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The Monday Mission

1. Many children have blankets, or a favorite nubby stuffed animal that they like to keep near them for security. Do you recall what you had for your "security blanket" as a child? When did you finally give it up? What brought that about?
I don't remember a blanket or stuffed animal, but I had my "binky", or pacifier (I think the nickname comes from the brand of pacifier we bought). I believe I gave it up when it developed a crack and started biting my tongue.

2. Now that you are a big kid, what do you have to give you that same sense of security?
Tea. Lots and lots of it.

3. With a little over four months left in 2002, have you accomplished everything you wanted to for the year? Is there anything that you would like to accomplish before the year is over?
I have a job. I think that's all I really cared about. I suppose I would have liked to have more direction to my life, but tant pis.

4. I don't know about you, but it seems to me children have it pretty good these days. Game systems, computers in the home, microwaves, cable TV, the internet, cell phones and pagers, they certainly have a wider variety of technology than most of us did as children. What modern convenience, if any, do you think it would be good for children today to do without? What would they gain?
TV dinner tray tables and cell phones.
Cell phones because parents don't have that in-between contact so that they know who their children's friends are. Parents aren't involved these days. They're so busy with their own lives or afraid of smothering their children that they don't pay enough attention to them.
TV tray tables because people need to eat at the dinner table. My family doesn't have trays but we eat in front of the TV anyway. It's such a struggle now to get us to eat like civilized people.

5. Many of us have one thing in which we believe we excel. What do you do better than most?
Almost everything. Mwah ha. Let's see. I only know two people who can beat me in Trivial Pursuit because my head is full of useless knowledge. I also think that I speak French better than most of the French majors I know (and sometimes better than my professors). I'm a snot.

6. In the United States, and possibly other countries, teenagers in High School usually wind up falling into several social circles or "cliques." Stoners, Rich Kids, Jocks, Cheerleaders, Band, Drama, Goths, and so on (though the names are probably different today). What High School "clique" did you find yourself in? Was it by choice or did it just happen? Did you look down on other groups? (Aw it's ok, it was/is High School, we all did dumb stuff)
I guess I was a nerd. But high school, for me, anyway, wasn't anything like on TV. The cliques weren't clearly defined. There were people who branched the cliques and it wasn't like you couldn't talk to anyone in another clique. I was brainy, but there were people worse off than me, socially.

7. (it begins) I have great news! I won the contest and we now have plane tickets to anywhere in the world. The bad news is we have to pick a place now and leave in the morning. I can't decide where to go, so you get to pick. Where should we go, and what is the first thing we should do when we get there?
I already have tickets for France, so we'll have to go somewhere else. It's getting towards springtime at Macchu Picchu...

BONUS: Must I beg you?
No, you must beg Alf. Bow down before him.

srah - Monday, 19 August 2002 - 11:55 AM
Tags: memes, monday mission

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