First of Year Post
Hi, everybody! I've been so busy that I haven't had a chance to visit LJ in a long time. I apologize, but unfortunately the situation probably won't be remedied until the summer. I figured that while I had the time, I better make a post to start off the new year. It's a meme I stole from my buddy Chris:
If you were to die this evening with no opportunity to communicate with anyone, what would you most regret not having told someone?
-I don't think I would regret not having told someone something; I think I'm good at telling people what I feel about them.
If a new medicine were developed that would cure arthritis but cause a fatal reaction in 1 percent of those who took it, would you want it to be released to the public?
-Yes, but of course the patients would have to know the risks.
If you were able to live to the age of 90 and retain either the body or the mind of a 30-year-old for the last 60 years of your life, which would you want?
-The mind, without a doubt. I would rather be able to communicate with people and enjoy the intellectual pursuits that give me so much pleasure than look hot.
If at birth you could select the profession your child would eventually pursue, would you do so?
-No, because it's unfair to take away the opportunity for someone to do what gives him/her happiness.
If you knew there would be a nuclear war in one week, what would you do? (you can’t stop it)
-I would warn as many people as I could and try to find a way to protect them. I would also do the things I wanted to do before I died.
Would you accept twenty years of extraordinary happiness and fulfillment if it meant you had to die at the end of the period?
-I would take the twenty years. Extraordinary happiness and fulfillment are a rare thing.
If the person you were engaged to marry had an accident and became a paraplegic, would you go through with the marriage or back out of it?
-It would be hard, but I would still go through with it. I'm marrying the man, not the working limbs.
Someone very close to you is in pain, paralyzed, and will die in a month. They beg you to give them poison so that they can die. Would you?
-I don't know. I would have to wait until I was in the situation.
Given the choice of anyone in the world, who would you want as your dinner guest? as a close friend? as a lover?
-Dinner guest: John Cleese (he would be hilarious), Close friend: the close friends I have now; Lover: Cody
What is the worst psychological torture you can imagine suffering? (it cannot involve any physical harm to you)?
-Watching the people I love be tortured
You and a person you love deeply are placed in separate rooms with a button next to each of you. You know that you will both be killed unless one of you presses the button before 60 minutes pass; furthermore, the first to press the button will save the other person, but will immediately be killed. What do you think you would do?
-Push the button.
Would you be willing to go to a slaughterhouse and kill a cow?
-no
For $20,000 would you go for 3 months without washing, brushing your teeth, and using deodorant? Assume you could not explain your reasons to anyone, and there would be no long-term effect on your career. (you are not choosing one, you would have to go without all three).
-No, because I feel disgusting if I don't shower for one day; I don't think I would last more than a couple days before I gave up and showered, brushed my teeth, and used deodorant.
Which of these restrictions could you best tolerate: leaving the country permanently or never leaving the state in which you now live?
-Never leaving the state, but I would be sad about it.
If you could choose the sex and physical appearance of your soon-to-be-born child, would you do it?
-No, because that's playing God.
Would you be willing to decrease your life expectancy by 5 years if you could become extremely attractive?
-No, because life isn't all about looks.
If your friends and acquaintances were willing to bluntly tell you what they really think of you, would you want them to?
-Yes, but I would have to know that it was out of love and not out of cruelty.
Would it disturb you much if, upon your death, your body were simply thrown into the woods and left to rot?
-I think it would more be the thought that no one cared enough about me to honor my wishes upon my death.
Would you like to know the precise date of your death?
-No, because I would worry about it and not enjoy the days (maybe even weeks) leading up to it.
Would you be willing to give up all television for the next 5 years if it would induce someone to provide for 1,000 starving children in Indonesia?
-Of course. Television is not that important.
Cathy