we come spinning out of nothingness, scattering stars like dust

16 Without using the title of your job, tell me what you do. 

    pander to overfed assholes and their overfed asshole clients, doling out money that they have not earned and do not deserve

17 What’s something you would not tell someone about yourself on a first date? 

    "I have anxiety and depression."

18 What’s the most expensive habit you’ve started as an adult that you now wish you could break? 

    homeownership

19 If you could sing like any famous singer in the world (living or dead), who would it be? 

    Sam Cooke

20 Describe something that’s made you smile today. 

    someone sitting on my dining room table

22 What was your first concert? How did you get there? 

    Richard Marx at the fairly new "arena" in the next state over, in maybe 1987? I went with Tina, who was a high school classmate and coworker at the grocery store. It was a really good concert but I never talked about it with anyone because he wasn't "cool."

23 What is your favorite body of water? Why? 

    The River. Water without beginning and without end (don't yap at me about Itasca and the Delta, because that's just semantics.) Unparalleled beauty, devastation, depth, history, accessibility, worth.... 

24 What was the last thing that made your heart pound? 

    my houseguest woke me last night with a yowl that sounded like a creature from a horror movie. They were, apparently, just lonesome.

25 What’s something new you’ve learned about yourself in the last three months? 

    I can put up with short-term pain in the hopes of eliminating long-term pain

26 Have you been pleasantly surprised by anything recently?  

    an unexpected "two for the price of one" deal on a VERY high-ticket item

27 Have you had any unanticipated quarantine-specific cravings for comfort foods?

    M&Ms

28 Have you rediscovered any old passions during quarantine? 

    coloring with fancy colored pencils

29 What’s one word you would use to describe yourself as a teenager? 

    scattered

30 If you had to describe how you're feeling right now as a weather pattern, what's your forecast? 

    breaking out of some heavily-clouded skies, heading toward mostly-sunny and fair

 

[from here—it's an ongoing site!; the title quotation is by Rumi]