Procrastinatory Memeing

Pavlov's Cat did this meme, and since I'm on deadline and desperately need  to finish a story, it just begged to be completed.

1. When you looked at yourself in the mirror today, what was the first thing you thought?
Damn, I haven't magically turned into Cate Blanchett. Yet again.

2. Favorite planet?
Good old planet Earth. It's the only one we're going to get, after all.

3. Who is the 4th person on your missed call list on your cell phone?
It's... Nicole of Craftapalooza.

4. What is your favorite ring tone on your phone?
I had a special fancy-pants mobile phone for a few weeks because I was reviewing it for a magazine, and it let you use MP3s as ring tones, so I downloaded Le Tigre's Deceptacon and used that. And then I felt like a wanker of a particularly odious variety, and went back to the most inoffensive ring tone in my boring old mobile.

5. Do you “label” yourself?
I tend to label myself as neurotic and over-thinky, both of which are true. But at least I know it! I'm not in denial about it, and that's a good thing, right? Right?

6. What does your watch look like?
It used to be a red swatch but I lost in at the Brisbane airport when I took it off to go through the scanning machine, and now I have no watch at all, so I use my phone.

7. What were you doing at midnight last night?
Sleeping. I'm not much of a night owl and it's a rare evening where I make it past 11pm. In fact, I'm feeling sleepy now and it's only 5:08.

8. What did your last text message you received on your cell say?
'Yes and yes 1pm for a creative cut and colour'. From my friend the hairdresser about my haircut last week. I don't receive a lot of text messages.

9. What's a word that you say a lot?
I honestly don't know. I swear a fair bit, so it's probably something a tad rude.

10. Last furry thing you touched?
Jasperella the Uberhund who gave me a welcoming head-butt when I came in the back gate.

11. Favorite age you have been so far?
25 and 26 were pretty good. Hopefully 28 will be better than 27.

12. Your worst enemy?
My fears. See the bit I said about being neurotic and over-thinky.

13. What is your current desktop picture?
This picture.

14. What was the last thing you said to someone?
I apologised to the old lady I called by mistake. She made it sound like I'd murdered her firstborn by calling the wrong number.

15. If you had to choose between a million bucks or to be able to fly what would it be?
I could really use some money. But also, if I could fly I -- totally unaided by any vehicular apparatus -- I am sure the riches would just come pouring in anyway.

16. Do you like someone?
I like lots of people. Romantically, of course, I 'like' JW, so much in fact we're getting married.

17. The last song you listened to?
The Engine Driver by The Decemberists.

18. What time of day were you born?
About 7:30am which could be why I am a lark and not an owl.

19. What's your favorite number?
7. Isn't that some biblical thing?

20. Where did you live in 1987?
I think we lived in Skelton St in Dalby, QLD, in an old church that had been turned into a house, which we were renovating. I was 9 at the time, so obviously 'we' is my immediate family.

21. Are you jealous of anyone?
Lots of people.

22. Is anyone jealous of you?
I can't imagine anyone would be jealous of me, but that's probably just me feeling loserish and sorry for myself, as is often my wont.

23. Where were you when 9/11 happened?
I was living with JW in a small house in Annandale; it was the morning and I got up to turn on the radio and it had already happened. I went to work as usual but we spent the whole day in the conference room watching the TV.

24. Do you consider yourself kind?
Sometimes.  I know I can be cruel too.

25. If you had to get a tattoo, where would it be?
I would get it just below my shoulderblade. Of what? Dunno. Never had much of an urge to get a tattoo. Somehow I don't think dodgy Chinese characters and 'tribal' symbols date very well. I do quite like mid-century modern furniture however, so perhaps I should get one of these?

26. If you could be fluent in any other language, what would it be?
Spanish. And Chinese.

27. Would you move for the person you loved?
Yes, in fact, I already did, from Sydney to Perth.

28. What's your life motto?
Pav had one of mine already, 'This too shall pass'. I also like the same idea expressed thusly: 'The sun also rises'. The other things I say to myself regularly are 'On your deathbed you won't be regretting not spending more time at work' and 'At least I'm not a brickmaker in Calcutta'.

29. What's your favorite town/city?
New York. Sydney. Pemberton, WA. Mudgee, NSW.

30. When was the last time you wrote a letter to someone on paper and mailed it?
I applied for a job at a bookshop and they asked for handwritten applications. Does that count? Before that I wrote a little note to my friend Nomes and included it in a parcel I sent her.

31. Can you change the oil on a car?
No but if I had an instruction book I'd give it a go.

32. Your first love: what is the last thing you heard about him/her?
Cripes. Who was my first love? Okay, I'll pick my first proper crush. He works as a groundskeeper at a hospital in my home town and last I heard he was done for drink driving. Look, it was a small country town. The choices weren't great.

33. How far back do you know about your ancestry?
On my father's side, I have an uncle who is mad keen on geneaology and he's traced some ancestors back to somewhere in England the the 16th century. Then there's the 'scandal' of my great grandmother -- illegitimate child of rural wealth, booted over to a poor family, poverty and hardship, etc etc. On my mother's side the family came from a small German village on the Baltic sea and lived there for quite some time, according to the records that survived the wars.

34. The last time you dressed fancy, what did you wear and why did you dress fancy?
It was for a wedding. I wore a silvery slinky dress, black heels, a blue hand-knitted shawl, a silver necklace and a hideously uncomfortable strapless bra with matching 'invisible' undies. And then I froze all evening and ruined the look by wearing JW's suit jacket.

35. Have you been burned by love?
Not really. Lightly singed? I have a couple of dodgy ex-boyfriends who did me wrong, in the grand tradition of country music, but we were all young and stupid back then and I don't hold it against any of them, or myself. In fact, I'm glad they did me wrong because they weren't right for me at all, nor I for them.

Comments

[Laura]

#16.....getting married!

Aren't you the sly one!

Congratulations Kate & Mr Kate, wonderful news.

I hope you're frocking up.

[ThirdCat]

Yes, I thought that was a good way to slip the news in.

Congratulations.

[Zoe]

Reckon, you sly thing you.

Congratulations. I hope you will do the decent thing and blog the whole process like Ladycracker did.

[Kate]

It's not really new news -- ie, we've been engaged for two years -- but thanks anyway! We're not getting around to it until next year, but I daresay I'll blog it and the surrounding angst shall fuel many a over-thinky whingy post.

[Cristy]

Felt the need to join you in this one...

[Bernice Balconey]

Right - you're the second woman to raise how to, or problems with, changing the oil in your car. To bring to a final end the tyranny of patriarchial engine lubrication, i shall post a step-by-step guide. With all care & no responsibility of course.