friday 5

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1. What was especially good for your mental health this year?
2. What was especially good for your physical health this year?
3. What did you learn this year?
4. As this year ends, what’s trending to make you optimistic about next year?
5. What’s better now than it was twelve months ago?

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Woooo am I late with these. I’ve had a truly nasty cold since two Tuesdays ago and it’s driving me kind of insane. I was supposed to see Wicked last week with a person I’m trying to get to know — it would have been our first alone time: we were going to have breakfast , catch the late-morning flick, and then walk to a bookstore nearby — but your friend was still coughing like the old geezer he’s turning into, so that didn’t happen.

The musical-loving bookworm took her mom instead, minus the bagels and bookstore.

However, with two weeks left in the year and plenty of time to make it a memorable 2024, this is happening now, about a day late. Yeesh.

1. What were your favorite TV series this year?
2. What were your favorite movies this year?
3. What was the most memorable meal you had this year?
4. Who made you laugh most this year?
5. When were you the farthest from home this year?

Thanks for participating, and have a comfy, safe weekend!

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I understand there are still three weeks left in the year, but if were to end right now:

1. What’s the best song you heard for the first time in 2024?
2. How would you summarize 2024 in one song lyric?
3. Where did you hear the best live music of any kind, performed by musicians of any age or talent?
4. Whose music did you listen to most?
5. What was the most compelling music-related news or event of 2024?

Thanks for participating, and have a melodious, safe weekend!

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1. When did you last serve something (or have something served to you) on a platter?
2. When did you last touch something made of wax?
3. When did you last record your voice?
4. When did you last stick an adhesive vinyl sticker to something?
5. Do you still have something in your house that plays digital video discs (DVDs) or compact discs (CDs)?

Thanks for playing, and have a groovy, safe weekend!

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1. Among people who are professionally funny, who most reliably makes you laugh?
2. Which films have made you laugh most?
3. Whose comedy leaves you flat?
4. When did you most recently laugh aloud at something you read?
5. What are some of your favorite novelty songs?

Thanks for participating, and there’s only one Friday left before NaNoWriMo is finally over, so hopefully I can get back on track with publishing these on time. Sorry.

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In my own meager defense, I am not nearly as late this Friday as the last two. 😐

1. When did you last eat something with cheese in or on it?
2. What is the cheese situation in your fridge right now?
3. What is the best cheese you’ve ever had?
4. When did you most recently smile for a photo?
5. What’s your favorite cheese-flavored snack?

Thanks for participating, and have a luscious, creamy, nutty, tangy, piquant, fragrant, safe weekend!

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Sorry. Late again. Same reason. But you will be pleased to know that as I sip a latte in a small cafe in Wahiawa, Hawaii (far, far outside Honolulu), after all kinds of struggling and thousands of words, I have finally come up with a meetcute that’s cute and kind of funny. So I hate myself slightly less than I hate myself on a normal day of NaNoWriMo.

I’ll change the bullets to numbers later today.

• Who inspires you to be your best self?
• When has taking the high road proved to be the best path?
• What are some of your favorite comfort foods among things you can prepare yourself?
• What can you do this week to make the world better?
• What can you do this week to take extra special care of yourself?

Thanks for participating. Have a safe weekend, and may we all make the world safer for each other in whatever ways we can.

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Sorry this is so late. All I have to say for myself is: NaNoWriMo. 😐

1. What is usually the cause of your being late for something?
2. How has your punctuality changed with the seasons of your life?
3. What is something you are pretty much never late for?
4. What are you behind on right now?
5. Who among your friends and family can most be relied upon to be on time? Who can most be relied upon to be tardy?

Thanks for participating, and have a wonderful weekend. And if you’re in the United States, please vote, and don’t be late with your ballot!

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1. In your city, where might a visitor find a wretched hive of scum and villainy?
2. When did you most recently do something you didn’t think you could do?
3. If a robot could do all but two of your regular menial chores, which two would you continue to do?
4. Who best qualifies as a mentor in your life today?
5. How are you at chess?

Thanks for participating, and have a gorgeous, safe weekend full of new hope!

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This week’s questions (and their explanatory introductions) are inspired by this Mental Floss article about words in other languages without English equivalents. We did a first round of these words in October, three years ago, so feel free to use these as well, if you missed them the first time!

1. In German, fernweh is a longing for distant places, perhaps even places you’ve never been. What place you’ve never been do you have fernweh for?
2. In Finnish, myötähäpeä is “the kinder, gentler cousins of schadenfreude, something akin to “vicarious embarrassment.” For whom did you last feel myötähäpeä?
3. In Japanese, shouganai means “there’s nothing we can do about it, so we accept it, rather than waste time worrying or being angry.” How good are you at saying shouganai and putting it into practice?
4. In Scots, tartle is the “panicky hesitation just before you have to introduce someone whose name you can’t quite remember.” When did you last experience tartle and how did you handle it?
5. In Georgian, zeg means “the day after tomorrow.” What are you doing zeg?*

Thanks for participating, and may your weekend be safe and lagom!

* I’m sure many languages have a word meaning “the day after tomorrow.” In Japanese, it’s “asatte” (明後日), but I already used Japanese and I wanted five different languages for these questions.