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Anya Ehrim

@anyaehrim

An aspiring illustrator and novelist. Has qualifications, but is a little too slow to be a professional.

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Anya Ehrim
@anyaehrim Dec 11, 2018, 10:32 PM UTC

The Daily Diary: Question #36 or #37

If you could be anybody, who would you be? What does 'holds water' mean to you? Edited from Anya's Benign Beauty Diary on November 5 & 6, 2012. All graphics © BY-NC 4.0 How would you answer? Let…

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Anya Ehrim
@anyaehrim Dec 10, 2018, 6:42 PM UTC

Question 35: What is the most important aspect of your life and why?

From November 4, 2012 (reworked): Well, on a social and cultural scale, the most important aspect of my life right now is the amount of money I owe my university... which I admit now was a decision I…

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Anya Ehrim
@anyaehrim Dec 9, 2018, 11:20 PM UTC

Question 34: Where would you travel, if you could go anywhere?

From November 3, 2012 (revised): There's limitless possibilities when one asks anywhere... but I suppose a prerequisite for this question is the ability to live through the experience, and make it ba…

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Anya Ehrim
@anyaehrim Dec 8, 2018, 6:35 PM UTC

Question 33: What do you think about quasi ghosts?

From November 2, 2012: How can an apparition can be considered "quasi"? Doesn't the concept and reality of a ghost indicate a quasi experience already? It could never look completely human, right? (A…

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Anya Ehrim
@anyaehrim Dec 7, 2018, 4:35 PM UTC

Question 32: What does "copy cat,” mean to you?

From November 1, 2012 (edited): I have never thought about it before, but the phrase seems to come from observing, or mimicking cat behavior. Particularly meowing back at them. For instance, my cats…

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Anya Ehrim
@anyaehrim Dec 6, 2018, 9:43 PM UTC

Question 31: How do you feel about using humans in medical research?

From October 31, 2012: I feel the same way about humans as I feel for any living creature that would cause harm to another living creature for the sheer enjoyment of self-satisfaction and superiority…

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Anya Ehrim
@anyaehrim Dec 5, 2018, 6:18 PM UTC

Question 30: Explain why we say, "Dead as a door nail".

From October 30, 2012: I've never considered the idiom before. My guess is that they used to inform people of death warrants by tacking said warrant onto the front door with a nail. If it was the onl…

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Anya Ehrim
@anyaehrim Dec 4, 2018, 3:23 PM UTC

Question 29: Why do you think ability to focus is an important quality?

From October 29, 2012 (edited): In our advanced, and perhaps peculiar world, focus is important because without it there would be no "work" done. Most blue and white-collar workers are chosen for the…

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Anya Ehrim
@anyaehrim Dec 3, 2018, 6:53 PM UTC

Question 28: Why would we say that someone is "bananas"?

From October 28, 2012: That saying seems to have first pieced together in the Darwin era, when it was found that monkeys are our genetic cousins. When they found out that apes and monkeys would get i…

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Anya Ehrim
@anyaehrim Dec 2, 2018, 4:27 PM UTC

Question 27: Why do you think wars exist in the world?

From October 27, 2012: Wars exist because people want. Remember how religious doctrines try to teach their followers about losing their connections with material things? War is the outcome of desirin…

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