1. Recipe, or make it up as you go2. Do you have a recurring dream?
3. Exercise of choice
4. How you'd like to spend $30
5. How many times do you wear a pair of socks (honestly)
6. Something about yourself you didn't realise a few years ago
7. Number of coffees you have a day
8. The blog you've started reading most recently
9. Are you on a Mac or a PC?
10. The five teens in The Breakfast Club are described as 'a brain, a beauty, a jock, a rebel and a recluse'. Which combination of two of these best describe you during high school? (Seriously, how good is this question?)
40 comments:
1. Recipe, or make it up as you go
2. Do you have a recurring dream?
3. Exercise of choice
4. How you'd like to spend $30
5. How many times do you wear a pair of socks (honestly)
6. Something about yourself you didn't realise a few years ago
7. Number of coffees you have a day
8. The blog you've started reading most recently
9. Are you on a Mac or a PC?
10. The five teens in The Breakfast Club are described as 'a brain, a beauty, a jock, a rebel and a recluse'. Which combination of two of these best describe you during high school? (Seriously, how good is this question?)
1. make it up
2. not at the moment
3. dance classes (but too poor at the moment, so settling on walks and exercise DVDs. Worst exercise -running. It's BORING).
4. a nice dinner out with friends
5. once
6. I am more like my mother than I realised (only found this out when I got married).
7. 1
8. Not Quite Nigella
9. PC
10. Brain/beauty (only chose beauty because I definitely wasn't the other three)
1. Recipe
2. Nope
3. Walking
4. Wool/Fabric
5. Once
6. I'm a perfectionist
7. 0
8. My sisters'
9. PC
10. brain and none of the others really!
1. make it up
2. quite a few fire dreams lately, but not really recurring.
3. right now, jogging or swimming. usually weights.
4. food in a coffee shop by myself
5. Pair of socks lasts 2 air-con gym trips. Only one run.
6. I'm more like my dad than my mum
7. 0. (but quite a bit of Pepsi-max)
8. paradoxically speaking
9. PC
10. brain and ?
1. Make it up as I go
2. No dreams with sleeping pills
3. Walking
4. Good dinner out
5. Once....honestly.
6. I'm stronger than I thought
7. *sniff* none...
8. Nobody new
9. PC
10. The recluse
1.make it up
2.I dream a lot about running late, and having to keep going back home for things- wallet, shoes, pants.
3.jogging or swimming. I'd like to take up boxing.
4.A metal cd, a comic and a coffee in a cafe.
5.twice (there, I've said it)
6.that I have anxiety issues
7.usually two
8.Izaac's or Amy's
9.PC
10.rebel/recluse
1. recipe with personal touches..
2. yes.
3. Surfing
4. Good steak.
5. Once
6. No self confidence
7. 3 or 4
8. Dane Reynolds'
9. Mac / work - Home / PC
10. Why two mate? i'd say the 'rebel' in school..the others don't need apply...
1. bit of both
2. not at the moment
3. deep water running
4. last minute theatre ticket
5. one
6. I want control more than I thought
7. none - coffee and I don't mix
8. musings
9. PC
10. brain and recluse
1. A little of both. Mainly recipe.
2. Nup
3. Cycling or running
4. A beer I've never had before.
5. Once. Twice if desperate.
6. I'm not as smart as I thought I was.
7. 1-2
8. I'm reading less rather than more. St-eutychus might be the latest?
9. PC. But always thinking that life would be better on a mac.
10. Inspired question ben. Hard to pick a second. Brain and (wannabe) Jock.
1. Both, I make up recipes and then I try to use them again and improve on them.
2. Yes. The one where I have a piece of assessment due preventing me from graduating from university. Four years ago.
3. Indoor soccer.
4. A book, a coffee, a curry chicken pie, a banana paddlepop.
5. I assume prior to washing? Work socks probably three times.
6. My memory is bizarrely good when it comes to useless information.
7. 3 or 4.
8. I started reading about 8 that I found the other day (of friends who hadn't been forthcoming about the fact that they had blogs).
9. Both, I'm working on my work PC but have my Mac laptop at work to do some photo editing.
10. A brainy rebel. (It's a cool question)
1. recipe mostly
2. tornados
3. jogging, circuit training
4. Gilmore Girls season on dvd
5. once
6. I'm able to coordinate a special needs ministry
7. none - 2-3 cups of tea
8. nothing new recently
9. PC
10. recluse/brain
Monday quiz - squee!
1. Make it up, absoloodle. Drives my flatmate crazy... "what's the recipe? How much?"
2. Dreams: Yes, several. One is trying to pass 4 unit maths. Another is my teeth all falling out. Another is having all my ferrets escape!
3. Swimming!
4. With a nice lunch at an ocean side cafe with a friend.
5. once (I am a girl)
6. How good I am in front of people.
7. Nil. Now, if you're asking about coke zero, well...
8. Um, the one in the hospital with the food. It's a bit repetitive.
9. PC.
10. A brain and a recluse.
Monday quiz - squee! (re-post to c larify)
1. Make it up, absoloodle. Drives my flatmate crazy... "what's the recipe? How much?"
2. Dreams: Yes, several. One is trying to pass 4 unit maths. Another is my teeth all falling out. Another is having all my ferrets escape!
3. Swimming!
4. With a nice lunch at an ocean side cafe with a friend.
5. once (I am a girl)
6. How good I am speaking in front of people.
7. Nil. Now, if you're asking about coke zero, well...
8. Um, the one in the hospital with the food. It's a bit repetitive.
9. PC.
10. A brain and a recluse.
1. Make it up - which is why baking is not for me.
2. I either get axe-murdered or find out my husband hates me on a regular basis. Insomnia is actually a relief some of the time.
3. Fridge to couch? I want to start dance classes again though.
4. Books, books, books. Probably book with the prices in Australia though.
5. Once. Ewwww.
6. That people actually might like me.
7. 0. I figure I'll save it for if I have kids so it is more effective :)
8. Ben's, Nathan's, Crafty tutorials
9. Mac
10. Brain and recluse.
1. recipe ... followed strictly
2. no (unless sitting at work daydreaming about being at the beach counts)
3. running
4. petrol to get to the coast for for the day
5. work socks ... once / for a 40 minute run ... sometimes twice
6. people like having me around
7. two to three (NB sometimes one of them will even contain caffeine)
8. kutz'
9. PC
10. a brain maybe ... only
1. Both, of course
2. As a child. Crazy man's head pops out of some corner in every room of the house, including between my parents in their bed.
3. Football (soccer, that is. All varieties)
4. Buy something to procrastinate from answering this question
5. Once. Have you smelled my feet?
6. I'm scared a lot.
7. 0.
8. Phil Richo's.
9. PC
10. Brain and Recluse. In yr 11& 12, perhaps jock too.
1. recipe
2. no
3. golf
4. golf
5. once
6. I'm an okay builder
7. zero
8. evangelical calvinism
9. PC
10. none. Mr.Average
1. Recipe, or make it up as you go - recipe (I figure other people know more than I do about cooking) but I feel free to substitute or leave out ingredients I can't eat - no way am I putting capsicum or even a substitute for it in anything!
2. Do you have a recurring dream? - not currently but I do when traumatic things happen (like I kept dreaming that my cat was walking away from me after she got hit by a car)
3. Exercise of choice - horse-riding, but since I don't have access to that at the moment, something at the gym
4. How you'd like to spend $30 - at this time of year, stuff for an Operation Christmas Child shoebox - I get to buy "stuff" that won't stay in my house.
5. How many times do you wear a pair of socks (honestly) - twice - my feet basically don't sweat; this can actually be a problem in summer.
6. Something about yourself you didn't realise a few years ago - is that, "didn't realise until a few years ago"? - just how much of a homebody I really am
7. Number of coffees you have a day - bleah, I'm a tea / coke girl.
8. The blog you've started reading most recently - on a regular basis "Relz Reviewz"; could be tempted by some of the ones Simone has recently linked to on her sidebar though.
9. Are you on a Mac or a PC? - I'm on a chair; I'm using a PC. :-)
10. The five teens in The Breakfast Club are described as 'a brain, a beauty, a jock, a rebel and a recluse'. Which combination of two of these best describe you during high school? (Seriously, how good is this question?) - Brain and either rebel (more of a non-conformist) or recluse (I still wouldn't win any Popularity awards).
1. make it up as I go
2. yes
3. walking
4. on a dvd
5. i rarely ever wear socks, not sure I own any
6. i'm competitive
7. 0
8. I haven't stepped outside my normal blog selection for a long time - any good suggestions?
9. Mac
10. a brain, ....I think that's the only one! (excellent question though)....if I could add a second I'd say a chatterbox.
Ruth
soph- Good on you for saying beauty. I knew everyone would be scared of saying that one! Yeah my issue with running is the boredom factor too.
em- It's weird isn't it, that you can not realise something, like that you are a perfectionist. You'd think that would be obvious growing up. I had a realisation of that same thing too.
simone- I like that you openly admit to liking time alone, and that you'd go to a cafe by yourself, as a first choice. I like my alone time too, and enjoy just sitting by myself in a cafe, observing.
beth- Yeah, you sort of discover your own strength as you experience different things, don't you. You start life feeling invincible, then you figure out, oh actually I'm very easily broken. And then from there you learn that you are actually strong too.
pedro- It's so good that you have a means of excersise that is also something that you love and want to do. I will never love jogging or want to do it! This is why I'm seriously considering your boxing suggestion though..
milika-What on earth is deep water running? Sounds bizarre but awesome..
guthers-gosh, $30 beer..that's gotta taste pretty good. I love beer, but I can't bring myself to spend much on it. What's yr fav?
nathan-Work socks 3 times? Oh, my friend, you have exceeded my high expectations. i feel a great bond with you right now.
lu-E is a mad Gilmore Girls fan. I used to hate it, but sort of got sucked in. We have all 7 or 8 series. E won't watch the last episode though.
Man, answering the quiz comments is a big job. I might employ a secratary to do the job for me. Deep breath..
georgina- E had a dream just the other night about teeth falling out. I hear it's a pretty common one. I wonder what the significance is.. Denturephobia?
amy-there's no need for eeww's. My feet smell like a summer breeze, with a hint of night blooming jasmine. If you've got it, flaunt it. Yuck, I have distubing dreams too. Not a nice feeling to wake up stressed..
maso- I'd wear jogging socks 3 or 4 times. Your supposed to smell when you excersise. it goes with the territory. I like yr number 6 answer. That's a cool realisation.
kutz- wow, that is a freaky dream.. was the guy familiar or just some random scary bloke?
andrew-welcome! nice to have you.I am generally anti-golf, but am considering trying it again. I think it might be a nice calming thing to do. No offence, but do you really get exercise out of it?
laetitia- I like capsicum, but it is very strong, and can overpower things a bit. My newish resolution is to not put olives and capsicum in the same thing, because they kind of cancel each other out.
Actually, I meant something you realise about yourself now, that you didn't a few years ago.
ruth-wow. sockless. Do you not get cold feet? The competitive thing comes out when you introduce strategy board games in to a marriage:)
I'm pretty surprised that 11 of you said you don't drink coffee. I didn't expect that.
Coffee's over-rated. ;-) Smells nice (so long as it isn't burnt or on someone's breath) but the flavour just doesn't live up to the smell.
Laetitia,
If the taste of coffee does not live up to the smell you need to get someone better to make you a coffee.
Sorry Nathan, but I agree with Laetitia.
Coffee (like many foods/drinks) just can't live up to the smell.
Even made by coffee nuts as obsessed as you are...
1. Start with the recipe, and then change everything
2. Being naked in public...I think that's a dream
3. Walking to the pub
4. DVD or book
5. Once
6. Hate animation
7. 0
8. Duff McKagan
9. Mac
10. Rebel/Jock
"Even made by coffee nuts as obsessed as you are..."
Given that I'm yet to make you a coffee this seems to be a little bit of an assumption.
Who needs coffee, when you can be addicted to blogging instead!?!
Yeah, I've always been competitive with AB, we knew that from highschool days, but it surprised me how competitive I can be with other people. That was the surprise. I'm not that competitive anymore with board games - I just don't play the games I'm not going to win!
Ben, I am very impressed by your commitment to answer all your commenters. Lesser bloggers would have revelled in the double-digit comments and neglected the conversation. Good form.
As for beer, I probably wouldn't spend $30 on just one, although that could be done. Maybe a six-pack. There is a beer called Coopers Vintage ale that is probably my fav. $25-30 for 6. But as with all food and drink, it's not necessarily the most expensive that tastes the best!
Hicksy- I'm totally with you with the realisation of hating animation. Strictly for toddlers and boffins.
Ruth- Good strategy!
As for the coffee debate. It's like a fine wine. Some taste it and think it's horrible and tastes like metho. Others, the more sophisticated of us, pick up the tender summer bouquet, the gentle oak barrel tones and the heady and rotund hint of the ocean in every sip.
It's all about education, sophistication and maturity. Us coffee appreciators must bear with our tea drinking weaker brethren.
Guthers, is that Coopers like the red or green one that you see a lot? I kind of like that, but find it a bit heavy going.. Is the vintage like that too?
Coffee is a dangerous substance.
My last coffee kept me awake for three days - obviously an extreme reaction, but how much would I have to drink to stop that effect?
Much better to avoid it and enjoy tea!
Ben - deep water running is basically that.
Jump into a deep pool and run from one side to the other, keeping the body upright and roughly in the water at shoulder height. It's fairly intense and no impact. New people wear a flotation belt to help at the start.
Ben - same brand. Coopers have like 15 different beers. Vintage is much heavier then red ("sparkling ale") or green ("pale ale") so it may not be your cup of tea (or coffee).
Tea has the same amount of caffeine as coffee, my chemist-husband informs me.
Nathan - you are hereby challenged to make me a coffee next year when you're back in Brisbane, but I doubt it will change the outcome.
1. make it up
2. not getting 7K words written in the next 10 days
3. running
4. a book
5. mostly twice (but second time running)
6. i'm more of an individualist than i thought i was
7. 0-1 depending on the week
8. mark thompson thinking theologically
9. PC with mac envy
10. brain at my state school
This is fun. Simone led me over here.
1. Recipe, but I rarely totally stick with it. Usually because I don't have all the ingredients. Adjust as necessary.
2. I can't recall
3. Volleyball, but it's pretty hard on the joints these days. I love it that you are exercising, but not even thinking about the fact you are. You're right, jogging is boring - so are weights.
4. Hmmm tough. Probably a massage.
5. Once. More than that if I've only worn them a short time.
6. I'm a writer
7. Three, but at least one of those is decaf. Good coffee is something to be enjoyed.
8. Epley Update
9. Mac
10. Brain and a jock. But where does music come in here? I spent a lot of time doing music.
Milika- would you believe that I actually had a dream last night that I was deep water running? My wife went for a swim last night, and that coupled with your info about this sport actually made me dream I was doing it! Funny. It was kind of fun, but I quickly ran out of breath and struggled to get to the surface quick enough.
wendy- Thanks for stopping by, it's nice to have you.
Yeah, i wouldn't mind having another crack at vollyball. It's a fun game. Though it often seems rather competitive, and that you can easily let your team down... too much pressure!
1. recipe but change several ingredients as we don't have them.
2. well, recurring themes of being left/abandoned by a loved one.
3. Pilates or walking along the beach
4. beauty treatment - to be pampered
5. a month or so between washes! (but not worn every day)
6. my worth
7. 0 :(
8. this one is my only one!
9. pc
10. brain and rebel! ha!
Sorry so late, but I want to answer anyway.
1. I either follow the recipe completely or wing it completely.
2. Nope.
3. Walking.
4. Vodka.
5. Once, sometimes twice.
6. I don't like kids.
7. At least 2.
8. Atlas Shrugs.
9. PC.
10. They called it a 'basket case' in the movie.
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