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The Daily Diary: Question #36 or #37

If you could be anybody, who would you be? What does 'holds water' mean to you? Edited from Anya's Benign Beauty Diary on November 5 & 6, 2012. All graphics © B...

Question 35: What is the most important aspect of your life and why?

From November 4, 2012 (reworked): Well, on a social and cultural scale, the most important aspect of my life right now is the amount of money I owe my universit...

Question 34: Where would you travel, if you could go anywhere?

From November 3, 2012 (revised): There's limitless possibilities when one asks anywhere... but I suppose a prerequisite for this question is the ability to live...

Question 33: What do you think about quasi ghosts?

From November 2, 2012: How can an apparition can be considered "quasi"? Doesn't the concept and reality of a ghost indicate a quasi experience already? It could...

Question 32: What does "copy cat,” mean to you?

From November 1, 2012 (edited): I have never thought about it before, but the phrase seems to come from observing, or mimicking cat behavior. Particularly meowi...

Question 31: How do you feel about using humans in medical research?

From October 31, 2012: I feel the same way about humans as I feel for any living creature that would cause harm to another living creature for the sheer enjoyme...

Question 30: Explain why we say, "Dead as a door nail".

From October 30, 2012: I've never considered the idiom before. My guess is that they used to inform people of death warrants by tacking said warrant onto the fr...

Question 29: Why do you think ability to focus is an important quality?

From October 29, 2012 (edited): In our advanced, and perhaps peculiar world, focus is important because without it there would be no "work" done. Most blue and ...

Question 28: Why would we say that someone is "bananas"?

From October 28, 2012: That saying seems to have first pieced together in the Darwin era, when it was found that monkeys are our genetic cousins. When they foun...

Question 27: Why do you think wars exist in the world?

From October 27, 2012: Wars exist because people want. Remember how religious doctrines try to teach their followers about losing their connections with materia...

Question 26: Why is it important to be genuine?

From October 26, 2012 (edited): Being genuine... that is not important; that is mandatory. Of course, I can't think of anyone who doesn't have secrets they don'...

Question 25: What would I say to them if I could see them again?

From October 25, 2012: Who is them, and why should I be wondering if I could see them again? Bah. I don't know what exactly to write about on this one. There's ...

Question 24: Who is the one relative that I miss the most?

From October 24, 2012 (edited): This will depend on what exactly is "missing," and what exactly a "relative" is. I grew up with a family that didn't keep too cl...

Question 23: Did something happen to make me sad?

From October 23, 2012: Sadness is a subjective feeling that depends on how one looks at things. I'm not sad today. I'm not really ever sad, just looking at my p...

Question 22: What is one thing that I am grateful for today?

From October 22, 2012: I'm grateful for how I feel. I guess that's really mushy, though, so I guess I'm grateful for being me. I don't think there's anyone else...

Question 21: Did I do something today that I can be proud of?

From October 21, 2012: I won't be able to edit/update these posts for a little while. I'm a little under the weather as far as mental capability (ask around if ...

Question 20: What is one thing that happened today that I really want to remember 10 years from now?

From October 20, 2012: This is going to sound completely retarded, but I'm a little retarded so here goes. I'm going to remember seeing an old old friend. Not t...

Question 19: What did you eat as a child that you can’t stand now as an adult?

From October 19, 2012: I used to eat peanut butter. It was just a staple growing up because it was cheap and a good source of protein. I can't stand the stuff n...

Question 18: What is the longest you’ve had a “borrowed” item but not been able to return it because they moved?

From October 18, 2012: I like how it has borrowed in quotation marks because that's how I feel about most borrowed items. The idea of ownership is subjective an...

Question 17: What is the earliest photograph of yourself that you have that you remember when it was taken?

From October 17, 2012 (partly edited): I don't have a photograph of my young-young self that I remember being taken. Not a physical photo anyway. The earliest o...