Frequently Asked Questions
You have a robotic cat?
No.
But your bio says “Misha lives in Brooklyn with her Powerbook, Thinkpad, and robotic cat.”
The cat is a metaphor.
But…
OK, actually, it’s an attempt to find a happy medium between David’s insistence that I should have a cat and my no-pets lease. We’re still hoping Ian can be persuaded to build me an actual robot, though.
Would he? Really?
Probably not.
OK. So, where does ‘Hippo Dignity’ come from?
Oz: (pulls out a cookie and stops) Oh, look! Monkey! And he has a little hat. And little pants.
Willow: (smiles) Yeah, I-I see!
Oz: The monkey’s the only cookie animal that gets to wear clothes, you know that?
Willow smiles brightly.
Oz: You have the sweetest smile I’ve ever seen.
Willow is surprised by the compliment.
Oz: (continues down the hall) So, I’m wondering, do the other cookie animals feel sorta ripped? Like, is the hippo going, ‘Hey, man, where are my pants? I have my hippo dignity!’ And you know
the monkey’s just, (with a French accent) ‘I mock you with my monkey pants!’ And there’s a big coup in the zoo.
Willow: The monkey is French?
Oz: All monkeys are French. You didn’t know that?
So, where are your pants, then?
They’re on my legs. Again, it’s a metaphor.
