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Video: Ask Alex
©2017 Alex Mitchell
Q: What was your favorite color as a kid?
A: Yellow.
A: Yellow.
Q: What was your favorite animal as a kid?
A: Without a doubt, horses.
A: Without a doubt, horses.
Q: What did you want to be when you were little?
A: Mostly a detective, sometimes a teacher, and always a superhero.
A: Mostly a detective, sometimes a teacher, and always a superhero.
Q: What would your ten-year-old self say to you now?
A: Can we go outside and play already!
A: Can we go outside and play already!
Q: What were you afraid of when you were little?
A: Scary monsters and witches.
A: Scary monsters and witches.
Q: Where did your monsters hide?
A: Under my bed.
A: Under my bed.
Q: What childhood event left a lasting impression on you and inspired you to be an artist?
A: Seeing The Sound of Music performed live by school kids. It was magic to me.
A: Seeing The Sound of Music performed live by school kids. It was magic to me.
Q: What was your favorite movie when you were growing up?
A: The Sound of Music, Grease, Westside Story.
A: The Sound of Music, Grease, Westside Story.
Q: What would you be if you couldn’t be a writer or artist?
A: Probably a clothing designer. Sometimes I dream about being a dancercise instructor.
A: Probably a clothing designer. Sometimes I dream about being a dancercise instructor.
Q: What was your favorite book when you were little?
A: Die Grosse Reise Mit Opa Und Stiefel (by Scapa from 1972). It was bigger than I was. And it had pages to color in. Too cool.
A: Die Grosse Reise Mit Opa Und Stiefel (by Scapa from 1972). It was bigger than I was. And it had pages to color in. Too cool.
Q: What did you like to read when you were a teenager?
A: Detective stories.
A: Detective stories.
Q: What five words best sum you up?
A: Happy, lucky, shiny, itchy, picky.
A: Happy, lucky, shiny, itchy, picky.
Q: What do you like to do when you’re not writing?
A: I paint and sew stuff.
A: I paint and sew stuff.
Q: What is your greatest fear?
A: Running out of time.
A: Running out of time.
Q: What’s your guiltiest pleasure?
A: To have a whole day to myself to stay in my pajamas at home and read a book from cover to cover while eating cookies and drinking coffee in bed.
A: To have a whole day to myself to stay in my pajamas at home and read a book from cover to cover while eating cookies and drinking coffee in bed.
Q: What do you do that you think everyone else should do, too?
A: I try to feel lucky and grateful every day. You know, just happy to be alive.
A: I try to feel lucky and grateful every day. You know, just happy to be alive.
Q: What do you NOT do that you highly recommend?
A: I don’t worry about making a fool out of myself. Life is just too damn short.
A: I don’t worry about making a fool out of myself. Life is just too damn short.
