#1: Favorite color? Black

    #2: Use three words to describe yourself without putting yourself down. Use a three word "sentence" to describe yourself without putting yourself down. Easy (going), nice, moody. (Used to be easy-going, nice, funny.)

    #3: Favorite quote at the moment? Bloom where you're planted.

    #4: If you could be anywhere in the world (or time) right now, where would you be? Cancun. Oh, I LONG to go back to Cancun and feel the night breeze gust over me from the crashing surf of the ocean!!!

    #5: If you could change anything, what would it be? About me: make me a professional writer. About world: melt all conflict into peace.

    #6: Would you give up your voice if it meant that you'd have the ability to express exactly what you want with written words? Yes.

    #7: If you could *be* any element, what would you be? Lightning, because I want to flash across the skies, crackle with power, and illuminate the night.

    #8: What character trait do you want to be that you are not? More (consistently) confrontational. Right now I wait until my back is against the wall, then I can get pretty ugly.

    #9: Five things on your desk right now. Coca-Cola Zero Cherry can, Saadia Aschemann's book of poetry called Lavish Lines/Luscious Lies (good book, you should buy it), and Andrew O'Hara's book The Swan (good book, you should buy it).

    #10: Would you rather be trapped in an indestructible black and white photo forever, or relive the same day for the rest of your life? Could I pick the photo or day? LOL! Okay... uh... couldn't I just choose death? But if HAD to choose, I'd choose relive the same day... because I would start with the same memories... ah, probably not. Ah, hell! I'd just pick one then kill myself. LOL

    #11: What would you want people to remember you as? A writer with messages of truth in my stories of fiction, fable and myth.

    #12: Would you rather hold a moonbeam, or a sunray? Moonbeam, easily. Why? The moon reflects the sun and captures the darkness; it is the best of both worlds, like the owl's eyes, said to do the same, use the yellow light of the sun to peer into the mysteries of darkness.

    #13: White or black? White for now. A week ago it would have been black. I think it will be white for a while now though.

    #14: What *fiction* character (book, movie, tv, ect) would you want to be? At first Harry Dresden from the Dresden Files... but then he gets clobbered too much. How about the wise mystical Shang-Lu (also known as Grasshopper) from my roleplaying game days, an Oriental mystic and martial artist beyond the mastery of magick.

    #15: If you saw true love would you know it? I've tasted the endorphin rush of physical love, and felt it bleed between my fingers as time and sands of the hourglass bled... and I know true love is companionship when the fiery passion ends. So... yes.

    #16: If you could drop yourself into any fiction world (moive, tv, book, ect) as an original character (not as yourself) what world and who would the character be? In What Dreams May Come, the movie Robbin Williams was in.  I would be an angel... and angel who fell, became a demon, a fallen angel, and ascended once again... and my white skin would crawl with purple veins, and the black nimbus around my head would be overshadowed by the power of the white halo pouring from my heart.

    #17: Circle or square? I want to say circle for eternity, never stopping, like a double-circle or figure eight, infinity sign... but I have to say square to use it as a stepping stone.

    #18: Would it be cool to you to live in a house with secret rooms/passages? Yes. Especially after I discovered them, learned them, mastered them. Then I would be the Master of the Manor. Muhwawawahahahahaha!!! (and I could spy on my guests, hear their secrets, creep into their rooms at night with my rusty hook, and gash their eyes out for having overheard them saying they didn't like my stories, while crying the entire time. Is that sick? (okay, that was dark humor for ya')

    #19: Okay, stupid question; if you could be *any* scented air freshener, what scent would you be? Ocean Breeze (that actually smelled like ocean breeze, like the ocean breeze flowing off the second largest barrier reef off Cancun).

    #20: Can falling be considered flying? Only if you're falling back into your body after having left it for the night during sleep.

    #21: Are we dancing through life or marching? I prefer to dance... but goddamn it! It feels like I'm marching now.

    #22: Have you ever danced in the rain? Yeah, but it was more spinning circles in the rain with my arms held out, only once or twice. If that counts.

    #23: You're at a fork in the road... both paths are overgrown... do you go left or right? I always go right just like in my video games. Although I have walked the left-hand path, but my heart isn't in it.

    #24: Pick any number. Thirteen. It seems to be the number for me right now.

    #25: Have you ever screamed for no reason? No. There is always a reason, even if the reason doesn't exist for other people.

    #26: Do you think there are hidden dimensions that we don't know about? Sure. I believe in other demensions. I just saw a shark show which said they can sense the electrical impulses of other living creatures. Its funny, but double blind studies have proven the meridian lines of accupuncture to 98.9% accuracy, so there is an electro-physiological energy system, Oriental mystics/accupunturists and martial artists call chi energy, and Hindus call kundalini, Christians call Holy Spirit, others call prana, the tao, the dreaming... whatever. This energy flows into us... from where? From the other dimensions. I say the same "source" psychics get their readings is the same "source" writers and musicians get their creativity... creativity is creativity, hidden, sublime, overpowering... like a song yet unsung held in the heart yet unspoken by the tongue... and then inspiration... or psychic reading... or preacher-man preaching... or martial artist striking. Okay, I've said too much.

    #27: Travel... the number one place you want to go. Cancun, Mexico. Now bring in on back, now bring it on back, now bring it on back.

    #28: If you could live anywhere where would it be? I'd have a mansion in Cancun, a house in Los Angeles by Burbank (it's beautiful there, too), and a home where I live now in Central Illinois.

    #29: Would you rather be perfect and be like a million other things, or broken and unique? Broken and unique, because that is what each of us already are.

    #30: Rivers or oceans? Rivers are oceans and oceans have their own rivers, so like the Tao, if I was one I would sooner or later become the other... but I have a mental affinity with the River for the expression of Dreamtime and "go with the flow," but the power of the ocean is... well, overpowering.

    #31: Ever seen two rainbows at the same time? I've seen three.

    #32: Have you ever stood under a waterfall? Would you if you had the chance? I have stood on the other side of a small waterfall with water moccasins swimming angrily in the small lake outside the tiny cave.

    #33: If you could live on the moon, would you? Not unless I could write there, have instant live video feed, and communicate with people on earth... but it would be the writer's paradise of no distractions.

    #34: Have you ever snapped a picture of a stranger and then make up a story about them in your head? No, but it sounds damned fun... and clever.

    #35: Why is the sky blue? I could attempt to give the scientific reason, but its really because the heavens became blue when earth fell from the sky, lost forever, and turned blue until Gaia, the Green Goddess, returns.  Which will be soon. Can you not hear her tremble? Can you not hear her heart of molten center beat faster to return to her former home?  When that happens, the sky will turn red with happiness and joy, and the moon will turn green with envy (where the next life forms will form).

    #36: What color would you paint the sky? Shades of purple.  Night would be dark purple, day light purple. Dawn would begin black (its darkest before dawn), then shade to a lighter purple. The color of kings.

    #37: What color are your wings? Beautiful black trim (along its bat wing pattern within, too) with royal purple interior, and within those are bumblebee yellows like golden etchings of desire, and the outside would have multiple crystal clear stingers that would change colors when I meet people: black for evil; gray for neutral; white for decent.

The Questions

   #1: Favorite color?   Blue

    #2: Use
three words to describe yourself without putting yourself down. Use a
three word "sentence" to describe yourself without putting yourself
down.  I am Me

    #3: Favorite quote at the moment? I have not failed, I have just found ten thousand ways that do not work -

    #4: If you could be anywhere in the world (or time) right now, where would you be? Greece

    #5: If you could change anything, what would it be? To make the world more environmentally friendly so that we don't end up killing off all the trees... (and animals)

    #6: Would you give up your voice if it meant that you'd have the ability to express exactly what you want with written words? No, sometimes people need someone to say things, and they need to hear it... my own miscommunication is not as important as that.

    #7: If you could *be* any element, what would you be? Earth

    #8: What character trait do you want to be that you are not? The ablitity to follow through with things - not just the motivation.

    #9: Five things on your desk right now. A big chaotic mess... (that's is more than five, yet only one)

    #10:
Would you rather be trapped in an indestructible black and white photo
forever, or relive the same day for the rest of your life? Trapped I guess...

    #11: What would you want people to remember you as? A kind person

    #12: Would you rather hold a moonbeam, or a sunray? Moonbeam

    #13: White or black? Black

    #14: What *fiction* character (book, movie, tv, ect) would you want to be? I do not know - Lilium maybe.

    #15: If you saw true love would you know it?  No

    #16: If you could drop yourself into any fiction world (moive, tv, book, ect) as an original character (not as yourself) what world and who would the character be? Hinata, from Naruto

    #17: Circle or square? Square

    #18: Would it be cool to you to live in a house with secret rooms/passages? I'd love it

    #19: Okay, stupid question; if you could be *any* scented air freshener, what scent would you be? Vanilla spice

    #20: Can falling be considered flying? Not to me

    #21: Are we dancing through life or marching? We are moving. Some dance, some run, some march, some walk, some crawl... but all moving, and generally we do more than one.

    #22: Have you ever danced in the rain?  Yes

    #23: You're at a fork in the road... both paths are overgrown... do you go left or right? Left

    #24: Pick any number. 37

    #25: Have you ever screamed for no reason? Yes

    #26: Do you think there are hidden dimensions that we don't know about? I hope so

    #27: Travel... the number one place you want to go. Anywhere

    #28: If you could live anywhere where would it be? A villa with a dog outside the cities

    #29: Would you rather be perfect and be like a million other things, or broken and unique? I am broken

    #30: Rivers or oceans? Right now Rivers...

    #31: Ever seen two rainbows at the same time? Yes

    #32: Have you ever stood under a waterfall? Would you if you had the chance? No I haven't, yes I wish to

    #33: If you could live on the moon, would you? Not unless there were trees

    #34: Have you ever snapped a picture of a stranger and then make up a story about them in your head? Nope, but I found pictures of strangers and made up stories about them

    #35: Why is the sky blue? Because it is unique too

    #36: What color would you paint the sky? Depends, the same, pink, black... depends on what is underneath..

    #37: What color are your wings? They change colors, but mostly, they are invisible and imaginary...  Only in my head do I fly.

Interesting answers. Your blog is fascinating to read.