Bitter Animator kindly stripped me of several minutes of my life with questions for each letter of the alphabet. I hope I can return the favour Bitter! ;)
A - Age: Old enough to have to work it out when I'm asked......erm......26.
B - Bed Size: I haven't got a clue. Could do with being a bit longer as my feet stick out the end.
C - Chore you hate: All of 'em. I guess washing up more than the others. I long for a dishwasher.
D - Dog's Name: Never had one. Always been more of a cat person, and my last cat, which was the family cat, was called Jack. I remember wanting to call him Arnie after my favourite Austrian at the time.
E - Essential start your day item: Erm, a cup of tea I guess, although I tend to only make one because I'm bored waiting for my slow PC to start up at work.
F - Favourite colour: Blue I think, although it depends on my mood.
G - Gold or silver: Silver. I hate people who paint everything gold as if it shows they are wealthy. What looks more cheap than a gold coloured car?
H - Height: 5'10 or 5'11, it's been ages since I measured and I might have shrunk.
I - Instruments you play(ed): The recorder, glockenspiel, triangle, tambourine, coconuts, and anything else requiring no talent really. Oh and the guitar in later life.
J - Job title: Animator. Still feels weird calling myself that.
K - Kid(s): None as yet.
L - Living arrangements: The tiniest of basement flats in a dull part of a crappy city.
M - Mom's name: Well it's mum, or Jill depending on who you ask.
N - Nicknames: A heap of bad nicknames and a heap of bad memories attached to them. I guess the most recent used by my ever shrinking batch of friends is 'Lade'. Don't ask. My girlfriend calls me bb, which is cute.
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: Appendectomy. My appendix nearly burst apparently. The most traumatic part of the ordeal was the indescribably irritating boy in the next bed. And the weak orange squash.
P - Pet Peeve: Right, where do I start......Cynicism. I can't abide people who criticise everything. There's nothing more demoralising than talking passionately about something, to just get shot down by someone finding every negative thing under the sun about it. I know people who do that with literally EVERYTHING. I have never heard them say something nice about anyone or anything.
Adverts that use 'exciting' words to try to hook the men. There's a shaving one that uses the terms "shield" and "refuel". We're not flying a bloody fighter jet for Christ's sake. And I hate ads that constantly make men out to be idiots, when it is outlawed to do the same to women these days. Double standards are a huge pet peeve of mine. Mind you if men are stupid enough to fall for the Gillette ads....
Oh and on the subject of double standards, I hate reverse racism. I hate that it's acceptable to be criticised for being white just because noone has the balls to stand up to anyone for fear of being accused of being racist themselves. God help all the apparently stupid white men out there, they haven't got much going for them at the moment.
Q - Quote from a movie: "Wwwwaaaaaaaaalllllllll-eeeeeeee".
R - Right or left handed: Right. My dad's a weird one - he's left handed when doing anything except writing, for which he uses his right hand.
S - Sports: Do Wii ones count?
T - Time you wake up: Usually wake at 6am but don't get up till several bashes on the snooze button of my alarm.
U - Underwear: Boxers
V - Vegetable you dislike: All of them I think. I can just about bear broccoli and carrots, but I;m even going off carrots! I hate sprouts and cauliflower in particular. They clearly evolved to taste repulsive, so why do we eat them?
W - Ways you run late: If I have to be somewhere, I'm rarely late, if ever. I hate being late. I'd rather be there with 2 hours to kill than to be a minute late. I'm not terribly fashionable!
X - X-Rays you've had: My abdomen when I had my appendix out, my teeth several times. I have a freaky extra set of teeth behind my wisdom teeth, burried in my jawbone.
Y - Yummy food you make: I'm not bad with a toastie. I'd live off those if I could. Hell, why can't I?
Z - Zoo favourite: I love watching elephants (or flumpalumps as they are affectionately known in our household). People say they see so much humanity in dogs. Well I see stupidity in dogs. I see humanity in elephants. I feel so sorry for them in the zoo, but at the same time am glad they are there as I would never have had that appreciation for them otherwise.
Phew! There we go - my life in 26 sections. How would this work in Spanish I wonder? Anyway, I have to tag some people now. Let's see, I pick
Mel,
Ben, and
Andrew, as well as anyone else who wants a go.
