so, this apparently, is what i'm doing: 5:17

1. Given the choice of anyone in the world, whom would you want as a dinner guest?

now, i assume, by the rules, that i can't say you, and that i'm not supposed to spend a lot of time thinking about it.  i can honestly say i've never thought about it.  if we are going living or dead maybe, oh crap, i don't think i can do this.  i want to say georgia o'keefe because i've always wanted to talk to her since i was a kid, i don't know why exactly.  i guess i think she had it all together in a way that i have always thought i would like to and i'd like to spend an evening with her.  this doesn't feel like a satisfactory answer to me, but that's the gut reaction.
2. Would you like to be famous? In what way?

i don't really care about being famous.  i did when i was a kid--  i would fantasize about my talk show tour.  i do enjoy having people recognize my greatness, sure, but on a small scale.  the idea of having people following me around and not being able to have privacy, having everything i say and do examined and given unrealistic importance makes me kinda sick.  so maybe.  but maybe not.  
3. Before making a telephone call, do you ever rehearse what you are going to say? Why?

if i am going to have an important interaction i do, sort of.  this is not just phone call this is anything where i have to perform/communicate.  but i feel it is very important to practice in a certain way.  you can't practice like it's lines in a play because you do not actually know what they will say and then you get off script.  i also believe it is super important to be in the moment so you can't plan what you are going to say.  but you can go over all the facts and information and thoughts and feelings so that when you're in the moment you have immediate access to whatever you need.  so it's more like preparation that rehearsal.
4. What would constitute a “perfect” day for you?

does anyone have an answer for this?  i could invent a "perfect" list of to do, but i can't believe that if it happened every day that it would stay enjoyable.  maybe i'm looking at it wrong.  elements of a perfect day.  coffee.  something which puts me in a state of flow.  something beautiful.  interaction with nature or art.  seeing and hearing you (i know that's against the rules).  really satisfying food.  learning something new or mental stimulation.  something delightfully surprising.  feeling satisfied with something i have done.  no one fucking with me.  close emotional exchange with someone.  idk if that's good.

most of the examples of perfect days i could list would be on the road.  but i don't know. i have a tendency to not set things up this way for myself because even though i would say i'm a perfectionist--  a whole day is a bit much.  so my created perfect day is just a collection of some of my favorite moments.
5. When did you last sing to yourself? To someone else?

a few hours ago.                            last night.
6. If you were able to live to the age of 90 and retain either the mind or body of a 30-year-old for the last 60 years of your life, which would you want?

i don't really understand the question.  if it's a choice of choosing mind or body then i pick mind.  but if it means to keep the same mind for sixty years then no.  i'm over fifty my mind is still capable of child-like states.  i would love to have a mind that was capable of learning and shifting--  supple and free.  i would love to have a body that was the same.  i'm not sure what configuration of their question would lead to that.  i might assume the young body old mind reached that state--  but i do not believe it is impossible to postulate otherwise.  so you see what i'm after, word it however gets to that in your mind.


i'm just doing six for now