1. What do you think of space? Do you think we should explore it, or stay here on Earth and tend to matters here?
Definetly explore it. No question about it. (Because it’s there!)
2. If you could travel anywhere off Earth, where would you go? Why?
Assuming I’m on a tour of sorts I would assume Saturn would offer a bit of choices for this solar system. If I have no restrictions it’d probably be to see a black hole (up close of course).
3. Do you think we’re doing enough to facilitate science? Why/why not? What would you do to change things?
Not a chance. We need more budget for NASA and for the private developers.
Bonus Question for Comments: What are some of your favorite movies about space/take place in space/etc?
All the ones that come to mind are kids movies: Explorers, The Last Star Fighter, Flight of the Navigator (of course). I’m sure there are more but not coming to mind right now.
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1. If you could write one law regarding the driving laws, what would it be? Why?
A $500 fine for notusing blinkers (changing lanes, turning, etc.). And double the fines for anything if they are practicing districting driving (cell phones, turned around for their kids, yelling at their spouse) if it’s important enough to endanger others it’s important enough to pull over.
2. If you could get the entire world to change one thing about itself (the way it works, the way we think on the whole, etc), what would it be? Why?
To be more tolerant of others and their opinions.
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1. Did you ever think you’d actually ‘grow up, get married, have a family, etc’? Did you? If not, why not?
Yes, definitely. I actually thought I’d be married by 27, no idea when the kids would come along. I have no idea how I ever came up with that number but somehow I did (it seems to me I was at the public library at the time). Still single and no kids (although I’m exploring adopting again).
2. What did you want to be when you grew up? What are you now? Do they match?
I’ve been doing computer “stuff” and training since I was 15 so it’s not big surprise where I ended up. At other various times during middle school I thought it would either be a chef or a photographer. I wish I had gone to the VoTech classes for the chef stuff instead of the computers (the tech was pretty out of date for the time).
3. Did you really think it’d be *this* hard?
It’s generally not so hard, unless I can qualify the boring times as hard…
1. When’s the last time you went on vacation? Where’d you go?
London, England. Short vacation – Chicago/Evanston, IL (which I’m currently en route to).
2. What’s your favorite mode of transportation to get to/from/go on vacation? Plane? Train? Boat?
I love the train! It’s a mile from my house. Today I left my house at 5:25 for the 5:34 train. Parked 100 yards from the train. And guess what? We left at 5:34!!!
3. How important are vacations for the human spirit? Do you think it’s healthy for someone to go 20 years without a vacation? Why/why not?
I need them. I think that some people don’t, it just depends.
Bonus Question for Comments: What’s your ideal vacation/time off from real life?
I really liked my last trip to Costa Rica. Mostly staying in one place not running around crazy from place to place. It might have to happen again this winter.
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1. If you won the lottery, and could win as much as you wanted, how much would you take? What would you do with it?
A hundred million would probably be enough. Take care of family and friends. Some of the schools I’ve worked at (toss a couple of mill’ where I always would have put some tech dollars. The shelters and the crisis hotline where I’ve worked. I don’t know if I’d want to do some outreach here or in another country. Probably set up some institute to further technology use/adoption, if it was in another county (Costa Rica?) I’d probably need 200 million they have a lot less infrastructure. A very low number of students have technology and even less have Internet (and those are mostly around San Jose). I was just reading something on this today so it sticks extra in my mind. Oh! And I’d blow 20 million on a trip into outer space! Is Russia still selling rides?
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1. On average, how many hours of sleep do you get a night? Is it enough, or do you need more?
7 if I’m lucky. I usally catch up 1 or 2 nights a week (with 10-12 hours).
2. Do you normally sleep pretty well at night, or are you a toss & turner, insomniac, etc?
I have a hard time getting to sleep, can lay for hours sometimes.
3. Do you sleep alone, or with someone? If you sleep alone normally, how do you fair when you sleep next to someone, or vice versa if it’s the opposite?
It depends. Sometimes I sleep better and sometimes not… “Excercise” before bed helps sometimes.
Bonus Question for Comments: What’s your ideal sleep schedule?
About 2am to 10am. That’s what it seems like my body really seems to like….
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1. Do you like moving? Why/Why not?
It’s okay, it’s especially nice if it’s an upgrade!
2. Since you’ve moved out of your parents house, how many places have you lived in? Do you like to move from place to place, or do you just like to settle?
I’ve only moved twice after my eleven years schooling. But since I’ve left my parents I’ve moved about thirteen times.
3. What’s the best part of moving? What’s the worst?
The best is the cleaning and purging of ‘stuff’. The worst is that last bunch of stuff (junk drawers, countertops, etc.) that just gets dumped into a box and has to be sorted.
Bonus Question for Comments: If you could hire a mover, would you? Why/why not?
I’ve done the mover the last few times. I still pack they just move. It’s well spent money, especially my last move, from a 3rd floor apartment to a 3rd/4th floor condo. I had three movers their and they were grunting and groaning, it’s an easy check to write and It’s cheaper than you think.
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Speaking of moving, Melissa gets keys to her new place today!
