Justin Cox Presents:

Five Little Questions That Aren’t So Little

I’m not usually one for meme’s but this one seemed like a good bit of fun. It’s an interview meme being conducted by fellow bloggers. I found the meme a Gretch-a-Sketch‘s very cool site and decided to throw my name in the ring. Should you be interested, or want to participate, here are the rules:

The Rules of the Interview
1. Leave me a comment saying you want to be interviewed.
2. I’ll email you five questions, of my determination not yours!
3. You update your blog with the answers to the questions.
4. You offer to interview someone else in the same post.
5. When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions.

A few days back Gretchen sent me five questions. It’s taken me a little bit of thinking to properly answer them, but hopefully it’ll be worth it. Without further adieu, here’s what Gretchen wanted to know:

1. If you were limited to seeing one genre of movie for the rest of your life, which genre would you choose?

Can I say indie? It’s listed as a genre at Netflix so it can’t be cheating, right? I’ve always said the Independent Spirit Awards are the coolest thing Hollywood does and that independent films are the only true creativity left out west. The stories are more interesting, the characters are more real, and they’re just much more enjoyable movies to watch. If I were restricted to just watching indie filmes for the rest of time, I’d be alright with that.

2. Do you have any secret talents that none of us know about yet?

I don’t think I’ve talked much about it here or on Twitter, but I really enjoy cooking. Inspiration typically comes from the Food Network, usually through Diners, Drive Ins, and Dives or from something created by Alton Brown or Giada De Laurentiis. I’m not a great cook, but I know my way around a kitchen and do enjoy it and not many people know that, so there you go.

3. Which of the 48 continental states would you visit if you had a free month and unlimited funds?

I would love to tour California. Driving the PCH seems like a lot of fun and it’d be very cool to be able to go from the large cities in the south to the vast wilderness in the north. Not to mention seeing the redwoods and Hollywood. That’d be a very cool month. It’d have to be one of the months that has 31 days though; 30 or 28 just wouldn’t be enough.

4. What’s your favorite part about being a youth minister?

Good question. I really enjoy my job and there are many things that could potentially be my favorite: working with the kids (surprised?), planning and executing retreats and mission trips all over the country, and being able to give back to a system that helped me when I was younger. Though what I consider my favorite part would be our worship experience on Sunday nights. Over the last year it has greatly transformed into what it is now — a very energized youth praise band and messages built around month long themes. It’s been a very cool process to be a part of and it has presented some very cool worship experiences.

5. (I’m gonna steal one from my interview because I think it’s so good.) What do you hope to accomplish with your blog?

I don’t know if I’ve ever really thought about that. I write things mostly for myself — there are a few things I write that I know think other people would be interested in. It would be awesome to be the next John Gruber and live off my blog, but I’m pretty sure that’s not going to happen. The site landed me a few featured spots in the local paper over the years, but that’s not really what I write for. When it comes down to it, I write as a personal outlet and if people find it interesting, than that’s pretty cool too.