14 Questions to Try to Elevate My Depressed Seratonin Levels
I sort of feel like I am growing past something some days, but the reality is I am very ready to return to an idea that I used to have, and now can embrace in a new way. I think I have been wrong about something, and I was right about it before. I must have just thought that because I was young, I was wrong. The thing is, I was right. I just doubted myself.
- If they made a movie of your life, who would you like to play you? You cannot play yourself, for the actors in the crowd.
- In the above mentioned movie, what would your theme song be?
- Do you read the newspaper? The paper one. There is some talk in Rob Mentzer’s blog about going to a paperless paper. That internet penetration is substantial enough to warrant it. How does the newspaper business deal with the environmental ramifications of what it does? It’s paper, and ink, and big spinny wheels in the press rooms.
- Do you floss everyday? I do.
- How can you tell if a sock is worn out?
- What is the most absurd dietary quirk you have? I for example, do not eat coconut, or tomatoes. But the tomatoes thing is this: I do not like to eat them like apples. I think apple skin is like razor blades to my gums.
- Is there a difference between how the world sees you, and how you actually are? Are you aware of a difference in your public persona and who you are in the bathroom in the evening?
- Do you think Wausau is an inclusive city?
- What was the loudest sound you have ever heard?
- Do you like airports?
- And just to be racy: do you think you have kissed too many people? Does kissing a lot of folks diminish the act of kissing?
- Do you chew gum? What kind? Why?
- What are your 5 desert island CDs? Why?
Bonus Round…
A. What do you think of those folks, both men and women, who go commando? Is there a reverse thing about women going commando versus men?
34c. Do you rent or buy movies?
Triptophan: Do you hold your tongue, or do you tell people you do not like them?
cmathis said:
Oooh. Fun.
1. Probably the girl from Hairspray because she’s bigger and perky and sweet.
2. My theme song would be an unwritten ditty called “Living The Dream One Baby Wipe At A Time.”
3. I read the paper newspaper about once a month. When I was childless and could go out to eat without children, I’d always buy a paper to read over coffee. Perfect.
4. No.
5. I can start to see through it.
6. I can’t bear the thought of fish soups.
7. I do things in the bathroom that I don’t do in public, but I try to live my life as openly as possible without being crude and vulgar.
8. I hope Wausau is inclusive, if by that you mean welcoming of people from all sorts of backgrounds. I don’t really know if people from other backgrounds feel that way, though.
9. Loudest sound was probably the time I turned on the car and the stereo was on full blast. ouchie.
10. Airports are an interesting enigma, its own city. I do like them just for that twilight-zone effect.
11. I think that the act of kissing is diminished if you are kissing lots of people at the same time. Once you find one person with whom you want kissing to special, reserve the tongue action for your one-and-only and all previous sins might be forgiven.
12. I chew Orbitz when I’m trying to curb a food craving.
13. Damien Rice’s O and 9 Crimes, A Fine Frenzy, Christmas with the Rat Pack and VeggieTales Ultimate Silly Songs. Why? Because at any given moment, I’m in the mood for at least one of them.
A. I wonder how those people deal with the everyday moisture that develops. Don’t you get self-conscious about odor and wetness?
34c. Neither.
Triptophan. Depends on how much I have to work with them. If they are expendable, I keep it to myself. If there would be no long-term effects, I tell them I’m not interested in having them in my life.
May 2nd, 2008 at 8:24 pm #
Alex said:
1. Movie: John Cusack or Mathew Broderick. In their younger years.
2. Title Track: I Ran. Flock of Seagulls.
3. Paper: I don’t ever read the paper version. Thanks to Dino I now get all my news via RSS feeds. Thanks Dino. Who needs all that paper anyway?
4. Floss: No, but I should. I do have this fancy dancy toothbrush that is supposed to be as effective as flossing. I should still floss more often. I like those floss stick things. They are fun.
5. Socks: As soon as the hole shows over the top of your shoe.
6. Diet: I never eat breakfast, sometime I don’t even get hungry until very late at night. Aren’t apples good for your teeth?
7. How I am viewed: I imagine people view me as annoying. I always have a million questions about everything because I don’t like to talk about myself. At home, it is usually just me and Gary the dog. He thinks I’m cool no matter what.
8. Inclusive: If you mean like Sandals Jamaica - then no.
9. Loudest sound: The sound of my heart beating after having a heart attack.
10.Airports: I love them, they usually represent the start of something fun.
11.Kissing: Kissed a bunch. It never gets old.
12.Gum: Don’t touch the stuff.
13:Island CD’s: REM:Eponymous, Pink Floyd:Dark Side, Motely Crue: Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac:Rumours, NIN:Painful Convictions.
A: Free Balling: Do it almost everyday. My wife says it’s not as great for girls. I personally, don’t have a problem and even promote it.
34C: Movies: I usually order them straight from the cable box. I don’t like to watch a movie more than once so I never buy them.
Yum Turkey: I usually don’t like many people, so I just tell people when I like them instead. It saves a lot of time.
May 3rd, 2008 at 6:41 am #
ash122 said:
1. Certainly not because I look like her (but a girl could wish) but because of her spunkiness and vulnerability–Sandra Bullock.
2.Willie Nelson classic–Good Hearted Woman
3. Read the newspaper everyday–used to be editor of my high school and college newspaper and even thought I read USA today on line…theres something about the paper version–I guess the nostalagia of all those late nights blocking and laying out the edition–make it the only way to go
4. Flossing–like to say yes…but most days…no…its one of those things I mean to do but always rushing to get out the door.
5.When my toes get cold!
6.I’m not a big fan of seafood at all…can’t stand the taste, texture, etc….and a weird thing…nothing better than dipping french fries in mayo!
7.I think probably the biggest difference is the world sometimes thinks I’m emotionally stronger than I am. I seem to be the one everyone confides in and at work I’m definitely the “go to” person…but there are days when I want to scream from the tallest mountain that I can’t take any more!! If I ever did that, I think the people in my life and at work would be shocked…they all seem to think I can handle anything.
8.I’ve only been to Wausau twice and the thing that impressed me the most was the warmth of it’s people, the peacefulness of the region–You have some beautiful country up there (although the whole lettering system of the roads made me dizzy and confused). I definitely felt welcomed.
9. The loudest sound I ever heard was the amazing “silence” after 911. I leave a few miles from a major airport and everything and everyone was so silent. It was a profound memory. I hear that same loud silence every year when I head to the Memorial where Flight 94 crashed in the fields of Pennsylvania…you know you are walking through sacred grounds.
10.I do like airports…especially at night…they just have their own magic.
11. If you are kissing alot of people at the same time that it really gets diminished and means nothing….but if you are with your one and only…then you could kiss 1000 times and still feel like it’s not enough…so much better to be wanting more with the one & only than to be just kissing everyone.
12. I like the new “RAIN” from Wrigleys.
13.I’m a country music fan at heart so they would be Kenny Chesney’s Poet & Pirates, Kenny Chesney Just Where You Are, Martina McBride’s Timeless, Garth Brooks Greatest Hits (I think its 4 cd’s-so I get bonus tracks) and because I love Christmas…would have to include “A Celtic Christmas.”
A. Admiration but I could never do it….I couldn’t stand to go more than a weekend without showering and I could never handle all the bugs.
34 C. I tend to buy them on pay per view…my cable system issues them same day they are released pubically. If it’s something I really love then I’ll buy it…but nothing beats going to the actual movie when it’s on the big screen…
May 3rd, 2008 at 6:52 am #
blinkfast said:
Oh those serotonin levels. 1. Emma Thompson (Thomsen?) 2. Surf music, any kind. 3. Yeah. I read it. But we only subscribe to the Sunday paper. I read the herald daily & the silly pages weekly at work. I subscribe to 5 magazines. I think I buy too many books and should borrow them instead, but I don’t know anyone or any place that has the weird stuff I like anyway. 4. Probably half the time. It has to be minty. 5. If you can’t use it for anything anymore. 6. I like cold buttered slightly burnt toast any time of day. I despise the kind of dessicated coconut you buy in a bag and sprinkle on stuff, but I love toasted coconut macaroons. 7. Probably. Especially as I age. I feel less visible, which can also be a good thing. Also, I am way less likely to categorize others based on how they look, what they do, their financial state, and all that other crap that means nothing. And I treat the bathroom as my spa, which isn’t how I feel in the world usually.
8. No.
9. Molecular rearrangement of auditory capability standing next to a Foghat speaker.
10.No. I would prefer the nuclear powered silver pod planes my fifth grade soc. studies book said we would all have to fly around in, and I am mad we don’t have them.
11.Nope, you can’t kiss too many people. Babies, little kids, old people, lovers. Lots of people to kiss! Hugs and kisses that are real, to or with people who like it ~ that’s the thing.
12. I chew hot cinnamon gum to shock my taste buds. Started when I quit smoking. I also love clove gum, when I can find it. The flavors are so strong that smoke couldn’t overpower it, and I liked the whole taste of smoke before. Soft, billowy, addictive tobacco smoke was my friend.
13.Compilation discs I burned. I hope the cd player on the island could go underwater so I could call dolphins and whales over to play, too.
A. It’s okay by me; it’s up to who chooses it. Saves energy, time, laundry soap, money. Depends. (Okay, not Depends.)
34c. Rent mostly.
T: I’d prefer to be honest but tactful, but I have messed up on this one big time. I learned that you have to sit down and think about it way longer than you think you can, in order to get the message to your heart about what to do, too often. Because not liking someone is a feeling most people don’t enjoy. And most of us try to ignore it, or sublimate, or some other dumb thing.
May 3rd, 2008 at 7:57 am #
Boogenstein said:
1. Dead = Alistair Simms, Alive = The guy playing Doctor Who these days.
2. Impact by Orbital
3. No.
4. No.
5. How old are you?
6. No Mountain Oysters for me.
7. Don’t know how the World sees me and couldn’t care less. Worrying about that is for narcissists.
8. No.
9. Overhead crane and Hymac dipper-arm collapsing and hitting floor just feet away.
10. Yes
11. Quit asking about other people kissing, you old perv’!
12. Yes, mint sugar-free. temporary cigarette replacement.
13. Orbital - Insides.
Fluke - Puppy.
Joe Gibbs and the Professionals - Majestic Dub.
The Stranglers - Black and White.
Led Zeppelin - The BBC Sessions
Why? Because I like them!
A. Don’t think about it, just do it!
34c. Yes
Triptophan. If people can’t figure out that I don’t like them then they are even dumber than I thought!
May 3rd, 2008 at 10:45 am #
timothyp said:
1. Probably Jack Black would the closest body type, you’d really have to ugly his mug up though.
2. Like A Rolling Stone by Bob Dylan.
3. I read either the WDH or USA Today everyday but Sunday, that’s for the Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel. Paperless would be okey I guess.
4. Unfortunately, I forget every once in a while, but on the whole, yes.
5. When the sock no longer responds to vocal commands.
6. Tea of any sort, just the smell of it is noxious to me.
7. There used to be a difference but as I grew a bit older and hopefully a bit wiser, I don’t care how people perceive me. It’s how I treat them as individuals that matters.
8. Without a doubt.
9. Stood in front of a speaker at a Motorhead concert.
10. I absolutely hate airports especially when they are crowded.
11. Get back to you on that one.
12. The only time I chew gum is when I’m drinking beer. Strange, huh? Type, usually Doublemint.
13. This could change on a daily basis but I’d have to go with:
Edgar Winter’s White Trash- Live Roadwork
Gato Barbieri- Caliente
Todd Rundgren’s Utopia- Ra
Mick Ronson- Play Don’t Worry
Supertramp- Crime of the Century
Why? Because I never get tired of listening to them.
A. Have gone commando twice in my life and definitely hated it, not enough support for “the boys”.
34c. Neither, rarely watch them.
Triptophan: Sometimes. I imagine it really wouldn’t be too hard to tell if I don’t care much for a certain individual.
May 3rd, 2008 at 11:52 am #
erik said:
Ah, the return of the questions. Nice.
1. Breckin Meyer. Same big nose, same hair. He can grow a better five o’clock shadow though.
2. Shuffle Your Feet by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
3. I read the City Pages since it’s only available in the paper format, but everything else is on-line.
4. Nope, not even a little.
5. I need to know this too. My socks far outnumber my other clothing. I think they’re going to take over soon.
6. Ranch goes good on virtually anything. I mean anything.
7. We all wear our masks, even for ourselves. Problem is most folks don’t realize all we are is a collection of masks, there’s not a “true self” putting them on.
8. lol@alex for The Office reference. But as a white male, I really can’t speak to Wausau’s inclusion factor since I am the norm.
9. I can’t really pinpoint one.
10. I love airports for some of what’s already been mentioned: the fact that it has everything a person needs is amazing. I hate flying though, so figure that out.
11. I don’t think I’ve kissed enough. Spreading around intimacy too much will always decrease it’s potency in your life. So it depends what’s behind the kiss as to whether or not there’s too much to be had.
12. Rarely.
13. Fever to Tell by The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Siamese Dream by The Smashing Pumpkins, In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3 by Coheed and Cambria, In Utero by Nirvana, Flyleaf by Flyleaf
A. In high school we used to have “free ballin’ Friday” and that’s probably the most I’ve done it. I just like having the extra layer to help people out that don’t want anything to do with the pasty whiteness I’ve got going on underneath my clothing. Generally speaking it seems that many people think that a guy without underwear is bold, a woman is a slut.
35c. Purchase mostly. I’ll watch stuff in the theater a lot and then if I want to study the film I’ll purchase it. If there’s something new by a favorite director or writer, a lot of times I’ll buy it just assuming I’ll enjoy watching it over and over again. I’m rarely disappointed.
Tritoch. I’m far too nice to tell anyone I don’t care for them. If I have a distaste for someone, I just make sure we rarely interact so the subject would never even have a reason to come up.
May 3rd, 2008 at 12:26 pm #
Billie said:
1. Patricia Routledge… no really probably someone like the woman from The X Files.
2. Questions In a World of Blue - by Julee Cruise.
3. Only if City Pages counts.
4. Generally, yes. If I am feeling self-abusive, no.
5. I hate socks and only wear them when necessary. Mine never die.
6. I will not, ever, eat banannas or even fruit that has been tainted by contact with a banana.
7. Yes, at times. I am not social by nature, nor am I as great an optomist as people like to think.
8. Reasonably.
9.
10. They can be an interesting, but by and large not my favorite places.
11. Kissing - there can never be enough kissing. Full stop.
12. Yes - Cinnamon or peppermint only.
13. Flood - They Might Be Giants (happy, irreverent); Loser of the Year - Sunspot (I get it and Wendy is my hero); Phantom of the Opera (I like to sing along, badly); And Out Come the Wolves - Rancid (love the gravelly voice - and who doesn’t like old-school punk??); Covenant - Greg Brown (just plain good stuff)
Bonus Round…
A. Commando is not the most comfortable for a woman. Especially one that rides horses. Enough said.
34c. Rent - I like living with limited posessions.
Triptophan: I am with Boogenstein on this one.
May 4th, 2008 at 6:10 pm #
rockerchick said:
Fun!
1. Probably Helen Hunt. Don’t know why - I’m on a Twister kick lately!
2. I sure like that greatest american hero song….
3. Yes, the Sunday one.
4. Yes, I floss every day.
5. You can see through it. That or it winds up down in the bottom of your boot as you’re wearing it. I hate that!
6. I love garlic bagels with a generous layer of cream cheese, thinly sliced corned beef, lacy baby swiss (Muenster is good too), and sliced avocado to top it all off. It’s so dang delicious!
7. Sometimes. I don’t really enjoy my job all that much, so people here probably don’t know that I am an upbeat, energetic person outside of these flourescent, life-sucking lights (remember Joe vs. The Volcano?). On stage I’m my naughty alter ego.
8. Yes. Wausau fears change.
9. For Whom The Bell Tolls live….
10. Yes, I like airports, except I am a smoker.
11. I’ve kissed my fair share. However, kissing the RIGHT person makes all the difference.
12. Yes. Orbit spearmint. I enjoy Big League Chew now and again!
13. Shooting Rubberbands at The Stars - Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians
We Are In Love - Harry Connick, Jr.
Mama Said - Lenny Kravitz
Godspell on Broadway
Journey Greatest Hits
Each one makes me feel good in a different way.
A. Hell yeah, commando three weeks a month.
34c. Both. Mostly buy.
Turkey: I tell them. Life is too short to deal with fake people.
May 6th, 2008 at 2:01 pm #
Mohawk Matt said:
1. Either Tim Olyphant or Ewan McGregor.
2. Tom Petty’s “Even the Losers”
3. Nope, don’t read the paper. I find it trite and uninformative.
4. Nope, don’t floss. I find that trite as well.
5. When the sock stays in your boot when you take the boot off.
6. Healthy food makes me sick. Honestly, I ate a banana and some celery the other day, and thought I was going to die.
7. Maybe, but I try to wear everything on my sleeve. There are some aspects that the world doesn’t see.
8. If “inclusive” means give us your poor, sick, and tired, then yes.
9. A jet taking off from the flight deck of an aircraft carrier.
10. I like leaving airports.
11. I’ve kissed way to many people.
12. Gum is gross.
13. Rancid-And out come the wolves
Megadeth-Rust in Peace
The Clash-Self Titled
Stray Cats-Greatest Hits
Any album from Johnny Cash
A. Don’t really have an opinion
34c. Both.
Tylenol PM: Try to tell them. Sometimes I just tell everyone else.
May 9th, 2008 at 5:43 pm #