because I’m so far behind, another wasted half hour doesn’t even matter…
// series one – describe
— Your heritage: A grandparent each from England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. But I mostly think of the English (because it’s where I’ve always lived) and the Irish (because my Irish ancestors were so much more interesting than the rest)
— The shoes you wore yesterday: I own two pairs of shoes: the steel-toecapped boots, and my brown things, which are pretty but falling apart. So it was the brown things.
— Your hair: Long, black, tangled. Hasn’t been cut for 4 years, but every now and again I pull out the really matted bits. It’s a mess, but I like it.
— Your fears: People knowing too much about me. Also forms.
— Your perfect pizza: Lots of meat. Pizza is about the only place where meat is essential
— One thing you’d like to achieve: Freeing myself from any desire to ‘succeed’. I want to be a hyperactive, playful slacker!
// series two – what is
— Your most overused phrase on aim: ‘to be fair’
— Your thoughts first waking up: ‘where are did I put my glasses *this* time?’
— The first feature you notice in the opposite/same sex: Voice, height, build. I’m not really very visual: often I’ll talk to somebody for half an hour and not recognise them the next day.
— Your best physical feature: Hair, probably. Or my eyes (but they’re hidden behind glasses).
— Your bedtime: Irregular. I tend to stay up until 4am one day, then sleep 12 hours the next to make up for it.
— Your greatest accomplishment: Getting the ‘dodgy dossier’ story out to the world last year: I was the link between this and this. *beams*
// series three – you prefer
— Pepsi or Coke: Pepsi. Not on taste, but because two years ago I spent some time teaching English to a Russian Coke salesman, and he was so wonderfully pissed off at how Russia chose Pepsi
— McDonald’s or Burger King: Prefer vans and chippies with real local grease
— Single or group dates: um, neither. I’m a single, and neither want/dare date, or think I ‘d have any luck if I did.
— Adidas or Nike: Anything cheap and unbranded.
— Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Don’t drink either, but Lipton keeps my sister hapy.
— Chocolate or vanilla: Strawberry. OK, Chocolate, if you insist
— Cappuccino or coffee: Coffee
— Boxers or briefs: boxers
// series four – do you
— Cuss: Mostly at inanimate objects. And politicians, but they’re fair game for anything short of assassination.
— Sing well: No. Really no. And so I don’t sing at all, which is sad.
— Take a shower everyday: Yes. Cambridge has showers. Oakham, as far as I can tell, doesn’t. Three years in, and I’m still loving it!
— Do you think you’ve been in love: Yes. Painfully, obsessively, and with all the drama that a rejected teenager can muster. I’m going to make damn sure it doesn’t happen again.
— Want to go to college: I’m at uni.
— Liked high school: No. Partly teenage grumpiness. Partly the falling stupidly in love. Partly the usual ‘nobody understands me’ thing (nobody understands me here either, but there are lots of people who each understand a bit of me, so it works out OK). Mostly just the dump of a small town I was in, and the lack of anyone interesting there, old or young.
— Want to get married: No. It’s the not wanting to fall in love thing, and not being able to imagine spending an entire lifetime with somebody. That and Patriarchy
— Type w/ your fingers on the right keys: Yep. And fast.
— Believe in yourself: No, except for brief moments when I have absolute blind faith in myself. Fortunately those moments generally happen when I’m alone, so they aren’t inflicted on anyone else.
— Get motion sickness: Yes.
— Think you’re a health freak: No.
— Get along with your parent(s): My dad is way cooler than me or most of my friends. I get on really well with him. My mum I respect immensely, but don’t have much in common with, and I find her really hard to talk to.
— Like thunderstorms: Yes. Preferably outside, in the countryside, and as close to naked as possible.
— Play an instrument: No. Piano a bit, but not for many years, or with much skill to begin with.
// series five – in the past month, did/have you
— Drank alcohol: yes
— Done a drug: No
— Made Out: No
— Gone to the mall?: No. Don’t think I’ve bought anything except food, tickets for a few things, and household bits ‘n’ bobs.
— Eaten an entire box of Oreos: What is this Oreo of which you speak?
— Eaten sushi: No, never
— Been on stage:
— Been dumped: No. Benefit of being single!
— Gone skating: No.
— Made homemade cookies: No.
— Been in love: No
— Gone skinny dipping: No. It’s November, for chrissakes!
— Dyed your hair: No. Would like to, but suspect the dye would need to come in a van (long and black not a good combination for dyeing)
— Stolen anything: No.
// series six – have you ever
— Played a game that required removal of clothing?: Yes
— Been trashed or extremely intoxicated: Yes
— Been caught “doing something”: No
— Been called a tease: No.
— Got beaten up: Not seriously, and not for many years.
— Changed who you were to fit in: Yes. But not nearly as often as I’ve denied what I am because I’ve been embarassed to fit in.
// series seven – the future
— Age you hoping to be married: Never
— Numbers and Names of Children: I’d make a good uncle or godfather, but an awful father.
— Describe your Dream Wedding: Quickly and quietly, as part of some legal/political scam. Mika, Kelly: you’re the only newlyweds I’ve honestly admired.
— How do you want to die: suddenly and dramatically
— Where do you want to go to college: here will do.
— What do you want to be when you grow up: as above: hyperactive and playful, changing job and lifestyle. My nightmare is ending up in a pleasant office job, and not having the initiative to quit and spend a year flipping burgers.
— What country would you most like to visit: Georgia
// series eight – opposite/same sex
— Best eye color?: green
— Best hair color?: Black. And men with long, light ginger hair look gorgeous.
— Short or long hair?: Long. Always long.
— Best height: Not fussed.
— Best weight: Thin.
— Best articles of clothing: Anything that stands out. I love clothes that get laughter from half the people, and impress the rest.
— Best first date location: as above: loner!
— Best first kiss location: loner! (it’s the singleton’s ‘get out of jail free’ card)
// series nine – number of
— Number of boys/girls I have kissed: 0 (assuming cheek-pecking doesn’t count)
— Number of boy/girlfriends I have had: none
— Number of drugs taken illegally: One.
— Number of people I could trust with my life: depends on the context.
— Number of CDs that I own: twenty? thirty?
— Number of foreign countries I have visited: 3
— Number of states I have visited: none. 1
— Number of piercings: none, yet.
— Number of scars on my body: none
— Number of things in my past that I regret: mostly I regret the things I didn’t do