I believe Elisabeth and Kyria clued me into this very interesting survey: 36 Questions for Increasing Closeness. Apparently, answering these questions tends to make people fall in love (technically, I’m supposed to choose one person in my life and take turns answering questions with them), so I’M VERY SORRY if you find out you’re totally in love with me once I finish answering all 36 questions.
I’m going to tackle just a few questions today (to keep to my word count goal of 500 per post!), so let’s dive in:
1. Given the choice of anyone in the world, whom would you want as a dinner guest?
This is an incredibly difficult question to answer! I want to choose someone I could have an earnest conversation with but wouldn’t be intimidated by. So, with that in mind, at this point in time, I’d love to sit down with Ilona Maher (she plays for the U.S. women’s rugby team and won a bronze medal at the Olympics). She seems so down-to-earth and inspiring, and I’d love to just soak in her energy for a few hours. (And while I don’t think she’s queer, I have a massive crush on her so I’d have fun flirting with her throughout dinner, too!)
2. Would you like to be famous? In what way?
No, not at all. At one point, I hoped to become a published author and, of course, I wanted to be successful enough for that to be my sole job. But being famous has never been appealing to me. It comes with a whole set of problems that I wouldn’t want to deal with. For example, I would struggle so much with people not liking me. I already struggle with that! But it would be even worse if I was famous and dealing with criticism and hate in an entirely different way. No, thank you!
3. Before making a telephone call, do you ever rehearse what you are going to say? Why?
Always! I’m afraid I’m not going to explain myself well and then the person on the other end is going to get frustrated with me. I never want to be a burden – I want this phone call to be quick and easy for both of us. I also struggle with word retrieval in these types of situations, so sometimes it just helps to rehearse what I’m going to say to help with the awkward pauses I do when I’m trying to remember a word.
4. What would constitute a “perfect” day for you?
Honestly, yesterday was one of those “perfect” days. I woke up early and went to the gym. Then, I took a shower, got ready, and spent two hours at Starbucks with Mikaela. After that, I came home, ate lunch, and took a nap. Later on, I went to my mom’s house to help with some organizing projects. We also did a bit of shopping at Target (and tried to go to Bath & Body Works but they are temporarily closed, wah!), watched some TV together, and went out to dinner. It was such a wonderful day!
5. When did you last sing to yourself? To someone else?
The last time I sang to myself was in the car a few days ago! I was jamming out to my Taylor Swift playlist. And to someone else? Hmm… I sang along to a Taylor Swift song while my mom was in the car with me on Wednesday evening. Does that count?
Who would be your dinner guest?
I 100% agree with your answer about being famous. I think in fact, that is pretty much what I said when Elisabeth asked me. I would love to be successful in something like writing, but I don’t want the paparazzi following me around, or to worry if my double chin is showing on photos, no thanks!
I really can’t remember who I picked as my dinner guest! However, today I would like to go to dinner with Anthony Bourdain in a foreign country at the place of his (or his producers?) choosing. He has been to some excellent places, not all expensive, but just authentic and fun, and I would love to see him and his charisma in person.
I think for my dinner guest, I would maybe break the rule and pick someone that has passed – my maternal grandma. She died when I was in 5th grade so I did not get to know her well. I have memories of her but not a ton so I would love to talk with her as an adult!
I would never ever ever ever want to be famous. Nope nope nope.
“Before making a telephone call, do you ever rehearse what you are going to say?”
For me that question would be: Before making a telephone call, do you ever NOT rehearse what you are going to say? As if I, an introvert, could ever pick up a phone and just start talking! Don’t be silly.
Ha ha, I’m laughing at this: “I’M VERY SORRY if you find out you’re totally in love with me once I finish answering all 36 questions.”
I definitely agree with the “famous” question. I wonder how many people would REALLY want to be famous?
The dinner guest question is hard. If I pick someone like Michelle Obama or Hillary Clinton, would I really be able to have a conversation with them??? Maybe I would pick someone who seems easygoing and funny. I’ll have to think about this.
Your perfect day sounds nice (I always like it when I have a “perfect” day in real life.) Mine would probably have similar components: a run (instead of the gym) Starbucks, maybe a bookstore, and football on TV.
Hey we’re already in love with you;-)
I’m stumped at the dinner guest question, and I would only want to be famous if it happened with no effort on my part and it was at the level where I could live in a bubble on a private island. I have been known to write out scripts for difficult phone calls and to pray that I get voice mail. My perfect days include lazy weekends with my family and my solo trips – two very different things. Hubs and I have a collection of songs that we sing to our dog.