Thursday, September 2, 2010

J. Keith Van Straaten

1. Have you ever had a transcendent experience?  If so, what happened?


I take transcendant to mean that the feeling I had rose above (transcended!) the mere reality of the circumstances. By that brilliant definition, I have indeed, usually when listening to live music and/or making sweet love. 


2. If you had to pick one sense and lose all others, what would it be?


How could anyone choose anything other than smell? You can get through the world without smell, and in fact i'd venture to guess make a tidy profit off your disability too (freak shows, crime scenes, cleanup sites, etc). Losing any other sense would be cause for a major adaptation of lifestyle. Smell is mostly a luxury, save for the occasional detection of gas leaks and/or fresh donuts.


3. What is your favorite attribute in a person?


Willingness. Not to be confused for wilfullness. Or for Williamsburg.


4. Describe your happiest accident.


Dunno if it qualifies as an accident per se, but the choice of where to go to college has had a monumental effect on the rest of my life. What at the time seemed like an easy decision (especially since I was only admitted into one school) continues to show itself to be one of the most significant forks in the road of my life. It's almost not fair that such a crucial choice is left to a dopey 17-year-old.


5. If you had to choose one personal object to leave behind when you are gone, what would it be?


My computer. It's not that great, but it contains so much info about where i've been, who I interact with, and what I created. Plus, there's porn.

1 comment:

  1. Gas leak detection is the process of identifying possibly hazardous gas leaks by means of various instruments. These instruments usually employ an audible alarm to alert people.

    ReplyDelete