365 Day Meme
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bearshortyI figured I will try to answer these questions maybe once a week since I'm not sure I can keep up every single day.
1 Would you rather relive the last 365 days or lose a year of your life?
Last year was pretty nice other than 2 days - when I fell and broke my nose and the procedure to reset it. Plus three recovery days. So I would rather relive the last year than lose a year. I wouldn't want to lose a year in the lives of my children.
2 What is your most mundane encounter with a celebrity?
I don't know. Not a big world celebrity, but a celebrity in the world of medieval history - I saw Judith Bennett at the archives at Norwich when I was there and got the courage to go talk to her. She took me out for a drink and a chat; that was pretty nice.
3 What's the best advice you've ever received and ignored?
At one point my advisor at grad school did say it might be useful to see a therapist to help me with dissertation writing; since I had a block and it was hard for me to work on it. Maybe it would have helped.
4 What's the best museum you've ever been to?
This is a hard question because I love museums. But I will have to go with Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. I love going every time. They have excellent exhibitions. And great period rooms and the temple and so many things other than just paintings. Although I love the paintings too, especially the impressionists. It is just so big that after 25 years of going there I still don't feel I've seen everything.
5 Twelfth Night is also known as Epiphany. Have you ever had an epiphany?
I don't think so. Most of my decisions seem to come one gradually. There was never one defining moment.
6 What is your favourite keyboard shortcut?
Control c and control v (Copy and paste)
7 If you were guaranteed that you would be unkillable, indestructible and uninjurable for the next ten years, but you would die once the decade was up, would you go for it?
No. This seems very silly. It's like the deal with the crossroads demon - not worth it at the end.
8 When you are watching films do you Google the actors to find out if they are still alive and/or what else they have been in?
9 Have you ever been in a canoe?
10 Which children's story, song or TV programme do you think is most fundamentally flawed, plot-wise?
11 Do you prefer coffee or aeroplanes? If you had to choose to eradicate one of the two from all human history which would go?
12 What subject were you worse at at school?
13 Is there something you once abhorred that you now adore?
14 What is your most impressive party trick?
15 Which supposedly attractive film star do you think is a bit ugly?
16 Have you ever planned what you would do in the event of a zombie apocalypse?
17 If your house was on fire what three things would you definitely leave behind or even surreptitiously throw into the flames when no one was looking?
18 What children's toy or accessory do you wish they made in adult size?
19 What's the strangest statue you've ever seen?
20 Have you ever been in a police car?
21 Have you ever made a prank phone call?
22 If you had to invent a fifth season, which two other seasons would you put it between and what would happen in it?
23 If you only had a week to live who would you tell to go fuck themselves?
24 Why do you think the Fairy Godmother only gave Cinderella all the magic stuff until midnight?
25 Would you rather be a bee or a butterfly?
26 If you could turn anyone in your family into an animal which family member would you choose and what animal would they become?
27 If you were the ruler of the universe what laws would you make?
28 Would you prefer to eat nothing but chocolate or be able to read people's minds?
29 When you were a child what did you fantasise about doing when you grew up?
30 If I told you that one person you know is secretly an alien who do you think it is? Why?
31 If you could click your fingers and be anywhere in the world right now where would you go? Yes you can get home again with another click
1 Would you rather relive the last 365 days or lose a year of your life?
Last year was pretty nice other than 2 days - when I fell and broke my nose and the procedure to reset it. Plus three recovery days. So I would rather relive the last year than lose a year. I wouldn't want to lose a year in the lives of my children.
2 What is your most mundane encounter with a celebrity?
I don't know. Not a big world celebrity, but a celebrity in the world of medieval history - I saw Judith Bennett at the archives at Norwich when I was there and got the courage to go talk to her. She took me out for a drink and a chat; that was pretty nice.
3 What's the best advice you've ever received and ignored?
At one point my advisor at grad school did say it might be useful to see a therapist to help me with dissertation writing; since I had a block and it was hard for me to work on it. Maybe it would have helped.
4 What's the best museum you've ever been to?
This is a hard question because I love museums. But I will have to go with Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. I love going every time. They have excellent exhibitions. And great period rooms and the temple and so many things other than just paintings. Although I love the paintings too, especially the impressionists. It is just so big that after 25 years of going there I still don't feel I've seen everything.
5 Twelfth Night is also known as Epiphany. Have you ever had an epiphany?
I don't think so. Most of my decisions seem to come one gradually. There was never one defining moment.
6 What is your favourite keyboard shortcut?
Control c and control v (Copy and paste)
7 If you were guaranteed that you would be unkillable, indestructible and uninjurable for the next ten years, but you would die once the decade was up, would you go for it?
No. This seems very silly. It's like the deal with the crossroads demon - not worth it at the end.
8 When you are watching films do you Google the actors to find out if they are still alive and/or what else they have been in?
9 Have you ever been in a canoe?
10 Which children's story, song or TV programme do you think is most fundamentally flawed, plot-wise?
11 Do you prefer coffee or aeroplanes? If you had to choose to eradicate one of the two from all human history which would go?
12 What subject were you worse at at school?
13 Is there something you once abhorred that you now adore?
14 What is your most impressive party trick?
15 Which supposedly attractive film star do you think is a bit ugly?
16 Have you ever planned what you would do in the event of a zombie apocalypse?
17 If your house was on fire what three things would you definitely leave behind or even surreptitiously throw into the flames when no one was looking?
18 What children's toy or accessory do you wish they made in adult size?
19 What's the strangest statue you've ever seen?
20 Have you ever been in a police car?
21 Have you ever made a prank phone call?
22 If you had to invent a fifth season, which two other seasons would you put it between and what would happen in it?
23 If you only had a week to live who would you tell to go fuck themselves?
24 Why do you think the Fairy Godmother only gave Cinderella all the magic stuff until midnight?
25 Would you rather be a bee or a butterfly?
26 If you could turn anyone in your family into an animal which family member would you choose and what animal would they become?
27 If you were the ruler of the universe what laws would you make?
28 Would you prefer to eat nothing but chocolate or be able to read people's minds?
29 When you were a child what did you fantasise about doing when you grew up?
30 If I told you that one person you know is secretly an alien who do you think it is? Why?
31 If you could click your fingers and be anywhere in the world right now where would you go? Yes you can get home again with another click
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Date: 2019-01-07 09:55 pm (UTC)The museum question is one that I love, but it is really hard to answer! (I also love museums, but not so much art and more natural history/archeology types ones.)
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Date: 2019-01-08 11:16 am (UTC)