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Friday, September 11, 2009

"IFS"

Rachel had this book called the book of Ifs (or something to that effect...). Here are a few of the questions she had printed out of it for us to use at the after school site. To play along, I answered some of them... Some questions have been food for thoughts for me... To me that's the whole point of the book...

1. If you could have anyone's eyes in the world, whose eyes would you want? Twinkle Toes's... honestly... prettiest blue eyes I've ever seen!

2. If you had to cancel one day of the week forever, which day would go? Thursday... I have always disliked Thursdays... it goes back to college, when Thursdays were my damnest busiest days and I hated them. On a more general note, getting rid of Thursday would take us faster to Friday... ;)

3. If you could be forgiven for one thing in your life, what would you choose?

4. If you could have the autograph of one person from History, who would it be? Martin Luther King, Jr.

5. If you could have the world's largest collection of one thing, what would it be? Coffee mugs from places all around the world, not just from places where I have been. I already started that collection... By far not a big one, really...

6. If you could have said one thing to Hitler while he was alive, what would you have said? What the hell are you thinking?

7. If you had to choose a color that describes you most accurately, which color would it be?

8. If you had to name the most terrifying moment of your life so far, what would it be? I am not sure about terrifying, but as far as the most crushing moment was when I went to the Immigration Services building in Chicago in February 2002 and was denied my travel permit to France, a trip we had been planning and counting on for a while. To put it in perspective, I hadn't been there since Jan 2000 and turns out we would not be able to go until Spring 2004. I really didn't see that coming, and I cried my eyes out that day. The worse part is, I had not done anything wrong, my attorney at the time had screwed up big time. Sigh... Thank God dealing with them is a part of my life that is over!

9. If you could be guaranteed one thing in life besides money, what would you ask for? I know that's going to sound dark and morbid, but I'd ask to die in my sleep...

10. If you could easily visit one known planet, which one would go to? Saturn. Gotta love those rings!

11. If you could have any one specific power over other people, what would it be?

12. If you could become famous for doing something you don't currently do, what would it be? Writing novels.

13. If you could have lived during one period of time in past history, when and where would it be? Shakespearean London.

14. If you could possess one supernatural ability, what would it be? 15. If you had to paint your entire home, inside and out, a single color other than white, what color would you pick? Pale yellow or light grey... Yep, that would be as close to white as possible without being white...

16. If you could transport everyone you are with at this moment to another place, where would you go? Australia

17. If your home was totally destroyed by fire but you could save just one hing, what would it be? Yikes, just one thing???

18. If you could own any building in existence, which would you pick? A library, any library...

19. If you were invited to join one current musical group, which group would you want to be a member of, and what instrument would you play?

20. If you were to receive a public award, what award would you win?

21. If you had to choose the single most valuable thing you ever learned, what would it be? Patience.

22. If you were granted one wish, what would it be? To be able to see my dad one more time.

23. If you could have dinner alone with anyone presently alive, whether you know them or not, who would you want it to be?

24. If you could change one thing in the world right now, what would you alter?

25. If you could inherit a comfortable home in any city in the world that you could use but not sell, where would you want it to be?

26. If you could suddenly possess an extraordinary talent in one of the arts, what would you like it to be? Painting

27. If you could be instantly fluent in one other language that you currently do not read or speak, which would it be? Italian, then German.

28. If you could have the starring role in one film already made, which movie would you pick?

29. If you were to be stranded forever on a desert island and could only have one book to read, which one would you want? "Kate Vaiden" by Reynolds Price.

30. If you could have personally witnessed one event in history, what would it be? The Fall of the Berlin Wall. I mean, yes, I remember seeing it on TV, but having been there would have been a one-of-a-kind experience.

31. If one of your parents was to be a famous person from any time in history, who would you want them to be?

32. If you could receive oen small package this very moment, who would it be from and what would be in it?


33. If you could have chosen your own first name, other than your current one, what would it be? Natasha

34. If you were instantly able to play one musical instrument perfectly that you never played before, what would it be? Guitar, or Piano.

35. If you had to live the rest of your life in a place that you have never lived before, where would you live? Arizona

36. If you had to lose one of your five senses, which would you give up? Smell

37. If you could be recognized for one thing in your life, what would you want to be known for?

38. If you could only own one thing for the rest of your life, what would you choose? Camera

39. If you could spend a week end in any hotel in the world with all expenses paid, which hotel and where would you choose? Paris.

40. If you were given one hour to spend an unlimited amount of money in any store in the world, where would it be? Let me tell you this: find the biggest and most stocked scrapbook store, and I'm there!!!!! Otherwise I will settle for Michael's.

41. If you could say one sentence to the leader of our country, what would you say?

42. If you could have been any person from history, who would you want to have been?

43. If you could work for any person in the world, who would it be, and what job would you want? Private librarian for, say, the President and his family?

44. If you could have a year at any place in the world, all expenses apid, where would you go? Australia

45. If you could see only one movie ever again, what film would you choose? "Dead Poets' Society"

46. If you could read the private diary of someone you know personally, whose diary would you read?

47. If you could change one of your personality traits, what would it be? Worrying too much. (I originally typed Stubbornness, but heck no, I like being stubborn)

48. If you could have avoided living one year from your past, which year would you like to have eliminated? School year 1997-1998

49. If you could be the parent of one famous person, who would you want it to be?

50. If you could ensure that your children never have one experience that you have had, what would it be?

51. If you had to eliminate one season permanently, wchih one would go? Winter.

52. If you could have invented anything from history, what would you pick? Sewing machine or typewriter.

53. If you could have any music band alive today play at your birthday party, which band would you hire? Bon Jovi.

54.If you could foresee a single day in your future in its entirety, what date would you select?

55. If you had to eat the same deal for the rest of your life, morning, noon, and night, without worrying about nutrition, what would you eat? Caesar salad, pasta dish and rib eye steak, and ice cream with hot fudge for dessert.

56. If you could live the life of a fictional character, which character would it be?

57. If you could have the mind of someone you know but remain in your own body, whose brain would you take?

58. If you had to name the single most regrettable thing about your country's history, what would it be? 9/11. That's the first thing I thought about.

59. If you could be invisible for one hour, where would you go and what would you do?

60. If you could be a student of any university in the world right now, where would you enroll?

61. If you could host a dinner party inviting four people from history, who would you invite and where would the party take place?

62. If you could relive one single day from your past exactly as it was the first time, what day would you choose to experience all over again? My Wedding Day.

63. If you could wake up tomorrow to learn that the major newspaper headlines were about you, what would you want them to say? 64. If you had to spend all of your vacation for the rest of your life in the same place, where would you go? Arizona

65. If you won the lottery, what is the first thing you would do? Add on to the house. Either that or tear it down and build a new one right on the same spot.

66. If you were given $5,000 to spend in one store in the world, where would you go shopping? DressBarn.

67. If you were to perform in the circus, what would you do? 68. If you were a machine, what would you be? Sewing machine 69. If you had to name your single worst fear, what would it be?

70. If you were to select a food that best describes your character, what food would it be? 71. If you had to rename your hometown, what would you call it?


72.If you had to eat in only one restaurant for the rest of your life, which one would you choose? Olive Garden


73. If you could keep only home appliance, which would you keep? Coffee maker (hoping that does qualify as home appliance.)

74. If you were reincarnated as an animal, what kind would it be? Dog.

75. If you could have changed one thing about your parents while you were a child, what would it have been? My biological mother to live longer for us to get to know each other.


76. If you had to cancel one hour of the day, every day, which hour would you eliminate? 9-10pm.

77. If you could do any job in the world for one day, what would it be? Librarian


78. If you could discover one medical cure in history, which one would you choose? Cancer, MS, Parkinson's.

79. If you had to trade houses with someone you know, who would it be? Rachel Weaver's. Her house is not too small, not too big.

80. If you had to pick the worst meal you've ever eaten, what would it be?

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