More questions...i know you're excited!
#102: How close and warm is your family? Do you feel your childhood was happier than most other people's?
Do you feel that children should be sheltered from unhappiness?
What from your childhood has proven most valuable?
Most difficult to overcome?
We're not really that close. I'm sure it was happier than lots of people, I can't say most people with any real certainty. I was never abused or neglected. My parents weren't the brightest...and they were very young parents, and I was the first-born. What's hilarious is they got me right and my younger sister wrong...guess they should have stuck with plan A.
I don't think children should be sheltered, but I don't think they should be intentionally exposed either. We are all exposed to enough unhappiness over the course of our lives, I don't think it's anyone's responsibility to make sure that kids see their fair share or some stupid idea like that. I don't think it will make them stronger, probably just more messed up in the head having their parents inflict an unhappy moment as a learning experience.
I had a lot of situations that tested me as I grew up. A lot of situations that I could observe and mentally review deciding if I agreed or disagreed with the actions taking place. Some tests I passed, other tests I had to retake later in life when I was old enough to know the better answer.
The most difficult thing to overcome is that innate genetic ability to manipulate and rationalize anyone into anything that I inherited from my mother. I struggle with this every day. Lately I have only used my powers for good.
#103: Does the fact that you have never done something before increase or decrease its appeal to you?
Depends on what it is and how confident I feel about my success in it.
#104: Would you be willing to give up sex for five years if you could have wonderfully sensual and erotic dreams any night you wished?
No.
#105: At a meal, your friends start belittling a common acquaintance. If you felt their criticisms were unjustified, would you defend the person?
Yes I would.
#106: Do you usually make a special effort to thank someone who does you a favor?
How do you react when you aren't thanked for going out of your way for someone?
I try. The intent is there. I don't notice when people thank me or don't thank me. I do things for others for me out of purely selfish reasons. I love helping. I don't want credit or recognition unless its in chocolate or statue/monument form...combine the two and now we're talking.
#107: Would you like to have your rate of physical aging slowed by a factor of thirty so as to give you a life expectancy of about 2,000 years?
How hard would it be to outlive and lose each person you grew close to?
If you lived a greatly lengthened life, would you experience so much that you'd soon feel surrounded by children?
Would you be able to adjust to the dramatic social changes?
Would you soon grow jaded, feeling there was nothing interesting left?
Does feeling that life is too short increase the intensity and passion of it in a desirable way?
Why is it just me? Can't everyone I like get this super power too? If not, then no I would not like it thank you. What a dumb question.
#108: You are invited to a party that will be attended by many fascinating people you've never met. Would you want to go if you had to go by yourself?
Yes I would.
#109: since adolescence, in what three-year period do you feel you experienced the most personal growth and change?
From 26-29
#110: If you were having difficulty on an important test and could safely cheat by looking at someone else's paper, would you do so?
If you saw someone cheating on a test, what would you do?
What if you signed an honor code?
I was the one being cheated off of, not the one cheating. They didn't even do it a subtle manner either.
I sat there and let them...I'm not going to be a tattler...it's the teacher's job to catch them. It's my job to take the test.
I'd have to see the specifics of this honor code. Obviously I wouldn't cheat but does it say I'm obligated to turn in cheaters? If yes then I would, quietly to the teacher after class, privately.
#111: If your parents became infirm and the only alternative to bringing them into your home was to put them into a nursing home, would you do so?
What about a sister or brother who suffered a permanently crippling injury and-other than your home-had nowhere to go but a convalescent home?
Nursing home....hmmm...depends...are they still smoking? If they have quit then sure we can all live together. Oh but Mom had to be properly medicated, and self-medicating doesn't count.
Sister....hmmm I'm going to go with a convalescent home. They can monitor her mental state and keep her off the painkillers better than I could. I wouldn't be able to make her my 24 hour responsibility. There will be no drug use in my home.
#112: If you were at a friend's house for Thanksgiving dinner and you found a dead cockroach in your salad, what would you do?
Had I or anyone else eaten any of the salad? Yes, then I'd vomit. A lot. Lots of vomit.
If not then I'd stop everyone from eating it. However...who has salad at thanksgiving? There's no room for salad on a thanksgiving plate...There's barely any room for bread, luckily that can just go on top of the food. Yuck...not going to able to eat salad for a while...
#113: If you could take a one-month trip anywhere in the world and money were not a consideration, where would you go and what would you do?
1 week in England, 1 week in Spain, 1 week in Paris, 1 week in Provence. I'd do everything I could do in that week and eat until I had to be shipped home in a cargo container.
Do you feel that children should be sheltered from unhappiness?
What from your childhood has proven most valuable?
Most difficult to overcome?
We're not really that close. I'm sure it was happier than lots of people, I can't say most people with any real certainty. I was never abused or neglected. My parents weren't the brightest...and they were very young parents, and I was the first-born. What's hilarious is they got me right and my younger sister wrong...guess they should have stuck with plan A.
I don't think children should be sheltered, but I don't think they should be intentionally exposed either. We are all exposed to enough unhappiness over the course of our lives, I don't think it's anyone's responsibility to make sure that kids see their fair share or some stupid idea like that. I don't think it will make them stronger, probably just more messed up in the head having their parents inflict an unhappy moment as a learning experience.
I had a lot of situations that tested me as I grew up. A lot of situations that I could observe and mentally review deciding if I agreed or disagreed with the actions taking place. Some tests I passed, other tests I had to retake later in life when I was old enough to know the better answer.
The most difficult thing to overcome is that innate genetic ability to manipulate and rationalize anyone into anything that I inherited from my mother. I struggle with this every day. Lately I have only used my powers for good.
#103: Does the fact that you have never done something before increase or decrease its appeal to you?
Depends on what it is and how confident I feel about my success in it.
#104: Would you be willing to give up sex for five years if you could have wonderfully sensual and erotic dreams any night you wished?
No.
#105: At a meal, your friends start belittling a common acquaintance. If you felt their criticisms were unjustified, would you defend the person?
Yes I would.
#106: Do you usually make a special effort to thank someone who does you a favor?
How do you react when you aren't thanked for going out of your way for someone?
I try. The intent is there. I don't notice when people thank me or don't thank me. I do things for others for me out of purely selfish reasons. I love helping. I don't want credit or recognition unless its in chocolate or statue/monument form...combine the two and now we're talking.
#107: Would you like to have your rate of physical aging slowed by a factor of thirty so as to give you a life expectancy of about 2,000 years?
How hard would it be to outlive and lose each person you grew close to?
If you lived a greatly lengthened life, would you experience so much that you'd soon feel surrounded by children?
Would you be able to adjust to the dramatic social changes?
Would you soon grow jaded, feeling there was nothing interesting left?
Does feeling that life is too short increase the intensity and passion of it in a desirable way?
Why is it just me? Can't everyone I like get this super power too? If not, then no I would not like it thank you. What a dumb question.
#108: You are invited to a party that will be attended by many fascinating people you've never met. Would you want to go if you had to go by yourself?
Yes I would.
#109: since adolescence, in what three-year period do you feel you experienced the most personal growth and change?
From 26-29
#110: If you were having difficulty on an important test and could safely cheat by looking at someone else's paper, would you do so?
If you saw someone cheating on a test, what would you do?
What if you signed an honor code?
I was the one being cheated off of, not the one cheating. They didn't even do it a subtle manner either.
I sat there and let them...I'm not going to be a tattler...it's the teacher's job to catch them. It's my job to take the test.
I'd have to see the specifics of this honor code. Obviously I wouldn't cheat but does it say I'm obligated to turn in cheaters? If yes then I would, quietly to the teacher after class, privately.
#111: If your parents became infirm and the only alternative to bringing them into your home was to put them into a nursing home, would you do so?
What about a sister or brother who suffered a permanently crippling injury and-other than your home-had nowhere to go but a convalescent home?
Nursing home....hmmm...depends...are they still smoking? If they have quit then sure we can all live together. Oh but Mom had to be properly medicated, and self-medicating doesn't count.
Sister....hmmm I'm going to go with a convalescent home. They can monitor her mental state and keep her off the painkillers better than I could. I wouldn't be able to make her my 24 hour responsibility. There will be no drug use in my home.
#112: If you were at a friend's house for Thanksgiving dinner and you found a dead cockroach in your salad, what would you do?
Had I or anyone else eaten any of the salad? Yes, then I'd vomit. A lot. Lots of vomit.
If not then I'd stop everyone from eating it. However...who has salad at thanksgiving? There's no room for salad on a thanksgiving plate...There's barely any room for bread, luckily that can just go on top of the food. Yuck...not going to able to eat salad for a while...
#113: If you could take a one-month trip anywhere in the world and money were not a consideration, where would you go and what would you do?
1 week in England, 1 week in Spain, 1 week in Paris, 1 week in Provence. I'd do everything I could do in that week and eat until I had to be shipped home in a cargo container.