End of the week
Goodness, I'm tired again. How does this keep happening? It's the ridiculous adrenaline of everything changing, again, I fear. We're moving into a higher category of lockdown here which means I'm going to be going to a gallery next week at the same time as a friend but we can't talk during the exhibition... only outside before and after. Uhuh.
13 What is something you've never done but would like to try to do? Why don't you?
There's a lot I have avoided because of phobias, especially vertigo which is really awkward. I'd like to do that kind of small group travel that mixes culture and walking, but there's always something early on that sounds like a hellish mix of vertigo and knee problems (plus you always fly to get there). So I've never stumped up the cash for it - they are never cheap, and it's always put me off. Regrets...
14 What is something you've tried but would never do again?
Maybe not never, but I've once or twice had a properly posh restaurant meal, Michelin style tasting menu. It has never not made me ill, unsurprisingly given dodgy digestion and infinite food. And even when you're doing it, it feels more like work than joy. (I'd also add clubbing, but that's never likely to come up again. Too loud, too dull, too sticky, too gropey, and now, mercifully, too old.)
15 If, without being detected, you could spy electronically for the next month and watch anyone, anywhere, anytime like a fly on a wall, would you? If so, who would you watch and how closely? If not, why not?
Absolutely not. I am *far* too busy, for one thing. And for another, how is that constructive or useful? Especially at the moment! A fly on my wall would doze off with boredom pretty hast. There are things I'd like to be a fly on the wall for, perhaps, but they are rare, and mostly historical.
16 If it were the only way you could remain with the love of your life, would you be willing for both of you to wake up tomorrow as native speakers of an unfamiliar language, knowing that within a week, you'd permanently forget the language(s) you now speak and largely be cut off from your friends and culture? If so, what new language would you want to speak and why?
17 If a movie were being made of your life, which actor would play the starring role?
18 Write the words that you need to hear today.
19 If you had to be obsessed with money, sex, sports, religion or food, which one would you choose?
20 What do you love most about yourself?
21 Ignoring all financial considerations, would you rather spend the next 5 years confined to an urban mecca (e.g. New York City, London, etc) or a beautiful, isolated coastal town somewhere?
22 How would you react if you learned that a sad and beautiful poem that touched you deeply had been written by a computer?
23 What is a character trait you despise in others, but you know you also have that same trait?
24 What is the most serious law you've broken doing something you thought was morally right, wouldn't hurt anyone, or was no one's business but yours? How bad would the punishment have been if you'd been caught and given the maximum sentence?
25 If you were on a jury, would you be willing to convict a person for something you didn't think should be considered a crime?
26 If your heart were damaged beyond repair, but you could regain your health for a few more years by getting a heart transplant from a genetically engineered pig, would you?
27 What is your favorite question to ask people?
28 What stage play is your favorite?
29 For $100,000 (or equivalent in your currency) would you put on 40 pounds/18 kg and keep it on for 3 years? How much money, if any, would induce you to put on 100 pounds/45 kg for at least a year?
30 If you were president/prime minister/supreme leader etc. of your country, what is the first thing you would do?
31 What’s the scariest movie you’ve ever seen?
13 What is something you've never done but would like to try to do? Why don't you?
There's a lot I have avoided because of phobias, especially vertigo which is really awkward. I'd like to do that kind of small group travel that mixes culture and walking, but there's always something early on that sounds like a hellish mix of vertigo and knee problems (plus you always fly to get there). So I've never stumped up the cash for it - they are never cheap, and it's always put me off. Regrets...
14 What is something you've tried but would never do again?
Maybe not never, but I've once or twice had a properly posh restaurant meal, Michelin style tasting menu. It has never not made me ill, unsurprisingly given dodgy digestion and infinite food. And even when you're doing it, it feels more like work than joy. (I'd also add clubbing, but that's never likely to come up again. Too loud, too dull, too sticky, too gropey, and now, mercifully, too old.)
15 If, without being detected, you could spy electronically for the next month and watch anyone, anywhere, anytime like a fly on a wall, would you? If so, who would you watch and how closely? If not, why not?
Absolutely not. I am *far* too busy, for one thing. And for another, how is that constructive or useful? Especially at the moment! A fly on my wall would doze off with boredom pretty hast. There are things I'd like to be a fly on the wall for, perhaps, but they are rare, and mostly historical.
16 If it were the only way you could remain with the love of your life, would you be willing for both of you to wake up tomorrow as native speakers of an unfamiliar language, knowing that within a week, you'd permanently forget the language(s) you now speak and largely be cut off from your friends and culture? If so, what new language would you want to speak and why?
17 If a movie were being made of your life, which actor would play the starring role?
18 Write the words that you need to hear today.
19 If you had to be obsessed with money, sex, sports, religion or food, which one would you choose?
20 What do you love most about yourself?
21 Ignoring all financial considerations, would you rather spend the next 5 years confined to an urban mecca (e.g. New York City, London, etc) or a beautiful, isolated coastal town somewhere?
22 How would you react if you learned that a sad and beautiful poem that touched you deeply had been written by a computer?
23 What is a character trait you despise in others, but you know you also have that same trait?
24 What is the most serious law you've broken doing something you thought was morally right, wouldn't hurt anyone, or was no one's business but yours? How bad would the punishment have been if you'd been caught and given the maximum sentence?
25 If you were on a jury, would you be willing to convict a person for something you didn't think should be considered a crime?
26 If your heart were damaged beyond repair, but you could regain your health for a few more years by getting a heart transplant from a genetically engineered pig, would you?
27 What is your favorite question to ask people?
28 What stage play is your favorite?
29 For $100,000 (or equivalent in your currency) would you put on 40 pounds/18 kg and keep it on for 3 years? How much money, if any, would induce you to put on 100 pounds/45 kg for at least a year?
30 If you were president/prime minister/supreme leader etc. of your country, what is the first thing you would do?
31 What’s the scariest movie you’ve ever seen?