Assorted Ramblings...

I can never resist a meme that involves films, music or books...

So without further ado -

Don’t take too long to think about it.
Fifteen books you’ve read that will always stick with you.
First fifteen you can recall in no more than 15 minutes.
Copy the instructions into your own post.

I have to confess to feeling somewhat intimidated by some of the lists displayed by some on my flist. My reading taste doesn't tend to be as eclectic as my taste in music!

1. The Secret History - Donna Tartt
2. The Barchester Books - Anthony Trollope
3. The Way We Live Now - Anthony Trollope
4. The Moonstone - Wilkie Collins
5. Emma - Jane Austen
6. Pride & Prejudice - Jane Austen
7. The House of Mirth - Edith Wharton
8. Evelina - Fanny Burney
9. L.A Confidential - James Ellroy
10. The Lymond Series - Dorothy Dunnett
11. The Sunne in Splendour - Sharon Penman
12. The Quincunx - Charles Palliser
13. The Forsyte Saga (the first 3 books in the series) - John Galsworthy
14. Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
15. Venetia - Georgette Heyer

( Here's why... )
Anything else you wanna know? Just ask :-)

Yes, it's late and I'm too lazy to shift my arse off the sofa and go to bed...

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I did the 43 Things Personality Quiz and apparently I'm a Romantic, Self-Knowing Extrovert

I tried posting the code that I got, but it left a YOOOGE splodge of white space on the page, so I decided to bin that, because it was driving me nuts.

This one was doing the rounds a while back...

1. Reply to this post with 'Icons!', and I will pick five of your icons.
2. Make a post (including the meme info) and talk about the icons I chose.
3. Other people can then comment to you and make their own posts.
4. This will create a never-ending cycle of icon glee.

hooloovoo_42 picked these for me.

( this way )

Meme time.

I'm sure I must have done this one before at least once, but given that you can change questions, I guess it may have metamorphed, Chinese Whisper-like into something else.

I was tagged by gatsbyfan


The tagged must answer these questions in their journals. They may replace any question they dislike with a new, original question. They must tag eight people, not including the person who tagged them.

I've tried to pick people that I don't think have been tagged yet - so step up hooloovoo_42, megwriting, fried_flamingo, coloneljack, kathyh, tuesday_suit, loreley_se and laurenba.

( 20 Questions )

And then there was ...

( Hobsons' Choice )

I said in my last post that I would be seeking out opportunities to procrastinate, and LO! one has arrived in the form of this list of "things" from zinke

Association Meme: Comment to this post and I will give you 5 subjects/things I associate you with. Then post this in your LJ and elaborate (and being me, this is very elaborate!) on the subjects given.

She apparently associates me with the following:

Knuckledraggers
Fic
Bradley
Music
DFG

( alons-y! )

Right, well if you've made it to the end of that lot and feel like taking a turn, leave me a comment and I'll come up with your "five things".

Gakked from coloneljack

Your result for The Commonly Confused Words Test...

English Genius

You scored 100% Beginner, 100% Intermediate, 93% Advanced, and 93% Expert!

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And while I'm at it, have another one -

Your result for The Literary Character Test...

Wendy Darling

Good, Human, Side Thinker

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I was tagged by foreverdreaming, so here goes...

A. People who have been tagged must write their answers on their blog and replace any question that they dislike with a new, original question.

B. Tag eight people. Don't refuse to do that. Don't tag who tagged you.

( Twenty Questions )

Gakked from zinke

I took the 43 Things Personality Quiz and found out I'm an Extroverted Organized Tree Hugger

Well, I guess the organised bit is right!

Gakked from hooloovoo_42 and allie83

Even though I don't make resolutions, I had to do this.



Well, considering I'm the clarinet player, it would likely be the other way around!

And what did I ever do to seri_scribble that wasn't nice??

I am also, apparently, a -

I stole this from megwriting

Clearly, I haven't figured out what I'm supposed to be doing instead yet.

( what my taste in art says about me. Apparently. )

Last seen with zinke and kiss_me_cassie

Sometimes it's ok to pimp yourself out. Post a list of your top five fic-favorites you've written, regardless of fandom or the reason you love them. This isn't about the BEST things you've written, but what you LOVE most. Then admonish your readership to do the same so you can find new stories to read and pimp.

Hm. Well, I've only written in two fandoms, so this isn't going to be a fandomly-varied meme!

( ta-dah! )

zinke suggested I might respond to this, and as it's Saturday night and there's nothing on telly, I thought I might as well.

( I'm sure this is stuff you've always wanted to know... )

Pinched from loreley_se

Your result for The Quick & Painless ENNEAGRAM Test...

2 - the Helper

Courtesy of fried_flamingo - who, out of the goodness of her heart, gave me such a nice letter :-)

1. Comment on this post.
2. I will give you a letter.
3. Think of 5 fictional characters and post their names and your comments on these characters in your LJ.

The characters I've chosen all come from films and TV - I was trying to think of some from books, but none of my faves have a name beginning with J! And I couldn't think of any female characters I like whose names begin with J, either. (I'm sure I'll think of a bucketload once I've hit "post".)

( so guess who's up first... )

So if you wanna play, just comment and I'll give you a letter!

I'm still hanging around at my Dad's waiting for some stuff to arrive, so I thought i'd while away the time with this...

Stolen from snorkel_maiden

The Big Read reckons that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books they've printed.

1) Look at the list and bold those you have read.
2) Italicise those you intend to read.
3) Underline the books you LOVE, add an strikeout the books you read but didn't like.

( top books )
You know what I find really sad though? One of my all-time favourite authors - Anthony Trollope - doesn't even get a look in here, and it's a great shame. If you've never read any, then go find some immediately - the Barchester novels are where most people start. You get the wit, irony and observational skills of Austen combined with the humour and great storytelling of Dickens (but without the sometimes annoying verbosity!). He was prolific - wrote 47 novels (I think) so there's plenty to get your teeth into!

Oh, and if you've read The Woman in White but nothing else by Wilkie Collins, you must check out The Moonstone. I could wax lyrical about books all day...

Well, ain't I the chatty one? I reckon today must hold the record for "most entries in a day"!

Asked by foreverdreaming

1. Do you prefer teaching secondary or primary?
2. Have you always lived where you do now, and if not, where are you from?
3. Coke or Pepsi?
4. Summer 2008 - do you predict a scorcher or a wash-out?
5. Do you have any pets?

( getting déjà-vu yet? )

As before, if you want to ask, or to be asked, just comment :)

foreverdreaming tagged me to do this music thingy, so here goes -

1. Select Random on your MP3 player/windows media player.
2. List the first five songs and what they mean to you.
3. Tag five people.

( I have fairly eclectic tastes, and these answers will probably be pretty 'muzo' in nature!! )

I'm going to wuss out and not tag anyone - join in if you feel like it!

That "five questions" thing again, this time, courtesy of leli_5

1. What do you consider your most redeeming quality and why?

2. Can you name a time when that quality got you into trouble?

3. Who came up with your children's names (you, Mr. Caz, random third party intervention) and were they named after anyone?

4. If you could either speak to Brad Whitford on the phone weekly, but never see him in person OR get to watch him on stage monthly but never speak to him directly (nor stand by the stage door in the hopes that your eyes would meet!), which would you choose?

5. What is your earliest childhood memory?

( answers )

If you wanna play, just comment - either ask me five questions, or say if you want me to ask you some.