The IF Experiment - III

Orginal Post Date | Monday, February 23, 2009

"If [Questions For The Game of Life]"

“If” is described as coffee table book of questions designed to spark the imagination by Evelyn McFarlane and James Saywell. It consists of five hundred questions that all start out “If…” The authors of the book state, “If… can be a wonderful after-dinner parlor game; it can serve as an icebreaker between new acquaintances; it can even help you better understand yourself, your dreams and aspirations, and the mysteries of life.”

The book has thought provoking questions, of which some great and some not so much. So I am answering a page of questions a week in hopes that perhaps it would allow to share more about myself with others. To make me consider things I hadn't intended. Or, to make me learn more about myself.

This week’s questions:
If you could alter one physical characteristics of your mate, what would you change?

How to answer this ... without it sounding shallow. Hard to do when it comes to looks. But, I will try. I would probably alter Michael's weight fluctuations to his ideal weight because I know that it upsets him the most. That is always something he struggles with and wants to maintain.

If you could dine alone with anyone from any period in history, which person would it be?

It's a tie. Oscar Wilde. I think the dinner conversation would be hilarious and witty. Or, Albert Einstein. I would think the dinner conversation would be fascinating.

If you could, in retrospect, change one thing about your childhood, what would it be?

Wow. I thought this one would be easy but it is not. Automatically, I want to change that my father was an alcoholic. But, everything I experienced up until now has made me who I am, and I like me. =) Would I still be same person if my father had been sober in my youth? Or, would I be someone myself and my friends wouldn't even recognize? Unsure about that one. But, I would probably go with that first choice anyway ...

If you could have any room in the world become your bedroom from now on, which room would you choose?

The main reading room of the New York Public Library (Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, of course).

Well, those are the answers this week for the questions. Feel free to share your answers, questions, or thoughts!

M.