Here are the answers to the questions you asked me. Of course you can ask me more and I will add the answers to this post along with a plug to your website.

Meli asked: If you could only have one talent, but you could do it better than anybody else that’s ever existed, what would it be?

Hm this is a hard one. I love art so I would say anything art but that leaves it so broad. I guess if you’re the best out of everyone in the world then it wouldn’t matter because you would be the best no matter what. Then I guess I would choose illustration because it is what I love doing and to be the best would be awesome. I love this question there are so many I could choose. Wouldn’t it be great if you were the best at say something like Inventing and then you would become the worlds greatest inventor instead of Edison, Da Vinci, Einstein or Ford (and whoever else deserve to be on the list).

Clem asked: What is one (or more) band or singer than you listen to but that you wouldn’t want to admit to anyone? (I love the question because it’s so evil…)

You evil little girl. No, seriously this question doesn’t bother me. I will happily admit to some bands/singers that others (including yourself) would cringe to. I like Britney Spears I admit, I even listen to Avril Lavigne, I even like ACDC. I have a mixture of pop, rock, 80’s and rap on my iPod. The one I am probably (the slightest) embarrassed to admit is Eminem. I love Eminem but I know a lot of people don’t appreciate his music and they usually turn their noses up when I admit I love his music.

Lil asked: If you could have any superpower, what would it be and why?

I like this question. I reckon my superpower would be either invisibility because being invisible at any moment whether to hide/snoop/play around would be fun. The other power I would probably like even more would be something to do with the ocean, as I love water (I hate heights so flying superpowers are out of the question) and have always wanted to be a mermaid. So maybe a power to be able to live/breathe/talk under water.

Mari asked: When did you start designing websites?

I first started about 5 or 6 years ago. You can read my web history for more detailed info.

Did you ever have a horribly awful website that you are embarrassed to have owned?

I don’t think I have had a ‘horribly awful’ website though I have been quite embarrassed by my old websites. Mainly because I once suffered from weborexia and my sidebars were around 3cms (just over 1 inch) in width. But even then I still used my own images and/or artwork, I never used celebrity images apart from the occasional Delta Goodrem layout-with pictures I took myself. Back when I first started making websites I had one for paint tutorials and the layout was full of iframes. The site was only viewable on IE with a res. of 800×600 with bright cyan backgrounds in the iframes. Yuck!

Malin asked: What’s your number one wish right now?

Right now? At this very moment I am writing these answers at work to my own email so I can post them later. At work it’s boring right now so I wish something fun would happen. But in general, my wish would is that I will one day be able to afford a house of my own and to never have to rent again. I can’t wait to own a home and paint murals on the bedroom walls, and to settle down and have a family.

Lily asked: If you were a rubber duck, what would your name be?

This has to be the most different question I have been asked so far. When I was little I had a yellow rubber duck that wore pink lipstick and had a pink heart on its back. I think her name was Ducky, but I wouldn’t call myself that, I would want to be something unique from all the other rubber ducks. I used to have 3 ducks called MooMoo (she had a cow print pattern), Daffy (spitting image of daffy duck) and Brownie (because she was brown) So as you can see I am pretty lame when it comes to naming ducks. I guess I would call myself Boo, only because its my online nickname.

Cori asked: How is freelancing for you and would you ever make it your full time job?

I don’t think I could ever make freelancing a fulltime job. There were times when I could have, but more often than not there are dry spells where there is just not enough work to live on. It wasn’t until I got my first real “graphic design” job that I met with a lot of clients who would (and many did) employ me via freelance or spread the word about my skills etc. Now that I have a fulltime job that I love (but the hours are so stressful) I have been offered a lot of website design work, which I try to fit into my weekends but I usually don’t have time. If I had all these offers last year I probably would have made it a fulltime job.
The web design work is all that really pays, as well as some graphic design service, but my illustrations never seem to be needed/wanted. I had one lady ask to hire me on commission to do 20 vector illustrations. I almost agreed to it until she told me she wanted them for $3 each, which to me is way too cheap for an illustration let alone a vector. But she still got one free one out of me as I offered to do a free one (before I knew how much she wanted to pay) so I could seal the deal. It is hard to get work even if you have all the talent in the world, you really need the contacts. It’s especially hard because of where I live and graphic design is very remote.

When Amanda first asked us to ask her questions I wanted to make a post asking my readers to ask me some of their own questions. Because my internet was disconnected and my work computer blocks my site I couldn’t make a post which really annoyed me.

Now that I finally got around to my dad’s to make a post about it I see that almost everyone on my blog reader list has done the same. So I guess I am now jumping on the bandwagon, so to speak, and being a copycat by asking telling you to ask me a question, or three.

So ask anything you want, I do not care how serious, funny or stupid the question is, I will answer all honestly. I probably wont be online for a few days but when I do come back I will (hopefully) have enough questions to post in my next blog.

PS. I have added a new article in the visitor section and I have a few more on the way.

There was a problem with my internet bill and because it wasn’t sent to me, I didn’t pay it. This Resulted in me becoming two months behind in payment, so they disconnected it. I am paying one month on Thursday, then paying the next month on the fortnight after (my new job only pays fortnightly) and then my internet will be re-connected. I haven’t had a chance to go onto my website during work as “Websense deems my site to have the category/filter “sex” in it, and considers this as unsafe”. I have never mentioned the word “sex” apart from this post now, ever on my site. Yet I am still able to visit Jing-wen, and Amanda talks about sex on an almost-daily basis.

I am at a mates house right now just to give a quick update anyway. So this is (another) open hiatus. Hopefully when I get back I will have heaps of new articles that I have been working on, ready to put up.