1. First crush2. A music genre you struggle to appreciate
3. If you could follow a completely different career path, what would you do?
4. A book you really liked
5. A book you couldn't get into
6. Last movie your saw on the big screen
7. Last movie you saw on the little screen
8. How old were you when you got your drivers' licence?
9. What subjects did you do in year 11/12?
10. What were you doing this time ten years ago
29 comments:
1. First crush
2. A music genre you struggle to appreciate
3. If you could follow a completely different career path, what would you do?
4. A book you really liked
5. A book you couldn't get into
6. Last movie your saw on the big screen
7. Last movie you saw on the little screen
8. How old were you when you got your drivers' licence?
9. What subjects did you do in year 11/12?
10. What were you doing this time ten years ago
welcome back! Glad you had a good holiday.
1. family friend
2. Indie music. Maybe I'd like to get into the genre, but I find it intimidating.
3. I'd have studied visual arts (painting and drawing) and see where that got me. Teachers at school said I had lots of potential, but I wanted a "career". Ho hum.
4. A fine Balance by Rohinton Minstry
5. Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf (I'll keep trying)
6. So long ago I can't remember
7. The Jammed
8. 18
9. 3U English, Visual Art, Modern History, Photography, General Studies, Biology and 2U Maths
10. I was 16. Don't know. Being angsty probably.
1. a boy called christian
2. thrash
3. some kind of aid work
4. just tried garry disher, can't remember the name of the book but it was good solid aussie crime fiction
5. sophies world
6. unfortunately it was star trek!!
7. funny face
8. 20ish
9. 3u modern, 3u ancient, 3u english, indonesian, maths in society
10. first year uni...making new friends and having breakfasts with my grandma. she made me fresh bread and set the table with a blue check tablecloth and little pots for jam. so cool!
1. The Swedish exchange student
2. Metal :)
3. If I'd had my first choice all along I'd be a stay home Mum.
4. The Kite Runner
5. The god of Small Things
6. Harry Potter 6
7. American Gangster
8. 19
9. Physics, Chemistry, Music, Japanese, Maths 1, English
10. Working in a small recording studio on the Gold Coast, writing my application for Moore college.
1. Vicky Wilson
2. Punk
3. Surfboard manufacturing
4. Time traveller's wife
5. Catcher in the Rye
6. Inglorious Basterds
7. Righteous Kill
8. 17
9. maths 1, Science, English, Economics, Art, Theatre
10. Racing motorcycles (a lot), Running a business and living in Brisbane contemplating buying a house with girlfriend....
1.Esther Unsworth
2.All jazz after about 1930
3.I'd be a park ranger bloke who wandered about national parks by himself looking at animals and trees.
4.Cannery Row by John Steinbeck
5.Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse
6.Coraline
7.Burn After Reading
8.Got my P's a couple of years ago. I was proably about 30.
9.Maths in Society, Science For Life, Geography, General English,2 and 3 Unit Art, Design and Technology
10. Doing my honours year at uni. Living with my folks in the Blue Mountains. Playing in my hip hop group. Bemoaning lost love.
1. TV newsreader
2. R&B
3. I'd learn how to produce music (like Goldy can). And I'd record people with good and interesting voices singing my songs and there would be no dated guitar licks but lots of nice poppy sounds.
4. C.S. Lewis letters Volume 3
5. Tess Of The Du'rbervilles
6. Night at the museum 2
7. Harry Potter 3
8. 18
9. Maths 1, Maths 2, Chem, Music, Geography, English
10. Studying at Moore College. Actually, I was sitting in lectures at MTC and listening out for any interesting baby names and drawing pictures of maternity clothes.
1. My mum's best friend's son - the crush lasted 9 years.
2. Bach
3. Stay at home mum
4. Love in a Cold Climate
5. Catcher in the Rye
6. The Young Victoria
7. Love in a Cold Climate
8. I'm still on my L's. Hopefully I'll be 26 or 27.
9. Advanced English, Maths, Modern History, 3u Art, 3u Design & Technology.
10. Struggling through year 10 and hanging out for the October School Holiday.
Soph- Yeah, I kind of got indoctrinated with indie music from a young age, from my older bro. But indie peeps are kind of annoying, and think they know every important thing about music. Like I do! So I try not to use the 'i' word anymore..
By the way, I'd be interested to see some of your artistic endeavours.
Thora- The thing about thrash, is that it is sometimes just too awesome for the average punter to withstand. You need to take sips in order to build up a tolerance.
Wow, I envy you guys who did 3 unit english. I really wanted to, and started doing it, but then bombed out. I regret that. I also really regret not doing history.
Goldy- Another low blow about metal. That's ok, I can take it.I'm hard like that.
I'd like to read the Kite Runner. looks good.
Pedro- Been hanging to see Inglorious Basterds.. What did you think?
Wow, I didn't know you did theatre..
Simone- I hear ya. There needs to be more producers, especially of Christy music, that don't opt for the cheese vibe. Or the supposed 'bit grungy' vibe to be edgy. You know the only Christy music I can really handle is Kieth Green? His music and the production of his music to me is something that's never been matched.
1. A boy at school.
2. Jazz
3. I would be a good teacher.
4."Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art" by Madeleine L'Engle
5.Leviticus
6.9 (Hated it)
7.Tin Cup
8.18
9. I don't remember.
10. Getting ready to move to St Louis, Missouri so my husband could attend Seminary.
1. 4th grade smart boy
2. Heavy metal
3. Psychologist or vet
4. Harry's
5. Lord of the Rings
6. The September Issue
7. Get Smart
8. 17
9. English, Music, 4u maths, physics, chemistry and drama
10. Working for a psychiatrist specialising in bipolar disorder. I had my first ever ferrets.
Simone the problem with being a producer is you don't always get to have full control like you want and somehow those dated guitar licks still end up on the recording and you can't do anything about it, no matter how much you kick and scream.
Cool ... Tuesday Monday quiz!
1. Kathryn Lingard, preschool, aged 4
2. heavy metal
3. builder or some sort of tradie
4. 'Breath' by Tim Winton
5. Catch 22
6. ok, right, so I can't lie in the Quiz to protect myself, can I? It was 'My Sister's Keeper'.
7. Bourne Ultimatum (phew, redeemed myself there, hey)
8. 17
9. English, Maths 1, Maths 2, Chemistry, Physics and Graphics (tech drawning)
10. back living in Mackay, starting back at work part time, recovering from chemo
Kristina- More power to you for saying jazz. I know I can count on you to not write off metal. And I'm stuck in the early chapters of Levitcus as well- somewhere around 'Regulations About Mildew'.
Georgina- So tell me.. how many ferrets have you had? Do they have a very long life span?
Maso- Wow. Chick flick heaven. Good on you for your honesty. Did you cry?
1. the son of an anaethetist (seriously)
2. Hip hop
3. Photographer or poet
4. The Sea - John Banville
5. White Tiger - Aravind Adiga
6. The Young Victoria
7. Miss Marple - The Sittaford Mustery
8. 18
9. 2unit maths, Chemistry, 2+3+4 unit English, German, Modern History
10. In year 7 - probably studying for mid-year exams like a nerd!
Change that - year 8. I'm older than I thought...
@Ben
7 I think.
Tabitha and Endora were my first 2 (which I got in Jan/Feb 1999) - Dora died of insulinoma in 2005, Tabitha of old age in 2006. When Dora died I got Smokey and Bandit. Bandit died of cardiomyopathy in July 2007, and then I got Dolly, who killed herself overdosing on my medication on my birthday. Then I got Rusty (Oct 2007). Beginning of this year Smokey died, of cancer, and I got Buster.
A well ferret will live until 6-8, but sometimes they will die sooner, like Bandit and Dolly.
Buster is my first boy ferret. He is almost 2, and Rusty is 3.
This is my 1st quiz! woo hoo!
1. Ben Scott Yr 4
2. Heavy metal
3. Actor
4. The Histories by Herodotus or The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne (Haven't read either in years but loved both - you've inspired me to get reading!)
5. Utopia by Sir Thomas More
6. Mmmm... I believe it's been a good year and I can't remember...
7. Ghost Town
8. 21
9. English, Drama, Modern History,
2 & 3 unit Ancient History
& maths (bleh)
10. I was in my final year of uni, making desperate attempts to make a boy called Nathan notice me... worked out pretty well.
1. Melissa in grade 3. blonde blue eyes. never spoke to her.
2. country.
3. advertising
4. bottersnikes and gumbles SA Wakefield
5. never done any Austen but should
6. can't remember but liked No Country for Old Men
7. The Shape of Things re-run.
8. 17. bike licence 18.
9. Maths 1, 2 Phy, Chem, English, Geog,
10. 2nd year Moore College. expecting No. 1 son.
1. A guy at school
2. The Wiggles
3. One of those stay at home creative Mum bloggers who write about what they are making and Make money from the advertising. Sweet! Although hard work to be interesting all the time.
4. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society. Very light and friendly.
5. The lord of the rings... Tom Bombadil was the final nail in the coffin.
6. Aliens in the attic
7. LOTR
8. 17
9. 2U Related English, Mod History, Economics, Business Studies, Biology, 2U maths
10. Year 11.
oops - i feel pretty silly. 10 years ago I was only in 2nd year uni. had not yet met nathan. and was in fact this very day celebrating my 21st birthday! can you tell i have baby brain?
hooray for long weekends Ben!
1. some blond guy called Kirk from school
2. brother's german metal
3. speechie
4. Mistborn
5. LOTR
6. Winged Creatures
7. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
8. never - medically restricted
9. English, Maths B, German, Chem, Physics, Modern History - stopped halfway thru year 12
10. beginning to thrive at school, hanging out to have a birthday and watch MA movies
Ben ... no way, no crying!
(And in case you're wondering, the movie is not as good as the book.)
2. trying to think of music I struggle to appreciate.... everything is ok, as long as it isn't constantly played...
3. Speech pathologist, or child psychologist,
4. The Emperor of Absurdia
5. Havoc
6. HP 6
7. The Glenn Miller Story - on ABC2 last Sat night - I love June Allyson and James Stewart
8. 22, I think...
9. 2U English, 3U Maths, 2U Music, 2U Ancient History, 2U Chemistry, 1U General Studies.
10. Looking after my firstborn, who was but five months old in September 10yrs ago!
1. A guy I went to high school with and was in band with...his name was Chris...I still keep in touch with him!!
2. Rap
3. I'm currently doing it by going back to school, getting into the medical field.
4. Gone With The Wind
5. Too many to name....
6. Julie&Julia
7. Pride & Prejudice
8. 17
9. College prep
10. Working as a screen printer
1. First crush - A boy in grade 1; actually two boys in grade 1. ;-)
2. A music genre you struggle to appreciate - rap.
3. If you could follow a completely different career path, what would you do? - Book-keeper (studying towards this); successful small business owner (have some ideas but don't know how to put them into practise); singer (nice voice but not enough power).
4. A book you really liked - many fit this bill so I'll give you one - Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery
5. A book you couldn't get into - LOTR - still haven't read it (have read The Hobit though).
6. Last movie your saw on the big screen - The Proposal
7. Last movie you saw on the little screen - Paint Your Wagon (DVD - Clint Eastwood was quite a stunner when he was young).
8. How old were you when you got your drivers' licence? - 21
9. What subjects did you do in year 11/12? - English, Graphics, Maths 1, Maths 2, Chemistry, Physics (would have loved to have done German but it was on the same line as Maths 2)
10. What were you doing this time ten years ago - Unpacking into the house we'd just bought (which we sold 3.5 years later).
Sophg- Wow an anethetists' son. I like it. You studied in year 7? Wow I don't hink I studied until year 10 at the earliest.
Georgina- Wow. Seems to me life as a ferret lover is filled with a lot of loss! I don't know if I could handle that. I'd need a pet that would outlast me. Maybe a galapogus turtle..
Mq2- Welcome! Histories of Herodotus- that's pretty hardcore of you. Nice work with bagging your fella back in the day. And happy birthday!
ChrisL- Oh man, I remember Bottersnikes and Gumbles! I had that as a boy. It sort of scared me a bit, actually.
Em- ha! Tom Bombadill! Yeah that was a rough few chapters that bit. Go on your quest already, you silly little hobbits. Why are you wasting your time with that weird old fella and lolly-gagging around at the Prancing Pony?
Milika- Ahh, German metal. Close to my heart. My personal favourite is Kreator. High five your brother for me.
Maso- I really wasn't wondering, but thanks. My wife said the same thing though. I do however sense that you protesteth too much about the crying.. Go on, let it out, brother.
ruth- I think you would have been good at those professions. Wow, it's crazy to think of A being just a little bub 10 years ago, and of you guys being just a family of 3!
Beth- Cool that you worked as a screenprinter. I did some of that in my degree and enjoyed it. Found it a bit stressful as the results always seemed unpredictable.
Laetitia- Did you get past Tom Bombadil in LOTR? Yeah, I reckon having a small business would be very satisfying, if you knew what you were doing, but highly stressful if you didn't..
I got lost in the prologue - I'm told that one shouldn't bother with it but I don't own a copy to try again with it (and who knows whether I get it back to a public library on time simply on the basis that I don't have much time to read at the moment). One day I might try borrowing it from someone else.
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