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1/6: Actors Studio Questionnaire:

What is your favorite word? Fuck - it's so fucking versatile!

What is your least favorite word? I don't have an issue with words on their own, it's more the connotation and inflection given through context that tends to bother me.

What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally? Being around creative people, meditation, yoga, reading tarot, traveling, reading, writing, taking photos, communing with nature.

What turns you off? People who are mean or unnecessarily negative. People who are unmotivated or overly reliant on others.

What is your favorite curse word? Fuck. See above :)

What sound or noise do you love? Percolating coffee, my pup snoring, little noises people make when they don't realize people are listening, the pop of a needle of a record. the clunk of typewriter keys, the soft continuous exhale of my essential oil diffuser, the ticking of analog clocks

What sound or noise do you hate? Donald Trumps voice, crying toddlers, muffler-less vehicles

What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? Sex Therapist

What profession would you not like to do? Accountant

1/13: Imagine you are at a dinner party with 3 INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE WHO DIED IN 2016 - what 3 questions would you ask each of them?

Ugh I started typing about how I would just want to pick their brains about the muses that inspired them, but then I started thinking about Leonard Cohens beautiful Letter to Marianne Ihlen before she died and I started crying and realized I should probably be glad I've never had the chance to embarrass myself in front of any of the influential people who died in 2016.

That being said, I want to know which of Gene Wilders films was his favorite. I want to know if Leonard thought he would see Marianne again, and what his best memory of her was. I want to know Bowies favorite meal. I think if I had any time with any of them, I wouldn't waste a single second speaking. I would just want to listen.

1/20: What are your favorite things to do on a rainy day?

1. Drink coffee and write, pen and paper preferably, but on some rainy days my hands won't hold a pen, so I'll settle for keys.
2. Read
3. Meditate to the sound of the rain
4. Afternoon nap
5. Afternoon sex ;)
6. Cook comfort food -or- order thai

1/27: Tell us about a time you formed or broke a habit and how you did it

I'm stubborn as hell, so when I decide something is no longer serving me, my mind is already made up that I don't want it to be a part of my life anymore. When I started doing hair, I didn't want to smell like cigarettes anymore, so after smoking 2 packs a day for years, I just quit cold turkey. It was important for me to change my routine, as it was so ingrained in me to say, smoke at a specific part of my drive, or after meals, but it was more of a compulsion than something I wanted and actively *not* wanting it cut the compulsion significantly. It's definitely harder for me to form good habits than to break bad ones, but I'm getting better.

Ok, That's where I leave you for now. I need to think about the most romantic thing I've ever done, so I'll get back to you on that before next weeks homework is due :)

xoxoxo

ZSu