prompting me to say...

Yes, another one of those writing prompt posts. Because nothing that I've been doing lately is blog-worthy. 

#1

List ten things you want to accomplish before it's too late. 

1. Own a puppy-sized elephant
2. Eliminate small-talk from the world
3. Cure klutziness
4. Explore an alternate universe
5. Figure out why I don't like licorice
6. Find out why the answer to everything is 42 and not 41 or 43
7. Own all the books I want
8. Read all the books I want
9. Get a cat
10. Meet Dumbledore :)

#2

What one gift would you like for yourself? 

Um... wisdom. Definitely. 

#3

Things that make me fearful... 

1. People knowing what I'm thinking about/feeling
2. Disappointing someone
3. Having someone be angry with me
4. Not knowing whether I can trust someone or not
5. Being bad at something

#4

My ten favorite movies. 

I'm actually not a huge fan of most movies. There's too much action, and not enough character development, and worldbuilding for my taste. Plus, if the movie's based on a book, the book is almost always better than the movie. 

#5

People that irritate me... 

...generally either have no idea that they irritate me or think I'm jealous of them. 

#6

Describe a typical day in elementary school: 

6:00- wake up, sit in bed and do homework due before lunch that I was too lazy to do the night before. 

6:45- get dressed, eat breakfast, do dishes.

7:15- walk out the door, try to sneak a novel or four to read in class. May or may not get caught. Walk for five minutes, catch bus. 

7:28- Get off the bus. Run. I'm going to be late! Aaaaah! 

7:30- Do morning exercises (choreographed aerobic thingies that everyone hates) if it's spring r fall, jog (highly choreographed as well) if it's winter. 

8:00- Start classes. Usually as soon as the teacher was safely in front of the blackboard, I would either start reading or go into a semi-comatose state, depending on whether or not I was able to sneak a book past my vigilant mother. 

11:30- Look at sauerkraut (if winter) or other disgusting food (if summer) on my plate and gag. Try to hide it in my rice and sneak towards the scrap pail outside my classroom door. Usually get caught by the student monitor who's supposed to make sure we don't waste food. Try to sweet-talk said student monitor into letting me dump icky food, on success, dump food, and on failing, go back to my seat and choke some food down. 

11:45- Sit at my desk and read or write. After everyone else finishes eating, get shooed out of the classroom either by the teacher or the students whose job it is to clean the classroom that week. Grumble, gripe, plead, but go outside eventually (taking my book/notebook of course) unless it's really miserable outside, in which case mention that I might have a cold. 

12:30- Finish my book/realize that my hand is cramped. Go search for some human being that might play with me so that I won't look like a complete loser. Push to play a game that I'm good at/enjoy. Beat them all at it. Feel smug. 

1:00- Sit in class and either talk to the people in front/next to/behind/opposite me or doodle. 

2:30- Do another round of stupid choreographed exercise thingamajigs. 

4:20- Start gathering up my things in preparation for getting out of school. 

4:30- Shoot out of the door as soon as class is dismissed. Walk down the street, buy myself a snack, take my time so that everyone else gets on the bus in front of me. 

4:45- Get home, eat another snack, do homework. 

6:00- Eat dinner. 

6:15- Read. 

9:30- Go to bed. 

#7

Do you work too much? 

No. I don't work enough. 

#8

What is the first thing that comes to mind when you think back to being 18? 

Um, I really don't know if I can think back to the future. I'll get back to y'all on that one after I turn 19. 

#9

My favorite time of day... 

I like dawn and evenings, even though midnight is pretty cool too. 

#10

What is truth? 

Whatever I command.