Question 81

If you were to discover that your closest friend was a heroin dealer, what would you do?

I'd be pissed as hell, I'd ask her why she was being such an idiot and then help her stop.  If she didn't then I'd really have to distance myself from her; let her know that friendship would be there once she decided to stop the nonsense and go on about my life. I won't be considered a hypocrite, and to continue a close friendship with someone who is doing something that is strongly against your moral code, to me that just raises the question of where your own self respect is?  Just to clarify there's never a need to be rude about the way things go, unless you have that type of rapport with the person.  Just politely digress.



Question 80

Would you rather die peacefully among friends at age 50, or painfully and alone at age 80? Assume that most of the last 30 years would be good ones.

I'm going to go with alone at 80.  Reason being: if I was surrounded by my friends I wouldn't want to go and 50 is relatively young as far as I'm concerned. Also if I'm alone at 80 then I won't feel guilty about leaving anyone behind and seeing them cry.

Question 79

For $20,000 would you go for three months without washing, brushing your teeth,  or using deodorant? Assume you could not explain your reason to anyone, and that there would be no long-term effect on your career.

Nope can't do it, I need to bathe.  I went camping for a weekend, just a weekend, and I mean really camping; no shower, no bathroom, no running water, and I was practically dying (* exaggerating of course) but yes it would need to be a much more appealing amount for me to do that to myself.

Question 78

If you knew that in one year you would die suddenly, would you change anything about the way you are now living?

REALLY?! What is it with all of these "if you would die" scenarios.  A little redundant, oh well. I would cash out my savings and 401k and travel. There.

Question 77

Do you feel ill at ease going alone to either dinner or a movie? What about going on a vacation by yourself?

No not at all. I have gone to a movie by myself before and well I haven't really dinner but I've gone to a restaurant by myself.  I like it, the movie was great and I didn't have to argue with anyone to watch what I wanted.  I will say this though if I go eat by myself I do need a book or something to read while I'm waiting otherwise I get really bored. As for the vacation, well I've never done that before, I've flown by myself but there's always been people I know at the other end of the flight, so that doesn't really count. I guess I would try it someday, I think it would be really interesting.

Question 76

One hot summer afternoon, while walking through a parking lot at a large shopping center, you notice a dog suffering badly from the heat inside a locked car.  What would you do?

All I know is someone who would do that to their animal deserves the very same thing to happen to them.  Pricks, WHY EVEN HAVE A DOG THEN?!  I was looking up things online that were legal to do to help dogs in locked cars.  Of course my first impulse would be to break the window so the dog could breath, but I would also worry about the dog cutting them self on the broken glass.  Luckily even though there are laws preventing you from breaking into someones car there are also federal laws preventing the needless suffering of animals, so contacting the police is 100% ok.  They come and hopefully catch the bastard and then he'll get slapped with a high fine and maybe jail time. I was reading an article on peta.org and a man in Naples, Florida was convicted of cruelty when his dog died after being locked in a car for four hours on a warm day, he was sentenced to six months in jail and fined $1,000 for "animal cruelty by abandonment".  The best part was what the judge said to the man, "I always try to have sympathy for defendants before making a decision, I don't have any sympathy for you,"  got exactly what he deserved as far as I'm concerned. So in summary, call the cops, but still hope the jerk who left their dog comes back to open the car in time, at the very basis of my rant I just want the dog to be ok.

Question 75

After a medical examination, your doctor calls and gravely says you have a rare lymphatic cancer and only a few months to live.  Five days later, she informs you that the lab tests were mislabeled; you are perfectly healthy.  Forced for a momoent to look death in the face, you have been allowed to turn and go on. During those difficult days you would certainly have gained some insights about yourself. Do you think they would be worth the pain?

Geez that was a long question and it sure is assuming a lot. I don't know if I like this one. It's asking me to guess what my reactions would be and know if the pain was worth it. I'll be honest I'm not going to answer this question because I don't know what insights I would gain if put in that situation. There's no honest way to answer that.  I know this for certain, I'd sure as hell would be pissed off at whoever mislabeled the results!!

Question 74

Would you enjoy spending a month of solitude in a beautiful natural setting? Food and shelter would be provided but you would not see another person.

I would like this, I like being by myself, I actually think it's a good practice to do things alone, just to get in touch with yourself.  Now here's the deal breaker, I understand that everything would be provided but I'd only do this if I was actually by myself and not being watched on cameras or something of that nature, I mean 100% alone, that's how I could enjoy it.

Question 73

Would you be willing to go to a slaughter house and kill a cow? Do you eat meat?

Um, no, and I do eat meat but I'm going to reference a good saying here, "just because I eat the burger doesn't meant I want to meet the cow," I don't care if it's hypocritical, I still wouldn't do it.

Question 72

If you could have free, unlimited service for five years from an extremely good cook, chauffeur, housekeeper, masseuse, or personal secretary, which would you choose?

Ooooooo, tough one. Well, I think I would go with an extremely good cook. I love food and someone who knows how to cook it would be super handy. Yum, yum, yum.

Question 71

Would you be willing to have horrible nightmares every night for a year if you would be rewarded with extraordinary wealth?

It would probably be the worst year of my life but extraordinary wealth and the only person who has to suffer is me, I guess that would be something I could sacrifice for a year.

Question 70

When did you last yell at someone? Why? Did you later regret it?

I yelled at friends of a friend for smoking in the backyard at a new year's eve party which was held at my grandparents house, I had already mentioned that they didn't like smoking and that if they had to they were more than welcome to go out front to do so. The fact that they smoked in the back anyway was just them pretty much telling me screw you and your rules. Mind you they did have a bit to drink but I definitely don't feel sorry for yelling.

Question 69

If a friend were almost always late, would you resent it or simply allow for it? Can you be counted on to be on time?

Haha, well see I play both sides of this card. Sometimes I'm late, sometimes I'm early, just depends. Same goes for my friends, we sort of just allow for it, try to give a time that allows being late to be an option.

Question 68

When has your life dramatically changed as the result of some seemingly random external influence? How much do you feel in control of the course of your life?

I really can't think of anything extreme enough to call it dramatically changing my life as a result of it.  I think that, to an extent, we are each a product of our environment, but it is easy to argue that our reactions to that environment are what define us. I guess it's the combination of both, external elements provide obstacles but how we overcome them is what we control. So I guess what I'm trying to say is that I control me not what happens to me, so how I react is what I will focus on.

 

Question 67

Without your kidney as a transplant, someone close to you will die within one month. The odds that you will survive the operation are only 50 percent, but should you survive you would be certain a normal life expectancy. Would you consent to the operation?

Well I have come across this situation in my life and had I been a match I would have said yes.  First you can't have a completely normal life with one kidney, you have to monitor what you drink and try to have as healthy a diet as possible, as you should anyway but more so.  I would make the same choice again if this were the case, I would donate my kidney.