Monday, April 29, 2013

List of questions

A list of interesting questions:
  1. Describe your note-taking style and habits.
  2. Do you believe that we are all here for a reason?  What might the reason be?
  3. What comes to mind when someone uses the phrase prolonging the magic?
  4. Have you ever done something just to feel the danger, or to feel alive?
  5. What is your favorite cliché?
  6. How do rainy days make you feel?
  7. What is the most amount of money you have had at one time?
  8. Write a celebrity crush list.
Definitely interesting questions.  Some inspire deep thought, some require very little, some are just feelings about something or an observation.  Just quickly to go through these eight questions:

#1 - Note taking.  When I was in elementary school, we had to learn how to take notes.  My teacher would write outlines on the board for us to copy.  I HATED it.  It was several years down the road when I realized how important knowing how to make an outline is.  Kids in schools don't learn this anymore.  It's too bad.  Important skill that is being lost.  One that can make report writing easier.

#2 - Of course we are here for a reason.  Why?  Too deep to go into.  There is also a very basic physical reason why we are here.  Don't understand?  Time to have a long talk with the parents.

#3 - "Prolonging the magic" - I guess is another way of saying anticipation.  Sometimes the anticipation of something is better than the actual thing.  It's like Christmas.  I love Christmas day, but the month long anticipation leading up to it is even better.  I guess in the phrase "prolonging the magic" is not quite the same.  It would be like waking up on Christmas morning and finding out you can't open presents or eat the turkey dinner until tomorrow, when Grandma is scheduled to arrive into town.

#4 - Have I ever done something just to feel the danger?  Not really.  Nothing dangerous anyway.  I guess I've done some things slightly on the rebellious side just to do it.  I suppose driving the golf-cart-like vehicle in the dark, at it's highest speed through the walking paths of the park I work at, just because I can, could be an example of this.  Not necessarily dangerous, though.

#5 - Favorite cliché?  "It never rains but it pours."

#6  - How do rainy days make me feel? I love rainy days.  They make me happy. They can fuel my sadness if I'm having a sad day.  They can make me feel nostalgic.  They make me think of magic, too.  Not magic tricks, but like magic in a wonderful fairy tale.  Hard to explain.....

#7 - The most amount of money I've ever had at one time?  I don't really know.  In my hands?  In my bank account?  Stashed away in a secret hiding place in my room?  Don't know.  Not telling.

#8 - Celebrity crush list?  Not putting that here.  I have one, don't get me wrong, but it will not be revealed here.  Sorry.

No reason for this post.  I was looking through a list of journal-prompts.  Some of them inspire deep thoughts.  Many I found among the list, I wouldn't want to answer, such as "If you could tell the world one thing, what would it be?"  First off, I don't really know.  Secondly, I know it could never happen, so why torture myself with the idea.  Thirdly, if I could, most of the world wouldn't care what it was I had to say.  Fourth, I don't think it is a question that should ever have an answer.  If we only have one thing in our lives to say, our minds aren't thinking creatively anymore and I couldn't bear that.

2 comments:

Janie said...

Describe your note-taking style and habits.
stream of thought in scribble

Do you believe that we are all here for a reason? No particular reason but its fantastic nonetheless

What might the reason be? Darwin was on to something.

What comes to mind when someone uses the phrase prolonging the magic? ummmm... That thing you said ask your parents about

Have you ever done something just to feel the danger, or to feel alive? I rode a roller coaster without a lap bar once. But that was a stupid thing to do.

What is your favorite cliché?
Lay down with the dogs, get up with the fleas.

How do rainy days make you feel? sleepy.

What is the most amount of money you have had at one time? $35,000.

Write a celebrity crush list.
Peter Sarsgaard, Dustin Hoffman, Adrien Brody

Molly said...

Nice Janie! Great to 'see' you. I hope the kids are all doing well.