Q140 Réponse

Definitely not. Just... no.

I suppose there would only be two good things about knowing when you're going to die. The first would be that you can prepare and put everything in good order, and be able to say your goodbyes and such. The second, and more interesting, side effect of knowing your death date would be a confidence and faith that you can make it through everything else. I'm thinking here of the movie "Big Fish" where the main character "sees" how he dies when he is a boy, so the rest of his life he's never scared when things get bad, because he knows "this isn't it... this isn't how I die."

Still... just no. I think it's enough to know that death is inevitable.

QUESTION 140

"Would you like to know the precise date of your death?"

Absolutely not. How horrible would that be?! Every day you'd wake up knowing that you only had a certain number of days to live. Life should be a mystery and we should welcome surprises.

Q39 Réponse

When I was a teenager my friends were definitely all older than I, and I still get along better with people a few years older. Still, I wouldn't say all of my friends are older. I have several friends from high school and college who are the same age I am or a little younger. Most of the time, though, if the person is younger I only get along with them because they act much older than they are. I definitely get along with older people better, especially guys. I don't want to date anyone my age or younger; I really would prefer someone at least 2 or 3 years older than I am.

QUESTION 39

"Do your close friends tend to be older or younger than you?"

Always, ALWAYS older. I went to a private preschool in Lawrence, KS and they routinely would send these personality checks home with the children. My parents kept them and I found them in a file in my father's office about 8 years ago. Most of the evaluations said, "tends to make friends and play with the older children." That's just how I was and how I still am. I have very few friends that are younger than me or even my same age. I'm ok with that. If we really want to analyze this, it's probably because I didn't have a close relationship with my older sister growing up and I was probably trying to substitute that by having older friends. Take that Virginia Satir!!

Q46 Réponse

Uhm... I don't have a car right now, but I *do* have an apartment, and I sing to myself almost every day at home. Sometimes along to iTunes on shuffle, sometimes while playing guitar. I'm pretty sure my neighbors can't hear me, because I never hear anything from the other places. I sure hope they can't. Not that I'm really bad, just... sometimes when you're belting out Brandi Carlile on your guitar, you don't want people laughing at your cliché folksiness, y'know?

And I sang Amado Mio by Pink Martini tonight to Brock over AIM audio chat. He started it.

QUESTION 46

"When did you last sing to yourself? -to someone else?"

Haha I regularly sing while in the car. I am totally tone deaf but I really like singing. I can't explain it. According to my iPhone, the last song I played was "Sleep to Dream" by Fiona Apple and there is no doubt in my mind that I sung the whole thing. I love that song. I can't speak enough about how it represents my life. As far as singing to someone else...I NEVER do that mostly because, as previously stated, I am tone deaf. Haha now last night was a little different, I may have sung Britney Spears's "Circus". Haha oh good times....

Q121 Réponse:

Assuming that the body switch was for a short and definite amount of time, and my own body would be magically preserved and unharmed (and NOT inhabited by someone else... or maybe that would have to be part of the deal...) I would want to be in a man's body.

I'm not saying I secretly wish I were a guy. Definitely not. But you have to admit, I think that the greatest potential this experiment has would be to experience life in the body of the opposite sex. What would it feel like to be naturally stronger? To be taller, shaped differently, and look great in jeans, a T-shirt, mussed hair and no make-up? Granted, great-looking or not, that's how I go out most days. But still.

I think maybe the best scenario for this experiment would be to switch bodies with my hypothetical boyfriend/husband. That way my body isn't creepily vacant but filled by someone who already knows me intimately. Assuming we live together or spend most of our time together, I would have him/me in my sights all the time so he couldn't do anything weird. Plus there are... obvious benefits...

Seriously, think of the potential... it would be like a learn-your-lesson-Freaky-Friday thing *and* an experience of the opposite sex all in one. Check it.