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Welcome to our weekly Boredwalk Community series, where we ask Boredwalk fans fun questions! This week we're talking to Jessica S. of Raymond NH, showing off an Antisocial Butterfly shirt.

1. What's your actual day job and what's your dream day job?

My day job is working in the office of a special education school. I would love to be a party planner or have a bakery, though. (Ed. note: SpEd is super-important, though, and we appreciate your work in that field. We'd also be happy to taste test your baked goods, though. Om nom nom.)

2. What's your biggest pet peeve?

Smokers.😝 Especially when they throw cigarettes out car windows.

3. If you could have any super power what would you choose?

The ability to read minds. Then I wouldn't have to wonder...

4. What experience do you most want to cross off your bucket list?

Going to England or being debt-free. (Those two things *might* be at odds with one another. Here's hoping you strike it rich!)

5. Clear up a misconception (about your job, where you are from, some other topic you know a lot about.)

The youngest child in a family isn't always a spoiled brat. I should know, since I'm the sixth of six. (Hmm. Something tells me you might be biased...but it's not like I can cross-check this with your siblings, so I suppose we'll have to trust you.)

6. Where can the rest of the Boredwalk community find you?

Instagram: @jcsntgo

Welcome to our weekly Boredwalk Community series, where we ask Boredwalk fans fun questions! This week we're talking to Kiani G. of Spanish Fort AL, showing off an Elect More Scientists shirt.

1. What's your actual day job and what's your dream day job?

I was an Assistant Professor of Biology until May, when I quit to become a full-time candidate for Congress (AL-01). My dream job is to be the host of a public access children's science show. Sort of like a new take on "Mr Wizard." (Ed. note: I want both of these things to happen!)

2. What keeps you up at night?

Climate change and the fact that our federal government isn't doing enough to protect the world that my children will live in. Ditching plastic straws is great, but we need a major overhaul of federal policy.

3. What's the most useful piece of advice you've ever received?

Early is on-time. On-time is late. And late is unacceptable. Thanks, Dad.

4. What experience do you most want to cross off your bucket list?

Right now, all I want is a full night's sleep. But, one day, I'd really like to hug an elephant. (Both admirable goals.)

5. What is a surprising fact about you?

My motorcycle was hit by a car in 2010. I was told that I would never walk again. 10 months later, I was walking. 10 years later, I'm running (for office.) Moral of the story, kids: Don't text and drive. (Wow. Yeah kids, don't do that.)

6. What's a book you think the Boredwalk community should read?

The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs by Steve Brusatte. I really liked dinosaurs as a kid, then I "outgrew" them. Now, my youngest son is obsessed with dinosaurs, and teaching him about them has reminded me of how much I loved them, too. This book is a reminder to adults about why we all liked dinosaurs so much as kids — because they are amazing! (They really, really are!)

7. Clear up a misconception (about your job, where you are from, some other topic you know a lot about.)

Alabama is a beautiful state. It's worth fighting for.

8. Where can the rest of the Boredwalk community find you?

KianiGardner.com
Facebook: @VoteKiani
Twitter: @kianigardner
Instagram:@kianigardner

Welcome to our weekly Boredwalk Community series, where we ask Boredwalk fans fun questions! This week we're talking to Catherine L. of Bloomington IL, showing off a Maybe Tomorrow Satan Shirt shirt.

1. What's your actual day job and what's your dream day job?

I work as a corporate researcher and manage a small corporate library. I hope someday to be a full-time book blogger! (Ed. note: You can do it — we believe in you!)

2. What experience do you most want to cross off your bucket list?

A trip to The Hague, Netherlands. (The city in general, or the International Court of Justice most often associated with the city? WE NEED SPECIFICS, Cat. We want to know if you're merely tip-toeing through the tulips or if this is some sort of grim tribunal situation.)

3. If you could have any super power what would it be and why?

Teleportation. I would save so much time and money if I never had to use cars, trains, or planes! (Teleportation is coming up a lot as an answer to this question...🤔)

4. What's a book you think the Boredwalk community should read?

The best book I read this year was The Testaments by Margaret Atwood, but you should definitely read The Handmaid's Tale first!

5. What's your biggest pet peeve?

People being rude in public. (THIS! Save your worst impulses for the privacy of your own home like a grown-ass adult, folks.)

6. Where can the rest of the Boredwalk community find you?

On Twitter @Cat_grl6