Michael over at Raven’s Weald nominated me for the Sunshine Blogger Award, and though this isn’t my usual thing, I’d like to take this opportunity to first, thank Michael, and second, give a shout out to his fantastic blog. Michael writes intriguing, wonderful short stories, and amazing original poetry. He also gives great advice for upgrading your blog. Seeing that I’m not good at all on the tech stuff, really comes in handy for me. So please check out his blog.

I know I’m not following the guidelines exactly, but part of this is answering some questions Michael asked. So here goes:

What is a weird thought that lives rent-free in your head?

That mirrors are actually windows to another universe exactly synced up to ours, and you are really seeing yourself in the mirror/window, albeit another you in another universe.

What is a completely normal thing that secretly gives you the ick?     

Sugary coffee drinks

What is a skill you’d like to learn?

Wood working. I’d love to be able to make a chair. Just like Ron Swanson.

What is something you’re weirdly good at or goodly weird at?

I’m not really sure how to answer this. Could long meandering walks be something you’re good at? I recently took a long walk with my son, and we kept coming to a bend in the road, and I said I wanted to know what comes next. He eventually said, won’t this go on forever? I had to concede on this. I have gone on walks I needed to take a bus home, having gone too far.

What I think I’m weirdly bad at is leaving comments on WordPress. So if my comments are lame, I’m sorry!

Do you think our dreams have hidden meanings?

Strangely I don’t. But our interpretations of them, yes. Lots of hidden meanings.

If you could live in any time period, when do you think you might fit in better than you fit now? Or feel better about?

Ancient Greece. Or the 70’s.

What is your super-secret superpower that no one suspects you have?

Anxiety and panic attacks. I have those down. The same way Bukowski has masted the hangover.

Cook me a meal. What am I being served?

Popcorn. I have a whole system down. Involving ghee. It’s damn good.

What is the strangest thing you’ve ever done?

I’ll throw this out there, I took a bunch of LSD and took a bus from Mexico City to Chicago. It took two days to get to Chicago.

Has anyone ever dared you lick a pole in the middle of winter? Would you? If you did, what happened?

This is really funny. But I’m not sure I’ve ever done that.

How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop?

Licks and Tootise Pop are one. Like Zen and archery.