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More from the interview meme.
1. If you could work any job in the world what would you work and why?
Pretty much what I'm doing now. The only difference would be that I'd prefer to work in a smaller, pharmaceutical company versus a large biotech. (The science is more interesting at a pharmaceutical, but the resources are more plentiful at a large company. Catch 22.) I really love science, and on most days I enjoy the process of doing experiments. Anyone in R&D likes to do more research than development, and I'm no different. But I love what I do. I love being in the lab instead of in an office; working at a bench instead of a desk. It suits me.
2. What do you think happens when you die?
I don't believe in heaven and hell; I don't believe in an afterlife per se. I think souls are born into this world, do work, die, come back, and repeat the cycle. The point of the exercise is to always strive to better yourself and humanity. I think that maybe the same group of souls bumps into each other frequently, too. They show up as people who you better than they ought to, who nudge and cajole you to do the right thing; by the same token, you do that for them.
And I think you keep repeating the process, some of the same patterns, over and over like a Mandelbrot set, until you finally are able to break free. Then you just sort of dissolve into the universe and become part of something else.
3. What goals do you have for the future?
Small ones, really. I'd like a house with a porch. I'd like a dog. I'd like to keep facing my fears and working through my shit. I'd like to slowly become a better person. I'd like to grow old and have snowy white hair and a mellow disposition like my Mamaw.
4. If you could rewind your life what would you change and what would you not?
Nothing. I've regretted many things over the years; choices, things I've said, fears. But they've all had an important impact on me, shaped me into the person I am. I can't rewind, but I can change the way I behave from now on. So that's what I'd do.
5. What would you do if someone handed you 100 million dollars?
First I'd invest it in such a way that I'd never have to work again. Second, I'd buy a house. Third, I'd put college tuition aside for my youngest nephews and nieces; my oldest nephew would get the same amount of cash, as soon as he could tell me something definite he wanted to do with it. (like, get a recording studio so he could produce his own music. That would be totally cool.)
Fourth, T and I would have our foundation. She wants to fund small, indepenent business. I'd want to fund science education in primary schools, particularly rural or inner city schools. I'd set up a scholarship for kids who want to study the sciences. I'd set up a granting foundation for medical research into inheritable, currently untreatable rare diseases like Tay Sachs.
Fifth, I'd travel all over: Europe, the Mediterranean, the Caribbean, South Pacific, China.
I could think of a lot of things to do with money. I really ought to be rich. ;)
If you want me to interview you, leave a comment.
THE RULES:
1 - Leave a comment, saying you want to be interviewed.
2 - I will respond; I'll ask you five questions.
3 - You'll update your journal with my five questions, and your five
answers.
4 - You'll include this explanation.
5 - You'll ask other people five questions when they want to be interviewed
1. If you could work any job in the world what would you work and why?
Pretty much what I'm doing now. The only difference would be that I'd prefer to work in a smaller, pharmaceutical company versus a large biotech. (The science is more interesting at a pharmaceutical, but the resources are more plentiful at a large company. Catch 22.) I really love science, and on most days I enjoy the process of doing experiments. Anyone in R&D likes to do more research than development, and I'm no different. But I love what I do. I love being in the lab instead of in an office; working at a bench instead of a desk. It suits me.
2. What do you think happens when you die?
I don't believe in heaven and hell; I don't believe in an afterlife per se. I think souls are born into this world, do work, die, come back, and repeat the cycle. The point of the exercise is to always strive to better yourself and humanity. I think that maybe the same group of souls bumps into each other frequently, too. They show up as people who you better than they ought to, who nudge and cajole you to do the right thing; by the same token, you do that for them.
And I think you keep repeating the process, some of the same patterns, over and over like a Mandelbrot set, until you finally are able to break free. Then you just sort of dissolve into the universe and become part of something else.
3. What goals do you have for the future?
Small ones, really. I'd like a house with a porch. I'd like a dog. I'd like to keep facing my fears and working through my shit. I'd like to slowly become a better person. I'd like to grow old and have snowy white hair and a mellow disposition like my Mamaw.
4. If you could rewind your life what would you change and what would you not?
Nothing. I've regretted many things over the years; choices, things I've said, fears. But they've all had an important impact on me, shaped me into the person I am. I can't rewind, but I can change the way I behave from now on. So that's what I'd do.
5. What would you do if someone handed you 100 million dollars?
First I'd invest it in such a way that I'd never have to work again. Second, I'd buy a house. Third, I'd put college tuition aside for my youngest nephews and nieces; my oldest nephew would get the same amount of cash, as soon as he could tell me something definite he wanted to do with it. (like, get a recording studio so he could produce his own music. That would be totally cool.)
Fourth, T and I would have our foundation. She wants to fund small, indepenent business. I'd want to fund science education in primary schools, particularly rural or inner city schools. I'd set up a scholarship for kids who want to study the sciences. I'd set up a granting foundation for medical research into inheritable, currently untreatable rare diseases like Tay Sachs.
Fifth, I'd travel all over: Europe, the Mediterranean, the Caribbean, South Pacific, China.
I could think of a lot of things to do with money. I really ought to be rich. ;)
If you want me to interview you, leave a comment.
THE RULES:
1 - Leave a comment, saying you want to be interviewed.
2 - I will respond; I'll ask you five questions.
3 - You'll update your journal with my five questions, and your five
answers.
4 - You'll include this explanation.
5 - You'll ask other people five questions when they want to be interviewed
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PS: Should you set up this foundation, I shall a write a grant for money for my college I work for. It's a women's college :)
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2. What's your worst vice?
3. What's the first thing you think when you wake up in the morning?
4. What person, unrelated to you, had the biggest impact on your life?
5. Something I've been curious about, that I hope isn't too personal. How did you realize that your spiritual beliefs were right for you? How were you introduced the concepts and how did you begin to study and adopt them?
If that's too personal, then do you have any phobias?
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Cuz we would really be so much cooler than the other rich people. We have neater ideas. So we should be rich. ;-)
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2. What's your worst fear?
3. What's your least favorite chore?
4. What's your primary defense mechanism?
5. If forced to give up either sex or sweets, which would go?
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2. What's your favorite comfort food?
3. What motivated you to take voice lessons?
4. Salty snacks or sweet snacks?
5. Do you have any phobias? If so, what?
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- The next president of the US: Mortie or Frank, and why?
- What song would you most like to do an arrangement of/produce/etc. How would you do it? Who would sing it if not the orignal artist? (OK that was a lot of questions)
- What kind of writing would you like to publish?
- Are there any songs you can think of that should be arranged for our chorus?
- Are you a coffee snob or do you just look for caffeine? What do you look for in a good cuppa?
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This whole interview meme seems to be spreading around everywhere. Keen.
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Funny you should comment on that. 2004 is my Year of Sorting Out My Spirituality Crap. As you can imagine, I have a lot of issues revolving around my religious upbringing. When I was about 24 or 25, I basically rejected everything I'd been taught, as it conflicted with my emerging values. I left it that way for a good many years.
The end of last year, I realized that by not putting any thought into resolving those issues I was stunting myself in a lot of ways. So I decided to get into that whole thorny mess in the new year. Hence, lots of me time, getting back into meditating regularly, going to yoga with T. I've been focusing on sorting out what I do believe, as opposed to defining myself by what I don't believe. It's coming into slowly coming into focus.
It wasn't until I answered that question that I put any of it down. I read it and thought Holy shit, am I a Buddhist? I sound like a Buddhist. Where I go from here, I'm not sure. All I can say is there will be a there to go from here.
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I should really find a Buddhist sesshin and get some real training in meditation and practice. My sitting is too seldom, too unstructured to help me now. There are some temples in town... I should check them out.