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Monday Mission 3.16
Apr. 21st, 2003 01:33 pm1. Now that the weather (in America, that is) is getting nice and warm, what have you been looking forward to doing the most?
Motorcycling, mostly. On windy, hilly roads, wide-open highways, tree-lined avenues, on coasts, wherever. Might go fly some kites, too--I own two, they don't get much use. And wearing shorts and sandals or bare feet all the time.
2. On Easter, I had to run around all day visiting family. It turned what was supposed to be a special day and turned me into one big stress-ball. Do you enjoy spending time with your family (parents, siblings, etc.) or do you prefer to see them now and then?
I don't have a lot of choice in the matter at the moment, so it's a good thing I don't object. I like my family a lot. :)
3. Did your parents play along with the whole "Easter Bunny" legend? Did you eventually figure it out or did someone tell you? How did that make you feel?
They did, I don't remember if I figured it out or if they told me, and I wasn't upset. As they explained it at the time, we dyed the eggs the night before, and the Easter Bunny came by overnight, hid our eggs around the house, and left us baskets of chocolate/candy/gifts. Eggs still get dyed sometimes, the baskets still appear, and in college, the contents of such a basket got mailed instead, because my mom's cool like that.
4. This isn't necessarily a religious question (although it certainly can be if you'd like), but what does "Easter" mean to you personally?
See previous answer--nothing additional.
5. When I was a kid, we didn't have plastic Easter Eggs (except for those that came with Mom's L'eggs pantyhose), so we always hid real eggs. One Easter I remember I threw away a broken egg in my bedroom trash can and it took me weeks before I realized why my room smelled like something died in there. Do you have any funny or memorable Easter stories?
In addition to the above, the only thing that comes to mind is one egg that got hidden in my mom's shoe one year. Didn't get stepped on, I just remember that. :)
6. I currently watch way, way too many TV shows. In fact, I feel some relief that some are being cancelled or are ending because I just can't give any of them up. Is there anything you do too much of and just can't stop?
Heh--what do you think? LJ, mainly; comics and email, secondarily.
7. Long ago, I took a leadership seminar. At one point the leader gave his philosphy on life: the three things that matter most in life are "your family, your religion and your job, and what they mean to you." Would you agree? What are the three things that matter most in life?
Friends, family, enjoyment/satisfaction. ("Friends" figures heavily into my answers for #6.)
BONUS: Were you just being kind, or am I losing my mind?
Well, it's too late for the latter, but we'll throw in some of the former anyhow.
Motorcycling, mostly. On windy, hilly roads, wide-open highways, tree-lined avenues, on coasts, wherever. Might go fly some kites, too--I own two, they don't get much use. And wearing shorts and sandals or bare feet all the time.
2. On Easter, I had to run around all day visiting family. It turned what was supposed to be a special day and turned me into one big stress-ball. Do you enjoy spending time with your family (parents, siblings, etc.) or do you prefer to see them now and then?
I don't have a lot of choice in the matter at the moment, so it's a good thing I don't object. I like my family a lot. :)
3. Did your parents play along with the whole "Easter Bunny" legend? Did you eventually figure it out or did someone tell you? How did that make you feel?
They did, I don't remember if I figured it out or if they told me, and I wasn't upset. As they explained it at the time, we dyed the eggs the night before, and the Easter Bunny came by overnight, hid our eggs around the house, and left us baskets of chocolate/candy/gifts. Eggs still get dyed sometimes, the baskets still appear, and in college, the contents of such a basket got mailed instead, because my mom's cool like that.
4. This isn't necessarily a religious question (although it certainly can be if you'd like), but what does "Easter" mean to you personally?
See previous answer--nothing additional.
5. When I was a kid, we didn't have plastic Easter Eggs (except for those that came with Mom's L'eggs pantyhose), so we always hid real eggs. One Easter I remember I threw away a broken egg in my bedroom trash can and it took me weeks before I realized why my room smelled like something died in there. Do you have any funny or memorable Easter stories?
In addition to the above, the only thing that comes to mind is one egg that got hidden in my mom's shoe one year. Didn't get stepped on, I just remember that. :)
6. I currently watch way, way too many TV shows. In fact, I feel some relief that some are being cancelled or are ending because I just can't give any of them up. Is there anything you do too much of and just can't stop?
Heh--what do you think? LJ, mainly; comics and email, secondarily.
7. Long ago, I took a leadership seminar. At one point the leader gave his philosphy on life: the three things that matter most in life are "your family, your religion and your job, and what they mean to you." Would you agree? What are the three things that matter most in life?
Friends, family, enjoyment/satisfaction. ("Friends" figures heavily into my answers for #6.)
BONUS: Were you just being kind, or am I losing my mind?
Well, it's too late for the latter, but we'll throw in some of the former anyhow.
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