| TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF – The Survey |
| Your Heritage: |
Real life: Brummie … Spiritual: Spanish / Birmingham, UK, Europe, the World |
| The Shoes You Wore Today: |
Walking boots / Knee-high boots |
| Your Weakness: |
Not being assertive enough / Not being assertive enough, strangely still rings true now |
| Your Fears: |
Dogs, failure / Losing loved ones, losing my job, running someone over |
| Your Perfect Pizza: |
The Works with sweetcorn instead of black olives / Goats cheese and caramelised onions |
| Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: |
Lose weight / Keep running, decorate the house |
| Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: |
Hmm.. / I never use instant messenger anymore, not even on facebook |
| Thoughts First Waking Up: |
Why does my mom have to talk so loudly to my dad??! / Nooooooooo!! |
| Your Best Physical Feature: |
Eyes / Eyes, hair |
| Your Bedtime: |
Anywhere between 11pm and 1am / Between 22h00 and 23h00 |
| Your Most Missed Memory: |
ERASMUS / My Dad |
| Pepsi or Coke: |
Fanta Naranja…? / Whatever it is it needs to be diet |
| MacDonalds or Burger King: |
MacDos! / McDonalds, although I rarely eat them anymore |
| Single or Group Dates: |
Single / Single, although I am now happily living with my Mexican now, but still enjoy dinner parties and pub nights with friends |
| Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: |
Nestea..? / Lipton Ice Tea, peach flavour |
| Chocolate or Vanilla: |
Vanilla / Vanilla |
| Cappuccino or Coffee: |
Yuck neither!! Espresso at a push / Still neither! |
| Do you Smoke: |
Only when too drunk to stand.. / Nope, not even when drunk |
| Do you Swear: |
Yeah! F*ckin’ yeah! / Try to avoid it, only at very strong emotions, pain, fear, instinct. |
| Do you Sing: |
Haha! Only when very drunk! / In the car, in the house, at Guides, cooking, all the time! |
| Do you Shower Daily: |
Sometimes even twice! / Always |
| Have you Been in Love: |
Yes / Yes |
| Do you want to go to College: |
I went. I’d love to go back / I went, the only thing I would want to do again is Erasmus, and study harder for my final exams. |
| Do you want to get Married: |
Yes, to the right person.. / Yes, the right person is here and we’re getting married in a year! |
| Do you believe in yourself: |
Sometimes… / More than I used to but still suffer from severe lack of confidence at work sometimes |
| Do you get Motion Sickness: |
No, thankfully! / If I’ve been on a plane too long, or too many times in a short space of time |
| Do you think you are Attractive: |
Not so much at the moment.. / In the face yes, could stand to lose the belly. Keep running! |
| Are you a Health Freak: |
I’m hoping to diet and exercise now! / Not really, it’s always a phase, I lost a lot of weight and am managing to keep it off, but it’s hard. Keep running! |
| Do you get along with your Parents: |
Everyone gets annoyed by their parents! / There was a very difficult period but we’re all seeing the light now and I’m sure it will be lovely again |
| Do you like Thunderstorms: |
Yesssssss! / Yes! Looking forward to seeing them from the new flat, the view over the city must be wonderful! |
| Do you play an Instrument: |
The triangle..? / No, not even the triangle, the easiest of all instruments! |
| In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: |
Yes, not much though.. / Yes, lots and lots of beer! |
| In the past month have you Smoked: |
Passively at the pub / No! |
| In the past month have you been on Drugs: |
Neurofen count? / Wouldn’t dare |
| In the past month have you gone on a Date: |
Haha! / With Daniel we went to Oxford, it was lovely! |
| In the past month have you gone to a Mall: |
The Bullring rocks! / The Bullring is still brilliant |
| In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: |
No.. Milk Chocolate Digestives maybe… / No, Oreos, no. Chocolate eclaires, yes. |
| In the past month have you eaten Sushi: |
No, fish doesn’t do it for me.. / No, still not a big fan of fish |
| In the past month have you been on Stage: |
Pff, not since the Guide’s 40th anniversary do and I had to lead campfire songs! / Err, I don’t think so… |
| In the past month have you been Dumped: |
Dumped, no. Shitted on, yes. / No! |
| In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: |
Me..??! / No! |
| In the past month have you Stolen Anything: |
Err.. Not that I can remember.. I think my record was the Loch Ness ashtrays..! / I don’t think so |
| Ever been Drunk: |
Y e s . . . / Yes, come on |
| Ever been called a Tease: |
In what context? / Still, what is the context? I tease the Guides and the Brownies all the time |
| Ever been Beaten up: |
All the time by my sister! / Again, even now in our late 20s early 30s, I still point you in the direction of my sister |
| Ever Shoplifted: |
Not to my recollection.. / By accident, once I put a KitKat in my pocket while juggling other bags and didn’t realise until I was halfway down the road! |
| How do you want to Die: |
Peacefully as an old lady.. / Peacefully as an old lady |
| What do you want to be when you Grow Up: |
The Me that I want to be.. / I’m now grown up, sometimes I’m the Me I wanted to be, other times I’m just an idiot |
| What country would you most like to Visit: |
Russia / Russia still, and now Guatemala |
| Best Clothing Style in a man/woman: |
Any really apart from townie and kev-like / Grown-up, and nothing beats a sharp suit to make any man look so dapper! |
| Number of Drugs I have taken: |
Number of types? 2 / Are we including alcohol and coffee and cigarettes? Then 5 |
| Number of CDs I own: |
Millions! / Two, the advent of digital music means I got rid of them all when I came home from uni |
| Number of Piercings: |
4 / 4 still |
| Number of Tattoos: |
0 / Still 0 |
| Number of things in my Past I Regret: |
A great many..! / If we dwelt on all our regrets, life would be very miserable |
Chilanga : Exported 