The Questionnaire

"What is the craziest thing you ever did? Yeah, no. I won’t tell you that."

What are you doing these days?
I primarily make video for clients including RT (Russia Today, an international TV news network), Pepsi, NBC, and other websites and TV networks. I also make a lot of videos just for me.

What turns you on creatively?
Anything that makes me laugh, mainly. It’s usually weird, off the beaten path, and just cerebral enough without being pompous or self-aware. As soon as it’s either of those, I hate it.

If you were a mind-reader whose mind would you like to read?
Dick Cheney’s.

If you could travel in time, which era would you visit?
Anywhere 500+ years and beyond in the future. Since we still don’t know where in the future will be the best era, I’ll take any of them.

What is your favorite sound?
My dog ruffing in her sleep.

What is the album or song that influences you the most?
The themesong to NY1, our local TV news here in New York. It’s generally the first music I hear every day.

Who would you like to collaborate with? And why?
Stephen Colbert, because DUH!

What drives you crazy?
Sheeple.

What makes you laugh?
Me. I make me laugh more than anything else. This isn’t exactly the most attractive quality to have, and it generally annoys people I know at different times, but it’s the truth.

If you had 3 wishes what would they be?
I wish the Earth wasn’t polluted and was as fresh as it was before people came along because it’d smell a lot better, and I have a really strong sense of smell. Like to a FAULT.
I wish I could live until I didn’t want to anymore, regardless of how long that was.
I wish for a million more wishes. Sucker!

What is the craziest thing you ever did?
Yeah, no. I won’t tell you that.

What makes you feel embarrassed?
I’m used to doing embarrassing things on camera, so that’s tough. When toilet paper gets stuck to my shoe? When I accidentally expose a private part?

What are your favorite web-sites (not including the ones that you are participate in)?
I read Gawker, Business Insider, and the Awl pretty regularly, even though I am not a fan of snark. Richard Lawson cracks me the F up. And TMZ is a great site to go to if I need some sheeple to rile me up for inspiration.

What is the silliest thing you have ever done?
My show is based on me doing silly things, so there are a lot of potential answers for that one. But probably trying out to be a clown for Ringling Brothers tops the list. I was Chalupa the clown, and I was gooooooood…

How would you make the world a better place?
I think I DO make it a better place by trying to point out the bad parts of it. That’s all I really want to do — make the world a better place by pointing out the bad stuff and hoping that some of the sheeple doing the bad stuff will stop doing those bad things because I showed them the way.

What is your biggest weakness?
My bum ankle. Or cheese. Either one.

Where will you be in 10 years?
Either still in NYC doing what I’m doing now except on a bigger scale, or in Mexico. Viva la Mexico!

Write a question that you like to ask yourself and answer it.
Why are you so pissed?
Because I have no tolerance for these sheeple.

Who would you like to answer that Questionnaire?
Stephen Colbert.

Associations
Love – the hubs
Death – dad
God – comfort
TV – yay!
Family – first
Politics – screw it
Internet – dangerous
Happiness – all that matters and you can’t buy it
YouTube – it’s fine
Lori Harfenist – hey that’s me!

Lori Harfenist is a blogger and host of the online show The Resident.

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