Have you met Vic Mach, Product Designer in University Relations? Spend the next few minutes getting to know her a little better.
Peter Lougheed Hall; floor five. You get a really nice view of the river valley and the city. It's a super nice view. So if you're lucky, and you get the chance to go up there - take it!
Laptop? [Laughs] This one's kind of hard, because I like doodling on paper, but then for work and everything else I do, it's the laptop. I can't choose!
Oooo, I brought my 3D printed Bulbasaur planter. It has a succulent in it. And I hope it doesn't die on me. [Laughs] I've gotta' remind myself not to water it, because I'm like, "Oh, it looks thirsty!" But it's not [giggles].
My dog, Mickey! If only I could bring him to work…
Galapagos Islands. I think you have to take a boat there - go to Ecuador and then take a boat? Okay, so, Ecuador and then a boat to the Galapagos Islands, so that I could chill with the turtles - the giant turtles… and all the other animals. I wonder if they have dogs there. Don't they have seals there, too? I know about the giant turtles, because I own a turtle too. His name's Michelangelo.
[Interviewer: Does he like pizza?][Interviewer: Does he like pizza?]
No, but he likes bananas. He loves bananas. It's crazy.
Okay, I have this weird obsession with the royal family. So I'd probably invite Princess Diana, just so we could gossip. [Laughs] Maybe ask her, "how is the Queen, really?" And of course talk about her good doings with AIDS research and all of that stuff. I think she'd be an interesting character… but a really good gossip. [Giggles]
Therapy Dog owner. There's a dog theme here. Murphy is the ALES therapy dog, so I would like to be Murphy's owner - or any other therapy dog's owner. That would be a sweet job. You're happy, the dog's happy, the people petting the dog are happy.
When I hear "uplifting the whole people," I think of The Lion King theme, where Simba's being raised up by Rafiki. Which is like our students here being uplifted to pursue their futures through education.
Dogs. Saving all the stranded or helpless animals. If I seriously won a million dollars - well, more than a million - I would have an animal farm and save all the helpless animals. Hire some vets, and make all [the animals] happy on my farm.
Meeting interesting people.
Vic Mach is a Product Designer with University Relations for the past 6 years She's responsible for making UAlberta.ca's interface with Sass and Class (Web design joke). When she's not staring at her computer at work, she's either staring at her computer at home or playing with her dog.
This interview has been edited for length and clarity.