@inception30daychallenge days 14 & 15
I forgot to do the challenge yesterday since we were streaming Inception most of the day. Oops! Thanks to everyone who came to the watch parties though!
Day 14: What skills would you bring to a dreamshare team?
I’ve been lucid dreaming since I was a child. I used to regularly have night terrors and taught myself to lucid dream as a defence and I’ve become pretty good at manipulating my dreams as a result.
I’m pretty decent at computers and I work extremely well in stressful situations where you have to make quick decisions. I used to work as a test engineer in the software industry which is one of those jobs where you are dealing with a lot of emergencies and last minute changes and things. Now I work on a systems and security team and am working towards database certification so I’m more familiar with security protocols and shortfalls. So yeah I really like computers.
I can draw and paint. I’m not an architect but maybe some art skills would be helpful on a job. Certainly creativity would be good at least.
I also really enjoy doing odd jobs and I’m not afraid of getting dirty.
Day 15: Cobb’s greatest parenting strength and weakness.
This is hard because I’m not a parent so I don’t have a lot of insight. I think the fact that he loves his kids as much as he does says a lot. Where I live most men are not involved with their children’s lives and they seemingly don’t care. The fact that he worked so hard to get back to his children speaks volumes.
We don’t see much interaction between him and his children but at the end of the movie his kids are clearly happy to have him back. I imagine he’s the type of dad who genuinely enjoys playing with his children and pays attention to their interests. He probably lets them explore things and experiment and go through phases without judgement.
I think his weakness would probably be more on the emotional side given his issues. I’m sure his absence has had a negative effect on the kids especially Philippa. She sounded so resentful over the phone and Cobb clearly didn’t know how to handle it. He probably tries to fix the issues with meaningless gifts instead of being emotionally available. But who knows maybe they finally all go to family therapy and work things out!
