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[rosiespark]

I rarely post memes and I certainly never do these personal questions thingies. Except that today I've just spent longer than I care to contemplate answering 28 questions over at fajrdrako's journal. *g* So here it is in mine:

I want to know 28 things about you. I don't care if we've never talked, never liked each other, or if we already know everything about each other. I really don't. I'm curious about who's on my list and who has me on theirs. What kind of people share this odd non-space with each other, hm?

1. Your Middle Name:
2. Age:
3. Single or Taken:
4. Favorite Movie:
5. Favorite Song or Album:
6. Favorite Band/Artist:
7. Dirty or Clean:
8. Tattoos and/or Piercings:
9. Do we know each other outside of LJ?
10. What's your philosophy on life?
11. Is the bottle half-full or half-empty?
12. Would you keep a secret from me if you thought it was in my best interest?
13. What is your favorite memory of us?
14. What is your favorite guilty pleasure?
15. Tell me one odd/interesting fact about you:
16. You can have three wishes (for yourself, so forget all the 'world peace etc' malarkey) - what are they?
17. Can we get together and bake a cake?
18. Which country is your spiritual home?
19. What is your big weakness?
20. Do you think I'm a good person?
21. What was your best/favorite subject at school?
22. Describe your accent
23. If you could change anything about me, would you?
24. What do you wear to sleep?
25. Trousers or skirts?
26. Cigarettes or alcohol?
27. If I only had one day to live, what would we do together? (If you have no idea, just say something crazy, it'll entertain me!)
28. Will you repost this so I can fill it out for you?

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[monsieureden.livejournal.com]

1. Your Middle Name: Ann
2. Age: 27
3. Single or Taken: Single
4. Favorite Movie: Lawrence of Arabia
5. Favorite Song or Album: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
6. Favorite Band/Artist: Mozart
7. Dirty or Clean: Clean
8. Tattoos and/or Piercings: Neither
9. Do we know each other outside of LJ? Ummm, Dorothy Dunnett lists?
10. What's your philosophy on life? Haha, I have a few, but mostly just be yourself and do whatever you want to do!
11. Is the bottle half-full or half-empty? Half full
12. Would you keep a secret from me if you thought it was in my best interest? Yes
13. What is your favorite memory of us? Ummmmmmmmmm, hahahah. :(
14. What is your favorite guilty pleasure? Oh gosh, lots of anime, like currently Trinity Blood. And watching some tv shows, like America's Next Top Model, which have become very bad.
15. Tell me one odd/interesting fact about you: I once checked out 25 bios on Prince Rupert as a means of pleasure reading over my vacation
16. You can have three wishes (for yourself, so forget all the 'world peace etc' malarkey) - what are they? Get my novel(s) published, move to Edinburgh, travel many other places in the world.
17. Can we get together and bake a cake? Sure
18. Which country is your spiritual home? Scotland
19. What is your big weakness? Pretty historical / fictional men
20. Do you think I'm a good person? Yes
21. What was your best/favorite subject at school? History
22. Describe your accent. Very nasal
23. If you could change anything about me, would you? No
24. What do you wear to sleep? Tank tops, underclothes, shorts, pj pants, or nothing.
25. Trousers or skirts? Trousers
26. Cigarettes or alcohol? Alcohol
27. If I only had one day to live, what would we do together? (If you have no idea, just say something crazy, it'll entertain me!) Er, go see Orkney Islands together?
28. Will you repost this so I can fill it out for you? Sure!

[rosiespark.livejournal.com]

Do we know each other outside of LJ? Ummm, Dorothy Dunnett lists?

You were one of the first people I friended on lj. I started off with a small group of Dunnett people - you, dargie, glinda_north, and msilverstar. :)

Tell me one odd/interesting fact about you: I once checked out 25 bios on Prince Rupert as a means of pleasure reading over my vacation

Hee, I remember this!

Which country is your spiritual home? Scotland

Yay!

If I only had one day to live, what would we do together? (If you have no idea, just say something crazy, it'll entertain me!) Er, go see Orkney Islands together?

That would be fun! Didn't get as far north as that this time in Scotland.

[monsieureden.livejournal.com]

No, I didn't get to Orkney either, just the Highlands. I would actually have to read through King Hereafter though first!! :p

Aww, I'm one of your first ljers!

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Only fair...

1. Your Middle Name: I don't like it and don't use it if I can help it, but it's Margaret. (It's a fine name for other people, but not for me.)
2. Age: 54
3. Single or Taken: Single, currently
4. Favorite Movie: The Lord of the Rings trilogy
5. Favorite Song or Album: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes.
6. Favorite Band/Artist: John Barrowman
7. Dirty or Clean: Clean, utterly clean (that's my story and I'm sticking to it)
8. Tattoos and/or Piercings: Ears, though it's been so long since I wore earrings they may have closed up. I have developed a reluctance to having metal on my body.
9. Do we know each other outside of LJ? we certainly do!
10. What's your philosophy on life? Make things better.
11. Is the bottle half-full or half-empty? Both.
12. Would you keep a secret from me if you thought it was in my best interest? No. Well, probably not. Depends on the secret and who else it involved.
13. What is your favorite memory of us? The cannons. Watching Horatio Hornblower, and seeing your lovely Lee Adama wallpaper on your computer. The lovely flowers - I'm blanking on their name - in your atrium. Having breakfast at your place with that delicious cereal. Eating on The Black Pearl. Hanging clothes on the clothesline on your roof at night. All sorts of things - I could go on and on! Good memories.
14. What is your favorite guilty pleasure? I have no guilty pleasures. I am shameless.
15. Tell me one odd/interesting fact about you: The only game I like is Scrabble.
16. You can have three wishes (for yourself, so forget all the 'world peace etc' malarkey) - what are they? (1) Enough money for peace of mind and travel (2) Health and increased energy (3) Time to write
17. Can we get together and bake a cake? Sure, I'd love to.
18. Which country is your spiritual home? England (or Italy)
19. What is your big weakness? Beautiful people
20. Do you think I'm a good person? Yes, of course
21. What was your best/favorite subject at school? English literature
22. Describe your accent. Canadian. (How else?) When I was in England, most people thought I sounded Irish.
23. If you could change anything about me, would you? I'd like to give you better health. I'd also like to induce you to post more and send me more messages, because I always enjoy your comments.
24. What do you wear to sleep? T-shirt.
25. Trousers or skirts? Trousers, or jeans.
26. Cigarettes or alcohol? Neither. Unless it's a fannish drink, occasionally, like banana daiquiris. (And remember my weakness for Diet Kinnie?)
27. If I only had one day to live, what would we do together? (If you have no idea, just say something crazy, it'll entertain me!) Eat Japanese food and watch Torchwood - in Malta.
28. Will you repost this so I can fill it out for you? Already done.

[rosiespark.livejournal.com]

1. I think I knew that, you must have told me. Heh, I went through a phase of not liking my first name much...
7. Yes, that's all very well, but you could be more specific about what it is you're trying to convince us is so very clean...
10. Heh, like the Doctor!
11. Nifty answer. *g*
13. The flowers were probably geraniums or plumbago. Lots of great memories, yes. When are you coming to stay again?
23. Thank you re. the better health. ::hugs you:: And I'll try not to hermit too frequently. Poke me if I do. :)
26. Remind me why banana daiquiris? Oh, it's from The Girl in the Fireplace, isn't it? Had a stewed brain moment there.
27. I'll pass on the sushi. I've tried it several times, just to be absloutely sure, but something about the taste and texture of the rice used just makes me feel sick when I put it in my mouth. Ewww. Oops, there goes your impression of me as a person of discerning taste. *g*

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I went through a phase of not liking my first name much...

When I was very young my mother called me "Betty", which she thought was a wonderful name. I hated it from the time I was old enough to say it, maybe even from the time I was old enough to understand it. When I was twelve I was finally able rebel and insist on being called by my 'real' name, Elizabeth, though a lot of people turn that into Liz or Lizzie anyway... which is okay. I can handle that.

like the Doctor!

Yeah. See why I love that show? I like his attitude.

The flowers were plumbago - gorgeous. We have geraniums in Ottawa, but not plumbago, for whatever reason, probably climate. Your place looked so nice. I will visit again as soon as I can afford it... I blush to say that I am still paying off the first time. Yeah, I'm slow.

Now I can't hear the word 'hermit' without laughing, remember the Doctor's line in "Utopia" about hermits getting together every ten years to talk about caves. What a lovely bit of nonsense.

Yes, banana daiquiris, invented 300 years earlier than they should have been in "The Girl in the Fireplace".

I don't like sushi either. I like most other bits of Japanese food - well, not the pickled stuff, and not the wasabi, but I love the tempura. We can do Chinese if you like, just to be safe! And there, see, you do have fine discerning taste becuase we dislike the same things and that's as discerning as you can get.

[rosiespark.livejournal.com]

Stupid lj send me 2 notifications for this comment of yours, which would be fine, except that it usually means there's another comment it hasn't notified me about...

::kicks lj::

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

LJ is sometimes strange.

[rosiespark.livejournal.com]

And annoying. No comment notification at all on this one. Grrr.

[msilverstar]

I'd fill this out if it were in a locked post, but I just feel weird doing it in public.

[rosiespark.livejournal.com]

I understand that, but if it makes you feel any better about it, I'm quite sure that my journal, non f-locked entries included, is read by a very select few. *g*

Hey, you could always bend the rules and post your replies in your own journal and ask people to comment with theirs...

[simhedges.livejournal.com]

1. Your Middle Name: Paul
2. Age: 46
3. Single or Taken: Single
4. Favorite Movie: Back to the Future
5. Favorite Song or Album: Hmm. Difficult. The Planets.
6. Favorite Band/Artist: Difficult again: Karen Carpenter.
7. Dirty or Clean: Clean and yet Dirty
8. Tattoos and/or Piercings: Neither
9. Do we know each other outside of LJ? Yes we do! For 7 years.
10. What's your philosophy on life? Enjoy it. Be straight.
11. Is the bottle half-full or half-empty? 45% full.
12. Would you keep a secret from me if you thought it was in my best interest? Absolutely. But it would have to be majorly in your best interests.
13. What is your favorite memory of us? Breaking your ironing board!!
14. What is your favorite guilty pleasure? Staying in bed all day.
15. Tell me one odd/interesting fact about you: I have 6 points on my licence.
16. You can have three wishes (for yourself, so forget all the 'world peace etc' malarkey) - what are they?
- Be healthy
- Be wealthy
- Be wise (and happy!)
but not in that order.
17. Can we get together and bake a cake? In theory.
18. Which country is your spiritual home? England (which is lucky). Places I could live if exiled: Scotland, any other part of the British Isles, Malta, Canada.
19. What is your big weakness? Food and Sloth.
20. Do you think I'm a good person? Yes, I *think* you are!
21. What was your best/favorite subject at school? English.
22. Describe your accent. RP English with lapses.
23. If you could change anything about me, would you? Yes.
24. What do you wear to sleep? Nothing.
25. Trousers or skirts? Trousers! (not even a Kilt).
26. Cigarettes or alcohol? Diet Coke.
27. If I only had one day to live, what would we do together? Too much baggage. I'll change the question to "If we could spend only one day together, what would we do". Visit Berkeley Castle and the Cotwolds.
28. Will you repost this so I can fill it out for you? Probably.

btw, how can I change the spelling checker in LJ to use non-American English? I do object to being encourage to use incorrect spelling!