I don't think I'm quick enough to be the second one to respond to http://www.funnytheworld.com/2006/Dec/29.htm but I'll do it all the same. These are rather interesting questions.
1. Do you think the world will be a better or a worse place 100 years from now?
Some things would be worse but some things may be better. So I guess that means things stay the same. I don't think human nature changes very much. We will still have natural disasters, disease and terrorism. There will be people who will still hate each other, but there will be people who will find love. The standard of living should get better with a higher per capita income new medication and better medical care. The only problem is how to get the resources to those who need it most.
2. Would you accept $1 million to leave the country and never set foot in it again?
Yes, please! I would leave it anyway and I could sure use the $1 million.
3. If you could wake up tomorrow having one ability or quality, what would it be?
Patience. I'm very short on that.
4. Would you be willing to murder an innocent person if it would end hunger in the world?
I don't think I could bring myself to do that.
5. If you could choose the manner of your death, what would it be?
Going gently in my sleep. Without knowing in advance I was going. I'd rather know when I get there. And I hope to live a life of no unfinished business. So that the people I love know they are loved, the people who matter know that they matter, and the people I don't like, heck, they probably already know.
6. How do you feel if people sing "Happy Birthday" to you in a restaurant?
I'd cringe with embarrassment. And that had better be a very good chocolate cake.
7. If you found a good friend has AIDS, would avoid him?
Absolutely not. Things like that make me very, very angry. The reason why I got involved with Action for Aids years ago was when their executive director, who was fast becoming a good friend, got a call from the CDC asking if he would sign out the body of a patient who had died from Aids. Even in death, this man's family did not want to have anything to do with him and a stranger had to do the last things for him. No one should walk a difficult path alone.
8. If you walked out of the house and found a bird with a broken wing lying in the bushes, what would you do?
I'd take it to my vet.
9. Would you be willing to spend a month of solitude in a beautiful natural setting? Food and shelter would be provided, but you would not see another person.
Yes. I would miss L and the furkids but I think I could also use a month of solitude. I might even look forward to it. I'm an only child, I'm used to being alone. Sometimes now, there are days I can't have even have a minute to myself, not even in the bathroom.
10. How do you picture your funeral? Is it important that people mourn your death?
It would be very small and I would want everyone to bring their dogs and there will probably be more dogs than people. I wouldn't want them to mourn. I'm not as flamboyant as Paddy who left instructions that people should dress glam but I wouldn't want them in sober black. I would be upset to think that they would be upset. My motto is: let the dead bury the dead, and let the living get on with living. It has gotten me into falling-outs before, when a friend and ex-colleague killed himself many years ago. Everyone was lamenting the waste -- RL actually wrote about it in his column and I couldn't let it sit, I had to write him and tell him to let the dead be. But I thought if this person felt so deeply that he needed to go, he might as well go and I hoped he found peace in going. As long as anyone thinks of me, I'm not really gone.
Your turn now.
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