Q &A
If you could be a superhero, what would you want your superhero powers to be?
Dr. Jones: Mind-reader
Alyssa: Invisibility
Ed: To fly
Mary: Mind-reader
Shirley: Flight, healing factor, and immortality
Erin: I'd want to be like Captain Planet. Heal the world. Heal the planet.
Lyndsay: Wolverine’s ability to heal
Miriam: Freeze time! We don’t live in the moment as a people!
Keisa: Mystique's super power (the ability to absorb memories, personality, power and skills of whomever I touch.
What would I find in your refrigerator right now?
Dr. Jones: Diet coke, milk, peanut butter, bagels, salad
Alyssa: Raspberries, strawberries, arugula, lemon hummus, salsa, yogurt pouches, milk
Ed: Spaghetti sauce, Hadley asparagus, and leftovers from Bertucci’s
Mary: Eggs and Canadian bacon
Shirley: Smoothie ingredients, veggies, cheese, ground turkey, vitamin water, jalapeno hummus, and hot peppers
Erin: Always milk and wayyyyy too much cheese. When in season, fresh local fruits and veggies and I have a separate freezer chock full of local meat.
Lyndsay: Leftovers, fruit, avocados, Gogurt, and almond milk
Miriam: Capri sun wildcherry, watermelon, milk, coca-cola and sofrito
Keisa: Yoplaits, milk and a few bottles of wine
If you could time travel, would you go to the past or the future?
Dr. Jones: I would go back to the late 1990s to be a college student again
Alyssa: The past, to the colonial period
Ed: The past
Mary: Past- so many people I would love to hug one more time!
Shirley: The past - to visit with loved ones
Erin: Definitely the future. It's Covid 2020 right now.
Lyndsay: The past, to visit the medieval era
Miriam: The future! I wanna see my kids, kids kids
Keisa: I'm going to Woodstock baby
What is the best concert you have ever been to?
Dr. Jones: Run DMC in high school (with the free tickets my friend won calling into a radio station contest)
Alyssa: O.A.R @ Agganis Arena when I was in college
Ed: Janet Jackson
Mary: Saw Doctors at the Cape Cod Melody Tent
Shirley: Erykah Badu
Erin: Primate Fiasco, where I met my now husband for our first date.
Lyndsay: cKy at the Webster Underground
Miriam: Chris Brown
Keisa: Trey Songs/Mr. Steal Your Girl
What is your 90's jam?
Dr. Jones: “Real love” by Mary J Blige
Alyssa: “To Be With You” by Mr. Big or “Wonderwall” by Oasis
Ed: “Tubthumping” by Chumbawamba
Mary: I was too busy with little kids to jam- Fine Young Cannibals "She Drives Me Crazy"
Shirley: TLC – Ooooh… on the TLC Tip!
Erin: C+C Music Factory. I used to love working out to this stuff.
Lyndsay: “Got the Life” by KoRn
Miriam: Can’t ask me these kinds of questions! Depends on genre and mood! Soul for Real “Every Little Thing I do” or Third Eye Blind “ Jumper” or 10,000 Maniacs “ Because the Night” or Goo Goo Dolls “ Black Balloon” or “Iris” or Tupac “Hit ‘em up” or Fugees “ Fu-gee- la” or “Ready or Not” or Sean Paul “Deport Dem." I can go on and on! I say come to the health center to discuss it some more :)
Keisa: I love all 90's music
If your childhood had a smell, what would it be?
Dr. Jones: Chlorine and sunscreen
Alyssa: Fresh cut grass and raspberries
Ed: Spaghetti sauce
Mary: Lilacs and lily of the valley
Shirley: Gardenia
Erin: Lake water and sweat. I grew up with Ashfield Lake right acrss the street and if I wasn't swimming, I was outside playing.
Lyndsay: Dirt and chlorine
Miriam: Fresh flowers and Bubblelicious green apple gum
Keisa: Fresh cut grass
Are you an introvert or an extrovert?
Dr. Jones: Introvert
Alyssa: Introvert
Ed: I am introverted most of the time
Mary: Extrovert
Shirley: I’m an introverted extrovert.
Erin: Definitely an introvert.
Lyndsay: Introvert
Miriam: An introvert that acts like an extrovert
Keisa: Introvert with extrovert tendencies; depending on the people
At what age did you become an adult?
Dr. Jones: I was as serious as an adult by age 9 or 10. But, I don’t think I was a responsible adult until I had my first child at age 34
Alyssa: I felt like I finally became an adult when I was 25 when I finished grad school, got married, bought a house, and started a new job
Ed: Adulthood for me began at age 23.
Mary: 24- when I had my first child!
Shirley: 25
Erin: 23
Lyndsay: Probably around 17, but I am working desperately to un-adult
Miriam: 16 when I got my first job and started paying bills
Keisa: 18 when I had my first born son