EMAIL INTERVIEW

This is an amalgamation of an email interview I conducted with Wil and one of those get-to-know-you-email things. Full Name: Let's just stick with Wil, shall we? The full name is actually William, I just don't like it because I grew up in a hometown where everyone pronounced it Wee-yum. (Yes, the Eddie McGuire school of vocab!) It's William James Anderson, named after both of my Grandfathers. Nickname (if any) Don't have one. Never have, and I'm extremely traumatised by it. I just don't feel like a real Aussie. Even when I played footy I didn't get Ando, or Wilo- they just used to yell 'kick it here you fat poof!' and I don't think that actually qualifies as a nickname. Admittedly, in 1984, during the LA Olympics I did get a little bit of 'Where There's A Wil, There's A Way To LA' but the mascot Little Willy was a bit too much for a kid about to go into puberty. When I was in Grade 5 I did make one brave bid to get myself a nickname. I was a fat nerdy kid who liked Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators books, and the main character who solved all the crimes in those was called Jupiter Jones. I wanted a cool name like that, so I decided on'Donuts' Anderson. But, of course, you can't just tell people to start calling you something, so instead I just bought a lot of donuts and tried to be spotted eating them at any time. I thought it looked cool and mysterious, but in retrospect I propbably just looked like a really crap James Bond trainee villain. In the end it didn't really catch on, but it did make a few kids call me 'Fatty, fatty, boom-bah!' for a couple of months, so I guess it was a victory of sorts. Any siblings? A brother, Ross and a sister, Suse. Hometown: (Not actually Sale, as the memebrs of Tripod had me believing) Ah, the first factual inaccuracy, although mostly my own fault because I usually generalise and say Sale (where I went to school) when it is actually Denison, a small dairy farming district just outside Heyfield. (pop 1200) Hobbies: Sky-diving, horse-riding and working with disabled children. (Sorry, I thought I was a contestant in the Miss America beauty contest for a minute there.) So I guess there's no need to keep putting this tape on my chest to make my breasts more perky. Favourite Alcoholic Drink: Before the whole crazy breakdown of all my vital internal organs, my favourite drink was vodka, lime and soda, and my fave beer was Cascade Premium. But to be honest some nights I would have sucked on a soggy beer towel if I thought it would get me drunk. These days - due to doctor's orders - I'm a little more temperate, and when I'm not sculling liquid heroin to relieve the pain, and forget about the sheer beauty of vodka, I choose to drink Diet Coke, strong lattes, and english breakfast tea. Favourite CD(s): (Lets' just subsitute it for favourite songs at the moment) 'Wicked Game' Chris Isaak, 'For A Short Time' Weddings, Parties, Anything, 'A New England' Billy Bragg or 'Fake Plastic Trees' by Radiohead. (Oh, and of course who could forget Paradise City by the Gunners,and We're Not Gonna Take It, by Twisted Sister.) Who is your sporting team? Western Bulldogs (AFL) ; Melbourne Storm (ARL) IBMs or Macs? Oh soooooooooo the Mac. The only computer for people who hate technology. One pillow or two? As with most things in the bedroom, the more the merrier. Judge Judy or Judge Joe Brown? Both... definitely both! Judge Joe has the advantage of being on in the daytime (my fave time for viewing television) but I am reading Judy's book at the moment, with the stunning title Don't Pee On My Leg And Tell Me It's Raining? Do you make fun of people? Mostly professionally, but sometimes I'm willing to give a couple away for free just so my evil doesn't overtake me and I have to start stabbing people in the leg with a fork. Favourite Colour(s): Blue. If nailpolish blue with sparkles. Favourite Movies: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Clerks, Mallrats, and Chasing Amy (a close tie with the Indiana Jones movies for my fave trilogy, Star Wars and The Godfather miss out because of lame third movies) Happy gilmore, Arsenic and Old lace, The Princess Bride, Ferris, So I Married an Axe Murderer, The Breakfast Club, Mr Smith Goes To Washington, Demolition Man, T2: Judgment Day, Clueless, Planet Of The Apes, Return of the Jedi, The Usual Suspects, Donnie Brasco, Goodfellas, Boogie Nights, The Player, Pret A Porter, Die Hard, Lethal Weapon 1 and 2, Meet John Doe, It's A Wonderful Life, Shallow Grave, Dazed and Confused, Slacker (If only for the advertsing line which was "This story was based on fact. Any similarity with fictional events or characters is entirely coincidental.") Swingers, Bull Durham, Beautiful Girls (story of my life), When Harry Met Sally, Heathers, Aladdin, Top Secret, Robocop, Starship Troopers, Reality Bites (I'm sorry, but Winona Ryder, Ethan Hawke and Janeane garofalo cha-ching! cha-ching! cha-ching!) all three Mighty Ducks movies, and anything starring a cast member from Party of Five or Dawson's Creek. But that's just a working list... Dream Car: Don't know much about cars, but I would love that charcoal convertible porsche that Dylan used to drive on 90210. I have to get out more don't I? Favourite Food: Tira Misu, not only a tasty, tasty treat, but it also sounds incredibly sexy. Favourite Ice-Cream: Okay, before anyone else is a smart-arse, yeah it's the maxibon. Ha, ha, ha-di-ha. Actually my favourite is the Magnum in a Cone. And the most important question, What colour is your toothbrush? Blue. Although seeing I disgustingly brush my teeth in the shower, I tend to have a toothbrush in every beige three star hotel in the country.