Meme time!
Don’t run away! Stay and read. You know you always learn something you really didn’t need to know from all these memes and this is one with a difference, so there! For one, I’m not going to tag you, you are going to ask to participate, and that is more of a directive than anything else (vee have vayz ov mekking you meme…)
1. Leave me a comment saying anything random, like your favorite lyric to your current favorite song. Or your favorite kind of sandwich. Something random. Whatever you like.
2. I respond by asking you five personal questions so I can get to know you better.
3. You will update your blog with the answers to the questions.
4. You will include this explanation and offer to ask someone else in the post.
5. When others comment asking to be asked, you will ask them five questions.
The lovely Pink Soprano interviewed me. Make sure you check out her blog, it is more than worth it (and note to self, update your blog roll Ms Fifikins!)
1) Where would be your ultimate holiday destination?
Now as much as I adore the tropics, I do miss seasonality so Winter somewhere freezing with lots of snow appeals. Scotland or Canada in January appeals, but more realistically might have to settle for Canberra in July! I suppose holidays have a notion of being relaxing and the like so perhaps even spending some time in a cabin in the middle of a rainforrest would do me. Actually, around now that sounds like bliss!
Now if we are talking travel though, India, Africa and South America are on the list. Finding a way to travel, holiday and earn money (with 2 kids in tow!) is the logistical exercise that needs working through.
2) If your life was made into a movie, what genre would it be, and would would it be called?
It would have to be a comedy. I am not adverse to a bit of period drama or action either. Now I have ideas of a period drama comedy action superhero movie with a female lead character who saves the day with her wit and charm and has male sidekick who is as smart and funny as she is (hi MIML™) set in Jane Austen’s England. Now everyone would have to have toffy accents too and lines from it would be quoted for generations to come. No idea what it would be called- perhaps ‘Fifikins’ is enough!
Either that or a porno… (Hi Mum 
)
3) If you were hosting the cocktail party to end all cocktail parties, which five people living, dead or fictional would you absolutely have to have on the guest list, and why?
- Miss Elizabeth Bennett. I suppose that’s two birds with one stone as she would give more insight into Jane Austen too! Was Jane the feminist of her day that we like to see her has now?
- The Doctor. Which one? Well it wouldn’t really matter, but I want to ask The Doctor when he will regenerate into a woman and if that is actually possible (theme here?)
- The gorgeous Nigella, just so I could cook for her.
- Henry Giroux who is one of my pedagogical heroes.
- And we would need some music- possibly John Coltrane for some Jazz.
4) If you were stranded on a desert island, what would your five essential supplies be?
- Some company. (Hey MIML™, you interested being stranded with me for a bit?)
- My Macbook, power, wireless internet etc. No need for a phone or iPod then.
- Some nail polish as I think I would have time to paint my toenails which desperately need doing at the moment!
- Perhaps a cookbook or two, or my favourite knives or something.
- Bombay Gin (with tonic, lemon and ice cubes- naturally!)
5) If you could live your life in fluffy slippers or beautiful designer heels, which would you choose?
I hate shoes! I would much rather run around in bare feet. I think I would probably lean towards the fluffy slippers though, purely for comfort factor. Although a nice pair of heels does it to me and if it was that cocktail party that was leading me to be stranded on a desert island (or in a rainforest!) making a porno about my life…
So get to it folks! I want comments and I want them now! I am already thinking up lots of questions to ask you all…
Tags: meme, personal reflection, Stuff
June 2nd, 2008 at 11:40 am
So, so you think you can tell
Heaven from Hell,
Blue skys from pain.
Can you tell a green field
From a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?
And did they get you to trade
Your heros for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change?
And did you exchange
A walk on part in the war
For a lead role in a cage?
How I wish, how I wish you were here.
We’re just two lost souls
Swimming in a fish bowl,
Year after year,
Running over the same old ground.
What have we found?
The same old fears.
Wish you were here.
June 2nd, 2008 at 11:57 am
Geez Mr English, you’re quick! Now 5 things to interrogate you with…
1) If you could name yourself what name would you choose to be called and why?
2) What superhero power would you like and why?
3) If you could travel to the past or to the future which would you choose and why?
4) If you were to win lotto, would you prefer to win a $40M Powerball or a share in a $300K Saturday draw and what would you spend your winnings on?
5) What 5 people have qualities you aspire to and what are these qualities?
June 2nd, 2008 at 7:33 pm
Everything about you is how I wanna be
Your freedom comes naturally
Everything about you resonates happiness
Now I won’t settle for less
Give me all the peace and joy in your mind
Everything about you pains my envying
Your soul can’t hate anything
Everything about you is so easy to love
They’re watching you from above
Give me all the peace and joy in your mind
I want the peace and joy in your mind
Give me the peace and joy in your mind
Everything about you resonates happiness
Now I won’t settle for less
Give me all the peace and joy in your mind
I want the peace and joy in your mind
Give me the peace and joy in your mind
June 2nd, 2008 at 7:44 pm
OK Ms Alison!
1) If you could star in any movie remake, what would it be and why would you take that role?
2) What do you wish you had invented, or is there something that needs you to invent it?
3) What would be your dream job, regardless of the wage?
4) You are about to be executed for crimes against the Web 7.0 community (It has turned dark by then!) What is your last meal?
5) What song always puts you in a good mood and why?
(PS- it would be a pretty boring porno if I was the star! hehe
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June 7th, 2008 at 3:13 am
Everyone else has quoted songs… so here’s my Random.
From one of my favorite films of all time:
“Uh, this is heavy duty, Doc. This is great. Uh, does it run like on, on regular, unleaded gasoline?”
“Unfortunately, no. It requires something with a little more kick; Plutonium!”
“Uh, Plutonium… Wait a minute, are you telling me that this sucker is nuclear?!”
“Hey! Hey, hey, keep rolling, keep rolling there! No, no, no, no, no. This sucker’s electrical, but I need a nuclear reaction to generate the 1.21 gigawatts of electricity I need.”
“Doc, you don’t just walk into a store and buy plutonium! Did you rip that off?”
“Of course! From a group of Libyan nationalists. They wanted me to build them a bomb, so I took their plutonium and in turn gave them a shoddy bomb casing full of used pinball machine parts!”
or
“Where are you going with those fireworks?”
“Well the Protector got super-accelerated coming out of the black hole and just, like, nailed the atmosphere at Mach fifteen, which, you guys know, is pretty unstable obviously, so we’re gonna help Laredo guide it on the vox ultra-frequency carrier and use Roman candles for visual confirmation.”
*stares at Brandon incomprehensively*
“Uh, alright. Dinner’s at seven.”
*Brandon leaves and his mom looks at his dad*
“Brandon’s mom: Well, he’s outside.”
or
“Do you ever have déjà vu, Mrs. Lancaster?”
“I don’t think so, but I could check with the kitchen.”
Can you name the 3 films I’ve quoted?
June 7th, 2008 at 3:14 am
Better make that 3 quotes from 3 of my favorite films (not one…)
June 8th, 2008 at 3:07 pm
I could, Griff, but I will leave that to other people!
Here are your questions:
1) Which 5 blogs do you read or websites do you visit that you think most people in your online circle of friends would be surprised at (and not youporn!)
2) I know you love your Threadless Tees, but what are your other favourite garments and how would you describe your dress sense?
3) Apart from your legendary pudding, what else would you consider to be your signature dish?
4) You have been stranded on a desert island with an iPod that contains 5 podcasts and 5 songs (the podcasts take up a lot of room!) What would these be?
5) What advice (if any!) do you wish you had been given as a 16yo that you would give to other 16yos today?