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I did some questions!
1. What was your favourite subject at school?
I don't know. I liked all of them, really, by the end. Even P.E., although it had its ghastly moments. Boys' P.E. really is quite a sadistic business, especially in late autumn when (if you lived in an area like mine) you'd have rugby fisted into you by some some squat, pug-nosed little Dennis Nilsen-type; still bitter at the fact he failed a trial at Neath RFC in the late seventies because one of the coaches found out that he only had eight toes. Yes, I'm talking about the P.E. Teacher, who reign of terror was inevitably consolidated by his einsatzgruppen of loyal Jocks. "Uh uh uh!" the Jocks cry. The Bonzo Dog Band wrote a great song about those who were just not cut out for it:
The odd boy laid down by the football field
Took out a slim volume of Mallarmé
The centre-forward called him an imbecile
It's an odd boy who doesn't like sport!
That said, I always liked football. I was pretty good at it too. That and cricket.
2. Who is the most famous person that you have ever met?
I met Kelly Holmes (now "Dame" Kelly Holmes due to her ability to keep running in a circle for three minutes straight) when I was about eight years old. I think she mispronounced my name, at which point I called her a bint and slapped her right in her stupid 'grassroots-initiative' face.
3. What do you have in your bag?
Wallet, pens, bus tickets, umbrella, yo-yo, hip flask, list of books from the library, bottle opener and some bit of paper with a quote from Baudelaire on it.
4. Who did you get your LJ invite code from?
Before my time. I am young and modern. Mrs Thatcher taught me not to rely on such handouts.
5. What was the name of your first teacher?
Mrs Trewartha. 'Ere, good Cornish name that be.
6. What was the first single you ever bought?
Ocean Colour Scene - 'The Day We Caught The Train'. I've still got the cassette somewhere.
7. Can you dance?
Yeah, I'm not bad at dancing!
8. Have you ever been in a band?
Have I! We were the Cheech and Chong of West Cornwall. Instruments included detuned electric guitar, harmonica, dustbins, and various synthesized effects.
9. Who is the noisiest person you know?
Kriss Akabusi and John Fashanu going over Niagra Falls in a barrel.
10. Who was the last person you defriended?
I've never defriended anyone! I am open and welcoming. Actually, I think I deleted Molly's old journal 'cos she got a new one and it was making the place look untidy.
11. What is your favourite word today?
Effluvium.
12. Who was the first person you ever friended?
Probably ems.
13. What were you wearing yesterday?
A white T-shirt and some very nice green trousers.
14. What is your favourite perfume?
Lynx Apollo. They love it in Year 10. Haha, Apollo wasn't that bad actually - it was easily the best one - but they seem to have stopped making it. I don't wear proper perfume, I'm not the bloody Scarlet Pimpernel.
15. What is your favourite NIN song?
I don't think I've ever heard one. Certainly not that dirge that Johnny Cash croaked his way through, prompting eulogies on '100 Greatest' TV shows from weepy old men who are terrified of their own deaths.
16. Have you any allergies?
I'm allergic to bees. When they sting it really hurts.
17. What is your favourite band?
The Banned; the Eastenders supergroup featuring Sharon Watts, Simon Wicks, Eddie Hunter, Ian Beale, Harry Reynolds, and Kelvin Carpenter, a black spiv who was such a 1980s stereotype he might as well have been called Leroy.
18. If you could go back in time - which period would you go back to?
Victorian London if I had to pick one.
19. How do you get on with your ex?
I don't have any ex's (exes?). I'd get on fine with them though, if I bothered with them at all.
20. Describe yourself in five words.
I haven't a bleedin' clue.
21. What is your favourite pub?
Well I do love Wetherspoons. Honest, homecooked food that isn't just a deep-fried stick of lard with Tippex-based condiments; bar staff that are in no way bloated, slovenly turds relocated from a head office somewhere outside Cheltenham; a unique ambience that hasn't succumbed to characterless metropolitanisation via gargatuan, obnoxious leather sofas; and a high-class clientele that is far removed from the usual student tossers, overpaid minor sales executives and tramps who've just been ejected from the bookies for dribbling all over the pools coupons. Yes, Wetherspoons is the one for me.
22. Who did you last kiss?
Emma. And 'the rain', nineties pop fans!
23. Describe the person you got this questionnaire from in five words.
So delicious I'd eat her.
24. What is your favourite poem?
Finnegans Wake.
25. What was the last thing you said on Instant Messenger?
"no, one true voice are waaay better", given that I haven't used one since about 2002.
26. Quote a film.
"Made it, Ma! Top of the world!" - James Cagney, White Heat.
27. What are you really excited about right now?
The fact that Chelsea have to applaud us out tomorrow night.
28. Write a line of bad goth poetry.
Let's conspire to ignite all the souls that would die just to feel alive.
29. Bill Bailey or Dylan Moran?
Bill Bailey; his timing and delivery are a lot better, and I quite like comedians who look a bit out of place. Dylan Moran's alright, but his persona isn't really anything particularly interesting (an Irish drunk! Hahaha! How ever did he come up with that?) and he seems to be one of these 'ranting' comedians, who are either really funny or really boring.
30. What was your worst ever job?
I only do jobs I like.
31. What is your favourite tube station?
Embankment. It's a monument to past and present London. It also opens out right on the river, and the surrounding area is one of my favourite bits of the city (that I've been to). I also like Mornington Crescent, but it's in Camden, which is a right dump.
32. Name your favourite Sisters Of Mercy song.
I couldn't even name a Sisters Of Mercy song.
33. What was the last thing you bought at Lush?
I don't know, but if I had, I bet it would have smelt of strawberries.
34. What is your most embarrassing nickname?
I don't have any. I don't mind nicknames.
35. What is your favourite smell?
Why is everyone's favourite smell always something "fresh"? Freshly-cut grass. Freshly-washed towels. Freshly-baked apple pie. Freshly-born babies. My favourite smell is library books.
36. What is your favourite song?
The Monkees - Daydream Believer.
37. What do you order at Wagamama?
Wagamama? Is that what Posh Spice's kids call her?
38. What was the last film you saw at the cinema?
I think it was Music and Lyrics.
39. Do you dye your hair?
No. It wouldn't work, it grows too fast.
40. Have you ever been proposed to?
No.
41. Write something in Latin.
Illegitimi non carborundum.
42. What is your favourite drink?
Anything that isn't tea or coffee. Or "hot chocolate". Or something with blackcurrant in it. Or Guinness.
43. Who is the funniest person on your friends list?
Funny? There's no room for funny on LiveJournal! LiveJournal is the realm for prose so deathly you could catch cancer from it.
44. What country do you come from?
The constitutional archipelago of the United Kingdom. Dieu et mon droit!
45. Who was the last LJ user that you met for the first time?
I can't get my head around this. I've never met anyone from LiveJournal; I've always met them through other channels.
46. What did you want to be when you grew up?
James Harries.
47. Open the nearest book and write the first line that catches your eye.
"Much has been written and assumed about education as providing the most powerful means either to challenge or to reinforce accepted values, attitudes, behaviour and knowledge." It's from a book called The Illusions of Post-Feminism.
48. What track is playing on Winamp right now?
Nothing, but the last one was Rihanna ft. Jay-Z - Umbrella.
49. Describe your default user icon.
It's a nice little one Emma made me to match the layout. The old one was one of Damien Hirst's spot paintings (still in use) which clashed horribly.
1. What was your favourite subject at school?
I don't know. I liked all of them, really, by the end. Even P.E., although it had its ghastly moments. Boys' P.E. really is quite a sadistic business, especially in late autumn when (if you lived in an area like mine) you'd have rugby fisted into you by some some squat, pug-nosed little Dennis Nilsen-type; still bitter at the fact he failed a trial at Neath RFC in the late seventies because one of the coaches found out that he only had eight toes. Yes, I'm talking about the P.E. Teacher, who reign of terror was inevitably consolidated by his einsatzgruppen of loyal Jocks. "Uh uh uh!" the Jocks cry. The Bonzo Dog Band wrote a great song about those who were just not cut out for it:
The odd boy laid down by the football field
Took out a slim volume of Mallarmé
The centre-forward called him an imbecile
It's an odd boy who doesn't like sport!
That said, I always liked football. I was pretty good at it too. That and cricket.
2. Who is the most famous person that you have ever met?
I met Kelly Holmes (now "Dame" Kelly Holmes due to her ability to keep running in a circle for three minutes straight) when I was about eight years old. I think she mispronounced my name, at which point I called her a bint and slapped her right in her stupid 'grassroots-initiative' face.
3. What do you have in your bag?
Wallet, pens, bus tickets, umbrella, yo-yo, hip flask, list of books from the library, bottle opener and some bit of paper with a quote from Baudelaire on it.
4. Who did you get your LJ invite code from?
Before my time. I am young and modern. Mrs Thatcher taught me not to rely on such handouts.
5. What was the name of your first teacher?
Mrs Trewartha. 'Ere, good Cornish name that be.
6. What was the first single you ever bought?
Ocean Colour Scene - 'The Day We Caught The Train'. I've still got the cassette somewhere.
7. Can you dance?
Yeah, I'm not bad at dancing!
8. Have you ever been in a band?
Have I! We were the Cheech and Chong of West Cornwall. Instruments included detuned electric guitar, harmonica, dustbins, and various synthesized effects.
9. Who is the noisiest person you know?
Kriss Akabusi and John Fashanu going over Niagra Falls in a barrel.
10. Who was the last person you defriended?
I've never defriended anyone! I am open and welcoming. Actually, I think I deleted Molly's old journal 'cos she got a new one and it was making the place look untidy.
11. What is your favourite word today?
Effluvium.
12. Who was the first person you ever friended?
Probably ems.
13. What were you wearing yesterday?
A white T-shirt and some very nice green trousers.
14. What is your favourite perfume?
Lynx Apollo. They love it in Year 10. Haha, Apollo wasn't that bad actually - it was easily the best one - but they seem to have stopped making it. I don't wear proper perfume, I'm not the bloody Scarlet Pimpernel.
15. What is your favourite NIN song?
I don't think I've ever heard one. Certainly not that dirge that Johnny Cash croaked his way through, prompting eulogies on '100 Greatest' TV shows from weepy old men who are terrified of their own deaths.
16. Have you any allergies?
I'm allergic to bees. When they sting it really hurts.
17. What is your favourite band?
The Banned; the Eastenders supergroup featuring Sharon Watts, Simon Wicks, Eddie Hunter, Ian Beale, Harry Reynolds, and Kelvin Carpenter, a black spiv who was such a 1980s stereotype he might as well have been called Leroy.
18. If you could go back in time - which period would you go back to?
Victorian London if I had to pick one.
19. How do you get on with your ex?
I don't have any ex's (exes?). I'd get on fine with them though, if I bothered with them at all.
20. Describe yourself in five words.
I haven't a bleedin' clue.
21. What is your favourite pub?
Well I do love Wetherspoons. Honest, homecooked food that isn't just a deep-fried stick of lard with Tippex-based condiments; bar staff that are in no way bloated, slovenly turds relocated from a head office somewhere outside Cheltenham; a unique ambience that hasn't succumbed to characterless metropolitanisation via gargatuan, obnoxious leather sofas; and a high-class clientele that is far removed from the usual student tossers, overpaid minor sales executives and tramps who've just been ejected from the bookies for dribbling all over the pools coupons. Yes, Wetherspoons is the one for me.
22. Who did you last kiss?
Emma. And 'the rain', nineties pop fans!
23. Describe the person you got this questionnaire from in five words.
So delicious I'd eat her.
24. What is your favourite poem?
Finnegans Wake.
25. What was the last thing you said on Instant Messenger?
"no, one true voice are waaay better", given that I haven't used one since about 2002.
26. Quote a film.
"Made it, Ma! Top of the world!" - James Cagney, White Heat.
27. What are you really excited about right now?
The fact that Chelsea have to applaud us out tomorrow night.
28. Write a line of bad goth poetry.
Let's conspire to ignite all the souls that would die just to feel alive.
29. Bill Bailey or Dylan Moran?
Bill Bailey; his timing and delivery are a lot better, and I quite like comedians who look a bit out of place. Dylan Moran's alright, but his persona isn't really anything particularly interesting (an Irish drunk! Hahaha! How ever did he come up with that?) and he seems to be one of these 'ranting' comedians, who are either really funny or really boring.
30. What was your worst ever job?
I only do jobs I like.
31. What is your favourite tube station?
Embankment. It's a monument to past and present London. It also opens out right on the river, and the surrounding area is one of my favourite bits of the city (that I've been to). I also like Mornington Crescent, but it's in Camden, which is a right dump.
32. Name your favourite Sisters Of Mercy song.
I couldn't even name a Sisters Of Mercy song.
33. What was the last thing you bought at Lush?
I don't know, but if I had, I bet it would have smelt of strawberries.
34. What is your most embarrassing nickname?
I don't have any. I don't mind nicknames.
35. What is your favourite smell?
Why is everyone's favourite smell always something "fresh"? Freshly-cut grass. Freshly-washed towels. Freshly-baked apple pie. Freshly-born babies. My favourite smell is library books.
36. What is your favourite song?
The Monkees - Daydream Believer.
37. What do you order at Wagamama?
Wagamama? Is that what Posh Spice's kids call her?
38. What was the last film you saw at the cinema?
I think it was Music and Lyrics.
39. Do you dye your hair?
No. It wouldn't work, it grows too fast.
40. Have you ever been proposed to?
No.
41. Write something in Latin.
Illegitimi non carborundum.
42. What is your favourite drink?
Anything that isn't tea or coffee. Or "hot chocolate". Or something with blackcurrant in it. Or Guinness.
43. Who is the funniest person on your friends list?
Funny? There's no room for funny on LiveJournal! LiveJournal is the realm for prose so deathly you could catch cancer from it.
44. What country do you come from?
The constitutional archipelago of the United Kingdom. Dieu et mon droit!
45. Who was the last LJ user that you met for the first time?
I can't get my head around this. I've never met anyone from LiveJournal; I've always met them through other channels.
46. What did you want to be when you grew up?
James Harries.
47. Open the nearest book and write the first line that catches your eye.
"Much has been written and assumed about education as providing the most powerful means either to challenge or to reinforce accepted values, attitudes, behaviour and knowledge." It's from a book called The Illusions of Post-Feminism.
48. What track is playing on Winamp right now?
Nothing, but the last one was Rihanna ft. Jay-Z - Umbrella.
49. Describe your default user icon.
It's a nice little one Emma made me to match the layout. The old one was one of Damien Hirst's spot paintings (still in use) which clashed horribly.