I got this from molly

Nov 04, 2005 17:27

Molly, You and V are friggin' HELL-AIR-E-US.

Question 1. Is language an adequate system for making yourself understood?
Nope. It’s not universal; it’s a construct like anything else. More kinetic things work better. Like, when I cry, you know I’m emotional-happy or sad, when I bleed, you know I’m…eh, bleeding?
Question 2. What is your favorite color?
My students asked me this today. I said Jedi colors. Browns, tans, greens, I think. But then, I really like yellow too. I’d say greenish-brownish-yellow.
Question 3. Have you ever had an extremely violent personal experience?
Yeah, I guess. Who wants to talk about his?
Question 4. Why has American culture become so violent?
As compared to? People have always been violent, now we just see it in different colors. Or mediums. I used to think violence and sex were on the same level. Two acts, fighting or fucking, both in which you totally lose yourself. I’m not advocating the combination of these two things, I’m just using my experience. When I used to grapple, I thought nothing but submit or be submitted. When I used to have sex, it was come, but not too soon. Ha. After running 15 miles, you stop thinking about things too…it’s kind of cool.
Question 5. What does this country need?
I’d love to see every heterosexual get sexually aroused in a same sex situation. This would be to cure the misconception that homosexuality is contagious. In the end, a boner is a boner and it doesn’t matter where you put it.
Question 6. Do you have a plan for yourself?
Stay free and with out BWM syndrome (boring white male)
Question 7. Do you have a plan for keeping your moral compass functioning well?
Yeah…I’ve got one moral, don’t make life harder for another being.
Question 8. Do believe in the power of prayer?
I believe in doing, or believing, whatever you need to make it through your day.
Question 9. Who’s your favorite character in the bible?
Samail. I don’t know if I spelled that right, but he was mistakenly tossed out of heaven with the fallen angels and now he guards the gates of hell.
Question 10. Tell me about someone who inspires you.
First I typed dads, then brothers and sisters, but really, it’s anyone who’s doing what they want, no matter the consequence.
Question 11. Why do some people seem born to endure lives of pure suffering?
I don’t really believe that. For the most part, humans are pussies and can’t judge suffering. That, or suffering is relative, and that forces us into a one-up game that will never be lost. Ex. Holocaust is worse than the Khmer Rouge, the Khmer Rouge is worse than the Klu Klux Clan, etc.
Question 12. What’s your most painful childhood memory?
Explaining to my sister why It was okay that Dad hit us. I’m supposed to answer truthfully right? In retrospect, the fact I thought it was okay, is really painful. While I was actually a child, it was probably losing a Nintendo game or something.
Question 13. Why does love die?
Because maybe it never lived? Maybe it’s just a construct? An ideal set through books, movies, and songs, all based on this blind human hope?
Question 14. Some people believe women are monogamous by nature because their roll is to nurture their young, and men are polygamous because their roll is to impregnate the herd. In other words, there are different biological imperatives driving men and women. Do you think this is true, or have we simply been socialized to believe it?
I don’t know why people are monogamous. Sometimes I feel like monogamy is what I need and at other times I need to be mingling. I can’t figure it out in my own head.
Question 15. What is the purpose of dating?
Some kind of self validation, “I’m good because people want me.”
Wow, I’m being negative. Because it’s fun?
Question 16. What is the greatest privilege of youth?
Getting caught up in these small scale epic journeys…like, high school ends with graduating, same with college…teaching at a school for 33 years end with…?
Question 17. What annoys you most in others?
Dense people. Inconsiderate people. People who look at one task as if it’s not a part of a larger skill set, as if everything is not connected. You know what I’m saying? Like yeah, you get paid 6 bucks an hour, but no, you don’t shirk, and steal, your responsibilities because you think you deserve more- you agreed to be worth 6 dollars an hour, so do your fucking job.
Question 18. Do you (or would you like to) enjoy being famous?
Mmmmm, I just want to be friends with the famous people, accept I want them to be in awe of me and my ways. Haha. I always think of ways to get a view into that circle without becoming a part of it.
Question 19. What’s the most significant historical event of the 20th century?
I don’t know. Pee Wee Herman whackin’ off? Yeah, we’re all human, SURPRISE!
Question 20. What are your hopes for the 21st century?
They make NASA astronaut food and MREs available for civilians in our grocery stores.
Question 21. What’s your favorite room in the place where you live?
My room? I live with 3 other dudes, I just want to get away most of the time.
Question 22. At what point did you become an adult?
I was driving home one night and my radiator light came on. Usually, I’d just keep driving till the thing blew up and throw my hands in the air with a big “WHAT HAPPENED” look on my face. Instead, I stopped at gas station and figured it out…

But, that happened 3 weeks ago and I think is a part of the whole student teaching experience…so student teaching really did it for me.
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