The Questions and My Answers
1 WHERE WERE YOU BORN?
Birmingham, England
2 WHERE ARE YOU LIVING NOW?
Portsmouth, Virginia
3 IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE?
Green
4 LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED
The Constant Gardener
5 WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW?
I am re-reading 1984 but Big Brother (ie. the Portsmouth library) wants it back.
6 THE POWER GOES OUT. IT WILL BE OUT FOR SEVERAL HOURS. WHAT DO YOU DO WITH YOURELF?
I party like it's 1973.
7 WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW?
Wild is the Wind by David Bowie
8 GREATEST STRUGGLE AS A WRITER
Beginnings, middles and endings and writing agent query letters that result in success or even a polite response.
9 WHAT IS THE ONE BOOK YOU THINK EVERYONE SHOULD READ?
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
10 IF YOU COULD BE ONE OF THE GREEK GODS WHO WOULD IT BE AND WHY?
Dionysus, because he was the God of Wine which beats whine or war.
11 WEIRDEST THING YOU'VE EVER BEEN TOLD BY A FORTUNE COOKIE
No idea. The kids always eat them before I can get my paws on them.
SEVEN RANDOM FACTS ABOUT ME
1 I can still remember all the words of An Irish Airman by William Butler Yeats.
2 I have a recurring dream that I am at school at I have missed French classes for 20 years.
3 I'm the only person I know who broke a bone falling off the bottom of a mountain
4 I think I would win a medal at the Olympics, but only if spilling food or coffee on myself was elevated to an Olympic sport
5 I once interviewed a suicide bomber but he didn't bother to tell me at the time.
6 I once had a conversation with actress Emma Thompson without realizing who she was.
7 I have a phobia about belly buttons.
My Nominees....
Rowena at Designs by Row
Deborah Wischhheeelow (whatever) at Fashion Plate.
Dee at DeeCoded.
Lisa at Flash Fiction
Kittie Howard at Kittie Howard
Robyn Engel at Life by Chocolate
Sarah Hague at St Bloggie De Riviere
Here are the rules for the Inspirational Liebster Blogger Award:
1. Display logo in your blog to show you've been nominated!
2. Link back to your nominator.
3. Share 7 things about yourself.
4. Nominate 7 other bloggers for the award.
5. Notify your nominees.
Belly Buttons? I need to hear more!
ReplyDeleteDeborah, I would like to know more about this as well. :)
Deletewell you know phobias are not rational - um dunno, they make me go all eeeekkkkk
DeleteThanks mate, I might take you up on it, when I have a mo... :)
ReplyDeleteyay Sarah go for it, when you take a break from slagging off the French lol
DeleteCongrats on the award! Love your answers to the questions, particularly #6.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Cherie :)
DeleteI always appreciate your wit, David. Thanks so much for the award. [No promises, and I hope you won't be disappointed if I bypass it. This last one was the only one I've done in years. And I didn't exactly do it; I rebelled against it.]
ReplyDeleteWow, I have recurring dreams that I'm back in college, missing classes too. So strange. It's not French class (never took that), it's History or some topic that I hated. I'm afraid I'm going to fail because of it. Then I wake up, relieved.
Cheers,
xoRobyn
gah may talk to you again one day - oh curious I loved history...:)
DeleteThanks for the mention and nomination! I've had a few of these things, not sure i have the energy to answer more questions! Thanks anyway though :)
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean Rowena, I don't do sooo many
DeleteCongrats and thanks for the award too!
ReplyDeleteThanks Dee - you are a worthy winner...
DeleteHow does one fall off the bottom of a mountain? I mean, seriously, what happened?
ReplyDeleteThanks for the award, David. I'd love to play, but in a couple of posts (okay?) as I'm in the midst of packing -- a carry-on and a checked carry-on for two months--yipes!--only one sun screen can go--do I risk a few rays and have fun or do I return as I am, LOL!
well you know Kitty would have thought the award was far more important than Italy ahem
DeleteIt was fun to read your answers. I enjoy your sense of humor. :-)
ReplyDeletewell am glad you like it Daisy :)
DeleteI'm a shoe-in for the gold medal if spilling liquids becomes an Olympic event. I can see myself on the podium now.
ReplyDeleteLoved reading your answers.
haha see you on the podium Julie :)
DeleteThanks for the holla David. I loved reading your answers.
ReplyDeleteThanks Deborah and for doing it :)
DeleteThank you David for participating. Love the answers, but the 7 random facts, wow. Awesome, Emma Thompson and frightening, a suicide bomber?
ReplyDeleteYou have to share more about the belly button phobia, that's too funny!
And thanks for passing it on!
Thanks for the award Yolanda - I know I don't understand it really, it's the looking inside them...ugh...
DeleteHah! I'm giggling over numbers 6 & 7. Explain that last one, please. :-)
ReplyDeleteSome Dark Romantic
Gawd like I say Mina - I shudder to even think. ick :)
DeleteWell, you're a writer; make something up! Your fans all wanna know!!!
DeleteSome Dark Romantic
Yeah sure they are all on the edge of their seats. OK I had a bad experience as a kid when a clown assaulted me with his belly button - that work?
DeleteThx JoJo :)
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