100 Things About Me
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kittiwakeI wrote most of these on New Year's Eve, and tidied it up today.
100 - I have virtually no sense of smell at all
99 - Does food smell ? I don't think so
98 - So I tend to be very paranoid about food going off
97 - Do flowers smell? People say so, but they're just visual decoration to me
96 - I can't sing at all
95 - My favourite colours are orange in general, but purple for clothes
94 - I have absolutely dire spatial perception
93 - So I can't play chess or do those puzzles where you slide the squares around, as I can't visualise future moves
92 - And I don't like driving
91 - And I am useless at sport as I just can't judge angles and distances
90 - But I'm fine on the larger scale, as I do have a good sense of direction
89 - I don't believe in astrology, so don't annoy me by telling me that I'm a typical Virgo!
88 - I'm a Roman Catholic, currently lapsed, but thinking about starting to go to church again
87 - I love all things mythological. My favourite mythological story is Theseus & the Minotaur, and my favourite goddess is Eostre, a British goddess of the spring, whose symbol is the hare.
86 - I always say hello to Orion when I see him in the sky on a clear winter's night
85 - The only plant I have in my home is an artificial peace lily, as I tend to kill any house-plants that I lay my hands on
84 - My pet peeve is people who ride their bikes on the pavement
83 - You can blame my great-aunt Hetty & Anne of Green Gables for the fact that I always wanted red hair
82 - My hair is currently dark red, but over the past few years it has also been, copper, very bright red (as in Run Lola Run), black with red streaks and black on top red underneath
81 - My hair is really mousey brown, with a lot of grey now (but don't tell anyone)
80 - My favourite dystopian novel is "We" by Yevgeny Zamyatin
79 - I prefer savoury snacks like twiglets, crisps & olives to sweets & chocolate
78 - I have always suffered from migraines, but never got the warning auras until after I'd left university
77 - I've never broken a bone
76 - I hate women's magazines. I prefer magazines that are about a specific subject, such as Private Eye, Fortean Times and Sight & Sound.
75 - I have very small earlobes, so I wear dangly earrings rather than studs
74 - I own two Tibetan tiger rugs. One is woven with a tiger-skin rug pattern and the other is a more abstract stripy pattern
73 - At one point I had motorbike lessons, but I had such a dire sense of balance that I gave up without taking the test
72 - I've lost 3 stone in weight since January 2002
71 - I love going to the cinema
70 - My tastes in cinema, tv and literature tend towards escapism and fantasy
69 - You are least likely to see me at a Ken Loach movie - no gritty realism for me
68 - Although those who know me would say that I am an art house movie type, I also have a sneaking liking for movies with car-chases and explosions (James Bond rules!)
67 - I worry that my intense fantasy life has a negative effect on my real life
66 - I like shopping for presents for other people
65 - My favourite stately homes are Kedleston Hall near Derby and Sudeley Castle at Winchcombe in Gloucestershire
64 - Until a couple of years ago, I could count the number of dreams I'd ever remembered on the fingers of one hand. Luckily that had now changed.
63 - I have had life-long insomnia, of the taking hours to get to sleep variety
62 - In sf & fantasy, you can open a lot of oysters before you find a pearl. Five of my all-time favourites are "Last Call" by Tim Powers, "A Canticle For Lebowitz" by Walter M Miller, "Steel Beach" by John Varley, "Grass" by Sherri S Tepper & "Stand On Zanzibar" by John Brunner
61 - Two holiday destinations like no others are Venice for a city-break and Iceland for a touring holiday
60 - Places I haven't been to but would love to visit are New York, Namibia and the Silk Route through Central Asia
59 - I am extremely prone to travel-sickness, so unfortunately I can't read a book on the bus to work
58 - I don't like high-heel shoes as they cripple my feet and make me feel as if I'm towering over people
57 - I'm an Eeyore not a Tigger
56 - When I was a teenager, I saw a small deer (probably a muntjac) in our suburban back garden, but nobody believed me
55 - I am useless at being friends. If someone takes a step towards me, I take two steps back.
54 - When I was little I hated jazz (my father loved it). More recently, I realised that what I really hated was be-bop
53 - I'm a royalist
52 - I love firework displays
51 - I bite my nails. The only times I've managed to stop have been when I was working at manual jobs when I was a student, where I had dirty hands (grafting roses, picking soft fruit, etc.)
50 - I believe in ghosts, but unfortunately I've never seen one
49 - I can't remember phone numbers. I have enough trouble remembering my own home and work numbers, let alone any others
48 - The best thing about the Atkins Diet is that you are allowed, nay encouraged, to eat cheese!
47 - I wear glasses. I tried hard contact lenses, by I had so much trouble getting them in and out that I got big grey bags under my eyes. Then I tried soft contact lenses and I couldn't get them in at all!
46 - And I'm too much of a coward to try laser treatment to correct my short-sightedness
45 - I'm a cat-person, not a dog-person
44 - My favourite cocolate bar is Crunchie, because I love the honeycomb center
43 - You either love marmite or you hate it - I love it
42 - In my opinion, fudge should be crumbly not squishy
41 - I like to walk along the river and look at the birds
40 - I like cold mornings when the mist is over the river but not over the land
39 - I have my home page set to the NASA Picture Of The Day
38 - My favourite alcoholic drink is Suze. I have never seen it for sale in the UK, so I get my supplies topped up when people go to France
37 - I don't like stand-up comedy
36 - I can't do small-talk
35 - I hate having my photo taken
34 - I don't like frills, ruffles and cute knick-knacks
33 - I like minimalist decor, but my home is too cluttered for that
32 - The best gig I've ever been to was Alice Cooper
31 - I don't understand why some people have to answer the phone. If you're in the middle of watching your favourite program let the answerphone do its job!
30 - I'll keep on buying lottery tickets forever. After all someone has to win.
29 - If I had a house in the country, I'd get a donkey and some geese
28 - As long as I could afford to pay someone else to muck them out : )
27 - I'm not very good at learning foreign languages, but I keep on trying
26 - I don't like soap operas and the more times a week they go out, the less likely I am to watch them
25 - I don't like watching football (big yawn)
24 - I do like watching grand prix motor-racing, three-day eventing, white-water canoeing and the Tour de France
22 - In the past I've tried archery, canoeing, fencing and Tai Chi. I was no good at any of them
21 - I absolutely hate hot weather
20 - I very rarely notice the music in films (even in film evening classes where I'm supposed to be paying attention)
19 - I don't wear a watch due to skin allergies
18 - You'd have thought that once your ears had been pierced for over 20 years, that you'd not get gunk and pink painful earlobes when you wear earrings all day
17 - I'm running out of ideas. 16 more to go.
16 - Sixteen is my favourite number
15 - My all time favourite tv programs are "Secret Army", "Twin Peaks", "Northern Exposure" and "Farscape"
14 - I was 9 days late being born, my mother's midwife took her for a ride round the block on the back of her scooter to encourage me to make an appearance, and when I did decide to be born I got stuck and had to go to hospital to be delivered by forceps
13 - So I was born in hospital, but since then the only time I've been to hospital was to have two of my wisdom teeth out.
12 - Of all the books I've ever read, the one I hated most is 'Headlong" by Michael Frayne. The protagonist was so annoying that I wanted to kill him. Please take my word for it and don't bother reading it yourself
11 - I've never walked out of the cinema during a film.
10 - The worst film I ever saw at the cinema was "To Live and Die in LA". It looked okay in the trailer, but it didn't have a single redeeming quality
9 - I wish I was pretty
8 - On the bookshelf next to my computer desk are a pottery ostrich, a model of a maypole (a souvenir from Sweden), a cracked silver jubilee mug from 1977 with pens and pencil in it and a fan I bought in Barcelona.
7 - The side of the bookcase is covered with film postcards
6 - I've got several fans. I like the way they snap open, and they're good in hot weather (see no. 21)
5 - I don't like going out on New Year's Eve. Everywhere is ridiculously crowded and you can't get home by public transport (I was writing this list on New Year's Eve while watching Jules Holland's annual New Year's Eve tv program)
4 - Why does nobody have New Year's Eve parties any more?
3 - I haven't subscribed to Sky because I think I watch too much tv anyway. So I don't want to have all those extra channels luring me in.
2 - I like my job, but if I won the lottery I'd probably do something different
1 - I'd like a happy ever after ending, but I don't think it's going to happen for me
100 - I have virtually no sense of smell at all
99 - Does food smell ? I don't think so
98 - So I tend to be very paranoid about food going off
97 - Do flowers smell? People say so, but they're just visual decoration to me
96 - I can't sing at all
95 - My favourite colours are orange in general, but purple for clothes
94 - I have absolutely dire spatial perception
93 - So I can't play chess or do those puzzles where you slide the squares around, as I can't visualise future moves
92 - And I don't like driving
91 - And I am useless at sport as I just can't judge angles and distances
90 - But I'm fine on the larger scale, as I do have a good sense of direction
89 - I don't believe in astrology, so don't annoy me by telling me that I'm a typical Virgo!
88 - I'm a Roman Catholic, currently lapsed, but thinking about starting to go to church again
87 - I love all things mythological. My favourite mythological story is Theseus & the Minotaur, and my favourite goddess is Eostre, a British goddess of the spring, whose symbol is the hare.
86 - I always say hello to Orion when I see him in the sky on a clear winter's night
85 - The only plant I have in my home is an artificial peace lily, as I tend to kill any house-plants that I lay my hands on
84 - My pet peeve is people who ride their bikes on the pavement
83 - You can blame my great-aunt Hetty & Anne of Green Gables for the fact that I always wanted red hair
82 - My hair is currently dark red, but over the past few years it has also been, copper, very bright red (as in Run Lola Run), black with red streaks and black on top red underneath
81 - My hair is really mousey brown, with a lot of grey now (but don't tell anyone)
80 - My favourite dystopian novel is "We" by Yevgeny Zamyatin
79 - I prefer savoury snacks like twiglets, crisps & olives to sweets & chocolate
78 - I have always suffered from migraines, but never got the warning auras until after I'd left university
77 - I've never broken a bone
76 - I hate women's magazines. I prefer magazines that are about a specific subject, such as Private Eye, Fortean Times and Sight & Sound.
75 - I have very small earlobes, so I wear dangly earrings rather than studs
74 - I own two Tibetan tiger rugs. One is woven with a tiger-skin rug pattern and the other is a more abstract stripy pattern
73 - At one point I had motorbike lessons, but I had such a dire sense of balance that I gave up without taking the test
72 - I've lost 3 stone in weight since January 2002
71 - I love going to the cinema
70 - My tastes in cinema, tv and literature tend towards escapism and fantasy
69 - You are least likely to see me at a Ken Loach movie - no gritty realism for me
68 - Although those who know me would say that I am an art house movie type, I also have a sneaking liking for movies with car-chases and explosions (James Bond rules!)
67 - I worry that my intense fantasy life has a negative effect on my real life
66 - I like shopping for presents for other people
65 - My favourite stately homes are Kedleston Hall near Derby and Sudeley Castle at Winchcombe in Gloucestershire
64 - Until a couple of years ago, I could count the number of dreams I'd ever remembered on the fingers of one hand. Luckily that had now changed.
63 - I have had life-long insomnia, of the taking hours to get to sleep variety
62 - In sf & fantasy, you can open a lot of oysters before you find a pearl. Five of my all-time favourites are "Last Call" by Tim Powers, "A Canticle For Lebowitz" by Walter M Miller, "Steel Beach" by John Varley, "Grass" by Sherri S Tepper & "Stand On Zanzibar" by John Brunner
61 - Two holiday destinations like no others are Venice for a city-break and Iceland for a touring holiday
60 - Places I haven't been to but would love to visit are New York, Namibia and the Silk Route through Central Asia
59 - I am extremely prone to travel-sickness, so unfortunately I can't read a book on the bus to work
58 - I don't like high-heel shoes as they cripple my feet and make me feel as if I'm towering over people
57 - I'm an Eeyore not a Tigger
56 - When I was a teenager, I saw a small deer (probably a muntjac) in our suburban back garden, but nobody believed me
55 - I am useless at being friends. If someone takes a step towards me, I take two steps back.
54 - When I was little I hated jazz (my father loved it). More recently, I realised that what I really hated was be-bop
53 - I'm a royalist
52 - I love firework displays
51 - I bite my nails. The only times I've managed to stop have been when I was working at manual jobs when I was a student, where I had dirty hands (grafting roses, picking soft fruit, etc.)
50 - I believe in ghosts, but unfortunately I've never seen one
49 - I can't remember phone numbers. I have enough trouble remembering my own home and work numbers, let alone any others
48 - The best thing about the Atkins Diet is that you are allowed, nay encouraged, to eat cheese!
47 - I wear glasses. I tried hard contact lenses, by I had so much trouble getting them in and out that I got big grey bags under my eyes. Then I tried soft contact lenses and I couldn't get them in at all!
46 - And I'm too much of a coward to try laser treatment to correct my short-sightedness
45 - I'm a cat-person, not a dog-person
44 - My favourite cocolate bar is Crunchie, because I love the honeycomb center
43 - You either love marmite or you hate it - I love it
42 - In my opinion, fudge should be crumbly not squishy
41 - I like to walk along the river and look at the birds
40 - I like cold mornings when the mist is over the river but not over the land
39 - I have my home page set to the NASA Picture Of The Day
38 - My favourite alcoholic drink is Suze. I have never seen it for sale in the UK, so I get my supplies topped up when people go to France
37 - I don't like stand-up comedy
36 - I can't do small-talk
35 - I hate having my photo taken
34 - I don't like frills, ruffles and cute knick-knacks
33 - I like minimalist decor, but my home is too cluttered for that
32 - The best gig I've ever been to was Alice Cooper
31 - I don't understand why some people have to answer the phone. If you're in the middle of watching your favourite program let the answerphone do its job!
30 - I'll keep on buying lottery tickets forever. After all someone has to win.
29 - If I had a house in the country, I'd get a donkey and some geese
28 - As long as I could afford to pay someone else to muck them out : )
27 - I'm not very good at learning foreign languages, but I keep on trying
26 - I don't like soap operas and the more times a week they go out, the less likely I am to watch them
25 - I don't like watching football (big yawn)
24 - I do like watching grand prix motor-racing, three-day eventing, white-water canoeing and the Tour de France
22 - In the past I've tried archery, canoeing, fencing and Tai Chi. I was no good at any of them
21 - I absolutely hate hot weather
20 - I very rarely notice the music in films (even in film evening classes where I'm supposed to be paying attention)
19 - I don't wear a watch due to skin allergies
18 - You'd have thought that once your ears had been pierced for over 20 years, that you'd not get gunk and pink painful earlobes when you wear earrings all day
17 - I'm running out of ideas. 16 more to go.
16 - Sixteen is my favourite number
15 - My all time favourite tv programs are "Secret Army", "Twin Peaks", "Northern Exposure" and "Farscape"
14 - I was 9 days late being born, my mother's midwife took her for a ride round the block on the back of her scooter to encourage me to make an appearance, and when I did decide to be born I got stuck and had to go to hospital to be delivered by forceps
13 - So I was born in hospital, but since then the only time I've been to hospital was to have two of my wisdom teeth out.
12 - Of all the books I've ever read, the one I hated most is 'Headlong" by Michael Frayne. The protagonist was so annoying that I wanted to kill him. Please take my word for it and don't bother reading it yourself
11 - I've never walked out of the cinema during a film.
10 - The worst film I ever saw at the cinema was "To Live and Die in LA". It looked okay in the trailer, but it didn't have a single redeeming quality
9 - I wish I was pretty
8 - On the bookshelf next to my computer desk are a pottery ostrich, a model of a maypole (a souvenir from Sweden), a cracked silver jubilee mug from 1977 with pens and pencil in it and a fan I bought in Barcelona.
7 - The side of the bookcase is covered with film postcards
6 - I've got several fans. I like the way they snap open, and they're good in hot weather (see no. 21)
5 - I don't like going out on New Year's Eve. Everywhere is ridiculously crowded and you can't get home by public transport (I was writing this list on New Year's Eve while watching Jules Holland's annual New Year's Eve tv program)
4 - Why does nobody have New Year's Eve parties any more?
3 - I haven't subscribed to Sky because I think I watch too much tv anyway. So I don't want to have all those extra channels luring me in.
2 - I like my job, but if I won the lottery I'd probably do something different
1 - I'd like a happy ever after ending, but I don't think it's going to happen for me
