I answer these questions because they really give me a deeper insight of myself. I men, most of these questions are about things that I don't really think about on a regular basis, and by answering them I learn more about myself, as well as other people.

Trust and togetherness. We need more trust & togetherness in our modern society. I mean think about it. When was the last time you saw somebody trip on the sidewalk? Did anybody else stop and try to help? Or when did you last speak with some stranger and end up going for coffee? It's these little things that makes a community into a utopia. Well, maybe not a utopia, but still more pleasant.

My greatest teachers were the underclassmen that I mentored for two years in high school. In my junior year I decided to take a couple of freshmen "under my wing" and be a student mentor for them. I didn't have to do it, I just felt it would be a good experience. Anyway, I think that I may have learned more from them than I was able to teach them. I'm always going to remember the times I spent with them and, even though I'm going off to college in a few days, I do intend to return to my high school during my winter break and see how they're doing.

My dream career would be to replace Mike Rowe on his TV show, Dirty Jobs. I'm not saying I'd want to put him in the poor house or anything... I just want hit job. I mean, he gets to do so many interesting things and he meets so many neat people. I don't care if I get dirty either. The dirtier the better in my opinion. And my sense of smell never works right. I'm not stuffed up or anything, I just can't smell stuff. It would be so totally incredible and awesome!

Definitely. I take risks with just about anything except matters that concern money. I don't have much money as it is, so I can't afford to risk losing it. But when it comes to other things, I am definitely a risk-taker. Like one time I was just goofing around with my friends and we were timing how quickly we could climb this tree and get back down. I went up as quickly as I could, but the risk came with going back down. Instead of using the branches like a ladder, I let gravity do the work. I jumped from the top branches and grabbed a branch about halfway down, then did the same thing again, grabbing one of the lowest branches. I risk my neck all the time. And if I ever break my neck...well that's what duck tape's for.

I was thinking about an argument I had with my girlfriend. We got on the subject of our future plans. She said she wanted to stay in Massachusetts and have two kids some day when we're married and that she's going to get me to go with her to church. I said I wanted to stay in Vermont because I like it up here and that I do not intend to have kids ever. I can put up with the church if I really have to, but that's not the point. She started yelling at me because I said I didn't want to have kids and when I tried to explain that I would be the worst father in the world it didn't help things. I know I'm only in college and the last thing I need right now is a kid, but I couldn't get over the scolding she gave to me. So I spent last night pondering over the things she said and I'll probably be doing the same thing tonight. I never realized how deep iit is to think about something like this, but It's something i'll have to do eventually. Now I don't know what will happen and I'm just really confused.

Tonight my college put on a live concert. The band that showed up was The Wood's Tea Co. I don't know if anybody here has ever heard of them or heard their music, but they're really good. They do a lot of scottish, celtic, and bluegrass music. Anyway I was sitting in the front row of the campus' ampitheater and I was having a great time. Then I reached into my pocket to turn off my cell phone and realized I still had two spoons in my pocket. Now, I had the spoons in there because I've been learning how to play the spoons and I had spent some time practicing earlier today. So I started playing them because they seemed to fit into the song. I wasn't being loud though because it was their show, not mine...or so I thought. One of the guys pointed at me and gave me one of those "come up here" waves. So I got a chance to play with The Wood's Tea Co. in a live show. It was so awesome!