Deep Questions

(from Amy, who found it here)

1. What is more difficult for you, looking into someone's eyes when you are telling someone how you feel, or looking into someone's eyes when they are telling you how they feel?

I have a great deal of trouble looking into people's eyes when I'm speaking, regardless of what I'm saying. So, by default, the latter.

2. Think of the last time you were REALLY angry. WHY were you angry? Do you still feel the same way?

I don't remember, but I'm sure it involved a family member, and yes, though I'm way less angry, and more frustrated.

3. You are on a flight from Honolulu to Chicago non-stop. There is a fire in the back of the plane. You have enough time to make ONE phone call. Who do you call? What do you tell them?

Oh for fu.....really? We're going this direction with questions, are we? I think I'd rather give my call up to someone who feels they need to end their life with drama. Me, I'll be in my seat praying and crying and explaining to God that I'm really not liking this plan, but oh well.

4. You are at the doctor's office and he has just informed you that you have approximately one month to live. Do you tell anyone/everyone you are going to die? What do you do with your remaining days? Would you be afraid?

Really? Cuz I was just there about three weeks ago and he didn't mention anything like this to me. Wow. OK: I'm totally eating whatever-the-hell I want. I'll be making some phone calls, writing some letters, and maybe taking some trips. I don't know. I can't really make that determination.

5. You can have one of the following two things. Which do you choose? Why? Love [or] Trust.

Trust. Of course.

6. You are walking down the street on your way to work. There is a dog drowning in the canal on the side of the street. Your boss has told you if you are late even once more, you are fired. Do you take the time to save the dogs life? Why or Why not?

Oh, fuck right off: my boss doesn't have a clue when and/or if I'm late, so I'd retrieve the damn dog. No contest. However, if you wasted your "late passes" for bullshit reasons before this event, you probably deserve to be fired, and you wouldn't notice the dog in the first place.

7. Would you rather be hurt by the one you trust the most or the one you love the most?

Since it amounts to the same thing, this is a non-question.

8. Your best friend confesses that he/she has feelings for you more than just friendship. He/she is falling in love with you. What do you (or did you) do/say?

Uhhh, I'm married to my best friend, so this isn't much of a stretch. Happens every day, in fact.

9. Think of the last person who you know that died. You have the chance to give them 1 hour of life back, but you have to give up one year of yours. Do you do it? Why or Why not?

Oh, hell, I don't know. This could end badly if I made the trade with all the people I know who've died in the past year.... I'd totally make the trade with Nathanael, but that was 6 or 7 years ago.

10. Are you the kind of friend that you would want to have as a friend?

I try to be. Not always successfully.

11. Does love = sex?

I have dozens of friends that I love that I wouldn't even think about sex with. So, no.

12. Your boss tells your coworker that they have to let them go because of work shortage, and they are the newest employee. You have been there much longer. Your coworker has a family to support and no other means of income. Do you go to your boss and offer to leave the company? Why or Why not?

This is... no, I wouldn't. Things change really fast in life. I'm not going to fall on my sword and then get screwed in the end. There are better ways to deal with thi.

13. When was the last time you told someone HONESTLY how you felt regardless of how difficult it was for you to say? Who was it? What did you have to tell the person?

Fairly recently. And I'm not going into what it was about.

14. What would be (or what was) harder for you to tell a member of the opposite sex, you love them or that you do not love them back?

I'm going to interpret "not love them back" as "not feel the same feelings he's feeling" in this case. And yeah, it's hard either way.

15. What do you think would be the hardest thing for you to give up? Why would it be hard to lose?

My eyesight. I worry about losing my vision.

16. Excluding romantic love, when was the last time you told someone you loved them? Who were they to you?

When Cindy left for Florida last week to say goodbye to her dad the last time I told her I love her. She's quite a woman, and losing your dad is hard.

17. If there was one moment and one time in the last month what would you change and why?

I would've found a job for a very good friend so she can get out of hell.

18. Imagine it is a dark night, you are alone, it is raining outside, you hear someone walking around outside your window. WHO do you wish was there with you?

I'm having a hard time with the whole "imagine it's dark at night" part....

19. Would you give a homeless person CPR if they were dying? Why or Why not?

Please. Of course. Is this basically the same question as the dog question up there? smh

20. You are holding onto your grandmother’s hand and the hand of a newborn that you do not know as they hang over the edge of a cliff. You have to let one go to save the other. Who do you let fall to their death? What was your rationale for making the decision?

Seeing as how my grandmothers have both been dead since the early 70s, this is clearly some kind of random hallucination and I'm going back to bed.

21. Are you old-fashioned?

I am nearly 50. I guess you can interpret that however you like.

22. When was the last time you were nice to someone and did NOT expect anything in return for it?

Considering my job, in part, is to answer questions people ask me, I'm nice to random people all bloody day long. I have very low expectations of reciprocation.

23. Which would you choose, true love with a guarantee of a broken heart, or never loved at all? Why?

It's not possible to be a normal human being and get through life without both of these happening.

24. If you could do anything or wish anything, what would it be?

I actually CAN wish anything, so...yeah. Doesn't mean it's going to come true. I do hope that Katherine and Alan's baby is born healthy with no drama at all in July.