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17. What song was stuck in your head recently, and what were you doing at the time that made you think of it?
18. Describe 5 things you want to see or do before it’s too late.
19. Write about something you now know that you wish you knew earlier in life. How could this knowledge have helped you?
20. Write about your greatest fear.
21. Name one thing you feel brings out the good in people.
22. Describe a time in your life when everything turned out fine, despite the odds.
23. If you invented a device that could fix one problem you are facing right now, would you use it? What problem would you like to solve?
24. Write about the last time you spoke to your best friend. What did you talk about?
25. Describe a time you felt alone.
26. Name something you found; what was it and where did you find it?
27. What’s on your calendar for tomorrow?
28. What is the most annoying sound you have ever heard?
29. Describe your first job.
30. What is the one thing you cannot live without?
31. Quote the nicest thing anyone has ever said about you.
32. Are you afraid of the dark? Why or why not?
33. Describe the longest amount of time you have ever been away from home.
34. Write about a recent adventure or travels.
35. Who did you idolize growing up?
36. Name a celebrity or famous person you wish would take you out on a date.
37. Describe your daily routine when you get out of bed in the morning.
38. What was the longest amount of time you have spent waiting on line for something? What was it, and was it worth the wait?
39. Name one thing you have always been good at doing.
40. What is your favorite season, and why?
41. What was the title of the last book you read?
42. List your biggest regrets.
43. Have you ever seen a ghost?
44. Describe your note-taking style and habits.
45. Do you believe that we are all here for a reason? What might the reason be?
46. What comes to mind when someone uses the phrase prolonging the magic?
47. Have you ever done something just to feel the danger, or to feel alive?
48. What is your favorite cliché?
49. What are all your thoughts on god?
50. How do rainy days make you feel?
51. What is the most amount of money you have had at one time?
52. Write a celebrity crush list.
53. What is the most amazing thing you have ever seen, heard, or experienced?
54. What effect does music have on you?
55. What did you learn today? What did you learn yesterday?
56. What 5 traits do people first notice when they meet you for the first time?
57. Have you ever carved your name or initials into a tree or stone?
58. Democracy, communism, or socialism? Defend your choice.
59. Does Never Never Land really exist?
60. Where is a great place to get breakfast?
61. List 3 things that went right (or wrong) today.
62. What is the best method of travel, and in what ways have you traveled?
63. If you could tell the world just one thing, what would it be?
64. What were your best and worst subjects in school or college?
65. Describe the most outrageous thing anyone has dared you to do.
66. Ice cream: chocolate, vanilla, or strawberry?
67. What historical events happened the year you were born?
68. Pick up a random object that has special meaning to you and describe it in as much detail as possible.
69. Write about a recent visit to a museum or art gallery.
70. What food items do you consider staples in a well-balanced diet?
71. Describe your feelings in regards to an issue in today’s society, and what would be done to fix it.
72. If you had only one wish, what would you wish for?
73. If you could tell the world just one thing, what would you say?
74. Share a dirty little secret about yourself (or someone else).
75. Name a time when you broke a rule or law. Did you get caught, or did you get away with it?
76. Have you ever gone skinny dipping?
77. Name something you would like to devote more time to seeing or doing.
78. What is the name of your favorite book, magazine, or publication?
79. Describe your first car.
80. Thunderstorms… Inspiring or scary?

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17. What song was stuck in your head recently, and what were you doing at the time that made you think of it?

Who's Going to Drive you Home, by the cars. I watched the video because of Ric's passing.

18. Describe 5 things you want to see or do before it’s too late.

Just travel in general. I'd like to see the Great Barrier Reef, and walk in a rainforest. I've always wanted to do horse riding tours, like ride in Mongolia, or on the moors of Scotland. I wouldn't mind going to Iceland, and hanging out in the hotsprings there.

19. Write about something you now know that you wish you knew earlier in life. How could this knowledge have helped you?
I would have had to do a lot to get me through that first year of University that went so badly, but if me now could have gone back and helped me through it, even if I didn't finish or anything, it would have given me more confidence. Same with driving; I would have to do a lot more than just go back and tell me I needed my license. I knew that, but I needed help to be confident. Sure it would have been nice if I hadn't dated a few different guys, but what difference would that make? Until I figured it all out, I would have just dated someone just as awful. Maybe I just could have gotten me nicer glasses, that would have done a lot for my ego.

20. Write about your greatest fear.

Death. Being old and decrepit. Getting hurt badly. Being poor, being alone, being ill. Being vulnerable.

21. Name one thing you feel brings out the good in people.

Disasters.

22. Describe a time in your life when everything turned out fine, despite the odds.

Well, life in general. My life isn't perfect, but I avoided some of the big pitfalls. I didn't get addicted to drugs, I don't smoke, I didn't get pregnant young and ruin my life. I finished high school, and even managed some post-secondary. These things in themselves are kind of achievements.

23. If you invented a device that could fix one problem you are facing right now, would you use it? What problem would you like to solve? Well, as awful as this sounds, money fixes a lot of things. There are things that are a lot tougher to fix, and I suppose if a device could fix my crippling lack of self-confidence/low self-esteem then yes, of course I would use it.

24. Write about the last time you spoke to your best friend. What did you talk about? I don't even know who would count as my best friend right now. We had some good friends over recently for my birthday, and I don't even recall specifically what we talked about.

25. Describe a time you felt alone.

Feeling alone has often been kind of my default setting for a long time. Right now I don't feel too alone because my husband is home working on our house project, and when he's home more people end up coming over for visits and so on. MOST of the time though, he works away from home, and I am alone a lot. I don't always "feel alone", but it happens a lot. Enough that it's not like I can pinpoint just one bad stretch where I felt alone.

There was one time when I was deathly ill in University, and I lived in the residence. My room mate decided to sleep at her boyfriend's place so she wouldn't get sick, though she checked on me about once a day. I must have just laid in bed for three or four days alone with no phone (pre cell era, and no room phones) or t.v. or anything. I just laid there trying not to die. My room mate eventually called my sister, who came and took me to a doctor, but by then I was already feeling better. In retrospect, that might have been the sickest I'd ever been, and maybe someone should have done something sooner.

26. Name something you found; what was it and where did you find it?

Once when I was kind of the custodian for the apartment building I lived in (free rent, woot!), I found a back pack that contained a wooden recorder (like a flute) and one of those old roller razors (hard to explain). It was hanging on a rail for the stairs in the entryway. I left it there for a day or two, thinking that if it belonged to someone they would find it, but no one claimed it.

I found an arrowhead in the manure pile on our farm a few years ago. We have found quite a few over the years.

I found a very old, blue bottle from medicine or something once, along the river in the small city I lived in for years.

I found a nice silk scarf in a puddle on a street in town a year or so ago. I took it home and washed it, and it looks lovely.

I found a 20 dollar bill once, on the street.

Saturday, September 21

Today I am grateful for:

The farrier came today, and everything went smoothly. The ponies did a LOT better than last time, so all my work handling their feet is paying off. It's always nice chatting with this person, she's an animal person too, and she's always gentle and respectful in handling the animals. She does a great job with their feet, too. Really, she's been a very consistant person who shows up on time, does a good job, is a professional and so on. I've been very grateful for this over the years.

Sunshine.

My husband was able to take the day off for himself. He's been pushing himself very hard this summer, and he's sore most of the time. I know I was in rough shape for the weeks where I was packing and moving everything and carrying boxes out to the sea can or upstairs in this house, and he feels likely a lot worse than that most of the summer.

It's incredible to look at the basement coming along, to recognize that the size of this basement will be close to how big our trailer was. It's going to have half the walls above ground and lots of windows, so it should be a nice, useable space.

I was able to catch up on laundry, changed the sheets, and made some really good soup for supper. We also processed another big pail of green beans and froze them. With all the rain we had this summer, a lot of the beans just rotted, but we got a fair number of runner beans because they grow on a trellis.

We watched "Fighting with my Family" which is about a female wrestler's journey to the WWF. It was a lot of fun.