What is the quickest false assumption people make about you?
Submitted by JJ.
That I'm stupid, because my public face is bubbly and talkative.
If you're like me (and all my acquaintance) you were appalled at the prostitution masquerading as pop music that was the Black Eyed Peas' My Humps. And irritated at how STUPIDLY catchy the tune was.
But Alanis Morrissette's done a cover! Yay! Now we can enjoy with impunity!
To be amended over the time I am here.
Things I Love About London:
The Decadence.
Indian pashminas? Sari shops? £80 customised artworks in the form of a working toaster? A matching kettle at £90? An attitude of 'got the money' - spend it! And 'got the creditcard? - doesn't matter if you don't have the money!'?
All here.
The History.
What's that, over there across the M5? Oh, that's the Tower of London, the first part of which was built in the 1300s. that's always been there. *shrug* And here? this dark, crowded little alleyway? This is Artillery passage. It was here when Jack the Ripper stalked this suburb, killing prostitutes. That curry house down the road was a pub, and favourite haunt of some of them. And there? Oh, Somerset House. Some nobs lived there in the 1800s. *yawn* This whole street was around before the great fire of 1666.
Things I Hate About London:
The Decadence.
An
attitude of 'got the money?- spend it!' And 'got the creditcard? -
doesn't matter if you don't have the money!' Soaring creditcard debt. Teenagers with £400 mobiles. A complete disdain for frugality or recycling or environmental causes. Too much packaging, most of it plastic. Smoking at an alarming rate. Cigars, that is.
All here.
Things That Are Exactly The Same About London:
Crappy, over-priced, poor quality 'fashion' clothes.
Supre, meet TopShop. If you work really hard, up your prices even more ridiculously and use even cheaper synthetics as opposed to decent quality natural fibres, maybe one day you too will have a crackwhore like Kate Moss as your spokesperson!
A couple of short weird little things to brighten your day (they brightened mine).
If you had a band, what would you call yourselves?
Question submitted by Zoot.Terpsichore, after the muse of dancing. Because you know we'd play stuff you wanted to sing along with and dance to.
Plus, it's easier to pronounce than Euterpe.
What's your cell phone's ringtone? What made you pick it?
My main ringtone is the traditional circus theme. Do I really need to explain about my life being a three-ring show with flying purple monkeys?
My heart has a special tone all his own - What Shall We Do With the Drunken Sailor. For people who know him, I don't really think an explanation here is necessary either.
1. One book that changed your life:
Rock n Roll Babes from Outer Space by Linda Jaivin. Witty, weird, funny and (above all, for me) a sex-positive book that talked about the act from a female perspective, and as if it were just an ordinary "fact of life". I'd never before come across literate sex that was dirty, romantic, silly, funny, crazy, boring and sexy all at once!
2. One book that you’ve read more than once:
DelDel by Victor Kelleher.
Fabulous YA novel about a genius little boy with a dead sister, told from the perspective of the living one. Very creepy, suspenseful Australian thriller.
3. One book you’d want on a desert island:
1001 Practical Uses for Cocunuts.
4. One book that made you laugh:
Feet of Clay by Terry Pratchett
The first of Pterry's whodunnits. I like the witty repartee between Vimes and Vetinari especially.
5. One book that made you cry
We Need To Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver.
Totally heart-rending examination of feelings surrounding a son who kills his classmates.
6. One book that you wish had been written:
1001 Practical Uses for Coconuts (in the event I am ever stuck on a desert island)
7. One book that you wish had never been written:
Are Men Necessary? by Maureen Dowd.
Talk about vanity publishing gone wild! *yawns*
8. One book you’re currently reading:
Pagan's Crusade by Catherine Jinks
Mmm, excellently researched and written YA series on a Christian Arab in the 12th Century!
9. One book you’ve been meaning to read:
Paradise Lost by Milton
I discovered this after finding the YouTube link to the 'They've Taken The hobbits To Isengard' song on Yolande's blog.
It's a lovely little clip with edited-in Jack Black (complete with wanky elfboy hairdo) and Sarah Michelle Gellar-wannabe-Arwen.
I don't think I need to add that this video is certainly Not Safe For Work, as it is titled Lord of My Ring, do I?
Well, thank goodness for THAT.
If you could get someone in your life to start a blog, who would it be and why?
I would get Herbert to start writing his own blog. He showed up one day when my boyfriend came home singing "I bought my love a rubber chicken..."
We've been virtually inseperable ever since.
That chicken's had some kerrraaaaazy adventures I tells ya!
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Engel said:
My teddy bear that ive had all my life, Little ted. He would have an interesting view on the world. read more
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daturabelle said:
[this is good]have you listened to their new album? not nearly as brilliant i have to sadly say... read more
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The Imperial march all the way baby. And when i get a message it currently sayd "this is my BOOM... read more
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