Another One

1. What’s a question you’re afraid to ask? To whom?
Can we start over? Anonymous ex-Grotonian.
2. What’s something you hide about your personality?
How easily I start caring about people.
3. What’s something other people think about you that you don’t agree with?
People think I’m mean. Nope.
4. How do you deal with criticism?
Obsess over it internally. I used to like wearing blue eyeliner and someone told me I looked unnatural so I cried for three days and threw all of it out. Done experimenting with makeup.
5. What’s the sweetest thing anyone’s ever done for you?
Taken care of me when I was drunk and scared.
6. What’s the sweetest thing you’ve ever done for someone?
I’m not too sweet.
7. What’s something sweet you’d like someone to do for you?
I’m going to be a bit of an idiot now and just say it: I kind of want someone to bring me flowers. Even if bringing someone flowers is kind of silly because they just die…
8. Describe your favourite texture.
Cotton t-shirts.
9. Trigger warning: Which national or global tragedy were you closest to and how did it affect you?
9/11 I guess. I was young, but scared.
10. Post a photo/draw a picture/write a poem (pick one) of a moment of personal significance.

  One of the few photos we have all together. I love it.








11. Which fictional character would you most like to have lunch with and why?
Donna Noble because she is hilarious. Or Tyrion Lannister because he is a hilarious dwarf.
12. Who would you say is your “anti” role model? Someone who serves as a warning rather than an inspiration?
Lindsay Lohan.
13. What’s your least “politically correct” opinion?
Veganism is annoying.
14. What kind of underwear do you imagine Sherlock Holmes wears?
Boxer briefs – all the best men do.
15. What’s one of the most difficult things you’ve ever had to do?
Say good bye. I’m terrible at it and I avoid it at all costs.
16. If you were an element on the Periodic Table, which would you be and why?
Californium. Because I am obsessed with California.
17. What’s the most infuriating thing your parents (or caregiver) do?
When they ask me to repeat myself on the phone.
18. Which movie character do you most identify with and why?
Gretchen Wieners from Mean Girls because I can’t help it that I’m popular.
19. You’re an Action Movie Hero. What’s your weapon of choice and the line you scream when defeating your arch enemy?
My weapon is probably a machine gun and I’m screaming “FOR NARNIA” regardless of the situation.
20. What’s the silliest fan theory you’ve ever come up with?
That A was Spencer from Pretty Little Liars
21. What did you think about before you fell asleep last night?
I wonder who is going to win this hockey game.
22. What’s the oddest term of endearment you’ve ever used or that someone’s used for you?
Burrito.
23. What motivates you in life?
The possibility of being happy
24. What was something you used to enjoy, but was ruined for you? What’s the story behind that?
I used to love reading Artemis Fowl but my sister got way too into it when we were kids and I had enough of it and stopped reading them.
25. How do you think you will fare when the Zombie Apocalypse arrives?
I’ll survive because I’m bat-shit insane, smart and completely prepared to hide from zombies rather than fruitlessly trying to be "brave" and battle them.
26. Which mythological creature are you most like? Why? And if you could be any mythological creature, which would you want to be? Why?
I’m probably most like Winky the house-elf. I would want to be a thestral or a hobbit though. Being a thestral would be cool because only a few people would see you. Being a hobbit would also be awesome because of The Shire, contact with Gandalf, and Pippin.
27. Write a brief story about an actual adventure you’ve had.
Too lazy. One time I snuck into the woods at night with a couple friends. The night watchman caught us, while me and the girl I was with ran, the boy pretended to be a tree, blowing our cover. The End.
28. Describe one of the most awkward experiences of your life.
Me + booze + cellphone
29. What’s something that scares you about the future?
The idea that I might not reach my goals
30. List 5 quirky things about yourself.
I only eat bananas a certain way, I hate when people crack their knuckles, I have to change my pillow case every three days, I like making iMovie projects about my life and I am easily addicted to things.
31. Describe your dream library.
The library of Babel. Borges.
32. What’s the weirdest item you’ve ever mourned?
When my sister and I were younger we had this ugly bald baby doll named Hamlet. He was bald so we drew hair on him in black pen. My parents threw it out or gave it away or something and we never really figured out where it went and we were sad about it for ages.
33. If you could design an amusement park ride, what would it be like?
A giant roller coaster that literally scares you shitless. Messy, but hilarious.
34. Do you have any “rules” about food?
Yes. Bananas can’t be too big. Nothing sugary in the morning except honey but only if I’m having cheerios. If I have a big lunch I need to have a small dinner. Coffee with Breakfast and Lunch. Only eat off of small plates in the dining hall or bowls. Ice cream once a month, if at all. No fish. Nothing unidentifiable. Avoid mushrooms and asparagus. Orange Juice at breakfast. Water for lunch or dinner but if I need sugar, half Sprite half tonic water.
35. What’s your opinion on age differences in relationships?
Do what makes you happy and won’t put you in jail.
36. What’s something you want to do that you’d be embarrassed to tell other people about?
Learn how to skate / ski / surf. I’d only be embarrassed because I’m really clumsy and it would take a long freaking time to learn how to be any good.
37. Describe a time/event in your life that you’re nostalgic for.
That week before graduating from Groton. Perfection.
38. How do you approach social situations?
Cautiously or impulsively. No middle ground.
39. What is your ideal bed? Why?
Big with a boy I like in it. Because that’s what’s cozy.
40. Post a haiku based on your life.
Eriche is so weird
But I love her to death, truly
Because she is me