UNIQUE
1. Nervous Habits - I clench my jaw when I'm stressed. First indication that I need to relax is my cheeks aching
2. Are you double jointed - I wish
3. Can you roll your tongue - I think I can but when I show people, they can't tell. Which is annoying
4. Can you raise one eyebrow at a time - Only if I use my fingers to hold the other one down
5. Can you blow spit bubbles - Ack no. The kids can and it's foul
6. Can you cross your eyes - Yeah, I can do that thing that looks like your eyes are newton's balls. Makes babies laugh on the bus.
7. Tattoos - I've got a design in my head for an armband tattoo with a verse of Robert Palmers' "She makes my day" (our song) translated into heiroglyphics with borders containing either the names of the kids or an empowering spell written in ogham. Gonna look great
8. Piercing - Nipple and ear. And that'll do.
9. Do you make your bed daily - Yuppers
CLOTHES
10. Which shoe goes on first - Right. Never thought about it before. Hmm.
11. Speaking of shoes, have you ever thrown one at anyone? - Only in jest
12. On the average, how much money do you carry - Money? Ha, as if!
13. What jewelry do you wear 24/7 - Well if you don't count the bar through my nipple and my solitary earring, none. I've tried necklaces and rings and they just piss me off.
14. Favorite piece of clothing - My green rasta t-shirt. And there's a top of Charlies that doesn't quite come low enough to cover her boobs. I love that one.
FOOD
15. Do you twirl your spaghetti or cut it - Oh, I'm a twirler
16. Have you ever eaten Spam - Yep. It's not as nice as Luncheon Meat
17. Do You Use Extra Salt On Your food - I used to, but it started giving me palpitations. Signs like that, you'd be a fool to ignore
18. How many cereals in your cabinet - Cereals are a bugbear in our house. Charlie truly believes that after they've been open a couple of days, they're off. So when we buy the family size boxes of Sugar Puffs or Rice Crispies, 60% of them goes to waste. Me? I have toast.
19. What's your favorite beverage - Alcoholic - Waggledance. Non-alcoholic - Apple Squash
20. What's your favorite fast food restaurant - Benji's or Subway
21. Do you cook - Every frikkin day
GROOMING
22. How often do you brush your teeth - Not often enough. I've recently found these chewable toothbrushes that work better than any handheld one. Great!
23. Hair drying method - Au naturel after a vigorous rub with the towel
24. Have you ever coloured/highlighted your hair - I might have shone a torch at it once. I'd rather chop it all off than colour it.
MANNERS
25. Do you swear - When the kids go to bed, the air turns blue
26. Do you ever spit - I didn't used to, but lately I've been getting these big gobs of crap in my throat that just have to come out. Erm...is that TMI country?
FAVOURITE
27. Animal - Cat
28. Food - Chinese, despite going to the all-you-can-eat buffet at the Big Wok far too often
29. Month - August I think. Holiday month.
30. Day - Friday 13th
31. Cartoon - Can't think of one that stands out. I watch too many thanks to the little ones.
32. Shoe Brand - Divine
33. Subject in school - English
34. Color - Green. Can you tell?
35. Sport - There's a fundamental difference here between what I want to do, what I actually do and what I watch on TV and pretend I could do. In that order: Cycling, fuck all, archery.
36. TV show - MASH, 24, Trek, The Apprentice UK, a few others
37. Thing to do in the spring - Stop her from looking for presents
38. Thing to do in the summer - Convince her it's not quite time to start looking for presents
39. Thing to do in the autumn - Tear my hair out because everything is referred to in terms of how good a present it would make
40. Thing to do in the winter - Rip up lists of presents, go to the shops and buy whatever looks nice. Anyone else notice a recurring theme?
IN AND AROUND
41. In the CD player - An MP3 cd with Beach Boys, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, and some people that don't start with "B". It's basically my summer compilation.
42. Person you talk most on the phone with - Charlie
43. Reading - I just finished "The Da Vinci Code". Now I'm reading "Life, the Universe and Everyhing" for light entertainment before we buy a new book next Saturday. No hints as to what book that is.
44. Do you regularly check yourself out in store windows/mirrors - I tend not to, but not cos I don't like seeing myself, it just doesn't occur to me to look
45. What color is your bedroom - Green. Who knew?
46. Do you use an alarm clock - Kids are the best alarm clock ever - but only if you like getting up an hour early
47. Window seat or aisle - Window. I lie spying on people going about their daily lives as I go past on the bus. And it's pretty hard to not get a window seat in a car.
48. What's your sleeping position - On my right side, preferably cuddling Charlie
49. Even in hot weather do you use a blanket - Nope. When it's too hot, it's just me and a fan
50. Do you snore - No. I stayed up all night to find out
51. Do you sleepwalk - Nope. And after hearing about the girl who had to be rescued from a construction site crane this week while sleepwalking, I'm thanking god for that
52. Do you talk in your sleep - If I do, I probably make more sense than while I'm awake
53. Do you sleep with stuffed animals - My godmother knitted me an Eeyore when i was very little. Slept with it for years, but not for the last 25 years
54. How about with the light on - You're looking at the guy who can fall asleep on nightclub dancefloors. yeah, I can sleep with the light on
55. Do you fall asleep with the TV or radio on - Have to
56. Last interesting person you met - Most people I meet are decidedly average, or behind a till.
Thanks to Katya for this one. Just had to nick it.
