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thessalian... so of course I had to do it.
1) Dietary Requirements
a) Give your personal interpretation of the four basic food groups.
-- bread, butter, coffee and sugar
b) If the following food was removed from the face of the planet entirely, you would be inconsolable.
-- feta cheese
c) If the following food was removed from the face of the planet entirely, you would throw a party.
-- brown mushrooms
d) Those pesky vitamin things: how do you get your daily dose?
-- I take some hand-me-downs "something-or-other" oil capsules (good for your joints), and Vitamin C.
e) What's your ideal three-course meal?
-- Burek, some kind of cream soup and any dessert with chocolate (black forest cake?)
f) Caffeine -- dietary requirement, evil chemical of doom or "meh, whatever"?
-- it keeps me regular
g) If you intake caffeine, preferred method:
-- the fast and the furious
2) Entertainment --
a) How many books do you read per month?
-- I used to read 5... but since April I've lost interest in books. I still read something on the Tube but I find myself not wanting to read when at home. Coincidentaly, I bought a Gamecube when I lost my interest in books.
b) In your bookshelf at home, which genre (if any) turns up with most regularity?
-- Murder Mysteries
c) Which author turns up with the most regularity?
-- Christopher Isherwood
d) Which book has caused you to think fondly of the firemen in Farenheit 451, it was so bad?
-- Haha... ZADIE SMITH - the biggest piece of hyped shit this side of the 21st century.
e) Fan fiction -- like it or loathe it?
-- it's a growing genre. There are possibilities, if 99% of the awful writers "creating" in it don't snuff the whole thing in ten years.
f) What's the oddest book you ever read for fun?
-- Did I actually try to read the Bible from beginning to end???
g) If you were stranded on a desert island, what five books would you want with you?
-- Dummy's Guide for Survival, Dummy's Guide for Loner Games, Dummy's Guide of the Stars, Dummy's Guide to the Spirit World, and Pamela Anderson's biography.
3) Entertainment --
a) Do you watch television?
-- yes, when people are kind enough to let me into their rooms to watch it (it's in my housemate's room.)
b) If you do, or ever did, what are your favourite programmes?
-- anything with Jade Goody, C.S.I., Six Feet Under, any documentary exploring Brazil's sexual mores, and Top of the Pops 2.
c) Any programmes you'd gladly see axed, and the creators summarily executed?
-- RI:SE (and my wish is coming true!), Richard & Judy (they are just AWFUL)
d) Favourite film genre?
-- thrillers (specially the -from hell kind. You know, the babysitter-from-hell, the bestfriend-from-hell, the neighbour-from-hell)
e) Which five films would be a part of your ideal movie night?
-- Groundhog Day, The Big Lebowski, The Hills Have Eyes, Andy Warhol's Empire State, Shaving Ryan's Privates
f) Which five films serve as your example of the ultimate waste of celluloid?
-- Anaconda, The Wedding Planner, Maid in Manhattan, Gigli, Enough (what do they all have in common?)
4) Entertainment --
a) Favourite music genre?
-- indie
b) Genre that makes you plaster your hands over your ears and run screaming for cover?
-- MOR
c) If you can narrow it down that far, pick your favourite artist.
-- MORRISSEY
d) Stranded on a bus for 31 hours -- what five albums would you bring? (note: home-made mp3 burns do not count.)
-- The Queen is Dead by The Smiths, The Best of Depeche Mode (1979-1984), The Best of Patti Smith, Haha Sound by Broadcast, and Black Cherry by Goldfrapp
e) What's the best way to listen to music -- a good stereo system or live at a gig?
-- stereo system - i'm traumatized from my last live gig
5) Employment
a) What do you do for a living?
-- i'm everybody's bitch in a certain department in King's College London.
b) What do you want to do for a living?
-- something hands-on during the day and something brainy at night
c) What do you really not want to end up doing for a living?
-- what i'm doing right now. Boring office work
d) What's the best job you ever had?
-- i guess teaching english to 14 year old teenage girls wasn't that bad after all
e) Worst job?
-- data entry
6) Home Life
a) Neat freak or slob?
-- neat freak
b) What's in your fridge?
-- milk, butter, tortilla wraps, taziki, always peppers, grapefruit juice, cheese... we need to go shopping soon
c) Do you own any clothes that are "Dry Clean Only"? If so, how often do they see the inside of your dry cleaners?
-- only my suit for weddings/funerals/job interviews, and my winter coat
d) Do you drive? If so, do you endanger your life, the lives of your passengers and/or the lives of pedestrians and other motorists when you take the wheel?
-- I haven't driven a car in 8 years. In fact, when I get into a car I feel kind of weird - I'm too used to public transportation
e) What side of the bed do you sleep on? And are you a covers-thief?
-- left side of the bed. Kevin would say I'm a covers-thief, but he would be lying!
f) Do you cook? If not, is it "can't" or "won't"?
-- I'm a good cook. My burek has received the stamp of approval from the Macedonian community in Canada.
7) Hobbies & Interests
a) Are you fanatical about a particular sport, as either a spectator or a participant?
-- I love swimming, hiking.
b) Play a musical instrument?
-- sadly, no
c) Do you work in any visually artistic medium (sketch, paint, sculpture, graphic design)?
-- i can doodle very well. And I sometimes pose for Kevin because he is a great drawer.
d) Do you write (poetry, prose, fanfic even)?
-- poetry, prose and nerdy things on Livejournal that you must all enjoy somehow cause you are still here! Does writing about a dream you had with a celeb count as fanfic?
e) Computers -- tool, pet, lifeline or really expensive paperweight?
-- tool
f) Oh, hell -- just list your hobbies.
-- can't be bothered. I leave work in 10 minutes...
g) Of those, which takes up most of your free time?
-- gamecube. It's evil but oh so fun.
thessalian... so of course I had to do it.1) Dietary Requirements
a) Give your personal interpretation of the four basic food groups.
-- bread, butter, coffee and sugar
b) If the following food was removed from the face of the planet entirely, you would be inconsolable.
-- feta cheese
c) If the following food was removed from the face of the planet entirely, you would throw a party.
-- brown mushrooms
d) Those pesky vitamin things: how do you get your daily dose?
-- I take some hand-me-downs "something-or-other" oil capsules (good for your joints), and Vitamin C.
e) What's your ideal three-course meal?
-- Burek, some kind of cream soup and any dessert with chocolate (black forest cake?)
f) Caffeine -- dietary requirement, evil chemical of doom or "meh, whatever"?
-- it keeps me regular
g) If you intake caffeine, preferred method:
-- the fast and the furious
2) Entertainment --
a) How many books do you read per month?
-- I used to read 5... but since April I've lost interest in books. I still read something on the Tube but I find myself not wanting to read when at home. Coincidentaly, I bought a Gamecube when I lost my interest in books.
b) In your bookshelf at home, which genre (if any) turns up with most regularity?
-- Murder Mysteries
c) Which author turns up with the most regularity?
-- Christopher Isherwood
d) Which book has caused you to think fondly of the firemen in Farenheit 451, it was so bad?
-- Haha... ZADIE SMITH - the biggest piece of hyped shit this side of the 21st century.
e) Fan fiction -- like it or loathe it?
-- it's a growing genre. There are possibilities, if 99% of the awful writers "creating" in it don't snuff the whole thing in ten years.
f) What's the oddest book you ever read for fun?
-- Did I actually try to read the Bible from beginning to end???
g) If you were stranded on a desert island, what five books would you want with you?
-- Dummy's Guide for Survival, Dummy's Guide for Loner Games, Dummy's Guide of the Stars, Dummy's Guide to the Spirit World, and Pamela Anderson's biography.
3) Entertainment --
a) Do you watch television?
-- yes, when people are kind enough to let me into their rooms to watch it (it's in my housemate's room.)
b) If you do, or ever did, what are your favourite programmes?
-- anything with Jade Goody, C.S.I., Six Feet Under, any documentary exploring Brazil's sexual mores, and Top of the Pops 2.
c) Any programmes you'd gladly see axed, and the creators summarily executed?
-- RI:SE (and my wish is coming true!), Richard & Judy (they are just AWFUL)
d) Favourite film genre?
-- thrillers (specially the -from hell kind. You know, the babysitter-from-hell, the bestfriend-from-hell, the neighbour-from-hell)
e) Which five films would be a part of your ideal movie night?
-- Groundhog Day, The Big Lebowski, The Hills Have Eyes, Andy Warhol's Empire State, Shaving Ryan's Privates
f) Which five films serve as your example of the ultimate waste of celluloid?
-- Anaconda, The Wedding Planner, Maid in Manhattan, Gigli, Enough (what do they all have in common?)
4) Entertainment --
a) Favourite music genre?
-- indie
b) Genre that makes you plaster your hands over your ears and run screaming for cover?
-- MOR
c) If you can narrow it down that far, pick your favourite artist.
-- MORRISSEY
d) Stranded on a bus for 31 hours -- what five albums would you bring? (note: home-made mp3 burns do not count.)
-- The Queen is Dead by The Smiths, The Best of Depeche Mode (1979-1984), The Best of Patti Smith, Haha Sound by Broadcast, and Black Cherry by Goldfrapp
e) What's the best way to listen to music -- a good stereo system or live at a gig?
-- stereo system - i'm traumatized from my last live gig
5) Employment
a) What do you do for a living?
-- i'm everybody's bitch in a certain department in King's College London.
b) What do you want to do for a living?
-- something hands-on during the day and something brainy at night
c) What do you really not want to end up doing for a living?
-- what i'm doing right now. Boring office work
d) What's the best job you ever had?
-- i guess teaching english to 14 year old teenage girls wasn't that bad after all
e) Worst job?
-- data entry
6) Home Life
a) Neat freak or slob?
-- neat freak
b) What's in your fridge?
-- milk, butter, tortilla wraps, taziki, always peppers, grapefruit juice, cheese... we need to go shopping soon
c) Do you own any clothes that are "Dry Clean Only"? If so, how often do they see the inside of your dry cleaners?
-- only my suit for weddings/funerals/job interviews, and my winter coat
d) Do you drive? If so, do you endanger your life, the lives of your passengers and/or the lives of pedestrians and other motorists when you take the wheel?
-- I haven't driven a car in 8 years. In fact, when I get into a car I feel kind of weird - I'm too used to public transportation
e) What side of the bed do you sleep on? And are you a covers-thief?
-- left side of the bed. Kevin would say I'm a covers-thief, but he would be lying!
f) Do you cook? If not, is it "can't" or "won't"?
-- I'm a good cook. My burek has received the stamp of approval from the Macedonian community in Canada.
7) Hobbies & Interests
a) Are you fanatical about a particular sport, as either a spectator or a participant?
-- I love swimming, hiking.
b) Play a musical instrument?
-- sadly, no
c) Do you work in any visually artistic medium (sketch, paint, sculpture, graphic design)?
-- i can doodle very well. And I sometimes pose for Kevin because he is a great drawer.
d) Do you write (poetry, prose, fanfic even)?
-- poetry, prose and nerdy things on Livejournal that you must all enjoy somehow cause you are still here! Does writing about a dream you had with a celeb count as fanfic?
e) Computers -- tool, pet, lifeline or really expensive paperweight?
-- tool
f) Oh, hell -- just list your hobbies.
-- can't be bothered. I leave work in 10 minutes...
g) Of those, which takes up most of your free time?
-- gamecube. It's evil but oh so fun.
