Wednesday Weirdness 2/25

Memes are a blogger's best friend. Google Reader recommended this one to me, and I said a gracious thanks. That Google Reader knows me so well!

1.) You're on a trip taking a tour through the jungle. You have a backpack with some food, some first aid supplies, a pocket knife, a flashlight and a couple bottles of water. Some how, you get separated from your group. By night fall you haven't found your group and haven't heard them looking for you. How long do you think you would be able to survive on your own?

I honestly don't know. It freaks me out to see those people on Survivor when they get sent to Exile Island alone (even with the camera people there), and that Survivorman dude is just plain nutso. I'm so used to noise that I think the quiet would be maddening. I'd probably end up singing and praying myself to sleep and my group would probably find me in the fetal position the next day. Oh, and using the flashlight would be out of the question. I've seen Blair Witch Project. Using flashlights in the pitch dark is scary.

2.) Do you think it's okay to lie to spare someone's feelings? Why?

Golly gee. I think it depends on the situation. Someone I know well like a spouse, child, parent, sibling? I think the truth would hurt but would need to be said. Someone I don't know that well? It *might* be necessary to lie to preserve the relationship because you don't know the person well enough to tell the truth. But again, it would depend on the situation. I can't issue a blanket policy for that (that sounds so political, eh?) I would like to think I could be honest no matter what, but it's hard to say.

3.) If a talking Beth doll were made, what are THREE phrases it would say?

"Turn off the lights!" "Who was the last one that played Wii/well you need to come clean up the Wiimotes!" (said together) and "Get in the car! We need to go!"

4.) If the super power to be able to read minds at your own will were possible, do you think it would be... cool and helpful, intrusive and wrong, manipulative or maddening? Explain why you would or wouldn't want to be able to read anyone's mind at your own will.

Oh, man! The possibilities! I could cure a lot of my paranoia if I had this power, but then again I don't think it would be something I'd enjoy having. I'd rather assume people think the best of me than know they don't. Ignorance (of others' opinions of you) truly can be bliss!

5.) Drunk confessions, are they the things people can't bring themselves to say sober or just crazy ramblings of an influenced and intoxicated mind?

I think we lose inhibitions when we drink too much, which is why I haven't ever gotten drunk. Sure, I think we can say things that we truly think when the filter is removed by alcohol.

6.) What brings out the worst in you?

Stupidity, foolishness, racism and intentional cruelty.

7.) Do you think long distance relationships work? Have you ever been in one before?

I think they can work for short periods of time. I had a long distance relationship with my husband when we were dating and engaged, but we saw each other somewhat frequently. We both knew that there was an end to our separation in sight, so it was easier to be apart. I couldn't handle a long-term long distance relationship if I didn't know when I would be with the person again. I don't know how military spouses do it.