Friday Five 30-September-2022

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1. Who do you know would be more likely to stress over small stuff?
I'd say my Mom. It's like. EVERYTHING is an issue. For me it's just stuff that's not worth to mention. Like. Last night. It was pouring rain, so, it's a given that it's gonna be really congested traffic-wise. Sis sends a message to the home chat that she's gonna be late coz she's stuck in traffic. Yes, She's taking 2 hours to get home (an almost impossible feat in Macau, given the size, but it happens). And she's worried every passing second. It's not even that Sis went MIA. She's giving periodic updates. But Mom is still fussing. Then like Dad accidentally dropped a container of soup and dirtied the kitchen floor? Hell has no fury like Mom's; how she fussed, criticing Dad's cleaning. Oh, but wait a minute, she dropped a box of sauce inside the fridge, at a funny spot that had holes that goes down to some of the electric stuff, I think, she cleans half way, says, "Jesus Christ!" and just leaves it. Dad and I just look at her and we were left cleaning up for her.

2. Who do you know would be more likely to win at Hide and Seek?
I've had such a sad childhood LOL never really played that. I guess I played more tag or "It" that, now that I think of it, my childhood bullies kept bullying me in those games as well. Like when I'm "it" and I have to chase them, and just before I catch them they'd say "pause!" and then run away and continue to cackle. Oh, I remember exactly who you are and what you did, and I did not appreciate a couple years back when you tried to connect on FB, Michelle.

3. Who do you know would be more likely to live the longest?
I don't know. Longest in relation to what? In my lifetime? In their lifetime? Comparing to others? I'm sure our current pets will not outlive us. If it's between me and my Sis then I suppose it's more likely that I would live longer, I live a slightly healthier lifestyle than she does (I exercise and watch what I eat, she doesn't), but then accidents can happen?

4. Who do you know would be more likely to own up to their own mistakes?
oh, I know the last one who'd do that, and that's my Mom. Followed by my Sis. Dad usually doesn't admit outright either, but then whatever it is he has made a mistake of (say, put too much salt on the fish dish), and somehow he'd talk himself out of it and then go all conspiracy theorists and somehow the political situation in Austria has some connection to his over-salting the fish dish.

5. Who do you know would be more likely to name their pet something gloriously ridiculous?
Ah, that would be me LOL. Our dachshund who we call "Menina" (dad calls her "Mädchen") her actual name on her registration booklet is Lizzie hahaha, because of Elizabeth Bennett (Pride and Prejudice), Lizzie is her nickname, and why Elizabeth? Because of the Queen. We just. Have never called her by her actual name LOL. I almost named our Frenchie just Frenchie (because of the logic of us never calling a pet by its "real" name) but in the end I decided "Frankie" sounds close enough to "Frenchie" so might as well just give him a real name. This one, we happened to continue to call him by his actual name haha.


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1. When did you most recently experience the beginning of a beautiful friendship?
I don't know. I haven't made any new friends recently. There haven't been any new people in my life either, so I can't really say.

2. For whom did you last stick your neck out?
I'm known to tell little white lies to help the Boss drivers out if the Boss gets unreasonable in yelling at them.

3. What matters more to you, and what matters less as time goes by?
Things that actually matter to me: do your job.
Things that matters less as time goes by: platitudes that don't help me at all. In fact, they never mattered to me anyway.

4. What have you been shocked—shocked!—to learn this week?
I doubt it's in the level of shocked! this question intends to ask, but I thought that, now that the Boss is back, has quarantined for the 7 days, did the extra 5 tests outside of his quarantine days, and has now gotten his spiffy "Green Health Code", he was free to do all he wants, but apparently, there's a hidden fact that although he's "Green" and can go anywhere and everywhere, but he is still locked to only being allowed to go to 4 specific locations to get his covid test done for 30 days after getting out of quarantine. It's not written anywhere, and I had to call and ask why I couldn't book him for a covid test at a more convenient location for him, and then was told about the 30 days rule. So he's still "not exactly free" and has to go to one of those 4 specific locations, which are not convenient for him.

5. Who’s looking at you, kid?
Who cares?