Thursday Five

[kellyc]

Five Thursday questions for the Cary Politics folks! (Borrowed the questions from Livejournal)

1. If you could go back and relive one moment or day from your life, without changing anything, what would you re-experience?

2. If you could witness a moment in history, again without changing anything, what would you want to see?

3. If you could talk to a younger version of yourself, what age would you visit and what message would you give?

4. If you could choose one moment that would be guaranteed to happen in your future, what would it be and when would it happen?

5. Pretend you left a time capsule for yourself 5, 10, 15, 20 or more years ago. You just opened it. What three things from your past are you now holding and what age were you when you buried them?

[kellyc]

1. If you could go back and relive one moment or day from your life, without changing anything, what would you re-experience?

Probably my wedding day.

2. If you could witness a moment in history, again without changing anything, what would you want to see?

The constitutional convention. It would be neat to hear what all of the ideas were like when our country was being born. Not just the winning ideas or what James Madison remembered.

3. If you could talk to a younger version of yourself, what age would you visit and what message would you give?

Middle school...and to say that life really does get better.

4. If you could choose one moment that would be guaranteed to happen in your future, what would it be and when would it happen?

By the time I am 50 I would like to sail a boat around the world, and the ability to stop in ports across the world. To walk in the shoes of another culture for a little bit, and perhaps make a difference in their lives.


5. Pretend you left a time capsule for yourself 5, 10, 15, 20 or more years ago. You just opened it. What three things from your past are you now holding and what age were you when you buried them?

20 years ago I would have been 12 and I would have had a basketball, a number 2 pencil and 5.25 inch floppy disk.

[dhyatt]

Five Friday questions for the Cary Politics folks! (Borrowed the questions from Livejournal)

1. If you could go back and relive one moment or day from your life, without changing anything, what would you re-experience?

"Without changing anything" makes it a really hard choice since there are so many great days to pick from and also a lot of near-misses I wish I could go back and improve. I'll have to think about this for awhile...


2. If you could witness a moment in history, again without changing anything, what would you want to see?

This one's easier. I'd witness the creation of the Ten Commandments. IMO - that single event, more than any other, set the course of societal evolution.


3. If you could talk to a younger version of yourself, what age would you visit and what message would you give?

I'd talk to myself at 14 and attempt to drive home the importance of doing homework and staying out of debt.


4. If you could choose one moment that would be guaranteed to happen in your future, what would it be and when would it happen?

There are a few of these too :-) However, highest on my list is to see both my children well educated, healthy, and safely into adulthood with families of their own.


5. Pretend you left a time capsule for yourself 5, 10, 15, 20 or more years ago. You just opened it. What three things from your past are you now holding and what age were you when you buried them?

Age 17, keys to a car that no loner exists.
Age 24, personal letters that I later destroyed and wish I hadn't.
Age 35, feelings of insecurity I wish I had conquered before my father died.

[Tonya]

Five Thursday questions for the Cary Politics folks! (Borrowed the questions from Livejournal)

1. If you could go back and relive one moment or day from your life, without changing anything, what would you re-experience?

The day I graduated from college. There was such a sense of promise and possibility. I was ready to take on the world (and still young enough to think I could), I was engaged to a wonderful man (to whom I am still married) and my dad said out loud to me, "I am proud of you." It was a day that encompassed every emotion except anger.

2. If you could witness a moment in history, again without changing anything, what would you want to see?

A tough one. I'd want to make a few changes...

3. If you could talk to a younger version of yourself, what age would you visit and what message would you give?

Oh, definitely ages 12-14. I would assure myself that life gets so much better--and that it's not advantageous to peak in middle or high school!

4. If you could choose one moment that would be guaranteed to happen in your future, what would it be and when would it happen?

Well, I hate to sound like Miss Congeniality , but it sure would be nice to live in a world in which no one was at war and everyone was fed. When would I want it to happen? Now.

5. Pretend you left a time capsule for yourself 5, 10, 15, 20 or more years ago. You just opened it. What three things from your past are you now holding and what age were you when you buried them?

Nice try on the age thing.

20 years ago, husband's neck brace after successful surgery for broken neck. How lucky he/we was/were!
15 years ago, receiving blankets from the birth of my twin daughters. Time really does fly!
10 years ago, closing papers for what I thought was my "dream house"
5 years ago, application for grad school.

[Dharma]

Five Thursday questions for the Cary Politics folks! (Borrowed the questions from Livejournal)

1. If you could go back and relive one moment or day from your life, without changing anything, what would you re-experience?

The births of my daughters (3 daughters but two different days).

2. If you could witness a moment in history, again without changing anything, what would you want to see?

Lorena Bobbitt's rage. :-D :-D
OK, seriously, I would like it to be some incredibly moving, heartfelt event like the day women were given the right to vote or the tearing town of the Berlin Wall, events where we, as people, come together and celebrate what we have in common verses fighing about our differences.

3. If you could talk to a younger version of yourself, what age would you visit and what message would you give?

Age 18. I was living at Bollettieri Tennis Academy and thought I was a pro tennis player and couldn't see beyond a stupid game. If I lost a match, I was devastated. If I could have just convinced her that the game wasn't a metaphor for life...

4. If you could choose one moment that would be guaranteed to happen in your future, what would it be and when would it happen?

Like Don H, I'd like to see my kids lead happy, healthy, prosperous lives.

5. Pretend you left a time capsule for yourself 5, 10, 15, 20 or more years ago. You just opened it. What three things from your past are you now holding and what age were you when you buried them?

Nice try on the age thing.

What she said!!! Very funny!

20 years ago, my tennis racquet that went into the closet while I earned my degree and chased my then boyfriend (now spouse) all over the country.
15 years ago, baby shower gifts for the birth of my first daughter.
10 years ago, running shoes from chasing three babies around (and losing my mind).
5 years ago, the treadmill that I ran on an hour a day. HA HA HA! Those day are gone!