Me, me, me

Hi! What you are supposed to do is copy (not forward) this entire email or paste it onto a new email that you'll send . Change all the questionnaire answers so they apply to you and then send this to a whole bunch of people, including the one who sent it to you. Put your name in the subject line. The theory is that you will learn a lot of little things about your friends, if you did not know them already!

1) what time did you get up this morning?
Before lunchtime...

2) Diamonds or Pearls?
Hematite - the others are too girly for me ;)

3) What was the last film you saw at the cinema?
Revenge of the Sith

4) What are your favourite TV shows?
Top Gear, Scrapheap challenge, Time team, Star Trek

5) What did you have for breakfast today?
Fresh air

6) What is your middle name?
Kathleen

7) What is your favourite cuisine?
S.African at the moment (well, mummy made stuff atleast...)

8) What foods do you dislike?
DUCK!!!

9) What is your favourite crisp flavour?
Salt and Vinegar

10) What is your favourite CD at the moment?
Eva Cassidy/Carpenters

11) What kind of car do you drive?
Cars... eww... ;)
I have a Suzuki Marauder :D

12) Favourite Sandwich?
BLT or cold baked bean

13) What characteristics do you despise?
Biggots, two faced-ness and lieing

14) What are your favourite clothes?
My lurvely slob shirt

15) A place you would like to holiday?
Lapland (I want to go see Santa) somewhere cold

16) What colour is your bathroom?
Like the rest of flat... beige, beige, beige *bangs head on wall*

17) Favourite brand of clothing?
Berghaus?

18) Where would you want to retire to?
Somewhere serene and cheerful

19) Favourite time of day?
Sunset and twilight

20) Where were you born?
Gillingham (woo \o/ for Medway...)

21) Favourite sport to watch?
Motor racing, Gymnastics

22) Who do you least expect to send this back?
Someone without a computer

23) Person you expect to send it back?
Couldn't care less really :p

24) Coke or Pepsi?
Water

25) Are you a morning person or a night owl?
Just call me nocturnal girl

26) Any new and exciting news you'd like to share with everyone?
The sky is blue?

27) What did you want to be when you were little?
Archaeologist, vet

28) What is your best childhood memory?
Cuddling my cat for the first time

29) What are the different Jobs you have had in your life?
Till supervisor, annoying penny collector for a charity, mini-chef/kitchen worker, youth worker and ... a.k.a lots

30) Nicknames?
erm...
Mop (d'uh), MacTavish and Blue to name but a few (what can I say, people don't like to believe that my name is real)

31) Piercings?
Only ears

32) Eye Colour?
Ranging from Black-to-Blue-to-Grey

33) What colour underwear are you wearing?
black

34) Been in a car accident?
Lots of near misses

35) Favourite day of the week?
Friday or the Sunday before a bank holiday

36) Favourite restaurant?
Anywhere that sells food ;)

37) Favourite flower?
Daffa-dun-dillies

38) Favourite ice cream?
Mint Choc Chip

39) Favourite fast food restaurant?
The closest if I'm hungry

40) How many times did you fail your driving test?
Not got there yet

41) Before this one, from whom did you get your last email?
Mr Mafoo

42) Which store would you choose to max out your credit card in?
Camping International probably

43) Bedtime?
When I happen to fall asleep

44) Who are you most curious about their responses to this questionnaire?
*shrugs*

45) Last person you went to dinner with?
Foo^Rah (cheers again for a great day you two :D is just what I needed)

46) What are you listening to right now?
REM - Everybody Hurts (such a ch00n)

47) What is your favourite colour?
Blue

48) How many tattoos do you have?
Zilch

49) How many people are you sending this email to?
You know, I think I remember e-mail.. ;)

Ode To Failing Your Degree

(Thanks to Michelle for this forward)

At first I was afraid, I was petrified!
Kept thinking I could never pass without revision guides,
But then I spent so many nights, getting all the questions
wrong,
And I grew strong, And I learned how to scrape along,

I won't look back, to any place,
When I can swallow 15 shots and get completely off my face,
I would have spent all day at work,
I would have had no spare time free,
If I'd thought for just one second my exams would bother me,

So all my notes, are on the floor,
Don't even matter... that there's no Comedy
night anymore...
Weren't you the one who tried to get me to revise?
You think I'd crumble?
You think I'd work towards the skies?
Oh no, not I! I won't revise!

Unless I die from alcohol poisoning I know I'll stay alive,
Though my money's at an end, I've my overdraft to spend,
I won't revise, I won't revise!!

It took all the strength I had, not to act the part,
But in the end my real revision didn't even start.
I used to sit at home at night, feeling guilty to myself,
I used to try, But now hold my head up high,

And you see me! Somebody new!
I'm not that mixed up weird person who wants a good 2:2
So if you feel like dropping
in, chances are that I'll be free,
Coz I've done crap all revision & I'm failing my degree!

Oh no, not I! I won't revise,
I think that I may
scrape a third, but I could be telling lies!
Let the lecturers all scorn,
My bed's far too nice and warm,
I won't revise, I won't revise..............

Children first...

I spent the day in London yesterday. We were there to see the Lion King stageshow. It was unfortunately cancelled *sob sob* half way through the middle and so there were several children bawling their eyes out because they thought that the death of the king was the end of the story.
I recommend that anyone go and see the show as it is a truly magical experience - and no I'm not being paid to say that, nor have I been brainwashed :)

Anyway, I digress.

I want to set the scene...

...busy london traffic, busier than usual (if that is possible) due to the road works and the fact that they have closed two tunnels. Hot day and as usual people in a rush to get places.
Now, as I'm sure you are aware, drivers in London are pretty furious drivers. They are very determined and think nothing of nipping in and out of lanes. Lets face it, if you drive in London you have to be confident or you don't get anywhere. This does however mean that you have to be quick. This can therefore be quite dangerous for pedestrians who decide to ignore the crossings and just cross in random places. Drivers will not always stop for you.

What is she on about I hear you ask? Ok I will get to the point.

Whilst driving in London I saw not one but SEVERAL people pushing PRAMS out into the road so that the traffic might stop and they can cross.
What on Earth do they think they are doing, they cannot honestly believe that that is a good idea!!

Yes a driver may well want to stop so that they don't hit/kill/mame the child in the pram, but you cannot stop a vehicle immediately. It is not even as if there were severals second gaps. I saw atleast one very close call.

Vehicle quite happily going along, not even going particularly fast, when out of nowhere less than a cars distance away this pram is thrusted into the road. If that driver had blinked at the wrong second, or if his reactions were any slower, then he would've had creamed baby all over his car.

I realise that if you aren't ruthless then you could be waiting for a whole five (!!!) minutes to cross the road - but you could atleast stick your own head or limb out to be mangled. Why play with the life of your child so that you might not have to wait for a mere five bloody minutes.

It is stupid and reckless.

Not only are you playing with your childs life, but imagine the trauma it would cause to any bystanders, the driver or any passengers in the car. That is a memory that they will all have to live with forever, sounds and images that will leave a permanent residue in their brains.

Wake up and look around you, no one is invincible.