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This was seen at Billy's, I enjoy answering these things but you may lose the will to live by the end of it.
2. Last word you said: Bye!
3. Last song you sang: Dreams. Having a bit of a Fleetwood Mac moment – the shame…
4. Last person you hugged: My nephew.
5. Last thing you laughed at: Dylan Moran. We saw him do stand-up last night in the Hammersmith Apollo.. I would rather be a bull-fighter and risk being gored to death by an angry bull for a living than ever do stand-up as a job, so hats off to him. (He was v funny.)
6. Last time you said I don’t remember: A highly important discussion about the name of an actor in some film we had seen.
7. Last time you cried: Reading about the 22 year old father stabbed to death in East London.
8. What colour socks are you wearing: black
9. What’s under your bed: drawers filled with secret & arcane objects that I cannot write about here.
10. What time did you wake up today: 5.45 am. It's not natural.
11. Current taste: California Zinfandel. Loving the rose when the sun's out.
12. Current hair: bad hair. As always.
13. Current annoyance: weather. Hot/cold/hot/cold/rain/sun/rain/sun… what’s a girl to wear?
14. Current longing: Nicotine. Still.
15. Current desktop background: Picture of the ducks in Victoria Park
16. Current worry: Anxiety dreams about work. Bah.
17. Current hate: Hatred is bad for your blood pressure.
18. Current favourite article of clothing: A wrap dress, first dress bought in years.
19. Favourite physical feature of the preferred sex: Back of the neck is very appealing. Also shoulders, hands, mouth, eyes, legs, bum… ahem.
20. Last CD that you listened to: Sly and The Family Stone
21. Favourite place to be: In bed
22. Least favourite place: Staffroom at 8.00 am Monday morning
23. Time you wake up in the morning: 5.45. Like clockwork. Except when I get the 3.00 am, 4.00 am and 5.00 am wakey-wakeys, which are a drag.
24. If you could play an instrument, what would you play: For coolness, the guitar or the drums. For the sound, a trumpet.
25. Favourite colour: Red
26. Do you believe in an afterlife: only in the sense that we fertilize the ground and come back as tomatoes.
27. How tall are you: Do you know, I never measured. Something like 5' 6.”
28. Current favourite word/saying: Do you know what I mean?
29. Favourite book: Just one? Okay then – Cherry by Mary Karr
30. Favourite season: Summer
31. One person from your past you wish you could go back to see: any of the grandparents.
32. Where do you want to go for university?: Don’t make me go back again…
33. What is your career going to be like: This is for young folk, isn’t it? My career is pitiful…
34. How many kids do you want: somewhere in the region between 0 and 2
Have you ever...
35. Said “I love you” and meant it (with the opposite sex) Yes. And no.
36. Gotten in a fight with your dog/cat/bird/fish: No
37. Been to New York: Yes yes yes, my kind of town. I liked Brooklyn even better than Manhattan last time...
38. Been to Florida: No
39. Been to the Bahamas: no
40. Been to Mexico: no, but would go and see Frida Kahlo's house first thing if I could.
41. Been to China: No
42. Been to Canada: Yes, age 5. Up the CN Tower, Tallest Building In The World. And got lost at Niagara Falls (everyone wears yellow raincoats and looks the same, I got separated from my party and nearly ended up with a group of Japanese tourists.)
43. Dreamed something really crazy and then it happened the next day: No, I have very surreal dreams usually which bear no relation to real life. Often to do with submerged cities and tidal waves for some reason. Maybe I'm having prophetic visions of the distant future...?
Random
45. Do you have a crush on someone: Only on Keanu (my default crush when no one real is in the running.)
46. What book are you reading now?: East End Chronicles, a history of East London. I won’t tell you why Houndsditch is called Houndsditch. And Beyond Black, by Hilary Mantel, which is the darkest thing I've read in a long time...
47. Worst feeling in the world: Losing someone you love
48. What is the first thing you think when you wake in the morning?: It can’t be morning already…
49. How many rings before you answer: I never answer. Voicemail is a fine invention.
50. Future daughter’s name: Bathsheba
51. Future son’s name: Ezekiel
52. Do you sleep with a stuffed animal: no. I am not 7.
53. If you could have any job you wanted: I would have Wolfgang Tillmans’ job
54. Where do you wish you were: In my own house.
55. Piercings: In the ears.
The extra stuff
57. Do you do drugs: Hardly ever.
58. Do you drink: Oh yes.
59. What kind of Shampoo and Conditioner do you use: Aveda when I’m feeling rich, it really works
60. What are you most scared of: One of the kids in my care getting injured.
61. What clothes do you sleep in: a vest.
62. Who is the last person that you called: my friend Rachael
63. Where do you want to get married: Never. Never getting married. Brrrrr…
64. If you could change anything about yourself, what would it be: I would like to swap faces and bodies with Nastassia Kinski
65. Who do you really hate: Chris Moyle. Why is he?
66. Been in love: Hmmmmm…
67. Are you timely or always late: Usually timely
68. Do you have a job: Yes
69. Do you like being around people: No, not really.Always quite liked the idea of working with plants, that don't talk back.
70. Best feeling in the world: Do I have to spell it out?
71. Are you for world peace: No, I’m all for chaos, war and misery. Duh!
72. Are you a health freak: Ha ha ha!
73. Do you have a “Type” of person you always go after: Yes, usually if they’re not interested it works for me…
74. Do you want someone you don’t have?: No one specific
75. Are you lonely right now: No
76. Ever afraid you’ll never get married: Can categorically say no.
In the last 48 hours, have you:
78. Cried: No
79. Bought Something: Coffee. Bread. Shoes. And a raincoat.
80. Gotten Sick: No
81. Sang: Yes (when alone. I would never inflict my voice on other people.)
82. Said I Love You: Nope. (Wow, obsessed or what?)
83. Wanted to tell someone you loved them: No, I’m English, goddammit. Stiff upper lip and all that.
84. Met Someone: flatmate L, colleagues, 30 kids, Rachael, Dylan Moran (from a distance)
85. Moved On: Only in the temporal sense
86. Talked to Someone: Yes, flatmate, colleagues, friends, kids at school ("sit on your bottoms! on your bottoms!" it is quite unbelievable, how many times a day I utter this phrase.)
87. Had A Serious Talk: No.
88. Missed Someone: No, I am a rock, I am an island.
89. Hugged Someone: Yes
90. Yelled at Someone: No. Sometimes I raise my voice at the kids, but try not to yell.
91. Dreamed About Someone You Can’t Be With: Yes, I did, how weird.
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