Tag: dailyprompt

When you were five, what did you want to be when you grew up?

At that point, I think I was going back and forth between being a paleontologist or a vet or an astronaut. 🤷‍♀️

How often do you say “no” to things that would interfere with your goals?

Historically? Rarely. But I am working on getting better with that. Because, as much as I don’t want to disappoint other people, or as much as I really want to do something other than focus on what needs to be done to achieve my goals, disappointing myself has a much bigger and longer lasting impact, and is certainly not outweighed by whatever short term pleasure I get from doing something else.

What tattoo do you want and where would you put it?

Oooh…. Where to start?

In no particular order….

I would finish designing the sleeve on my left arm and get that finished.

I have an abstract self-portrait that I want as my back piece.

I have another abstract piece that I want on my ribcage/side.

I had an idea for portraits of my immediate family that I would put on my right calf.

I have a piece on my left knee that I’d like to turn into something bigger.

I have several other unfinished pieces that I want to finish.

The main ingredient that I am missing is money. And the time to find an appropriate artist.

Either way, these will happen. It’s just a matter of when.

Who is the most confident person you know?

This one is a tie….

Either my friend, who I will call T, or my boss. Both of them have a background in martial arts, and I truly believe either of them could handle just about any situation. I both admire and envy that.

Where would you go on a shopping spree?

A book store, an art supply store, and/or the notebook aisle of an office supply store.

If you could be someone else for a day, who would you be, and why?

Well, I have a question before I answer this question. Two questions, actually. 1 – Do I retain my experiences and sense of self? And 2 – does it have to be present day?

I will assume that the answer to number 1 is yes. My answer would vary depending on the answer to number 2.

If #2 is yes…. This is a hard one. Do i choose someone that I am curious about? Or do I choose someone who I may be able to make a meaningful impact for/acting as? I don’t know that I would be someone else for a day given this criteria. I would need to think on this a bit more to answer.

If #2 is no, then I would be myself at a younger age and attempt to do things that would cause or even force certain behavior changes in her life. And yes, I realize the paradox that this could/would create, but I don’t care. I would do it just to give her a chance at something different; a chance to know what it is to value yourself. And if the fabric of space time unravels because of it? At least I tried.

Have you ever unintentionally broken the law?

In short, yeah, probably. But I have also intentionally broken the law.

I have to wonder the goal of this question is, and the assumptions behind it. Are we assuming that any law is inherently good? If so, that’s a shit assumption in my opinion. Are we also assuming that breaking a law means that someone is a bad person, hence the caveat of “unintentionally”, to preserve someone’s sense of being good? If so, this is another bad assumption.

Everything in life, but especially breaking a rule, is subject to interpretation, critical review, and circumstance.

Do you need a break? From what?

Yes.

From life. Everything – work, responsibilities, cares, concerns, worries, relationships of all kinds, expectations in general.

Sometimes, I just want to exist, floating in peace within the cosmos, my personal soundtrack playing in the background.

What do you enjoy doing most in your leisure time?

This one is easy.

When I have the time to do what I want to do as opposed to what needs to be done, I prefer to write, read, listen to music, or take part in awesome conversation. Or some combination there of.

Think back on your most memorable road trip.

Oh good grief.

As a kid, I had plenty of road trips that would have been memorable and absolutely fantastic if i wasn’t under the age of 5. Yuma, Arizona to Brockton, Massachusetts for example. Holy hell, the sights I must have seen but was too young to remember!!

This next thing started with my father, and will always be my favorite kind of road trip. He would decide, on some random day, to put the entire family in the car and just drive around. He’d take turns asking me or my mom or my sister which way to turn at intersections or exit ramps or whatever. When I would ask where we were going, he’d say, “we’ll see when we get there”. And that was completely acceptable and perfectly logical. There were times we wound up hours into another state! We saw awesome landscapes, farmer’s markets/farms, and had awesome conversations about the stuff we would see, and met some pretty cool people along the way.

After getting my drivers license, I would do this kinda thing on my own, or with select friends. Just stop beforehand for munchies and drinks, then drive for hours, converse, and see where we would end up. One such outing that I remember involved a very heated debate as to whether or not trees have souls.

These are my favorite types of road trips because there is no schedule, no agenda, no itinerary. You just go. See where the random takes you. There is something beautiful and liberating about that, and I kinda miss it. I used to just go for drives, pretty much local, but I have stopped doing that almost completely the past few years.

Perhaps it’s time to revisit old habits….