The Long-Awaited Tim Breault Self–Interview (sometimes referred to as TLATBSI)
By Tim Breault
Ok, I’m a guy who appreciated reading a good interview. I like to know where people are from, what they do for fun, why they are worthy of an interview in the first place, etc. Seeing how I spend a majority of my days writing bios for other people, and it is a distinct possibility that I will never achieve anything in my life that is worthy of someone else writing a bio about me, I figured I’d try this route out. Without further adieux…
Tim: Where do you hail from? You know, where are your roots?
Tim: Agh…good question. While I’ve lived a place or two in my life, I definitely still consider Rhode Island my home. And not Providence, or some fancy joint by the beach, but Burrillville. Northwest corner of the state, borders Massachusetts and Connecticut. Pretty rural by RI standards. It’s a nice little town. My folks still reside there, and I have no complaints whatsoever about growing up there. I also spent a good chunk of time in Vermont. I went to college at a tiny school called Johnson State College. Looking back, I have no idea how I survived in that small town for four years. Once again, no regrets, but…it certainly was an odd college experience to say the least. After Johnson, I moved to Burlington, VT, which was actually quite nice. Pretty collegey, and really, really whitebread, but nice nonetheless. I enjoyed my time there. Wait…I’m rambling. In short form, Rhode Island is the answer.
T: And now? Where is home these days?
T: Portland, OR. PDX. Stumptown. The Rose City. Bridgetown. Puddlesburgh. And all the other various monikers that this place goes by. I really like it here. It feels pretty real. A little rough around the edges, but pretty polished in the center, like cheap jewelry. Hey…I like that. Portland…the cheap jewel of the west! Ha…if you print that I want $10. Or a beer. Possibly both depending on the hits your website gets. I rent a nice duplex in Southeast…I grill a lot. Bike commute. Holla at shorties. You know…the usual Portland activities.
T: Nice…we’ll keep you informed of copyright infringement that we notice. What do you do to keep yourself busy?
T: Well, I have a virtual cornucopia of employers at the moment…in-house and freelance gigs alike. They all fall under the umbrella of media services, I suppose. How about this…I’m a media services specialist? Maybe I’ll make some business cards or something. Maybe if you give me that $10 you owe me, I can get some printed. As far as summer leisure time, it breaks down like this: Sleeping too late, bike riding, river swimming, golfing, garage beers, walking around aimlessly, heavy metal, Pabst Blue Ribbon, Hamms, Coca-Cola, income fretting, golf, not driving, Party Time, pinball.
T: Any travel plans?
T: I am traveling back to the homeland (RI) in a week or so. Besides that, I’m joining the “staycation” club. This sucks…everything is so damn expensive these days. In other words, I’ll be right here if you need me.
T: How about professional goals?
T: Oh come on now…I thought this was going to be a fluff piece? You don’t really care do you?
T: Well…maybe not me. There is a possibility that someone else would want to know…
T: I suppose. Hmmm…perhaps riding this media services specialist wave into the new millennium. Or unless I find out a way to get paid by speaking in movie quotes, I’ll try that out. How about this gem here. “And if I find out you go near my locker, I swear to God I'll give you a karate chop right in the head!” Billy Brown said that in Buffalo 66. I haven’t been able to bust that one out in a while because I don’t have a locker. Maybe I’ll get one just to say that.
T: What are your thoughts on modern culture?
T: Geez dude. That’s kind of a vague question…no? Could you expand?
T: Well…in journalism school they taught me that when dealing with a particular difficult subject to interview to ask broad, open-ended questions to force them to open up a bit. So…no. No expansion.
T: I didn’t think I was being particularly close-lipped. But, if you insist…here goes. I’m not going to even mention all the screwed up things that go on these days…that’s for another interview on some negative-nancy site. This is all about being positive. I think that the advent of the internet and the creation of a “global community” is a pretty crazy thing to wrap your head around. Not too long ago we were all encyclopedias and hand-written letters. Bands had to make tapes and tour endlessly to get their name out. I’m not nay-saying technology here. I couldn’t imagine living without some of our newfound comforts, but, it’s an entirely different world and it’s both fascinating and scary at the same time. Ha…writing a blog about being weirded out by technology is such a magnificent contradiction. I love it. I was supposed to have a positive response to your question…but it didn’t really come out that way…sorry.
T: No…it’s fine. Being real is always better than trying to answer a question in a certain direction anyway. Ok…I think we’re done here. Any last words, shout outs, etc?
T: Ummm. Thanks to everyone that has helped me out along the way. Things have been great thus far, and I have a lot of people to thank for that. In the interest of time and internet-space usage, I’ll drop the catch all “you know who you are.” Thanks!