1 Name three things you love about yourself.
2 Talk about your crush!
no!
3 What’s one thing your dream girl/boy HAS to have?
independent interests. I can't stand the idea of overlapping too much with someone. I need to be with someone I can learn from.
4 What’s the bravest thing you ever did?
getting divorced. It meant a lot of huge changes, many of which I could not have anticipated beforehand. It meant hurting someone I had loved almost half my life (and some others as well). It meant following my heart instead of my head, and prioritizing myself and my own happiness over everything else.
5 Talk about the craziest night of your life.
I drove home for my best friend's dad's funeral, and drove back afterward. It was a whirlwind of seeing my family, seeing my friend, going to the funeral, lots of highs and lows and hugs and tears—and 4 1/2 hours of driving on each end. It was absolutely worth doing, exhausting, and unforgettable.
6 What’s your biggest dream?
7 What was your most recent lie?
I had a long conversation with the specific intention of distracting someone from potentially difficult issue
9 Name three things you want in life
love, a powerful dehumidifier, and a bigger, firmer butt
10 Who’s your biggest celebrity crush?
meh
11 What are your most common mistakes?
12 Which three things would you save if there was a fire?
phone, wallet, and car keys
13 Have you ever fallen for someone you shouldn’t have fallen for?
duh
14 What’s your favourite sport?
arguing
15 Talk about something good that recently happened to you.
a friend from the financial job messaged me about getting together. We haven't seen each other since she left (before I left), so her contact came as a surprise, but not an unwelcome one. I always liked her subtle, sly sense of humor and obvious intelligence, in a building nearly devoid of either. We met up yesterday for a walk around "the big lake." It was fun, peaceful, and a very quick hour. Afterward, I invited her for another walk soon. How weird is it for me to be making plans on purpose?!
16 Which fictional world would you want to visit if you could?
forever, but it would be fascinating to see what it was like to exist in that social structure.
17 What’s one thing you can never say no to?
hugs (from certain people), new books, or fresh raspberries
18 Is there something you regret?
of course. Every adult has regrets, whether or not they acknowledge them. I just try to follow my instincts as much as possible so that, when I do regret something, it's something that I did that didn't work out, rather than an opportunity that I missed and therefore will never know.
19 Talk about a childhood memory.
the route to my grandparents' house was long (all right, it was about a half hour - but to a kid that's forever) and winding, and included one old rusty bridge. For the kids who might not know, metal bridges disrupt reception of AM radio stations. (Look it up.) That brief pause in the radio transmission was something that I always looked forward to and enjoyed. It was as if we entered a different dimension for a moment.
My parents knew how much I liked that, so they'd manually turn down the radio when we were listening to an FM station (or a tape/CD). They did it for years and I never realized it. That is one way that it was especially wonderful to be the gullible, easily-indulged, youngest child.
the only one that matters was my last first kiss. It had been building for some time, and exploded during a "tour" of my house. I don't remember how it started—I think my brain actually turned completely off, a rare treat—but I know it was incendiary and lasted a long time. And continued for far longer than expected. "Just a kiss" was already an absurd way to describe the troubling potency of that incredible relationship.
[from here; the title quotation is by Michael Ondaatje, from The Cat's Table]
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