If… (Week 2)

This is week two in my personal “If… Project” in which I answer questions from the book “If… (Questions for the Game of Life)”

There are 125 pages of this book, each with four questions. I plan to take one page each week and answer the questions as thoroughly and honestly as I am able. In addition, I invite you to answer the questions along with me, whether it be in the comments section, your own personal blog, or just within your own thoughts.

Perhaps in doing so, we will get to know each other better, but even more importantly, get to know ourselves better.

This week’s questions:

If you could have lived through any war in history (without actually fighting in it), which would it be?

Well, for starters I’d just like to say how glad I am that it says I don’t have to actually fight in it. That’d be a deal breaker for me, as I don’t think I’d ever be able to fight in a war. I admire greatly those who are able to do it, but it’s just not something I am personally cut out for. That being said, and with my complete lack of historical knowledge to guide me, I guess I’d pick the Revolutionary War. I think it would been interesting to see the genesis of this country and actually witness the birth of our nation.

If you could eliminate any one type of insect permanently from the earth, what would you get rid of?

I’d pick the one insect that ruins the lives of most New York City residents, the cockroach. Not only are they so completely revolting, but some of them also fly, which also freaks me out. And if that weren’t bad enough, I once had one rear his ugly face during one of the worst possible moments. And for that, I seek the ultimate revenge. I would eradicate cockroaches from the earth.

If you had to eliminate a single type of animal forevermore, which would you choose?

Well, if I want to be snarky, I could merely point out that insects are animals, so I’ve technically already answered this question in my last answer. But for the sake of the game, I will pick a non-insect animal. I would either choose spiders or snakes, because both of them freak the shit out of me more than I can even put into words. But if I were forced to pick just one, I think it would be spiders. Just seeing them on television or in a movie is enough to elicit an emotional reaction out of me, and I start to feel them crawling all over my body.

If you could have an elegant dinner alone with anyone presently alive, whether you know them or not, who would you want it to be?

The middle part of this question kind of confuses me, as I feel that if I know the person, then I actually already can have an elegant dinner alone with them. The only thing stopping me is that we just haven’t decided to have one. So, I’m going to pick someone I don’t know. Initially I had a lot of trouble coming up with someone because I was confusing “elegant” with “romantic” when, in fact, they are two completely different things. So, once I got that straight in my mind, I settled on Samantha Brown. I think she is very cultured and experienced in elegant situations after all of her world travels and experiences so I could just sort of follow her lead, but also so down to earth as a person that the dinner wouldn’t be too hoity-toity, which is something I’m personally not comfortable with due to lack of experience. Plus, I adore her as a person, so it would be nice to sit down and talk over a nice dinner. And naturally I would end the dinner by begging to be her personal assistant while we had dessert.

There are my answers for this week’s questions. What are yours?