Question 26

Would you be willing to murder an innocent person if it would end hunger in the world?

When making a hard decision I try to picture what it would be like from both sides depending on what I chose, putting the shoe on the other foot so-to-speak.  As great as it would be to end world hunger, there's no way I'd murder an innocent person to get there.  We as human beings have the ability to end it ourselves we just don't want or are not willing to.  That innocent person would be somebody's mother or father, sister or brother, son or daughter, I would not want to be subjected to that pain nor would I subject anyone else.

Question 25

For an all-expense-paid, one week vacation anywhere in the world, would you be willing to kill a beautiful butterfly by pulling off its wings? What about stepping on a cockroach?

Ok so I'm going to answer the second portion first because I would definitely, without hesitation, be willing to kill a cockroach to have an all-expense-paid vacation anywhere I wanted. I think it would be crazy not to, so now I'm asking myself why do I feel a twinge of regret for thinking that it's ok to do the same to a butterfly?  I don't know if I could pull off a butterfly's wings, see with the cockroach it would be stomping it with my foot, wouldn't really have to touch it. Though the butterfly, I would have to grasp its body in one hand and pull its wings with the other. *shudder* I don't think I could do it, at least not just for myself.  It would have to be for my family that I would do it.  So in conclusion, for me no, for my family yes.  Maybe it would be different if I were a boy.  Hmmmmm.

Question 24

Are there people you envy enough to want to trade lives with them? Who are they?

Nope and Nope.  I think envy is a useless waste of time, I understand that at one point or another everyone including myself feels envy, but what I do after I feel it is start thinking of a way to attain what I'm envious of or write it off as something I don't really need. Simple as that, I would never want to be anybody else, I'm truly happy being me.

Question 23

While on a trip to another city, your spouse (or lover) meets and spends a night with an exciting stranger. Given they will never meet again, and that you will not learn otherwise of the incident, would you want your partner to tell you about it?

Eesh!! This is another tough one, because on the one hand if he tells me it would completely shatter any trust between us and on the other hand I do believe in second chances and if it would only ever be the one time I'm not sure I'd want to know. Correction I wouldn't want to know if it were just the one time.  Now if it were something that was going to recur, not necessarily with that person but with others, then yes I would want to know.  I can understand a mistake, but the way I live my life, if I make a mistake I only make it once.

Question 22

If you could use a voodoo doll to hurt anyone you chose, would you?

Alright, the little angel on my right shoulder is telling me no and the little devil on my left is telling me yes. I'm gonna have to go with my left this time. Of course it wouldn't be to cause irreparable damage, but really, hasn't there been a time that you've experienced where whoever it was just really had it coming? I sure have. Just a small sharp pain, like a pinch to the back of the arm, that quick, that effective, and of course only when they REALLY deserved it.

Questions 21

Do you prefer being around men or women? Do your closest friends tend to be men or women?

Well my closest friends are women. So I guess I would prefer being around women.

Question 20

If you knew of a way to use your estate, following your death, to greatly benefit humanity, would you do it and leave only a minimal amount to your family?

Always for the greater good?!! Ugh! Ummm can I be selfish on this one? I think I would donate a certain amount to charity but I want my family to be taken care of.

Question 19

You have the chance to meet someone with whom you can have the most satisfying love imaginable- the stuff of dreams. Sadly, you know that in six months the person will die. Knowing the pain that would follow, would you still want to meet the person and fall in love?

Well that's just depressing. I know the saying goes, "it's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all", but I don't know, that seems like an awful lot of heartache for six months. I'd like to thing that I believe in a certain amount of fate, or at least there are signs out there helping guide you down the road of life. Of course with free will you're able to choose to ignore those signs but I believe they're there nonetheless. More than likely I would go for it. I must be a masochist but if that's what I'm meant to do than I think there's a reason for it, regardless of whether or not I can see it now or not.

Question18

If you could wake up tomorrow having gained any one ability or quality, what would it be?

Aww only one?! Haha, oh I'm going to have fun with this one. Ok I don't care if it sounds completely selfish, because I know with this answer I could cure world hunger but we'll save that for later down the line. I would be totally stoked if I had telekinesis, that's right people I want to move things with my mind. It was between that and mind control. I don't know the whole "these are not to droids you are looking for" bit doesn’t seem as cool as lifting a fighter ship out of a swamp. All of the Star Wars fans will get that reference. So Jean Grey… let’s do this. I'm a real nerd by the way. Hahaha.
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Question 17

Would you be willing to become extremely ugly physically if it meant you would live for 1,000 years at any physical age you chose?

I really don't want to live for a thousand years. It really seems depressing. Losing people you love over that long period of time, I wouldn't want to be the last one left of everyone I knew. Ok great you get to see all the new things that would happen in that time, but the way I see it, things aren't really getting better, society wise. I wouldn't be able to handle that. The thing that makes life worth living are the people and things you love in that life. As Morrie Schwartz said, "Love wins. Love always wins” and I will always try to live by that.

Question 16

If at birth you could select the profession your child would eventually pursue, would you do so?

Well this, in my opinion, is WAY too controlling.  As tempting as it would be to secure a future for my child, I feel like I'd be stealing something from them.  Everyone should have the option to make the decisions that will affect their futures, that's what builds character, and there's no planning that.

Question 15

Whom do you admire most?  In what way does that person inspire you?

I admire my grandfather. Yes there are so many big names that changed the world out there but he has helped shape mine and that obviously has had the most impact on me.  I admire his integrity and his dedication to everything he does.  He doesn't, as he puts it, "Mickey Mouse" anything.  Meaning he'll never do anything half heartedly.  He and I don't agree on everything but I do strive to be the type of person he is.  Hopefully someday I'll be able to seem just as sure as always does.

Question 14

Would you rather be extremely successful professionally and have a tolerabel yet unexciting private life, or have an extremely happy private life and only a tolerable and uninspiring professional life?

Definitely have to go with the happy private life.  I mean yeah, it would be great to have amazing success in business but I place more value on family.  At least that's what I interpret "private life" to mean.  I think that the greatest success should be your family,  now if you don't plan on starting one then I totally get the whole business before personal view, but I do want one and they're happiness will always come first.

Question 13

What would constitute a "perfect" evening for you?

Wow, I'm not gonna lie this is a pretty lame question.  I promised I would answer all of them though.  Ok well prefect evening... By myself to be honest, alone without anyone to bother me. I'll do what I want in whatever time I'd like and truthfully that could be anything so I don't really know how to narrow it down.  Lame question followed by an even lamer answer.  Ah well.

Question 12

If you were able to live to the age of 90 and retain either the body or the mind of a 30-year-old for the last 60 years of your life, which would you want?

I would go with the brain of a 30-year-old.  I'm sure that having the dexterity of a 30-year-old would be amazing, especially if you're 90, but what good is that if you can't even remember where you are?  The thought of aging is a little scary but the thought of losing who I am is by far scarier still.

Question 11

You are given the power to kill people simply by thinking of their deaths and twice repeating the word "Good-bye."  People would die a natural death and no one would suspect you. Are there any situations in which you would use this power?

Wow, ok well you see there are times in traffic when I .... just kidding.  Hmm well I'm a firm believer with the motto of  "with great power, comes great responsibility", in this case it's probably one of the most menacing powers you could ever come across.  It would honestly have to be in a situation where no other alternative was possible and where allowing this person to live would do much more damage than killing them would.    As spiritual as it may seem, in my mind to take a life is to give up a bit of your humanity, a bit of your soul.  That's not something I would give up easily and without thorough consideration. 

Question 10

Which sex do you think has it easier in our culture? Have you ever wished you were of the opposite sex?

Hmm, depends on what it's in reference to.  Free things like drinks, club entrances, getting out of a speeding ticket, ok fine yes it's easier to be a woman.  I just don't see how that's anything really great. It really all depends on what you hold more important I guess.  For instance when a women makes a mistake driving, it's attributed to the fact that she is a woman and if you're a good driver then it's "You drive pretty good for a chic" UGH!! Sorry that's just irritating to me, of course there are a lot more major issues than driving.  The work place unfortunately is still a breeding ground for sexism.  Of course you have your women in leading roles in today's industries but how much harder did they have to work than the men in those same positions to get there?  So yes each sex has their pros and cons, but in the subjects that matter most to me I feel like men have it easier.  Women having better lives, maybe, but easier no.
Oh yeah and only when I was little did I want to be a boy, and it was mainly because all of my friends were boys and I hated being teased for being a girl. The only up side to that at the time was that I was about a good six inches taller and faster than them, which I guess looking at it now was one of the reasons they teased me, but of course that didn't last.

Question 9

Would you accept $1,000,000 to leave the country and never set foot in it again?

Nope. Never. Wouldn't have to consider it for a second.  We definitely have our flaws but I love this country too much.

Question 8

Would you rather be a member of a world championship sports team or be the champion of an individual sport? Which sport would you choose?

I've played sports all my life and most have been team sports, I would think that being a single competitor would be a bit lonesome.  I know that having teammates is what pushes me to be better and nothing I've come across can compare to that feeling of camaraderie that is present when you trust a set group of people to do their job and everything clicks.  So definitely would want to be part of a championship sports team.  More than likely it would be soccer.

Question 7

Do you think that the world will be a better or worse place 100 years from now?

Eeesh, I'll say this, the world isn't going in a great direction as it is.  We may be way more technologically advanced but I don't think society will be better for it.  Unless there's some major deviation from the path that we're currently on, I think 100 years from now the world will be worse.

Question 6

You discover your wonderful one-year-old child is, because of a mixup at the hospital, not yours. would you want to exchange the child to try to correct the mistake?

I don't have any children so to say yes seems too simple in a way that someone without experience in parenting could manage.  I'd imagine that after that first year, the bond formed with the child you had would have become too strong.  As much as I'd want to know what my child was like, I don't think I would be able to give up the one that I had.

Question 5

If a new medicine were developed that would cure arthritis but cause a fatal reaction in 1 percent of those who took it, would you want it to be released to the public.

Ok so this is something that I would need to make more specific to myself to give an honest answer.  The way it is, I would say that it should be the up to the person who's going to take it.  Their life there choice right?  And here's the contradiction, if it were someone I loved there would be no way I'd risk even a percent of a chance of losing them.  Selfish as it may be, that's how I feel about it, there are medicines out there that help with pain from arthritis and I would push that first.  So no, I would not want it released to the public, they can take it back to the drawing board and get rid of that 1% chance first.

Question 4

If you could spend one year in perfect happiness but aftereward would remember nothing of the experience would you do so? If not, why not?

Well I guess it would really be like waking up tomorrow and one year has gone by.  Hmmm, well the way I see it there are pros and cons to either choice.  On the one hand, who wouldn't want to be perfectly happy for an entire year, that would mean everything would go your way and you'd possibly be in better circumstances than before regardless of whether you remember how you go there or not.  That's also the down side.  Not remembering how you got to that exact point in your life could end up hurting more than helping you.  So I guess being the control freak that I am, I don't think I would want to forget a year of my life.  It's the experiences that create memories that make life worth while.