December is another busy month for Hammock Days. What's a Hammock Day you might ask... Well, it's the anniversary that each of us joined the Hammock team. Dec. 4 was that day for me, and since I tie everyone to a chair and withhold food and water until they answer these questions for me, I decided I'd better do the same.
1. December 4 is Hammock Day for you. How long have you been with Hammock Publishing? Five years.
2. What do you remember most about your first day at Hammock? I started the same day as Maggie Flynn, who is now in California dating a surfer and writing a book. And I remember everyone being so... casual isn't the right word, but comfortable might be. The atmosphere was instantly creative, warm, welcoming and comfortable.
3. If you didn't work at Hammock Publishing, what do you think you would be doing? I'd either be a Vegas showgirl or a Secret Service sniper, dressed in black and hanging out on rooftops, undetected, waiting for the bad guys to walk into my sights.
4. What was your favorite cartoon growing up? I've always had a soft spot for Michigan J. Frog.
5. What was the last book you read? Last magazine you read cover to cover? Oh gosh, my mom would be ashamed, but it's been a while since I've read a whole book, just pieces and parts of several. But maybe "Beautiful Stranger." It's autobiographical about a girl, her looks, her obsession with changing them and why. Last magazine. Shop, etc. Highly educational stuff!
6. What was your most memorable day at Hammock? Oh goodness, there have been so many over five years. The first one that keeps coming to mind is the first time Rex ever personally called me, at home. If I remember the story correctly, there was a fire at a printing facility that we used at the time, and Barbara Mathieson just happened to be visiting during the accident. The fire was making national news, and Rex was just letting everyone know that Barbara was okay. To this day, when I pick up the phone and hear "Summer, this is Rex," I get just a little nervous that something's burning.
7. What's your favorite reality TV show? Would you ever participate? Cole and I are big "Survivor" fans, but the whole eating-bugs part would keep from ever even trying out.
8. Where did you go to college? Cole claims that I went to every college in Texas, but that's not true. My degree came from the school formerly known as Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos, just about 30 minutes south of Austin.
9. Where did you grow up? I was born in a town called Brownwood, just about 30 miles from the "geographic center" of Texas. I went to school in Early, Texas, a town of about 1,900 at the time.
10. If you could switch places with any other Hammock employee for one day, who would it be and why? Shannon McRae. (She edits MyBusiness Magazine.) Everything I do is web-related, and I think it would be interesting to be knee-deep in the paper and ink that it takes to produce a magazine.
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