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This morning I have been to take the recycling with Philip and Catherine, argued about language and gender with Catherine, listened to Throbbing Gristle and Albert Ayler thanks to Soulseek (it's been a long time! :D) and read a long article by a socialist claiming that New Labour is despite it all still the most viable political tool for radical political change :) (Here from the Fabian society if you're at all interested! It's worth it! Well, maybe not so much if you're not British. Or um. Not interested in ending the horror of grotesque social inequality....:P hee hee. Also, I guess a lot of the same issues apply to the US Democrats! and well yes.)
Then I learnt all about homelessness rules and who has a right of support from the council and all that good stuff. Hee and um ooh! There is this job here..no that didn't work...well it's a Housing Advisor one anyway if you're bothered enough to look through! ;) that I am reaaaaaally tempted to apply for! alas I probably don't have the guts. ;) Since it would involve getting a day off for an interview, asking for references, etc etc, but on the other hand it is very much what I would like to be doing and I think I more or less meet the essential criteria! As well as very enthusiastically believing in the importance of the post. Well, I shall probably just not get round to it. ;) And that will be ok. Hehe. I would like to have worked at my present job for a little bit longer before leaving too and I would be sorry to desert them! Not that I'm some kind of star assessing performer that they couldn't afford to do without, ha ha. But still!
Then in a bit I'm off to see DJ Scotch Egg, Lightning Bolt and Bilge Pump and maybe drink more cider and wish I were in a band myself :) good good!
secondly.
001. Has anyone ever thrown a surprise birthday party for you? Hehe no. I don't think that sort of thing is really any of my friends' style. Or they just don't like me that much ;)
002. What was your favourite birthday? Hmmm! Well I don't know. Birthdays are generally much of a muchness in my memory. This year's was reasonably acceptable :)
003. What is your favourite item of clothing? Corduroy trousers and stripey shirts!
004. Do you exercise? Sometimes I swim!
005. Who's your favourite fashion designer? the conceptual framework of a charity shop provides all the fashion guidance I need :D
006. Who is your fashion icon -- aka, whose style do you (or would like to) imitate?
*blank* um well... I've a fine picture of Camus on the front of 'The Rebel' where he looks just ace! And I feel that has always provided something of an inspiration to me. mm :)
007. How do you feel about "public displays of affection"? they are fine as such, but on the other hand behaviour designed to reinforce the separateness of couples from a group gets my goat!
008. Would you like to have a personal assistant? oh yes!
009. What is the best thing you have ever spent money on? I would say my guitar, but in fact my fabulous brother gave that to me! heehee. "the best thing". food!
010. Who is your least-loathed celebrity? ?
011. Do you have a favourite philosopher um um um no!! not just one. But I would like to answer the related question of several favourite philosophers, anyway: traditionally Camus (again!), Schopenhauer, Nietazsche, "etc."; also Rawls, Frederic Jameson, Thomas Nagel, and lots of Marxists :)
012. Who is your favourite artist? visual artist - I do not know!
013. Who inspires you? hehe, I realised the other day that I am in fact 'inspired' by just about anything that catches my attention at the time! ;) Not in a necessarily good way. Say I read an article about some quirky New England noiseniks and I think 'why if only I played my guitar along with other people everything would be just fine!' or I talk to someone who's just joined the Green party and decide that that's the thing that could truly give my life some meaning and then I discuss things with a nice fella from church and suddently it all seems to clear that theological reflection and engagement are the key for me. However that pitch of enthusiasm tends to only last an afternoon or so. ;)
Then I'm back to the vagueness of indecision and mild interest. As now except with some emphasis on housing law! I guess I like to see all those areas as somewhat related, if a little tenaciously, through um...a kind of aesthetic/moral complex of "meaning" where a fundamental unity in Don Caballero's cross-rhythms and John's account of Jesus is made apparent. If possible. ;)
014. If you ever got married, what song would you want played? I always claimed it would be 'Thru the Eyes of Ruby' by the wonderful (certainly in that instance!) Pumpkins but I would have to confess that that may not really be true. ;) Still, maybe that could be a good test if I ever wanted a prospective spouse. ha ha. Other than that, I think Ornette Coleman would be fun.
015. What song would you like played at your funeral? hmm! Shellac - 'Squirrel Song'
016. Would you prefer to climb trees or have a picnic? Oh a picnic! I would love a picnic!
017. What's your favourite boardgame? Chess, which I'm not very good at, or Connect 4, or Monopoly.
018. What's one thing you wish you were really good at? That is a rather interesting question. Getting great jobs!
019. What is your favourite section of the library? I tend to use the literature section most though I don't think I will now for some time after my book buying binges of late!
020. Do you have a "thing" for girls or boys in glasses? ha ha thick rimmed glasses totally! I'll think anyone's good looking in those.
021. What do you think of self-help books? ?
022. Name a "quirk" you think is fairly unique. I like silly music sillily much!
023. What aspect of the weekend do you look forward to most? Saturday morning alllllll the way
025. If you could have any job, what would it be? At the moment I'm kind of thinking Housing Advisor hehe.
026. ...Well, shouldn't you get on with it? ah but I'm chicken!
027. So, if you had this job, what would you want the place you worked in to look like? hehehe, well, I guess it would be an office, but that is ok with me. please not too dingy and a chair with armrests!
028. What is your favourite type of weather? a little cloudy but no chance of rain, maybe 17C - much like today! muaha!
029. Recommend a journal, blog, website, magazine, something! catandgirl.com!
030. Did you ever watch Carmen San Diego? I don't think so!
031. Did you ever want to be a spy, an art thief, a Russian aristocrat? haha, given how much I love/loved Dostoyevsky, a Russian aristocrat most definitely!
032. Do you have any food allergies or aversions? raw onion. oh yes. cooked onion I'm coming to terms with!
033. What sort of behaviour drives you really crazy? um...arrogance?
034. Do you regularly eat breakfast? I most certainly do!
035. What colour would your hair be in an ideal world? I'm fairly used to my eversoslightly grey brown!
036. Are you studying at the moment? no
037. Do you have a degree or qualification in something? "politics and economic history". hee hee! what a lameass.
038. If you were in a circus, what role would you have? I want to be the cute journalist who gets Fevvers like in Carter's book! Maybe if I got my ass kicked less than that it'd be nice, though.
039. If you could be any character from any movie, who would you be? oh my! Let's have a think. *some moments later* I can't, actually, think of anyone as especially appealing as all that.... oh oh oh I know! Steve Buscemi's bit-part 'beatnik' in The Hudsucker Proxy. heeee!
040. What's your favourite city? Well, London certainly has a special place in my heart, given that just about every time I've been there it's been really fabulous, because I've been going on purpose to do something good :) Other than that I love Leeds I do! And don't know many cities. Hehe.
041. Do you have any plans to travel in the near future? Not plans as such. Maybe one day!
042. Do you read online horoscopes? Which ones? Do you put any stock in them? no.
043. What do you eat most often? Macaroni cheese :D
044. Who annoys you the most in your workplace, & why? my own carelessness! and the borderline-fascist attitudes of most of the people I work with, hah. even though I generally like them anyway ;) (as pip always says - 'you like everyone, bebby!' Well, I think everyone is worth liking, in some way :)
045. What is going to be the next major thing you purchase? ohh! I don't know. I don't tend to make major purchases!
046. What makes you really, really happy? lazing about all morning (and early afternoon) reading self-important political theory and listening to music in non 4/4 time; being with people whom I like; doing something well at work; talking to regular people about politics; all of which collectively constitute those rare moments when I'm not confused and angst-ridden. heeeeee!
047. Who's your favourite Bundy: Al or Ted? bundy?
048. What's your favourite cocktail? coconutty ones! I should try more cocktails.
049. Do you have any tattoos? Do you want any? no, no.
050. What sorts of things do you find it difficult to get your head around? aaaahhh directions and where things are in a city!!! I think it's because I was sytematically denied the opportunity to learn anything beyond the way to the bus stop and the post office as a child. hehe (they were both down the one main road in my village).
051. What is something other people tend to find challenging but you find to be a doddle? hm. I don't know :) I don't know if I'm really good enough at anything to find it 'a doddle,' hehe, when most people would think it's hard. Maybe just through practice something obscure like reading moderately obtuse moral philosophy. ;)
052. Where is your favourite place to shop? jumbo records :D ("leeds' no.1 independent record store"! hehe). any charity shop wherever! (since you never know till you've been in whether it's going to be great or rubbish. or somewhere inbetween).
053. What music did you parents play that you now find you like despite yourself? teeheehee, chris de burgh.
054. What does your bedroom look like? Not very large and, ahem, a little bit messy.
ohhh much fun :D
Then I learnt all about homelessness rules and who has a right of support from the council and all that good stuff. Hee and um ooh! There is this job here..no that didn't work...well it's a Housing Advisor one anyway if you're bothered enough to look through! ;) that I am reaaaaaally tempted to apply for! alas I probably don't have the guts. ;) Since it would involve getting a day off for an interview, asking for references, etc etc, but on the other hand it is very much what I would like to be doing and I think I more or less meet the essential criteria! As well as very enthusiastically believing in the importance of the post. Well, I shall probably just not get round to it. ;) And that will be ok. Hehe. I would like to have worked at my present job for a little bit longer before leaving too and I would be sorry to desert them! Not that I'm some kind of star assessing performer that they couldn't afford to do without, ha ha. But still!
Then in a bit I'm off to see DJ Scotch Egg, Lightning Bolt and Bilge Pump and maybe drink more cider and wish I were in a band myself :) good good!
secondly.
001. Has anyone ever thrown a surprise birthday party for you? Hehe no. I don't think that sort of thing is really any of my friends' style. Or they just don't like me that much ;)
002. What was your favourite birthday? Hmmm! Well I don't know. Birthdays are generally much of a muchness in my memory. This year's was reasonably acceptable :)
003. What is your favourite item of clothing? Corduroy trousers and stripey shirts!
004. Do you exercise? Sometimes I swim!
005. Who's your favourite fashion designer? the conceptual framework of a charity shop provides all the fashion guidance I need :D
006. Who is your fashion icon -- aka, whose style do you (or would like to) imitate?
*blank* um well... I've a fine picture of Camus on the front of 'The Rebel' where he looks just ace! And I feel that has always provided something of an inspiration to me. mm :)
007. How do you feel about "public displays of affection"? they are fine as such, but on the other hand behaviour designed to reinforce the separateness of couples from a group gets my goat!
008. Would you like to have a personal assistant? oh yes!
009. What is the best thing you have ever spent money on? I would say my guitar, but in fact my fabulous brother gave that to me! heehee. "the best thing". food!
010. Who is your least-loathed celebrity? ?
011. Do you have a favourite philosopher um um um no!! not just one. But I would like to answer the related question of several favourite philosophers, anyway: traditionally Camus (again!), Schopenhauer, Nietazsche, "etc."; also Rawls, Frederic Jameson, Thomas Nagel, and lots of Marxists :)
012. Who is your favourite artist? visual artist - I do not know!
013. Who inspires you? hehe, I realised the other day that I am in fact 'inspired' by just about anything that catches my attention at the time! ;) Not in a necessarily good way. Say I read an article about some quirky New England noiseniks and I think 'why if only I played my guitar along with other people everything would be just fine!' or I talk to someone who's just joined the Green party and decide that that's the thing that could truly give my life some meaning and then I discuss things with a nice fella from church and suddently it all seems to clear that theological reflection and engagement are the key for me. However that pitch of enthusiasm tends to only last an afternoon or so. ;)
Then I'm back to the vagueness of indecision and mild interest. As now except with some emphasis on housing law! I guess I like to see all those areas as somewhat related, if a little tenaciously, through um...a kind of aesthetic/moral complex of "meaning" where a fundamental unity in Don Caballero's cross-rhythms and John's account of Jesus is made apparent. If possible. ;)
014. If you ever got married, what song would you want played? I always claimed it would be 'Thru the Eyes of Ruby' by the wonderful (certainly in that instance!) Pumpkins but I would have to confess that that may not really be true. ;) Still, maybe that could be a good test if I ever wanted a prospective spouse. ha ha. Other than that, I think Ornette Coleman would be fun.
015. What song would you like played at your funeral? hmm! Shellac - 'Squirrel Song'
016. Would you prefer to climb trees or have a picnic? Oh a picnic! I would love a picnic!
017. What's your favourite boardgame? Chess, which I'm not very good at, or Connect 4, or Monopoly.
018. What's one thing you wish you were really good at? That is a rather interesting question. Getting great jobs!
019. What is your favourite section of the library? I tend to use the literature section most though I don't think I will now for some time after my book buying binges of late!
020. Do you have a "thing" for girls or boys in glasses? ha ha thick rimmed glasses totally! I'll think anyone's good looking in those.
021. What do you think of self-help books? ?
022. Name a "quirk" you think is fairly unique. I like silly music sillily much!
023. What aspect of the weekend do you look forward to most? Saturday morning alllllll the way
025. If you could have any job, what would it be? At the moment I'm kind of thinking Housing Advisor hehe.
026. ...Well, shouldn't you get on with it? ah but I'm chicken!
027. So, if you had this job, what would you want the place you worked in to look like? hehehe, well, I guess it would be an office, but that is ok with me. please not too dingy and a chair with armrests!
028. What is your favourite type of weather? a little cloudy but no chance of rain, maybe 17C - much like today! muaha!
029. Recommend a journal, blog, website, magazine, something! catandgirl.com!
030. Did you ever watch Carmen San Diego? I don't think so!
031. Did you ever want to be a spy, an art thief, a Russian aristocrat? haha, given how much I love/loved Dostoyevsky, a Russian aristocrat most definitely!
032. Do you have any food allergies or aversions? raw onion. oh yes. cooked onion I'm coming to terms with!
033. What sort of behaviour drives you really crazy? um...arrogance?
034. Do you regularly eat breakfast? I most certainly do!
035. What colour would your hair be in an ideal world? I'm fairly used to my eversoslightly grey brown!
036. Are you studying at the moment? no
037. Do you have a degree or qualification in something? "politics and economic history". hee hee! what a lameass.
038. If you were in a circus, what role would you have? I want to be the cute journalist who gets Fevvers like in Carter's book! Maybe if I got my ass kicked less than that it'd be nice, though.
039. If you could be any character from any movie, who would you be? oh my! Let's have a think. *some moments later* I can't, actually, think of anyone as especially appealing as all that.... oh oh oh I know! Steve Buscemi's bit-part 'beatnik' in The Hudsucker Proxy. heeee!
040. What's your favourite city? Well, London certainly has a special place in my heart, given that just about every time I've been there it's been really fabulous, because I've been going on purpose to do something good :) Other than that I love Leeds I do! And don't know many cities. Hehe.
041. Do you have any plans to travel in the near future? Not plans as such. Maybe one day!
042. Do you read online horoscopes? Which ones? Do you put any stock in them? no.
043. What do you eat most often? Macaroni cheese :D
044. Who annoys you the most in your workplace, & why? my own carelessness! and the borderline-fascist attitudes of most of the people I work with, hah. even though I generally like them anyway ;) (as pip always says - 'you like everyone, bebby!' Well, I think everyone is worth liking, in some way :)
045. What is going to be the next major thing you purchase? ohh! I don't know. I don't tend to make major purchases!
046. What makes you really, really happy? lazing about all morning (and early afternoon) reading self-important political theory and listening to music in non 4/4 time; being with people whom I like; doing something well at work; talking to regular people about politics; all of which collectively constitute those rare moments when I'm not confused and angst-ridden. heeeeee!
047. Who's your favourite Bundy: Al or Ted? bundy?
048. What's your favourite cocktail? coconutty ones! I should try more cocktails.
049. Do you have any tattoos? Do you want any? no, no.
050. What sorts of things do you find it difficult to get your head around? aaaahhh directions and where things are in a city!!! I think it's because I was sytematically denied the opportunity to learn anything beyond the way to the bus stop and the post office as a child. hehe (they were both down the one main road in my village).
051. What is something other people tend to find challenging but you find to be a doddle? hm. I don't know :) I don't know if I'm really good enough at anything to find it 'a doddle,' hehe, when most people would think it's hard. Maybe just through practice something obscure like reading moderately obtuse moral philosophy. ;)
052. Where is your favourite place to shop? jumbo records :D ("leeds' no.1 independent record store"! hehe). any charity shop wherever! (since you never know till you've been in whether it's going to be great or rubbish. or somewhere inbetween).
053. What music did you parents play that you now find you like despite yourself? teeheehee, chris de burgh.
054. What does your bedroom look like? Not very large and, ahem, a little bit messy.
ohhh much fun :D