157 posts tagged “qotd”
Share a recipe for your favorite summer drink.
It's a smoothie:
Peel and de-seed the fruit, place in a blender and blend until smooth add milk until a drinking consistency or thicker if you prefer and blend again.
Chill or add ice if you can't wait.
The latest Pew Global Attitudes survey showed a slight uptick in favorable attitudes towards the U.S. from other countries since the first time since the U.S. invaded Iraq. That being said, what is it about the U.S. you think other countries dislike so much?
Bush. What were you thinking???? Well that's probably it in a nutshell really. Bush and not thinking.
What's your favorite play and why?
One that not only entertains but also makes me leave the theatre feeling alive.
What personality trait has gotten you in the most trouble?
Opening mouth before engaging brain.
What are you most looking forward to this weekend?
The perfect combination of some time to myself to indulge in a few of my favourite pastimes followed by preparing and enjoying a boozy, long lunch on (bank holiday) monday with a group of good friends to kick-off my birthday celebrations.
What's your ultimate rainy day song?
Submitted by J-Len.
This one because it makes me feel sunny. It's a band I saw in Santiago de Cuba back in January. I also play the album on my headphones at work if I'm having a miserable day because it takes me off to my sunny place.
How do you stay in shape?
Cycle to work. Yoga. Run. Gym. Walk. And squash when my ankle will allow. (The theory is having lots of different forms of exercise to choose from means I'll hopefully be in the mood to do one of them. In theory.)
Which yet-to-be-released movie are you excited to see?
Brideshead Revisted. Loved the book and the TV series and the film has the wonderful Ben Whishaw* in it playing Sebastian Flyte as well as Emma Thomson and Michael Gambon. Believe it is being released in America first which is annoying.
(And of course Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince)
*Before getting to see the talented Ben on the silver screen, I am pleased as punch to announce that I will be seeing him tread the boards, at the National Theatre no less, in a new play based on Dostoyevky's The Idiot. Excited, moi?
What role did you play in your school play?
In the nativities I was always either an angel or a star (not the star)
When I was bit older we did a dance/drama version of the Pied Piper (our teacher was a bit of hippy with a penchant for girls in leotards) and I had one of the lead roles which was King of the Rats. I loved it because I got to wear lots of make up, had a solo dance piece and then had a duet with my best friend Louise who was Queen of the Cats (she was pretty). In our piece the King kills the Queen which was my other favourite bit (that'll teach her to be prettier).
OK so my character bought it in the end but I was the last of the rats to disappear off into the sunset.
In my final year at primary school we did our own pantomime based on nursery rhymes with a twist and I had the lead role. The story centred around discovering who had pushed Humph (Humpty Dumpty) off the wall and I was the detective Beep Po (Bo Peep but with one of those red chinese hats on which had a long, black platt stapled to it - racial stereo-typing was socially acceptable in those days). Can't even remember whodunnit now.
Then, having reached the top of my game, I made a dignified exit from public performance and have never trod the boards since.
Only a love scene with Clive Owen would tempt me back now.
What do you want to be famous for?
Submitted by bluemoon07.
I'd love to write an award winning screen or stage play. But I'm a loooooooooong way from that ambition.
