here I go..
THE RULES :
1. Leave a comment, saying you want to be interviewed.
2. I will respond; I'll ask you five questions.
3. You'll update your journal with my five questions, and your five answers.
4. You'll include this explanation.
5. You'll ask other people five questions when they want to be interviewed.
1.) You've at this point literally lived all over the world. Knowing what you do about
the various cultures in which you've lived, which one suits you best, and which one "gets"
your way of life the best?
So far I've actually only lived in three countries; States (Florida, Alabama, and California,)
Taiwan, and now Crete. Of those three the answer is defiantly Crete. When you wake
up in the morning you have a nice big breakfast to help cure the hangover, go do that
whole work/school thing if you are cursed enough to have to, and then about 3 you go
home, have a big lunch and a nice 2 hour nap. Once you wake up, you take care of
whatever needs to be done and about 8 you start getting ready for dinner which you will
eventually start eating about 9- 9:30. Dinner should be shared with as many people as
possible and laughing and carrying on are required. As is homemade wine, usually drank
in copious amounts. Finish dinner about 11, either stay at the table continuing to drink or
head out to the bars and cafe's for several more hours of fun. The whole point is to eat up
life and have the most fun you can. People here are rarely judgmental (then again, it could
just be that I don't know the language well) but are amazingly giving and friendly. The
only thing that they don't understand is that as a woman that I do not want tons of kids.
But it's almost worth it for the sad head shake of the old women. Though if I have my way I will just keep traveling as much as I can.
2.) If you were given the means to change "conventional wisdom" about something
(e.g. Americans tend to think light watery beer is better, Indians tend to believe in
reincarnation, Muslims tend to think the USA is the Great Satan), what would it be, and
why?
I believe that I would change the conventional wisdom that stupid people should be
allowed to live. Those bastards are wasting precious oxygen. Need I say more?
3.) Do you believe lives change more through single experiences, or do they evolve
over time as life "taking its course"? Give examples of why you think so.
See, this is why I was never in the debate club. I believe that both that both of those are
true. You can have a single experience that can completely change your entire life. For
me, it was the death of my brother. But it can be something good like winning the lottery
or having a kid (if that is your thing.) Or something bad like being raped or crippled in a
car wreck. Those will bring drastic change. But I also believe that most changes do evolve
over time. I know that I am not the person I was 10 years, 5 years, or even a year ago.
As I get older I've become more confidant, much less neurotic, smarter and more
understanding. I value things that I would have completely overlooked before. So I think
if pressed I will pick one side and stick with it but I think that this is like the nature/nurture
debate. Fun to argue a side but I firmly believe that both are important.
4.) Recall the most publicly embarrassingly funny moment of your adult life (Note, "I
can't remember because I was drunk" is NOT a get-out-of-jail-free card for this one).
This one is hard because I often do things that are public and funny but you have to have
shame to get embarrassed. Life without dignity is so much more fun. But I think that I
have one that y'all would enjoy. Last summer we were hanging out at this beach bar on a
Friday night. It is now very late and rather hot. K, a chick, and I start talking about how
nice it would be to go for a swim. We goad each other into going skinny dipping. We
thought that we were being rather quiet but we were rather drunk, so in reality we weren't.
Finally we start running toward the ocean, stop and drop the clothes, and go full speed into
the water. There is one side note that must be mentioned. The waterline of these beaches
are full of rocks. So here go 2 naked women, running really fast, who promptly start
yelling "OUCH OUCH, SON OF BITCH THAT HURTS." K and I being us, just keep
running. However, by this time most everyone knew what we were up to and got to see it
all. But it turned out ok because we got 6 other people in the water with us. I had ended
up slicing open my big toe and had bruises all over my feet. K was in just as bad shape.
On the other hand, late night drunken skinny dipping thus became a regular practice.
5.) What is more important to you, loyalty to friends of family?
I'm assuming that there was a typo because as loyal as I am to friends of family, I don't
know who is most important. hehe. I actually say that it is more important to be loyal to
friends. My family life has always been a bit fucked up and thus, I always made my
friends my family. Family will either be there or not, but friendships should be nurtured
and well taken care of and enjoyed.
1. Leave a comment, saying you want to be interviewed.
2. I will respond; I'll ask you five questions.
3. You'll update your journal with my five questions, and your five answers.
4. You'll include this explanation.
5. You'll ask other people five questions when they want to be interviewed.
1.) You've at this point literally lived all over the world. Knowing what you do about
the various cultures in which you've lived, which one suits you best, and which one "gets"
your way of life the best?
So far I've actually only lived in three countries; States (Florida, Alabama, and California,)
Taiwan, and now Crete. Of those three the answer is defiantly Crete. When you wake
up in the morning you have a nice big breakfast to help cure the hangover, go do that
whole work/school thing if you are cursed enough to have to, and then about 3 you go
home, have a big lunch and a nice 2 hour nap. Once you wake up, you take care of
whatever needs to be done and about 8 you start getting ready for dinner which you will
eventually start eating about 9- 9:30. Dinner should be shared with as many people as
possible and laughing and carrying on are required. As is homemade wine, usually drank
in copious amounts. Finish dinner about 11, either stay at the table continuing to drink or
head out to the bars and cafe's for several more hours of fun. The whole point is to eat up
life and have the most fun you can. People here are rarely judgmental (then again, it could
just be that I don't know the language well) but are amazingly giving and friendly. The
only thing that they don't understand is that as a woman that I do not want tons of kids.
But it's almost worth it for the sad head shake of the old women. Though if I have my way I will just keep traveling as much as I can.
2.) If you were given the means to change "conventional wisdom" about something
(e.g. Americans tend to think light watery beer is better, Indians tend to believe in
reincarnation, Muslims tend to think the USA is the Great Satan), what would it be, and
why?
I believe that I would change the conventional wisdom that stupid people should be
allowed to live. Those bastards are wasting precious oxygen. Need I say more?
3.) Do you believe lives change more through single experiences, or do they evolve
over time as life "taking its course"? Give examples of why you think so.
See, this is why I was never in the debate club. I believe that both that both of those are
true. You can have a single experience that can completely change your entire life. For
me, it was the death of my brother. But it can be something good like winning the lottery
or having a kid (if that is your thing.) Or something bad like being raped or crippled in a
car wreck. Those will bring drastic change. But I also believe that most changes do evolve
over time. I know that I am not the person I was 10 years, 5 years, or even a year ago.
As I get older I've become more confidant, much less neurotic, smarter and more
understanding. I value things that I would have completely overlooked before. So I think
if pressed I will pick one side and stick with it but I think that this is like the nature/nurture
debate. Fun to argue a side but I firmly believe that both are important.
4.) Recall the most publicly embarrassingly funny moment of your adult life (Note, "I
can't remember because I was drunk" is NOT a get-out-of-jail-free card for this one).
This one is hard because I often do things that are public and funny but you have to have
shame to get embarrassed. Life without dignity is so much more fun. But I think that I
have one that y'all would enjoy. Last summer we were hanging out at this beach bar on a
Friday night. It is now very late and rather hot. K, a chick, and I start talking about how
nice it would be to go for a swim. We goad each other into going skinny dipping. We
thought that we were being rather quiet but we were rather drunk, so in reality we weren't.
Finally we start running toward the ocean, stop and drop the clothes, and go full speed into
the water. There is one side note that must be mentioned. The waterline of these beaches
are full of rocks. So here go 2 naked women, running really fast, who promptly start
yelling "OUCH OUCH, SON OF BITCH THAT HURTS." K and I being us, just keep
running. However, by this time most everyone knew what we were up to and got to see it
all. But it turned out ok because we got 6 other people in the water with us. I had ended
up slicing open my big toe and had bruises all over my feet. K was in just as bad shape.
On the other hand, late night drunken skinny dipping thus became a regular practice.
5.) What is more important to you, loyalty to friends of family?
I'm assuming that there was a typo because as loyal as I am to friends of family, I don't
know who is most important. hehe. I actually say that it is more important to be loyal to
friends. My family life has always been a bit fucked up and thus, I always made my
friends my family. Family will either be there or not, but friendships should be nurtured
and well taken care of and enjoyed.