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Oh, good. One about how old I am.

1. What decade did you attend/are you attending high school or college?

Graduated in '95 from high school. Graduated '99 college.

2. What clothing fashion from that time are you glad/do you wish went out of style?

I actually liked a lot of the fashion from the late 90s like the boho and grunge and goth stuff. I am probably the only person who liked low slung jeans but it was because I cant stand clothing being tight on my belly or stomach. And flares make my short legs look long.

I didn't like all the butterflies and tube tops. Those can stay gone.

3. Do you still listen to the music from your high school/college years on a regular basis?

I listened to industrial, goth, Celtic folk, and anime soundtracks in high school. I still listen to all of that, maybe not regularly.

4. What hairstyle/hair color did/do you wear during high school/college?

People used to call me "Darlene" from Roseanne, or Eddie Vedder if they were assholes. Which might give a good visual of what my hair (and style) looked like.

5. What was/is "the cool thing to do" while in high school/college?

Considering I was not a cool kid nor social at all, I am not totally sure. I think people used to "cruise the ave" on Friday nights, driving slowly up and down Nevada Avenue, the busy downtown street that my high school was on. I heard a lot of the popular rich kids were doing cocaine. And I think I heard that the theater and choir kids were having orgies. *shrug*

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1. Have you ever watched illusion magic? Close-up, or in a stage show, or on television? Did it work for you?

Did it work for me? Not sure what that means, but I saw Penn and Teller live in Vegas. It was a pretty amazing show actually. But I knew it was just a stage show. They also explain to audience how they do their tricks, which makes the show that much better.

2. Have you ever wished on a star, or a lucky cat, or a coin in a wishing well? Did it work in some way?

I do out of superstition or tradition. Like if I visit a temple or spiritual place, I will practice and honor a local custom.

3. Have you ever cast a spell, made a love charm, or tried a curse? Did it work in some way?

Mostly when I was a teenager or early 20s and very into paganism. And I think they worked, in the way that I believe "magic" is visualization and "intention setting" rather than the movement of mystical forces. When I was 16 I did a spell to bring love into my life. Within a week I went from never being kissed or even dating to way more attention than my virgin self could handle. It was a bit scary.

4. Are there any other traditional superstitions you pay attention to? Do they work in some way?

I am an atheist, but also a bit of an animist and philosophically practice Stoicism and Maenadism (Dionysian Mysteries). I have great respect for shamanic traditions, and philosophies like Buddhism. I don't know, its not like practicing a religion, just how I see the world. But no specific superstitions that I can think of.

5. Would you want major magical powers like in a fantasy story? Which powers, and how would you use them?

Um, yes. Who would say no. Does it matter which powers? I promise to use them mostly for the greater good. I'm usually chaotic good or neutral leaning :)

This week's questions from

thefridayfive

5, 4, 3, 2, 1 . . .

5. Name five favorite movies.
-Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
-Legend
-Shaun of the Dead
-Anchorman. its a toss up between this and super troopers. both so stupid.
-Kpop Demon Hunters (I immediately watched it again after the first time. Why is this so addicting?)

4. Name four areas of interest you became interested in after you were done with your formal education.
-Travel, I never really liked going anywhere before I got out of school
-Alternative History, the only what-ifs and fan theories I really like are about what if things happened differently in the past.
-Dance. I didn't like to dance or study it until I was out of school
-Wine & Dionysus. Its my religion.

3. Name three things you would change about this world.
-Food, housing and healthcare for everyone for free always.
-Address climate change.
-All nazis, bigots, and rapists get jettisoned into the sun.

2. Name two of your favorite childhood toys.
-Speak & Spell with the E.T. module
-My Little Ponies.

1. Name one person you could be handcuffed to for a full day.

It's cliche, but Stu, he's my person and we would probably laugh the whole time. If I had to pick a famous person... (also a cliche answer but) I'd pick either Keanu Reeves or Pedro Pascal - I am fascinated by their perceived kindness and bet they are very fascinating and deep thinkers. Fictional person? Dr. Emmrich Volkarin from DragonAge Veilguard game. He's an older professor, looks like Vincent Price, and I could listen to him talk all day about being a Necromancer/Mortician and (understandably) vegetarian.

1. Have you ever gone skinny-dipping?

Lots. I wouldn't call myself a naturalist/nudist or anything, but being nude in nature can be nice. I used to love to go to hot springs that are often "clothing optional". In my undergrad days, one of the classes for my anthro major was an archaeological field school. Stayed a couple weeks in an old Fort and in the evening 5 or 6 of us drove to the reservoir and skinny dipped under the stars. Nothing spicy/sexy just being younger, dumber, with few responsibilities.

2. When you're home alone, do you strip down to get comfortable? Do you ever go out without underwear (bra and/or panties) because it's more comfortable?

100% yes. I always change into stretchy shorts or sweatpants/leggings at home. At home I am almost always sans underwear. I only wear tanks with built in "shelf bras". All the "bras" I wear outside the house are just wireless bralettes/sports bras.

3. Have you ever/Do you use the bathroom with the door open? Are you comfortable using public facilities?

I usually close the door, unless I am alone in the house. Since becoming a mother the kids would just come bursting in or furiously banging on a locked door, so I stopped bothering. I am fine using public facilities, though of course I'd rather not.

4. When getting intimate with your significant other, lights on or off?

I think I prefer off, but don't really care. If lights are on, it can stay on.

5. How comfortable are you with body exposure/nudity of others? Group shower rooms?, topless/nude beaches?, breastfeeding in public?

zero effs. I have breastfed in public, tried to stay covered and failed. If other people are naked no big whoop. But I am not an exhibitionist, if I'm at a gym or pool shower room I do try to stay covered with a towel.

Friday five, on saturday.

1. What is the most adventurous food you've ever tried?
Crickets. They were baked into chips so I didn't see any legs or anything.

2. What is the most adventurous food you'd be willing to try?
I'd probably try any food once. Except something highly likely to be poisonous, like some seafoods or mushrooms. I don't like either anyway.

3. Would you have a problem eating dog meat and why or why not?
I would probably try it but only if its in a country where it is a cultural norm and regularly prepared.

4. For the most part, do you consider your diet to be balanced?
I have a pretty balanced diet. Plenty of fruits and veggies and whole grains. When we haven't made a meal plan we might have weekends of "junk food" dinners like frozen pizzas or homemade if I have the ingredients. But we don't eat a lot of take out or fast food, maybe once a month. We're just too far away to make it convenient, and out of the range of all instacart/doordash delivery areas.

5. Which is more appealing: being a vegetarian for the rest of your life or being a strict carnivore for the rest of your life?
Both sound unpleasant for my guts honestly. The only vegetarian meals I could see myself eating regularly are Indian like saag paneer and chana masala. And not sure that would be nice for my digestive system. Nothing but meat would be boring and greasy and exhausting.

Been a while since I did one of these

yesterdays thefridayfive

1. What is the oldest object in the room with you?

Probably myself Thanks FridayFive.
Seriously, I think our kitchen table is probably around 15 years old.

2. What is the newest?

It being the holiday season, the holiday cards and "ManCrates" package my mom sent for Stu's birthday just arrived last night.

3. What is your favorite object in the room with you?
I won't be gross and say my kids, since they aren't "objects" anyway. It's a toss up between my two straw Yule goats or Krampus plushie I crocheted.

4. What is the most valuable object?

My laptops absolutely. Just got a new one and the old one I am going to reformat and give to the kids.

5. What is the ugliest object?

The beige textured carpet. It's so ugly and gross I can't wait to replace it.

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I'll be 42... thats the answer to everything.

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Know what interests me about this movie? How its been pimped out anywhere and everywhere like a fat blue whore. It even featured prominently on the show Bones, which was humorous and sad all at once. Instead of paying for decent writers to create a worthwhile storyline, they obviously "blue" that on blow and advertising. I am sick of seeing ads for this movie. Its obviously going to be a big steamer with pretty effects. Anyone remember the 1998 Godzilla remake? Oh yeah, I went there.

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The latest overplayed Esurance commercial with the "Pwerful Power" song makes me want to shank a bitch.
If I could set just one group of people on fire, I would choose the marketing dillweeds at Esurance.

However, I make the pain go away the 50x a day that commercial comes on, by singing the REAL LYRICS.
You know you sing this too:

It's okay to PEE yourself.... It's okay to PEE yourself
When you've had to much booze.....
It's okay to PEE yourself..... It's okay to RELEASE YOUR ~~OVERFULL~~ OVRFUL BLADDER
Because it feeeeeeels GoooOOOoooOood.

It's funny because its true.
Ok, who wants to put it on Youtube? Hell a thousand parodies are probably already there. I really don't care enough to check.

Fuck you Esurance for destroying music and all that is good in the world. Twats.

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