Survey..

I fancy writing, but have nothing to write, so here is a survey.

1: Have you ever had a haircut so bad you cried?

No, but I did dye my hair pillarbox red and it faded to orange, which looked odd with my colouring.

2: When you open the drawer after having poured yourself a bowl of cereal, do you reach for a small or a large spoon?

Large

3: Have you ever quit a bad job emphatically, ripped off a uniform or apron, thrown the balled-up cloth at a superior, then stomped off?

Yeah. I worked for a week for a travel agent. When it came to the end of the week, he paid me £40 for a weeks work. Ok, this was back when the lowest paid job you could do, working in a bar was about £3 per hour, but it worked out to £1 an hour for the hours that I did. Fuck that.

4: How much cash do you like to carry?

Erm. Sometimes nothing but usually about £10.

5: One large winter coat or layers?

Layers. It's the beauty of being a knitter. *nods*

6: If you cross paths with someone walking a dog, do you talk first to the person or the dog?

If I don't know them, neither. I will smile though. The person, if I do know them.

7: Can you accurately size up the square footage in a room?

Nope!

8: Are you quick with your wit, or do comebacks tend always to arrive hours later?

Not really very quick. Although I did have a very crude, very obscene comeback to some random guy who was shouting random "you're fat" comments at me.

9: Do you keep your photos in albums or shoeboxes?

Albums. And a big envelope.

10: Have you gravitated, traditionally, toward the top or the bottom bunk?

Never slept in a bunk, but bottom, I think.

11: Do you own any pieces of monogrammed attire?

No. I could knit monogrammed socks though, but I have no need for monogrammed socks.

12: When a friend begins telling a story he's already told you, do you let him go, or let him know?

Depends on the story and how many times I'd heard it.

13: When making a shooting-yourself gesture, do you do the gun barrel with two fingers or one? Do you insert the finger-gun into your mouth or press it to your temple?

Two fingers to the temple. Rarely do it though.

14: When driving by cows, do you give in to the urge to moo?

I have baaad back to a sheep once. He baad at me because I shouted mint sauce at him. He was probably telling me to chuff off.

15: Are you accurate at guessing people's weights and ages?

Nope. I bet people on checkouts are pretty good with ages though.

16: Look at your fingernails: did you just stretch out all five fingers, palm out, or did you fold your fingers down over your inward facing palm?

Stretch out.

17.: Do you have a system when it comes to pockets,or do you blindly dump in coins, lighter, i-pod, phone, smokes, etc., then fish around each time?

Yeah, purse on the right coat pocket, iphone on the inner trouser / jeans pocket. Keys in the left jeans pocket, when I smoked - cigs and lighter in the left coat pocket.

18: When eating bananas, do you peel them nude at the outset or peel as you eat?

Raw bananas are vile. As is anything banoffee flavoured. Chewy banana chips are full of win though. Yeah. Weird.

19: What famous landmarks have you found especially disappointing?

I thought Paris was dull. Full of building sites and scaffolding. Landmarks don't really do much for me anyway.

20: Which do you (or would you) find more embarrassing: Crying in public by yourself on a bench or laughing out loud in public by yourself on a bench?

Erm. Neither.

21: Do you measure distance in miles or minutes?

Minutes if on foot, miles by car.

22: Do you imagine sleep as a kind of rising (you are a basket being pulled gently up in a hot air balloon) or as a kind of sinking (you are a flat stone no longer skipping, disappearing through layers of lake)?

Neither, but I view meditation as sinking.

23: How many different bathrooms would you say you use on a given day? Are there bathrooms, (not your own) that you consider a pleasure to use, even look forward to using?

Work and home usually. Toilets are toilets are toilets. Unless we're talking Trainspotting style toilets.

24: What's the strangest non-food item you swallowed as a kid?

I ate mud once. Oh and as an adult, I swallowed the ball from my tongue piercing.

25: How do you show love to what is yours, by wearing it in or attempting to keep it pristine?

Wear it. If it's yarn, stroke it reverentially.

Getting to know you survey

I just realised that I haven't volunteered much information about myself here, so I'd like to try and remedy that - I've dug out a quiz / survey thingy from a website, so here goes

1. What time did you get up this morning? Err, the alarm went off at 8:10, as I had to drive home from the boyf's to work. He lives in Birmingham, I live in Leicester. I hate the M6.

2. How do you like your steak? Meh, I can take it or leave it. Medium to well done though.

3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? I went to a zombie film festival at the weekend and saw 6 films in the space of 13 hours. The last film of the evening was Zombies of Mass Destruction. I reccommend seeing Dellamorte Dellamore if you are into Zombie films.

4. What is your favourite TV show? *shrug* err, I do like True Blood (currently working my way through series 2) and Russell Howard's show on BBC 3.

5. If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be? Hmmm. Not sure really. I'd love to go back to Cardiff when I'm old and wrinkly, but not having travelled much, I can't say that anywhere particularly takes my fancy.

6. What did you have for breakfast? Heh, fry up at work. Ooops.

7. What is your favourite cuisine? I love italian food. Risotto, pasta, pizza, olives...... You get the drift!

8. What foods do you dislike? Sprouts. Ugh.

9. Favourite place to eat? Sharmilli on Belgrave Road is tasty,

10. Favourite dressing? Honey and mint. It's spicy and sweet. Nom!!

11.What kind of vehicle do you drive? A silver Pug. A 306 to be exact. Yay for turbos

12. What are your favourite clothes? I like my hand knitted socks and my pink and purple bra.

13. Where would you visit if you had the chance? Sweden, Peru and Australia.

14. Cup 1/2 empty or 1/2 full? never empty

15. Where would you want to retire? Cardiff.

16. Favourite time of day? Walking out of work time

17. Where were you born? Bridgend.

18. What is your favourite sport to watch? 6 Nations Rugby, Stock Cars.

19. Who do you think will not tag you back? I ain't tagging. You want to do the survey then copy it :D

20. Person you expect to tag you back first? I ain't doing it again.

21. Who are you most curious about their responses to this? I'm not.

22. Bird watcher? Erm. I am mildly curious, but not curious enough to do it. We have some kind of owl living in the area.

23. Are you a morning person or a night person? Depends on whether I'm not in work or not :)

24. Do you have any pets? Disco Sue the disapproving cat and Hobbes the kitten (he is a year old!!)

25. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share? I've been looking at jobs. There's one I can do standing on my head, but the money is crap, however it is more than I'm on now. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

26. What did you want to be when you were little? A fairy.

27. What is your best childhood memory? Snow!

28. Are you a cat or dog person? Cat

29. Are you married? Nope.

30. Always wear your seat belt? Yes

31. Been in a car accident? Yes

32. Any pet peeves? people telling me what to do with my life.

33. Favourite pizza toppings? olives, onions, pesto and rocket lettuce.

34. Favourite Flower? Rose. I have one tattooed on my boob.

35. Favorite ice cream? Mint choc chip...

36. Favorite fast food restaurant? Subway

37. How many times did you fail your driver's test? Zero.

38. From whom did you get your last email? Facebook, telling me someone had commented on someone elses' status.

39. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card? Any store that sells beautiful yarn.

40. Do anything spontaneous lately? Not nearly spontaneous enough these days. Time for a change methinks.

41. Like your job? Lame, but it suits me for now. Need to get college sorted soon.

42. Broccoli? indeed.

43. What was your favourite vacation? Probably one of the many trips to Devon:D

44. Last person you went out to dinner with? dinner dinner dinner dinner dinner dinner dinner dinner batman!!! No, seriously. John (boyfriend).

45. What are you listening to right now? QI reruns.

46. What is your favourite colour? purple

47. How many tattoos do you have? 4

48. How many are you tagging for this quiz? Zero.

49. What time did you finish this quiz? 00:51 GMT Bedtime!!!