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1.Q Tell me about the first time you can remember being thrilled.
1.A When I was riding my bike down the garden. We lived in Guildford and had a really steep garden.
 
2.Q What's been your most frightening thrill ever?
2.A Bungee Jumping on the gOld Cost in Australia
 
3.Q What's the smallest or slightest thing to have thrilled you?
3.A My husband remembering something and buying it for me at christmas
 
4.Q Tell me why you're not a sensible person.
4.A Most of the time I am, but animals and crafty stuff brings out the child in me.
 
5.Q What were you doing the last time you were really bored?
5.A I was at work (I’m a customer service manager)
 
6.Q What's the most uninhibited thing you've ever done?
6.A Had sex in the woods
 
7.Q What things have you considered doing for thrill, but were too concerned about the risks?
7.A Sky diving
 
8.Q I always dreamt about being a paramedic, driving an ambulance and saving lives; what about you?
8.A A vet

 

 
  <your thrill>
  To answer these next 14 questions, you should think about a particular time you were thrilled.
 
9.Q Describe this thrill in a nutshell, in one sentence. (there's time to expand later)
9.A a koala climbing onto my husbands shoulder
 
  THE SETTING...
10.Q Where and when did it take place?
10.A 3 years ago in Port McQuarie, NSW Australia
 
11.Q Tell me a bit about yourself around this time.
11.A We had recently moved to Australia and had gone away for the weekend.

 

 
  PREPARATION...
12.Q How did the moment arise? Was it planned?
12.A We were visiting a Koala park and had gone into auditorium to see some animals close up. We were standing by the fence when one put his arm out and grabbed my husbands shoulder and pulled him toward him. The koala just climbed up.

 

 
  YOUR FEELINGS...
13.Q List the sequence of events leading up to your thrill, and how you felt at each stage. The smallest detail could be important (this is your chance to expand).
13.A seeing the koala walking towards us, seeing him climb onto the fence, he was getting so close we could almost touch him(we weren’t supposed to)
 
14.Q At the exact moment of thrill, how did your mind and body feel?
14.A When the koala grabbed my husbands shoulder. I was so happy for him (he’s never really been a animal lover)my body was a bit tingly.
 
15.Q What thoughts were going through your head?
15.A You lucky bast*sd!
 
16.Q What did you do immediately afterwards?
16.A Amazed, stunned and (the word you are looking for) trilled, we talked about it for hours.

 

 
  THE RISKS...
17.Q What were the most likely things that could have put you off going through with it?
17.A We didn’t really have much choice.

 

 
  OTHER PEOPLE...
18.Q How were other people important to your thrill?
18.A My husband was very important.
 
19.Q What do you imagine other people were thinking throughout your thrilling episode?
19.A Why are they picking up that koala?
 
20.Q Some people probably don't understand how such a thing can thrill you; explain it to them.
20.A It was amazing to see another human being getting in touch with animals. Having a connection.
 
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