| chesneycat ( @ 2008-02-08 08:06:00 |
| Entry tags: | baaa, meme |
Everybody else is doing it...
Stolen from everyone, most recently Milo.
1. What time did you get up this morning?
Alarm at 6.30, up at 7.30 with toast and coffee in bed courtesy of my other half.
2. Diamonds or pearls?
I have diamonds already, and would love a triple rope of pearls.
3. What was the last movie you saw?
Million Dollar Baby. I cried.
4. Where is the most beautiful place you've ever been?

This is where my soul feels most at home, where one day my ashes will be scattered.
5. What do you usually have for breakfast?
It varies. Cereal, porridge, toast, fruit, yoghurt. Only one at a time, mind.
6. What is your middle name?
Jane
7. What food do you dislike?
Baked beans. Everything else I rather enjoy.
8. What is your favourite CD?
Muse, Absolution. It wins for Butterflies and Hurricanes alone.
9. What kind of car do you drive?
R98 Peugeot 106XN, <59K, currently for sale. All reasnable offers considered.
10. Favourite sandwich?
Tuna with lemon pepper mayo.
11. What characteristics do you despise?
Selfishness
12. Favourite item of clothing?
My large blue knitted jumper.
13. If you could go anywhere in the world for a vacation, where would you go?
I'd kill for a week on Kuramathi right now.
14. What colour is your bathroom?
White tiles (my own work!) and jetstream-blue walls.
15. Favourite brand of clothing?
M&S Per Una.
16. Where would you retire?
By the sea
17. What was your most memorable birthday?
I was thinking of my 11th just this morning... something came up about pilots being stabbed in the news, and it reminded me of the last time I was let into a plane's cockpit. I was flying back home to Italy on that day and the pilots let me sit in the cockpit for the landing. Fantastic treat, it was.
18. Favourite sport to watch?
Three-day eventing, preferably in person, preferably not watching my sister.
19. Furthest place you are sending this?
America?
20. Who do you expect to repost this?
I think we've hit its natural limits by now.
21. Person you expect to repost first?
No-one
22. Favourite saying?
Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger
23. When is your birthday?
December 17th
24. Are you a morning person or a night person?
Morning
25. What is your shoe size?
UK 7 1/2, US 9 I think.
26. Pets?
See Icon
27. What did you want to be when you were little?
Archaeologist, architect, author, actress, anthropologist, astronomer.... I kinda got stuck on the a's....
28. What are you today?
Post-migraine-knackered.
29. What is your favourite candy?
Dark. Bournville always goes down well.
30. What is your favourite flower?
Friesias in a vase, Lavender in the garden.
31. What is a day on the calendar you are looking forward to?
I try not to look forward these days, preferring to live for the here and now.
32. What are you listening to right now?
Chris Moyles on Radio 1, still playing on the radio in the other room.
33. What was the last thing you ate?
Toast & Marmite, and a mug of coffee.
34. Do you wish on stars?
Yes
35. Do you believe in Angels?
No
36. If you were a crayon, what colour would you be?
One of those magic crayons that changes the colours of all the others
37. Pet peeves?
Ingratitude
38. Favourite Television show? Still on air?
I'm loving Ashes to Ashes already.
39. Last person you spoke to on the phone?
My mother, yesterday, who called in a panic about something I wrote on facebook.
40. Do you like the person who sent this to you?
They all keep me smiling, so yeah.
41. Favourite soft drink?
Ginger beer.
42. Favourite restaurant?
The Walnut Club, Hathersage
43. Hair Colour?
Browny-mouse. I haven't died it recently.
44. Siblings?
One younger sister.
46. What was your favourite toy as a child?
Probably the She-ra figures my sister and I had loads of, oh, and Lego.
47. Summer or Winter?
Autumn
48. Hugs or kisses?
Both. But I only get kisses from one person, so they're most special to me.
49. Chocolate or vanilla?
Chocolate. need you ask?
50. Do you want your friends to repost this?
YES! EVEN THOSE WHO'VE POSTED IT ALREADY. DO IT AGAIN! AGAIN, i TELL YOU!
51. When was the last time you cried?
Yesterday, at lunchtime.
52. What is under your bed?
Spare bedding, medicine, pr0n.
53. Who is the friend you've had longest?
Jo from Italy
54. What did you do last night for dinner?
Carrot and coriander soup that I cooked the day before.
55. Favourite smell?
The sea.
57. How many keys on your key ring?
About ten.
58. How many years at your current job?
Currently freelancing. Six weeks?
59. Favourite day of the week?
That's a rather dumb question.
60. How many towns have you lived in?
Gosport, Ruislip, Naples, Ruislip, Plymouth, Truro, Leicester, Cambridge, Sheffield. Oh, and a month with the in-laws in Redditch while we were between houses.
61. Do you make friends easily?
The close ones? No, not at all.
62. How many folks will read this?
The bored. <--- I'm keeping Milo's answer.
63. Are you happy?
Yes, surprisingly so.