The HCOS Weekly Vol. 2 Edition 3
Meet Deanna Burmatoff! An Interview By Jennica Wlodarczyk 1. Hey there, Deanna! Why don’t you introduce yourself for the readers who may not know you? I live in a small town outside of another small town, 100 Mile House, between a fairly larger town called Williams Lake and much bigger city called Kamloops. I have two sisters and a baby brother; all are younger than me by at least 8 years. We have two dogs, a cat, a fish, two kittens, and 20-something chickens. We used to have just over 40 chickens, but half are in our freezer now. I like to read, paint, draw, listen to music, bike, hike, and hang out with my friends whenever I get the chance. 2. What is one of your biggest pet peeves? I have a lot of pet peeves, actually, so this is going to be hard… I guess a couple of my biggest pet peeves would have to be inside jokes. Or people talking about me when I’m right there, or dumb blond jokes. Dumb blond jokes because I am a blond… and I like to think I’m pretty smart :P People talking about me when I’m right there makes me feel invisible, I guess, and it’s kind of rude and annoying. Inside jokes are very exclusive, once you think about it… I mean, I love inside jokes when I am a part of them, but otherwise… it’s annoying, I’ll say that :P Haha, but
thankfully these don’t happen very look for fights. often. 5. What do you want to be when you “grow up”? When I grow up, eh? Haha. Well, when I was younger, I wanted to be a teacher. I’ve always loved working with kids, since I have three siblings who are all much younger than me, though sometimes it can get a little demanding… Now I’m interested in counseling or social work, but still like working with kids. 3. If you could be remembered for anything, what would you choose? That’s a hard question… I guess I’d like to be remembered as a friend who really cares, and who would be there to help anyone with anything. Like a sister, almost. I’d also like to be remembered as a person who fully trusted God and had a close relationship with Him, and who helped others along their spiritual journey as well.
6. What does the word “catacomb” make you think of? It makes me think of a tomb, because that’s what “catacomb” really means. But if I didn’t know what it meant… I would think it had something to do with a cat and a comb. Or a honeycomb. Funny word, “comb”… 7. Tell us something interesting about yourself. I’m not very interesting. JK. Umm. I have never used the chat slang term “LOL” and never will. “Haha”, “hahaha”, “ahahahaha”, etc. is better in my opinion, and actual laughing out loud is even better. Laughter is a joyful noise; there’s no need to disguise it.
4. Who was your favourite Canadian prime minister to learn about (if you have a favourite)? I can only think of two prime ministers straight off the bat, and those would be Sir John A. MacDonald and Wilfrid Laurier. MacDonald was the first prime minister, I believe… (I’ve forgotten already. Socials isn’t exactly my strongest 8. Would you ever dance in subject). He had…“interesting” public? Hahaha, no. No way. hair, too. Laurier was a man of compromises. Good man; didn’t 9. What’s your favourite thing