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Asked by kamakanani.

1) What is your favorite Pretender episode, and why?
Not Even a Mouse. It was the first episode I saw, running into it completely by accident on a Saturday night in December 1997. I was well on my way to obsession from the very first scene I watched: Jarod, hanging off a pipe in his appartment like a gymnast, trying to recreate the callused skin on the Jane Doe's palms. I had had similar calluses on my palms from playing in the park before, so I really connected with it. Top that off with how much the episode feels like Christmas and how it contains possibly the sweetest Jarod/Parker moment in the whole series and I'm gone.

2) If you could go back in time and re-live any day of your remembered life, WITHOUT changing one moment, which one would it be?
I'm gonna forego hours of waiting in line to see Alton Brown again for a nice, comfy air conditioned theatre in Williamstown to see She Loves Me one more time. And if I can't change anything, if I can't go up to Brooks Ashmanskas and tell him how brilliant he was, at least the performances will be etched into my memory that much better.

3) What is your favorite feature on yourself?
My eyes, maybe, or my hands.

4) What is your favorite feature to look for on others?
Kind of the same. Or stubble. Does that qualify as a feature? Or shoulders. XD No, it really varies. Like, right now I'm a bit fixated on Alton Brown's newfound hips. Or how distracted I was by Alan Rickman's neck in Truly, Madly, Deeply. Or how an ex-acquaintance of mine wore a shirt.

5) Michael T Weiss, Alan Rickman, Alton Brown or William Petersen (sorry, had to fix it, I'm insane) - Pick one.
You know, it surprises me a little to say it, but... Alton Brown. And I don't think it's just the residual high from last month. I... I think I keep myself distant from the others, fandom-wise, because I ship their characters and no one, not even me, dare interfere with my OTP in my mind. Only Alton and Alan--and here's where you see I spend too much time thinking about this stuff--are primary obsessions. I'd probably have a more difficult time walking up to Alan for an autograph or a picture or to shake his hand, but I haven't watched him or heard his voice nearly every freaking day for ten years. Alton is always there. I've had Good Eats to distract me from some pretty crappy stuff for a very long time. Yeah, so now I'm rambling. Gosh.