For your amusement.
Ask me a question or a few. Doesn’t really matter what you ask about or anything like that. I will do my best to answer honestly, unless I feel like it will compromise someone else’s privacy or trust. You get to shape the direction of this blog. Lurkers, delurk!
Would you rather have an unusually small head or extraordinarily, awkwardly large hands?
Large hands. I think a small head would affect my overall looks more. And I can be kinda vain sometimes. Besides I’m awkward anyway, I guess I can handle a little more awkwardness in my life.
If you could relive one moment (memory) that occured in Denmark which would it be?
What have you retained, either consciously or sub-consciously, from your [former] religious upbringing? What makes it important enough to keep?
Wow… Amanda. That’s a really hard one. As you know, I basically loved the whole thing. My first reaction would be either Tour de Chambre or New Years.
Tour de Chambre was such a whirlwind. Of course I loved the dancing and meeting everyone and then the night ended with Daniel. It was a great night.
And New Years was just a ton of fun. Too much wine and the yummy food…
Actually as I’m writing this, I keep thinking about just the regular days. Hanging out in Søren’s room with you, having tea with Radka, dinner with the four of us, walking to the bus, just the simple stuff. I loved that.
But my final answer I supposed would be Tour de Chambre.
Kemi,
I had a conversation much like this question with my mother once actually. There are many things I like and value from the LDS church. My only caveat is that these are pretty common themes which are not exclusive to Mormons, but since that’s where I got it from, then that’s mostly where I attribute it to.
I particularly like emphasis on honesty, both in individual and business dealings. My mom and dad are really good examples of this. If my dad tells you he will do something for you, it gets done.
Service. Honestly, I’ve kind of gotten away from service and would like to do more of it. I enjoyed making quilts to give to a domestic violence shelter. I liked Secret Santa stuff for less fortunate families. Doing service projects was always a lot of fun to me. Once again my parents are also really good examples, which helped. My mom could probably be made a saint with all the stuff she does for people. My dad helps every year with high school kids to help them fill out scholarship applications so they have the best chance of getting them. He tutors kids on how to pass the ACT. He helps Boy Scouts get badges. It’s something I love and would like to start getting back into more.
Family. I love my family (now
). Growing up I certainly had my fair share of being mad at siblings because I was the annoying tagalong and my dad and I often got into arguments as I got into high school. However, I love them dearly. I think I got two really great parents and some very fun siblings. I like that the church encourages spending time as a family. A lot of really happy memories for me are vacations with my family and also playing games with them (we’re a board and card game family to the core).
Those are probably the biggies, but a handful of other things like kindness (ok, that’s a biggie too
), community involvement, the support network of members, emphasis on education, those kinds of things are also important and something I still try to keep in my life.
hee hee hee about loving your family… now…
Thank you for answering so openly. Your parents sound like great people. Of course, you’re not so bad yourself.
Pfffft, like you were a picnic to get to like. (lub ewe sis)
I’m a lurker attempting to delurk, but I can’t think of a good enough question to ask. (Don’t blame me; it’s Saturday so my creative thinking has been turned off.)
Here’s one only a few people will care about: What do you miss most about the Statesman?
I miss the camaraderie of the Statesman. There’s some of that to an extent in a more professional setting, but the friendships are not nearly as close. At the Statesman you have tighter friendships and sillier times.
One of my favorite memories was talking with Steve. We were having a debate about whether zombies had brains and if they did, would starving zombies eat other zombie’s brains. Right in the middle of this Liz walks in and just goes, “Why are you even talking about this? Zombies aren’t real!!!” Steve amd I just look at each other and are all, “No. It’s a legitimate question…”
I remember that. I also remember the plan you came up with in case a zombie attack should ensue: push me in front of them to give you time to escape. Also, I would never use that many exclamation points in a sentence, spoken or otherwise. Anyway. I just came here to share something funny with you: http://www.davidshrigley.com/photo_htmpgs/notice.html. Loves.
If God didn’t exist, would you create him?
I don’t know for sure…
I think the idea of god has been a good influence in a lot of lives that I’m not sure would have had guidance otherwise. Although I think the misguided influence of religion (under the guise of people saying it’s god’s will) has twisted a lot of peoples’ judgment of others.
This is hard. But I guess just to come up with an answer, I would say no. While I have no problem with god, I tend to dislike how many interpret what god wants. I think the good things about religion are easy to teach and bring into society, while without religion, it’s harder to find a justification for the intolerance I’ve seen.