oh! if the good hearts had the fat purses, how much better everything would go!

Do you read, watch TV, or do something else to fall asleep? 

    read or write

How did you get your worst scar? 

    Steve from across the street (sophomore year) threw me through a French door while we were playing poker. My left leg was cut in a number of places.

If you could live in any country, which country would you pick? 

    Iceland, because it is freaking phenomenally gorgeous, and also has one of the highest standards of living in the world

Imagine you no longer have to work. How would you spend a Tuesday?  

    sleep in, read til lunchtime, go for a walk in the sun, nap, read, homemade bread and soup for dinner, write, movie, bed, write, sleep

What do you miss about kindergarten? 

    milk, and naptime

What is a holiday tradition you like? 

    I miss sprawling on the livingroom floor wrapping my presents while my dad plays Christmas music and my mom pretends to scold me for being untidy and taking up half the floor space and my dad for making so much noise

What is the best example of a community you have seen?  

    the company where I work does a sort of service project every December. This year we raised money for a staff member whose son was undergoing heart surgery. With completely in-house donations, we blew past the original goal by a huge margin. Insurance paid for the surgery and so forth—our donations paid for other stuff, like meals and hotel stays for the family. It's pretty cool to be a part of something real, with a result that is so meaningful.

What is the most obscure superpower you would want? 

    always sleep without waking (except in emergency) until morning

What is your earliest memory of your current job? 

    signing an app for letters, for the shitshow account that just (may have) closed

What is your favorite song to sing? 

    "Japan" by Vertical Horizon

What is your New Years resolution? 

    money money money

What was your favorite show as a kid? 

    M*A*S*H. I loved watching with my dad.

Which holiday song is your favorite? 

    "I Believe in Father Christmas" by Greg Lake

Would you rather live 100 years in the past or 100 years in the future? 

    no, thank you

You can only eat one food again for the rest of your life. What is it? 

    buttered toast

[from here; the title quotation is by Victor Hugo, from Les Misérables]