1. “I've had lots of kids come up and ask for my autograph, I've had a grandmother stop me and ask me if I know a good place to buy underwear.” Where do you buy your underwear?
What underwear? I mean...I only wear panties! Was your mind in the gutter thinking of me going commando? (Do chicks "go commando"? What's the female equivalent to that?!) In any case, I buy my panties at stores and retailers where they sell them. Duh.
2. “I'm always open for people saying I'm wrong because most of the time I am.” How often are you wrong?
I try to be wrong as often as possible so that the expectations of me are superlow!
Of course, as a woman, I am, by design, inclined to want to be right, but through experience and wisdom and humility, I know it's not always best to be right (even when I am! hahaha!). What's that saying? "Choose your battles." Good motto by which to live.
3. “Harry can paint but I can't. He has our father's talent while I, on the other hand, am about the biggest idiot on a piece of canvas. I did do a couple of drawings at Eton which were put on display. Teachers thought they were examples of modern art, but in fact, I was just trying to paint a house!” What was the last thing that you drew?
I draw pictures for (and of) my kids all the time. I tend to draw animals & flowers, maybe a building or structure of some sort. I've been known to attempt a Sesame Street character from time to time, too, though those days are few and far between anymore.
I love art as expression and wish I could sculpt. I take the lazy way out and take photographs. :P I wish I was more like Prince Harry, though. It sounds so freeing to bring canvas to life.
4. “I do think I am a country boy at heart. I love the buzz of towns and going out with friends and sitting with them drinking and whatever -- it's fun -- but, at the same time, I like space and freedom.” How would you describe yourself?
I am spontaneous and laid-back. I'm open and fluid. I can complicate things in a hurry. Like Prince William, I'm a city girl with a country heart.
I am most often self-described as a balloon stretching to the Heavens, tethering from the top of a tree where the string has been clinched by the branches -- not quite grounded, and not too far out there -- just waiting for freedom and looking at life from a different perspective.
5. “I remember her as being a huge inspiration to me, someone to really look up to and admire.” He’s talking about his mom. Who do you admire?
I, too, admire Princess Diana (she will always be Princess Di, won't she?). I also admire Thomas Jefferson, Nando Porrado, Anais Nin, Wonder Woman (NOT Lynda Carter! The comic book superheroine.), and my parents.
6. “I think it's very important that you make your own decision about what you are. Therefore you're responsible for your actions, so you don't blame other people.” How do you think you are about taking responsibility for your actions?
For the most part, I own the consequences of my decisions.
If it can be rationally expressed to me where I caused a person to feel slighted, then I will own my actions -- keeping in mind I am a fairly open and self-evaluating person. I try to be objective, even in matters of self.
Also, with work, if I messed up, I don't pass the buck. It definitely earns me more respect when I say, "hey, I screwed up, but I'm going to fix it".
Even if I can justify my actions, I fully acknowledge that I had a role to play, and therefore, I am the owner of my part.
7. “My guiding principles in life are to be honest, genuine, thoughtful and caring.” What are your guiding principles?
The Beatitudes
8. “Only the mad girls chase me, I think.” When you were, or if you are, single: What type of people chased you?
I wasn't really chased. I've since heard I was the "too good" girl. So wrong, boys...SO WRONG!
I'm a chaser, not the chasee. I'd much rather be chased, though. Wonder what that feels like?
9. “I don't deliberately select my friends because of their background. If I enjoy someone's company, then that's all that counts. I have many different friends who aren't from the same background as me and we get on really well -- it's brilliant.” How do you select your friends?
My friends aren't 'selected' -- not by ME anyway. They're given to me as gifts. Our paths cross for reasons beyond my scope of comprehension. And for these friends, I am thankful.
10. “People say it's not ambitious, but it is actually quite ambitious wanting to help people.” When was the last time that you volunteered to help people?
I try to help people whenever possible. So long as I have the means, I will do so. No need to itemize my volunteerism. We are all called to serve one another.
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