Egging me on
Sartre was wrong. Hell is when you've got a dissertation to write within the space of a week and instead you're dragged off to a meal. A meal when you've currently got stomach pains that may be due to an allergy, and can't eat for fear of it coming straight back up again. Then being placed between the two people you'd currently least like to be sat between. With no elbow room. Then being made to sit through a blatantly homophobic disccussion about the new gay candidate for town mayor. And if that doesn't make me uncomfortable enough, we'll follow with a few racist comments too.
I don't like Easter, it's mean to me. Chocolate eggs? Yeah, that would be great if it weren't for the fact that my allergy may apparently be to dairy products. Cripes.
Anyway, apologies for last post's rant. Judging by the old inbox, my anger takes many by surprise. This niceness is only a facade, y'know. I learnt early on that being nice gets me further. It's an evil niceness.
On the obscure celeb dream front, I dreamt I met David Gillespie on a train last night. Go on, first to guess what minor role I gushed to him about wins a cyber cookie. And the one to name what other fantastic show he's been in gets a bigger cookie.
I also had an odd dream a few nights back starrihng Rik Mayall. The rebellious dream me had totally forgotten to hand in two essays and so went into Manchester at 4am where everything was open (hey, You are now entering Dreamsville! Where Nothing Makes Sense!") except the uni office. I rang a doorbell. Some very annoyed-looking people came running. I decided to run too. I made it to a market stall run by Rik Mayall and Ade Edmonson (they always run market stalls in my dreams. I've bought jokes off them in the past) where I announced that I desperately needed some black magic. They showed me a few magical pranks they had, but unfortunately I woke up before they could give me whatever it was I was after.
Finally, Meme time. Complete with usual ramblings:
THREE NAMES YOU GO BY:
1. Becky (spelt Beki, Bekki, Becki, Bekkee, oh the possibilities are endless)
2. Bex
3. Oi, you.
THREE SCREEN NAMES YOU HAVE HAD:
1. Astrokini (Greek for 'little stars')
2. Kola Qube (the name of a comic character I used to draw)
3. McGruder ("Quick, you've used made a Chris Barrie community. Think of an appropiate name!")
THREE PHYSICAL THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. Nails - long and strong. Always get a lot of commments on them.
2. Lips - Angelina Jolie mouth
3. eyes - very blue
THREE PHYSICAL THINGS YOU DON'T LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. Nose - doesn't look like it's the right size for my face
2. Skin - misbehaves all the time
3. Bum - I've only just noticed the other day how it sticks out in a silly way. It's not big, but it's just too high and J-Lo-y
THREE PARTS OF YOUR HERITAGE:
1. English
2. Scottish - Mum's side
3. German - Dad's side
THREE THINGS THAT SCARE YOU:
1. Drowning. I spazz out in deep water
2. The fact that a quarter of my life has already gone
3. The future in general
THREE OF YOUR EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS:
1. Lipstick. Can't function without it
2. Mobile phone. If nothing else it's there to fiddle with
3. Notebook. For jotting down the randomness in my head
THREE THINGS YOU ARE WEARING RIGHT NOW:
1. Pink satin Converse. I love them even though they're a size too big
2. Green t-shirt with the slogan 'Chicks Rock' and a parody of toilet signs with the female knocking the male's head off. Lesbian/Feminist reading optional.
3. Black pinstripe skirt
THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE BANDS OR MUSICAL ARTISTS (at the moment):
1. Franz Ferdinand
2. The Killers
3. Muse
THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE SONGS (at the moment):
1. "Oh my God" - Kaiser Chiefs
2. "Honest Mistake" - The Bravery
3. "Jenny was a friend of mine" - The Killers
THREE THINGS YOU WANT IN A RELATIONSHIP
1. Some general lovin' and affection
2. Support, loyalty
3. And some intimacy ;)
TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE (in no particular order)
1. I once dated a 46 year old man
2. I got stopped in the street by a modelling scout
3. I got into trouble at school for starting (and winning) a fight
THREE PHYSICAL THINGS ABOUT THE OPPOSITE SEX THAT APPEAL TO YOU:
1. Smile
2. Dress sense
3. Bum (oh, who wanted me to say knees?)
THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE HOBBIES:
1. Watching DVDs purely on the basis of someone drool-worthy being in them
2. Dancing (a lot of this is interpretative dance. sorry)
3. Making LJ icons despite the fact I can't do anything with them
THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO REALLY BADLY RIGHT NOW:
1. Click my fingers and have a finished dissertation waiting in my lap. You did ask.
2. Give someone a mighty good slap to relieve any remaining pent up angst
3. Then have a good fandom wank. Perhaps.
THREE CAREERS YOU'RE CONSIDERING:
1. Actress. (You've got to have a dream, if you don't have a dream, how're you gonna have a dream come true? Or so Captain Sensible told me)
2. Rock star (and lo, I shall simultaneously be a style icon for alternative teenagers everywhere)
3. Author (what I suggested when my careers advisor told me to be more realistic. No, I tell a lie, he actually advised me to be an actress. Really. Oh man, I have to quote Eddie Izzard now:
And I grew up in the 70s, when the careers advisor used to come to school, and he used to get the kids together and say, "Look, I advise you to get a career, what can I say? That's it." And he took me aside, he said, "Whatcha you want to do, kid? Whatcha you want to do? Tell me, tell me your dreams!" "I want to be a space astronaut! Go to outer space, discover things that have never been discovered." He said, "Look, you're British, so scale it down a bit, all right?" "All right, I want to work in a shoe shop then! Discover shoes that no one's ever discovered right in the back of the shop, on the left." And he said, "Look, you're British, so scale it down a bit, all right?" "All right, I want to work in a sewer then! Discover sewage that no one's ever discovered, and pile it on my head, then come to the surface and sell myself to an art gallery."
THREE PLACES YOU WANT TO GO ON VACATION:
1. Los Angeles. No kidding.
2. Sydney
3. Fiji. Even if it does have sheep on stilts. Especially if it has sheep on stilts.
THREE KID'S NAMES:
1. Adrian
2. Sadie
3. Ruby (look, the temptation to name a kid after a colour is too great for me.)
THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE:
1. Finally finish this story and somehow make it a published bestseller
2. Be the last to be interviewed on a Parky show. That means you've made it, man.
3. Bungee jump. As long as it's not *the* last thing I do before I die. Ahem.
THREE WAYS I AM STEREOTYPICALLY A BOY
1. I'm physically aggressive
2. I like to dress like a bloke sometimes - either in suits with ties and braces, or in baggy jeans and big boots.
3. I can be turned on by the slightest visual thing
THREE WAYS I AM STEREOTYPICALLY A CHICK
1. I have crates of make-up. I'm not kidding.
2. I love pink glittery fluffy things. To the extent I have a pink glittery fluffy bra.
3. I really do run like a girl.
THREE CELEB CRUSHES:
1. Chris Barrie. 13 years now. Tad scary, that.
2. Robert Bathurst He gives me the horn
3. Angelina Jolie. Stop being so damn gorgeous woman!
THREE PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO TAKE THIS QUIZ NOW:
1. You. Yes you, reading now.
2. And you lot, too.
3. Everyone who hasn't yet. I think that covers it.
I thought some of these answers were rubbish and therefore not satisfactorily indicative of the person known as me. But you know, when a meme calls I'll fill it in there and then.
I don't like Easter, it's mean to me. Chocolate eggs? Yeah, that would be great if it weren't for the fact that my allergy may apparently be to dairy products. Cripes.
Anyway, apologies for last post's rant. Judging by the old inbox, my anger takes many by surprise. This niceness is only a facade, y'know. I learnt early on that being nice gets me further. It's an evil niceness.
On the obscure celeb dream front, I dreamt I met David Gillespie on a train last night. Go on, first to guess what minor role I gushed to him about wins a cyber cookie. And the one to name what other fantastic show he's been in gets a bigger cookie.
I also had an odd dream a few nights back starrihng Rik Mayall. The rebellious dream me had totally forgotten to hand in two essays and so went into Manchester at 4am where everything was open (hey, You are now entering Dreamsville! Where Nothing Makes Sense!") except the uni office. I rang a doorbell. Some very annoyed-looking people came running. I decided to run too. I made it to a market stall run by Rik Mayall and Ade Edmonson (they always run market stalls in my dreams. I've bought jokes off them in the past) where I announced that I desperately needed some black magic. They showed me a few magical pranks they had, but unfortunately I woke up before they could give me whatever it was I was after.
Finally, Meme time. Complete with usual ramblings:
THREE NAMES YOU GO BY:
1. Becky (spelt Beki, Bekki, Becki, Bekkee, oh the possibilities are endless)
2. Bex
3. Oi, you.
THREE SCREEN NAMES YOU HAVE HAD:
1. Astrokini (Greek for 'little stars')
2. Kola Qube (the name of a comic character I used to draw)
3. McGruder ("Quick, you've used made a Chris Barrie community. Think of an appropiate name!")
THREE PHYSICAL THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. Nails - long and strong. Always get a lot of commments on them.
2. Lips - Angelina Jolie mouth
3. eyes - very blue
THREE PHYSICAL THINGS YOU DON'T LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. Nose - doesn't look like it's the right size for my face
2. Skin - misbehaves all the time
3. Bum - I've only just noticed the other day how it sticks out in a silly way. It's not big, but it's just too high and J-Lo-y
THREE PARTS OF YOUR HERITAGE:
1. English
2. Scottish - Mum's side
3. German - Dad's side
THREE THINGS THAT SCARE YOU:
1. Drowning. I spazz out in deep water
2. The fact that a quarter of my life has already gone
3. The future in general
THREE OF YOUR EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS:
1. Lipstick. Can't function without it
2. Mobile phone. If nothing else it's there to fiddle with
3. Notebook. For jotting down the randomness in my head
THREE THINGS YOU ARE WEARING RIGHT NOW:
1. Pink satin Converse. I love them even though they're a size too big
2. Green t-shirt with the slogan 'Chicks Rock' and a parody of toilet signs with the female knocking the male's head off. Lesbian/Feminist reading optional.
3. Black pinstripe skirt
THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE BANDS OR MUSICAL ARTISTS (at the moment):
1. Franz Ferdinand
2. The Killers
3. Muse
THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE SONGS (at the moment):
1. "Oh my God" - Kaiser Chiefs
2. "Honest Mistake" - The Bravery
3. "Jenny was a friend of mine" - The Killers
THREE THINGS YOU WANT IN A RELATIONSHIP
1. Some general lovin' and affection
2. Support, loyalty
3. And some intimacy ;)
TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE (in no particular order)
1. I once dated a 46 year old man
2. I got stopped in the street by a modelling scout
3. I got into trouble at school for starting (and winning) a fight
THREE PHYSICAL THINGS ABOUT THE OPPOSITE SEX THAT APPEAL TO YOU:
1. Smile
2. Dress sense
3. Bum (oh, who wanted me to say knees?)
THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE HOBBIES:
1. Watching DVDs purely on the basis of someone drool-worthy being in them
2. Dancing (a lot of this is interpretative dance. sorry)
3. Making LJ icons despite the fact I can't do anything with them
THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO REALLY BADLY RIGHT NOW:
1. Click my fingers and have a finished dissertation waiting in my lap. You did ask.
2. Give someone a mighty good slap to relieve any remaining pent up angst
3. Then have a good fandom wank. Perhaps.
THREE CAREERS YOU'RE CONSIDERING:
1. Actress. (You've got to have a dream, if you don't have a dream, how're you gonna have a dream come true? Or so Captain Sensible told me)
2. Rock star (and lo, I shall simultaneously be a style icon for alternative teenagers everywhere)
3. Author (what I suggested when my careers advisor told me to be more realistic. No, I tell a lie, he actually advised me to be an actress. Really. Oh man, I have to quote Eddie Izzard now:
And I grew up in the 70s, when the careers advisor used to come to school, and he used to get the kids together and say, "Look, I advise you to get a career, what can I say? That's it." And he took me aside, he said, "Whatcha you want to do, kid? Whatcha you want to do? Tell me, tell me your dreams!" "I want to be a space astronaut! Go to outer space, discover things that have never been discovered." He said, "Look, you're British, so scale it down a bit, all right?" "All right, I want to work in a shoe shop then! Discover shoes that no one's ever discovered right in the back of the shop, on the left." And he said, "Look, you're British, so scale it down a bit, all right?" "All right, I want to work in a sewer then! Discover sewage that no one's ever discovered, and pile it on my head, then come to the surface and sell myself to an art gallery."
THREE PLACES YOU WANT TO GO ON VACATION:
1. Los Angeles. No kidding.
2. Sydney
3. Fiji. Even if it does have sheep on stilts. Especially if it has sheep on stilts.
THREE KID'S NAMES:
1. Adrian
2. Sadie
3. Ruby (look, the temptation to name a kid after a colour is too great for me.)
THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE:
1. Finally finish this story and somehow make it a published bestseller
2. Be the last to be interviewed on a Parky show. That means you've made it, man.
3. Bungee jump. As long as it's not *the* last thing I do before I die. Ahem.
THREE WAYS I AM STEREOTYPICALLY A BOY
1. I'm physically aggressive
2. I like to dress like a bloke sometimes - either in suits with ties and braces, or in baggy jeans and big boots.
3. I can be turned on by the slightest visual thing
THREE WAYS I AM STEREOTYPICALLY A CHICK
1. I have crates of make-up. I'm not kidding.
2. I love pink glittery fluffy things. To the extent I have a pink glittery fluffy bra.
3. I really do run like a girl.
THREE CELEB CRUSHES:
1. Chris Barrie. 13 years now. Tad scary, that.
2. Robert Bathurst He gives me the horn
3. Angelina Jolie. Stop being so damn gorgeous woman!
THREE PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO TAKE THIS QUIZ NOW:
1. You. Yes you, reading now.
2. And you lot, too.
3. Everyone who hasn't yet. I think that covers it.
I thought some of these answers were rubbish and therefore not satisfactorily indicative of the person known as me. But you know, when a meme calls I'll fill it in there and then.