The beautiful Surmayee and ravishing Andy have both tagged me in the answer-11-questions-and-then-write-your-own-11-questions-game and after reading their perfect answers to their questions, I can’t help but oblige! But it’s too much work to do the whole shebang so I’ll just simplify it and answer their questions (basically not play the game at all but hey, sarcastic-but-also-real-life-YOLO.)

Surmayee’s Questions:

1. When did you have your first date and/or first kiss?

My first kiss was when I was nine, in the third grade. It was under the playground at my elementary school in Canada, with a boy named Eric Hernandez. We were going to get married, so it was chill. He and I were sitting there, under the playground, and he said, “Want to kiss?” I said “Yes,” as if I was responding to someone confirming my name. There weren’t sparks or fireworks, but I was stoked to be kissing the coolest kid in our class? (Yup. Bleached hair tips and an earring.) My first date was sometime later and less memorable. 

2. What was the first thing you saw on your dash today?

It was a quote about depression that I very much liked. Not exaggerated, not self-pitying, just honest. I don’t remember it.

3. What do you think of Kim Kardashian’s butt?

LIKE.

4. If you only had one day to live, what would be the first 5 things on your to-do list?

1. Paris. 2. See my family: Mom, Dad, Paul, and Keizra. 3. Tell someone I love them. 4. Kiss Johnny Depp’s face. 5. Be sure that I dance until the night turned in to my last breaths.

5. What was your klutziest moment ever?

God I actually have so many. One from this semester that stands out is I was on a second date with someone I was really starting to like and we had gotten ice cream and we walked out of the ice cream store and like 46 seconds out the door I dropped my cone. It was mortifying and ended up being a happy-ending klutz moment, because we just shared his. 

6. Fuck, Marry, Kill - Justin Biebs, Nick Jonas, Taylor Lautner 

I don’t really know enough about them to be fair, but based on what I do know, marry Nick, fuck Justin, and kill Taylor. So it goes.

7. What is one thing you wish you could change about your past?

Nothing. What we’ve done, seen, and chosen makes us who we are. If I changed one little or one big thing, I could risk losing little things that have made life as wonderful as it has been.

8. What do you do when you need to get out of a funk?

Cry until it goes away. Run into the horizon until I can’t breathe. Play music that reminds me there is something that proves I am not alone. I read books, watch movies, and make things like stories and poems.

9. Who makes you happy?

My friends and my family. Not cliche if it’s honest, right?

10. What’s your favorite cuisine?

JAPANESE SO HARD. I’m one-sixteenth Japanese, so it’s legit.

11. Who have you not spoken to in a while, but wish you had?

My Dad. I keep meaning to call him, but there’s always a certain silence in all the noise we make.

Andy’s Questions

1. What do you like to do in your free time?

Read and write. The best way to pass the time is with words. :)

2. What is something you are unsatisfied with in your life?

I don’t leave enough time for me, in all the commotion of my days, weeks, and months. I never have enough time for all the books I want to read and all the sun salutations I wish to do.

3. What is something you love about yourself?

I smile and laugh easily and readily. I am open to optimism and positivity. I can see sunshine where others see rain.

4. Describe what you are feeling right now?

Home-iness. 

5. Are you close with your family?

My mother and sister, absolutely. We’ve been through hell and back together.

6. If you could have any job/career, any at all, what would it be?

I would be an actress.

7. What is your happiest memory?

I had a dream I was flying that was so vivid, so real, so honest that I can recall every sensation, emotion, and sentiment I felt as I soared through the air. I was invincible.

8. How has your christmas/winter break been?

Magical. Friends, family, food, and books: what more could anyone ask for?

9. How did you meet your best friend?

I have too many! But Bethany, the bestest of the best, I met Freshman year of high school. We were destined to be best friends. She understands me in a way no one has or will.

10. If you could be doing one thing right now, what would it be?

Stargazing from a cloud.

11. If Hillary Clinton and Condoleezza Rice were to have a jousting match, who would win? (Yes, there is a correct answer to this)

TOUGH ONE. But Hillary. Hillary for all the awards.