255 posts tagged “qotd”
New Moon broke The Dark Knight's single day box office record. Are you planning on seeing this teenage vampire love story? If so: Team Edward or Team Jacob?
Seen it. They've sold out big time, it is a real shame. I'm too old to choose.
(Fuller review coming as soon as I've got time to write it!)
What’s the first thing you do when you log on to your computer every day?
Quit out of twitterific. Haven't worked out how to get rid of properly yet. Yes I know I'm rubbish with techy things.
If you could change one thing about your life, what would it be? What's keeping you from making that change?
An extra zero on the end of my monthly salary would be a very good change and what am I doing. Well I'm working hard but sadly that doesn't seem to be getting me anywhere. Journalism is a 'for love' profession and I do love it so I suppose I should go to my second choice which would be the ability to sleep easily and well. Just to be able to get a good nights sleep regardless would make such a big difference, I'm sure.
And what is keeping me from that change? Insomnia mainly. I blame my mother, she is a rubbish sleeper too.
Picture by Jordon on Flickr used under creative commons
What's the longest you've ever waited in line?
Thursday night at the O2 felt like the longest time in a queue. Only one cash point was working and it was the slooowwwweeeessst cash point on the planet. No it was, I swear. I was ready to take out every penny I have by the time it was my turn. And to add insult to injury it charged for the withdrawal.
The lesson: always stock up on cash before you get to the O2, preferably from a Barclays cash point which are the fastest in the world. Fact. They almost anticipate what buttons you are going to press.
What was your favorite class in high school? (And no, lunch doesn't count.)
The last one on a Friday.
If you had to be trapped in a TV show for a month, which show would you choose?
Make Me a Supermodel, not because I want to be a supermodel (5ft 1in and the rest, I don't think so). Nope I'd just be quite happy amusing myself hanging around with the (male) models. I'm sure I could make myself useful on the (underwear) photo shoots.
When was the last time you received a hand-written letter in the mail? Who sent it?
Back in the summer from my bezzy mate Chris. It was a note to let me know that she was thinking of me as I was going through a particularly tough time.
It's not the first time she's sent me a little card or a note through the post and I've kept them all. In fact one lives in my purse so I can carry a little bit of her fantastic friendship with me at all times.
She also sends me the most beautiful hand-made Valentine card every year. It's been a tradition for us to swap cards on Valentine's day since we were at Uni together. It started as a secret deal so that we didn't have the humiliation of going to collect our post from the pigeon holes in the common room and find nothing. It's been a tradition ever since.
Which do you prefer? City life or country living?
Without a doubt city life. I grew up in the country and London terrified me to the extent that I vowed I would never live here. After graduating it became immediately obvious that if I was going to get a job in the media I needed to be in London.
So I arranged a couple of interviews at temping agencies, found somewhere to stay for a couple of weeks, packed a few things in a bag and jumped on a train. Didn't know a soul but on my second day I was at the National Gallery when I bumped into someone I knew at University.
That's London for you. I've been here for 17 years now and I can't imagine living and working anywhere else.
Lets face it no where else would satisfy my cinema and theatre addiction and give me such a wide variety of cuisines to dine on beforehand!
My Flickr pages are full of other reasons I love London
What is the scariest incident with drugs or alcohol you’ve witnessed or personally experienced? How did it change you?
Sponsored by MTV's "Gone Too Far." Tune into the series premiere this Monday at 10 p.m. EST.I've been lucky in that I haven't witnessed or experienced anything particularly scary but I have seen first hand the effect of drug addiction.
I had a house mate, when I first moved down to London, who had a boyfriend with a heroine addiction. She was away for a few weeks and her boyfriend stayed in her room. You could tell when he was high because he was fairly pleasant to be around but when he wasn't he was moody and verbally aggressive.
He started stealing things from the house so I hid valuables, even my change jar but he always found them. I used to sit at my desk at work, thinking of him rifling through my things in my room.
When I confronted him he would either flatly deny it or be really apologetic and give the usual promises that he'd never do it again.
My housemate ended up not coming back from her trip leaving me with the prospect of sharing a house with a drug addict. I put his few possessions in a bin bag in the front garden and changed the locks while he was out. Have never seen him since.
And on a lighter note, this is a clip of the brilliant Grange Hill cast 'Just Say No' video from my childhood. For those not of these shores or too young, Grange Hill was the kids programme when I was at school. Everyone watched it and everyone talked about it the next day. One the characters Zammo got addicted to heroine, which was a controversial storyline at the time. The cast then released this single. This was the sum total of my drugs education.
What's the biggest frustration in your life right now?
Work spilling over into my life a little bit too much at the moment. Feels like everything outside work is just to keep me going for work. Counting the days until my holiday...I need my holiday.
