Wltedflwr's Creative Musings

If you could have dinner with any fictional character, who would it be? So many options to choose from. I thought about Sherlock Holmes, Watson (though I’d go with John Watson from the TV show), or Gregory House. But ultimately, I settled on Captain Jean Luc Picard. Arguably the best captain in Starfleet. Now granted, it could be because I would love to have dinner with Patrick Stewart but…

What is the best purchase you have ever made? I don’t know. I hate questions like this. How do you decide what the best of something so broad is? I mean I love our house and it was a great purchase but was it better than the new gaming laptop I got or the pair of pants I just found? I mean those things are all so drastically different. Add to that it says ever made, so you want me compare things…

What’s the funniest misunderstanding you’ve ever been part of? I don’t know about funniest but this is the only misunderstanding I can think of at the moment that even qualifies as funny. When I was a kid, I was at my grandparents apartment and they were having it painted. Now, I have a nickname that is reserved for family and very very few close friends. Most do not know this nickname and I’m…

What app eats up most of your screen time — and do you even feel bad about it? Twitch. I knew without checking but I double checked to be sure. And, no, I’m not mad about it at all. Of all the social media sites that could be eating up my screen time, Twitch is the least toxic. Of all the time wasting things I could be doing on my phone, Twitch is the most enriching, On Twitch I have found…

What’s a movie or book that inspired you to travel? I am struggling to answer this. I honestly can’t remember not wanting to travel so I can’t necessarily say a book or movie inspired me to do it. Also the prompt doesn’t specify if we’re talking the general idea of travel or travel to somewhere specific. That is a slightly easier question to answer but even then the books and movies didn’t…

If you could erase one trend from history, what would it be? If I was someone who enjoyed political discourse, the answer would be easy. The “make America great again” trend needs to never exist. But as I do not wish to engage in politics on this page, as stated many a time, we will leave it at that and pick a different trend. I almost didn’t think of this when contemplating what I wanted to…

Which outdated technology do you miss the most, and why? This took a bit of thought. Sometime I miss CDs and cassettes, there was certainly something to be said for truly owning my music. Yes, I can still buy things on iTunes and the like but it’s digital and it’s not the same. But I don’t think I miss that most. I don’t miss landlines or dial-up. Though, not being able to be reached at all…

What is the best excuse you have heard lately? I don’t know about “best” but my “favorite” (yes, I’m being sarcastic) excuse is “I didn’t know.” Of course there’s variations on this but it comes down to the person claiming they didn’t know how to do something, that they had to do it, or anything along those lines. Sure, there are times this is not an excuse but a reality, however often its what…

Do you think we’re shaped more by our experiences or by who we are? This is a very circular question like many philosophical questions. How do you define “who we are”? Are we not the sum of our experiences? Babies do not come born with personalities. We learn from the world around us. That’s why they recommend exposing the fetus to music in the womb. That’s why we are given different food to…

If you had to be an animal for a week, which one would you be and why? I would be a cat. There’s no question. I’m practically a cat now. I’ve been a cat in a past life. Cats have it easy. Easier than dogs. No one expects a cat to do tricks or tasks. Cats are around for cuddles and amusement. Cats control humans, not the other way around. Plus I’d love to be like my cat and sleeping right now. I…

What’s a piece of technology you’re convinced will exist in 20 years? Warning, I’m a Trekkie so everything I’m about to say is absolutely based in that. I think in 20 years we will absolutely have replicators like they did in Star Trek. I think they will exist for medical and commercial purposes. Provide food and clothes and other good as well as help replicate body parts, medicines, etc. Will…

Which book have you read more than any other? None? I don’t re-read books. There is only one book I can think of that I could possibly list here, The Little Prince. But that’s because I read it as a kid and it stuck with me but as a teen and as an adult I had to go back to it for things I was doing to reference it properly. It wasn’t so much of a re-read because I was dying to read it again.…

Are you a lifelong learner? What have I said about close ended prompts? I should just leave this with a yes and not say anything more. Maybe then the person or persons who write these prompts will also be a lifetime learner and learn how to write a more engaging prompt. Since I’m guessing the goal was for me to talk about the learning I do, I guess I’ll discuss that…briefly. I say briefly…

What’s one habit that has improved your life the most? I think the habit I have that has improved my life the most is getting up well before I need to. Giving myself time to wake up slowly and do things that either need to be done or help me feel prepared for the day has led to better days. My days have more structure and productivity. I don’t struggle to get started at work because I’ve already…

What’s a chapter of your life you’d title “The Hard Years” — and what got you through it? I would say my late 20s to early 30s would be the hard years. It was then that I was realizing how bad my marriage was or dealing with the aftermath of it ending. I would say persistence, good friends,and being told I couldn’t got me through it. I’m sorry if you were hoping I’d go into more detain but that…

What’s a book you think deserves a sequel? It’s hard for me to think of a book I read that I thought needed a sequel that didn’t get one. Most things I’ve ready either had that level of continuation happen or were well wrapped up at the end. There was one book I could think of, Catch-22 by Joseph Heller, that to my knowledge didn’t have a sequel and I would have liked to know what happened to…

What villain actually had a good point? This idea of villain is a very broad category that I’m having a hard time wrapping my head around this early in the morning. I think the truth is almost any villain has a good point, in a way. They exist in stories to teach us lessons. Without conflict, theres no growth. Villains provide conflict. That conflict often stems a morality disagreement. While…