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April begins
Apr. 10th, 2023 04:33 pm1. How has your ability to entertain yourself changed since you were young?
Less imaginative play -- make-believe, dress-up, dolls/dollhouses. More screen watching, occasional drinking. Probably the same relative amount of reading and writing.
2. What are some milestone experiences that made you who you are today?
Hm. Trip on my own to Montreal when I was 14; Archaeology summer camp in Southern Illinois also when I was 14; political activism in high school; Alliance Française scholarship to Paris after high school graduation, also abandoning that French class and going to a socialist youth summer camp in the Black Forest and meeting especially Brit revolutionary youth who became my best friends; year abroad divided between the University of Sussex and a working class neighborhood in London's East End (well, probably a bit further out than that: Ilford/Newham); working in Paris on a revolutionary magazine; moving to California; witnessing my older niece's birth...
3. If you could change your living space to make it more pleasant or comfortable for you what would you change?
I like my living space a lot. I guess I'd replace the carpet with the same thing but cleaner. Never thought I'd like CARPET of all things.
4. Which animal do you feel best embodies you?
Clichéd, but aspirationally, a cat. A happy, content, domestic cat.
5. What can you not imagine living without?
Books
6. What would you change about your school experience if you had the ability to do so?
Huh. I pretty much liked my school experience, kindergarten through grad school. Sixth grade was pretty horrific, and seventh. But then again what doesn't quite kill you can make you stronger, and I guess it did.
7. What scares you the most?
ill health
8. What are some things you've tried that you'll never do again?
Not listening to myself when my internal gut says "Jesus, this person is an asshole: AVOID; back away; definitely do not go out with for months." Hm. I'm not sure there's much else, but I also don't know whether that's because I am personally conservative, or sort of go-with-the-flow. Probably the former.
Less imaginative play -- make-believe, dress-up, dolls/dollhouses. More screen watching, occasional drinking. Probably the same relative amount of reading and writing.
2. What are some milestone experiences that made you who you are today?
Hm. Trip on my own to Montreal when I was 14; Archaeology summer camp in Southern Illinois also when I was 14; political activism in high school; Alliance Française scholarship to Paris after high school graduation, also abandoning that French class and going to a socialist youth summer camp in the Black Forest and meeting especially Brit revolutionary youth who became my best friends; year abroad divided between the University of Sussex and a working class neighborhood in London's East End (well, probably a bit further out than that: Ilford/Newham); working in Paris on a revolutionary magazine; moving to California; witnessing my older niece's birth...
3. If you could change your living space to make it more pleasant or comfortable for you what would you change?
I like my living space a lot. I guess I'd replace the carpet with the same thing but cleaner. Never thought I'd like CARPET of all things.
4. Which animal do you feel best embodies you?
Clichéd, but aspirationally, a cat. A happy, content, domestic cat.
5. What can you not imagine living without?
Books
6. What would you change about your school experience if you had the ability to do so?
Huh. I pretty much liked my school experience, kindergarten through grad school. Sixth grade was pretty horrific, and seventh. But then again what doesn't quite kill you can make you stronger, and I guess it did.
7. What scares you the most?
ill health
8. What are some things you've tried that you'll never do again?
Not listening to myself when my internal gut says "Jesus, this person is an asshole: AVOID; back away; definitely do not go out with for months." Hm. I'm not sure there's much else, but I also don't know whether that's because I am personally conservative, or sort of go-with-the-flow. Probably the former.