definitely the one who has the most points and that changes depending on how long people spend in channel and how much competition is going on at the time. However, I think it would be scary to inhabit another body, so I'll stay right where I am in Morrigan's. And if I get tired of her body, I will just switch nicks. I've switched nicks about 7 times since being online and I don't think that I'll stop yet!
What do u consider the best and the worst of Trivia_House?
- Moodyblu9
Best: we have a terrific trivia bot, wonderful channel ops, and great regulars. It's definitely one of the chattiest channels that I've been to before 'cause no-one ever shuts up. I like the fact that there aren't many silences - you don't even have to add anything to the conversation you can just read what people are saying and laugh at them or with them, your choice. The fact that you need to be on the ball and thinking fast all the time, whether answering questions, or adding your 2 cents into the witty remarks, is appealing to me too 'cause my mind is forever buzzing so this gives me a chance to focus on something. Another factor that I like is that you can add to the trivia game in your own way ...... by adding questions, by adding quotes, by reading quotes, so it's like a mini democracy.
Worst: during school vacations when all the lamers think it's acceptable and real cool to nuke the servers causing problems for all of us. That's about the only problem 'cause idiots who find their way into our channel and start to cause trouble are dealt with.
What was your first happy experience in chat, the one that let you know you were hooked?
- josh55
Believe it or not, my first experiences in chat were while I was at uni studying and I participated in a Xena: Warrior Princess chat. Everyone was so nice to me there, helping me learn all the chat acronyms and actions. I think if that had been a bad experience, I definitely would have given up chat and I wouldn't be where I am today. Where that is, I'm not sure, but I think it's a good place. And I do have more of an understanding about lesbians too thanks to Xena chat. =) Plus if ya begin to get on my nerves, I'll just give you the ol' Xena nerve pinch trick, cutting off your circulation until you die a horrible death shortly thereafter. So watch it!!
Who is your favorite person in the whole world and why?
- tabitha
I've got lots of favorite people and I couldn't pick one out of them. Mostly I admire people because they have to the guts to stand up in this world and get what they deserve. They don't run and hide even when they go through trauma after trauma. I admire their fighting spirit and their will to live.
Do u see any similarities between the Celtic Goddess Morrigan and yourself?
- vamp2
Yes, that's why I picked Morrigan as my nick. I was in the Celtic Gods / Goddesses supermarket aisle browsing through a list of names and meanings looking for something that suited me. I tried her on and she fit perfectly. I like the fact that she is associated with both the positive (fertility) and negative (war and battle) aspects of life, so has both a light and shadow face. She is also associated with crows and ravens, and these are both my totem animals. We also have a couple of wild crows that we feed in our backyard, and they are adorable; very intelligent and curious creatures. And on another note, like The Morrigan who fates men to die, I have seen death and it has come true. So she is startling similar to me. You might even say that she chose me, and not the other way around.
What do you think has been the highest point of your life so far in creativity?
- Seraphim
Being published in mainstream print because you can say 'I am a writer'. I mean you can say that when you first put pen to paper or your fingers on the keyboard and start to type, but it doesn't really sink in that you are a writer until you have the publisher's cheque in your hand and you can show your family and friends your writing piece in a magazine / newspaper. Although I couldn't exactly show my family my piece because it was erotica, and I was slightly disappointed that I didn't get regular mainstream stuff published first like some of my humor. But you never forget your first acceptance and publication so that is a truly special moment in my life.
If you could go out on a date with one celebrity, who would it be?
- RedRum
Firstly, I think the whole celebrity thing sucks. I mean -- what is acting -- it's like being back in Kindergarten playing dress-up and dollies, and that's just the men! And the groupies of musicians? What's with that? 60 year old women throwing their panties at Tom Jones!! I've never understood that behaviour. Have they no self respect? Celebrities are people too, they are our mothers, daughters, neighbors, friends and people we went to high school with - they are humans, not these extra-special beings from the Planet Hollyweird! If I was going to go on a date with a 'celebrity', I'd go because they had intelligence, were good conversationalists, knew how to respect someone and didn't think themselves above other people. Having said that, I think I'd choose someone funny so that I didn't have to be funny, maybe Ben Stiller or Brendan Fraser. I'm sure they have cute bods too! Whooops, did that just negate everything I said above? =)
If you could interview anyone in the world, who would it be and why?
- Possess
I think that these interviews are going to stay in #Trivia_House and not move out of this medium. It's easier for me to type to a screen than actually look at a person face to face because I have trouble sometimes with speaking. My mind goes so fast that my words get all tangled up when they come out. But if I could get someone to come online and give me an interview, it would be a real coup to get someone famous and reknown for each of the following categories:
** Best Hair - Sam Malone from Cheers
** Worst English Accent for a Robin Hood ever - Kevin Costner
** Evil children's character - Barney, rivalled closely by the Teletubbies
** Most realistic actor - Mr. Ed
** If this dress could talk - Monica Lewinsky's dress
** Best Lip Sinc Band - Milli Vanilli (thx epi for your help)
** "Wow, I can't believe it's not wrestling" - WWF
** Which head were you thinking with? - Hugh Grant on that infamous b/j
** Do you really think you are fooling anyone? - Ricky Martin (thx again pip)
What's a good looking girl like you doing in a place like this?
- norts
I was kidnapped and brought here against my will and now I am a prisoner of marconi and Moparman's harem. My family refused to pay the $10 ransom so I am stuck here. It's okay though 'cause I only have to feed them grapes and fan them with palm fronds. At least I'm not one of the women who has to rub their stinky feet or give them other types of pleasures. *shudders* I'm not sure how long I'll be stuck in the harem, 'cause I gave up long ago upon the idea of a prince rescuing me and taking me to his big castle and showering me with gold and marriage proposals. But as long as I'm in the harem, I may as well stay for the trivia.
I want to know why you never msg me when you, like everyone else, know that I'm the hottest thing since the home computer!
- LilMonkey
Have you been smoking your bananas again Munk, or are you just loco by nature? I don't need the points as much as some of the other people (men included) in the channel, so I don't need to hit on you MunkeyButt! And when they say that they'll call you in the morning, they don't really mean it! Get wise Monkey, they only love you for your points.
Have ya ever been with a munky? *wink* :)~~
- LilMonkey
Euuuuuuuw!! I'm sure they have fleas and I hear that they slobber and screech. Plus, there are laws against those things, or there should be. Besides, I happen to know that at the end of each evening, you crawl home to Mrs. Monkey with your tail between your legs and a hang-dog expression, almost rivalling that of K9 when he gets caught at Fifi's Poodle Palace of Pleasure. So don't even try anything otherwise I'll do Xena's death pinch on you!
Do you really do that one thing when you are wearing your fangs? Ok, I'll revise and think of a better one -- Thong or Bikini Style? :P~~
- Tim88
Well isn't that cute? Like father, like son! Tim the father, and Monkey the son that is! I don't know what you heard about the fangs, but the last time I put them in, the guy had to go to hospital 'cause I accidently bit his ........... jugular. It did look tasty though and the fangs told me to do it. And as for the panties ...... you'd know cause you borrowed them to wear today! And you can keep 'em! I sure as heck don't want them back!!
1. I know that you're a writer and often wonder what type you are doing most successfully?
2. What makes you tick when you're writing and where do you write from - your heart, your head or from somewhere deep in the unknown?
3. When you make real big money, how much are you planning on sending me and where are you taking me?
- Moparman
1. Erotica apparently.
2. Well if it's erotica, where DO you think I'm writing from? ;-)
3. I can't even afford to pay the $10 ransom on myself so I am stuck in your harem! But if I did make lots of money, I think it would be nice to send plane tickets to everyone at Trivia ..... and we'd all have this global meeting, maybe in Hawaii. I think we should make it the 'First Annual #Trivia_House BBQ' ..... BYO everything. What does everyone else think?
Do you get a lot of off the wall answers to your interview questions?
- MizTaz
Oh yeah, you have NO idea the crazy, zany stuff that goes on. I have to buckle myself into my chair so that I don't ROFLOL. I had no idea how many insane people there are that converge on #Trivia_House. Maybe the channel name should be changed to #Trivia_Mental_Asylum or #Trivia_House_With_Nice_Padded_Cells or something along those lines.
And the stuff that I have had to delete ..... sheesh!! It would burn holes in your computer screen. Talk about HOT and sexy and very, very incriminating.
Why is it that everyone thinks they can tell me anything when I interview them? I guess interviewers are just like bar tenders and hairdressers in that respect.
Are you in love?
- DrRoberts
If a man pays for dinner and a movie yes! If he has more than 7 inches ......... definitely!! And if he can touch his eyebrows with his tongue, I'll be his love slave for life!!!
What is the meaning of life?
- Brian26
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We all know U have a monkey fixation ..... wot's the 1 thing specifically about Monks that turns u on?!?!? ROFLMAOTIPMP!
- bambii
Oh, I totally luuurv his sexy monkey paws and nose and his gorgeous tail, but most of all I love his hairy back ...... NOT!!!!! I mean I can't even stand to look at a man who is wearing a high necked shirt where you can see his hair sticking up from it. Can you imagine his back? Euuuwwww! I don't fancy getting out the Hoover just to vacuum his back! And I wouldn't even be able to stomach getting close to monkey to get free points, but I might give him a banana or two as long as he doesn't try and put his paws on me again! But I think he learnt from last time when I shocked him with my stun-gun. Fifty volts into the monkey gonads kinda teaches ya!! At least for a little while.
You live in Australia right ..... do you dislike Americans like I've been told Aussies do?
- ^GrnEyez^
Didn't you hear? Australia is the 51st State of America. And America used to be owned and run by England, so I guess that makes us sister countries. But America had that little war in 1776 and gained their independence, and then eschew everything english after that. Whereas Australia went, 'she'll be right mate, let's have a beer and a bbq and go and watch some footy, and we'll think about it tomorrah!' However, we whip England's butt at cricket and rugby so it aint all bad.
I don't personally hate Americans and I don't think other Aussies do either. We might think you are a loopy lot, but we don't hate you. I spent some time there for a vacation once and I adore the landscapes and cultures and people.
What sometimes gets to me and other Aussies though is the fact that Americans are so one-country-centric. America might be the land of the brave and the free, but there's a whole world out there to explore beyond your backdoor guys and it makes you look like imbeciles that you think kangaroos hop down the main street in Sydney. But I think that with the opening up of communications such as the Internet, more and more Americans are now learning the truth about our wonderful world.
What is your favourite vice?
- shirley
#Trivia_House of course!! It's my absolute favoritest vice. Where else can you go at 3am in the morning if you can't sleep and be in a safe environment and with friends? And where else can you go after a long hard day and have a laugh at someone or something to cheer you up? Trivia House, that's where. So it's definitely my favourite vice, even though I'm probably addicted which isn't really a bad or dangerous thing to be addicted to!
Do you dress differently depending on who you are gonna interview?
- ry_ron
What? All of a sudden I'm supposed to be dressed while interviewing people? That's new! Tim told me to unbutton my blouse right at the beginning of the first interview and I guess I never buttoned it back again. Now I know what rowdy1, norts and Moparman were drooling over ..... and here I was thinking it was my intellect! Silly me. But thanks for telling me. *buttons up blouse* Now I can conduct my future interviews with more decorum and less ogling in my general bust direction. I can't thank you enough ry and I'm sure all the rest of the guys can't wait to tell you that they thank you as well.
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