Now apparently there are rules for this particular tag. They are as follows:
Remove the blog name in the top spot from the following list and bump everyone up one place. Then add yourself to the bottom slot.
Ngaire
Charleigh
Samantha
Kathie
Magical_M
Hey wait, that's only one rule! Singular! Ah well.
And here come the questions:
What were you doing 10 years ago?
This time 10 years ago I was on my big solo road trip across the USA. No planning, no insurance, just five months and 32 states in my little silver Pontiac. I was pretty naive but the travel gods must have been smiling on me because nothing bad ever happened, even when I took that wrong turn into the dodgy part of Memphis late one night and ended up in the middle of what was clearly about to become a gang fight. I think the Aussie accent helped a bit there too.
And thinking about it, I have a vague suspicion that today (1 February) was the day after that particular incident. In which case I was probably standing in the jungle room at Graceland wondering how the hell Elvis came up with the idea of putting green shag carpet on the ceiling and even more fascinating, how the housekeeper managed to hoover it each week.
Those were the days.
What were you doing 1 year ago?
Nothing nearly so exciting as what I was doing 10 years ago! I'm fairly sure I was rehearsing for a Short & Sweet play, which is what I'm doing at the moment! But last year I was a sheep and this year I'm a sweet, dorky girl named Stella who is caught up in a fantasy about Erik Satie.
Five snacks that you enjoy:
- Cheese (any type);
- Olives (only Kalamata);
- Sweet Chilli Philly;
- Red Rock Deli Lime & Black Pepper Crisps; and
- Popcorn
My hips don't appreciate any of the above-mentioned snacks however. Especially not the Philly.
Five songs to which you KNOW all the lyrics :
Jeez - you want just FIVE? My friends will all attest to the fact that I am one of those hugely annoying people that has a weird knack (I prefer to call it a gift) for knowing the words to pretty much any song after I've heard it just once.
Cheesy boy bands (like Take That), showtunes (especially Kander & Ebb) and anything 60s or 80s are my specialty. For some reason I'm not good on the 70s, unless its KISS.
Oh and TV themes. I'm a genius on TV themes. Especially 80s ones like Webster and The Fall Guy.
Five things you would do if you were a millionaire:
- Send my mum on a round-world trip for six months while I get her house renovated;
- Pay off my brother's mortgage, put money into a trust fund for his kids and pay for him to go to uni so he could have a career he loved rather than a job he hates;
- Hire an island for a month and fly all of my friends over to hang out with me;
- Buy a flat in London, an apartment in New York and a beach house in Sydney and spend four months a year in each; and
- Give a big chunk of moula to cancer research in memory of my dad.
Five bad habits:
- Eating crap;
- Procrastinating;
- Disco napping late in the day so I don't sleep well at night;
- Taking long showers; and
- Forgetting to return phone calls
Five things you like doing:
- Reading;
- Eating;
- Going to the movies and theatre;
- Drinking red wine; and
- Being on stage.
Five things you would never wear, buy, or get again:
- White tights;
- White shoes (even if they did cost me GBP150);
- One piece swimmers (only works if you have a decent bust);
- Spiral perm (yes it was the 80s, no I won't show you pictures); and
- Ballet (pointe) slippers (if you see my badly damaged feet you'll soon know why).
Five Favourite toys:
I wish I could say iPod. I really do. I want one so badly. And I want a wide-screen TV. And a zippy little sports car and a funky little notebook computer. My life is just full of wants.
Five People I am tagging:
Do I gotta?? OK then... but just the people I can probably rely on to actually give it a go.
Bevis
Ladycracker
MelbourneGirl
Scarlett
Dstah
Only if you feel like it people. Only if you feel like it.
xox
8 comments:
Fantasy about Erik Satie? Cool. His variation of Clair de Lune is certainly unique. Didnt realise he had an interesting life as well. Good luck regd the play.
sweetie, i've done this one. like way back in 2005, maaaan!
so, i don't think i'll repeat because that would be boring. and nothing has changed unless i add a final section along the lines of "what have you been doing in the time since you last did this meme?"
nope. perhaps not.
x
Ahhhhh that's ok. People can just trawl through your archives!!
Hey Chai do you want to give it a go instead?
Or not...
I'm suffering non-blogspiration so I might steal it.
I think I'm too private a person to do this sort of stuff. Either that, or I'm too embarassed about the non-eventful life I lead.
Yours sound so much more interesting. :-)
chai everything is interesting. i find it fascinating if someone even tells me why they don't like tomato, for example. this world and our lives are made up pf seemingly inconsequential bits and bobs. it's the trivia that is intriguing.
aaah! I have done them both my dear.
Tag me. I've been a lazy fuck-nothing for months. I like that the tag is more specific than the usual 20 things. Mundane is more interesting. I like the Red Rock sweet chili crisps best.
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