Yet Again Same Old (Day 162 since Lockdown)
It's actually a Bank Holiday today but doesn't feel much like it as I had my usual Paracise class this morning and there is nothing really to mark out the day. I seem to have spent quite a lot of the weekend on the phone with a long call to my cousin P, who is very bored but has had to isolate for months due to his serious health issues, my friend L and our friends D & K in Bournemouth. We speak to D & K every week but they had a quite active week going to a socially distanced birthday party so it was fun to hear how that had gone (it rained which caused a few problems).
I bit the bullet and went to Waterstones on Saturday. I haven't been avoiding Waterstones due to coronavirus issues but to try and avoid buying any more books. Needless to say I failed and added to my enormous TBR pile, but it was nice to be in a bookshop again, though it was very quiet. The town centre itself was quite busy with a large queue in front of the bank and another big queue outside Clarks which gave me a reminiscent shudder as there is a little bit of me which still associates the smelll of new shoes with the start of the school year.
On with the meme.
28. Do you write in cursive?
Yes, mostly. I'm left-handed and we were taught to write Italic at school which was a complete pain at the time as I needed a left-handed nib and found it hard, but I'm grateful now as it helped to shape my handwriting. I used to write quite well but typing so much has meant my handwriting has got much worse but it is still reasonably legible, if much messier than it used to be.
29. If you could witness any event of the past, present, or future, what would it be?
Oh, the temptation! What to pick? I would quite like to witness an event that solved a minor historical mystery (not touching the Princes in the Tower with a barge pole) like who is buried in the Sutton Hoo ship which would be a spectacular thing to see anyway, or some famous meeting like the first encounter between Henry of Anjou and Eleanor of Aquitaine. If I'm really forced to choose however I'd like to go to the court of Elizabeth I and witness one of the Accession Day tilts which would be absolutely spectacular and I could gawp at the queen from a safe distance in the crowds. Or alternatively I'd love to see one of the Frost Fairs on the Thames or... it's too hard to choose.
30. Do you have a favorite painting? (Post a picture?)
Another question that's too hard to give a single answer. It depends what mood I'm in. Again if I'm force to choose it would probably be something by Turner and although The Fighting Temeraire is really obvious I'm going to pick it because the combination of colour, light and subject is just stunning. It's a picture I never get tired of looking at.
31. Do you swear a lot?
Every word is not an expletive but I have been known to swear to myself. I don't usually do it in front of other people apart from J though.
September questions behind the cut.
1 What Hogwarts house would you be sorted into?
2 What is the first historical event you clearly remember?
3 What part of elementary/primary school would you like to incorporate into your adult life?
4 If you could eliminate one thing that you did every day, what would it be?
5 Your rescue team in the coming zombie apocalypse is the cast of the last tv show you watched. How screwed are you?
6 What is something you do to indulge yourself?
7 Have you ever called in sick to work when you weren't actually ill but didn't want to give the real reason?
8 Have you ever talked to yourself out loud in public?
9 Are you a worrier? What’s something you’re worried about right now? Can you do something constructive about the situation?
10 Would you sign up to be a colonist on another planet if it meant you would never be able to return to earth?
11 Do you like having your picture taken? Why or why not?
12 Do you experiment with your hairstyle often, or do you have a classic style you stick with?
13 What’s your favorite childhood story or fairy tale?
14 What are your Top Ten favorite books?
15 Do you plan, or are you flying by the seat of your pants?
16 How did you make a difference for someone else today?
17 If you were given $1M, with the stipulation that you must spend it on yourself within one year, how would you spend it?
18 What do you daydream about?
19 What was the first song you ever memorized?
20 What’s your favorite kind of bread?
21 What’s a big pet peeve you have?
22 Do you have an inanimate object that you have given a name?
23 What’s your favorite Elton John song, and why?
24 If you could choose any animal as a pet (all problems aside), which one would you have and why?
25 What’s something “everyone” knows how to do that you’ve never actually done?
26 What’s one small thing you’ve accomplished today that wasn’t even on your to-do list?
27 If you could eliminate one thing from your daily schedule, what would it be?
28 Is there a book or TV series that you enjoy, but acknowledge that it's not actually very good? What makes you love it enough to keep reading/watching?
29 If you were your own best friend, what piece of unsolicited advice would you give yourself?
30 What television sitcom is your real life most like?
I bit the bullet and went to Waterstones on Saturday. I haven't been avoiding Waterstones due to coronavirus issues but to try and avoid buying any more books. Needless to say I failed and added to my enormous TBR pile, but it was nice to be in a bookshop again, though it was very quiet. The town centre itself was quite busy with a large queue in front of the bank and another big queue outside Clarks which gave me a reminiscent shudder as there is a little bit of me which still associates the smelll of new shoes with the start of the school year.
On with the meme.
28. Do you write in cursive?
Yes, mostly. I'm left-handed and we were taught to write Italic at school which was a complete pain at the time as I needed a left-handed nib and found it hard, but I'm grateful now as it helped to shape my handwriting. I used to write quite well but typing so much has meant my handwriting has got much worse but it is still reasonably legible, if much messier than it used to be.
29. If you could witness any event of the past, present, or future, what would it be?
Oh, the temptation! What to pick? I would quite like to witness an event that solved a minor historical mystery (not touching the Princes in the Tower with a barge pole) like who is buried in the Sutton Hoo ship which would be a spectacular thing to see anyway, or some famous meeting like the first encounter between Henry of Anjou and Eleanor of Aquitaine. If I'm really forced to choose however I'd like to go to the court of Elizabeth I and witness one of the Accession Day tilts which would be absolutely spectacular and I could gawp at the queen from a safe distance in the crowds. Or alternatively I'd love to see one of the Frost Fairs on the Thames or... it's too hard to choose.
30. Do you have a favorite painting? (Post a picture?)
Another question that's too hard to give a single answer. It depends what mood I'm in. Again if I'm force to choose it would probably be something by Turner and although The Fighting Temeraire is really obvious I'm going to pick it because the combination of colour, light and subject is just stunning. It's a picture I never get tired of looking at.
31. Do you swear a lot?
Every word is not an expletive but I have been known to swear to myself. I don't usually do it in front of other people apart from J though.
September questions behind the cut.
1 What Hogwarts house would you be sorted into?
2 What is the first historical event you clearly remember?
3 What part of elementary/primary school would you like to incorporate into your adult life?
4 If you could eliminate one thing that you did every day, what would it be?
5 Your rescue team in the coming zombie apocalypse is the cast of the last tv show you watched. How screwed are you?
6 What is something you do to indulge yourself?
7 Have you ever called in sick to work when you weren't actually ill but didn't want to give the real reason?
8 Have you ever talked to yourself out loud in public?
9 Are you a worrier? What’s something you’re worried about right now? Can you do something constructive about the situation?
10 Would you sign up to be a colonist on another planet if it meant you would never be able to return to earth?
11 Do you like having your picture taken? Why or why not?
12 Do you experiment with your hairstyle often, or do you have a classic style you stick with?
13 What’s your favorite childhood story or fairy tale?
14 What are your Top Ten favorite books?
15 Do you plan, or are you flying by the seat of your pants?
16 How did you make a difference for someone else today?
17 If you were given $1M, with the stipulation that you must spend it on yourself within one year, how would you spend it?
18 What do you daydream about?
19 What was the first song you ever memorized?
20 What’s your favorite kind of bread?
21 What’s a big pet peeve you have?
22 Do you have an inanimate object that you have given a name?
23 What’s your favorite Elton John song, and why?
24 If you could choose any animal as a pet (all problems aside), which one would you have and why?
25 What’s something “everyone” knows how to do that you’ve never actually done?
26 What’s one small thing you’ve accomplished today that wasn’t even on your to-do list?
27 If you could eliminate one thing from your daily schedule, what would it be?
28 Is there a book or TV series that you enjoy, but acknowledge that it's not actually very good? What makes you love it enough to keep reading/watching?
29 If you were your own best friend, what piece of unsolicited advice would you give yourself?
30 What television sitcom is your real life most like?