Stolen from Ben: (again)

Here’s how this one works:

1. Leave a comment on this entry with some varient of “interview me”.
2. I’ll ask you 5 questions and you reply with your answers in your LJ (blog) and offer to do this for other people…
3. Repeat until the web collapes under the weight of our useless posting

Ben’s (hard) questions for me:

1. What would you say the hardest thing you ever done is? When I look back on my life to seek the hardest thing, I realize I’ve had a fairly easy life, at least since I became an adult. My childhood wasn’t easy but I don’t think it is for anyone. The first thought that did come to mind was: “being alive in 2006″. This whole year has been hard. One of the hardest I can ever remember. With my mother’s accident, family “issues” resulting from that, and then standing with my family around my stepdad as we turned off life support and watched him fade. That was pretty damn hard.

2. If the worlds greatest teacher walked up to you and offered to teach you one thing, What would you learn? There are so many things I’d love to learn. I’d love to learn many different languages. I’d love to learn to play an instrument. And I’d love to learn to sing. I’ve always wanted to be the kind of mother who could sing to her children. But right now if I sang to them it’d probably traumatize them for life. So if I can only pick one thing, I guess teaching me to sing (well) would be it. I love singing, but I’m awful.

3. What would you do if you woke up as a man tomorow? Pee standing up. duh! I’m so jealous that guys can do that. I’d find a bush outside, too. Just ’cause. After that who knows. I’d probably go out into the world and explore what it’s like to be a man. Wait? Is it permanent? ‘Cause if it is, then my answer changes a bit. If I woke up as a man tomorrow and it was permanent, I’d still find a bush and pee standing up. After that I’d completely freak out and find a shrink or a doctor or something to fix me!

4. What are your views on how the world is going? I assume you mean in general… so generally speaking, I think the world is going round & round as usual, but things could be a lot better. Seems history continues to repeat itself and mankind never learns. As such we continue to kill our planet, and each other.

5. If you could alter the world in one way, what would it be? This is a very hard question, especially coming from you, Ben, knowing the kind of man you’re striving to be and what you want to do with your life. I feel a sense of pressure to come up with some profound, meaningful, and inspiring answer and I don’t have one. I’m not sure how you mean “the world”. Humans in general? Or the planet? Or again generally speaking? For my own selfish reasons, the first thing that comes to mind is removing diseases such as diabetes. Living with Diabetes is like constantly having a sick joke played on you. You’re alive, you’re breathing, and you can live with the disease. But quality of life takes a hit. Having to constantly worry about what you’re putting into your mouth is doing to you, even though you absolutely need to eat, sucks. And I totally suck at being a diabetic. I also don’t like contributing to the pharmaceutical companies who make billions off all the diabetic supplies people like me need. It’s another sick joke that I think is unfair. So I guess that’s my answer. Lame? Yeah.