7 Random Ouestions I Ask Everyone I Meet, (to see if I can really associate with them).

#1
Defying all expectation, a group of Scottish marine biologists capture a live Loch Ness Monster. In an almost unbelievable coincidence, a bear hunter in the Pacific Northwest shoots a Sasquatch in the thigh, thereby allowing zoologists to take the furry monster into captivity. These events happen on the same afternoon. That evening, the president announces he may have to go into emergency surgery for an unknown illness later in the week.
You are the front-page editor of The New York Times: What do you play as the biggest story?

#2
At long last, someone invents the "dream TIVO." This device allows you to record an entire evening's worth of your own dreams, which you can then watch at your leisure. However, the inventor of the the dream TIVO will only allow you to use this device if you agree to a strange caveat: When you watch your dreams, you must do so with your family and your closest friends in the same room. They get to watch your dreams along with you. And if you don't agree to this, you can't use the dream TIVO.
Would you still do this?

#3
You meet a wizard in downtown Chicago. The wizard tells you he can make you more attractive if you pay him money. When you ask how this process works, the wizard points to a random person on the street. The wizard says, "I will now make them a dollar more attractive." He waves his magic wand. This person does not change at all, and as far as you can tell, nothing is different. But--somehow--this person is suddenly a little more appealing. The tangible difference is invisible to the naked eye, but you can't deny this person is vaguely more attractive. This wizard has a weird rule, though--you can only pay him once. You can't keep giving him money until you are satisfied. You can only pay him one lump sum up front.
How much cash do you give the wizard?

#4
Someone builds an optical portal that allows you to see a vision of your own life in the future (basically a crystal ball, that shows a random image of what your life will be like in 20 years). You can only see into this portal for thirty seconds. When you finally peer into the crystal, you see yourself in a living room, two decades older than you are today. You are watching a Canadian football game, and you are extremely happy. You are wearing a CFL jersey. Your chair is surrounded by books and magazines that promote the Canadian Football League, and there are CFL pennants covering your walls. You are alone in the room, but you are gleefully muttering about historical moments in Canadian football history. It becomes clear that--for some unknown reason--you have become obsessed with Canadian football. And this future is static and absolute; no matter what you do, this future will happen. The optical portal is never wrong. This destiny cannot be changed.
The next day, you are flipping through the TV channels and randomly come across a preseason CFL game between the Toronto Argonauts and the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Knowing your inevitable future, do you now watch it?

#5
You have won a prize. The prize has two options, and you can choose either (but not both). The first option is a year in Europe with a monthly stipend of $3,000. The second option is 10 minutes on the moon.
Which option do you select?

#6
Your best friend is taking a nap on the floor of your living room. Suddenly you are faced with a bizarre existential problem: This friend is going to die unless you kick them (as hard as you can) in the rib cage. If you don't kick them while they slumber, they will never wake up. However, you can never explain this to your friend; if you later inform them that you did this to save their life, they will also die from that. So you have to kick a sleeping friend in the ribs, and you can't tell them why.
Since you cannot tell your friend the truth, what excuse will you fabricate to explain this (seemingly inexplicable) attack?

#7
For whatever the reason, two unauthorized movies are made about your life. The first is an independently released documentary, primarily comprised of interviews with people who know you and bootleg footage from your actual life. Critics are describing the documentary as "brutally honest and relentlessly fair." Meanwhile, Dreamworks has produced a big-budget biopic of your life, casting major Hollywood stars as you and all your acquaintances; though the movie is based on actual events, screenwriters have taken some liberties with the facts. Critics are split on the artistic merits of this fictionalized account, but audiences love it.
Which film would you be most interested in seeing?

Please feel free to respond to any (or all) of the above questions. They actually are deeper than they appear from the first look. Hope everyone is having a groovy week. You can comment here, or email me @ jaswinn@gmail.com And don't just be a blog stalker (although I love you all too, whoever you are!) let me know some of your thoughts and opinions on these questions!

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