I've had a lazy day, doing a smidge of work so that Monday will be unproblematic, but essentially using up flexitime, doing housework, stomping around outside in between pouring rain. It's my mum's birthday today, and she's been away with my dad and uncle to celebrate, but I'm spending the weekend over there, so it was good to have a maintenance day before.
So, the meme...
14 If you could use Jurassic Park technology to bring back one extinct creature what would you resurrect?
I think we've learned that this is a very bad idea, no? I've never seen any JP films, but even I know that. Anyway, I don't want to save an extinct creature, I want to stop things going extinct. In memory of Sir Pterry, I particularly want to save orang utans, which are
on the brink. We need sad orange sacks of muscle, with considerable potential as librarians. Don't buy palm oil products if you can avoid it (WWF promotes the sustainable palm oil label, but even that is potentially dodgy, it's certified by the producers). And then we won't need any future genetic engineering with disastrous consequences.
15 What outdoor activity haven’t you tried, but would like to?
*g* Um... I'm not much for sports. I've done a fair range of outdoor walking, done yoga outside (which is amazing), and otherwise I've mainly done outdoor eating, drinking and sitting. Big fan of those. I've never swum in a lake as an adult, and I'd like to do that someday - I did it in Sweden as a kid, at my cousins', but I don't really remember it except as still images, which are probably our holiday snaps.
16 Who would you place in the inner circle of hell?
I mean, Judas is a fair bet already, no? Betrayers and exploiters, generally, of trust, of authority, of friendship. Yep. I think Dante has the deadly sins in about the right order, except that heresy isn't a sin. But the indulgent ones (sex, food, money) are the least. The endangering ones (anger, violence) are bad. And the ones about betrayal (fraud, treachery) are pretty much where they should be, at the bottom of the heap.
17 How do you judge a person?
18 If your job gave you a surprise three day paid break to rest and recuperate, what would you do with those three days?
19 Would you rather have a completely automated home or a self-driving car?
20 What product do you wish a company would make a “smart” version of?
21 What do you think would be the most useful thing you could do with virtual reality?
22 In what situations, do you wish you could throw down a smoke bomb and disappear?
23 Would you rather be fluent in all languages and never be able to travel or be able to travel anywhere for a year but never be able to learn a word of a different language?
24 What word do you always misspell?
25 Would you rather be put in a maximum security federal prison with the hardest of the hardened criminals for one year or be put in a relatively relaxed prison where wall street types are held for ten years?
26 How long have you lived in your home?
27 Would you rather have someone impersonating you and doing really amazing things that you get the credit for or find money hidden in weird places all around your house every day but with no explanation where the money comes from or how it keeps getting there?
28 Have you ever slept out overnight to be one of the first in a queue?
29 What's your favourite shop?
30 Do you have a pair of lucky underwear?
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