OK, so Thursday has kid of tagged me for this one – sorry for the lack of posting T., full time work is taking some getting used to for me!!! The temptation to sit of the sofa with Ferris, a cuppa/G&T and an episode of Daziel & Pascoe is worryingly huge at the present…
What is your current obsession?
Getting more sleep… And Radio 4 driving to and from work to de-stress!
What is your weirdest obsession?
The Manic Street Preachers
What are you wearing today?
At the moment my pyjamas, but earlier I had posh office wear of a black skirt and top combo!
What’s for dinner?
We had goats cheese and vine ripened tomato parcels with creamed leeks
What would you eat for your last meal?
Bouillabaisse, right at this moment
What’s the last thing you bought?
Shopping from the largest evil capitalist shop
What are you listening to right now?
Chicken laughing at That Mitchell and Webb Look
What do you think of the person who tagged you?
I think she writes beautifully
If you could have a house totally paid for, fully furnished anywhere in the world, where would you like it to be?
Paris
If you could go anywhere in the world for the next hour, where would you go?
Again, Paris; to see the lights of the city come up on the Eiffel Tower
Which language do you want to learn?
French
What’s your favourite quote (for now)?
“You know what the fellow said—in Italy, for thirty years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, they had five hundred years of democracy and peace—and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock.” – Harry Lime in The Third Man
What is your favourite colour?
Red
What is your favourite piece of clothing in your own wardrobe?
All the things that don’t fit anymore…
What is your dream job?
Writer, lecturer in Political Philosophy
Describe your personal style?
Black. Lots of black.
Who is your favourite actor?
Orson Welles
What are you going to do after this?
Go to bed and to sleep!
What’s your favourite fruit?
Figs
What inspires you?
My politics, my parents
Your favourite books?
The Catcher in the Rye, The Picture of Dorian Gray and most of Orwell’s stuff
What are you currently reading?
The Torment of Others by Val McDermid
Go to your bookshelf, take down the first book with a red spine you see, turn to page 26 and type out the first line:
‘that between white workers and capitalists; and this split depended not simply on economic exploitation but on a racial folk-law grounded on centuries of instinct, habit and thought…’ Marx and Engels, Basic Writings of Politics and Philosophy
What delighted you the most today?
My early morning walk with Ferris
By what criteria do you judge a person?
Their politics…
What’s your favourite magazine
The only one I read is the one that comes in my Guardian on Saturdays…
If you had £100 now, what would you spend it on?
A collection of Larkin’s poetry, a bottle of fizz and something nice to eat
What are your favourite films?
Amelie, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Citizen Kane, Pan’s Labyrinth
The rules:
1. Respond and rework; answer the questions on your blog, replace one question you dislike with a question of your invention, add one more question of your own.
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