The Ok Oh Everard Findlay Breakfast Interview 11ish AM November 18, 2oo8

(sounds of indie pop over the speakers, sounds of a cafe cups)
Ok Oh: Ok.
Everard: Yeah.
Ok Oh: So um, so, how old is your little girl?
Everard: She's 18 months.
Ok Oh: And her name's Isa.
Everard: Isa, yeah.
Ok Oh: And that's short for something?
Everard: Isadora.
(someone walks by, shakes Ev's hand, "good good good, good to see you too man...")
Everard: . . .Isadora.
Ok Oh: And what't it like being a father?
Everard: Oh man, it's amazing. It's um, well you know, I was really afraid at first, especially when I found I was having a little girl, because I grew up in a house with all brothers, three brothers . . .
Ok Oh: yeah
Everard: . . .but now now, uh, she's pretty tough. . .
(laughing)
Everard: . . .so. . .
Ok Oh: So my son knows that part.
Everard: Oh yeah, so I'm not worried anymore, I'm excited yeah.
Ok Oh: So do you get to hang out with her a lot?
Everard: Um , not as much as 'd like to, but she spends the entire day in the office, with me and the girls (Everard's assistants). . .
Ok Oh: Rummaging around. . .
Everard: Rummaging around, breaking stuff and, (laughing) um, on the computer most of the time, so yeah. Then she goes and plays in the park, it's fun. Every Monday I take her to a gymnastics class. . .
Ok Oh: yeah.
Everard: And that's a lot of fun, we get to spend a lot of time together.
Ok Oh: Do you get to tumble around with her?
Everard: Yeah. We tumble around together, we . . . I don't know, just to watch her development is pretty great, you know? I get to kind of partake in the class and help the teacher, keeping everybody in line.
(laughing)
Ok Oh: Of course you do.
(laughing)
Ok Oh: That's who you are man.
Everard: yeah yeah yeah, trying. . .
Ok Oh: keeping everyone in line. Whatsuh, what's she call you?
Everard: um, I don't . . .
Ok Oh: does she call you papa or daddy or. . .
Everard: I don't think she calls me anything just yet.
(laughing)
Ok Oh: Really?
Everard: I think its more, like, I think she's really more into Molly than anything else, but I hear that's gonna change (laughing) when she gets a little older. She kind kind of grunts when she wants me, puts her hands out. . .
Ok Oh: So it's kind of gutteral.
Everard: She does say da da, da da,
Ok Oh: Oh, she does?
Everard: Yeah, she does say da da. . . but not like, I don't think it's really a word for me, like, you know, it'a kind of like when she wants me, but I don't think she really means it as Daddy, its just like a word she says. . .
Ok Oh: yeah
Everard: I try to get her to say Papa a few times but it didn't work, so I'm just waiting.
Ok Oh: You gotta just stick with it.
Everard: Yeah, I'll stick with it.
Ok Oh: Yeah. That's cool man.
(laughing)
Ok Oh: So when's her birthday?
Everard: In the spring.
Ok Oh: In the spring, wow, that's crazy.
Everard: Yeah.
Ok Oh: It's neat though, isn't it?
Everard: It's amazing though, it's amazing. It's like, like I look at her everyday and she's changing everyday and she's so beautiful, and I'm like how the junk did I do that?
(laughing)
Everard: Yeah, and that's like the greatest thing I ever did, and I didn't do anything (laughing) I mean, you know what I mean? (laughing) Because I look at her and I think oh wow she is so amazing.
Ok Oh: well, she's beautiful.
Everard: yeah, she is so beautiful, she looks like her mother (pause) just with a tan.
(laughing)
Everard: So it's really fun.
(more laughing)
Ok Oh: Uh huh, that's cool.
Everard: And I feel like it's so exciting what's happening in the world you know, just with, what happened with you know, um. . . for Molly and I we feel so happy for her because what happened with Barak Obama and everything and she's, you know, and she can grow up and not have to deal with a lot of other issues because it really set the tone for certain things.
Ok Oh: Totally.
Everard: Yeah.
Ok Oh: Totally.
Everard: It's kind of great, you know?
Ok Oh: It's great.
Everard: Because you know, it's like it's her time.
Ok Oh: It is indeed.
Everard: yeah yeah yeah.
Ok Oh: They're gonna be world breakers.
Everard: Yeah, wow, well, yeah it's pretty great. And I guess when she hangs out with Miel she gets pretty tough.
Ok Oh: She does get a little tough.
Everard: Because she gets pushed down.
Ok Oh: Miel's into it.
(laughing)
Ok Oh: Alright, thanks.
Everard: Yeah man.
(microphone switches off)

Everard Findlay is a man on the move. Read more about him here.
Marlow & Sons kindly volunteered their space for this interview.