I turned 38 last Saturday, so I’ve written up 38 questions for you, just for fun. I encourage you to respond to any of these that make you feel alive. Just hit reply to this newsletter and write the question number followed by your answer. In the next issue, I’ll answer a handful of these myself. Or maybe all of them. Maybe my response will turn into a poem! Who knows!
38 Questions
What age do you consider “old”?
Do you ever laugh maniacally to yourself while texting your sister?
How many newsletters do you subscribe to (roughly)?
When was the last time you watched the movie The Family Stone?
If a six-year-old asked you to name all your friends so he could write them in a notebook he’d made out of paper he called “the color of a pig” (vaguely pinkish?) how many names would he list for you?
What was your AIM screen name?
Are you experiencing any seasonal depression?
Gotten any hickies recently?
How often do you eat candy?
Asking for a 3-year-old friend of mine: What do you think Miley Cyrus is going to be for Halloween?
Can you remember your best friend’s phone number from when you were a kid?
Do you feel like you make a lot of mistakes or a normal amount of mistakes?
True or false: you’ve had the majority of your underwear for more than 10 years.
Do you have a motto? A theme song? An organizing principle?
Can you tell me something adorably embarrassing that happened to you? Mine is this: one time I was caught, by my mechanic, skipping home from my mechanic.
Have you ever kept a New Year’s resolution?
When (if ever) do you feel “new”?
Do you think you’re addicted to your phone?
Can you tell me the name of Edwin McCain’s one big hit? Can you sing it? (I’m singing it right now.)
Quick name all the members of Dipset. Or all the members of TLC. Or all the Backstreet Boys. Time’s up.
Are there any foods you are especially into right now?
Say the full name of your first crush.
Do you identify as anxious?
Do you find history interesting, or does it seem irrelevant to you?
Are you aging gracefully?
What do you listen to when you're in the car?
Have you ever cut your own hair very badly?
At your age, do you even care about your eyebrows anymore?
How often are you alone?
Are you friends with any straight men?
What was the last piece of art that knocked your socks—nay, your pants—off?
Do you have any particularly hilarious nicknames?
Name your favorite way to spend a Saturday morning.
What is your relationship to drinking water?
If we were together and you asked me the time & I said it was seven o’clock on the dot, would you immediately respond with “in my drop top, cruising the streets?”
How do you wind down at night?
Do you frequently dream about your teeth loosening and rattling around your mouth, like I do?
Want to be my pen pal?
Currently Reading:
The Book of Love by Kelly Link: A couple of high school kids die, but then they come back to life! Kelly is a great writer—she won The MacArthur “Genius” Grant—and her sentences are frequently surprising and very alive. I bought this book for myself at the airport on my birthday and read it all the way home. I am enjoying it!
My daily horoscope on the Chani app
Rejection letters in my inbox (womp womp)
Happy Pisces season to all who celebrate! I’ll be over here trying to do as much yoga as I can before farming starts back up. Can’t wait to read your responses to some questions—you may have noticed that I have more questions than 50 Cent did. Other than that he and I are 100% alike.
xo,
Taylor
Taylor, we tried to come up with funny answers. This is K, S, and R’s best effort. R suggested asking how many heads of lettuce do you own? If none, how many do you want to own?
1. Old isn’t a number, it’s a smell.
15. My husband caught me with my mechanic.
22. Orange
14./25. “No grace before death”
26. Henry Miller
30. Yeah, but I tell them to get bent.
31. Duchamps’ Urinal
32. Crusty Skidder Pants
33. Bird watching with the binoculars turned round to make the birds look farther away.
34. I identify as drinking water anxiously.
36. Wild lettuce bath bombs
I'm on the metro in DC and just read your delicious as usual text. I will answer ASAP