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1) I'm the only one in my set of siblings who is not named after a member of my family.

2) I used to be a very out-going person. I can be a very outgoing person when the ocassion calls for it, but mostly I'm a very quiet person, private in most things that are near and dear to my heart. I am not the same person people might think they remember me to be, which often takes them by surprise.

3) I think the one thing that earning a formal education did for me was to erase my naivete. In some ways, I wish I never learned what I know now. In other ways, I'm grateful for the expanded set of mental skills I now possess.

4) I spend a lot of time in the kitchen. If I had a piano, I'd probably spend more time making beautiful melodies; but for now, making scrumptious foods is where I find time to relax - where I'm most likely to find my inner sense of peace.

5) I miss taking off at a moments notice and driving down to the coast or wandering up toward the high desert or a spur of the moment road trip to see friends who no longer live locally.