If you could be anybody, who would you be? What does 'holds water' mean to you? Edited from Anya's Benign Beauty Diary on November 5 & 6, 2012. All graphics © BY-NC 4.0 How would you answer? Let me know

From November 4, 2012 (reworked): Well, on a social and cultural scale, the most important aspect of my life right now is the amount of money I owe my university... which I admit now was a decision I didn't

From November 3, 2012 (revised): There's limitless possibilities when one asks anywhere... but I suppose a prerequisite for this question is the ability to live through the experience, and make it back

From November 2, 2012: How can an apparition can be considered "quasi"? Doesn't the concept and reality of a ghost indicate a quasi experience already? It could never look completely human, right? (Actually,

From November 1, 2012 (edited): I have never thought about it before, but the phrase seems to come from observing, or mimicking cat behavior. Particularly meowing back at them. For instance, my cats like

From October 31, 2012: I feel the same way about humans as I feel for any living creature that would cause harm to another living creature for the sheer enjoyment of self-satisfaction and superiority.

From October 30, 2012: I've never considered the idiom before. My guess is that they used to inform people of death warrants by tacking said warrant onto the front door with a nail. If it was the only

From October 29, 2012 (edited): In our advanced, and perhaps peculiar world, focus is important because without it there would be no "work" done. Most blue and white-collar workers are chosen for their

From October 28, 2012: That saying seems to have first pieced together in the Darwin era, when it was found that monkeys are our genetic cousins. When they found out that apes and monkeys would get intoxicated

From October 27, 2012: Wars exist because people want. Remember how religious doctrines try to teach their followers about losing their connections with material things? War is the outcome of desiring

From October 26, 2012 (edited): Being genuine... that is not important; that is mandatory. Of course, I can't think of anyone who doesn't have secrets they don't want to share with the world and, on its

From October 25, 2012: Who is them, and why should I be wondering if I could see them again? Bah. I don't know what exactly to write about on this one. There's not really anything to say until the question

From October 24, 2012 (edited): This will depend on what exactly is "missing," and what exactly a "relative" is. I grew up with a family that didn't keep too close to one another, so the relatives I do

From October 23, 2012: Sadness is a subjective feeling that depends on how one looks at things. I'm not sad today. I'm not really ever sad, just looking at my problem from the wrong angle. So I suppose

From October 22, 2012: I'm grateful for how I feel. I guess that's really mushy, though, so I guess I'm grateful for being me. I don't think there's anyone else I'd rather be. Not even if it was someone

From October 21, 2012: I won't be able to edit/update these posts for a little while. I'm a little under the weather as far as mental capability (ask around if you're concerned. I've told a few people

From October 20, 2012: This is going to sound completely retarded, but I'm a little retarded so here goes. I'm going to remember seeing an old old friend. Not that it is impossible to communicate with

From October 19, 2012: I used to eat peanut butter. It was just a staple growing up because it was cheap and a good source of protein. I can't stand the stuff now unless it is sweetened (I think a lot

From October 18, 2012: I like how it has borrowed in quotation marks because that's how I feel about most borrowed items. The idea of ownership is subjective and one of those domains I find a bit murky

From October 17, 2012 (partly edited): I don't have a photograph of my young-young self that I remember being taken. Not a physical photo anyway. The earliest one I remember, though, was taken with my