this is the official interview by some crazy chick conducted sometime & someplace in the month of june 2007.
some crazy chick: i really wanted to do this because you should bare more of yourself. show your soul in your blog more and tell us who you are, like who is this person behind this mysterious tag. first off i just want to say that i am honored that heartbreak is letting me interview him or her for…
heartbreak: wait, wait…him or her?
some crazy chick: do they know you are female?
heartbreak: uh, yeah.
some crazy chick: sorry, so sorry. i honestly don’t read your blog all that much. it is a tad sparse for my tastes.
heartbreak: whatever.
some crazy chick: let me start over. (clears throat) first off, i am honored that heartbreak is letting me interview her…for her blog. i’ve never conducted such an orchestrated interview before and heartbreak is just the coolest. the first time i met her she was…
heartbreak: this is really not what i had in mind.
some crazy chick: okay sorry. but first, can you turn that music down? it’s giving me a ripping headache. what is that?
heartbreak: (laughing) sure. it’s a new find…cut copy.
some crazy chick: you mean, cut…stop!
heartbreak: your jokes are as lame as ever. chop chop! let’s go, making the band 4 is about to come on.
some crazy chick: you really have a nasty thing for reality tv. it is soooo unsophisticated.
heartbreak: the clock is ticking away from your favor.
some crazy chick: i do like your shirt, though.
heartbreak: thank ya.
some crazy chick: i don’t like that i’m ‘some crazy chick’ i’m really bothered by it.
heartbreak: okay, who would you like to be?
some crazy chick: (after scribbling down a page worth of tags she decides) um…well for those who can’t see it, heartbreak’s shirt…it’s a sort of brown crumbly softish material. nice. classy. ‘cept you should be wearing…like pants. hello?
heartbreak: shut up! i am wearing pants.
some crazy chick: i know. you should have played along we could have gotten you somewhat of a major following.
heartbreak: no.
some crazy chick: alright, seriously. your blog name. what does it mean? why its3:47pmwelcometoheartbreak?
heartbreak: i played with the idea of creating a blog for a long time. didn’t really read a lot of blogs either. one day i was driving home from work and it was clearly after 3:47pm, but somehow i felt melancholy because of, well, it was the end of the work day. and you know how you want to feel satisfied about an accomplishment? well, it was only monotony, no satisfaction. just another end.
some crazy chick: liar!
heartbreak: you are my friend and you are correct ma’am.
some crazy chick: if you want me to do this you are gonna have to be truthful, geesh.
heartbreak: okay.
some crazy chick: promise?
heartbreak: yes.
some crazy chick: squeeze my pinkie, now.
heartbreak: done. you are so weird.
some crazy chick: odd, that’s what i say about you in other public places and mostly always under my breath.
heartbreak: do tell. i ain’t scurred.
some crazy chick: so 3:47pm, what kind of watch are you wearing and is it fast, slow or right on time?
heartbreak: a skagen. birthday gift. and my watch is usually about ten minutes fast.
some crazy chick: what celebrity would you want to hang with for a day?
heartbreak: um, like in what way? a date, a what?
some crazy chick: no, just like to chill with. conversation.
heartbreak: i think i’d get along with um, i’d love to hang out with…well, i love musicians. so john mayer
. to talk…angelina jolie is my inspiration also. i like, well i would love to talk to ashley judd, she’s super smart and um, terrence howard. kerry washington, because i think she is just an amazing actress. chris rock. dave chappelle. the neat thing is a friend of mine actually was approached by dave for convo at a coffee shop.
some crazy chick: and who would you like to hang out with for like…you know…bad stuff? wicked and nasty stuff?
heartbreak: you are so crazy. i have to pick from my crush list. i think that idris elba is kinda fly after seeing him rock a mohawk. and um, orlando bloom is hot. john mayer, mos definitely. he sizzles me.
some crazy chick: do you think any of these people read your blog?
heartbreak: eff no! i ain’t that dope.
some crazy chick: are you single/married/a divorcee…what?
heartbreak: you know!
some crazy chick: this is an interview. duh!
heartbreak: single and not looking. at all.
some crazy chick: why? aren’t you looking for a cure to the heartbreak?
heartbreak: to cure heartbreak one must find themselves. clearly. but i’m not heartbroken…happy, not heartbroken.
some crazy chick: i wouldn’t allow you to be anyway.
heartbreak: (smiles)
some crazy chick: what do you do? what’s your grind?
heartbreak: i work in human resources, specifically payroll for a huge global corporation that is currently being outsourced. so, i’m finding a new grind.
some crazy chick: who are your friends at work?
heartbreak: my favorite two. without them i’d be miserable. as and as. one is my moral support system all by himself, the other is a whacked wild dreamer girl. she fly too. she has these really wild dreams and if i would admit to the last one, she’d prolly kill me, but MAN! she’s part fashionista part…really wild…part…well she can do these crazy impersonations. she’s just a lot of fun.
some crazy chick: about your job, that’s some crazy boring a$$ sh*t for sure. that journalism master’s is working your spine out, girl.
heartbreak: hahaha. i know.
some crazy chick: so the dreamer girl, has she had any more dreams?
heartbreak: yes, but she said it was too weird. she will eventually break down.
some crazy chick: what about the copier toucher chick from your blog that was like all up in your space?
heartbreak: haha. she’d kill me, too. we are cool still and she’s backed the eff up.
some crazy chick: did you read her the rights?
heartbreak: no, didn’t have to, let’s just say i don’t leave my arse to the copier machine no no no mo.’
some crazy chick: who are some of your other friends and where are they?
heartbreak: my farthest friend is in japan. my closest…this city. you. and a mad group of others.
some crazy chick: what do you do for fun?
heartbreak: i have a mad obsession for movies. all kinds. writing, reading, walking, music. my true love is conversation. meeting new people. these are things that inspire me. but i want to take up painting, sculpture, jewelry making. with painting, there’s something about a naked canvas that really gets me.
some crazy chick: what is the weirdest thing you have in your possession?
heartbreak: it’s not weird but i never thought i’d acquire a blue skateboard that says demolition on the back of it.
some crazy chick: do you keep love letters, pictures of ex’s, stuff like that?
heartbreak: definitely.
some crazy chick: why?
heartbreak: memories. to mark special times in my life, i suppose. train rides, you know?
some crazy chick: do you ever have regrets about it?
heartbreak: oh sure. but time has a way of working everything out.
some crazy chick: the skateboard, i’ve never seen you on it. you work that thing out?
heartbreak: not so much. but i will.
some crazy chick: i’ll tie you onto the back of my car’s bumper if you need a spotter.
heartbreak: but i don’t wanna die yet. for real, i do have dreams that i want to accomplish. but it does warm my heart that you offered.
some crazy chick: speaking of heart is there currently an object of love desire in your life?
heartbreak: love desire? i like that. there are many embers but no fire no flame.
some crazy chick: names/dates and times of the embers?
heartbreak: not on your life.
some crazy chick: favorite romantic line in a song?
heartbreak: has to be jeff buckley’s “i love you, but i’m afraid to love you” from the song ‘so real.’ i know how that feels. also, from ‘everybody here wants you,’ this line, “you’re just the torch to put the flame to all our guilt and shame and i’ll rise like an ember in your name”
some crazy chick: favorite romantic film?
heartbreak: favorite romantic films, i’d say, um, ‘pretty woman,’ and um, ‘flirting.’ and ‘gas food lodging.’ love is like the last monologue or so from the film, ‘hav plenty.’ one of my first date movies with a guy in boston, mass. it was ‘boogie nights’ if you can believe that. no wonder the relationship didn’t last, right?
some crazy chick: oh, i’m just sure it’s because he didn’t measure up to marky mark. get it, measure up?
heartbreak: you are so predictable. (inside joke will not be re-told at this time. let’s move on)
some crazy chick: i personally know you play guitar. how long have you been playing and why did you start?
heartbreak: i’ve been playing for fifteen years and it all started when i heard a tracy chapman song on the radio. it was ‘fast car.’ and i was like, i have to learn the guitar. i have to thank tracy chapman for being a beautiful artist and i love her completely.
some crazy chick: favorite tracy chapman song?
hearbreak: um, ‘this time.’ the first guitar instructor i had was during the summer right after i got my guitar. his name was jim and it was at a music store at our mall. he was also in a band. i had a total crush on this long teased haired, 80s rock band looking guy and he taught me how to play this song. i still have his tablature. i also love tracy’s ‘mountains o’ things’ and ‘baby can i hold you.’ and ‘hard wired’ and ‘for you’ and…
some crazy chick: okay okay, before you go through her whole discography. what are you strumming these days?
heartbreak: nothing but i am anxious to learn some corinne bailey rae. she’s flipping amazing. i am so obsessed with her album. these days i’m really feeling amy winehouse also.
some crazy chick: star trek or star wars?
heartbreak: star trek…always. did you know i have william shatner’s autograph?
some crazy chick: yes, you showed it to me like a million times. i have bill bellamy’s.
heartbreak: is that the time you were arrested?
some crazy chick: shhhhhh!!! favorite musical lyricist?
heartbreak: kanye west, nas, common. ani difranco
. sufjan stevens. i love ryan adams. too many to name. john legend.
some crazy chick: didn’t you go to high school with john legend?
heartbreak: i did. and just heard him on one of my favorite internet radio stations…bbc 1xtra. on txu to be exact.
some crazy chick: favorite poets?
heartbreak: pablo neruda, elizabeth bishop, adrienne rich, lawerence ferhlinghetti. you.
some crazy chick: haha. thanks for real. first bf?
heartbreak: his name was robert.
some crazy chick: longest relationship?
heartbreak: well, actually i’ve been in the same relationship since second grade. my friend asked me if i’d be his girlfriend, i said yes and we’ve never actually broken up. i remember one day he asked me to rip the vuarant tag from the back of his soccer t-shirt. i did, i still have it, i think. it was love.
some crazy chick: wow! can and should love make you sad?
heartbreak: an overall sadness to a relationship is not good i don’t think. there has to be a level of satisfaction. if not, why be in it, you know?
some crazy chick: but good love is sad sometimes, especially when you feel you can’t give the person, like everything. like the world.
heartbreak: well, yes. but happiness should be the basis for that.
some crazy chick: what is the most important thing to a good relationship?
heartbreak: has to be communication.
some crazy chick: you are one of the best communicators and listeners i know. why aren’t you in a relationship now?
heartbreak: relationships consist of a lot of variables. with the right two people, magic happens. also with communications and variables, we all make mistakes for whatever reason and sometimes we all get influenced by the wrong people and sometimes we just…grow apart. we also forget that no one is perfect and that we tend to act out before we check ourselves. i’ve done that. and it’s also bad to play the role of a mind reader. asking is best. i’ve failed at that also. relationships work for people who want to truly grow together.
some crazy chick: how do you know it’s time to move on, to break-up?
heartbreak: anytime you are physically hurt or if you feel disrespected and not valued, of course. but that depends on the severity, the topic, whether it can and is decided to be worked on. or to let it go. in most normal situations where people really care for each other and are dedicated to each other, forgiveness is important. but i tend to have a run through the daisies approach to love and stuff.
some crazy chick: true. have you ever gone back with someone you’ve broken up with?
heartbreak: yes.
some crazy chick: why? wasn’t it obvious that it didn’t work the first time?
heartbreak: well, sometimes…it pays to ride the pony around the track again.
some crazy chick: you are so nasty.
heatbreak: i didn’t mean it like that…
(some crazy chick’s phone rings…)
heartbreak: is that an akon ringtone??
some crazy chick: shut up!!! don’t laugh at my ringtone. what’s yours?
heartbreak: a factory standard. i think it’s called ‘mod lounge’ or something.
some crazy chick: to be so creative you are soo dull. did you go to prom?
heartbreak: yes. with a drummer. elliott. it was nice but i hated high school. did you go to prom?
some crazy chick: of course girl. i kept it hot.
heartbreak: stop right there…i don’t even want to know. i don’t want my blog tainted.
some crazy chick: hahaha. now the safe is out…and now the dangerous. what is the most sensual thing two people can do?
heartbreak: whoa!! where did this come from? are you reading cosmo again? didn’t they ban that magazine?
some crazy chick: nope. just got mine’s yesterday.
heartbreak: (fanning self) stare. to stare at each other. you know, that special stare…you know that stare. it says a lot. from across the room, that says a lot.
some crazy chick: you mean like this?
heartbreak: you are so goofy.
some crazy chick: what turns you on about other people?
heartbreak: it can be a variety of things. mostly it is the way people carry themselves that can kinda be groovy. but if you are talking objects. always eyes first. i am way into senses, sights, smells, that sorta thing. yeah. and mouths…mouths can be sensual. it’s what they can do…and say.
some crazy chick: hmmm. alrightie. do you believe in soulmates?
heartbreak: yes.
some crazy chick: what is a soulmate to you?
heartbreak: well, hopefully it will be the person i end up with after all this searching and questioning. but organically it is the person that you feel completes you. satisfies you. the person you need on your side to feel whole. i mean, i hope we come to relationships feeling whole individually but this person brings stability and emotional comfort like no one else. it is the person that, at the end of your day, with whatever day you’ve had, you want in your corner. you want them there, waiting for you because in some way they feel like home. they bring the fire the spice as well as a holistic charm and the right kind of nurturing. someone you feel that you would rather exist with than without. your air, your sun, your…they are the person you feel that you’d do anything for.
some crazy chick: dang girl you getting awful deep. like the beginning of that lauryn hill album. is there something you are not telling me cause uh…
heartbreak: i am just giving you my thoughts, just my thoughts as jay z would say.
some crazy chick: do you believe in zodiac signs?
heartbreak: i dunno. most of the friends i have are the signs i’m supposedly not suppose to get along with.
some crazy chick: i don’t know, hm, still thinking about your soulmate answer. we’ll talk later. favorite romantic songs or artists?
heartbreak: i like maxwell, i heard an anita baker joint i loved, i think it’s called ‘baby.’ i love stevie’s ‘ribbon in the sky.’ and most of his other tunes. love robin thicke’s ‘i need love.’ corinne bailey rae’s ‘call me when you get this.’ her whole album is love. side note. there is a sick version of ‘summertime’ with herbie hancock and joni mitchell. sick to pieces. i love musiq. i touched his leg once.
some crazy chick: ew, you a freak!
heartbreak: it was at a show, i was under the stage, c’mon. you would’ve touched more than that.
some crazy chick: whatever. he is kinda fly and i so woulda…traveled.
heartbreak: yes, that’s ‘cause i know you.
some crazy chick: how do you know you’re in love?
heartbreak: well, there’s a fine line between like and love. love takes a while to realize, but it starts with when you can’t stop thinking about the other person and when you imagine them, like everywhere.
some crazy chick: everywhere? like what, everywhere like??
heartbreak: out, doing stuff. stop it!!
some crazy chick: doing stuff like?
heartbreak: stop…stop…stop.
some crazy chick: what are the ingredients to good love?
heartbreak: two willing people. that is about the best thing to start with. after that should come time for growth, listening, hearing…learning, getting mad or touchy, forgiving, growing, listening, learning each other. sacrifice. and just seeing what happens.
some crazy chick: you blogged about a friend of yours who was going through a rough break up. how is she?
heartbreak: she took my advice and met a guy with…possibilities.
some crazy chick: at the end of the day when a relationship isn’t working, isn’t that the worst?
heartbreak: yes but that is the best time to learn about yourself.
some crazy chick: i’ve dealt with heartbreak, i mean, not you but pain. how does one successfully deal?
heartbreak: it’s…time. it’s the only way.
some crazy chick: how do you know like, if you should pursue what was broken?
heartbreak: you never do and that’s a fact. you never know if you should or shouldn’t. just find yourself in the doing or not doing.
some crazy chick: a lot of people i talked to would say that you are perfect. what do you say to that?
heartbreak: they should stop their recreational drug use immediately.
some crazy chick: what are some of your bad habits then?
heartbreak: too many to name.
some crazy chick: translation: going to bed at midnight during the week and then at 3am on the weekends. playing video games like ‘the sims’ and ‘grand theft auto.’ watching ‘flavor of love: charm school.’
heartbreak: don’t put me out like that.
some crazy chick: what do you want to do with your life?
heartbreak: write, forever and only.
some crazy chick: are you working on anything now?
heartbreak: two things. one project was created by my friend and i clowning around about a movie idea. and in the matter of a half hour we had a solid and interesting foundation to start with when what we were really doing was trying to out humor each other. the other, is from someone i have known of. and by the grace of God actually is kind of a friend now. she suggested i start my other project. but what is all surreal is that…for years on end, she was a major influence in my life. the fact that she knows me and encourages me blows my mind. she’s also kind of a big deal.
some crazy chick: that’s hot.
heartbreak: for real. it’s what is up.
some crazy chick: what is the key to your heart?
heartbreak: intelligence and humor. self-confidence and charm. and i like weird hair. i think it is the writer in me.
some crazy chick: what is the most interesting thing you’ve done lately?
heartbreak: went to a drive-in movie for the first time.
some crazy chick: get out! it was your first?
heartbreak: yes. it was cool.
some crazy chick: did you watch the movie or did you…
heartbreak: with who i was with…it wasn’t even like that. hahaha.
some crazy chick: yeah, yeah.
loose ends:
shoes you rock:
i’m an ecco and saucony lover and i’m really about earthie stuff. and ol skool, new skool converses.
five wishes:
1. julia roberts would make good movies again
2. i get to see the police this year
3. um, we need like people to stop blaming the decay of everything on rap music
4. for my sister’s friend in iraq to make it home safe
5. to hang out on corinne bailey rae’s tour bus
some crazy chick: why?
heartbreak: besides being just simply adorable and having the cutest voice ever, she just seems cool and her musical tastes are all over the place.
favorite guilty pleasure:
anything involving chocolate
favorite books you still have yet to read:
catcher in the rye
the religions of man
favorite rolling stones lyric:
“you can’t always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you might find, you get what you need”
last song you sung to:
i think it was ‘you bring me joy’ by mary j blige it’s on my mix called ‘soul power’ it also has on it audioslave, morley (she is awesome), and um, alicia keys and stuff
last movie you saw:
over the weekend i watched ‘derailed’ clive owen is a hot arse. oh and ‘shooter’ with mark wahlberg.
in your opinion, the most beautifulest celebs:
boris kodjoe
penelope cruz
jennifer connelly
orlando bloom
halle berry
angelina jolie
brian white
eva mendez
kerry washington is gorgeous
who would you chose…quentin tarentino or michael moore?
i like them both
have you seen ‘jackie brown’?
beaumont livingston!!
al pacino or robert deniro?
both..they are utter superb. they also have too many favorite films to mention.
plan your romantic vacation:
um, a secluded beach. shopping in the city during the day. sight seeing by evening. walking the beach at night. yeah.
life’s motto:
never give up. it’s simplistic. i know. but i’ve found the things worth fighting for are the hardest won.
your favorite word tee-shirt:
says eggs-actly
favorite john mayer song:
“vultures” from john mayer trio
favorite sport:
tennis…love the williams sisters
the craziest thing that last happened to you:
a co-worker pretended to shank me in the breakroom. i just let her do it.
some crazy chick: i know it’s been a hard year or so for you. how do you deal?
heartbreak: i pray and i write. the praying is like ‘God why’ ‘this hurts, why’ ‘why this’ ‘why that’ and somehow like eventually when it stops raining, you know how like you’ll see a rainbow? He brings the rainbow. by friend, by a realization. by direction. and writing because it is where all my raw emotions are recorded. it’s artistic therapy.
some crazy chick: have you ever been published?
heartbreak: yes. lots actually. i used to write album reviews for a mag out of toledo…the glass eye. a publication called ‘casting shadows.’ front page story for the obsidian, i did a story on sean sasser (pedro zamora’s husband from ‘mtv’s the real world: san francisco). sean was the coolest guy. he even gave me his magazine…it has david duchovny on the cover. other smaller zines friends have designed.
some crazy chick: are you looking for a new job now?
heartbreak: yeah, my dream jobs will always be writing and wanting to be involved in the film industry. but i’m also looking for more standard positions and such.
some crazy chick: more cube life?
heartbreak: yeah, until i craft that ‘great american cliché’ of a book. gotta have the right grind to support the craft.
some crazy chick: we talked about your crazy year. how’s your mom?
heartbreak: this will be a hard thing to articulate because she has been sick for over a year and is still, we are still…searching. i will say that it’s really hard to have a sick parent because as much as you want to fix it, you can’t. as much as you want an escape a positive change…you can’t or the next day may be the same disheartening day. so you’re just stuck…with no out in sight. especially when you have doctors who give up.. you move to the next, they might give up. they might suggest a medication. it may work, it may not. in our case, nothing has worked. but we strive. i made a suggestion just the other day to her latest doctor who was so discouraging and was getting upset with me because one doctor suggested not eating sorbitol because it could be making my mother sick, and oddly enough later, we found out by searching it on the internet that sorbitol is in the medication she has been taking. we were like, ‘please prescribe something that doesn’t have sorbitol in it.’ and she got angry about it. but she’s the freakin’ doctor. it is crazy. the more i share my stories, the more crazy stories i hear. her doctor was so callous i think only and only after we started to try and figure out things ourselves. and it is like “look, i’m just trying to get my mother well.” i’m telling you, our medical industry has taught me a lot of very dark and discouraging things this year.
some crazy chick: how do you remain positive?
heartbreak: the truth is that, yes i remain positive but i hurt like hell. it is grueling. and there may be friends, family you need, and they might not be available to talk to you when you need them. so you, so you are all alone like laying in the misery. and that’s pretty much been a lot of what, it’s been a large part of my psyche, a large part of my mental anguish. and, i remain positive just by trying to continue to study and learn from all that we’ve dealt with and by this i try to find something that yields to an explanation. we are, well, we are turning to more holistic healing methods which aim to study beyond what you’d get at a standard doctor’s office.
some crazy chick: can you explain that?
heartbreak: well, after my mom got all these tests, for like her heart, her brain, for cancer, allergies, digestive tests…because her symptoms are digestive, doctors want to throw you anxiety/depression medications that only bandage the symptoms. and what you need is like to find the root of the problem. what we’ve found are that a host of things can cause anxiety and depression. and a lot of them can be found in what we eat. like chewing gum has sorbitol in it, or aspartame. these two artificial sweeteners can cause horrible symptoms, they can also cause anxiety/depression and digestive problems. so we are pursuing those avenues with her now, after the crucial tests came back negative. people can also get mercury poisoning from cavity fillings. holistics deals with supplements also and dietary changes. it is just alternative ways to treat illness. things that people would not realize. for me, i can’t eat aspartame. it makes me sick as a dog. and it is in yogurt, gum, all sorts of stuff. it’s like toxic to my system. i found this out about four years ago and no doctor could tell me what was wrong, and i had gone to about five different doctors. but something was wrong. i got all these tests that thank God came back negative, but i was so sick i thought i was going to die. i went out of desperation to an alternative healing doctor referred to me by someone. and this holistic doctor was like “what do you eat.” i told her and she said, “try getting rid of the aspartame. i talked to a lady who was experiencing the same thing.” i did and have not had any problems since. thank God. the sad thing is that not one traditional doctor found the answer to my problem. not one. i wonder how many people are experiencing the same thing right now? it just shouldn’t be that way.
some crazy chick: that’s crazy. hang in there for your mother.
heartbreak: i’ll try.
some crazy chick: what do you look forward to doing this summer?
heartbreak: actually, i have nothing solid or extremely interesting as of yet, but each new day brings new opportunity for something, i suppose. oh, and the spice girls are reuniting.
some crazy chick: oh geesh. i’d rather jump off the golden gate.
heartbreak: they were alright back in the day.
some crazy chick: no, they were never alright. but who is your favorite?
heartbreak: scary spice.
some crazy chick: you are ill beyond all recognition. should we wrap it up, your show’s about to rerun for the fortieth time today.
heartbreak: (laughing) hey, thanks for suggesting the interview. it was less scary than i thought.
some crazy chick: anytime. now go watch your ‘making the band four’ you freak.
heartbreak: (running away) later.
some crazy chick: you crazy freak!!
heartbreak: (in the distance) i heard you…
this interview turned out to be more fun and much longer than we both had anticipated. after contemplating editing it…we just said “eff it.”
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