Angie sits back in the chair and looks at me in a curious manner. After about a second, she says, “Well, this might surprise you but, I hate bowling.”
“I don't know if I should be surprised or not.”
“Do you like bowling?”
“Well today was the first time I'd been bowling in a very long time. I guess I used to like bowling until I got to a certain point. All of a sudden, it wasn't fun because I could never bowl up to my expectations. Was that how it was for you?”
“I don't think I ever liked it as a sport. Rolling a ball at some pins and pray that you knock them down. I think the only reason I went for a while was because my friends went and I just wanted to spend time with them.”
“Well do you have any hobbies that you don't hate?”
Angie again sinks back into her seat and looks at me. After a moment, she says, “I don't know if I have any hobbies.”
“Sure you do. What do like to do or what do you normally do?”
“I like to read.”
“Any particular genre?”
“I like the mysteries. Sometimes I like a good adventure novel.”
“I like to read, but I am definitely into the fantasy genre.”
“So you're the dorky type?”
“I think you could say that, but I prefer nerd. It has a slightly better connotation. Dork to me sounds like someone who does something nerdy but has not the knowledge to do it right. A nerd has passion and knowledge in the nerdy things. Big difference.”
“So you are in it for Nerd Rights.”
“Sure. Long live the nerds. Viva la nerdalution.”
“Yep, you're a nerd.”
“I don't know. I like reading fantasy because it is about events that have never or probably won't ever happen. The characters have these fantastic adventures and exotic lands and their lives are . . . well, romantic.”
“So you want to be in them?”
“Nah. I just want to be more important. Feel like even if the world doesn't revolve around me, I should play a part.”
“Well, at least you don't believe that the world revolve around you. But you can be someone of importance. It is talk like that, that can make your less than what you could be.”
“Very true. And I try to make an impact if only in a small way. But most of the reason why I enjoy is for about 12 hours of total reading time, I'm someone else with problems that are much bigger than my own. I suppose I could read regular fiction, but I feel to close to someone that lives in a world that is our own. Makes it almost as stressful as having to live it here.”
“So what else do you do?”
“Besides work?”
“Yeah.”
“I like to work on my house and I like to play music.”
“Really. What do you play?”
“Mandolin.”
“Really. Don't hear of many people playing the mandolin.”
“It's why I picked it. So what else do you like to do?
“I like volleyball and swimming.”
“Same here, but I also like tennis too.”
“I never had the hand-eye coordination to play that sport.”
“I don't know, I think that volleyball takes quick a bit.”
“But you aren't swinging a racket. That's the hard part. The ball tended to hit my hand rather than hit the racket head.”
“So what else do you like?”
“No, no. I started the last one. You start this one.”
“I'm not really a movie buff, but I love to watch Hong Kong action flicks. There is just something about them.”
“So which one's your favorite?”
“Once Upon a Time in China, the first one.”
“I really prefer 'The Ultimate Trickster'.”
“I've never heard of that one.”
“It was made in the early 90's.”
“So you like Hong Kong action flicks too?”
“Uh, yeah. Most of the time I don't want to think I watch one. Sometimes I want a deep, thoughtful movie, and I watch one.”
“Yeah, they are pretty versatile.”
“So let me guess. Your favorite movie of all time is The Matrix.”
“Yeah. Something about it. Did help, the directors ruined the next two.”
“You felt that way too.”
“Probably everybody did,” I say as I sit forward in my chair. “If you look at the first one, there is a tremendous story there with some phenomenal special effects. And then we move on to the second one, where the story continues on but doesn't go too far astray till the end. And then things start seeming weird. Everything up to that point was semi-plausible in sci-fi. Then the third hits. And everything seems to be about the effects and not about this rich beautiful storyline that was created in the first one.”
“Yeah, it seems like they thought that people came cause of the effects not the story.”
“Exactly.”
“I sometimes wish they would go back and remake them right. It just seems like the third alien movie where they kill off two awesome characters from the second one between the movies.”
“So what is your favorite movie?”
“Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead.”
“Nice, that's a fun one. Ok so it's your turn to start again, but this time I'm changing the question. What is the thing that you would like to do next?”
“Is this an interview?”
“I guess in a way it is.”
“Am I going to get the position?”
“I can't answer that now, but I have to say you're the best candidate I've ever met.”
“Well, thank you. I suppose I can answer your question. I would really like to go sky diving. I've always been afraid of heights and I think that it might help me.”
“Wow, that's a hard one. I'm afraid of heights too. I don't know if I could do that.”
“Ok, so you get to answer the next one. Same question.”
“I would like to visit Australia and go scuba diving at the Great Barrier Reef.”
“You like fish?”
“I find fish amazing to watch. They're beautiful and relaxing.”
“Do you own any?”
“Nah, just Panthro.”
“I'm glad we went out for coffee. I still would have liked to see a movie.”
“We can still head to the theatre if you want.”
“Can we watch one at your place? Plus I want to meet Panthro and get the tour.”
“Sure.”
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