"I don't think pirates say suppose"

I wish job interviews were conducted this way... the idea is that the interviewer offers a statement about themselves, and then the interviewee responds with a related fact about themselves. This way, the interview is a mutual exchange of information, with each person offering a possible connection in each statement. It would make interviews way less frightening and awkward.

And to demonstrate, Meet Meredith, blogger at http://dontweallwanttochangetheworld.blogspot.com .

A is for Allison, interviewer. M is for Meredith, interviewee. I know, obvious.

A: Ready?

M: I was born ready.

A: Okay. Here we go.

M: Should be interesting...

A: So, as an example, if I say, I am wearing blue soccer socks under my jeans now, you say...

M:Yesterday I wore socks that had little eyeglasses embroidered all over them with sandals.

A: lol. Perfect.

M: Yey!

A: I can't do the cotton eye joe.

M: I can't roll my rrrrrrrr's.

A: But you can still talk like a pirate, right?

M: I suppose... lol, I don't think pirates say suppose.

A: lol. Probably not. "Arrrrrggg!! I don't suppose you could pass the fish scampy!!!"

M: hahahaha

A: Okay, next question...uh, statement...?

M: Alright.

A: I've been told my face is blatently expressive.

M: I was told yesterday that I am the clumsiest person my roommate has ever met. And it's true.

A: I dressed up as an oompa loompa for halloween last year.

M: One year i cut a hole in a poster of a modern art and painted my face to match the piece that I had cut out and went as "modern art"

A: lol. That's awesome!

M: lol. Thanks. Am I doing this right?

A: Yes.

M: Good.

A: I wanna ride an elephant.

M: I have always wanted to go skydiving. I think it would be sooooo cool. But I'm afraid of heights.

A: I like to "snowboard" down my deck stairs on a plastic snowboard.

M: my sisters and I once took our dog sledding down our super steep hill with us. And he jumped off the sled.

A:When I get done with this, I'm gonna go sing karyokee to 70s songs with my dad and bro

M: When I get done with this, I am not going to go and sing karyokee.

A: I collect foriegn currency and postcards.

M: I collect snapple lids. (you know, when they say the interesting facts on the insides of the lids) I'm going to make them into magnets and put them on my fridge.

A: Sweet! What a cool idea.

M: Thanks.

A: I like to sing and dance when no one's watching.

M: Everyone does. If I was any good I'd sing and dance all the time.

A: I want a cute Australian guy to teach me to surf.

M:Don't we all? I wanna date a guy who's as much of an English nerd as me.

A: That could be difficult lol.

M: Haha.

A: My deodorent is frescia scented. It ends up frescia is a flower. I didn't know that.

M: Yeah, it's a flower. My perfume and soap are frescia scented. I love the smell.

A: Hmmm... that's weird.

M: Yep.

A: I have poor depth perception.

M: I am horribly clumsy, yet very graceful at ballet.

A: I actually enjoy shovelling snow.

M: I find ironing theraputic.

A: I hope my future husband can cook.

M: I'm afraid I'll never get married.

A: I'm afraid my kids will turn out just like me.

A: my favorite season is winter.

M: I don't have a favorite season. And whenever someone asks me what my favorite season is, I change my answer.

A: I've been playing soccer since five, and yet, today while passing it around, I kicked it into a tree. Twice. I said I did it on purpose.

M: I have a perfectly comftorable chair to sit on or a bed to lay on right now, and two bowl chairs out in the lounge area, but I am choosing to lay on the floor instead.

A: Antique books are boring.

M: Football is boring.

A: Other people's dogs scare me.

M: I have a pathological fear of the bark of a dog.

A: My favorite class is Anatomy and Physiology.

M: My favorite class is sociology.

A: I'm gonna be Waldo for Halloween this year.

M: I'm gonna be the elf queen from Lord of the Rings.

* This interview has been shortened and edited for content.