The 5 Question Meme Comes Around Again
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mtl.
The rules - in case anyone has forgotten - are as follows:
1 -- Leave a comment saying you want to be interviewed.
2 -- I will respond; I'll ask you five questions.
3 -- You'll update your journal with my five questions, and your five answers.
4 -- You'll include this explanation.
5 -- You'll ask other people five questions when they want to be interviewed.
MTL's five questions to me:
1. What did you most want to be or become when you were a small child?
You may choose any age.
I wanted to be a horse rancher.
2. If I gave you 10,000.00 how would you spend this money?
I'd be torn between putting it into the bank to gather interest while I withdrew smaller amounts each month to pay my part of the mortgage on the house I share with my Ex -- OR using it to get new floors and my kitchen re-done.
3. If you could change one certain aspect of your nature, what would you change and why?
I would like to be more courageous. I have a fear of failure and a timidity about going new places. If I had more courage, I could experience and accomplish so much more than I do, and my life would be richer for the new experiences and the risks and challenges I accepted.
4. If you had to choose, would you rather give up books or music?
I would miss music, but I would have a terrible time living without the entertainment and education of books!
5. If you had to learn a new language, which language would it be?
I have taken French, Spanish, German and Attic Greek, and forgotten virtually everything about each of them. If I knew I would learn and retain the language, I'd be strongly tempted to renew my ancient Greek, so I could read the literature and fully enjoy it. But then I would feel guilty for not choosing a language that would enable me to communicate with people in the modern world without having to depend on them knowing English.
If I could have one magical gift, it would probably be to be able to speak and understand any language spoken to me.
mtl.The rules - in case anyone has forgotten - are as follows:
1 -- Leave a comment saying you want to be interviewed.
2 -- I will respond; I'll ask you five questions.
3 -- You'll update your journal with my five questions, and your five answers.
4 -- You'll include this explanation.
5 -- You'll ask other people five questions when they want to be interviewed.
MTL's five questions to me:
1. What did you most want to be or become when you were a small child?
You may choose any age.
I wanted to be a horse rancher.
2. If I gave you 10,000.00 how would you spend this money?
I'd be torn between putting it into the bank to gather interest while I withdrew smaller amounts each month to pay my part of the mortgage on the house I share with my Ex -- OR using it to get new floors and my kitchen re-done.
3. If you could change one certain aspect of your nature, what would you change and why?
I would like to be more courageous. I have a fear of failure and a timidity about going new places. If I had more courage, I could experience and accomplish so much more than I do, and my life would be richer for the new experiences and the risks and challenges I accepted.
4. If you had to choose, would you rather give up books or music?
I would miss music, but I would have a terrible time living without the entertainment and education of books!
5. If you had to learn a new language, which language would it be?
I have taken French, Spanish, German and Attic Greek, and forgotten virtually everything about each of them. If I knew I would learn and retain the language, I'd be strongly tempted to renew my ancient Greek, so I could read the literature and fully enjoy it. But then I would feel guilty for not choosing a language that would enable me to communicate with people in the modern world without having to depend on them knowing English.
If I could have one magical gift, it would probably be to be able to speak and understand any language spoken to me.
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Date: 2004-08-15 01:41 am (UTC)(Tomorrow - Monday - will be a long day so the response may not be immediate)
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Date: 2004-08-15 08:13 am (UTC)1. If you didn't live in New Zealand, where would you want to live?
2. If your fairy godmother appeared and wanted to give you one magical ability, what would you ask for?
3. What have you always wanted to do/experience, but haven't attempted? What is standing in your way?
4. What is a typical day like for you? With whom do you share it?
5. I don't remember reading anything in your LJ about your family. Who are your parents/siblings? Where are they? Are you close to them?
Looking forward to reading your answers!
Very interesting!
Date: 2004-08-15 06:47 am (UTC)Re: Very interesting!
Date: 2004-08-15 08:14 am (UTC)Would you like me to interview you?
Re: Very interesting!
Date: 2004-08-15 01:09 pm (UTC)