Below is a transcription of an interview between myself, Andrew, and Graham Burgsma. We'll call it, "Getting to Know Graham." Enjoy!
(00:01) AF: So Graham, what would you say is your favourite colour, and why?
(00:07) GB: I think my favourite colour would be orange.
(00:10) AF: Really?
(00:11) GB: Yeah - ‘cause it’s not gloomy, it’s not too happy... it’s kinda mild. But it’s bright, you notice it, y’know? I like it.
(00:24) AF: Does orange bring any specific images to mind when you think of it?
(00:32) GB: Uh, not really. Kind of, just like one specific bright orange - kind of like the ‘Fall’ orange, but brighter.
(00:45) AF: Cool. Um, next question. On a day that you’d get to spend to yourself, on a day of relaxation where you had no commitments or anything to worry about, would you rather sleep in or get up nice and early and get a good, early start on the day?
(01:03) GB: That’s difficult, ‘cause sleeping in is relaxing, it’s a nice day, but getting up early - it feels like you accomplish a lot more. So it’s... getting up early is kind of like, inside you feel good, sleeping in is outside you feel good.
(01:21) AF: That’s nice, I like that. Good answer. Um, okay, next one. Do you consider yourself an interpersonal kind of person or more of an intra personal person?
(01:39) GB: I’d say I’m intra personal. Uh, people aren’t my forte, I don’t really like people. *both laugh* It’s not good to say “I don’t like people,” but...
(01:54) AF: You like spending some time to yourself.
(01:56) GB: I like myself, I like thinking. I think a lot. And, uh... yeah - ‘Cause people can be stupid, and it kind of brings you down. So with yourself it’s kind of more... I don’t know. It’s nicer.
(02:19) AF: Yeah, I get that. Okay. Um, what are some of your favourite past-times, would you say?
(02:26) GB: The computer. *both laugh* Pretty much anything to do with a computer. Yeah, making movies, making songs, programming, anything. I enjoy it.
(02:41) AF: Cool. Even playing games and such, or more to the creative side of the...
(02:47) GB: Yeah, games are fun but, I do a lot more creative things. I’ve just started playing a few games, but before that I never really played games.
(02:57) AF: Interesting, interesting. That’s cool. Um, okay, so next subject. Uh, do you enjoy listening to music, and if so, what genres or styles are your favourite?
(03:10) GB: I do enjoy listening to music. Um, kind of old, but I like old and I like... kinda techno but not really. Like...
(03:25) AF: If you could give me an artist or a song for an example?
(03:30) GB: Basshunter, Boston, Def Leppard, Cars...
(03:35) AF: Cool. So anything from classic rock to kind of new wave... not techno but electronic music?
(03:41) GB: Yeah - and upbeat.
(03:43) AF: Cool. So you think it’s the “upbeat” that does it for you?
(03:46) GB: Yeah, I think so.
(03:48) AF: Alright, um, now let’s get into some of the fun stuff. Okay, so if you could choose, right now, which you’d rather have for the rest of your life, what would you choose: money or love?
(04:03) GB: Love is rich. Uh, I think, I think love - although, love kinda comes automatically. So I think, money you have to work for, but love just comes, usually.
(04:18) AF: Hopefully.
(04:19) GB: *Laughs* Yeah. Usually it’s, you just fall in love. But money, you gotta work for.
(04:26) AF: If you had to choose one, though.
(04:28) GB: Only choose one...
(04:30) AF: ...if you could be a rich, lonely bastard, *both laugh* or a poor half of a wonderful couple, which would you rather be?
(04:29) GB: I’d rather be happy, and in love. But if I had to choose between getting love, and getting money, I’d choose getting money, because love...
(04:50) AF: I get that, yeah. It’s not something you spend time on, as much.
(04:53) GB: Yeah. It comes. Yeah.
(04:57) AF: Good answer, I like that. Alright, and my last, big question - but this might go on for a little while, it depends - when it comes to religion, do you have any strong or specific beliefs or views?
(05:10) GB: Good question. I’m Christian, I like being a Christian...
(05:15) AF: What does that mean to you, being Christian?
(05:20) GB: Believing in God. Like, I believe he created the world, believe he is in people, believe he created people, and that we are his. Yeah. And there’s only one true God. There is no Buddha, and elephant gods and all that. *both laugh*
(05:45) AF: No multi-armed elephants for Graham? *more mutual laughing*
(05:47) GB: Yeah. There’s one God.
(05:54) AF: Cool. Um, do you believe in an afterlife?
(05:59) GB: As in?
(06:01) AF: Well after you die, where do you think - what do you think happens to your soul, or well first of all do you believe in souls?
(06:09) GB: Yes, I believe in souls. Your body... yeah, your body is nothing, your body stays here. People are not... I don’t think people are, bodies, they’re souls. And then, when you die, I don’t know what happens, but I know that I will go to heaven. I don’t know if that’s as soon as I die or if that’s when Jesus comes back to Earth, then - it says in the Bible that he will raise from the dead, I don’t know if that’ll happen and then go to heaven. So I don’t know.
(06:45) AF: But eventually you believe that there will be a heaven.
(06:48) GB: Yes. I believe that there is a heaven.
(06:50) AF: Cool. Well I think that concludes the interview. Thank you Graham.
(06:56) GB: Thank you very much. *laughs*
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