we swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter

May 6: flagitious

My latest wasting-time-online activity is going back through the ancient posts on the blog, to make sure they're all tagged. It's been a running joke that the blog is pretty salacious, but I really had no idea until I reread so much of my writing all at once. Flagitious may be a better word for it!

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1. What was the last thing that you begged for?
   however shortsightedly, I may have fervently wished for a black hole to open up and suck me into oblivion a week or so ago
2. Have you ever lost a best friend after a fight?
   
   of course - how else does one get rid of them?
   No, seriously...I think mine have generally just sort of faded (or, in one case, slunk) away. It hasn't happened for a long time, though.
3. When was the last time you just wanted to be invisible?
   
   driving through the Cheese State with very little traffic on an overcast but dry day (in other words, basically perfect driving conditions), while sailing past a state trooper at more than 20 mph over the speed limit. Yeah, that would have been an excellent time for the invisibility cloak!
4. Which room of your home tends to be the messiest?
   
   the kitchen, hands down. It's also the quickest to clean, from totally messy to, well, clean enough. I think that's why it hits "totally messy" so easily.
5. You are to be locked in a room forever with a celebrity. You get to choose. Who do you pick?
   
   Jet Li. He probably gives an excellent back rub, and he just seems very serene.
6. Has someone ever left another person to be with you?
   
   in a manner of speaking, yes. I don't think it's usually a good idea to overlap like that.
7. What’s been kind of a drag for you lately?
   
   life, in general, has pretty much sucked in almost all ways lately
8. How are you different from your (current or most recent) significant other?
   
   we both like good beer, classic rock, and reading obscure books. Beyond that, apparently nothing is the same.
9. What is the most perverted thing someone has ever said to you?
   
   I'm fairly certain that to repeat that would require me to check the "this is an adult-content blog" box. Nobody wants to have to deal with the fallout from that, do they? If you're really so curious, contact me personally and I'll disgust you fill you in.

[retrieved from the archives of The Cat, who got it here; the title quotation is by Denis Diderot]