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Like the weather in San Diego - mild year round with no snow!!!!If you could, what profession would you study or do now.
High School social studies or English teacherFinish the sentence, sorry I'm not at work today but I'd rather be _________ .
doing just about anything else!If you could, what TV series, present or past, would you watch back to back to back......
Right now I'm watching Revenge. I just finished watching Gilmore Girls and have done that with Friends.If you could wiggle your nose-or was it her mouth? and make anything happen, what would it be?
Make a winning lottery ticket appear on my desk.If you could change one thing about your home, what would it be?
new windowsIf you could change one thing at work, what would it be?
20% raise.If you could be telekinetic or telepathic, which would you choose?
kinetic. I think knowing what others think would be devastating.If you could cure one local problem in your area, what would it be?
Flu!If you could visit to one country free of cost, where would you go?
Egypt.... So ancient.If you could have one power what would it be?
Teleportation If you could visit one planet in our solar system, what would it be?
Teleportation If you could visit one planet in our solar system, what would it be?
MarsIf you could enact one law what would it be?
Outlaw crocs and uggsLegalized marijuana, good or bad?
Outlaw crocs and uggsLegalized marijuana, good or bad?
Good. Waste of police resources to arrest people when there is so much worse in the way of crime that could be addressed. Charter schools, good or bad?
Mostly bad outcome with mostly good intentions.If you could eat anything right now, what would it be?
Fold laundry while watching something on Netflix.Vacation in London or vacation in Amsterdam?
London. If you could have one SuperPower, what would it be?
Telekinesis.If you could eliminate all ongoing armed conflicts around the world or eliminate all human greenhouse gas emissions, which would you choose?
Armed conflicts around the worldIf you could teach children would you rather teach autistic children or those who have been jail
Jail I guess. I doubt that I the necessary patience to deal with autistic children effectively and they deserve better than I could give them. If you could live in one Western European country, which one and why?
France,for the food, wine and culture.If you could do any dangerous activity without risk of being hurt or killed, what would it be?
Auto racing, F1 style. If you could spend a week doing any activity with skill and aplomb, regardless of cost or danger if any, what?
Play Lady Macbeth in a professional production of Macbeth Monday-Wednesday, play The Witch in a professional production of Into the Woods Thursday-Saturday.If you could be a skilled oil painter or graphic designer, which would you choose?
Oil painter. Hopefully more lasting impact. If you could spend a week learning one specific art/craft at the John Campbell school or similar, which one would you choose?
Photorealist painting.If you could posses one survival skill that you don't currently have, what would it be?
Ability to kill and prepare meat; I don't have the stomach for it and would probably starve. If you could work at a zoo for a week, what would you like to do there?
work with the baby animalsIf you could learn any type of dance, what would you learn?
Ballet.If you could have dinner with one dead U.S. President, who would it be?
Thomas Jefferson. I love his self-designed home and would like to hear about his library.If you could learn fluently one obscure language, which one and why?
Pictish, because Scottish dialects always sound beautiful and I've been interested in Scotland for years.If you could meet one inventor, who would it be?
Thomas EdisonIf you could play any instrument, which would it be?
Violin.If you could make a movie based on a book, what book would you choose?
The Catcher In the Rye If you could meet one person that has made a difference in the world and is still alive today, who would you choose?
Malala Yousafzai.If you could choose one breakfast you had to eat every morning for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Cocoa PuffsIf you could drive any car, what would you drive?
Just once, and cautiously, an F1 Ferrari.Every day, so to speak, a Volvo (which I do drive, but I'd like a newer one). Very safe.
If you could take a cruise, luxury, where to?
The British Isles.If you could visit one U.S.A. historical landmark, what would it be?
Mt. Rushmore. If you could visit one natural wonder in the world, what?
redwood forestsIf you could stand atop any mountain, which one?
Mount Everest! If you could meet one political figure that is still alive today, who would it be?
Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel.OK, if there is one Western Leader you would not walk across the street to meet, who?
George W. Bush.If you could travel back in time to meet one of your dead ancestors, who would it be/how far back would you go?
I would go back to my first ancestor! (I have no idea how far back that is) If you could go to the future and meet one of your great-grandchildren or great-great-grandchildren, who would it be, and how far ahead would you go?
My great-granddaughter when she's my age (27).If you could have one of these future tech items, which one would it be: a self-driving car with advanced AI, a wireless tablet-style machine that records your brain scans overnight and plays back your dreams the following day, or smart clothes that track your vital signs and bodily functions?
Self driving car. I detest driving but like to ride.If you could meet either Obama or Putin, which one?
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Change body part- I'd have perfect eyesight.
If you could have any car you wanted, what?