Friday 5

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Background story: [from the creator of the meme] Some friends and I were talking one night about smalltalk and how what most of us want is to get past it and to find out what people really care about. We figured that if you could come up with the kinds of questions that don’t violate social conventions (taboo subjects, for example, or questions that are too personal) but give you an idea of what really matters to the other person, you could jump past smalltalk and get right to the good stuff. Here are five that we thought might work! One of the questions is very similar to a question posted in October three years ago, but that’s okay!

1. What are the titles of the last three books you read all of?

Do Hard Things : A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations, by Alex & Brett Harris - Wednesday, September 16, 2009
The Late, Lamented Molly Marx, by Sally Koslow - Thursday, September 10, 2009
School Days, by Robert Parker (on CD) - Tuesday, September 01, 2009
...and if that one doesn't count: A Prairie Tale, by Melissa Gilbert - Saturday, August 22, 2009

2. What are the titles of between three and five magazines you subscribe to or used to subscribe to?

Current: Ms., Bookmarks, and EW.
Formerly: Guideposts, and Real Simple.

3. What’s on your night table? (we figured this one was borderline, since it involves the bedroom, but if the vibe is right and you preface the question with the background story I told above, you could make it work)

I don't think this is that big of a deal in terms of privacy...
Bose clock radio, box of Kleenex, mechanical pencil

4. What are the three best things that happened to you in the past seven days?

Getting two spreadsheets closer to finished at work, survived Sunday afternoon at work, and bell choir last night.

5. What was your senior yearbook quote, and what would your yearbook quote be this year if there were such a thing?

We didn't do senior quotes at my school. Ever.
My current one would be something boring and inane, possibly a song quote.