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re: christyotwisty - 5 questions (june 2021) | |
June 03rd, 2021 | |
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I'm so, so happy right now. I was just wondering if there was | |
anything new in the phlogosphere and struck pure gold. Christy | |
posted a new set of questions[0] for the month. These started out | |
on gopher but lately she's moved them to gemini where, sadly, | |
I have a tendency to miss them. Not this month, though! Huzzah! | |
[0] christyotwisty - 5 questions | |
So, let's see here... | |
1. Whom would you like to be for one day? | |
Oooh, good one. If I were Bezos for a day how much money could | |
I redistribute and how much is just tied up in stocks? I guess my | |
choices here are "who is using their life stupidly and me popping | |
in for a day could fix it?" or "who has a really interesting life | |
I want to experience for a day?" or "what would be totally silly?" | |
I'd like to be a woman for a day, I think. That would be | |
interesting from an experiential stand-point. Or maybe someone who | |
is super physically fit so I could use the body-machine to do | |
things I'm not normally able to do. Maybe a combo? A female rock | |
climber, perhaps? | |
2. What did you yearn for in your childhood that your parent(s) never gave you? | |
I think this would have been easier to answer when I was younger. | |
The further the distance grows the less of that sort of thing | |
I remember. I wanted a Sega Genesis when they bought me an NES. | |
I'm not upset with that, though. The NES was better for me in the | |
long run and I got so much joy from it. Maybe there's something | |
beyond the material I wanted but never got? I remember plenty of | |
arguments and yelling, but I can't think of anything now that has | |
lingered with me. Good job, parents! | |
3. How do you know when it's time to ask for help? | |
Oof, that's a hard one and I'm not great at it. Professionally | |
it's easier. I weigh whether it's more likely to hurt me to ask or | |
fail and then act. In those cases a conversation feels easy. But | |
there's a heavier burden when it's a private thing. I'll deal with | |
it for much longer than is necessary because it feels like I'm | |
putting a burden on others to ask for help. There's probably an | |
aspect of pride inside saying I should be able to do this myself, | |
also. I like that feeling of independence. | |
I guess the simple answer is, once something is going to affect | |
someone else I break down and ask for help. For instance a couple | |
months ago when I threw out my back, at first I tried to deal with | |
it and stretch things and shuffle around, but I quickly realized | |
I was a mess and couldn't function. It was inevitable that I was | |
going to need my wife, so I spoke up. I probably should have | |
raised a flag earlier when I felt things being not quite right, | |
though. | |
4. Recommend, and provide a recipe if you have one, a refreshing summer beverag… | |
Um, I don't have a name for it, but make an Arnold Palmer and then | |
add a dash of grenadine and a slice of lime. Better yet, make | |
sweet tea, southern style, then add in the lemonade, THEN the | |
grenadine. It's ridiculously sweet and probably will give you | |
diabetes with a single glass, but there you go. | |
5. Which childhood things do you still enjoy? | |
I still draw. I still play video games. I like puzzles. I play | |
pretend (tabletop role playing games). I like to cuddle up and | |
watch shows. I like to explore by hiking off-trails and looking at | |
interesting things. I love to find a good rock. I like to sneak | |
away with a friend and share secrets. :) | |
Thank you, Christy. This was a joy. |