These questions were from deb (see yesterday's post for disclaimer and such):

1) When did you decide that you wanted to become a lawyer and why?
I want to be a lawyer? That may be a debatable issue at this point. I think the idea started floating in my head when I decided that I couldn't be a doctor, and I was trying to figure out what else I could do with a genetics degree. And I have a big mouth, so law seemed like a good direction. That, and I am ok with being despised by the general populous. The why is just because I figured that I would make a decent lawyer and I figured maybe I could do some good in the world as a lawyer, since the law is what dictates what can and can't happen in the world, really.


2) What is your favorite memory?
Well, there is one with Matt that I am not going to share. :-) Hmmmmm.....I think my favorite memory in the past couple of years was the morning I woke up on the Frontier Spirit and went out on deck. It was still dark out, and we were steaming back in from a month at sea. The weather was warm for february, around 30 some odd degrees, and I climb up the the upper deck. The sun started to rise, and the sky was all orange and red. I could just see land coming up, and a couple of other boats were in sight. A whale spouted somewhere to the port side. And I remember just feeling so relaxed and calm, like nothing could touch me. And I sat there, and I realized that I was going to be ok. I think it was the first time I had really thought that in a looooong time. I think that is my favorite memory of late.

3) If you could change one thing, what would it be?
Well, this is a rather vague question, no? One thing in general? Well, I would change Matt from dying. But not if it meant the weird monkey's paw, "he-would-be-a-zombie" kind of thing. Or I would change the way we decide who gets paid more or less. I would change it so those who work hard to protect the weak, who "fight the good fight" as it were, would get paid better, so that qualified people could do these jobs with out being poor forever while the rich protect the richer to get even richer.

4) What is your favorite book?
Killer Angels by Michael Shaara. Story of Gettysburg from 4 different view points. LOVE IT.
Close runners up:
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowlings
Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton

5) If you could go anywhere for a day, where would you go?
I would either go back to Alaska, to spend a day at sea again. Or to Australia and go diving on the Great Barrier Reef. Or I would go to Spain, to visit my friend Anabel, and see Barcelona.

Hmmmm...I think Debs questions were a bit easier then trish's. **whew** that's enough for today!