Today marks the inauguratory interview in an ongoing series of sit-downs with the CurrentMarketing team, in which we ask each subject the same 5 questions. Selected through a process involving a series of hand gestures while eyes closed, culminating in a pen stabbed randomly into a series of names, today's Lucky Bastard is Ashley Baker, the sunny Miss Media herself. So let us start to get to know Ashley on this day, what we're affectionately calling "Ash Wednesday":

CM: What's your favorite website?
AB: Does it have to be a smart one?

CM: No, just your favorite one.
AB: Hmmm...(thinks about it)....I'd have to say Perez Hilton.

CM: Why?
AB: It has up-to-the-minute celebrity gossip. Straight from the Hollywood Hills.

CM: OK, Left, bottom or side - which do you prefer for you dock location?
AB: Bottom. Definitely the bottom. I don't like it on the side.

CM: Hey, did you know there's a way you can make it appear on the top? Would you like that?
AB: Um, I don't deal well with change.

CM: OK. What icon do you click on most in your dock?
AB: The weather. I'm a weather nerd.

CM: You have a weather icon on your dock?
AB: Well, the dashboard.

CM: Oh. (noticing the scant few widgets on her dashboard) Have you checked out the other widgets?
AB: What other widgets?

CM: On Apple's site, they have a whole s***-load of widgets.
AB: What kind of widgets?

CM: Oh, all kinds. Anything you can think of, and some you would never think of.
AB: Do they have, like, up-to-the-minute sports scores?

CM: I'm sure yeah. I think they have an ESPN one.
AB: Shut up! (laughing) Oh my God, I can feel my productivity plummeting!

CM: So, do you you have a profile on MySpace, Facebook, LinkedIn or Plaxo?
AB: All of the above.

CM: Really? Which one do you use the most?
AB: Well, I'm not super-active on them. I've been more active on Facebook lately.

CM: How come?
AB: I've been trying to keep in touch with old friends. And I like Facebook better - it's not as sleazy.

CM: Yeah, MySpace is kinda sleazy. My wife put up a profile and got two propositions in the first 24 hours.
AB: Oh, I know! There was a guy who contacted me and he said he was coming to Louisville and would I like to get together for a one-nighter! And I'm like (silent gasp) omigod, are you kidding me?

CM: OK, one last question. What's your problem?
AB: You mean, like, do I have a problem?

CM: Yeah, I mean, do you have a problem?
AB: Well, I called my hair colorist person yesterday, and she promised to call me back in 6 minutes, and she hasn't called me back yet.

CM: That's uncool.
AB: Yeah, I don't care about the haircut, just the hair color.

CM: You don't care about the haircut?
AB: My hair doesn't grow.

CM: You mean at all?
AB: Well, I'm taking hair vitamins, so it's growing a little.

CM: So you have, like, 2 problems. One, your hair doesn't grow, and 2, your hair colorist has exceeded her 6 minute window by about 24 hours.
AB: Exactly!

And Ashley Baker, who dislikes MySpace but loves the weather, basketball and celebrity gossip, who patiently waits for a chance to color her stalled out hair, turns back to her work, radiating awesomeness.