The Rhinos of Rhino: Tori Gebolys - Writer, Production Intern

(conducted by Denise Negrea, Marketing Intern)

What's your favorite part about being a rhino? 

Probably the diversity of each day. We have had days where there have been spurts of random banjo playing and days where we've been rushing from thing to thing, shoot to shoot. I would just say that there is literally never a dull moment.

What is your favorite Michigan beer? 

This is funny because I’m not actually a beer person. I like Greenbush beer. I also think I had a sherry at Founders I felt was pretty good, but Greenbush beer is my favorite. I like wine more than beer. I’m not a big beer drinker at all. My favorite Michigan wine is something  from St. Julians. I once had St. Julians peach wine that tasted like syrup from a pie. It was really really good.

If the local news covered your life, what would the headline be? Probably….Breaking News: Mlive Discovers the Most Uninteresting Person in the World.

A magic honey badger appears out of nowhere with a time-traveling phone booth. You can go anytime in the PAST. What time are you traveling to and what are you going to do when you get there? 

I guess I would want to go back in time to when Hitler was being born…I want to punch his baby face.

What is your favorite music genre? Right now….I’m so boring….gosh…Oldies like 50's to 70‘s but most recently because of Kevin….Folk Rock, but I’d say Oldies. My favorite Oldies group is the Rat Pack. My favorite artists are Dean Martin Sam Cooke.

iPhone or android?

I don’t have either. Everybody’s got a smartphone these days but I have an average intelligence phone. It’s a flip phone, I think LG…it’s from Verizon.

If you had a snail that could magically grant wishes, what would you name it? 

If it’s a him, I would name him Seymour. If it’s a her, her name would be Esmeralda.

You have the choice to live with a monkey who knows sign language or a bunny who sings lullabies, which do you choose? 

I hate monkeys. I would choose the bunny. Monkeys are terrifying.They rip off faces and hands. They are so strong and you don’t know what they're thinking and they’re so close to humans it's creepy.

What's the best color for a cat?

You know what you never see? A brown cat. Why is it that brown is a basic color of every other animal except for a cat? I’m not really a cat person, but I like those ones that look like they’re Siamese cats but they have long hair and they have the light light brown and the tan fur with the little black boots. Fake Siamese cats with long hair..they look pretty.

Avett Brothers or Black Keys? 

Avett brothers

Do you like Sriracha? 

I don’t know what that is.

At a movie theater which arm rest is yours?  

The right one. I am authoritative when putting my elbow down so people know the arm rest is mine.

Chicago or Michigan sports teams?

I don’t really care, but I would have to say Michigan. My family are all Michigan fans more so than State fans so I guess that’s the way I was raised…but I could really care less.

What’s your favorite t-shirt that you own?

I have this shirt from threadlist which is a website of different t-shirt designs that are designed by artists who submit their designs. I have one that is just text all across the chest with different fonts and some graphics too…but it’s just a bunch of spoilers from movies and TV. It says things like, who shot JR from Dallas, Snape kills Dumbledore, Rosebud was the name of his sled, and his friends are all part of his beautiful mind. One time I was wearing it in a film class and the spoiler was on the shirt. My friend got so mad at me.

A penguin walks through that door right now wearing a sombrero. What does he say and why is he here? 

He’s here because his car won’t start and he needs help…and he says in perfect English…”My car won’t start and I need help…also I really like your Rhino sign.”

Describe an orange without using the word “orange.”

It’s something you eat that’s round and a color. Also, it’s delicious.

You got kicked out of the country for being a time-traveling heathen who eats too much and has super-powers. But check it out… you can move to anywhere else in the world! Where would it be?

I would say either Scotland or New Zeland. I've always wanted to go to Scotland  I used to have this weird thing for Scotland back in high school. I used to think it was funny to talk in a Scottish accent at my Youth Group. New Zeland because I want to see where they filmed Lord of the Rings and Narnia…and I want to live in a hobbit hole.

You have been eternally banned from every single bar in the world except for ONE. Which one is it gonna be?

Well I don’t really go to bars so let’s switch it to coffee shop. For sensibility sake I would have to say a chain that I like which would be Biggby. But if I was in Kalamazoo then I would have to say Black Owl…maybe that’s the hipster in me but…they’re nice there.