...which is why you're getting this on Monday.  Sorry, internet!  You can try pretending it's already Friday if you like.

1. What is your earliest memory?

2. What is your earliest memory of being aware of your race?  How about gender?  Socio-economic status?  Religious identity?

3. What kinds of things do you remember easily?  What's hard for ( Read more... )

1. If the altfriday5 gained dominion over space and time and gave you an extra 24 hours but mandated that you could only do fun things during it (ie, no catching up on laundry), what would you do?

2. What if we took over the financial system and managed to give you $100 you couldn't spend on bills?

3. You've won the altfriday5 dream vacation contest!  Where would ( Read more... )

1. Do you consider yourself religious?  Spiritual?  Neither?  Something else?  What do those words mean to you?

2. How would you describe your system of beliefs about the world?  Does a commonly used term (Muslim, humanist, Pagan, agnostic) fit comfortably for you or have you had to develop your own way of thinking about and describing this?

3. ( Read more... )

I'm skipping town early tomorrow, so you can all get a jump on this week's questions.  (By the way, the Questioners apologize for interruptions to your regularly scheduled AltFriday5 service; we're still working out the kinks in our new system!)

1. How do you feel about travel?  Like it, love it, hate it?  Wish you did more or less or neither?  Do ( Read more... )

From altfriday5

1. What do you want to be when you grow up?

2. What did you want to be when you were younger?  How does this compare with your life now and your vision of your future life?

3. Are there dreams you've given up on for reasons other than changing desires?  What made you give up on them, and how do you feel about them in hindsight?

4. Are ( Read more... )

From the altfriday5

1. How do you feel about winter?  Why?

2. How about snow? Does it redeem an otherwise-gloomy season or just annoy you?

3. How does winter affect you physically, emotionally, etc?  What do you do about that, if anything?

4. Do you celebrate $winterholiday(s)?  If so, which one(s)?  What do you like or dislike about them?

5. Do you ( Read more... )

[Sorry for the holiday slip!  Here are your questions.  I hope this makes your Monday a little more Friday-like!  Also, I'm trying to figure out this tagging action; if you actually use the untagged version, leave a comment so we know to keep posting it, ok?]

From altfriday5:

1. What are you proud of?

2. Are the things you feel most proud of accomplishing ( Read more... )

From the altfriday5:

1. Why do you participate in the Alt Friday 5?

2. What do you like about Alt Friday 5? What makes for a particularly good set of questions?

3. What makes you decide to skip the questions that week?

4. What should the new management be sure to keep doing the same way? What should we change?

5. What topics would you like to see ( Read more... )