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freckles_and_doubt) wrote2008-08-22 01:55 pm
freckles_and_doubt) wrote2008-08-22 01:55 pm
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always by his own exertions he subsisted on those hills
I finished watching the last few episodes of Doctor Who this week, resulting in an unusual degree of turmoil in my attitude to Russell Davies. Still needing to brood about the season finale and its manifest joys and iniquities, though, so shall distract myself by memeage while I ponder the analytic mot juste. I was drawn to this one by its first question. I have interesting uncles.
1. My uncle once: fell down a really high dam wall, fortunately arriving at the bottom entirely uninjured on account of being dead drunk at the time, and consequently all floppy and relaxed. He also once stopped to sleep under a tree because he was too drunk to drive home, and woke up with a hyena panting in his face. (Rural Zimbabwe has its moments). He shouted "Voetsak!" and it ran away. My other uncle once faced down a pride of charging lion. Basically my uncles are cool, if slightly insane.
2. Never in my life: have I watched Titanic. I hold this moral victory dear.
3. When I was five: there was a war on.
4. High school was: alienating, marginalising and notable for the fact that I got on better with my teachers than with my classmates. Also, all-girls. Shiver.
5. I will never forget: the bloody colours of Joseph's bloody Amazing Technicolour bloody Dreamcoat, drummed into my head by the musical's psychotic director when I was in Standard 5. (Red-and-yellow-and-green-and-brown-and-scarlet-and-black-and... I'll stop now).
6. Once I met: Christopher Ecclestone in a Cape Town shop. Oh, wait, that was stv. I'm not bitter at all.
7. There’s this girl I know: (see 40)
8. Once, at a bar: (also see 40)
9. By noon, I’m usually: mostly awake and about four cups of Earl Grey to the good.
10. Last night: we watched the first episode of Farscape Season 4, after which the Evil Landlord said, disapprovingly, "That was zany."
11. If only I had: a TARDIS. Oh, and limbs that worked properly.
12. Next time I go to church: I will almost certainly be as uncomfortable as I was the last time.
13. What worries me most: overpopulation, climate change, the religious right, the amount of milk in my Earl Grey.
14. When I turn my head left I see: my framed Martin Leman cat posters (H, JKL and W) and my umbrella in the corner, brought for the drippy Cape Town morning which has randomly turned to bright sunshine and fluffy clouds by 10am.
15. When I turn my head right I see: Cape Town. Spread beneath my window for my personal delectation.
16. You know I’m lying when: I say I like bric-a-brac, rap music or watermelon.
17. What I miss most about the Eighties is: really cheesy fantasy movies. And catchy electro-pop. That's imprinting for you. Also, David Bowie's improbable hair.
18. If I were a character in Shakespeare I’d be: probably Beatrice. I like the way she uses language.
19. By this time next year: I hope I will not be sitting at this desk. I may have to accidentally chop it up with an axe just to avert my fate.
20. A better name for me would be: Twig the Wonder Kid. Only not really.
21. I have a hard time understanding: fundamentalist religion. I can't get myself into that headspace, there's some sort of Illogical Faith organ missing in my brain.
22.If I ever go back to school, I’ll: run screaming into the night. Oh, wait, American list, they mean university. I'll study history and social anthropology and linguistics. And possibly German, owing to the insidious influence of my Evil Landlord.
23. You know I like you if: I allow you to hug me. Or invite you around and cook you huge meals.
24. If I ever won an award, the first person I would thank would be: totally dependant on the award and who actually helped me win it. Not my cats, though. I don't see my cats helping me win awards.
25. Take my advice, never: date a depressive.
26. My ideal breakfast is: Earl Grey tea and a brioche. I have a passion for brioche.
27. A song I love but do not have is: Ella Fitzgerald singing "Stormy Weather".
28. If you visit my hometown, I suggest you: leave immediately, it's (a) boring and (b) probably about to be embroiled in starvation and a civil war.
29. Why won’t people: think about what they're doing.
30. If you spend a night at my house: don't worry about the weird gurgling noise made by the pipes in the bathroom, there is not actually a Cthulhoid entity bursting through the walls. Also, be prepared to be slept on inconveniently by Todal, who believes we import guests for her special benefit.
31. I’d stop my wedding for: an alien invasion. Hell, an alien flyover.
32. The world could do without: the internal combustion engine. Really.
33. I’d rather lick the belly of a cockroach than: read The Da Vinci Code.
34. My favourite blonde is: David Bowie.
35. Paper clips are more useful than: citrus zesters.
36. If I do anything well it’s: waffle.
37. I can’t help but: use extremely long words when under pressure. Or drunk.
38.I usually cry: when confronted by an ever-increasing list of things including brass bands, cycle races, guide dogs, Olympic athletes, impassioned opera choruses, sad movies, PMT, and heartwarming students making good despite disadvantaged backgrounds. (This last one is inconveniently unprofessional).
39. My advice to my child/nephew/niece: bloody-mindedness is a virtue. (Actually, this is something I don't need to tell my Demon Niece, she's coming along nicely all on her own).
40. And by the way: numbers 7 and 8 left intentionally blank as an exercise for the reader. I can't think of anything. Clearly I don't hang around in bars, or know any girls. If I was a boy I'd be a total dweeb.
Edited to add: this is, as always, in accordance with the house policy, an open meme. If you like its droopy puppy-dog eyes, adopt it and take it home and pat its head and call it George! Better still, fill it out, it's fun and kinda lateral.
1. My uncle once: fell down a really high dam wall, fortunately arriving at the bottom entirely uninjured on account of being dead drunk at the time, and consequently all floppy and relaxed. He also once stopped to sleep under a tree because he was too drunk to drive home, and woke up with a hyena panting in his face. (Rural Zimbabwe has its moments). He shouted "Voetsak!" and it ran away. My other uncle once faced down a pride of charging lion. Basically my uncles are cool, if slightly insane.
2. Never in my life: have I watched Titanic. I hold this moral victory dear.
3. When I was five: there was a war on.
4. High school was: alienating, marginalising and notable for the fact that I got on better with my teachers than with my classmates. Also, all-girls. Shiver.
5. I will never forget: the bloody colours of Joseph's bloody Amazing Technicolour bloody Dreamcoat, drummed into my head by the musical's psychotic director when I was in Standard 5. (Red-and-yellow-and-green-and-brown-and-scarlet-and-black-and... I'll stop now).
6. Once I met: Christopher Ecclestone in a Cape Town shop. Oh, wait, that was stv. I'm not bitter at all.
7. There’s this girl I know: (see 40)
8. Once, at a bar: (also see 40)
9. By noon, I’m usually: mostly awake and about four cups of Earl Grey to the good.
10. Last night: we watched the first episode of Farscape Season 4, after which the Evil Landlord said, disapprovingly, "That was zany."
11. If only I had: a TARDIS. Oh, and limbs that worked properly.
12. Next time I go to church: I will almost certainly be as uncomfortable as I was the last time.
13. What worries me most: overpopulation, climate change, the religious right, the amount of milk in my Earl Grey.
14. When I turn my head left I see: my framed Martin Leman cat posters (H, JKL and W) and my umbrella in the corner, brought for the drippy Cape Town morning which has randomly turned to bright sunshine and fluffy clouds by 10am.
15. When I turn my head right I see: Cape Town. Spread beneath my window for my personal delectation.
16. You know I’m lying when: I say I like bric-a-brac, rap music or watermelon.
17. What I miss most about the Eighties is: really cheesy fantasy movies. And catchy electro-pop. That's imprinting for you. Also, David Bowie's improbable hair.
18. If I were a character in Shakespeare I’d be: probably Beatrice. I like the way she uses language.
19. By this time next year: I hope I will not be sitting at this desk. I may have to accidentally chop it up with an axe just to avert my fate.
20. A better name for me would be: Twig the Wonder Kid. Only not really.
21. I have a hard time understanding: fundamentalist religion. I can't get myself into that headspace, there's some sort of Illogical Faith organ missing in my brain.
22.If I ever go back to school, I’ll: run screaming into the night. Oh, wait, American list, they mean university. I'll study history and social anthropology and linguistics. And possibly German, owing to the insidious influence of my Evil Landlord.
23. You know I like you if: I allow you to hug me. Or invite you around and cook you huge meals.
24. If I ever won an award, the first person I would thank would be: totally dependant on the award and who actually helped me win it. Not my cats, though. I don't see my cats helping me win awards.
25. Take my advice, never: date a depressive.
26. My ideal breakfast is: Earl Grey tea and a brioche. I have a passion for brioche.
27. A song I love but do not have is: Ella Fitzgerald singing "Stormy Weather".
28. If you visit my hometown, I suggest you: leave immediately, it's (a) boring and (b) probably about to be embroiled in starvation and a civil war.
29. Why won’t people: think about what they're doing.
30. If you spend a night at my house: don't worry about the weird gurgling noise made by the pipes in the bathroom, there is not actually a Cthulhoid entity bursting through the walls. Also, be prepared to be slept on inconveniently by Todal, who believes we import guests for her special benefit.
31. I’d stop my wedding for: an alien invasion. Hell, an alien flyover.
32. The world could do without: the internal combustion engine. Really.
33. I’d rather lick the belly of a cockroach than: read The Da Vinci Code.
34. My favourite blonde is: David Bowie.
35. Paper clips are more useful than: citrus zesters.
36. If I do anything well it’s: waffle.
37. I can’t help but: use extremely long words when under pressure. Or drunk.
38.I usually cry: when confronted by an ever-increasing list of things including brass bands, cycle races, guide dogs, Olympic athletes, impassioned opera choruses, sad movies, PMT, and heartwarming students making good despite disadvantaged backgrounds. (This last one is inconveniently unprofessional).
39. My advice to my child/nephew/niece: bloody-mindedness is a virtue. (Actually, this is something I don't need to tell my Demon Niece, she's coming along nicely all on her own).
40. And by the way: numbers 7 and 8 left intentionally blank as an exercise for the reader. I can't think of anything. Clearly I don't hang around in bars, or know any girls. If I was a boy I'd be a total dweeb.
Edited to add: this is, as always, in accordance with the house policy, an open meme. If you like its droopy puppy-dog eyes, adopt it and take it home and pat its head and call it George! Better still, fill it out, it's fun and kinda lateral.