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castironDec 23: Do you think you will be making any New Year’s resolutions in January? No. I don't bother with resolutions anymore. If I've failed to change something about myself in the past twenty years, saying "no really, this time!" isn't going to make it happen now.
Dec 24: Do you prefer to receive money/gift cards or an actual gift? From someone who knows me well, either an actual gift or a gift card to a store they know I love. It's the tangible symbol of their attention to me and my preferences, and if they give me an object I wouldn't have picked myself, often it turns out to be something really cool. From someone who doesn't know me well and is doing a token gift, I'd rather get cash or a gift card to a big box/online retailer than a completely unsuitable item that I have to get rid of.
Dec 25: If you could receive a $1000 gift card from any store, which would you choose? The local grocery store, so I'd be set for food for the next several months. Or the Apple store, so I could replace our aging desktop computer. If it has to be something fun, then either Webs so I'd be set for yarn for many a project to come, or the local improv theater so I could apply it towards more classes.
Dec 26: It’s Thank You Note Day/Boxing Day. Do you write hand-written thank-you notes or do you thank people for gifts in some other way? Verbal thanks. Hand-written notes when it's someone out of town.
Dec 27: No matter what holidays you do (or do not) celebrate, do you have a good recipe for leftovers? Post it! Leftover whats? Meat? Potatoes? Soup? Cookies? In general, I don't use leftovers in other recipes; I just reheat and eat as is.
Dec 28: Do you usually make a special effort to thank someone who does you a favor? How do you react when you aren't thanked for going out of your way for someone? I don't know that I usually make a special effort, but I at least try to say how much I appreciate what they did. When I'm not thanked -- well, depends on the thing and the someone. If the someone is an adult with normal intellectual capacity and the thing was at all big, I'm certainly less inclined to go out of my way next time. I will do stuff I don't enjoy for an organization I care about once, and if they appreciate my efforts I may continue to do the thing, but once I'm being taken for granted I'm looking for the exit.
Dec 29: Would you rather your life have a rewind button or a pause button? Depends. Does the rewind replay things exactly as they happened, or can I change them? If I can change them, definitely rewind. If not, pause.
Dec 30: If you could change one bad habit you have, what would it be? Surfing the internet mindlessly.
Dec 31: Do you prefer beginnings or endings? I prefer the beginnings of good things and the endings of bad things.
Dec 24: Do you prefer to receive money/gift cards or an actual gift? From someone who knows me well, either an actual gift or a gift card to a store they know I love. It's the tangible symbol of their attention to me and my preferences, and if they give me an object I wouldn't have picked myself, often it turns out to be something really cool. From someone who doesn't know me well and is doing a token gift, I'd rather get cash or a gift card to a big box/online retailer than a completely unsuitable item that I have to get rid of.
Dec 25: If you could receive a $1000 gift card from any store, which would you choose? The local grocery store, so I'd be set for food for the next several months. Or the Apple store, so I could replace our aging desktop computer. If it has to be something fun, then either Webs so I'd be set for yarn for many a project to come, or the local improv theater so I could apply it towards more classes.
Dec 26: It’s Thank You Note Day/Boxing Day. Do you write hand-written thank-you notes or do you thank people for gifts in some other way? Verbal thanks. Hand-written notes when it's someone out of town.
Dec 27: No matter what holidays you do (or do not) celebrate, do you have a good recipe for leftovers? Post it! Leftover whats? Meat? Potatoes? Soup? Cookies? In general, I don't use leftovers in other recipes; I just reheat and eat as is.
Dec 28: Do you usually make a special effort to thank someone who does you a favor? How do you react when you aren't thanked for going out of your way for someone? I don't know that I usually make a special effort, but I at least try to say how much I appreciate what they did. When I'm not thanked -- well, depends on the thing and the someone. If the someone is an adult with normal intellectual capacity and the thing was at all big, I'm certainly less inclined to go out of my way next time. I will do stuff I don't enjoy for an organization I care about once, and if they appreciate my efforts I may continue to do the thing, but once I'm being taken for granted I'm looking for the exit.
Dec 29: Would you rather your life have a rewind button or a pause button? Depends. Does the rewind replay things exactly as they happened, or can I change them? If I can change them, definitely rewind. If not, pause.
Dec 30: If you could change one bad habit you have, what would it be? Surfing the internet mindlessly.
Dec 31: Do you prefer beginnings or endings? I prefer the beginnings of good things and the endings of bad things.