Because Band Wagons Are Fun...

[cherry]

Ask me a question, any question, any question at all, about myself, my life, personal, superficial, inappropriate, whatever, and I'll answer it the best I can.



(Not that I'm actually expecting to get any, but...)

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In a little more detail...

[cgilmore.livejournal.com]

Ok, how's this: If there was one thing that happened to you that you could undo, redo, or otherwise alter or just experience again, what would it be, why that event, and if you want to change something about it, what would you want changed, why, and what different outcome are you hoping for?

If you'd change something, assume that you can't "magically" alter people or events (so no "I would make my sister not be defective" or "I would make the cork not get wet"), but that you can influence events in a normal fashion ("I wouldn't have covered for my sister when she..." or "I would move the reeds before the AP had a chance to knock over the reed water"). Assume that you can only make an educated guess as to what happens if you change something, but assume that events would continue in a more or less logical fashion ("I phone in a warning about the WTC and get arrested as a suspected terrorist").

For the sake of argument (and sticking with the spirit of "Ask me a question...") assume that the scope is limited to events that you've experienced personally, but that you can change something (for example, a decision) in order to experience a different event instead. ("When I had to choose between A and B, I originally chose A. I'd choose B instead.")

While preventing tragedies and/or saving victims from natural disasters, murder, accidental death, etc are noble endeavors, I'm placing that firmly out of bounds for my question unless you were already involved with it. I guess that last one is the "assume that you can't stop tragedy unless you're there" clause, with the addendum of "assume that nobody will believe you if you attempt to communicate, or even insinuate, that something Bad is going to happen unless you were already in a believable position to communicate such a thing." For example, little three year old me couldn't have called my cousin in order to prevent the accidental drowning of his son. At 23, though, I might have been reasonably able to convince a friend that she shouldn't walk home alone late at night.

And just to emphasize the point, you could choose not to change anything at all and instead just re-live the moment.

Looking back, this reads more like a writing challenge than anything else. Hope it's not too picky/weird for you.