Oops
So much for keeping up a regular LJ... Sorry.It hasn't been a specially busy return to the office, but there's been a bit of re-entry feeling. And I have spent my off-hours doing a bit of catching up of the stuff I had to cancel pre-Christmas: a silent night tour of Dennis Severs House (a magical fake-Georgian family home in Spitalfields; I've visited before but not after dark, when it's all candlelit) and a trip to the Old Vic for their final day of A Christmas Carol. Which was all nice, but quite surreal, dotting into central London and out immediately after my things, rather than pottering around town.
Quick meme answers:
2. When you are old(er), what do you think children will ask you to tell stories about?
I can't imagine it'll be much, though small people seem incapable of imagining life without the internet so maybe we'll all have to club together and remind them,
3. January 3 is Fruitcake Toss Day. Do you like fruitcake? Why does it get such a bad rap?
I don't mind fruitcake, but it's the least interesting of the three raisin-based Christmas desserts and I'd stick to mince pies if asked to pick one. I don't think the icing helps much. I adore a light fruit cake with lots of cherries though...
4. iOs or Android?
Android. Simply can't bear the Apple cult.
5. What do you do to get rid of stress?
Yoga mainly, walking a bit, reading partly, and the odd candle or flickering light.
6. How often do you binge-watch TV shows?
I try not to, at least the first time around. I might watch a short series over a week or two, but I find compressing it all into a night or two means it's intense but you forget it all immediately because it didn't have time to settle.
7. Have you ever saved an animal's life? How about a person's life?
Nothing bigger than the odd bee or spider flicked out of the flat rather than squished. I've taken CPR classes but never had to use it. And Mental Health First Aid too, which I have used but not in a life-threatening situation.
8. Would you rather be able to see 10 minutes into your own future, or 10 minutes into the future of anyone but yourself?
Anyone but me, and I'd rather not use that either. (Though that was when I thought this meant 10 minutes of sometime in my future. I don't think seeing just 10 minutes ahead for me or anyone else is all that useful, is it? Unless you are some kind of diviner living a complicated life.)
9. Would you rather lose the ability to read, or the ability to speak?
Speak. I read probably 15 hours per day and it's a weird day when I speak for one.
10. What Olympic (or other) sport would be the funniest to add a mandatory amount of alcohol to?
11. What do you think are three things that are pretty great or interesting about you?
12. What's your favourite number? Why?
13. Would you rather have all illicit drugs be legalized, or duelling between consenting adults be legalized?
14. What movie would be greatly improved if made into a musical?
15. What social stigma does society need to get over?
16. What's the most creative use of emojis you've ever seen?
17. Where do you get most of your news?
18. In 40 years, what will people be nostalgic for?
19. Do you like reality/competition TV shows? Why or why not? If so, which ones?
20. How fast do you read?
21. Do you like classical music? If yes, name your favourite composer(s).
22. How often do you check your phone?
23. What is your favourite thing to eat or drink in winter?
24. If you could switch two movie/book/TV characters, what switch would lead to the most inappropriate movie/book/TV show?
25. How often do you stay up past 3:00 a.m.?
26. If you opened a business, what kind of business would it be?
27. Who was your worst teacher/professor? Why?
28. Who was your best teacher/professor? Why?
29. If you are an only child, do you wish you had siblings? If you have siblings, do you wish you were an only child?
30. Do you sleep with your sheets tucked in or out? If you don't use top sheets, if you stay somewhere that does, do you prefer your sheets tucked in or out?
31. Toilet paper: over or under?
Quick meme answers:
2. When you are old(er), what do you think children will ask you to tell stories about?
I can't imagine it'll be much, though small people seem incapable of imagining life without the internet so maybe we'll all have to club together and remind them,
3. January 3 is Fruitcake Toss Day. Do you like fruitcake? Why does it get such a bad rap?
I don't mind fruitcake, but it's the least interesting of the three raisin-based Christmas desserts and I'd stick to mince pies if asked to pick one. I don't think the icing helps much. I adore a light fruit cake with lots of cherries though...
4. iOs or Android?
Android. Simply can't bear the Apple cult.
5. What do you do to get rid of stress?
Yoga mainly, walking a bit, reading partly, and the odd candle or flickering light.
6. How often do you binge-watch TV shows?
I try not to, at least the first time around. I might watch a short series over a week or two, but I find compressing it all into a night or two means it's intense but you forget it all immediately because it didn't have time to settle.
7. Have you ever saved an animal's life? How about a person's life?
Nothing bigger than the odd bee or spider flicked out of the flat rather than squished. I've taken CPR classes but never had to use it. And Mental Health First Aid too, which I have used but not in a life-threatening situation.
8. Would you rather be able to see 10 minutes into your own future, or 10 minutes into the future of anyone but yourself?
Anyone but me, and I'd rather not use that either. (Though that was when I thought this meant 10 minutes of sometime in my future. I don't think seeing just 10 minutes ahead for me or anyone else is all that useful, is it? Unless you are some kind of diviner living a complicated life.)
9. Would you rather lose the ability to read, or the ability to speak?
Speak. I read probably 15 hours per day and it's a weird day when I speak for one.
10. What Olympic (or other) sport would be the funniest to add a mandatory amount of alcohol to?
11. What do you think are three things that are pretty great or interesting about you?
12. What's your favourite number? Why?
13. Would you rather have all illicit drugs be legalized, or duelling between consenting adults be legalized?
14. What movie would be greatly improved if made into a musical?
15. What social stigma does society need to get over?
16. What's the most creative use of emojis you've ever seen?
17. Where do you get most of your news?
18. In 40 years, what will people be nostalgic for?
19. Do you like reality/competition TV shows? Why or why not? If so, which ones?
20. How fast do you read?
21. Do you like classical music? If yes, name your favourite composer(s).
22. How often do you check your phone?
23. What is your favourite thing to eat or drink in winter?
24. If you could switch two movie/book/TV characters, what switch would lead to the most inappropriate movie/book/TV show?
25. How often do you stay up past 3:00 a.m.?
26. If you opened a business, what kind of business would it be?
27. Who was your worst teacher/professor? Why?
28. Who was your best teacher/professor? Why?
29. If you are an only child, do you wish you had siblings? If you have siblings, do you wish you were an only child?
30. Do you sleep with your sheets tucked in or out? If you don't use top sheets, if you stay somewhere that does, do you prefer your sheets tucked in or out?
31. Toilet paper: over or under?