January 2025 Prompts
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fauxkloreContinuing my catching up, let me do a couple of entries answering prompts before I get to things I've actually done.
1.What is your interpretation of one of your recent dreams? Unless I write it down right when I get up, I rarely remember a dream. I know I had a dream not too long ago that involved not being sure how I ended up where I was, but, given my notoriously terrible sense of direction, I don’t think that needs a lot of interpretation.
2.Do you still listen to CDs or cassette tapes? Yes, but not as much as I used to. And going through the cassette tapes is one of my goals for this year.
3.What is the earliest memory you have of a sibling? Since my only sibling is older than I am, he was always there to make my life miserable. Later on, I had hopes of having a younger sibling to torture the way my brother tortured me, but Mom had a miscarriage, so it was not to be.
4. Who is the one relative that you miss the most? There is so much I wish I’d been able to ask my father about.
5. If you could change one thing about my spouse/lover, what would you change? The top thing I’d change about the gentleman with whom I’m conducting the world’s longest running brief meaningless fling is getting him to actually use his hearing aids. I’ve given up on trying to get him to enjoy doing things he isn’t necessarily brilliant at.
6. Who has more power the government or the people? Theoretically, the people have more power since they elect the government. But we are in weird times right now.
7. How do you feel when you stare at the stars? I feel small, knowing I'm a minuscule part of the universe.
8. Has a friend ever broken something or yours? How did you react? I’m sure somebody must have broken something, most likely accidentally, but I can’t think of anything specific.
9. If you don't believe in reincarnation, forget about that for a minute. What would you like to be reincarnated as? What do you think you WOULD be reincarnated as, if karma had its way with you? I’d like to be reincarnated as a spoiled housecat. I have no idea what karma would have to say about it.
10. What's your favorite part of being you? My sense of humor.
11. How would you be different if you had never watched television? I’d miss even more popular cultural references than I already do. (I don’t watch a lot of television and there are many popular shows I know nothing about.)
12. Who do you trust the most and why? My friend, Kim, because she is level-headed and knows me well.
13. Do you belong/have you belonged to a club or an organization? I belong to several organizations, primarily associated with storytelling and with genealogy.
14. Tell about a time you slept outdoors. When I went to summer camp in the early 1970’s, we had a couple of overnight trips where we slept outside. But the more significant experience was the big overland trip in Africa I took in 1998. I’d never slept in a tent before, since at summer camp the overnights always got canceled if there was any chance of rain. But that doesn’t work if you are traveling for several weeks. I actually came to quite like the experience, though I have to admit to not being crazy about setting up and taking down a tent in the rain.
15. Tell about a habit that you picked up from a family member or friend. I think my bad habit of stacking mail on my kitchen table and not looking at it for weeks was inherited from my mother.
16. What was your favorite family dinner as a child? My mother was one of the world’s greatest bargain hunters and she once bought 12 cases of borscht (24 bottles per case) at a public television auction. There is no better meal in the summer than borscht with sour cream and potatoes. Mom usually also served tuna croquettes with this, but I think it is sufficient on its own.
17. Do you have a favorite time of day? Why? I have odd sleep habits and I really enjoy the early morning (say, about 3 a.m.) when I get up for a few hours and do puzzles and read before having breakfast and going back to sleep.
18. What is the worst thing parents can do to their children? Tell them what to do without really trying to understand what their interests are. I was a rebellious enough child not to be really hurt by this, but I think my brother suffered a lot from my parents pushing him towards certain college majors and not letting him take a semester off, which led to him just not going to classes and failing everything that term.
19. What makes you laugh? I love atrocious puns.
20. If you were lost in the woods and it got dark, what would you do? Try to find a reasonably protected place to spend the night.
21. How do you manage your tasks each day? I make lists of things I need to do. I then go and ignore much of what is on those lists, alas, and waste time on-line.
22. Do you feel obligated to reciprocate when someone gives you a gift or offers you a nice gesture? Why or why not? It depends on the circumstances. I do try to reciprocate when friends offer me things for particular occasions, but I also sometimes buy something for someone just because it made me think of them and I don’t expect reciprocation for that.
23. Do you like leftovers? It depends on what they are. In general, I feel obliged to use up leftovers unless they were terrible.
24. What does financial freedom mean to you? It mostly means not having to watch every penny, but still making sure I can comfortably live within my means.
25. How did you feel when you woke up this morning? A bit stressed about how many things I wanted to get done today.
26. If something is forbidden, do you want it less, or more? It really depends on what it is. There are some places I’d really like to go to but don’t feel I can for various reasons (either legal or safety), so that is something I may want more. But I also pride myself on being law-abiding, so that makes me want some things less.
27. What is one thing you would like to implement in your life? Why haven’t you done it yet? I’d like to have a more regular schedule, but the amount of time I spend traveling makes that challenging.
28. What major "plot twist" moment have you had in your life? I suppose that the world’s longest running brief meaningless fling is a good example of a plot twist. In my twenties, I expected I would live a more typical life of marriage and children and suburbia. Well, I do live in (inner) suburbia.
29. Do you believe in fate? Do you believe you’ve ever experienced fate? Do you think you have a destiny? I think we create our own fate to a large extent.
30. What do you do to stay focused? Staying focused is definitely not one of my strong points.
31. What are your 5 bucket list items? Just five? I have a life list of about 100 items (plus ones I have already achieved). Many of them involve travel to specific places. I really need to update the list and that’s one of my goals for this year.
1.What is your interpretation of one of your recent dreams? Unless I write it down right when I get up, I rarely remember a dream. I know I had a dream not too long ago that involved not being sure how I ended up where I was, but, given my notoriously terrible sense of direction, I don’t think that needs a lot of interpretation.
2.Do you still listen to CDs or cassette tapes? Yes, but not as much as I used to. And going through the cassette tapes is one of my goals for this year.
3.What is the earliest memory you have of a sibling? Since my only sibling is older than I am, he was always there to make my life miserable. Later on, I had hopes of having a younger sibling to torture the way my brother tortured me, but Mom had a miscarriage, so it was not to be.
4. Who is the one relative that you miss the most? There is so much I wish I’d been able to ask my father about.
5. If you could change one thing about my spouse/lover, what would you change? The top thing I’d change about the gentleman with whom I’m conducting the world’s longest running brief meaningless fling is getting him to actually use his hearing aids. I’ve given up on trying to get him to enjoy doing things he isn’t necessarily brilliant at.
6. Who has more power the government or the people? Theoretically, the people have more power since they elect the government. But we are in weird times right now.
7. How do you feel when you stare at the stars? I feel small, knowing I'm a minuscule part of the universe.
8. Has a friend ever broken something or yours? How did you react? I’m sure somebody must have broken something, most likely accidentally, but I can’t think of anything specific.
9. If you don't believe in reincarnation, forget about that for a minute. What would you like to be reincarnated as? What do you think you WOULD be reincarnated as, if karma had its way with you? I’d like to be reincarnated as a spoiled housecat. I have no idea what karma would have to say about it.
10. What's your favorite part of being you? My sense of humor.
11. How would you be different if you had never watched television? I’d miss even more popular cultural references than I already do. (I don’t watch a lot of television and there are many popular shows I know nothing about.)
12. Who do you trust the most and why? My friend, Kim, because she is level-headed and knows me well.
13. Do you belong/have you belonged to a club or an organization? I belong to several organizations, primarily associated with storytelling and with genealogy.
14. Tell about a time you slept outdoors. When I went to summer camp in the early 1970’s, we had a couple of overnight trips where we slept outside. But the more significant experience was the big overland trip in Africa I took in 1998. I’d never slept in a tent before, since at summer camp the overnights always got canceled if there was any chance of rain. But that doesn’t work if you are traveling for several weeks. I actually came to quite like the experience, though I have to admit to not being crazy about setting up and taking down a tent in the rain.
15. Tell about a habit that you picked up from a family member or friend. I think my bad habit of stacking mail on my kitchen table and not looking at it for weeks was inherited from my mother.
16. What was your favorite family dinner as a child? My mother was one of the world’s greatest bargain hunters and she once bought 12 cases of borscht (24 bottles per case) at a public television auction. There is no better meal in the summer than borscht with sour cream and potatoes. Mom usually also served tuna croquettes with this, but I think it is sufficient on its own.
17. Do you have a favorite time of day? Why? I have odd sleep habits and I really enjoy the early morning (say, about 3 a.m.) when I get up for a few hours and do puzzles and read before having breakfast and going back to sleep.
18. What is the worst thing parents can do to their children? Tell them what to do without really trying to understand what their interests are. I was a rebellious enough child not to be really hurt by this, but I think my brother suffered a lot from my parents pushing him towards certain college majors and not letting him take a semester off, which led to him just not going to classes and failing everything that term.
19. What makes you laugh? I love atrocious puns.
20. If you were lost in the woods and it got dark, what would you do? Try to find a reasonably protected place to spend the night.
21. How do you manage your tasks each day? I make lists of things I need to do. I then go and ignore much of what is on those lists, alas, and waste time on-line.
22. Do you feel obligated to reciprocate when someone gives you a gift or offers you a nice gesture? Why or why not? It depends on the circumstances. I do try to reciprocate when friends offer me things for particular occasions, but I also sometimes buy something for someone just because it made me think of them and I don’t expect reciprocation for that.
23. Do you like leftovers? It depends on what they are. In general, I feel obliged to use up leftovers unless they were terrible.
24. What does financial freedom mean to you? It mostly means not having to watch every penny, but still making sure I can comfortably live within my means.
25. How did you feel when you woke up this morning? A bit stressed about how many things I wanted to get done today.
26. If something is forbidden, do you want it less, or more? It really depends on what it is. There are some places I’d really like to go to but don’t feel I can for various reasons (either legal or safety), so that is something I may want more. But I also pride myself on being law-abiding, so that makes me want some things less.
27. What is one thing you would like to implement in your life? Why haven’t you done it yet? I’d like to have a more regular schedule, but the amount of time I spend traveling makes that challenging.
28. What major "plot twist" moment have you had in your life? I suppose that the world’s longest running brief meaningless fling is a good example of a plot twist. In my twenties, I expected I would live a more typical life of marriage and children and suburbia. Well, I do live in (inner) suburbia.
29. Do you believe in fate? Do you believe you’ve ever experienced fate? Do you think you have a destiny? I think we create our own fate to a large extent.
30. What do you do to stay focused? Staying focused is definitely not one of my strong points.
31. What are your 5 bucket list items? Just five? I have a life list of about 100 items (plus ones I have already achieved). Many of them involve travel to specific places. I really need to update the list and that’s one of my goals for this year.
