Intermittent laziness.
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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's The Q&A has retained this Proust-derived prompt from at least 2007 through 2026, and ABC independently put it to the Obamas in 2011.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Maxi-multitasking.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 April 2024 source ↗
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Catastrophising.
I’m quite stubborn.
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This year, I was asked to be a judge for the Women’s prize for fiction and I’ve read 75 books in six months, so I’m parking shame for the time being.
Having a family and still loving each other.
Wearing 90s ripped-at-the-crotch jeans at Rada during an unarmed combat session and showing everyone more than they bargained for.
Slugs. And planetary annihilation.
Competitive, curious, silly.
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