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(at some point, have gotten away from my journal apart from this and the writing-goals things...)
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1. What was the most sick that you've ever been? When I was eleven, I had roseola, which is usually a disease for very small children(Not sure how I got it) that comes with spots and high fever. When I was twelve, I got chickenpox, which was exceedingly itchy and long-lasting at about two weeks. I was stupid and once ate a whole package of Oreos(Which I didn't even really want, as such...just wanted to throw caution to the wind or something, and it bit me on my bony disabled ass, like, instantly.) never have felt the same about oreos, but I feel worse that I ruined them for my mother, who cleaned up.

2. What disease are you afraid of getting?COVID, esp. long-form, dementia

3. Are you a big baby when it comes to taking medicine/shots for your illnesses? kind of. really don't like.

4. Is going to the doctor really THAT bad? Mostly, I don't like them. I had one in high school, though, that I got a crush on and was really glad I saw him for muscle pain, instead of something gross.

5. Would you have the flu twice a month if you were paid $1,000 for having it? Nothing with puking or diarrhea. I guess I'd be stuffed-up if someone paid, somehow, but I'd want some money up-front--time is, like, the one thing you can't replace.

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. If you were a fruit, which would you be and why? When I'm sad about my life, which is often these days, I think I might be the one leftover banana that everyone has and doesn't eat.At my best, maybe a tangerine, because they are balanced between sweet and tart like me. I also eat them all the time.

2. If you wake up and smell smoke, and you have to get everybody (pets included) out of the house safely, but you have time to grab one item, what would you grab? I have an autographed copy of "The Corner" that I used to touch for writer's inspiration until I met David Simon virtually and felt like that might be odd.(I would have hated for a superstition to get back to him, for instance.)

3. If you were stuck on an island, who would be the one person you would want with you and why? I'm disabled...I think I need two. To that end, I nominate my mama and karlht

4. If you could change one thing about your physical appearance, what would it be? Hate to play into a cliche, and I wish I could be one of those proud, defiant "wouldn't change a THING!1" crips, but I think I've gotten all I can out of The Wheelchair Experience. Proud tradition or not, sometimes I wanna drop it like a hot rock and have all the cheap sex I should have had in my twenties. But I've always been such a Grindstone Gal, I bet I'd make a million dollars and be like "But this is supposed to be the *fun* version!"

5. If you could spend the day with one famous person, dead or alive, who would you choose?Maybe I'd like to hang out with Matthew Perry and make *him* laugh for once. Maybe I'd invite zmayhem too. We were both fans and she died about the same time...it's a Thing. Like gum, it would be perfection!

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From two weeks ago--
. Have you ever been to summer camp?
Yeah, but my crip camp wasn't like in the doc.(That movie still did bring back memories, though.) Didn't really love camp, but maybe I just expected too much. Like...I don't know, finding My People or entering some world where I'd be hot. I found out I'm bad at adaptive sports, too.

2. Have you ever made a s'more? No, you know, I haven't. Although I've bought candy that's like...an homage and liked it but I've never had a real one.

3. Have you ever slept under the stars (no tent/tarp)?the one thing about camping I wish I could do!

4. Have you ever had a member of the opposite sex sleep over at your house?Yeah, but not since college.

5. What type of bed do you have (queen, twin, bunk, etc.)? I have a brand-new full mattress.

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feels kind of stupid...whose idea was that?
we're still working on the new TV thing.

over this last week or so(when your body doesn't need much reason to act weird, it can be hard to tell.)
Doing a lot better now, anyway...makes what I've been up to look a little better, even to my own skeptical eyes.
Could have been a lot worse, but my concentration was literally a gut feeling for a few days.

would be easier to take if there was some specific thing Out There for me to chase.
Still sort of tired of being virtually alive.

You're holding a dinner party and can invite three famous people from the past or present; who would they be?
Kurt Cobain, Richard Belzer, and disability activist Judy Heumann(At least today. Another day, different answer.) Maybe Bobby Kennedy so he can call up and yell at his son the way he so richly deserves.I think I might enjoy hearing "What the fuck is wrong with you?" in that accent, though he'd probably also be sad that he wasn't there and all that.

2. You have the opportunity to question someone about something you've always wanted to know and receive a truthful answer; what would your question be? I would ask God or some other supreme being whether there is a larger destiny fulfilled in the whole crip thing or whether it's an accident, like getting the too-brown crouton or some shit like that. I'm not sure which I'd be rooting for....being part of Meaning, especially with some direction, would be nice, but knowing "Mistakes were made," might actually relieve some pressure that I've had for...most of my life, actually.

3. If you could change one thing in your life, what would it be? Am I ungrateful if I say "most of it." Because there are nice parts, I swear, but I still kind of think "most of it" anyway. I hate that I live here, I hate that I have to keep fighting about poor-people shit.I hate the second-adolescent space I'm kind of stuck in, like, if you *remember* the album "Parents Just Don't Understand" that probably shouldn't be in your weekly thought process anymore unless you're the mom who doesn't get it. right? Bleagh.

4. If you could save other people's lives by completing an act that would lead to your own death, would you do it?
God, yes, please. Sign me up. That might actually be part of the draw, perhaps.
5. Would you commit murder if you knew that you could get away with it?
I know that people who think they know me would probably say I'd say "No. Because it's wrong." People who really know me know I have a Wish List, so, yeah. "If I'm at your door, you know why I'm there."

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This is from what would be my novel, "Wedded Twist"...I'm not sure I believe it will be finished and published anymore because I've been thinking "ooh, my first novel" about some little nonsense FOREVER, but maybe.
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1. How are you stereotypically female?
I'm emotional, like bright colors,am creative. I keep a journal.Diagnostically bad at math. kind of dislike sports.

2. How are you stereotypically male? I curse a lot, sometimes hide my feelings with a joke, and sometimes laugh at people. Not a great dresser, but I'm learning how I look and feel best.(not likely to pick a style that's painful or going to put me out.) I like reading and writing about crime and mob bosses, etc.

3. What parts of you do you consider unclassifiable as either gender?Because I don't live in a Rock Hudson movie, I don't really believe that there's a female brain or heart.

4. Do you think you are primarily male, female, or neither in characteristics?Definitely female.

5. If you could be born as any gender, knowing the gender prejudices as they are now, which would you choose to be? While I don't need to do this to feel whole or anything like that, but if you could switch back and forth easily or with magic, I think I could learn a lot from being a guy for, say, a year, but I'm fine about being a woman, if not really thinking I get the most benefits in living it.(would really like to do something about this...not sure how)

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