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Meme’s from around the web

Meme – Stolen from Action Replay Girl :)

Posted by Danni on 14th July 2010

Stolen from Action Replay Girl aka Dee Dee Ramona.

1. If you’re reading my blog, I want to know 35 things about you. I don’t care if we never talk, or if we already know everything about each other. Short and sweet is fine.
2. Comment here with your answers and repost the questionnaire on your own blog, if you so desire.

01) Are you currently in a serious relationship:
Yes

02) What was your dream growing up:
I wanted to be a computer programmer. That’s morphed into wanting to be a network engineer :)

03) What talent do you wish you had:
Being able to draw the stuff in my head.

04) If I bought you a drink what would it be:
Depends. Diet Coke or cider.

05) Favourite vegetable:
Carrots.

06) What was the last book you read:
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card

07) What zodiac sign are you:
Gemini.

08) Any Tattoos and/or Piercings? Explain where:
I got my ears pierced when I was 22, but the holes have closed up now.

09) Worst Habit:
Nail biting.

10) If you saw me walking down the street would you offer me a ride:
No. Wheelchair is mine!

11) What is your favourite sport:
Gymnastics to watch.

12) Do you have a Pessimistic or Optimistic attitude:
According to Johan, I’m kinda in the middle :)

13) What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me:
Probably ignore you and play on my phone :P

14) Worst thing to ever happen to you:] OPTIONAL — substitute “best” or “weirdest,” if you prefer
Hard to pick, but the time I wasn’t believed over something serious is one of them.

15) Tell me one weird fact about you:
When I was younger, I’d memorise entire text books. I didn’t realise other people couldn’t do that until a few years ago :P (Oh, and I can also touch my nose with my tongue.)

16) Do you have any pets:
I have half ownership in an elderly cat called Giles. He lives with my friend Vicky.

17) What if I showed up at your house unexpectedly:
I’d probably politely tell you to get lost ;) I don’t deal with that sort of thing very well. Please give at least 20 minutes notice, so I can get out of bed if needs be :)

18) What was your first impression of me:
Her writings, I likes.

19) Do you think clowns are cute or scary:
Depends on the clown. I’ve seen some really creepy ones…

20) If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be:
Lose the fat around my face.

21) Would you be my crime partner or my conscience:
Depends on the crime ;)

22) What colour eyes do you have:
Blue.

23) Ever been arrested:
No, but I have been taken from my home to the hospital by the police before, without my consent.

24) Bottle or can soda:
Bottles, as I seem to spill more down my front when drinking from a can.

25) If you won $10,000 today, what would you do with it:
About £6550 at the moment. Erm… get a new computer, decorate, save the rest for stuff we need.

26) What’s your favourite place to hang out at:
Under my desk :)

27) Do you believe in ghosts:
I don’t know.

28) Favourite thing to do in your spare time:
Play computer games, read, visit new places, sleep.

29) Do you swear a lot:
No, which means when I do, it has much more of an effect ;)

30) Biggest pet peeve:
As soon as someone gets told I’m autistic, they start talking to me as if I’m 2 years old. It doesn’t happen with everyone (thankfully), but it really annoys me (dentist at hospital was the worst).

31) In one word, how would you describe yourself:
Weird.

32) Do you believe/appreciate romance:
Yup :)

33) Favourite and least favourite food:
Favourite: Chocolate, bananas and chicken.
Least favourite:Nuts (especially peanuts). Even the smell can make me feel really sick.

34) Do you believe in God/a higher power/whatever you want to call it:
Yes.

35) Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same for you:
Indeed :)

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Let’s Play 20 Questions

Posted by Danni on 20th December 2009

Stolen from Chez Aspie.

1) Your Hair
Long, mostly red, straight, currently damp as I had a bath. Was originally dyed purple but it fades to a red colour, and now my mousey brown roots are showing.

2)Your favourite food
Chicken, bananas and chocolate. In various combinations.

3)Your dream from last night
I didn’t sleep for more than 30 minutes last night. Recently all my dreams have been nightmares.

4)Your favourite drink
Hot chocolate with whipped cream and marshmellows.

5)What room are you in?
The living room, though it would probably be more accurately called the penguin room, as there are tons of penguins in here.

6)What is your hobby?
Playing World of Warcraft, general computer stuff, reading.

7)What is your fear?
I’m afraid of many things. At the moment having to speak to the crisis team again *shudders*.

8)Where do you want to be in six years time?
I don’t know.

9)Where were you last night?
Up and down, on the trampoline, in bed, at my computer, on the sofa, around the flat in general. It was a bad night and I was very restless.

10) Muffins?
I like lemon muffins.

11) Last thing you did
Discussed how Onyxia has changed in raid chat (I’m waiting for an Onyxia raid to get started… it’s slow going getting a group together).

12) What are you wearing?
Purple spotty pyjamas.

13) Your TV in your house?
In the living room, normally used for playing Guitar Hero on the Wii.

14) Vehicle
Going outside be very bad.

15) Your favourite store?
Firebox.com (I likes Internet shopping).

16) Your favourite colour?
Purple.

17) When was the last time you laughed?
Properly? I have no idea. Some strange giggling on and off all day.

18) When was the last time you cried?
Last night, when I got upset at my dying in WoW so I threw my headphones at my monitor in frustration.

19) Your best friend
I have several best friends, most of them I’m avoiding as talking to people is too scary.

20) Favourite place to eat
When I’m feeling better, Taybarns.

I dare you to do them too :)

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25 things (that are really 47)

Posted by Danni on 12th June 2009

Was tagged on Facebook, as normal doing it on here instead. Not tagging anyone.

1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?
Not that I know of.

2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED?
I can’t quite remember.

3. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING?
More than I used to, but not really.

4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE LUNCH MEAT?
Chicken

5. DO YOU HAVE KIDS?
Yes :)

6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU?
Possibly

7. DO YOU USE SARCASM?
I try :) I’m still learning the art of using sarcasm properly, but I have good teachers.

8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS?
Yes

9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP?
Where do I sign up? :P

10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE CEREAL?
Porridge

11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF?
Yes, or I can’t get them off (I tie them as tight as I can)

12. FAVOURITE SPORT TO PARTICIPATE IN?
Trampolining (It’s a sport to me :P )

13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE ICE CREAM?
Ben and Jerry’s Phish Food

14. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE?
It really depends on the person.

15. RED OR PINK?
Pink

16. WHAT IS YOUR LEAST FAVOURITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF?
My brain failing me.

17. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST?
Vic.

18. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO COMPLETE THIS LIST?
I’m not tagging anyone :)

19. WHAT COLOUR PANTS AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING?
Pants as in knickers or pants as in trousers? If the former, I’m not telling. If the latter, purple pyjama bottoms. I’m not wearing shoes.

21. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW?
A Spaceman Came Travelling

22. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOUR WOULD YOU BE?
Purple

23. FAVORITE SMELLS?
Vanilla, coconut and chocolate.

24. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE?
Becca

25. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU?
Yes.

26. FAVOURITE SPORTS TO WATCH?
Gymnastics, figure skating.

27. HAIR COLOUR?
Reddish.

28. EYE COLOUR?
Blue.

29. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS?
No- glasses.

30. FAVOURITE FOOD?
Chocolate, bananas and chicken.

31. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS?
Happy endings.

32. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED?
Star Trek XI

33. WHAT COLOUR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING?
White pyjama top

34. SUMMER OR WINTER?
Winter

35. HUGS OR KISSES?
Hugs

36. FAVOURITE DESSERT?
Depends on my mood. I like lots.

37. MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND?
no clue

38. LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND?
Someone who’s bored.

39. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW?
Bad Science

40. WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD?
I don’t have a mouse pad (laser mice for the win!)

41. WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON TV LAST NIGHT?
I didn’t watch TV last night.

42. FAVOURITE SOUND(S)
Sammie talking

43. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES?
The Beatles.

44. WHAT IS THE FARTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME?
Calais, France, or Balmedie, Scotland (I think Balmedie was further from Liverpool, but it’s in the same country).

45. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT?
I used to be able to memorise anything I read. Now it’s being able to translate from dyslexic writing into English :)

46. WHERE WERE YOU BORN?
Liverpool Maternity Hospital, Liverpool.

47. WHOSE ANSWERS ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING BACK?
Anyone that does it.

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Stein Shilova’s Literary Meme

Posted by Danni on 6th June 2009

Stolen from Plurk (linky).

1) What author do you own the most books by?
Peter David.

2) What book do you own the most copies of?
I don’t have any duplicates (got rid them all). Both Vicky and I have The Princess Diaries: Ten out of Ten though.

3) Did it bother you that both those questions ended with prepositions?
Nope.

4) What fictional character are you secretly in love with?
Robin Lefler.

5) What book have you read the most times in your life?
The Queen and I by Sue Townsend.

6) What was your favourite book when you were ten years old?
I can’t remember. Possibly The Witches by Roald Dahl.

7) What is the worst book you’ve read in the past year?
I can’t remember the title, but it was a book about social deprivation by a staunch Labour supporter.

8) What is the best book you’ve read in the past year?
Does Machine Man by Max Barry count?

9) If you could force everyone you tagged to read one book, what would it be?
Jennifer Government by Max Barry.

10) Who deserves to win the next Nobel Prize for literature?
Max Barry :P

11) What book would you most like to see made into a movie?
Jennifer Government :P

12) What book would you least like to see made into a movie?
That book on social deprivation :P

13) Describe your weirdest dream involving a writer, book, or literary character.
I was in a relationship with Robin Lefler on the USS Excalibur while working as an Engineer…

14) What is the most lowbrow book you’ve read as an adult?
Probably the Dan Brown books.

15) What is the most difficult book you’ve ever read?
I’m not sure.

16) What is the most obscure Shakespeare play you’ve seen?
I’ve not seen any obscure Shakespeare plays. Closest would be Much Ado About Nothing.

17) Do you prefer the French or the Russians?
I have to have a preference?

18) Roth or Updike?
Neither.

19) Hemingway or Faulkner?
See answer to question 18 :P

20) Shakespeare, Milton, or Chaucer?
And 19 :P

21) Austen or Eliot?
And 20 :P

22) What is the biggest or most embarrassing gap in your reading?
The classics.

23) What is your favorite novel?
Jennifer Government by Max Barry, or The Queen and I by Sue Townsend.

24) Play? From what century or major literary era?
Blood Brothers, from the last century :P

25) Poem?
I’m not big on poems.

26) Essay?
No idea.

27) Short story?
Lamb to the Slaughter by Roald Dahl.

28) Work of non-fiction?
No idea.

29) Who is the most overrated writer alive today?
Dan Brown.

31) What is your desert island book?
The Bible.

32) And … what are you reading right now?
I’m not :(

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100 Truths

Posted by Danni on 11th April 2009

I’m definitely not tagging anyone on this one, because it’s evil. Feel free to steal if you’re up for a mammoth challenge, however. I was tagged on Facebook.

1. Last beverage ? Asda diet cola with lemon and lime
2. Last phone call from ? Someone asking for Kelly (it was a wrong number).
3. Last text message from ? T-Mobile telling me how much credit I have left.
4. Last song you listened to ? Ben Folds – Rockin’ the Suburbs
5. Last time you cried ? I can’t remember. It’s recent though.

SIX HAVE YOU EVER:
6. Dated someone twice ? Yes.
7. Been cheated on? ? Not to my knowledge.
8. Kissed someone & regretted ? No.
9. Lost someone special? ? Yes.
10. Been depressed? ? Yes.
11. Been drunk and threw up? ? Yes (when I was around 13, I think).

HAVE YOU:
12. Made new friends ? Yes
13. Fallen out of love ? No
14. Laughed until you cried ? Yes
15. Met someone who changed you ? Yes
16. Found out who your true friends were ? Yes
17. Found out someone was talking about you ? Yes
18. Kissed anyone on your friend’s list ? Yes
19. How many people on your friends list do you know in real life ? The majority of them I’ve met in real life at least once.
20. How many kids do you want to have or already have ? I have 1 beautiful daughter.
21. Do you have any pets – Yes- a cat called Giles.
22. Do you want to change your name ? Yes, from Danielle to Danni.
23. What did you do for your last birthday? Saw my daughter.
24. What time did you wake up today ? 6.19am
25. What were you doing at midnight last night ? Attempting (and failing) to sleep.
26. Name something you CANNOT wait for ? There’s nothing I can’t wait for.
27. Last time you saw your father? 6 years ago.
28. What is one thing you wish you could change about your life ? To change some of my past.
29. What are you listening to right now ? Fatboy Slim – Weapon of Choice (Last.fm stream)
30. Have you ever talked to a person named Tom ? Yes.
31. Most visited webpage ? Gmail.

32. What’s your name ? Danni
33. Nicknames ? Purple Penguin, Dannilion, Danni-long-legs
34. Relationship Status ? I have a boyfriend :)
35. Zodiac sign ? Gemini
36. Male or female or transgendered ? Female
37. Primary School ? Lidderdale Infants, Morrison Juniors, Lawrence Juniors
38. High School ? Queen Mary, Calderstones
39. College ? Gateshead College, South Tyneside College
40. Hair colour ? A reddish colour (that was meant to be purple)
41. Long or short ? Long
42. Height ? 5’10″

43. Do you have a crush on someone? ? Yes… but not telling who :P
44: What do you like about yourself?? My hair.
45. Piercings ? Ears
46. Tattoos ? None
47. Righty or lefty ? Righty (except for sports)

FIRSTS :
48. First surgery ? Fixing my elbow when I was 8
49. First piercing ? Ears
50. First best friends ? Rebecca Devlin
51. First sport you joined ? I can’t remember
52. First pet ? We had cats and dogs when I was born…
53. First vacation ? I can’t remember
54. First concert ? I can’t remember that, either
55. First crush ? Nor this :(

RIGHT NOW:
56. Eating ? Just finished some berries, but nothing.
57. Drinking ? Asda diet cola with lemon and lime.
58. I’m about to ? Finish this :)
59. Listening to ? R.E.M.- Everybody Hurts
60. Waiting for ? My body to stop being a pain so I can get stuff done.

YOUR FUTURE :
61. kids : Probably no more.
62. marriage: Maybe, maybe not.
63. own house: Possibly.

WHICH IS BETTER WITH THE OPPOSITE SEX?
64. Lips or eyes ? Lips
65. Hugs or kisses ? Hugs
66. Shorter or taller ? I don’t mind (but have never had a boyfriend taller than me).
67. Older or Younger ? Don’t mind.
68. Romantic or spontaneous ? Romantic.
69. Nice stomach or nice arms ? I’m meant to notice? Whoops…
70. Sensitive or loud ? Sensitive
71. Hook-up or relationship ? Relationship
72. Trouble maker or hesitant? Hesitant

HAVE YOU EVER :
73. Kissed a stranger ? Yes…
74. Drank hard liquor ? Yes.
75. Lost glasses/contacts ? Yes (but I’ve been wearing them since I was really little, so that’s not surprising)
76. Sex on first date ? I think some things should be kept private.
77. Broken someone’s heart ? Yes :(
78. Had your own heart broken ? Yes
79. Turned someone down ? Yes
80. Cried when someone died ? Yes
81. Liked a friend that is a boy? ? Yes

DO YOU BELIEVE IN:
82. Yourself ? Not really
83. Miracles ? Yes
84. Love at first sight ? Yes
85. Heaven ? Yes
86. Santa Clause ? Sort of…
87. Kiss on the first date? ? Yes, if it’s right at the time
88. Angels ? Yes

ANSWER TRUTHFULLY:
89. Is there one person you want to be with right now? ? Yes
90. Had more than one boyfriend/girlfriend at one time? ? Yes, when I was 16.
91. Posting this as 100 Truths? ? Yes, even though there’s only 91 questions… the numbering was daft.

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