30 Days, 30 Posts: Day 6 - Write 30 Interesting Facts About Yourself.

[philipstorry]

(I will complete this damned meme, even if I post the last day a mere hour before the heat death of the universe!)

Interesting?

That reminds me of a Bender quote - "Interesting. No, wait, the other one - tedious."

One man's interesting is another man's tedious, so I make no guarantee of interestingness here. In fact, some of these facts were picked precisely because they are tedious...

• I have a tiny start to an art collection - some photographic prints and a selection of Bob Dewar sketches.
• I was born in Manchester, moved to Warwick at about one, and then to the Sarf East at the age of seven.
• I was teetotal for a while as a teenager.
• I have been a member of the cubs, scouts, and venture scouts. It turns out they're not miracle workers, but maybe your kids will fare better...
• I have hundreds of bottles of whisky, unopened, waiting for tasting.
• I find thinking of thirty facts quite hard.
• Whilst working at ICL, I got lost in the corporate structure and worked for almost a year without a manager or any assigned department. Eventually they noticed and assigned me a manager, but it was great whilst it lasted.
• I broke my arm when I was a just starting to walk - by trying to climb out of a high-chair unaided.
• I am afraid of heights (see above?), but love flying.
• I've seen almost all my must-see bands live, and was happy with most of them.
• I would do anything for love, but I won't do that. It's disgusting. Stop asking me about it.
• I have been kettled. It was an accident.
• I view camping as practice for the end of civilisation. Contrary to the Daily Mail's view, I see civilisation as healthy enough, therefore don't see the need for camping.
• I write fiction, but don't really bore the public with it. This will hopefully change later this year.
• I used to wrestle bears, but had to give it up as my honey-like smell drove them wild.
• My most interesting thesis would probably be titled "The Porn Bush: A Most Curious Reflection Of Society". (It's a specialist subject of mine. Fortunately, I'm not academic.)
• I still don't think we should be able to call it a USB dongle with a straight face...
• If I could have a superpower, it would be the ability to turn things into chocolate at will. I fail to see why I should save the likes of you lot from trouble you no doubt got yourselves into anyway, when I could be stuffing my face instead.
• I can see three bottles of port from where I'm sitting.
• And a bottle of rum.
• I've owned six MP3 players since 1999, yet only five mobile phones since 1997.
• I haven't remembered a dream since I was six.
• I invented a robot that can remove all the brown M&M's from a packet, but decided it was too good for you so destroyed it and all the plans for it.
• I was Arnold Schwarzenegger's body double in the film Predator.
• My life was chronicled in the little-known TV series "Glam Metal Detectives".
• There is a statue of me in a disused tube station, and it is made of pure Awesomeanium.
• I controlled the world for fifteen minutes, but then the batteries in the remote went flat and I keep forgetting to replace them. Sorry.
• At the age of four, I invented Lego, but only because I wasn't entirely satisfied with my previous effort - sticklebricks.
• Jedward escaped from my laboratory during a power cut. If you find them, please don't bring them back.
• I have never, ever run out of real interesting facts about myself.

Some of these facts are not true. There is no prize for guessing which ones are lies, but don't let that stop you from guessing anyway.

(pinkshifter is disqualified from commenting, as she graciously assisted on some of the later facts.)


Day 1 - Your Current Relationship; If Single Discuss How Single Life Is.

Day 2 - Where You’d Like To Be In 10 Years.

Day 3 - Your Views On Drugs And Alcohol.

Day 4 - Your Views On Religion.

Day 5 - A Time You Thought About Ending Your Own Life.

Day 6 - Write 30 Interesting Facts About Yourself.

Day 7 - Your Zodiac Sign And If You Think It Fits Your Personality.

Day 8 - A Moment You Felt The Most Satisfied With Your Life.

Day 9 - How You Hope Your Future Will Be Like.

Day 10 - Discuss Your First Love And First Kiss.

Day 11 - Put Your Ipod On Shuffle And Write 10 Songs That Pop Up.

Day 12 - Bullet Your Whole Day.

Day 13 - Somewhere You’d Like To Move Or Visit.

Day 14 - Your Earliest Memory.

Day 15 - Your Favourite Tumblrs.

Day 16 - Your Views On Mainstream Music.

Day 17 - Your Highs And Lows Of This Past Year.

Day 18 - Your Beliefs.

Day 19 - Disrespecting Your Parents.

Day 20 - How Important You Think Education Is.

Day 21 - One Of Your Favourite Shows.

Day 22 - How Have You Changed In The Past 2 Years?

Day 23 - Give Pictures Of 5 Guys/Girls Who Are Famous Who You Find Attractive.

Day 24 - Your Favourite Movie And What It’s About.

Day 25 - Someone Who Fascinates You And Why.

Day 26 - What Kind Of Person Attracts You.

Day 27 - A Problem That You Have Had.

Day 28 - Something That You Miss.

Day 29 - Goals For The Next 30 Days.

Day 30 - Your Highs And Lows Of This Month.