gigamatic

so, i just got back from lunch and found my latest Mission had arrived. Here it is...

1. Have you ever had a dream so real, that inside the dream you had to fight to wake yourself up? Do you remember the dream?

I used to have nightmares when I was little, some involving octopi aliens (please, dont ask) and others involving driving to Wheeling with my mom and grandma, only to find out they weren't actually in the car, and our car was driving off the side of the bridge. That, and my mom is actually an old-school Fembot.

2. How would you define the concept of a "soul-mate" is? Do you believe in such things? Have you met your soul-mate?

I dont think you can know this till you've already been together with someone for a very very long time. My parents, I think, are soul-mates, but 15 years ago, I wouldnt have said so. It takes deep understanding of the other individual, and acceptance of their rotten flaws... and lots of other things. I think, sometimes, that I have maybe met mine, but the pessimist (and skeptic, and anti-romantic) in me keeps telling me not to give in or let go, lest I be burned again.

3. What does it take to make men happy anyway?

Transformers? Porn?

4. What is your favorite piece of electric hardware, and why?

Electric hardware? Tools? or any electric device? My favorite tool is a radial arm saw. Which, I have no room for.

5. Have you ever stopped to help a stranded motorist? Has anyone ever stopped to help you when you were stranded? Isn't there some element of risk involved when helping someone with car trouble, or is it better to just "do unto others as you'd have them do unto you?"

Yes, I have. I stopped for a guy who I'd notice pass me on the Interstate when I saw him break down a few miles later, and gave him a lift to the nearest service center. When my mom ran out of gas bringing me home from college once, a man stopped to help me when I was carrying a gas can back to the car (but nobody stopped to get me TO the gas station, a mile away). Yes, dangerous, I suppose, which is why I would rather call it in to the state patrol.

6. Just for fun, what is the one present you'd like for Christmas, but you know there is no way you will?

Um. Material thing or general idea?

7. What are you thankful for this holiday season?

Overall good health, a home, food, a companion, friends and family. Sicktime and vacations too.