---------------------------------------- re: christyotwisty - 5 questions (june 2021) June 03rd, 2021 ---------------------------------------- I'm so, so happy right now. I was just wondering if there was anything new in the phlogosphere and struck pure gold. Christy posted a new set of questions[0] for the month. These started out on gopher but lately she's moved them to gemini where, sadly, I have a tendency to miss them. Not this month, though! Huzzah! (TXT) [0] christyotwisty - 5 questions So, let's see here... 1. Whom would you like to be for one day? Oooh, good one. If I were Bezos for a day how much money could I redistribute and how much is just tied up in stocks? I guess my choices here are "who is using their life stupidly and me popping in for a day could fix it?" or "who has a really interesting life I want to experience for a day?" or "what would be totally silly?" I'd like to be a woman for a day, I think. That would be interesting from an experiential stand-point. Or maybe someone who is super physically fit so I could use the body-machine to do things I'm not normally able to do. Maybe a combo? A female rock climber, perhaps? 2. What did you yearn for in your childhood that your parent(s) never gave you? I think this would have been easier to answer when I was younger. The further the distance grows the less of that sort of thing I remember. I wanted a Sega Genesis when they bought me an NES. I'm not upset with that, though. The NES was better for me in the long run and I got so much joy from it. Maybe there's something beyond the material I wanted but never got? I remember plenty of arguments and yelling, but I can't think of anything now that has lingered with me. Good job, parents! 3. How do you know when it's time to ask for help? Oof, that's a hard one and I'm not great at it. Professionally it's easier. I weigh whether it's more likely to hurt me to ask or fail and then act. In those cases a conversation feels easy. But there's a heavier burden when it's a private thing. I'll deal with it for much longer than is necessary because it feels like I'm putting a burden on others to ask for help. There's probably an aspect of pride inside saying I should be able to do this myself, also. I like that feeling of independence. I guess the simple answer is, once something is going to affect someone else I break down and ask for help. For instance a couple months ago when I threw out my back, at first I tried to deal with it and stretch things and shuffle around, but I quickly realized I was a mess and couldn't function. It was inevitable that I was going to need my wife, so I spoke up. I probably should have raised a flag earlier when I felt things being not quite right, though. 4. Recommend, and provide a recipe if you have one, a refreshing summer beverage. Um, I don't have a name for it, but make an Arnold Palmer and then add a dash of grenadine and a slice of lime. Better yet, make sweet tea, southern style, then add in the lemonade, THEN the grenadine. It's ridiculously sweet and probably will give you diabetes with a single glass, but there you go. 5. Which childhood things do you still enjoy? I still draw. I still play video games. I like puzzles. I play pretend (tabletop role playing games). I like to cuddle up and watch shows. I like to explore by hiking off-trails and looking at interesting things. I love to find a good rock. I like to sneak away with a friend and share secrets. :) Thank you, Christy. This was a joy.