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Jackson: Oh, right! It’s gotten a little more hectic. Jackson: I love it! I have my valets type up my
Before they hired me, I just hung around Blue Dia- posts, and it gives me an outlet for my creativity –
mond mowing the lawn for the townspeople. Now thinking of new challenges for my followers and pos-
it’s a lot of hurry-up-and-wait. I’ll have several quiet ing for photos. I am always up for cheek and ear
days here in my pen, and then days of insane public scratches from my fans who come to visit. The only
appearances at the Visitor Center, or visits right here hard part is keeping to my diet.
at home. The food is pretty good, too.
The Rock: Oh? What kind of diet are you on?
The Rock: What do you do on your slow days?
Jackson: I’m on an orchard-grass-only cleanse.
Jackson: Well, I have one of my valets come take Most people don’t know this, but burros gain weight
me for a walk every day and I also get a lot of visitors really easily. We can die from eating too much, and
down here – not just people, but my wild burro cous- sometimes my fans tempt me with carrots or other
ins too! I have been getting into a couple of treats. If any of you are reading – please stop
hobbies lately though. I’ve been digging feeding me! I can’t help myself, and it
a hole. I’ve got a big red ball that I really is bad for me!
like to push around. And, of course
napping and rolling in the dust. I The Rock: One final question for
have pretty simple tastes. you: what book are you reading
these days?
The Rock: What is one of
your favorite things about Jackson: I’ve been reading
Red Rock Canyon? “The Call of the Wild.” It’s
interesting to see the process
Jackson: The food – eve- I’ve been going through this
rywhere I look, it’s a smor- past year described in reverse.
gasbord! And by a dog. That last part is
just absurd, and suspending
The Rock: You mentioned
Facebook earlier – how are my disbelief has been hard.
you dealing with the papa- Who ever heard of a dog that
razzi, fortune and fame? could think?!
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