5 Questions

[GoddessOfGuinness]

1) Where would you be right now, at this very moment, if you could be anywhere in the Universe?

2) What's the most primal experience you've ever had?

3) Which animal would you like to have dinner and enlightening conversation with?

4) When did you first realize you were a liberal?

5) What do you believe happens to us after death?


My answers:
1) New Jersey's Pine Barrens

2) Sloshing through swampland inside the Washington Beltway

3) Sea turtle

4) Age 19

5) I suspect we're reincarnated until we get it right.

[huskerlaw]

1. 5 Answers

1) Where would you be right now, at this very moment, if you could be anywhere in the Universe? Europe. More specifically Belgium, helping out a friend who just had a really shitty day.

2) What's the most primal experience you've ever had? Swimming with dolphins.

3) Which animal would you like to have dinner and enlightening conversation with? Bush's dog. I'm thinking he could give me some great impeachment material.

4) When did you first realize you were a liberal? 1988, I was 10.

5) What do you believe happens to us after death? I'm not sure, but I like the idea of reincarnation.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

5. Hope your friend has a better day...

Please send hugs...:hug::hug::hug:

[huskerlaw]

31. Thank you

I'll pass those along.

:)

[Nutmegger]

2. Answers

1 - Visit another galaxy
2 - When someone was picking on me at school; the rage I felt was unlike anything I've experienced. Luckily, I didn't act on that.
3 - Shark
4 - 17
5 - Nothing. We just die.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

7. You'd dine with a shark?

Hopefully a well-fed one... ;-)

[Nutmegger]

16. Oh definitely well-fed

and tame!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

27. LOL

How does one defiantly well-feed a creature? :D

[Nutmegger]

33. Too funny!!!

Thanks, it was suppose to be definitely well fed. :rofl:

Defiantly well-fed, hmmmmm, I'm not sure. :rofl:

[Deja Q]

3. 5 Answers

1) Where would you be right now, at this very moment, if you could be anywhere in the Universe?

In bed doing something naughty with a small group of people...


2) What's the most primal experience you've ever had?

Only in my dreams. See #1 for more information.

3) Which animal would you like to have dinner and enlightening conversation with?

Grace Jones. I've gathered she's a tiger in bed.

4) When did you first realize you were a liberal?

Dunno.

5) What do you believe happens to us after death?

I'll let you know.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

10. Something naughty? You?

I can't imagine... :evilgrin:

[Ohio Joe]

4. Here are my answers

1) Where would you be right now, at this very moment, if you could be anywhere in the Universe?

Natick MA, firing up the bbq with my friends.

2) What's the most primal experience you've ever had?

The first time I ever did 'IT'

3) Which animal would you like to have dinner and enlightening conversation with?

A Penguin

4) When did you first realize you were a liberal?

Early 80's when Reagan was in office. I realized I better start paying attention and do what I could to get better people into office.

5) What do you believe happens to us after death?

Nothing

[Deja Q]

8. I had no idea that 'IT' was so primal...

Have you chosen interior decoration or bookkeeping instead? :rofl:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

11. LOL hypno...

:thumbsup:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

12. The Reaganites did it for me too...

Especially living in downtown Baltimore and watching the homeless population grow and grow.

[Ohio Joe]

15. Exactly

I was living in Rockland County NY, just a few miles from where I grew up, and we had never had any homeless until then. There was a whole shanty town of them just outside my apartment complex, it was the saddest thing.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

30. I've been seeing more homeless around here lately, too...

I'm in a MD suburb of DC. I've seen several guys with grocery carts full of stuff. Last March I found what appeared to be a camp used by someone in warmer weather. Nobody seems to give a flying crap about them these days. :(

[Texasgal]

6. Answers:

) Where would you be right now, at this very moment, if you could be anywhere in the Universe?
On a ski lift in Breckenridge, Co. getting ready to breeze down a blue run!

2) What's the most primal experience you've ever had?
Snorkeling in Panama.

3) Which animal would you like to have dinner and enlightening conversation with?
A grizzly bear, they are such awesome animals.

4) When did you first realize you were a liberal?
I was 12 and in the 8th grade, I refused to put my hand over my heart for the pledge. At the time I had just learned about the POW/MIA groups.

5) What do you believe happens to us after death?
I think we come back, and we haunt the people who fucked us over! :)

[GoddessOfGuinness]

13. What's a blue run?

I've been skiing only once...

[Texasgal]

42. It's an advanced ski run...

Although not expert! :P

[WritingIsMyReligion]

9. 5 Questions, so 5 Answers:

1)Falling asleep on a Maine beach....any Maine beach...

2)Sloshing through the marsh and getting mud up to my knees while being savaged by Maine mosquitoes, the worst little buggers on the East Coast... (did this 4 mortal times.... :grr:)

3)My African Grey Parrot

4)Few years back....Always knew I was a progressive, but the "Wow; I'm really fucking progressive!" revelation came at age 13 or so.

5)We get shipped off to some other plane of existence, or we become dissolved into the great spiritual force over the universe....I can't decide.... ;)

[GoddessOfGuinness]

19. I took a nap on a rock on Frenchman's Bay once...

I opened my eyes briefly to see an otter watching me from about 5 or 6 feet away. I closed my eyes, then opened them again, and he was gone.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

22. Tres adorable.

;)

[SOteric]

14. Answers

1)

2)

3)

4)

5)

[GoddessOfGuinness]

21. #2 intrigues me...

Did you meet a gargoyle?

#1 looks like the Tongass or someplace in the PNW...Love it!

[SOteric]

23. #2

Is a sculpture entitled "Grief."

#1 is the Rain Forest of the Hoh River in Washington State.

[DS1]

79. Damn, I thought you were gonna say my house

and :hug: re:#2

[GoddessOfGuinness]

82. Grief...

This one is near my father's grave:


:hug: Hugs can be primal, too... :hug:

[YellowRubberDuckie]

93. THAT is just CREEPY!!!

I'd never want to be there at night...**SHIVER**
Duckie

[DS1]

96. I thought it was rather moving

Someone defintely missed the person at that site

[YellowRubberDuckie]

99. It looks like someone really didn't like the person there...

and wanted to scare the shit out of the kids that visited.
Duckie

[GoddessOfGuinness]

111. It has an interesting history...

Here's a website that tells a little about it:
http://www.sgnhs.org/Augustus%20SGaudens%20CD-HTML/Monuments/Funerary/AdamsMemorial.htm

It was commissioned by a grandson of John Quincy Adams after his wife committed suicide.

It is pretty Gothic; but I think it's quite beautiful...

[SOteric]

98. They sure can...

and quite touching, too.

:hug:


:hug:

[aclog]

17. my answers are going to be kinda heavy, ignore/mock as you will

1) Where would you be right now, at this very moment, if you could be anywhere in the Universe?

Right here. There's a time and place for everything

2) What's the most primal experience you've ever had?

I'm thinking of two. First was when some bitch stole my last $80 and I had to get 300 miles down the road. There's absolution in destitution sometimes.

Second is more personal but losing my virginity to a girl I'd never met before. She told me her name but I forgot it. Only time I hated being a man in entire life.

3) Which animal would you like to have dinner and enlightening conversation with?
Sorry I'm not in the mood to cook up some clever BS response and there's nothing visceral I can do with this question...

4) When did you first realize you were a liberal?
When I realized that all the judgementalism my dad imposed on things he didn't know about or understand was the single most delimiting thing in the entire world. Why begrudge someone else something they enjoy just because I don't?

Its still fun to rant about things I hate though :)

5) What do you believe happens to us after death?
I dunno, I don't wanna think about it I guess.

[ghostsofgiants]

18. Hmmm...

1) Where would you be right now, at this very moment, if you could be anywhere in the Universe?
Sweden or Japan, maybe? I dunno.

2) What's the most primal experience you've ever had?
Can't think of any.

3) Which animal would you like to have dinner and enlightening conversation with?
Tarsier.

4) When did you first realize you were a liberal?
Even though I don't identify as a liberal, (I'm a socialist), I realized my politics leaned to the left when I was maybe 13 or 14.

5) What do you believe happens to us after death?
Depends. If you're as awesome as me, people parade your rotting corpse through the street in celebration of your pure awesomeness.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

24. So perhaps you are your own

most primal experience, hmm? :beer:

[ghostsofgiants]

38. Haha.

Well look who thinks she's Clever Dan. :P

[vikegirl]

20. replies....

1) An all-you-can-eat Italian restaurant (I'm hungry at the moment, per usual.)

2) Swimming in Leech Lake in Minnesota (they don't call in Leech Lake for nothin')

3) Can I choose an extinct animal? Definitely a triceratops.

Otherwise, any big exotic cat (lion, tiger, panther).

4) Second grade when I did a biography on Walter Mondale. My Repug parents went nuts that I chose him!

5) You're either a rotting corpse or a heap of dust.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

26. Triceratops would be cool!

Are your folks still repugs?

[vikegirl]

36. Nope!

Chimpy converted them - the opposite way! :bounce:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

37. Thank goodness!

Glad to hear it! Cheers to them :toast:

[EstimatedProphet]

25. You asked for it

1) Where would you be right now, at this very moment, if you could be anywhere in the Universe?
Amsterdam. This isn't as glib as it sounds. Amsterdam is one of the most relaxing and laid-back cities on the planet.

2) What's the most primal experience you've ever had?
This is tough, because I've had several. so here's three:
a) Being in a cave, and learning what darkness really means when the lights are shut off;
b) Getting stuck chest-deep in quicksand in the Paria river while hiking;
c) Going deer hunting, getting a deer, and chasing it down just to arrive as it gave out its last breath. (Sorry if you find that offensive-I got the deer for meat instead of sport, and I took away a new meaning of my realtionship with the earth when I saw that.)

3) Which animal would you like to have dinner and enlightening conversation with?
King salmon. Their whole lives are lived just for that brief moment when they mate.

4) When did you first realize you were a liberal?
When my redneck 4th grade class was all supporting Nixon.

5) What do you believe happens to us after death?
I think our energy goes to become one with the universe, in accordance with the Second Law of Thermodynamics.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

35. Quicksand!

That's gotta be a scary experience! Were you alone on your hike?

[EstimatedProphet]

41. Yeah, I was

And it was a royal pain in the a$$ to get out too! Took a good hour and a half of working my legs around.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

58. So moving didn't get you deeper in the muck?

[EstimatedProphet]

102. Not after I was that deep, no.

I was floating. Unfortuantely it took a lot of work to get my legs free-I've had too many injuries, and my knees don't work very well. But I was after a while able to work them to the surface and roll out.

The river was full of snowmelt. It was f*cking COLD! Froze my butt thoroughly!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

112. I'm glad you made it out to tell us about it!

:beer: Here's to you!

[djeseru]

28. So, what did my score add up to?

1) I'd tell you but I would just start laughing like a 12-year-old. Again.

2) Hiking up the side of a small mountain, by myself. During June. Without water.

3) A raccoon, I suppose. I hear they're not picky.

4) August 2003. I had latent tendencies but never acted on them.

5) I'm hoping reunions and relaxation. I'm getting pretty sick of this ride...

[GoddessOfGuinness]

39. Hiking without water=

Not a good idea...
Glad you made it back!

You get a -12. Remember...Lowest score wins!

[djeseru]

50. Funny thing is...

...I didn't realize what a dumb thing that was until a couple years ago, and I did that hike in 1993. I still can't quite explain the perfect synchronicity of that day and how I ended up hiking that spot. Primal, every minute of it.

Yay, it's my personal best score yet!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

57. What part of the world

was the mountain in?

Mr GoG once told me about climbing a butte in Grand Canyon in his youth; and thinking a canteen-full would be enough...
He said it was scary realizing he'd have to be very careful about how much he consumed.

[djeseru]

91. The southern side of Arizona,

just outside Sierra Vista. Luckily a mild day!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

113. Cheers to you!

:toast:

[ForrestGump]

29. Hmmm...

1) Better not say. I'll get the thread locked.

2) Better not say. I'll get the thread locked.

3) Non-human? A snow leopard, maybe.

4) As soon as I realized anything...steeped in the socially progressive principles of one of the most progressive places on the planet.

5) Not sure. I'm willing to believe any number of possibilities. Not in a hurry to find out.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

44. "one of the most progressive places on the planet."

And where might that be, please?
:beer:

[ForrestGump]

48. I'll whisper it

in your ear...

[Left Is Write]

56. GoG's ear is one of the most progessive places on earth?

:D

[ForrestGump]

60. I'm certainly enjoying it

:evilgrin:


Hi!

:hug:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

66. Must be from listening to all that liberal radio...

:rofl:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

61. I'm all aflutter...

[Corgigal]

32. my answers

1) Where would you be right now, at this very moment, if you could be anywhere in the Universe?

NYC-Manhattan.

2) What's the most primal experience you've ever had?

Went to Mexico and we had a lady in our group take pictures on her Polaroid camera. All these children climbed out of the tree to watch the picture appear. These kids never seen anything like that before. This was in the 90's.

3) Which animal would you like to have dinner and enlightening conversation with?

Wolf. What went wrong between us?


4) When did you first realize you were a liberal?

The day I watched the morning news and cried over RFK's assassination. I think I was in 6th grade.


5) What do you believe happens to us after death?

We become part of the earth and if lucky feed a plant.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

47. If anything's found of my remains

after consumption by grizzlies or polar bears, I want them turned into mulch. :D

What went wrong between man and wolf? I think it was arrogance. Certainly it's no fault of the wolf.

[Left Is Write]

34. Answers...

1) Where would you be right now, at this very moment, if you could be anywhere in the Universe? A vacation home on South Padre Island.

2) What's the most primal experience you've ever had? Giving birth.

3) Which animal would you like to have dinner and enlightening conversation with? A dolphin.

4) When did you first realize you were a liberal? Probably as soon as I was old enough to understand what liberal meant.

5) What do you believe happens to us after death? I don't know, but I think the soul goes on.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

53. Doesn't get much more primal

than giving birth...:toast:

[Shine]

40. Good questions and I like your answers, too. Here are my answers:

1) Where would you be right now, at this very moment, if you could be anywhere in the Universe?
Right here, right now.

2) What's the most primal experience you've ever had?
Giving birth....twice.

3) Which animal would you like to have dinner and enlightening conversation with?
Either one of our two household cats.

4) When did you first realize you were a liberal?
probably around 15 yrs old.

5) What do you believe happens to us after death?
The illusion of separation disappears and we return to God, like a drop of rain flowing to the Ocean....

:hi:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

62. I converse with my cats all the time

They're pretty profound. :D

[Shine]

67. Yeah, but do you have DINNER with them?

:D

[GoddessOfGuinness]

72. Well I've never been interested in the stuff in their bowls,

but I do occasionally share my ramen noodles with them. It's funny watching cats slurp.

[rbnyc]

177. I LOVE your answer to 5.

I am of no particular faith or religion, but I love the garden of eden story. This is how I see it:

We were all one with god in the garden. The bite of the apple introduces knowledge of good and evil...I see this as the introduction of language. Things have to have opposites in order to have definition. But understanding things in terms of opposites in order to achieve language-consciousness separates us from god or god-consciousness.

But all of this is essentially an illusion. A trick of the mind in order for us to talk to ourselves and each other.

[swag]

43. Hi, GoddessOfGuiness.

1) Where would you be right now, at this very moment, if you could be anywhere in the Universe?

Madrid, at Taberna de Conspiradores.

2) What's the most primal experience you've ever had?

Engaging in the primal scene.

3) Which animal would you like to have dinner and enlightening conversation with?

A Springer Spaniel. We would talk about why all the butt wiggling.

4) When did you first realize you were a liberal?

Watching the Senate Watergate Hearings.

5) What do you believe happens to us after death?

Some of us decay, some of us are burned, others are frozen. I'm sure there are other possibilities, like being frozen in a glacier or shot into space.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

65. Butt wiggling occurs

with humans too. The Springer will doubtless want to know if you're offended by their attempt to communicate with us as we communicate with each other.

[swag]

108. That will be a good lesson for me then.

[Initech]

45. My answers:

1. Aboard a flight to Europe

2. Camping out with some buddies in the woods near the Mexican border

3. Huh?

4. Shortly before graduating high school in '98

5. I think that St. Peter is going to ask us if we like good tunes or not.

[aclog]

49. fuck I only like shitty music

am I screwed?

[Initech]

68. Hard to say.

[SofaKingLiberal]

46. Answers

1. Hugh Heffner's Mansion.

2. Getting lost in the woods for a day when I was about 8.

3. A lion.

4. I have had liberal views for as long as I can remember.

5.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

69. Hugh Heffner's mansion?

Really?

[SofaKingLiberal]

88. .

:bounce: :bounce:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

94. That would be so strange, I think...

An old prune with a bunch of Barbie dolls...

This would be as entertaining to watch:

[Catfight]

good questions:

1) anywhere away from 'Jesus,' and his freaky followers. Probably Tibet.

2) Passing out at the site of stitches in my wrist from a gangling cyst.

3)dolphin

4) When I started to get educated in college.

5) worm food

[Catfight]

51. good questions:

1) anywhere away from 'Jesus,' and his freaky followers. Probably Tibet.

2) Passing out at the site of stitches in my wrist from a gangling cyst.

3)dolphin

4) When I started to get educated in college.

5) worm food

[GoddessOfGuinness]

70. I'd like to visit Tibet tomorrow.

:D

[bridgit]

52. hm, let's see, well i guess: 1. = barcelona...

2. being caught all night in a white out snow dump, having to sleep in the car after the pass closed, freezing my ass off in a little way station with no one for miles around not even snow plows, but then watching the 1st & only other life forms; a cawing murder of crows; come flying down through the white-white of the heavy, iced & snow laden trees with their black flighted feathers a grand contrast in the morning sunlight...very somehow impressive in spite of it all :thumbsup:

3. i'm going with "sea turtle" too :hi:

4. 8

5. our deeds are weighed against our transgressions, if it is not already clear; we are shown just where it is we were found lacking, we learn...and proceed

[GoddessOfGuinness]

73. That's a heavy-duty primal experience!

Did you have an emergency blanket? Do those things work anyway?

[bridgit]

97. nope, we had parkas, and hubby had to take the turbo-torch he...

used for plumbing and stayed up all night long heating the cab every 35min or so (his boots are still burnt on the toes cause he kept getting out trying to figure why all the vacuum left the carburetor (it was a cracked line he later found out when the sun came up))...it was wild to say the least, but we got out every once in a while and watched one of the largest moons we'd ever seen, with an ice rainbow circling round it; shine across a mind boggling valley filled with ice & utter silence, it was a trip

:hi:

[x-g.o.p.er]

54. My way cool answers

1. On the set of a lesbian porn movie.
2. Combat. Nothing more primal than that.
3. A dolphin.
4. I'm more libertarian than liberal. But I still like you guys.
5. Heaven if you're good, Hell if you're bad. I suppose wishing for 1 and my actions in 2 doom me to Hell, but I hope not.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

75. We like you too...

:toast:

[x-g.o.p.er]

Thanks!!

:toast:

:hug:

[GOPisEvil]

55. Five answers.

1) Where would you be right now, at this very moment, if you could be anywhere in the Universe?
I kinda like where I am, really. Good things are happening! But I wouldn't mind a month just cruising Europe.
2) What's the most primal experience you've ever had?
I spent two weeks hiking in the mountains of New Mexico. I had maybe 3 showers. Very mountain man-ish.
3) Which animal would you like to have dinner and enlightening conversation with?
Bald eagle
4) When did you first realize you were a liberal?
I was raised by liberals, but I found out on my own in college. I actually studies conservative policies and found them severely lacking.
5) What do you believe happens to us after death?
Worm food

Edit - spelling!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

77. I'm glad good things are happening!

I hope worm food is a long way off... :toast:

[GOPisEvil]

80. I have to say I have had a FANTASTIC few days.

I hope worm food is a long, LONG way away, too! :toast:

[trof]

59. 1. Here. 2. Peat bog in Ireland. 3. A German Shepherd.

4. Teens?
5. We cease to exist.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

78. How are things going with your house?

Did your insurance company ever give you enough to make repairs?

[trof]

139. They actually paid off twice.

The first adjuster's estimate for screened porch reconstruction turned out to be way below the actual cost. They sent a second adjuster out and we got more money.

The biggest expense we had/have, which isn't covered by any kind of insurance, was for the trees blown over. The upended rootballs left huge holes which now must be filled and completely resodded/landscaped.
Thanks for asking.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

147. I've got plenty of trees you can have...

We've got too many now...some are growing too closely to each other or to the house. I've got a nice magnolia sapling growing in the garden that would love your neck of the woods!

[NYdemocrat089]

63. My Answers:

1) Where would you be right now, at this very moment, if you could be anywhere in the Universe?
Back in Spain on the beach with no worries.

2) What's the most primal experience you've ever had?
Snorkeling in the Mediterranean. It's so peaceful underwater.

3) Which animal would you like to have dinner and enlightening conversation with?
My cat.

4) When did you first realize you were a liberal?
Right after 9/11. I was 11 and I hadn't really bothered to pay attention to politics. I thought everyone loved America, and everything we did was right. I soon started watching the news and paying more attention to my parents.

5) What do you believe happens to us after death?
I believe we go to heaven or hell.

Edit...I forgot #2. :P

[GoddessOfGuinness]

81. I think you started younger than most...

I remember parroting things my parents said without really being aware of what was going on when I was a kid during the late 60s and early 70s. I was conscious of the events that were taking place; but it took a long time for me to understand them, and to know how I felt about them.

Like Pearl Harbor, 9/11 made most kids ponder politics out of necessity rather than genuine interest. I suspect we're going to see some brilliant politicians come out of this group of young people in the next 5-15 years. I just hope there's still a USA around then...

Thanks for your answers!

[distantearlywarning]

64. 5 more answers:

1) Where would you be right now, at this very moment, if you could be anywhere in the Universe?

Sitting in front of a Las Vegas slot machine, plunking quarters in and drinking a cocktail and not worrying about anything in the world.

2) What's the most primal experience you've ever had?

When I was 16, I was assaulted by a stranger on a dark street. I avoided being raped because I fought back and punched him in the face so hard I knocked him down. After I knocked him down, I ran away and he didn't follow me. The primal part was that I was afraid of him right up until he grabbed me, and then I was just...overtaken...by this incredible fury. I have never been so angry or so willing to fight/kill in my life, before or since. And I was incredibly strong when this happened - the guy was quite a bit larger than I, at least 50 lbs, and I knocked him right on his ass with little effort. And the weirdest part was that it was almost like it wasn't me doing it, like I was possessed or something, and I didn't remember all of it afterwards, just bits and pieces. I actually kind of scared myself (and I bet I scared him too!)

3) Which animal would you like to have dinner and enlightening conversation with?

My cat. I would like to discuss a variety of issues, including why she hates the other cat so much and whether we could possibly work out a compromise about the crapping on the floor in front of the litterbox thing.

4) When did you first realize you were a liberal?

I'm not sure I am a liberal, but I knew I was not going to be someone who followed other people's rules at about age 1, give or take a few months, when I uttered my first word: "NO!", when my mother told me to stop doing something. I've been constantly questioning authority ever since.

5) What do you believe happens to us after death?

I think we go to an afterlife and meet a deity. What I HOPE happens at that point is that said deity gives us a manual in which all of the great secrets of the universe and life on Earth are revealed in their entirety. I will be very disappointed if I have to go through eternal life never knowing if aliens really visited earth or if time travel is possible.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

83. Wow!

That's quite a primal moment! I hope his ass still hurts. :hug:

[distantearlywarning]

107. Me too!

Woe to any potential rapist that messes with me! :D

[Oeditpus Rex]

71. 1. Back in my old house in Salinas

I loved that house, and I was much happier then.

2. My birth, I guess. I can't think of anything I've done that I'd consider primal.

3. A whale. I think humans could learn much from them.

4. Full-on, during the Reagan Administration. But I had liberal views long before I understood or even heard the word.

5. Our souls enter the bodies of newborns.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

84. You can't move someplace where you'll be happier?

Seems like life is too short to be unhappy with your surroundings. :hug::beer::hug:

[Oeditpus Rex]

92. I could move back to Salinas

But the prospect of moving again... :scared:

[ismnotwasm]

74. Interesting questions

Let's see
1) A different planet. Human friendly atmosphere of course.

2) Being a street kid with nothing,- nothing to lose and no respect for anything or anybody.

3)An elephant

4)When I was a little girl, I think. I didn't know the name for it- but I hated-- HATED the Vietnam war. We did little girl protests in the school yard. (Also had a protest day because we had to wear skirts. I hid a pair of pants from my parents and brought them to school) Far out of proportion for someone in grade school. I never thought any other way than in what would be considered liberal. I believe part of it is called natural altruism, since I didn't get it from my parents.

5) I plan on being fertilizer. We'll see if physics develops any other answer.
I like the reincarnation idea, but my mind doesn't do well with those type of concepts.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

86. I remember pants protests...

When I was in jr. high, they finally conceded that girls could wear "nice pants suits" from November to May. :eyes:

When you say you were a "street kid", do you mean you were homeless? How old were you?

[ismnotwasm]

180. Oh sorry, I always post and run away to work....

Started at 14, and was a chronic runaway until 17.(When I got pregnant with my oldest daughter) Lived on the streets for over a year. I was homeless sometimes. Long story. Changed my perspective to say the least. This was in the 70's, my friends were mostly male prostitutes and they are nearly all dead from AIDS now. I never did internalize the horror of that until recently. Most of the street kids I hung out with are also dead or living very, very sad lives--The ones I know about anyway. Missed being in that movie about Seattle street kids-- what was it.."Steet Smart?" don't remember.-- by a year or so.

HAVING to wear dresses or skirts to school sucked.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

182. I do that a lot, too...

Your story sounds like good book material. Ever think about writing your story?

[buddhamama]

76. great questions

here are five answers

1)Where would you be right now, at this very moment, if you could be anywhere in the Universe?

Hanging out with my son Dylan and, my friend Steve. The where doesn't matter.

2)What's the most primal experience you've ever had?

Camping in the Rockies

3)Which animal would you like to have dinner and enlightening conversation with?

Not an animal but, i'd have to with butterfly.

4)When did you first realize you were a liberal?

The word liberal entered my consciousness at approximately the age of seven.

5)What do you believe happens to us after death?

I have the same belief as you, we are reborn until we reach a state of pure consciousness/nirvana.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

89. A butterfly...

How charming that would be! Pass the nectar, please... :D

[LeftyMom]

85. .

1) Where would you be right now, at this very moment, if you could be anywhere in the Universe?

Where leads to with whom and doing what, which leads to the lounge mods hitting me with a lead pipe. Those who know me can guess. :)

2) What's the most primal experience you've ever had?

Childbirth.

3) Which animal would you like to have dinner and enlightening conversation with? Probably a seal. I've always had a fondness for them. They live interestingly balanced lives, being both formidable predators and prey for sharks and whales, living in the sea and on the shore. They're graceful at times and very ackward at others, but always perfectly at home in thier own skins. There's an intelligence there, even if it's not like our own.

4) When did you first realize you were a liberal?

Gradually, but before I was old enough to vote (which is the important thing, right?)

5) What do you believe happens to us after death?

We cool off to the ambient temperature and if other humans are around some sort of funerary process occurs before the decomposition is too pronounced.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

114. Seals are cool...

Wish to god people would quit clubbing them... :-(

[LeftyMom]

116. Don't even get me started on that one.

I had one pop up out of the water maybe ten feet away and exchange this really long look with me when I was playing in the waater one day when I was in Santa Cruz. It was the most amazing thing ever, I can't even really describe it.

Something has to be really fucking broken inside a person to be able to look in those liquid brown eyes and then raise a club or a gun.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

87. I'll play along...

1) Where would you be right now, at this very moment, if you could be anywhere in the Universe? As long as I'm with my Skippy, I could be anywhere and be extremely happy.

2) What's the most primal experience you've ever had? I guess primitive camping...300 feet from a bathroom and running water...

3) Which animal would you like to have dinner and enlightening conversation with? A dog. I'm sure dogs have a lot to say...they just can't speak.

4) When did you first realize you were a liberal? I really don't remember...

5) What do you believe happens to us after death? Purgatory.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

115. 300 feet from the bathroom is primitive?

Sheesh...I've got to get with it! :rofl:

[YellowRubberDuckie]

173. You have no idea...

You should see us camp. We don't leave without an air mattress, and most of the time we don't primitive camp...we get a preferred site with electricity and water on site. I'm a wimp. We don't ever get more than 300 feet from the bathroom either.
Duckie

[GoddessOfGuinness]

184. We have very thin foam/air mattresses for back country...

Very comfy!

And of course, we're very close to the bathrooms, too...They just don't have doors. ;-)

[wovenpaint]

90. Ok, I'm intrigued

1) I'd love to find the parallel planet that mirrors ours, except it took the high road in 2000, and we're enjoying tremendous peace and prosperity there right now.

2) Giving birth to a 10 pound baby...naturally.

3) An elephant

4) When I was 3

5) I believe we go on to learn more lessons...maybe even return here

[GoddessOfGuinness]

117. Have you ever read any of Cynthia Moss' books?

I really enjoyed Elephant Memories...

[wovenpaint]

175. next day-back again

I haven't ...but I'll check them out. I just watched a show on elephants and their mahoots (sp?) that was narrated by Meg Ryan on PBS (I think it's an older one). They are soooooooo amazing. Have you heard of the elephants that paint? yes, I think we'd have a good conversation....thanks for tip on books

[fight4my3sons]

95. Ok..

1. Everest base camp - always wanted to trek there. Or Kathmandu.

2. The 17 hours of labor that I went through with my first son. I would have said childbirth, but I had emergency c-sections with the delivery of both my first son and the twins.

3. A horse - my favorite animal since I was a child.

4. I have been a liberal ever since I can remember.

5. I don't know and I'm scared to think about it. It causes me great anxiety at times.

[mvd]

104. Don't be scared

If it does end, you won't be around to think about it. But I strongly think there must be something more.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

118. It's not worth anxiety...

My grandmother was terrified of death, and I'm convinced that her fear seriously eroded her quality of life. :hug:

[mvd]

100. My answers

1. The U.S. - I want to see Bush go down from here. But if they're allowed to go towards complete totalitarianism, my first thought goes to me, family, and friends.

2. Probably camping

3. Dog

4. As soon as I understood politics - which was about 1988

5. An afterlife, but I'm not sure what kind. Could be a form of heaven, or just becoming one with God. Unlike most Christians, I don't think reincarnation can be ruled out, since lives are cut short.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

119. A form of Heaven?

Like this?

[Dervill Crow]

101. Five answers

1) Where would you be right now, at this very moment, if you could be anywhere in the Universe? Somewhere in the British Isles sightseeing ancient castles and standing stones.

2) What's the most primal experience you've ever had? I completely lost control and punched my dad, giving him a black eye, when I was 13 and during an argument he said, "You need a paddling." He was drunk and I was pissed. I have never been that mad before or since, and I literally "saw red."

3) Which animal would you like to have dinner and enlightening conversation with? My dog, because she's my best friend, although I would really like to talk to one of the red-winged blackbirds that live in the wetlands behind my work to find out how they seem to get along so well together. They fly all over the place in formation when the leader tweets. It's flawless communication. Man, if the democrats could get their act together like that, who knows what we could accomplish?!

4) When did you first realize you were a liberal? 1968.

5) What do you believe happens to us after death? I believe we are reincarnated until we get it right.

[electron_blue]

105. beach, mtns, jimmy carter, cats & higher planes of existence....

1) Where would you be right now, at this very moment, if you could be anywhere in the Universe?
Two choices: with my daughter on the beach just laughing & having a blast
or... back in Flagstaff. God,I miss that place.

2) What's the most primal experience you've ever had?
Another vote for swimming with dolphins! Followed by standing on top of a pitch black mountaintop at 14,000 feet, above the clouds with NO LIGHT around and realize that if I looked slightly down, I saw stars. It was so dark I couldn't see anything. Very unnerving, but also primal, the reason why I went into astronomy in the first place.

3) Which animal would you like to have dinner and enlightening conversation with?
My cats. I'd like to have a chance to explain all my weird behavior! Also, a peregrine falcon named Mae, what a great bird she was!

4) When did you first realize you were a liberal?
in 8th grade after Jimmy Carter won the Presidency. I had "voted" in my 8th grade class for Ford, because my dad did. Right after we held our school vote, our social studies teacher had us do a week long series of exercises where we had to prioritize life values - everything from did we prefer a cadillac or a VW Bug, to if we had $2000 to spend at an auction, which values would we buy (I planned to spend the whole $2000 on wisdom!), to building a town and choosing what to spend the money on. These all made me realize that I disagreed with my father on virtually every "value" and I never looked back at the Republican party. (btw my dad has long since split with the Rep. party, too!)

5) What do you believe happens to us after death?
I think we float around the universe "somehow" and move on to another plane of existence, as uncomprehensible as the one we left right before we were born (did that make sense?).

[GoddessOfGuinness]

124. Makes as much sense as anything else...

If we move to another plane of existence, it'd undoubtedly not make sense anyway. :D

So have you been to Mauna Kea? I'd love to visit the observatory there!

[electron_blue]

146. Yes, I've been there - what a fabulous place.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

120. I've never seen them in formation...

We have one who likes to visit our feeder. There are a couple of drainage ponds nearby, so they usually hang out there. I'll have to spend some time observing next time I see a group of them....

[Dervill Crow]

143. These are babies whose parents built nests in the reeds in a drainage pond

When they were nesting, the daddy birds would dive bomb people who ventured too close. I would eat lunch outside and talk to the guard bird, who would fly back and forth between two trees, tweet or whistle (hard sound to describe!) but not attack as long as I stayed a safe distance. It may be that the formation flying was the babies when they were practicing flying, but when I see a huge group of blackbirds when I drive to work I am pretty sure those are "my" babies grown up. They seem to be a close-knit group.

[Jean Louise Finch]

103. My answers

1) Anywhere in the universe? Super Saint Bernard, Switzerland, on the gondola eating a chocolate bar and getting ready for the big descent.

2) Most primal experience? Swimming in sinkholes on the way out to the research station in El Eden, on the Yucatan Peninsula.

3) Any animal to dine and chat with? One of these six-wired birds of paradise they just (re)discovered in Papua yesterday. It'd have some stories to tell.

4) A liberal at which age? Age 6, when I got a brochure about the White House after writing to Reagan about saving the rainforests. Thanks, bozo.

5) I don't think anything happens. That's it. One shot, my friends!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

125. Thank you for that link!

That's such exciting news! :bounce:

[LynzM]

106. 5 answers...

1) Where would you be right now, at this very moment, if you could be anywhere in the Universe?

If it wouldn't be 4 a.m. there, at one of the little coffee/dessert places in Stuttgart, Germany.

2) What's the most primal experience you've ever had?

In a weird way, trekking through the airport with a backpack, my kid in my sling, another bag and a carseat to carry. All that shit, just me to move it.

In a more 'normal' way, living out in the woods behind my house for days at a time, cooking on a campfire and getting really grubby, and sleeping in a tent out there, and loving it. Walking in the river.

3) Which animal would you like to have dinner and enlightening conversation with?

The sloth. I want to know all the deep thoughts, since they definitely have time for them!

4) When did you first realize you were a liberal?

Socially? High school. Politically? Late college.

5) What do you believe happens to us after death?

I don't know. Not much. In some ways I do belive in 'ghosts', or rather that our mental energy/soul/whatever you want to call it can stick around in this physical existance. Otherwise, who knows?!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

126. The sloth is an interesting creature

I sometimes wish we were more like them.

[Skittles]

109. OK

) Where would you be right now, at this very moment, if you could be anywhere in the Universe? With my godmother Jenny in England; her husband passed away recently and I need to go see her

2) What's the most primal experience you've ever had? listening to my mother screaming on the phone after she had found my brother, her "first-born, her baby", dead in his home

3) Which animal would you like to have dinner and enlightening conversation with? Ram

4) When did you first realize you were a liberal? When I realized I very much cared about others other than myself

5) What do you believe happens to us after death? As before you were born, you simply cease to exist

[GoddessOfGuinness]

127. I'm sorry about your godmother's husband...

Please send some hugs from me :hug::hug::hug:

[Skittles]

136. thanks

I hope to go visit her this year, she is having a rough time of it

[Nevernose]

110. #2)Tearing apart raw venison, high on LSD in the Sierra Nevadas

The blood dripped down our chests as we danced through the fire, tearing apart hunks of raw venison with out teeth. Some asshoel kept insisting that we listen to Iron Maiden instead of chanting, so we walked him into the woods and left him there (he'd never been out of the city before, and certainly not with a sheet of Krusty the Klown acid, five hellraising 18 year old friends, and a couple of underage girls).

Now that I think about, that's my answer for all of the questions.

Runner-up is the time in college I mistook the sugar cubes for the SUGAR CUBES and spent three days on an island in the middle of a campus pond, communing with the ducks. To this day, thousands of miles away and fifteen years later, complete strangers will walk up to me at the park and say "I've never seen anyone who the ducks just bonded with like that before."

"Oh, I just understand them. More than you could ever know."

In short, I guess what I'm saying is: y'all need to go out and procure a good supply of psychedelic drugs.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

129. Been there, done that...

all they did for me was give me panic attacks. Definitely not a good match for my body chemistry.

Glad you had fun, though. :D

[obxhead]

121. why not

Cool ?'s by the way...

Anywhere but earth.

I went boogie boarding as a hurricane approached. Death was very close.

My cat... I would love to know what a few of those looks really mean.

always have been, but it became an absolute confirmation at 20.

If you plant a tree over the grave you become important nutrients.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

130. Those looks...

I know what you mean. I don't know if they'd tell us even if we could understand them, though...

[MrScorpio]

122. Mine!

1) Where would you be right now, at this very moment, if you could be anywhere in the Universe?

With that woman, in that special place

2) What's the most primal experience you've ever had?

Birth

3) Which animal would you like to have dinner and enlightening conversation with?

A Bonobo Chimp

4) When did you first realize you were a liberal?

Birth

5) What do you believe happens to us after death?

Ennui

[GoddessOfGuinness]

131. Awwww...

I didn't know there were pygmy chimps!

[zone]

123. Is that you as an aardvark in a former life?

[GoddessOfGuinness]

132. Anteater...

hopefully in a future life. :D

[In_The_Wind]

128. 5 Answers

1) Where would you be right now, at this very moment, if you could be anywhere in the Universe? I would be somewhere in America on a warm beach.

2) What's the most primal experience you've ever had? Sensitivity training weekends while I was in college.

3) Which animal would you like to have dinner and enlightening conversation with? A Snowy Owl

4) When did you first realize you were a liberal? I used to argue for Civil Rights with my uncle when I was a child.

5) What do you believe happens to us after death? I believe that we return to Earth again ~ to learn and grow. I also believe that when we've learned all that we need to know then we may choose not to return to Earth.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

133. Sensitivity training...

You could teach a course in it now... :hug:

[In_The_Wind]

135. ...

I've had a couple of DUers who've told me in PMs - they believe they'll be happier when their attitude is more like mine.
I'm still working on mine sometimes.

Thanks GoddessOfGuinness

[insanity]

134. ...

1. Seattle, WA my original hometown.

2. Realizing how connected I am to every creature by evolution.

3. Giraffe

4. 16ish

5. Doesn't matter, I try to live a good life no matter what the ends are.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

148. Good practice...

To live a good life and to live it as if you only have one shot makes sense.

[Dunedain]

137. 5 answers

1. Watching my children laugh


2. USMC boot camp


3. Montecore, the tiger that bit Roy


4. I'm not, but I sure do like what a lot of you have to say


5. You start over

[GoddessOfGuinness]

149. Children's laughter

is the sweetest music... :-)

[fleabert]

138. here ya go...

1) Where would you be right now, at this very moment, if you could be anywhere in the Universe?
--with my best friend, her husband, and my husband

2) What's the most primal experience you've ever had?
--witnessing birth, and when my little dog was threatened on the street once- I honestly could have killed that man.

3) Which animal would you like to have dinner and enlightening conversation with?
--FLEA! and I do, every day.

4) When did you first realize you were a liberal?
--during the Clarence Thomas hearings

5) What do you believe happens to us after death?
--oneness is finally realized

[GoddessOfGuinness]

151. Who would threaten a little dog?

My dog weighs about 60 pounds. He's a sweetheart, but I can understand how people who don't understand dogs might feel frightened and defensive around him. I don't get fear of small dogs, though...

[fleabert]

172. I believe he had just been released from the nearby mental hospital...

It was a really irrational and emotional response on my part, as I think I should understand mental illness more than the next person (my mom is manic depressive), but I just reacted. Pure protectionism on my part. He probably wouldn't have followed thru, but he said he was going to kick and kill my little 8lb dog, because she barked at him. He was singing at the top of his lungs, walking alone down the street at 3am.

It was a bit dangerous, now that I think about it.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

181. I'd probably react the same way...

Rational thought goes straight to hell when we sense that our loved ones are in danger. I'm glad you and your pup weren't hurt!

[Burma Jones]

140. ANSWERS!!!!!

1) Where would you be right now, at this very moment, if you could be anywhere in the Universe?
Right where I am. It took me a long time to get happy, I don't want to fuck it up.


2) What's the most primal experience you've ever had?
Delivery of first Child


3) Which animal would you like to have dinner and enlightening conversation with?
A Lion


4) When did you first realize you were a liberal?
When I saw that the other folks around me that supported Mo Udall for President in 1976 were also liberals. Also, when everyone I wanted to be President were beaten either in the Primaries or General Election.....


5) What do you believe happens to us after death?
Absorption into the great collective unconscious

[GoddessOfGuinness]

152. Don't worry...

I'm sure you won't fuck up, my friend! :beer:

[Strong Atheist]

141. #5 . Nothing. Fini. nt.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

153. nt

Curiously apropos. :)

[Shell Beau]

142. Deep, huh?

1)In the universe? Damn, don't know, but a nice tropical beach with my husband sounds nice
2)lemme think for a bit and I'll answer that one
3)a whale b/c I am so fascinated with them
4)I think I was 23
5)I believe we go to Heaven for eternity. At least most of us do.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

154. I sometimes think that whales

should run the show and we should do their bidding. They've got the brains, we've got the opposable thumbs.

[Call Me Wesley]

144. Mine:

1) Where would you be right now, at this very moment, if you could be anywhere in the Universe?

Here. Was fascinated with it since early childhood and would like to find out why.

2) What's the most primal experience you've ever had?

Self-consciousness.

3) Which animal would you like to have dinner and enlightening conversation with?

My cat of course.

4) When did you first realize you were a liberal?

At a very early age, perhaps then it just started out as opposing conservative views (from teachers, etc.), but politically active (more than liberal) since 14.

5) What do you believe happens to us after death?

This time? I haven't decided yet ...

[GoddessOfGuinness]

156. Nice link!

Thanks!
I hope you get to visit NGC 5128 one day... :toast:

[blindpig]

145. Answers

1)The Lost World, near the junction of the Brazilian, Venezuelan and Guianan borders. Enormous plateaus virtually impossible to reach without a helicopter, Chock full of undescribed species, virgin habitat.

2)Polling a very small boat on some backwater slough of the Chipola River. Fabulous spot, wouldn't be surprised to find Ivory-billed woodpeckers there.

3) An ancient box turtle.

4) Not a liberal, I'm a loonie leftie, but political consciousness was sparked by the Chicago Police Riots of 1968. I was 14.

5) Worm food, I guess.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

158. I visited Florida Caverns years ago...

My family was en route from the east coast of FL to Natchez on a loosely-planned vacation. The fact that we didn't over-plan made it so pleasant! Anyway, we were staying in Tallahassee one night, and I saw a brochure for the caverns. I was so thrilled when my parents agreed to visit the park. I'd like to go back to visit sometime, and check out the Chipola, too!

[blindpig]

166. So that's where people from Florida go for vacation!

Whodda thunk?B-)

[GoddessOfGuinness]

168. I'm from MD...

But we used to visit my grandparents in FL every summer. One year, we decided to take the long way home... :D

[blindpig]

171. Me too.

Baltimoron in exile. Used to roll in the gutters of Fells Point with the winos before the yups took over.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

186. I lived there from 1976-1980

And still hung out for a couple of years after that. I lived near Mt Vernon Square for awhile, then in Charles Village, right across from Johns Hopkins U.

[leftofthedial]

150. 1. rolling in my sweet baby's arms

2. rolling in my sweet baby's arms
3. king george's dog
4. age 4, according to my family
5. body decays; genes, repercussions of actions and ideas live on

[GoddessOfGuinness]

159. I used to hang out with a bunch of bluegrass guys

who'd play that tune. Thanks for the earworm! :hug:

[anarch]

155. 5 half-assed answers

1) Where would you be right now, at this very moment, if you could be anywhere in the Universe?

- somewhere on a private beach, in a hammock, drink in hand

2) What's the most primal experience you've ever had?

- getting my nose broken

3) Which animal would you like to have dinner and enlightening conversation with?

- hmmmmmmm. Maybe a giraffe, but only if I get to pick the restaurant. I like giraffes.

4) When did you first realize you were a liberal?

- I don't know...probably around age 11 or 12, when I started having trouble with authority.

5) What do you believe happens to us after death?

- Decreased body temperature; increasing pallor; the relaxation of internal sphincter muscles; the pooling of blood in the lowest parts of the body, however it is arranged; the coagulation of the blood; rigor mortis, which fades in about a day as enzymes break down the body tissues; decomposition of said tissues, both from autolytic changes and from bacteria, fungi, insects, and scavengers; the collapse of internal structures; the release of gasses which cause bloating and swelling; eventual decay to the point of just skeletal remains.

Or, if you're lucky, someone picks you up and burns or buries you.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

161. I'd like a hammock...

I wonder if they're difficult to make...

[ProfessorGAC]

157. I'll Play GoG

1) Where would you be right now, at this very moment, if you could be anywhere in the Universe? On my home planet, instead of with you puny humans.

2) What's the most primal experience you've ever had?
Getting mugged in a parking lot and having more than one person stomp on me, with glee.

3) Which animal would you like to have dinner and enlightening conversation with?
A dolphin. Mostly just because they're cool.

4) When did you first realize you were a liberal?
About 14 or so. Vietnam was getting much worse, don't you know.

5) What do you believe happens to us after death?
The ordering of the energy states in the brain are passed into the universe, but not necessarily in just these two dimensions. The electricity in the brain may be turned off, but the patterns that order our sense of self are a higher energy state that goes somewhere. We aren't however, the least bit aware of any of it, now or later.

Thanks
The Professor

[GoddessOfGuinness]

162. That's an interesting theory...

Are you into metaphysics?

[no name no slogan]

160. I'll try

1) Where would you be right now, at this very moment, if you could be anywhere in the Universe?
Somewhere warm, with a beach, by an ocean. Not in Minnesota at work.

2) What's the most primal experience you've ever had?
Stomping through the woods and cornfields around my childhood home, I suppose.

3) Which animal would you like to have dinner and enlightening conversation with?
I dunno. Maybe an eagle or something like that.

4) When did you first realize you were a liberal?
Age 14, when Ronnie Raygun decided to destroy the rest of the world to save it from Communism.

5) What do you believe happens to us after death?
Those who live good lives and believe in God are reunited with God. The wicked and evil just rot in the ground, pushing up daisies, all alone and unloved.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

164. Do you have snow on the ground?

All we've had is a few flurries so far :-(

[no name no slogan]

170. hardly any snow at all. It's been a wimpy winter

we had a very unseasonable January (avg daily temp was near 40-- at least +10 above average), and all that's left is dirty piles and some patches of ice :(. The St. Paul Winter Carnival was pretty pathetic-- all the ice sculptures in the park started melting on the first day, when the high was near 50. Pretty sad.

However, it's supposed to snow tomorrow, and warm up, too. Highs around 30. Not too shabby I guess. :)

[GoddessOfGuinness]

187. It just doesn't seem right if we can't make at least one

respectable-sized snowman...

[grace0418]

163. For my 3000th post I will answer this one!

Woo-hoo!

1) Where would you be right now, at this very moment, if you could be anywhere in the Universe?
New Zealand

2) What's the most primal experience you've ever had?
Standing in an ancient temple in a tiny town in Japan.

3) Which animal would you like to have dinner and enlightening conversation with?
A tiger. Could we cuddle up together too? I've always fantasized about being able to hang out with wild animals and snuggle up next to them. I picture him/her making biscuits and purring while I stroke his/her fur.

4) When did you first realize you were a liberal?
I guess I've always known. But it wasn't until I was a little older that I realized how many people think liberal is a dirty word. That was hard to grasp.

5) What do you believe happens to us after death?
I read something once that said we pretty much get whatever we expect. Those of us who believe in reincarnation get reincarnated. Those who think we're just wormfood get exactly that. It was interesting. If that's true I hope Bu$hCo all really believe in Heaven/Hell because they are all headed for the deepest, hottest pits.

Me, I'm still not sure. All I realy want is to finally get to know all the answers, to everything. Any question I've ever asked, I want to be able to find out the truth. And I really REALLY want to be able to communicate and interact with animals. I really want to be able to curl up and nap with a polar bear, hold a baby tiger while it's mother rests, and wrestle with fox cubs. That would be incredible to me.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

167. In honor of your 3,000th post, I grant you

a cuddly tiger that doesn't even spray! :-)

Congrats, Grace0418, and thanks for posting your thoughts! :toast:

[grace0418]

169. Thanks GoG!

Is that Guinness those smilies are clinking? Thanks for the wishes and the cuddly tiger. Sigh... if only that could really happen.

:hi:

[SaveElmer]

165. Easy...

1. Hogs Breath in Key West

2. On a boat on Lake Superior

3. Bottlenose Dolphin

4. Birth

5. Something...not sure..

[GoddessOfGuinness]

188. You've got to wonder

what makes someone name a place "Hogs Breath"...

[bertha katzenengel]

174. Goddess, I am a dunce.

I can't understand "primal experience" for some reason... what would that be? :blush:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

191. An experience that puts you in touch with

your most basic self...shorn of intellect, focused on nothing but the moment.

[rbnyc]

176. Fun! Read my answer to # 5. You got me all jazzed on the topic now.

1) Where would you be right now, at this very moment, if you could be anywhere in the Universe?

On a tree-swing in Nice

2) What's the most primal experience you've ever had?

The first few weeks after my son was born, I swear, I could hardly speak words. I just wanted to hiss and growl and swat and spit and not let anyone near my baby.

3) Which animal would you like to have dinner and enlightening conversation with?

A whale

4) When did you first realize you were a liberal?

Reagan v. Carter

5) What do you believe happens to us after death?

I believe that a person's matter and energy disipates and is reused, but sometimes some of a person's energies remain attracted to eachother and hang out together instead of disipating, and that this energy can sometimes be perceived by people with particular sensitivities or people in altered states, like near-sleep. The brain, which is prone to make things make sense and fit into known patterns, fills in the missing details of these clustered energy remains, and sees them as ghosts.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

192. I've known too many rational people who've seen ghosts

to not believe in them myself. It will be interesting to see what we learn of the phnomenon over the next 100 years or so...if we haven't annihilated ourselves, anyway. :-)

[YankeyMCC]

178. 1) Mars (properly equipped of course) -

because I'm reading KSR's "Red/Green/Blue Mars" trilogy.

2) Climbing up the Huntington's Ravine headwall.

3) Ahh...a human no other talkative animals I know of :)

4) Actually an interesting question. It's not really clear cut for me but I'll say 2000 because that is when I took full stock of what I believe politically it became an important part of how I think of myself and how I express myself to others.

5) Decomposition (unless your body is cremated then I guess just dispersion or sitting on someone's mantle in a jar)

[GoddessOfGuinness]

193. My political leanings were certainly strengthened by recent events...

The impeachment of Bill Clinton made me less willing to listen to or respect the opinions of rethugs. It really was the last straw for me.

[Redstone]

179. 1) Right where I am, next to Mrs R.

2) The scream.

3) Not a yak. They talk too much.

4) I'm a WHAT?

5) We have died.

Redstone

[GoddessOfGuinness]

195. The Scream

[SmileyBoy]

183. Answers for you.

1) San Francisco, escaping the brutal winter, spending time with my aunt.

2) Any moment between the age of 12-14, when I was a miserable child, and attempted suicide several times.

3) A cat. I wish cats could talk.

4) I really didn't realize it until the stolen 2000 election. I knew my parents were liberal, but I really wasn't political. In 2000, I became political.

5) According to my religion, Allah is forgiven. But Allah will only forgive if you are remorseful and ask for forgiveness. Even if you haven't been a superb person (as long as you haven't murdered or raped, or anything like that), you can pray and ask him for forgiveness, and you will go to Heaven when you die. For those who go to Heaven, I believe that they (Allah?) will give you a choice on what type of environment you want Heaven to be. You could make the request that you want to live in the clouds in a fancy resort, or maybe you want to live in a ground-based world that is more similar to the one you lived in before, but without the suffering. Either way, it will be an existence that is comfortable to you.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

196. ...

I'm sorry your childhood was so horrible. And I'm so glad your attempts were not successful... :hug::hug::hug:

[SmileyBoy]

185. I'm disturbed at the amount of people who think we'll rot in the ground.

I wouldn't want to live a life where I thought like that. I'm into existence for the LONG HAUL. I'm not accepting the notion that it just stops. That's close-minded.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

197. That's fine, too...

The fact is, we don't know what occurs until we die. So it really doesn't matter what we think will happen.

Many are uncomfortable with believing in something without concrete proof. And who can blame them? What a disappointment it would be to spend all your life believing heaven exists only to find that the game is simply over.

My own beliefs are maleable, as I can't reconcile hardening my mind to any one belief when we do not know. However, I recognize that we are much more than our bodies, and there is energy that I believe must exist after the body ceases to.

If I find one day that I'm nothing more than worm food, that's fine too. I like worms.

[zone]

189. okay

1) Here
2) Drumming in the zone
3) My wife
4) When I started discussing politics with my father
5) It's a great mystery; our bodies replenish the earth...our consciousness???

[GoddessOfGuinness]

198. Drumming in the zone?

Please tell us more... :-)

[northzax]

190. hmm, then.

1: in bed with my damn paper finished.
2: spending a week alone in Joshua Tree, me, the Subaru and a blanket.
3: I think I'm going with a Madagascar Hissing Cockroach
4: is there any other option?
5: decomposition

[GoddessOfGuinness]

199. Hope your paper's done soon!

I remember those days... :hug:

[northzax]

200. thanks-

it's a BS grad school thing I should have had done two days ago. oh well.

[UrbScotty]

194. Michigan, a campsite, dog, 13, and we go to Heaven (nt)