The New Bowens:UNCHARTED: December 2013

1. When you wash your hands, do you use the cold or hot tap (faucet)? DEFINITELY HOT. I can't take that whole cold water thing. Ugh .
- 2. What is your favorite show on tv? (I just made up this question because I didn't want to answer the original one!) Right now: SCANDAL. I know it's scandalous and dramatic and all kindsa wrong, but there are so many things I like about it. I like that it makes me question WHY I root for certain characters (who I totally would not like or condone in real life!) and it makes you think about how you define right and wrong - and why! ... it's like I have an alter ego when I watch that show!
- 3. What is the biggest injury you’ve ever sustained and how did you do it? Ripped a ligament in my left (?) ankle playing soccer in high school ... And I was right back on the field the next week (or two weeks?) when we had a tournament!
- 4. What is the most unusual food you’ve ever eaten? Maybe squid. I'm not sure. One time in Russia I almost accidentally ate beef tongue but I narrowly escaped...
- 5. What is the most unique animal you’ve ever touched? Who knows? I mean I don't just go around touching animals. And it's been a pretty long time since I did that I guess. Maybe some exotic fish in the aquarium or a zoo animal like elephant or something. Guess it wasn't memorable.
- 6. What’s the most expensive gift you’ve ever bought for someone? How much did it cost and who was it for? If we're strictly talking about an item I bought, the most expensive was probably the ~~ipod touch I bought Aubrey on our 6 year anniversary~~ tv I surprised my mom with for Mother's Day (couple hundred $$) .... but I spent more on the surprise 65th birthday I threw her this year at Canoe (couple thousand $$). It was worth it.
- 7. Which 3 countries would you LEAST like to live in and why? Ooh. That's a sad question. Well, I think Antarctica would be one. I hate being cold and I'm pretty sure there's not much going on there so that's my first pick. Also, Brazil because I think I heard its one of the most dangerous countries or something? And that's a shame because I heard it's beautiful too. The third one is... North Korea. Because, well, that's just scary. I mean I'm sure they're nice people but that whole totalitiarian Communist dictatorship thing is rough.
- 8. If you could make just ONE change to this world, what would it be and why? That's a hard question I don't think I can answer the way I want to. But i'll answer just to say i answered the question. I would want everyone to be genuine- which is different from being honest but along the same lines. This includes governments, officials, celebrities, etc. I think a lot of things would be different in a good way.
- 9. If you could wake up tomorrow and be fluent in 3 additional languages, which would you choose?French, Spanish, Chinese (not sure what dialect). If I could pick a fourth it would be an Eastern European language like Russian or Eastern African language like Amharic. I think these languages are pretty different from each other and would give me the familiarity/basis to recognize/more easily learn other languages.
- 10. Which would you rather out of these 3 options? A: Be good looking and extremely intelligent but so poor you live on the streets. B: Be extremely intelligent and a millionaire but what society classes as ugly. Or C: Be good looking and a millionaire but extremely academically challenged? Why? I'm already good looking and extremely intelligent. Obviously. But option C sounds good because I can just go to school and fix the "challenges". I'm too indecisive for this question. I could make any option work!
- 11. What are the top 10 movies to make you cry? (Or at least make you sad!) Wow I don't know if I can sit here and think of 10 of these. I don't really cry in movies but: (1) Passion of the Christ (2) Titanic (3) Life is Beautiful (4) Seven Pounds (5) John Q (6) Changeling (7) Les Miserables (8) The Hunger Games (9) Pearl Harbor (10) Beasts of the Southern Wild ... Well that wasn't so difficult after all, thanks to google :)
- 12. What’s the scariest nightmare you’ve ever had? Describe it in detail. It involved me getting hurt. Im NOT going to describe it in detail! It's always sad how in dreams you try to run and you're just incredibly slow :(
- 13. Would you rather raise 25 children or have the chance of ever having children taken away? Why? Raise 25 children. I could almost imagine doing this - most of them would be adopted or foster children. If Aubrey ever reads this he will like this answer.
- 14. Would you rather go on a relaxing beach type holiday to the Caribbean, a cultural holiday to Japan or an adventure packed holiday to South Africa? Hard choice. Maybe the adventure packed one. I've never been to any of those places so I don't think I'd be disappointed either way.
- 15. If you went to a desert island for just 6 months but could only take one album with you, what would you take? Huh? Photo album or music album? I'd take a photo album with me full of pictures of everyone I love.
- 16. Put these in order of your favourite movie genre to least: Horror, action, thriller, adventure, superhero, romance, drama, comedy, musical and dance? Comedy, drama, action, superhero, romance, adventure, dance, thriller, musical, horror
- 17. If you had to lose one of the 5 senses, which would you choose and why? Maybe smell. It's a hard choice - I enjoy food too much to say taste, but I know loosing a sense of smell would affect that :/
- 18. What have been the top 3 most brilliant days of this year? Describe them in as much or as little detail as you like. Wow this will be hard to answer briefly but equally difficult to do justice to by just a description here. Obviously, our wedding day was on the top of the list of brilliant days EVER. Another one of them was probably the day of my mom's birthday party this year. And for #3 I'm gonna go with a day that we had on our honeymoon. If the question hadn't said "this year" I would've said the day I went to Ethiopian church on the medical mission trip my first time. Absolutely indescribable.
- 19. What do you believe we as human beings take most for granted in this world? Our humanity. I think this is true individually and collectively
- 20. How many concerts have you been to in your life and which was your favourite? If you’ve not been to one, who would you most like to see? I've really only been to one official concert which was MuteMath. It was incredible and I would like to go again.

Man! Love is such a crazy thing! I try describing it in one way and then realize it is something else also! When I think of Christmas, I think of love.
Now for the less serious....
Our first Christmas together! Whoot! We're definitely enjoying it! Take care everybody!