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What is something that you have been putting off for a long time?

The list of what I have been putting off for a long time is so long it's actually kind of depressing. I've only got one day off this weekend, and I'm trying to enjoy it, so I won't enumerate the whole list. It's pretty…
How much are you affected by what people say about you?

As always, the answer is, "It depends." If people say something negative about me, I take it to heart immediately and brood on it for hours, sometimes days. If they say something positive, it rolls right off me. I rea…
Do you think you are (or you would be) a better parent than your own parents? Why or why not?

It might be just possible to find better parents than my mom and dad were, but I think there's no way I could be better at it. Mostly because I don't have the inclination for it, but then, I don't know if they did, real…
What is your favorite movie quote?

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. I just answered this Featured Question, you can answer it too!
What little things make you happy?

A new book by a favorite author. Discovering an author I like, then learning that she has a long backlist. Rainy days. Days that are unseasonably cool in otherwise hot seasons. My cat chasing a ball. Purring cats. …
In what ways are you similar to your mother?

I look just like her, for a start. A friend of my parents once stopped by the house, up in Colorado when we were spending the whole summer there, and remarked to them that they could never disown me; I look too much lik…
What makes a place 'home' for you?

Home is where you hang the needlework. More to the point, I guess, home is where my books are. At the moment I'm living in my childhood home, the house my parents and I moved into when I was eight. Mom and Dad and my …
When you have a bad day, what do you do to comfort yourself?

I am engaged in an ongoing fight with clinical depression which is sure to go on for years yet and may last the rest of my life, so I have a lot of bad days. There is very little I can do to comfort myself for the bad d…
What are your top 3 pet peeves?

Cell phones going off in the public library. This peeve includes obnoxious ringtones and people who feel they have to shout into their cell phones if they want to be heard on the other end.People who park in the clearly…
Do you have difficulty telling people 'no'? Can you give an example?

I've always had difficulties with this. I'm a genuinely nice person most of the time, but I also want people to think I'm nice all the time, so it's very hard for me to look someone in the eye and say, "No, I don't want…