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1. What is the most dubious honour/award you have ever received?
"Most obnoxious" by a bunch of assholes in my old college dorm. I had recently had a bad breakup with my boyfriend and tried to OD. Rub it in, dickheads.

2. If you could revisit one day of your youth, what day would it be?
4th of July picnic in Chicago when I was almost 9. It was the last time my dad's whole family was together. By September, we had lost my uncle Bum from a heart attack, and not even a month after that, my cousin Chris from an accidental electrocution.

3. Do you like your name?
Love it. It's exotic and unusual, even if it is hard to pronounce. There aren't many of me out there.

4. What was the biggest scare in your life?
The night before I was conclusively diagnosed with MS, I had what the doctor now thinks was a "cramp" in my spinal cord. We thought for sure I was having a stroke. My whole left side went hot then numb, then my left arm pulled up in a claw next to my body. I was terrified. Fortunately, I had already had the MRI and we knew that's probably what it was. We also ended up scaring the EMTs with all our Halloween props, so had a good laugh, even in the mdst of adversity.

5. What was your last frivolous purchase?
Some upholstered boxes for old photos and letters to dress up my office instead of using ugly cardboard boxes.