Five Questions Meme!

[altogetherisi]

Five questions meme! If you would like me to ask you five questions, comment saying ZUCK ON IT. Because that's a phrase we should all be saying more.

antistar_e asked me:

1. Favourite thing to do on a lazy afternoon?

Hmmm, rather too many of my afternoons have been lazy recently and I’m afraid most have been frittered away. Generally, my happiest afternoons seem to be those when I’m outside in good weather doing nothing strenuous :P One of my favourite days last summer, for example, was the day a group of friends and I had a Pimms picnic in punts, and then after leaving the punts spent hours lying in the sun chatting and drinking and just having a very nice time being together :D On my own, I’d want to have a book to read or my notebook to write in.

2. Do you prefer summer or winter? Autumn or spring?

Summer, and spring. I like the idea of winter and autumn more than the reality! There are lots of pros – snug clothes, open fires, heavy rich food, my birthday, Halloween, Guy Fawkes and the myriad happy things that Christmas means – but I don’t like when it gets dark early, or getting chilblains. And y’know, I have what amounts to a mild form of SAD and I am inclined to slow down over winter – in spring, as well as flowers and lambs, I literally feel myself coming back to life, waking up and feeling energised and excited about life. And like I want to cut off a lot of my hair, usually XD Also, summer = holidays and iced drinks and pretty dresses :D

3. Surprise! I’m visiting your current place of residence! :D Where’s the first place you’d take me?

Oh lord, I am a bit of a rubbish host. daisysusan was here a couple of weeks ago, I basically walked her around a few old things and tried to remember stuff about them... essentially, what where I live has to offer is many old buildings and stories about them, so, that! Also, there would be a mandatory stop for a free sample of fudge.

4. What was the last movie you watched?

The Artist! It was wonderful, and deserves to win all the awards.

5. What ship did you ship when you were younger that you’re now kind of embarrassed about?

Hmm, this is tricky, because while I have shipped a great many things, I essentially have no shame about any of them XD Um. I wrote Harry/Dudley once?

and hapakitsune asked me:

1. Who is your favourite fictional character?

WELL NOW HERE IS A QUESTION THAT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO ANSWER. I find it pretty impossible to pick favourites from individual canons, and now I must pick one out of everything? CRUEL AND UNUSUAL. I have typed and backspaced many a name. Um, um, um. I choose... Satan, from Paradise Lost. BAM. If I could pick best ensemble, it would be the entire cast of Good Omens.

2. What is your favourite type of fic?

Um... good ones? Long ones! Fic which has been beta-ed! And Brit picked, where appropriate XD Honestly I read all sorts. Though I suppose not much gen, and not much het :P I’m often happy to put up with lower standards in some areas if a fic hits my kinks (both sexual and narrative) and likewise am happy to step out of my comfort zone if something is strongly recommended.

3. Who else was born on the same day as you? Are you proud/ashamed of that?

I couldn’t think of anyone, so I looked on Wikipedia, and I think the most interesting is The Kray Twins. If you don’t know, the Kray Twins were notorious east end gangsters back in the day, serious criminals. Also, one of them, Ronnie, was openly bisexual, which I find interesting. I don’t feel either proud or ashamed, it’s not like I did anything to arrange this...

4. Where was the last place you went on vacation?

Greece, in September – we go every year :)

5. What is the worst class you’ve ever taken?

Hmmm, choices choices. It could be the Spanish class I dropped because I hated it and the teacher and I swear she hated me and also I was awful at Spanish; it could be the couple of weeks of individual Ancient Greek tuition I had with the headmaster of a school which I was not hugely keen on and was essentially massively awkward; it could be the Who Is Jesus Christ? (or whatever the paper was called) lectures I had to fight to stay awake in. The winner is probably the yoga classes I picked for a PE rotation though – that was absolute hell. Miserable, ridiculous and painful, the lowest point was having an ugly man hold my ankles while I had to bridge up at him. Ew ew ew. And, all of this made even worse by the fact on the other side of the gym most of my friends were having an awesome time learning self defense :/

And now, I must go make pancakes!