Questions, stolen as usual from Viodyna
Posted by Kirstie on September 20, 2011
Have you ever finished a whole tube of chap-stick?
Nope. I buy too many varying kinds to ever finish one!
What’s your favorite kind of pudding?
Banofee Pie, Key Lime Pie, or Black Forest gateau.
Do you have a pet that sleeps with you?
My cat, Simba, usually sleeps on the end of my bed.
Have you ever went to another state, tried their water, and were like EW?!
I don’t really mind diferent tap water, but bottled should ideally be Volvic, Buxton or Drench.
Are you excited for anything? if so what?
An Audience with Kerry Ellis, Darren Hayes, possibly Matt Cardle, Idina Menzel, Bryan Adams, John Barrowman in Brighton with Clare, and Blackpool and London with Haley. Maybe going to see the Manchester Christmas markets and see Jill again 
Jodie Prenger doing Spamalot for a month in Brighton, and Daniel Boys doing Peter Pan in Southampton. Chris Clarkson in panto in Stevenage!
What was your first thought when you woke up this morning?
9am? REALLY?
What is your favorite movie with Johnny Depp in it?
Edward Scissorhands.
What is your favorite movie without Johnny Depp in it?
The Shawshank Redemption or Dead Poets Society, don’t make me choose.
Would you rather go to a museum or a zoo?
Depends. A well run zoo with a good conservation program and decent enclosures would win, otherwise the museum would win.
Would you rather donate one million dollars or keep it?
Well, if I had a billion dollars, donating one million would be a drop in the ocean. But if I only had the million, I’d keep it!
Do you think cooked carrots are gross?
No, unless they’re overcooked and mushy. Raw are better though.
Have you ever had an all black cat?
Yep, a short haired one called Sooty when I was 5, and my much missed long haired boy Robbo, from ages 10 to 28.
Where will you be and doing this Tuesday afternoon?
At home, editing photos.
What word do you use far too frequently?
Crap.
What word do you use not frequently enough?
Nincompoop.
When severe weather happens, generally speaking, are you ready for it?
We don’t often get a lot of severe weather here. Not many hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes or floods, so probably not, no. (Going ith Jill’s answer!)
If you could wake up tomorrow with a new talent, what would it be?
I would kill to be able to sing really well.
What do you strive for in life?
Calm.
If you were given a vacation home and you could have it anywhere, what location would you choose?
Dublin, specifically Howth, a small fishing town on the coast of Dublin Bay.
When you’re sick do you take “sick days” or do you force yourself to continue working?
I usually force myself to work through it, though I had to take two weeks off in July when I ruptured my calf muscle.
What is your absolute favorite piece of furniture you have and why?
I quite liked our coffee table until I broke it the other day ….no real reason, we’ve just had it forever.
Has anyone ever intentionally ripped you off?
I’d call my MPU never paying one single penny of child support, knowing that my Mum was on benefits and later signed off permanently due to her health, ripping me off!
When you go to sleep, does it you need to be absolutely quiet or do you need a little noise (radio, TV, music or white)?
I HAVE to have my ipod on loud enough that I wouldn’t hear the doorbell, smoke alarm etc, set to play for 90 minutes and then turn itself off. If I wake at any point in the night it gets started again.
Can you remember where you were in life ten years ago? If you could travel back in time and whisper something to yourself ten years ago, what would it be?
You won’t be working here forever … wait, that’s a lie.
Okay, let’s have it! What’s the craziest, most impulsive thing you’ve ever done?
It could be the overnight coach trip to Glasgow, side trip to Edinburgh, Tonight’s The Night filming, then back on the overnight coach the next night. Or deciding at 5pm on New Year’s Day that I HAD to see John Barrowman in panto the next day … in Cardiff. And frantically booking coach fare, train fare and panto ticket!
What was the last thing you described as either “surprisingly good” or “surprisingly bad?”
The new camera that I bought by mistake is surprisingly bad at taking decent photos. But the one I bought a couple of weeks later is surprisingly good!
What do you hope is different in your life by August 2012?
I’d like to have all my bills paid off at last, and forget that I ever had credit cards or bank loans!
If you could live in any ancient city during the height of the quality of its society and culture, which one would you choose?
Pompeii, because we studied it in Classical Civiliation at school and I’ve been fascinated ever since!
What is one thing you would love to change about yourself?
Either my eyesight or my health.
What was the last compliment you received?
That I’m the one who ‘knows all the technical stuff’ at work.
