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Nope, not one, the climate would only permit for apple trees and the like, and they wouldn't fit into my apartment anyway. ;)

Do you have any bright blue items?
 
Yes--a bright blue t-shirt from Seaworld my sister-in-law brought back for me, and hopefully, this spring, petunias.

Who's your favorite Star Trek character? (notice how I just assume everyone likes Star Trek)
 
Wow, that's a difficult question. I do have some memory from the womb, and the playpen, but my memory wasn't continuous before age 3. (On my 3rd birthday, my mom went to a shop with me, and I got to pick a toy! I chose a plastic toy dredge.) We had a lot of children's books, so I cannot remember what the first was that was read to me. At my playpen, my mom prayed a lot and she tried to make me memorize prayers, I think. I also remember that she hated the book Struwwelpeter (which is sort of a series of drawn images from the 1800's or so with a few lines of text), b/c it contained a lot of gore and violence, she often hid it so we wouldn't try to read it. The fairy tales we consumed as toddlers were also pretty violent. lol

What was the first toy that you remember?
 
The first one I clearly remember was a doll baby, plastic construction (even the hair), and the arms and legs didn't move, but I loved it because when I held it, it looked so much like a real baby to me. Mom let me use on of my baby brother's clean flannel diapers for a blanket. I had that doll for years. I think I was about five.

If you could be trained for any job in the world, what would it be?
 
I think it would still be software developer, b/c it's perhaps the job which allows for the greatest creativity, b/c -- especially nowadays -- the limit is your imagination! (and time, of course ;) )

If there was a war and you had to choose between life as a civilian and life as a soldier, what would you choose? (lol I just saw Starship Troopers ;) )
 
Probably too many to list, but if I'd have to single one out, it was probably the days when I became interested in computers. I read articles about home computers in electronics magazines and in warehouse catalogs, and I just thought "wow, I want that!" -- the home computers of the day were ridiculously expensive, but my parents agreed to get me a toy computer in 1981 (which was named "Mac" and had programmable LEDs and sounds) and a VIC-20 on Christmas 1982. Ever since, the fascination of computers has never left me. As a kid I wrote a lot of computer games, I sometimes wish I'd do that again. :)

What event from your teen age was the most memorable?
 
I had never really travelled anywhere until I was twenty-one, and then I spent a month in Newfoundland (I live in BC), learning about various great-aunts and uncles that live there. The best time of my life.

What was the most serious illness you went through as a child?
 
The day my sister-in-law went into the hospital to have my second nephew, and I got to take three days off work and take care of my first nephew, who was eleven months old. Actually, that was the most exhilarating three days I've ever had. We went everywhere. He was an angel.

How long can you hold your breath?
 
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