He covers his early lego-obsessed childhood and stammering, as well as his suicide attempt (as discussed in his It Gets Better video). He talks about Project Runway and its evolution over time. He talks about how his mother always buys him the wrong size underwear for Christmas. He talks about his attempt at vegetarianism and his dramatic bailout. He also talks about his many trips to Asia as Associate Dean of Parsons The New School of Design. Here's a story that made me laugh:
"At one dinner in Korea...a plate came out with something on it that looked like a big Tootsie Roll. I was looking at it and waiting for everyone to be served before beginning. And as I was contemplating it, it started to squirm its way off the plate. It was a live sea slug.
I waited for it to squirm completely off the plate and reach the table. Then I put my plate on top of it and casually leaned on it. If I was even going to think about eating it, I had to kill it first."
The mental image of Tim Gunn, in an impeccably cut suit, casually squishing his dinner with a plate was sublime. Can't wait for Project Runway to start up again!
3 comments:
So if the slug wasn't the dramatic bailout from vegetarianism, I am now dying to know what was!
Haha! I can't imagine eating something that was trying to make its way off the table.
Mayberry: Just for you:
In college I was so traumatized by the slaughterhouse scene in James Agee's short story "A Mother's Tale" that I became an instant vegetarian. I swore off meat. It repulsed me.
Then, several months later, I was feeling weak, and a voice from within said, "I need meat! I need it immediately!"
I went to the local grocery store, ran to the packaged meat section, grabbed a package of bologna, and ate the whole thing standing there in the aisle. Then I paid for the empty container.
Asianmommy: I really can't either. Always makes me think of the Indiana Jones Temple of Doom banquet.
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