To be honest, I’ve seen you, could it have been, Artswalk, a few years ago?

OK.

And I remember thinking, there was a little bit of a cult following, it seemed like people were interested in what you were doing, what you were saying, thinking… So, I thought, I’d like to interview you, and I’ll tell you why… (when in costume) You’ve got the five o’clock shadow, you’ve got the make up on, and you just kind of look… sad. 

OK.

And I wanted to ask you about it.

OK.

So, I heard you were from Michigan.

Yes.  I was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, April 11, 1969.  I was born in a year so fine they named a position after it.  And it was called 69.  Ann Arbor.  On the eleventh of April.  There’s a lot of symmetry in that.  1969.  The year man set foot on the moon.

Supposedly.

Ah, yes, supposedly.  Don’t tell Neil Armstrong that.  He’ll get very upset.

But you went to high school in Oregon?

Yes, I went to high school in Oregon.  You see I only lived in Michigan for the first four years and then…