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       Stardate: 20210404.2159
       Location: The Lab
       Input Device: daimos
       Audio: Hum of electronics
       Visual: Coffee, lab clutter
       Emotional: meh
       
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       April's 5 Questions from Christina[1]
       
       
       CHRISTINA: 1. Can you miss what you never had?
       
       XILED: There was this wonderful place on this hill where I used to 
              sit.  The hill was underneath some trees, which provided 
              cover from the sky, with rays of sunlight poking in here and 
              there.  There was this girl.  She knew me and I knew her and 
              we belonged together and to each other.  We sat on the hill in 
              meditation, and became intertwined with the being and 
              experience of each other.  We loved each other.  When I came
              out of meditation, she had left.  I have not seen her since.
              The reason she left was because I woke up.  I still miss her.
       
       CHRISTINA: 2. Have you reinvented yourself after the end of a long 
                     personal (cohabiting) relationship? If not, do you 
                     know someone who has? Describe the steps of 
                     reinvention.
       
       XILED: a. Try something.
              b. Stand.
              c. Fall.
              d. Get back up.
              e. Assess results
              f. Take appropriate actions.
              g. Keep trying something and repeat from a.
              
       CHRISTINA: 3. I most look forward to book-trawling and geocaching 
                     with new local (and old local, like Washington State!) 
                     friends. What do you most look forward to doing when 
                     restrictions end?
       
       XILED: Reconnecting with friends over coffee.
       
       CHRISTINA: 4. What's the best surprise you received in March 2021?
       
       XILED: On reflection of February, the idea that I can write music.
              I ended February with 3 original songs.  This stayed with me 
              throughout March and even now.
       
       CHRISTINA: 5. How many interests (i.e. passions, activities, hobbies, 
                     pursuits) at minimum should a person have to be 
                     interesting? What percentage of shared interests 
                     renders a person appealing or intriguing to you?
       
       XILED: I haven't really thought of people this way.  0?  I get drawn
              to people m0ar based on their character (or lack there of) and 
              their principles (or lack thereof.)  People completely 
              opposite of me can be very intriguing, especially if we can 
              learn to understand and appreciated each other's differences.
       
       [1] gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space:1965/~christina/
       
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