How often are you two [twins Taylor and Blake] mistaken for one another?
Blake: Pretty much everyday. And it's hardest when people come up to you and are like, "You're such a dickhead. You didn't say 'Hi' to me the other day." And then I'll realize it was my brother that they had seen. [And I'll say,] "You know it wasn't me." Half the time they don't buy it. You burn bridges all the time.
What's the worst thing [Taylor] has gotten you in trouble for?
Blake: We have hooked up with the same girl a couple of times. If he goes first, it's tough.
Is he a lot to live up to? I think his plaid pajamas scream Casanova.
Matthew: The ladies love that.
Blake: I think it's hard for me, because he always gets a bad reputation because I am so much better.
Respond.
Taylor: I'll just say I definitely weigh more and am bigger all around.
(Referring to the clothes hanging on the pipes along the ceiling of Taylor's room.) Is this some sort of artistic statement?
Matthew: It's just his closet.
Taylor: Actually it is [an artistic statement]. It is, and I would like to comment on that if I can. That closet -- I make an artistic piece out of. You see it right now, and the jacket is on the right and the pants [are] on the left. But I can mix it up. And so it's a personal piece of artwork for me.
What do you think it says about yourself?
Taylor: Right now, I think it says that I am orderly.
When was the last time the two of you took a bath together?
Matthew: This morning.
Blake: Probably one or two years old.
Matthew: Do you still have those eye drops?
Taylor: Yeah.
Blake: Have you been to Tokyo?
Matthew: They're like these menthol eye drops. They'll wake you up.
Blake: They sting for the first five seconds, but then it feels so good.
Matthew: They sting so bad and sting so good.
Taylor: They're sold over the counter in Japan.
Did you ever think about just spraying Binaca into your eyes?
Matthew: It feels like eating a breath mint with your eyes.
Taylor: If you are [writing] something about the room, Tupac is very important (points to a Tupac blacklight poster).
How has Tupac affected your life?
Taylor: The first round of drinks always goes out to Tupac.
How often do you two walk in here and see Taylor pouring the forty [in honor of Tupac].
Matthew: One for my homies.
So is Taylor's room representative of the entire house?
Blake: Wanna check out the other rooms?
(All walk upstairs.)
Matthew: We should probably take out the garbage.
(Matthew picks up a trash bag hanging on a door knob and drops the bag spilling its contents.)
Oh my God.
Taylor: That's not mine.
Matthew: Not mine either.
Blake: It was nobody's. I am not picking that up. That's not going in. That so didn't happen.
(Editor's note: Our subjects requested that we not reveal exactly what fell out of the trash bag. Safety first, kids. Enough said.)
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