1..2..3..the answers that be me

You know what makes a woman pissy? Posting the answers to the following question and when she goes to post, her journalling service goes down. Damnit!!!

Ali asks:
1. If you could change the people in this world what would be (one positive and one negetive) attribute you would change?
Tolerance and indifference. People tend to stay in their comfort zones especially when confronted with something new and different. You can't fault someone for being ignorant. It happens that people have never had the opportunity to learn about the new thing. But when a person refuses to try and acquire new information regarding different people, races, cultures, sexual preferences, gender, ages, etc....when they choose to remain indifferent to the opportunity to learn? Hate, bigotry, prejudice are born. You don't have to agree or subscribe to another's way of life but tolerance is key.

2. List the ideal mate for you? (with your senses: sight, smell, feel, sound)?
Well, I prefer that he is taller than I. I like an expressive face. Though I prefer dark hair and dark eyes, that's not the hard and fast rule. I truly can say that I am attracted to personality more than physical appearance. Ideally, he has to have an wickedly awesome sense of humor. Be calmer than me as to compliment my more active one. Intelligent, I prefer to have someone I can have a conversation with on anything that pops into my head or his. Creative in some way. Loves children and pets. Adventurous so that we're not sitting around watching the television constantly....blah. Compassionate. Well-spoken. Says 'I love you' and shows there are meaning behind the words without reservation. Has a sense of spirituality...doesn't mean he has to be a church-goer. He just has to have that spirit of something more within him. Good start?

3. Open toe sandles or closed, and why the choice?
Open toed sandals BECAUSE I prefer to be barefooted. The more freedom I can give my feet, the happier I am.

Lori's 3 Burning Questions:
1. What do you like most about people?
Our ability to be compassionate. There are definitely those people in the world that refuse to share that gift. We see it often. And on the flip side, we have the empathetic who don't go a day without feeling and helping their brethern. Compassion is a trait shared among the rich and poor alike, the educated elite and the mentally disabled, the sinner and the saint.

2. What connects you to your spirit or sense of spirituality?
It's just a feeling. I don't have a specific bauble like my rosaries, my mini Buddha, or the picture of Ganesha that reminds me that I'm spiritual or spirit filled. I feel connected by that invisible tether between me and God. I sense it when I look at nature in all her forms. And despite all the uncertainty and instability in my life, there is this calm within me like the stone pit of a peach. It's at my core and if I know it will be solid no matter what happens to the outside. I just know.

3. What's the funniest (and I do mean so good you pee yourself) joke that you know?
I laugh every time I tell this joke....well, actually story. I've posted it on Light and Darkness but had to shorten it because of the original posting on AOL with its character limitation. It's the Jesus at the Pearly Gates story. FUNNY!!! It's so funny. I tell it much better in person. Bit of the dramatics with it.

Lillie three:
1. If you could change one thing in your life what would that be.
In all honesty, I fear changing anything. I just know that several of the decisions and who I am led up to the people in my life especially Emmaline. BUT let's assume that noone would be absent in my life due to this change....I would change my mental illness. Bipolar has completely ruled my life. I've had great moments and horrific times. In general though, nothing I do is without influence of my mental illness. Everything from tying my shoes to saying 'I love you.' I don't exaggerate.

2. Who do you think is the most beautiful person you have ever seen?
Emmaline. If I have more children in the future, I would add them to the list. To see her interaction and discovery of the world and her own self, is an amazing thing. I've been part of her exploration of her life from the moment of her conception and it's truly a beautiful thing to see a person develop. I think the most beautiful person is the one you love the most and I've yet to find anyone I love more than Emmaline.

3. If you had the chance to go any place in the world where would that be?
I can only pick one?! I don't have an absolute preference to this question, because where I want to travel to are completely equal in my attention. I'd love to walk through the Valley of the Kings as much as travel to my birthplace in the Philippines. But if I were travelling around the world and had to start with one destination...I've always wanted to go to Italy. If you want specifics, then Venice. I want to experience this city before the waters erode its history and present.

Alicia's query:
1. Chocolate or vanilla?
Whenever I reach for a pudding or order a shake, it's vanilla. I'm by far a plain Jane but between the two...most definitely vanilla.

2. Who would you like to meet most?
You and Lillie got together on a couple of these, right? Eh, I've always wanted to meet the Pope. I don't want any Pope after or any before. It has to be the current man with the funny hat. But I also want to meet many of my online buds. I have yet to meet my Hristos in person. Ultimately...and this is going to be a hokey answer...I want to meet the woman I really am.

3. What one bit of advice would you give everyone you come across?
Every person you meet changes your life so use the encounter as an opportunity to improve yourself which in turn improves the world. Whether that person is distateful or the most saintly, how you respond to him or her is a reflection of your compassion and love for the world...and yourself. Don't waste the interaction.

And last but definitely not least, Carrie wonders:
If you had to give up food or sex, which would it be?
I've gone without sex. It's not pretty. And as long as I've got water....I should probably answer this question when I'm not so sexually frustrated.

If you could have one additional physical attribute, usually associated with another animal--ie. wings, fur, sharp teeth, claws, speed, four stomachs--what would it be, and why?
Ability to swim for long periods of time beneath the water whether from gills or uber-lungs. My first thought was wings to have that floating sensation in the air but when I was writing an analogy for why, I was comparing it to swimming weightlessly in the water. I want to survive in the water's deep.

If your house burned (and Emma was safely somewhere else), what one thing would you save?
My box of letters and journals. Actually my journals are in my bedside table but assuming I can grab my letters from love ones, which is housed in a large covered plastic tub in my room, I'd just throw the journals in it as well.

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Still looking forward to more questions.