Monday, May 23, 2005

Random Questions

Just because I'm bored...

You hit the restroom to do your biz, and the toilet seat is still warm. Your reaction:

Ew! Someone else’s butt warmth!
Hey—toilet seat’s not cold! Huzzah!


You’ve been on this earth a while; do you think you understand sex?

Ever done anything that could have put you in jail?

So many bands out there trying to make it… is musical talent really so common?

Is there a purpose to our existence?

Do you have self-destructive tendencies?

Are you handy?

Is there someone you wish you could make peace with?

Psychology:
A key to human insight
A bunch of hoo-ha
A little from column A, a little from column B…


Are you realistic?

What phobia(s) do you have?

Did you own something as a child that you wish you had now? If so, what?

Do you still get high?

2 comments:

BB said...

Okay, I didn't post this just to randomly talk about myself on these topics (even though that's sort of the point of having a blog in the first place). I just wanted to hear some different perspectives.

But here are my own answers.

[If you ask yourself a question and answer it, do you go blind? Grow hair on your palms?]

You hit the restroom to do your biz, and the toilet seat is still warm. Your reaction:

Hey—toilet seat’s not cold! Huzzah!

You’ve been on this earth a while; do you think you understand sex? Not yet. But it seems to be less of a big deal the older I get.

Ever done anything that could have put you in jail? Yes indeed. And no, I wouldn’t’ care to elaborate.

So many bands out there trying to make it… is musical talent really so common? Nope. A little talent pops up in a lot of places, but talent that separates one from the rest is still quite rare.

Is there a purpose to our existence? Yes, I believe so. I hope to get that answered for sure one day.

Do you have self-destructive tendencies? Not so much. When I drank, sure. Now, nah. Oh, loud music might count, but I’m not even so bad about that anymore.

Are you handy? So-so. Electrical stuff I can get by on. Mechanical stuff I can do only if it’s something fairly modular, like changing a tire or dropping in a new alternator. Carpentry I just manage to keep from embarrassing myself. Plumbing is the WORST. I’m only just now learning a couple o’ little plumbing jobs that I can pull off.

Is there someone you wish you could make peace with? Jeez, I’ve asked myself a loaded question. But no, not really.

Psychology:
A little from column A, a little from column B…

Are you realistic? Yes, so quit calling me a pessimist…

What phobia(s) do you have? Nothing really. As a teen I had a borderline hospital phobia for a while. It’d get a little hard to breathe in there, and I could only think about getting out of there. Snakes rattle me pretty badly, but I don’t think it’s a phobia. So far I’m undefeated in my life against them. Lots of people claim to have phobias (like a fear of heights) that I believe are more along the lines of reasonable fears. I’d say a phobia is fairly debilitating.

Did you own something as a child that you wish you had now? If so, what? Hmm… My great grandmother took a vacation once where she did some panning for gold. Brought me back a little vial with gold flakes in it. Nothing worth much really, but it disappeared quickly, probably at the hands of a stepbrother I had at the time. I wish I still had that. And a couple of my old guitars.

Do you still get high? Not in the conventional way. When my daughter buries her head in my shoulder for no reason, or Kevin gives me one of his great full-body hugs… that’s all I need.

Anonymous said...

Since you asked...

You hit the restroom to do your biz, and the toilet seat is still warm. Your reaction:

Ew! Someone else’s butt warmth!
Hey—toilet seat’s not cold! Huzzah!

***Hmmm...I never really notice the temp of the toilet seat. I guess the nerve endings in my butt are dead.

You’ve been on this earth a while; do you think you understand sex?
***I understand it better now than I did when I was younger, but I'm also at the age where I don't really care much anymore.

Ever done anything that could have put you in jail?
***Yes.

So many bands out there trying to make it… is musical talent really so common?
***Talent? Yes. Exceptional talent? That's a more difficult question. But talent and success have little to do with each other.

Is there a purpose to our existence?
***No, but I don't think there needs to be.

Do you have self-destructive tendencies?
***In a sense. I have tendencies toward fucking myself up. But no tendencies toward actual, complete destruction (i.e. suicide).

Are you handy?
***No. Not handsome, either.

Is there someone you wish you could make peace with?
***No.

Psychology:
A key to human insight
A bunch of hoo-ha
A little from column A, a little from column B…
***Door #3.

Are you realistic?
***I think so, but most people think I'm a cynic at best, a pessimist at worst.

What phobia(s) do you have?
***If you mean an actual debilitating fear, I can't think of anything. But I'm starting to fear my dreams. My brain is already developing a self-defense mechanism.

Did you own something as a child that you wish you had now? If so, what?
***My old Jack Kirby comics.

Do you still get high?
***I've never gotten high on purpose and I don't ever want to do it again in any capacity.

Michael