May 2012
don’t talk to strangers online because you will become best friends with them, and the distance will ruin your life
“We journey to the day,
And tell each other how we sang
To keep the dark away.” —Emily Dickinson, from “[114]” (via proustitute)
And tell each other how we sang
To keep the dark away.” —Emily Dickinson, from “[114]” (via proustitute)
- lypophrenia: a feeling of sadness seemingly without a cause
- drapetomania: an overwhelming urge to run away
- escapism: a mental desire to retreat from unpleasant realities through fantasy
- wanderlust: a desire to travel, to understand one’s very existence
- dysania: the state of finding it difficult to get out of bed in the morning
- sanctuary: a small safe place in a troubling world
- metathesiophobia: fear of change
- depression: a feeling of sadness seemingly without a cause
- depression: an overwhelming urge to run away
- depression: a mental desire to retreat from unpleasant realities through fantasy
- depression: the state of finding it difficult to get out of bed in the morning
- depression: fear of change
- rule 1 - post the rules.
- rule 2 - answer the questions the tagger set for you in their post and then make 11 new ones.
- rule 3 - tag 11 people and link them to your post.
- rule 4 - let them know you’ve tagged them.
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- Favorite ice cream flavor? Anything with bits. Jeff bought this brownie-loaded one the other day that is pretty outstanding. The ice cream itself I can take or leave, but I will shamelessly fish the frozen chunks of brownie or cookie or toffee or whatever out of any ice cream on offer. This also applies to swirls of things.
- Ten days, any three other people, and an unlimited budget. Where do you go on vacation? Uhm. Jeff, Erin and Nick (because I cannot choose between all the other potential candidates for the third slot: sorry to T, Bryan, Kat, Jen, so many people I am probably forgetting), and while I would love to return to Key West or SF, with an unlimited budget I would say Porto, Portugal or Santorini, Greece.
- You win $500 on a lottery ticket. What do you do with it? Save that shit.
- What is your favorite kind of weather? Sunny, warm, windy.
- What instrument would you like to able to play? If you play one, is there another you’d like to learn? I like the bodhran, would love to learn to play that, but I don’t see that ever happening.
- What do you do when you can’t sleep? Toss. Turn. Repeat. I went for a run once but that’s not an option up here, so I just… flip, flip, flip.
- Wings, horns, or a tail? Or something else? I would not mind a second set of ears on top of my head, but I think a tail would be equally useful for non-verbal communication. Of course, if the wings are functional, then all bets are off and obviously, wings.
- If you could change one aspect of your person permanently (eye color, hair color, height, etc.) would you? What would you change? Hmm. I would somehow always have perfect nails. Strong, always shaped exactly how I want them, no ridges or anything. If that’s not an option then I’m fine as is. It’s tempting to say my weight but… nah.
- Is there a color that you absolutely can not stand? Not really. All colors have their good sides in context. There are color combinations I really don’t like (red/pink, purple/yellow in some/most situations) but colors on their own, they’re all good.
- How many pillows do you have on your bed? Four 99% of the time, two for me, two for Jeff, but when I make the bed there’s a matching neckroll that I put on.
- Do you have any houseplants? We have an Easter lily Jeff’s mom gave us. It’s dying. I am not good at plants.
Uh, eleven new questions.
- Hey, what’s your sign? Do you believe in astrology?
- Can you cook/bake/are you kitchen savvy? What’s your favorite thing to make?
- Did/Do you know your grandparents?
- What is your favorite book?
- Because I liked Erin’s vacation question: You are given unlimited funds but only ten days from the first port to the last. Design the cruise of your dreams.
- What was your dream job when you were younger? What is it now?
- What’s the worst gift you’ve ever received?
- Would you ever considering being vegan/vegetarian? Why or why not? If you already are, what influenced that decision?
- What is the strangest or most exotic thing you’ve ever eaten (can you tell I’m filling this out in my kitchen?)? Would you have it again?
- Do you drink alcohol? What’s your favorite potent potable?
- People ask about desktops all the time, but what is your screensaver?
