doubleshiny

1)      The phone rings; who do you want it to be?
I want it to be my brother but it never is. It’s usually someone who wants me to do something that I don’t want to do.

2) When shopping at the grocery store, do you return your cart?
Me and my mum have a deal, if I return the trolley I can have the pound for sweets.

3) In a social setting, are you more of a talker or a listener?
It depends how drunk I am. I’m a great listener when I’m drunk because in my head I’m planning what I would do if I woke up with super powers.

4) Do you take compliments well?
Not really. Though I don’t get much practise.

5) What super power would you love to have?
I would love to have teleportation. It would also be good for the earth because my carbon footprint would be zero.

6) If abandoned alone in the wilderness, would you survive?
Absolutely, I have read a book about survival and know how to make shelters and which mushrooms to eat (all of them).

7) Do you like to ride horses?
Yes I do. I learned to ride a horse a long time ago, it’s a necessary skill in case all world’s transport systems suddenly and inexplicably failed.

8) Did you ever go to camp as a kid?
I went camping once with the playscheme for a week, and it was rubbish. A girl’s sleeping bag got wet and I had to give her mine – how is that fair? I had to share a one person sleeping bag with my friend Michelle Williams for three nights. Needless to say we don’t speak of it anymore.

9) What was your favourite game as a kid?
The game Hotel which is like Monopoly, but for people who are billionaires. My family used to play it with frightening regularity, and although it was a realistic game, none of us have actually owned a hotel since.

10) If a sexy person was pursuing you, but you knew he was married, would you go for it?
I have a graph which explains my feelings on this subject.

 

 

11) Have you lied to get out of a date?
Absolutely, you just hurt their feelings if you don’t.

12) Could you date someone with different religious beliefs than you?
I have a graph which explains my feelings on this subject.

 

13) What was the last thing you saw on TV?

The Supernatural Season 1 finale. (I’m a little behind).


14) Use three words to describe yourself
Not enough words.

15) Do you play any instruments?

I play the accordion and the guitar, but not at the same time.
 
16) Are you continuing your education?
In a manner of speaking – I am going on lots of courses because there is usually a free lunch and sometimes we get to go home early.

17) Do you know how to shoot a gun?
I know in theory how to shoot a gun, but I have never shot one. There are few guns where I live. I have shot a paint ball gun and it was awesome so I probably shouldn’t be given a real gun.

18) If your house was on fire, what would be the first thing you grabbed?
My dogs, though knowing them they’d bite me and leave me to burn.

19) How often do you read books?
Sporadically.

20) Do you think more about the past, present or future?
The future, when we all have robot butlers. I can’t wait for the robot butlers.

27) Have you ever taken pictures in a photo booth?
Why on God’s earth would anyone do that? There’s only one thing in there and that’s a phone.

*EDIT - I have just realised that this says 'photo booth' not 'phone booth'. Yes I have.

28) What was your favourite job?
I quite enjoyed taking photos of children in Santa’s Grotto, but the work dried up around Boxing Day, which wasn’t ideal

29) Do you look like your mom or dad?
Yes.


30) How long does it take you in the shower?
Depends who I’m thinking about. Oh you mean the shower? 15 minutes.

31) Do you own a camera phone?
My phone apparently does have a camera, but the quality is so low that the pictures I take on it look like it has cataracts.

32) Do you have an "ex box" with pics and letters from past lovers?
No, I think that’s tragic. All I keep is memories and lists of their fears.

33) Was your mom a cheerleader?
No, my mum was a pothead

34) Do you like care bears?
What’s not to like? As a female I think I am hard wired to like teddy bears with pictures of rainbows on them.

35) What do you buy at the movies?
That Tom Cruise is straight. Most of the time.

 

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Your blog/web page text has an overall readability index of 15.

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CHARACTER MATRIX

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Your text shows characteristics which are 57% male and 43% female
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Looking at pronoun indicators, you write mainly about yourself, then the world in general and finally your social circle. Also, your writing focuses primarily on the present, next the past and lastly the future.

OK so I stole it from Star Trek and changed the show but it's still mildly diverting.

First write down 10 Heroes characters and number them.

1. Sylar
2. Matt Parkman
3. Hiro Nakamura
4. Claire Bennet
5. Nathan Petrelli
6. Mohinder Suresh
7. Noah Bennet
8. Angela Petrelli
9. Claude Rains
10. Nikki Sanders

1. What do you and 8 have in common?
We're both ruthless harridans.

2. Which other character on the list would 4 get busy with?
I think Claire has a secret thing for Sylar, and yes I probably have been reading too much fan fiction.

3. Which character on the list would 7 kill if they had to?
He'd kill Claude Rains, but not Sylar. I think he has a thing for him too.

4. Which character on the list is most likely Sylar's next victim?
I like Mohinder but I kind of what to see Sylar smack him about a bit. (Again, without Petrelli turning up).

5. 2 got turned into an animal! What animal is it?
A grizzly bear, who would read you mind to find out where the picnic baskets are.

6. You go on vacattion with 1, where do you go?
Switzerland to tour the antique timepiece museums. That would keep him quiet.

7. What would you do if 3 confessed their love to you?
Run a mile, everyone Hiro fancies ends up dead or kidnapped or something.

8. If you could have any power from the characters in the list, which would it be?
I would have Hiro's power, but I would only use it for convenience, not the good of humanity or anything.

9. Which characters would you kiss, marry, shove off a cliff?
Kiss Parkman, marry Sylar (he has life insurance right?), shove Rains off a cliff, though it didn't work the last time.)

10. If 9 and 2 were in a plane crash with you and there were only two parachutes, which would you give the spare to?
I'd give it to Parkman, I'm not down with the whole 'us northerners need to stick together'.

Name your top 10 most played bands on iTunes:

1. The Decemberists

2. Morrissey

3. The Beatles

4. They Might Be Giants

5. Suede

6. Vampire Weekend

7. The Smiths

8. The Cribs

9. Kirsty MacColl

10. Rufus Wainwright

What was the first song you ever heard by 6 (Vampire Weekend)?

I believe it was Mansard Roof which was what they opened with when I saw them on Sunday, yay!

What is your favorite album of 2 (Morrissey)?

Oooh, too hard but I'm going to say Viva Hate

What is your favorite lyric that 5 (Suede) has sung?

Far away, we'll go far away, down to Worthing and work there (The Next Life)

How many times have you seen 4 (They Might Be Giants) live?

Unfortunately only twice, once in Manchester in 2003 and once in London in 2005.

What is your favorite song by 7 (The Smiths)?

Still Ill

What is a good memory you have involving the music of 10 (Rufus Wainwright)?

I saw him at the Lowry and the look on my friend Nico's face when Rufus stripped off and put on a witch's outfit was something to behold.

Is there a song of 3 (The Beatles) that makes you sad?

The first on that came to mind was 'In My Life', but I'm not sure why.

What is your favorite lyric that 2 (Morrissey) has sung?

Yout think you were my first love but you're wrong, you were the only one (I Know Very Well How I Got My Name)

How did you get into 3 (The Beatles)?

My dad owned every record they ever made, and some they didn't. There was no choice involved.

What was the first song you heard by 1 (The Decemberists)?

I can't remember, but I think it was probably Shanty for the Arethusa

What is your favorite song by 4 (They Might Be Giants)?

Man, It's So Loud In Here

How many times have you seen 9 (Kirsty MacColl) live?

Never got to see her

What is a good memory you have involving 2 (Morrissey)?

On a sketch I did called 'At Home With The White Stripes', Nico played Morrissey and had to channel him in an amusing way.

Is there a song of 8 (The Cribs) that makes you sad?

I nearly cried when they played Be Safe at Cribsmas but I wasn't sad.

What is your favorite album of 5 (Suede)?

The amazing DogManStar

What is your favorite lyric that 3 (The Beatles) has sung?

When I hold you in my arms and I feel my finger on your trigger I know nobody can do me no harm. (Happiness Is A Warm Gun).

What is your favourite song of 1 (The Decemberists)?

The Engine Driver

What is your favourite song of 10 (Rufus Wainwright)?

The Art Teacher


How many times have you seen 8 (The Cribs) live?

Lost count, about 15

What is your favourite album of 1 (The Decemberists)?

Picaresque

What is a great memory you have concerning 9 (Kirsty MacColl)?

Dancing around mentally to England 2 Columbia Nil with my friend David.

What was the first song you heard by 8 (The Cribs)?

Things You Should Be Knowing

What's your favourite cover by 2 (Morrissey)?

That's Entertainment

 

I think it's time for a meme, because I'm bored. Everyone in the office has gone to a secret meeting, possibly with cake, while I sit here with nothing to do. There seems to be a cycle here - no-one does any work on Friday afternoons therefore no work is generated on Friday afternoons therefore I do no work on Friday afternoons.

I accidentally spent £45 in primark on my lunch hour (and a half. Friday!), but like I say - accident! Plus I need those clothes for my holiday, what am I supposed to do, walk around Hollywood in old clothes which I've worn before?? Who do I look like? 

Oh yes, meme, I forgot. I'm off to find a good one, hang fire. 

Ha! Just found out that the word meme is from the book The Selfish Gene by my good friend Richard Dawkins. The explanation of what a meme is contains this baffling sentence : The lack of a consistent, rigorous definition of what precisely a meme is remains one of the principal criticisms leveled at memetics, the study of memes.

Stop saying memes! Anyway, hang on, i haven't even got one yet, I got sidetracked. 

Here's a little tip, don't try googling memes because it will frustrate you beyond measure and you won't even find any memes. 

Okay, I've found one, and here it is. (PS Apparently it's very uncool to be the last one meming a meme, though how any blogger can start to make judgements on the coolness of others is beyond me). 

Doubleshiny's Fabulous Meme That She Found On The Internet

Name a book you own that no one else on your friends list does.

Well, I only have three people on my friends list but I'm pretty sure none of them will own We Have Always Lived In The Castle by Shirley Jackson, and I have a spooky story about that book to boot. 

One of my favourite non-fiction books is Danse Macabre by Stephen King, which is about the history of horror. It has a list of recommended books and one of them was WHALITC, which I wanted to read. Now, I couldn't find it on the internet for less than about £30. My local library didn't have it either and the local bookshop couldn't order it for me. I spent about two years searching for this book, and then one day I went to a bookshop in Warrington which is up a windy flight of narrow stairs. I spent about an hour searching the books (they were all second hand and seemed to be in no particular order, possible in order of paper thickness or distance from the sun) but I couldn't find anywhere. Just as I was leaving I noticed a box outside the door labelled 'Free Books', and guess what was sitting right there on the top? That's right, Halliwell's Film Guide 1976. No, it was We Have Always Lived In The Castle, and it was free. 

Then I lent it to my boyfriend after about 6 months, and he never gave it back. Easy come, easy go. I do have hardback copy now though. Anyway, back to the all-important meme.

Name a movie you own on DVD/VHS/whatever that none of your friends does.

I doubt any of them will have The Plague Dogs, which is a cartoon based on the book by Richard Adams (also actually recommended in Danse Macabre) and is the most depressing film I have ever watched. It's like a cartoon snuff film for dog lovers.

Name a place that you have visited that none of your friends has

Every time I think of somewhere I realise that I have actually visited that place with said friends. I doubt any of them have been to the place where the canal bends round near Castlefields. I saw a kingfisher there once.

Name a piece of technology or any sort of tool you own that you think no one else on your friends list has.

Tool? Is this a meme for workmen? I never own anything until a million other people have got them. My dad on the other hand used to be infamous for owning the latest gadget, he'd buy things when they were at their newest and most expensive and then the world would declare them useless within about three months. He had a carphone, a toploading Betamax video player, a photo CD player which was a pre-decessor of the DVD player but could only be used to look at still photographs on a CD (much like the lesser known 'computer' which was it's main rival in the image viewing world) and a mobile phone which needed someone to hold it while you pressed the buttons as it wouldn't fit in the average human hand.

So there we go - memes. 

Elsewhere in DS Life

I have missed a day's watering of the flowers in Animal Crossing, so a lot of work to do tonight.

I saw Jools Holland and his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra last night at Warrington Parr Hall. My favourite one in the orchestra was a saxophone player who looked like John Flansburgh. I had a bit of a crush on him. (The sax player, not Flansburgh). Marc Almond was there and I got to see him perform one of my favourite ever songs 'Say Hello, Wave Goodbye'. Awesome.

I now own a tshirt which says 'Welcome to Puppet Show'. 

Yesterday I ordered a game called Jam Session which apparently turns your DS into a guitar. I will write some Animal Crossing inspired songs and let you know when the first gig is.

PPS The Livejournal spellchecker doesn't recognise the word 'blogger'. Oh the ironing!