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Jack’s Answers
1. If a crystal ball could tell you the truth about yourself, your life, your future, what would you want to know?
I don’t think I’d truly want to know anything. While I am definitely curious about my future, and the true purpose of this practical-joke-on-the-world that is my existence, I would hate to learn details about what is to come for me up to and including my ultimate fate and have it shape or influence my actions.
2. What do you value most in your sex life?
The fact that it allows me to connect and experience intimacy and pleasure with more than one person. Sex with Jill is great – the current lull in our sex life notwithstanding – but I’m not the sort of person who can be happy with just one partner.
3. What, if anything, is too serious to be joked about?
Things that will or even might result in loss of human life. Note my use of present tense; I’m not necessarily saying that one absolutely cannot joke about past tragedies or loss of human life, though without significant passage of time such jokes are less likely to be smiled upon by one’s audience. No, I refer to joking about one’s intention to carry out such an atrocity. Case in point: Recently a man – likely a transient – walked into a place of business in our city and told staff he was planning to carry out a shooting at a local school. And while there was no reason to believe this person was serious or – for lack of a better word – sane, the matter was obviously taken very seriously. As of this writing the individual has not been apprehended, and local schools remain on heightened alert.
4. If you had to move to a state or country besides the one in which you currently live, where would you move and why?
I like Oregon. There’s no sales tax.
5. Are you too nice?
Yes. Way too nice. I’m not sure why, though I’m thinking my tendency toward extreme empathy for others has something to do with it. Lately I’ve been trying to balance my instinct to be helpful and to give disproportionately of myself with my introversion, laziness, and self-interest.
Bonus: Falling in love is _____ . (one word only)
So hard on the knees. Sorry, too many words. The best thing ever. Damn it, did it again. Exciting as hell. No, that won’t work. Fucking great. Whoops! Fantastic.
Jill’s Answers
1. If a crystal ball could tell you the truth about yourself, your life, your future, what would you want to know?
I would definitely be curious and want to know, although I don’t think I’d actually find out. I like the surprise and making my own choices for the path ahead.
2. What do you value most in your sex life?
I value the sense of connection and intimacy. Feeling safe and secure to be myself and enjoy myself without being judged.
3. What, if anything, is too serious to be joked about?
Disasters and other tragedies that result in the loss of human life.
4. If you had to move to a state or country besides the one in which you currently live, where would you move and why?
Ireland, Italy, and most other places in Europe. I’ve been to many of them, and I’m familiar with the customs and way of life there.
5. Are you too nice?
I’m definitely too nice, but I’m working on that.
Bonus: Falling in love is _____ . (one word only)
Wonderful!
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