PromoGuy's Monday Mission 2.33

1. Many children have blankets, or a favorite nubby stuffed animal that they like to keep near them for security. Do you recall what you had for your "security blanket" as a child? When did you finally give it up? What brought that about? I had a blanket with a fuzzy satin edge. I think I gave it up when the blanket got threadbare and was thrown away.

2. Now that you are a big kid, what do you have to give you that same sense of security? Being self-sufficent is enough for me.

3. With a little over four months left in 2002, have you accomplished everything you wanted to for the year? Is there anything that you would like to accomplish before the year is over? I got a job, that's a good thing. I went to London. I didn't really make other plans. I guess before the year is over I'd like to go out east and visit my brother and family.

4. I don't know about you, but it seems to me children have it pretty good these days. Game systems, computers in the home, microwaves, cable TV, the internet, cell phones and pagers, they certainly have a wider variety of technology than most of us did as children. What modern convenience, if any, do you think it would be good for children today to do without? What would they gain? The Gameboy/Cube/Sega.. call it what you will. Kids don't need that. It keeps them inside sitting around developing short attention spans and insures that they spend less time reading and thinking. As long as I'm here, I'll also metion that those toys impede creativity and turn them into little mass-consumers way too early. So what would they gain with out them? Social skills, creativity, critical reasoning, physical fitness.. you know, the building blocks for a healty adulthood.

5. Many of us have one thing in which we believe we excel. What do you do better than most? I throw excellent temper tantrums.

6. In the United States, and possibly other countries, teenagers in High School usually wind up falling into several social circles or "cliques." Stoners, Rich Kids, Jocks, Cheerleaders, Band, Drama, Goths, and so on (though the names are probably different today). What High School "clique" did you find yourself in? Was it by choice or did it just happen? Did you look down on other groups? (Aw it's ok, it was/is High School, we all did dumb stuff) I was stuck between a few groups. I had theater friends and band friends, international friends and some jock friends. I wasn't ever in theater or band, and I failed miserabley at my several attempts to be a part of various sports teams. I did ok in soccer I guess. Anyhow, I did belong to AFS and hung out mostly with the International students. And those international students tended to be theater people, musicans, jocks.. you get my drift....I looked down at the snotty rich people. I still kind of do.

7. (it begins) I have great news! I won the contest and we now have plane tickets to anywhere in the world. The bad news is we have to pick a place now and leave in the morning. I can't decide where to go, so you get to pick. Where should we go, and what is the first thing we should do when we get there? This sounds familiar. Let's go to Ireland, ok? The first thing we should do is find the blarney stone. I could use a little luck.

BONUS: Must I beg you?Give a sign, I need to know , a little bit of heart and soul