3 Very Random Questions

Earlier this week I watched a TV show were 3 questions were asked of people (yes that's correct today's post is inspired by The Walking Dead). I decided to pose 3 questions to random friends/family. Some of the answers were informative and some were surprising. Mostly I was shocked how many people wanted to answer the questions.

Here are the questions:

1. If you were prime ruler of the world what laws would you make?
2. If you were a super hero what powers would you have?
3. Can you solve a rubix cube?

Morgan from Playing with Words: 

1. I'd make a law against GMOs, equality for all, no one could regulate a woman's body, preservation of earth's resources, no war and make leaders sit in a room to work it out, make all cars hybrid, and education for all children that'd focus on helping them discover & develop their talents and abilities.somehow fix the banking system and that's it I think. Oh & make it easier to adopt children so all children have a family.
2. Powers like the sisters on Charmed to help save innocents.
3. Nope, the rubix cube is a recipe for crazy making for me.

Lindsey from Dishwater Dreams:

1. I would legalize gay marriage. I would prohibit discrimination of any kind for any reason. I would take all funding given to prisons and give it to school and all funding for schools would have to work for running the prisons. Basically, I would work for equality and education.
2. Teleportation, the ability to control the weather (without global repercussions of course) and mind reading (selectively)
3. I can, but not gracefully.

Health Nut Sister from My Family

1. Change the stand your ground law.
2. Super Strength and the ability to run fast.
3. No!!!

Shannon from Her Cup Runs Over

1. Mandatory daily siestas (naps). 
2. I would fly and have the ability to disappear.
3. Nope, but I've seen it done in seconds! Seriously!

Mike from The Blog of Thog

1. I would make it possible for the police to issue fixed penalty tickets to people who were rude.  Did you push in front of someone in a queue?  That'll be £30! (Dollars are also acceptable)
2. I'd definitely be some kind of super genius.  Or a billionaire.  Or both.  Okay - I want to be Iron Man.  That's what I want to be.  I want to fly and zap stuff and be cool and have a goatee.
3. Only by removing the stickers and putting them in the right places!

Serena from Bewildered Bug

1. I probably would not pass a law unless it was figured out how to make government officials more accountable for their (legal and illegal) actions, and to increase the enforcement of current laws by an HONEST police force. Ooh ooh harsher punishments for rapists and child molesters - make them infertile because those people cannot be "reformed" and they don't deserve normal lives. Human rights be damned. Oh and to become a parent you have to have mandatory parenting course that lasts the entire time you are pregnant to help you learn to take care of the child, what your rights are as a parent and ethics. Once a week for nine months may be enough methinks. Institute the siesta system for three hours every week day so that you can go home and spend time with your family. Vote for meeeee!!!
2. Time travel so that I could go back and forth in time and help people realize what is truly important in their lives and help them prevent regrets. Ans the knowledge to know when that is appropriate/good to do.
3. Honestly? No - I've been able to get one side though!!!!! (Several times)

Baby Sister from My Family

1. I would abolish marriage as an institution (government has no business bein' all up in my love life, thankyouverymuch), and instead establish civil liberties for all, regardless of gender and sexual orientation. I would give all women and men rights to decide what to do with their reproductive system, and in turn I would also give all men and women 52 weeks of paid paternity/maternity leave. I would make the education system worldwide resemble Norway/Sweden/Denmark (free education, yo!). I would give all children a proper sex and financial education. I would ban all advertising. I would make solar and wind power a necessity. And finally, as a just and supreme ruler, I would abolish my own power, and instead give power back to the original countries that agree to abide by my new laws (Dictatorship is a bitch, dude). 
2. Flying
3. No

Arlette from Chasing Joy

1. If I ruled the world my first law would be to outlaw skinny jeans on men. I don't need to see all that!
2. If I was a super hero I would have the power of flight so I can go anywhere without being on a plan. I would also be able to remove the calories from any food just by looking at it.
3. Nope I have never been able to solve a rubix cube.

Julie from Julie Unplugged

1. 1. People will be expected to wave and/or smile at people as they pass 2. Collaboration and Cooperation is expected. 3. Teach a trade to those who find themselves in negative situations. Partner those people with successful people who will help them find a way. 4. A moment of silence for meditation, prayer, intention setting or sharing physical affection will be recognized daily at Noon, in every time zone. Stop, Drop and BEEEE. 5. All citizens will be able (and encouraged) to take Laughter Yoga or Improvisation or Intuitive Painting classes. 6. Conscious discussions will take place of bickering. 7. Share love as much as each person is able.
2. SUPERHERO power - The power to heal, forgive and remember consciously AND to teach others the same. 
3. RUBIXCUBE? Did I even spell it right? Heck NO!!! 

How would you answer the questions? Better yet what questions would you ask?

How We Met - Beauty And The Geek

Today I have a guest blogger Mike from The Blog of Thog. I haven't know Mike long, one day he commented on being a good blogger I went to check out his blog. While I was blogging stalking him, he mentioned he wanted to challenge himself as a writer and I immediately invited him to do a guest post. Beyond having an awesome name, Mike has a dry wit that I really enjoy. 

Please help me welcome Mike to A Girl Named Michael.

Hi! Big thanks to Michael who has kindly allowed me to tell you a story.

But not just any story!

The greatest story ever told!

Okay... maybe not. But it's the story of how me and my fiancee met, which is pretty cool for me.

To give a bit of background, I had recently moved out of my parents and got myself my first house. I was 25, single, and basically enjoying life, being a massive geek and on a weekend going to a local goth club where I would drink cocktails and then dance near to females, which invariably did not work. It had taken me a long time to figure out that it was okay to be single, that I didn't need to be with someone to be happy, but I had finally got there. I am somewhat plainspoken and it makes me shudder to write this but, yes, I had "learned to love myself". In short, I was happy.

Oh - and having moved from a village to a city. I was enjoying takeaways.

Lots of takeaways.

Anyhow, I work in construction management. Without going into too much detail, I try to make the construction process as efficient as possible, keeping costs down while safeguarding the quality of the work.

I was told by my boss that I needed to study for a qualification to back up my experience to help progress. So, I applied to do a diploma at one university, and was accepted, but the course was full so I would have to wait a year. As a result, it was suggested that I check out a local college to see if they'd let me do the diploma there.

When I went to the college, I was told that I couldn't do the diploma, but what I could do is a lower level qualification for a year, to give me some grounding in the topic before I started at the university the following year. I checked with work that they would be happy for me to do it, and then signed up.

I remember looking at the list of people already signed up for the course, and thinking that one of them had a really unusual name. She also apparently also worked for my employer (albeit in a different department)

We'll now fast forward to the first week of the college course. There was one girl that I really liked the look of, but she was way out of my league. Coolness oozed from every pore (that doesn't sound that complimentary actually), she was ace. Chatty, intelligent, very pretty, everything.

Anyway, it gets to about 4 or 5 in the afternoon, and we've got a break before an evening class. I head outside, where the cool girl is. We start chatting, and she asks if I want to go for a drink.

Remember - I'm a geek, and if I haven't made it clear, not overly used to women.

Alarm bells ring in my head, and some kind of subconscious computer program kicks in.

I'VE BEEN ASKED IF I WANT A DRINK. BY A WOMAN.

OH MY GOD

ATTENTION MIKE - DO NOT BE AN IDIOT. I REPEAT, DO NOT BE AN IDIOT.

I manage to accept, and we go for a drink. I do my best to be entertaining, despite the fact that I'm limping all the way there and back due to falling when playing football the week before.

We have a nice drink, all goes well. We continue to chat to each other at college.

A couple of weeks later she texts me to ask if I could look over her assignment for her. I say yes, and suggest that we meet for a drink so I can look it over.

Five years later, me and Cherise (told you it was an unusual name) have a house together, a three year old son, and our lives have changed totally. I'm happier than I've ever been before, despite the fact that I seemingly have to empty the kitchen bin about three times as often as I used to do when I was single. But on the other hand she's taught me to cook so I save a fortune in takeaways! Speaking to Cherise it turns out that the "do I want a drink" question that she asked me at college was simply her being friendly and wasn't meant in a romantic way at all, but she is pleased that I'm not limping any more as the way I was having to lurch over the pavement was a little disconcerting.

Mike is a part-time blogger and extreme amateur video editor. Why not check out his blog at http://thoggy.blogspot.com and his video channel at www.youtube.com/ravenswingthog - and if you really want to stalk him, his Twitter is @ravenswingthog