Audra

I agree that the 90s, especially the late 90s, are an incredibly tempting ideal. I'd also be interested in living in a pre-industrial time period. I'd say the Tang Dynasty in China (about 600-900 AD). It was incredibly prosperous and peaceful, with a lot of societal focus on art and trade and invention and cultural richness.

Being a serial crafter means most things I create are never seen by anyone. I have a large collection of jewelry, knitting, embroidery, paintings, ceramic and clay pieces, papercrafts, and various other projects in various stages of completion that may or may not ever see the light of day outside my home.

I'm glad you went and had a good time! I've learned to really not find it awkward at all to do things alone. Of course it's great to go with friends or family or loved ones, but sometimes it's an entirely different kind of good to experience things just for yourself. I travel, go to concerts/shows/sports events/etc, dine out, do outdoorsy things on my own somewhat frequently. I just have a "I'd love for you to do this thing with me, but if you aren't here I'm still doing it" mindset with most things.

Trust people at work with personal information or things I'm going through. Coworkers are not always friends, even if it starts to feel like it when you're stuck with them day in and day out.

Maybe more sad than dark, but the thought that so much of our oceans haven't been explored yet, but our plastic and other waste has probably gotten there before us. Imagine charting completely unknown places underwater just to find trash there.

Kingdom Hearts

My mom (a professional horticulturalist) likes to call me her plant hospice worker (helping them die in comfort) so I'm rather proud that I'm actually keeping a monstera alive currently.

It's cool seeing how our beliefs shape our perspective on this one. I generally don't believe we're here for any reason beyond the biological imperative, and the idea of purpose to me has always been rather internal. I've never felt pulled toward a purpose greater than experiencing life. My purpose is what I want it to be, and for me it's to explore and love and romanticize my existence. Maybe I've just been an outdoorsman (outdoorswoman?) too long but I almost hold more value in the ideal of "leave no trace" than in leaving an impact.

My goals today were: drive home from Cle Elum without flipping off any Seattle drivers (only flipped off 1!) Sort and freeze the huckleberries I picked on my camping trip (done) Get ready to go back to work tomorrow (done reluctantly) Clean all the camping gear out of my car (nope, will take it to storage next weekend.)

1. Are you introverted or extroverted? Kind of an ambivert. I can be a little bit standoffish when I first meet new people one on one, but I love the atmosphere of crowds and can be extremely forward with people I trust. 2. Are you religious or non-religious? Non-religious. I'm generally agnostic and secular, my family raised me without any religious or church connections (both were raised Christian and pulled away from it in adulthood). I have an interest in theology and questions of life and existence so as a personality trait, I'm not completely removed from it I guess? But never had the desire to convert to anything. 3. Are you into anime or a stupid face dumb dumb? I mean I am a dumb dumb, but also I like anime. 4. Have you taken a personality test? If so, what was the general idea of what it said about you? I've taken the MBTI - I'm an INFJ-A, the "assertive advocate": compassionate, helpful, organized, balance of emotions and logic. "Introverted intuition and extraverted feeling". I also took a DISC assessment at work, which is like a professional MBTI - I'm a Cs, meaning I work best in moderately-paced analytical roles with some support/advocacy roles. 5. Team Edward or Jacob? Team the rabbit-hole about how 9/11 caused 50 Shades of Grey 6. How is your aging going? (I'm assuming you're approaching 25-40 range.) In my 30s, mostly enjoying life. I sometimes feel a bit immature compared to my peers, but then I'll spend time around twenty-somethings and go "yeah nope I'm definitely in my 30s." 7. When you look back on your life... what do you think you'll regret? I think I will regret settling for things that didn't really fit me in the long run - jobs, relationships, practices - for as long as I did. I think I'll regret missing out on experiences, but also recognize that I'm still young enough to accomplish many of those things I think I might regret not doing so that may change with time.

Not trying to protect millionaires, turns out plenty of people who make art aren't that! But I mean, I prefer the millionaires who make art over the ones who make bombs and hedge funds ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I think we will need some sort of regulation around disclosure of AI use in music and cinema, as the tech continues to get better and less easy to spot. Right now it's obvious, but it's been getting exponentially better for years now and will probably only continue to.

I took a huge roadtrip with my family through the western US years ago, going to Phoenix, AZ from eastern Washington with multiple cities along the way - down through California and back up through Colorado and Wyoming. The whole thing was about 4,000 miles and 60-some hours on the road, the longest leg was about 14 hours from home to San Francisco. The trip was something like Home > San Francisco > Los Angeles > Las Vegas > Phoenix > Albuquerque > Denver > Jackson (moreso Yellowstone park) > Boise > Home

I'll have youtube on most nights. I usually have bird/nature videos playing. I like a little bit of noise or chatter and sometimes go for someone talking like a nat geo documentary, but also the bird TV keeps my cats entertained if they aren't sleeping so they don't go bonkers at 3am.