| 1. if you were a kind of food what kind would you be? |
I think I'd be a potato waffle. Possibly a pringle. I'd like to be a flump marshmallow but I don't think I'm cool enough really |
| 2. what will you name your first four children? |
evanna, cassie, jesse and jamie |
| 3. what book are you currently reading? |
edie - an american biography by jean stein. It's about edie sedgwick and it is just fascinating! |
| 4. what do you value most in other people? |
a self deprecating, kind, funny, intelligent personality. Good listening skills, wit and sarcasm with an edge of gentle optimism |
| 5. what attracts you to members of the opposite sex? |
sarcasm, down to earthness, funnyness, intelligence, good taste. Height, skinnyness, smileyness, 'comedy' tshirts aka sid in skins, cleanliness and GLASSES. |
| 6. what sends you running and screaming from them? |
pretentiousness, stupidity, smell, the use of the term 'hot', meanness, arrogance and patronization. |
| 7. what do you do in your spare time? |
in my head I like to have conversations with people I know and people I know of, sometimes I try for hours to talk like bowie in the labyrinth. I like to dance around my room and sing loudly. I like to read and get far too wrapped up in serious, strange books. Then I watch father ted to make me go normal again....'normal' |
| 8. is your head a fun place to be? |
it's amazingly fun. I often pity people who aren't in it. Sometimes i stare at people and wonder what it's like in their brains. They probably think I fancy them. I probably don't though |
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| 9. what are the nicest things about people in general? |
kindness, funnyness, hair, glasses, geekyness, odd voices and accents- oh I do love england! |
| 10. what kind of music makes you fear deafness the most? |
rock and pop. David Bowie and florence and the machine, kate bush...loads and loads of things and loud loud music like depeche mode on full volume so you can dance about in candlelight and it's just great |
| 11. what drink is nicest? |
coke, milk, jd, rose wine, ribena |
| 12. what is your favourite word? |
gorgeous, cantankerous, gelfin |
| 13. are you looking forward to getting old? |
i'm looking forward to being in my thirties because I think I'll be a really lovely 30yr old |
| 14. can you sing? |
a bit sometimes but usually it sounds rubbish. I don't let that small detail stop me though |
| 15. what accents make you want to collapse with joy? |
welsh, birmingham and private school accents if they have a bit of interestingness too |
| 16. have you ever wanted to cultivate a lisp because you think it's phonetically attractive? |
absolutely. I think they're adorable. Those and an inability to pronounce the letter 'r' |
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| 17. do you think you have it in you to kill? |
not to kill people. I hope not anyway. I don't like blood or seeing people get hurt so I doubt serial killer is the right vocation for me |
| 18. how much do you value and look after your health? |
not enough. Poor little body. I feel bad for it really |
| 19. would you rather marry someone pretty and dull or plain and interesting? |
plain and interesting. I'd take interesting over anything. Even if it was interesting potential murderer vs safe dull person.I'd go for the murderer every time. |
| 20. why is poo more of a social taboo than most other things? |
hahaha i don't know but i think poo is an incredible word |
| 21. do you think catherine tate is funny? |
no. no no no. it genuinely upsets me that she is allowed on the tv. |
| 22. who would be your perfect match? |
david mitchell. i swear we're soul mates secretly. obviously he is unaware of this but once i've kidnapped him, tied him up and forced him to marry me it'll be plain sailing into marital bliss |
| 23. what is your ambition? |
to be some kind of interesting, funny writer with a cult following, preferably of geeky boys above the age of 16 |
| 24. are you passionate? |
so passionate one might almost call it obsession. when I like things I love them. properly |
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| 25. do you think the north/south divide still exists? |
I do but sometimes i wish i could be on the south side. mostly for the accent |
| 26. what unusual physical attributes do you find immensely endearing? |
odd noses, crooked teeth, the wearing of glasses, super tallness. sometimes i worry for my children |
| 27. what kind of pet do you really want? |
a little puppy with bright eyes and three guinea pigs. |
| 28. what age do you consider to be old? |
60. I'm giving myself a lot of time to be successful |
| 29. do you think that 'only kindness matters'? |
sometimes I really do and i find that song so profound. then other times i think i'd rather be on the receiving end of funny sarcasm. i can't decide |
| 30. do you ever make up great jokes in your sleep and forget them upon waking? |
yeah, once especially i remember waking up laughing loads and even in my dream i'd written it down and then in the morning - nothing. rubbish i tell you |
| 31. do you think sarcasm is terribly important for a personality? |
i think it's essential. I really don't care for people who haven't got a flair for it |
| 32. do you turn your nose up at abba, reality tv and people who laugh without pretention? |
nope because i'm not a git. |
| 33. would I like you? |
of course of course of course |