all the world is made of faith, and trust, and pixie dust II

1. Have you ever asked yourself, 'Is there any more to life than this?' once or twice, yes
2. Do you let the restrictions of society restrain you? of course. That's what society is - a restraint on behavior, for the better of all.
3. Or are you just too full of life to be stopped? that's not "full of life". That's antisocial and out of control.
4. We are spinning on a bright blue bulb that is bursting with life. How could you possibly feel alone? platitudes are so valuable, thank you
5. Is there something you'd like to try? there is. I'd like to trust someone, and have it proven true. I'd like to have faith in my own judgment, and find it borne out over time. I'd like to have something real...for real.
   
   
6. What makes your heart smile and your skin get all tingly-ish? right now, with this snuffly cold? My heated mattress pad, thick socks, and all the flannel I can layer on - maybe after a long, hot bath.
7. How long has it been since you danced the night away? a couple of weeks, maybe a month
8. Are you willing to do EVERYTHING POSSIBLE to get the most out of life? really good question. There is just one thing that's holding me back from that 'everything possible'. If I had reason to believe that it was no longer in the way? I'd be storming ahead, full steam.
9. Are you willing to give the very best most beautiful part of yourself to the world? uhm, no. I think that's got to be reserved more specially than that.
10. Is there love in your heart? yup
11. Do things tend to go your way more often when you're happy? I like to think so, but I'm not sure that's how it works out in the real world
12. What do you do while everyone sleeps? sleep
13. What is one thing you will you never ever ever get any more of? the bankrupt heart is free;
    So much of duty as you may require
    Of shards and dust, this and no more of pain,
    This and no more of hope, remorse, desire,
    The heart once broken need support again.
    How simple 'tis, and what a little sound
    It makes in breaking, let the world attest [Edna St. Vincent Millay, from Sonnet 119, 'The heart once broken is a heart no more']
14. What's your favorite short story? "Graillis' Legacy" from William Trevor's A Bit on the Side
15. Have do you feel about beauty pageants? in their traditional iteration, I find them abominable
16. What is your favorite DIY related website? (mine is probably http://www.homeofthesampler.com) meh
17. Do you bruise easily? very
18. In William Shakespeare's play, "All's Well That Ends Well," the character Parolles makes an interesting speech about virginity, saying that "Virginity by being once lost may be ten times found; by being ever kept, it is ever lost...To speak on the part of virginity is to accuse your mothers; which is most infallible disobedience...virginity murders itself; and should be buried in highways, out of all sanctified limit, as a desperate offendress against nature. Virginity breeds mites, much like a cheese; consumes itself to the very paring, and so dies with feeding his own stomach. Besides, virginity is peevish, proud, idle, made of self-love, which is the most inhibited sin in the canon. Keep it not; you cannot choose but lose by't..." What do you think of this? it makes its point, albeit heavy-handedly
19. Would you prefer to stay in a motel, hotel, inn, lodge, or resort? hotel
20. Have you ever gone scuba diving? no, but I think I'd like to try
21. What kind of bread do you like? it's the rare kind of bread that I do not like. Lately I've been in the mood for English muffin bread, because it's cool, rainy weather. Perfect for toast.
22. Do you usually behave the way you want to? when I'm not at work, yes. Mostly.
23. How does the idea in your head of what you want to be like match up to the reality of what you are like? what, is this a quantitative question? The inside matching the outside is always a goal, and the degree to which it's accurate changes by the day, or more often.
    Always a goal.
24. Do you realize that in 111 questions this survey will have more questions than there have been years since Christ was born? not really something I think about
25. Are your air and water as pure as you want them to be? once again, it's not really something that I think about
26. Would you ever visit an insect zoo? ugh, no
27. Can you enjoy life without stimulants (coffee, cigarettes, drugs, alcohol)? I have a very minimal caffeine habit. That's really about it.
28. How many hours do you sleep every night? quite a few, probably more than normal
29. I go crazy when I'm without ... solitude
30. Can you do the robot dance? I think that I probably did that as a young teen
31. How much thought do you put into your dance moves? as little as possible
32. Are you able to recognize patterns, habits, routines and break out of them? that's what journals - and blogs - are for. And the kindness of friends who pay attention and care about what happens.

[From the 5000-question meme; this is the third third of the nineteenth part. The title quotation is by J.M. Barrie, from Peter Pan]