October meme, Days 11 to 20
I feel like I say this every time I post, but I can't believe it's more than a week since I last did. It would appear that it's actually ten days.
It's certainly autumn now. 7am and there's only the beginning of light in the sky to the east.
11. Do you still take hot showers when it’s hot out?
It's never so hot in this country to make a hot shower inappropriate. In hot countries I have been know to turn the shower temperature down to lukewarm, but here it is always set to the same comfortably hot level.
12. Do you like the picture on your ID?
My passport and driving licence have the same picture and I would not say I am fond of it. The rules for the passport forbid a smile, so those pictures always look so grim.
13. Is there someone you pretend to like but you really don't like?
No. That would be silly. If I don't like someone I avoid them.
14. Have you ever raked leaves, and then played in them?
Many, many years ago, when I was about ten years old, but rarely. Kicking through leaves was mostly reserved for when walking down the street.
15. What is one thing you've realized or discovered lately?
That depression happens and there is a danger in trying to attach it to a cause.
16. Which family member did you inherit your hair colour from?
My Dad, although that didn't really become clear until I was in my late teens and it began to darken.
17. What’s the average length of a shower for you?
I don't know. Three or four minutes? Maybe six or seven. I've never timed myself, but I don't hang around long - get wet, soap on, soap off and that's it.
18. What’s something about adult life you were never warned of or prepared for?
I don't think I was ever 'warned' as such, but prepared for? I suppose I wasn't prepared for falling in love and getting married as early as I did. A very nice surprise it was, though.
19. If you won the lottery, do you think any of your family members would ask you to give them some of your money?
No, they wouldn't need to ask. I'd get in there first and share some of it out.
20. What is the craziest thing you’ve seen happen at your workplace?
*thinks back* I suppose in recent years there was the day a man walked in and started declaring some sort of political manifesto. I couldn't actually hear him and now I can't remember what it was all about, but once he'd done he left peacefully enough.
It's certainly autumn now. 7am and there's only the beginning of light in the sky to the east.
11. Do you still take hot showers when it’s hot out?
It's never so hot in this country to make a hot shower inappropriate. In hot countries I have been know to turn the shower temperature down to lukewarm, but here it is always set to the same comfortably hot level.
12. Do you like the picture on your ID?
My passport and driving licence have the same picture and I would not say I am fond of it. The rules for the passport forbid a smile, so those pictures always look so grim.
13. Is there someone you pretend to like but you really don't like?
No. That would be silly. If I don't like someone I avoid them.
14. Have you ever raked leaves, and then played in them?
Many, many years ago, when I was about ten years old, but rarely. Kicking through leaves was mostly reserved for when walking down the street.
15. What is one thing you've realized or discovered lately?
That depression happens and there is a danger in trying to attach it to a cause.
16. Which family member did you inherit your hair colour from?
My Dad, although that didn't really become clear until I was in my late teens and it began to darken.
17. What’s the average length of a shower for you?
I don't know. Three or four minutes? Maybe six or seven. I've never timed myself, but I don't hang around long - get wet, soap on, soap off and that's it.
18. What’s something about adult life you were never warned of or prepared for?
I don't think I was ever 'warned' as such, but prepared for? I suppose I wasn't prepared for falling in love and getting married as early as I did. A very nice surprise it was, though.
19. If you won the lottery, do you think any of your family members would ask you to give them some of your money?
No, they wouldn't need to ask. I'd get in there first and share some of it out.
20. What is the craziest thing you’ve seen happen at your workplace?
*thinks back* I suppose in recent years there was the day a man walked in and started declaring some sort of political manifesto. I couldn't actually hear him and now I can't remember what it was all about, but once he'd done he left peacefully enough.