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e occasional day dream about what I would do with a ludicrous amount of money.</p><p id="65c2">First, I would not touch the money until I meet with a ‘money guy’. So first step, find a money guy. Money runs through my hands like water through a sieve, and I don’t want to be one of those quickly-broke millionaires. The financial advisor would help me to invest the bulk of it so it lasts.</p><p id="ee20">Second, I would give money to my parents, and my sister. Then put money aside for my nephews.</p><p id="83da">Third — I would buy a house in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico — where I lived for over a decade. I know which house.</p><figure id="3717"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*2aNS2xitrz8s1P9v1wdqQg.jpeg"><figcaption>THIS.</figcaption></figure><p id="8dac">It is in Playacar Phase 1, in Playa Del Carmen. I have walked by it hundreds of times. It is 30 seconds from the ocean. The layout is extremely unique, with different levels, outdoor cooking/dining area, gorgeous pool, and so much more. This is literally my dream home. I never plan on actually having anything close to it, but hey — I just won the lottery.</p><h2 id="3075">4. What is your favorite cuisine?</h2><p id="666c">Sushi. I eat sushi all the time, and everywhere I go. When I was in Japan I ate it every day, both times I went. If I won the lottery I would go back to Tokyo and eat at the famous Sukiyabashi Jiro; a former Michelin-star restaurant (it lost its status as it’s no longer open to the general public).</p><figure id="d9da"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*fYJGxL5EYY0zpn1BPuUvKQ.jpeg"><figcaption>Jiro Ono, the 90-year-old owner and world-renowned sushi chef, with his son. <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jiro_Ono_and_his_son_Yoshikazu_%2811557102206%29.jpg">Source: Wikimedia Commons</a></figcaption></figure><p id="e90a">All my favorite foods are Asian cuisines, my other fav’s are Thai, Indian, and Korean.</p><h2 id="576e">5. Would you give up your phone or social media forever?</h2><p id="00b6">Honestly, I could give up either. I am horrible at checking my phone. I don’t use it much in public unless I’m sitting in a waiting area for a long time.</p><p id="a15b">But I could also give up social media. I am rarely on Facebook these days, I have a Twitter but never really used it, and Insta is just vapid pretty pictures of fake lives. I look at TikTok sometimes, but just to watch some funny videos sometimes — I could stop and probably not notice.</p><h2 id="3414">6. What is one thing that you are really good at?</h2><p id="c29c">Not a damned thing. I’m more of a hack-of-all-trades (li

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kely to my personal detriment) than specifically good at anything. I guess one thing I am good at is getting people to like me. I can usually figure out how to get someone to like me quite quickly. But, I don’t. I ran out of fucks to give once I turned 30, almost a decade ago. But useful skill nonetheless, I suppose.</p><h2 id="80ff">7. Do you love dogs or cats more?</h2><p id="e265">Dogs. I have two. Both I got accidentally (found them on the street in Mexico). Cats are far too mercurial, and I personally believe they are in a continual plot to overtake humans at the top of the food chain.</p><figure id="c112"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*ymyhVTX_k1uSK8hTc14cPw.jpeg"><figcaption>Here is one of my dogs. All 20kilos of her is often upside down, so this seems like a solid picture choice for her.</figcaption></figure><h2 id="7200">8. Are you a coffee drinker?</h2><p id="386a">I guess I answered this already. I adore the smell, I love the taste of a nice dark roast — but my body hates me and won’t let me drink it.</p><h2 id="a8bc">9. What languages can you speak?</h2><p id="c4b8">English and Spanish. I can speak French like a toddler because I am a shitty Canadian.</p><figure id="b7d7"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*E4WldgvhwspFqmOu_NFYww.jpeg"><figcaption>Bob and Doug Mckenzie can’t speak French either, but are the pinnacle of Canadian. (from the classic Canadian stereotype movie Strange Brew)</figcaption></figure><h2 id="92fc">10. Can you use chopsticks?</h2><p id="4836">Yes. I can use them quite well. Like, single grain of rice manipulation level. One of my best friends growing up was Vietnamese (well, she still is) and I’d marvel at her ability to eat noodle soup with chopsticks. What sort of Asian voodoo was this? To eat a slippery noodle in an even more slippery soup? I can do that now, as long as it isn’t plastic chopsticks (I’m pretty sure she was a witch).</p><p id="5f28">Exhale — woo sa. That’s it. Now y’all know a little more about me.</p><p id="9b77">OK, so it’s my turn to nominate some of my Medium peeps for the challenge. If you don’t do it I’ll be eternally upset of course. Kidding, I don’t give a shit, these things are just silly but if I nominated you then I’m curious to know more about you: <a href="undefined">Graham D. Cooke</a>, <a href="undefined">Robert G. Longpré - [he/him] - Canadian métis</a>, <a href="undefined">Busy💎Sumo</a> (but you could well be too Busy for this), <a href="undefined">Martin Scherer</a>, <a href="undefined">Brandon Ellrich</a>…and I need to spend time making more friends on here clearly.</p></article></body>

A Medium Challenge: Ten Things About Me

I was honestly feeling wishy-washy about what I wanted to write about today. Normally I have multiple topics I have to pick between, but today my brain has a case of the Mondays. So when Rusty Shackleford tagged me in his “Ten Things About Me” Medium challenge — voila, here I am.

Here is my buddy Rusty’s where he picked me to continue on (of course he did — I'm awesome):

10 Abstract Things About Me

A Writing Prompt/Challenge

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So, let’s go.

First…this is me:

1. What is your favorite drink?

It’s a basic-bitch answer, but water and soda. And soda water. I can’t drink coffee. I know — what? Yup. Unfortunately, it has a bad effect on my body so I mainline my caffeine with Diet Coke. But by sheer volume, I drink water the most.

2. What is your favorite color?

Yellow. It is bright, cheery, and looks like sunlight. I’m a bit of a masochist here because if you’ve ever seen yellow on a pale blonde woman like myself it looks absolutely hideous. I will be eternally jealous of darker skin tones that can pull it off so beautifully.

This is how I wish I looked in yellow — gorgeous! This is definitely not me in the pic — photo by Anna Shvets on Pexels.

3. If you were to win the lottery, what are the top three things that you would do first?

I have thought about this a lot. I play the lottery. I am well aware of the odds of winning — and that you’re not statistically much more likely to win if you play or don’t. I play anyways. Spending $5 or $10 a couple of times a month is a small price to pay for the occasional day dream about what I would do with a ludicrous amount of money.

First, I would not touch the money until I meet with a ‘money guy’. So first step, find a money guy. Money runs through my hands like water through a sieve, and I don’t want to be one of those quickly-broke millionaires. The financial advisor would help me to invest the bulk of it so it lasts.

Second, I would give money to my parents, and my sister. Then put money aside for my nephews.

Third — I would buy a house in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico — where I lived for over a decade. I know which house.

It is in Playacar Phase 1, in Playa Del Carmen. I have walked by it hundreds of times. It is 30 seconds from the ocean. The layout is extremely unique, with different levels, outdoor cooking/dining area, gorgeous pool, and so much more. This is literally my dream home. I never plan on actually having anything close to it, but hey — I just won the lottery.

4. What is your favorite cuisine?

Sushi. I eat sushi all the time, and everywhere I go. When I was in Japan I ate it every day, both times I went. If I won the lottery I would go back to Tokyo and eat at the famous Sukiyabashi Jiro; a former Michelin-star restaurant (it lost its status as it’s no longer open to the general public).

Jiro Ono, the 90-year-old owner and world-renowned sushi chef, with his son. Source: Wikimedia Commons

All my favorite foods are Asian cuisines, my other fav’s are Thai, Indian, and Korean.

5. Would you give up your phone or social media forever?

Honestly, I could give up either. I am horrible at checking my phone. I don’t use it much in public unless I’m sitting in a waiting area for a long time.

But I could also give up social media. I am rarely on Facebook these days, I have a Twitter but never really used it, and Insta is just vapid pretty pictures of fake lives. I look at TikTok sometimes, but just to watch some funny videos sometimes — I could stop and probably not notice.

6. What is one thing that you are really good at?

Not a damned thing. I’m more of a hack-of-all-trades (likely to my personal detriment) than specifically good at anything. I guess one thing I am good at is getting people to like me. I can usually figure out how to get someone to like me quite quickly. But, I don’t. I ran out of fucks to give once I turned 30, almost a decade ago. But useful skill nonetheless, I suppose.

7. Do you love dogs or cats more?

Dogs. I have two. Both I got accidentally (found them on the street in Mexico). Cats are far too mercurial, and I personally believe they are in a continual plot to overtake humans at the top of the food chain.

Here is one of my dogs. All 20kilos of her is often upside down, so this seems like a solid picture choice for her.

8. Are you a coffee drinker?

I guess I answered this already. I adore the smell, I love the taste of a nice dark roast — but my body hates me and won’t let me drink it.

9. What languages can you speak?

English and Spanish. I can speak French like a toddler because I am a shitty Canadian.

Bob and Doug Mckenzie can’t speak French either, but are the pinnacle of Canadian. (from the classic Canadian stereotype movie Strange Brew)

10. Can you use chopsticks?

Yes. I can use them quite well. Like, single grain of rice manipulation level. One of my best friends growing up was Vietnamese (well, she still is) and I’d marvel at her ability to eat noodle soup with chopsticks. What sort of Asian voodoo was this? To eat a slippery noodle in an even more slippery soup? I can do that now, as long as it isn’t plastic chopsticks (I’m pretty sure she was a witch).

Exhale — woo sa. That’s it. Now y’all know a little more about me.

OK, so it’s my turn to nominate some of my Medium peeps for the challenge. If you don’t do it I’ll be eternally upset of course. Kidding, I don’t give a shit, these things are just silly but if I nominated you then I’m curious to know more about you: Graham D. Cooke, Robert G. Longpré - [he/him] - Canadian métis, Busy💎Sumo (but you could well be too Busy for this), Martin Scherer, Brandon Ellrich…and I need to spend time making more friends on here clearly.