So, in my previous post "Snippets, forty-three" I challenged myself to come up with 15 creative getting to know you questions, so here goes! If you could have any animal as a pet (with the guarantee you could care for them and they would behave), what animal would you pick? If you could change one big decision in your life, how would you? If you could wake up tomorrow and have mastered one dish to make, what would it be? If you could change your appearance with a snap of your fingers, how would you? If you could have one phrase your pet could understand, what would it be? You now have a book contract--what genre is it for? You now have the ability to greatly reduce one of your fears--which one do you pick? You now have the budget to make one more season of any show--what show is it? You now have to change careers, but will keep your same salary--which new career do you pick? You now have a flag for your home--what would the design be? How would you like to be remembered? How...
Here are some short pieces based on things that have happened in my life recently. Getting to Know You When I picked this as a title for a section of this post, I immediately thought of the song from a musical ( The King and I ?), but that's not what I meant to talk about. Sometimes I worry that I'm immensely boring and/or bad at conversations. I guess I feel this way in part because I find games where you ask your friends random, but still kind of deep questions super helpful. Why is this though? Can I not come up with questions on my own? Am I so uncreative that I can't think of fun ones? Also, how is there still so much to learn about people I've known for decades? The answer to that last one is of course there is! We all contain multitudes that evolve over time (sometimes in sync with each other, but sometimes not), so it's not a reflection of how close I am with my friends (though my anxiety will tell me this is the case). This section has given me an idea for...