PromoGuy’s Monday Mission 2.33
1. Many children have blankets, or a favorite nubby stuffed animal that
they like to keep near them for security. Do you recall what you had for your
“security blanket” as a child? When did you finally give it up? What brought
that about?I think I had a blankie. Now all I have is a teddy bear and it’s pillow (both ex-related. How pathetic is that? sigh.)
2. Now that you are a big kid, what do you have to give you that same
sense of security?Now all I have is a teddy bear and its pillow (both ex-related. How pathetic is that? sigh.) Although I don’t suppose those give me security. Just something to cuddle. I think my ability to run away makes me feel secure.
3. With a little over four months left in 2002, have you accomplished
everything you wanted to for the year? Is there anything that you would like to
accomplish before the year is over? Erm. My birthday hasn’t happened yet (next Tuesday, though 🙂 ) so I feel like it isn’t that close to the end of the year. Augh. Well, I’d like to finish some books, start this new job, start paying off student loans (ugh) and hopefully get a good part of my Lego costume done. Maybe go to a RenFest (fingers crossed). Learn to be responsible.
4. I don’t know about you, but it seems to me children have it pretty
good these days. Game systems, computers in the home, microwaves, cable TV, the
internet, cell phones and pagers, they certainly have a wider variety of
technology than most of us did as children. What modern convenience, if any,
do you think it would be good for children today to do without? What would they
gain? Without? Calculators. Man, I was so screwed cause we did algebra with calculators! But they should have computers… just perhaps not until they’re ten. Those “baby computers” make me sad. hmm. And maybe Barney is a bad idea. I don’t think I’d be able to let my kids watch that. Or Pokemon.
5. Many of us have one thing in which we believe we excel. What do you do
better than most? I think I’m damn good at running 🙂 After all I was the MOP of indoor conference and I won three golds at outdoor …
6. In the United States, and possibly other countries, teenagers in
High School usually wind up falling into several social circles or “cliques.”
Stoners, Rich Kids, Jocks, Cheerleaders, Band, Drama, Goths, and so on (though
the names are probably different today). What High School “clique” did you
find yourself in? Was it by choice or did it just happen? Did you look down on
other groups? (Aw it’s ok, it was/is High School, we all did dumb stuff) Well, I wasn’t really in one single clique unless you count outsider as a clique. I was part of the jocks cause I ran, part of the nerds cause I was third in my class, part of the theater geeks cause I was in theater and occasionally part of the popular kids just by dint of the fact that I grew up with them. I wasn’t very happy with the acceptance or lack thereof of any of those groups. Sigh. Some of high school was great, but a large part of it pretty much just sucked.
7. (it begins) I have great news! I won the contest and we now have plane
tickets to anywhere in the world. The bad news is we have to pick a place now
and leave in the morning. I can’t decide where to go, so you get to pick. Where
should we go, and what is the first thing we should do when we get there? You should go to China and see the Great Wall. I’m told it’s a spiritual experience. Or perhaps you should take a trip down whichever river they’re damming so you can see the scenery before it’s damaged by the locks. one day, grasshopper… but I think it’ll be too late for the scenery.
BONUS: Must I beg you?
perhaps…
