Today was very much a day when I could have done with the sun being out all day, but it wasn’t to be.
The first and last time I was aware of the sun today was at around 7:45pm-ish when I took this.
And I promised myself an early night. I am to be parked in front of my laptop all weekend… so will be online for all kinds of work avoidance!
Lame title I know but, oh, the joy, the sweet joy. Normally I don’t get excited about video games but on the cover of new month’s Game Informer (a magazine I have never read) is a symbol that makes me all giddy.
The script for the game is being handled by Harold Ramis and Dan Ackroyd, the God’s behind the films and Bill Murray will be reprising his role as Pete Venkman (my first movie star crush)… and that’s all I know. But that’s enough to make me smile.
The rest of my day was spent taking photo’s this morning like this one
and this…
(the rest, as usual, are on Flickr… oh, where would I be without Flickr?). And then, in a vain effort to do something right, I offered to cook dinner. I am not a bad cook… I just never seem to get it together in time… No, wait, if I am left alone I’m fine… You know? So, a roast chicken was the plan… and all would have been fine had the gas pressure not been down. Anyway, no one died and the world didn’t end so it couldn’t have been that bad!
I did spend an inordinate amount of time thinking about what I was going to put here today but came up with nothing. But, Kevin saved me with a meme!
And that is what follows:
1. What were you afraid of as a child?
Clowns, being lost, the creature under the bed, ghosts, and strangers.
2. When have you been most courageous?
Allowing myself to fall in love with a guy at uni… following a horrendous relationship.
3. What sound most disturbs you?
The sound of silence. The only time it is silent is when something really bad has happened. Really bad.
4. What is the greatest amount of physical pain you’ve been in?
Having my foot crushed by a stone bench when I was 7. Sweet Jesus, that was painful
5. What’s your biggest fear for your children? (or children in general if you don’t have some of your own.)
That they never get to know what it truly is to love and be loved.
6. What is the hardest physical challenge you’ve achieved?
Three concerts on the same day lasting a total of 7 and a half hours.
7. Which do you prefer: Mountains or oceans/big water?
Purple mountain majesty. I love the stillness and the strength.
8. What is the one thing you do for yourself that helps you keep everything together?
Give myself time to think and write everything down, whether it be here, in my personal journal or on the back of a bus ticket.
9. Ever had a close relative or friend with cancer?
Yes. They were hard times.
10. What are the things your friends count on you for?
Installing broadband.
11. What is the best part of being in a committed relationship?
Knowing that you are no longer alone.
12. What is the hardest part of being in a committed relationship?
Knowing that you are no longer alone, and relying on it.
13. Summer or Winter? Why?
Winter. It’s just too beautiful - the quiet before life begins again in Spring.
14. Have you ever been in a school-yard fight? Why and what happened?
Once. There was hair pulling and name calling. I was rubbish, I just let it happen and fell over.
15. Why blog?
To start off with it was just an ego thing but now it’s really cheap therapy. You don’t know how many times this has stopped me doing something really stupid.
16. Did you learn about sex, and/or sex safety from your parents?
No. No. No. I learned about sex from an older friend who knew ‘everything’ when I was about 8. Sex safety came in the form of a book.
17. How do you plan to talk to your kids about sex and/or sex safety?
Kids… Having them… Issues… Let’s just say when my nieces/nephews come alone and ask me, Cool Aunt Bec, about sex I shall answer anything they want to know… because I think if you make it seem mysterious and forbidden it becomes more intriguing and then horrors abound. Obviously I will advise them on safety and responsibility, but I think I’d be good at all that.
18. What are you most thankful for this year?
That I have got in contact with beloved people from my past and that I have started to get closure on some of the more painful parts of my life.
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