In lieu of a real post.
Another survey! Yay! *watches everyone flee for the hills* Hmm, maybe it was something I said?
A - Age: 31 - like you guys haven't heard me whinge about that endlessly already.
B - Best Friends: Mel, Yasmin, Seraph, Dex, Shai, Epona, Mitai, Oberon, Falstaff, Dyce... I'll stop there or I'll be here all day.
C - Choice of Meat: *snorts* None of the above, unless it's fishy.
D - Dream Date: Any? *grins* Alright, no more feeling sorry for myself. Gads, it's been so long since I had one of these... Dinner, maybe a movie, perhaps a couple of drinks and a game of pool. Nookie. Lots of nookie. *grins again* Spending the next day in bed 'cause neither of us have to be anywhere. Brekkie in bed.
E - Exciting Adventure: Actually done; a year in Japan as an exchange student when I was fifteen/sixteen; my first real rock climbing on Mt Arapalies with a multi-stage climb; going to the US as a camp counsellor for four months; various cycling and bushwalking trips; two Dexcons. Want to do; six months in Europe, Canada and the US, travelling around, seeing people and places; hiking in the Canadian Rockies, maybe some canoeing if I can find someone to go with; cycle around various parts of Europe.
F - Favorite Food: BRM's risotto, which I can't make to save myself.
G - Greatest Accomplishment: Getting my black belt in karate. Finishing my Honours degree and getting a high B on my thesis (after effectively rewriting it in three weeks). Last year's CBFFAs.
H - Happiest Day of Your Life: The first date I ever had with BRM.
I - Interests: There's the ones that don't involve movement - writing, reading, movies, chatting - and the ones that do - cycling, karate, climbing (when I can!), karate and escrima, swimming. And the ideological ones - politics, environmentalism, that sort of thing.
J - Joke: My old standy-by; don't worry if you don't get it, it's very Aussie. ;)
Q: How did Harold Holt disappear?
A: It was a dingo in a wetsuit.
K - Kool-Aid: You mean that powder stuff that is entirely made up of sugar and chemicals? Ew. Give me some home-made lime cordial any day.
L - Love: It exists. I'd like to find it again. But I'm not going to curl up and die if I don't.
M - Most Valued Possession: It's a toss-up between the iBook and my bike. The bike and I have a lot of history. ;)
N - Name: Joanne at work. Jo to my friends. Rossi to my 'special' friends. ;)
O - Outfit You Love: Every-day, my most worn pair of jeans and my blue lizard shirt or my maroon Kathmandu shorts and red "Old Navy" t-shirt. Formal, my velvety LBD (little black dress) and the black suede heels.
P - Pizza Toppings: I Carusi's caramelised onion, potato and rosemary with cheese. But it has to be from I Carusi.
Q - Question Asked To You the Most: "Is there a JP here?", with "What time will my case be on?" a close second.
R - Radio Station: Triple J, or Triple R on the webcast.
S - Sport: What the "Interests" section didn't clue you in? To watch, cycling, Aussie Rules football, any martial art if I can find it.To do, well, you already know what I do.
T - Television Show: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Bill, Babylon 5.
U - Umbrella in the rain?: I'm more of a raincoat person - I have my Gortex coat that BRM gave me a couple of Christmasses ago that I use every winter. Except if I'm cycling, in which case I have my rain jacket that is losing its proofness.
V - Video: Music videos I couldn't tell you - I don't do music video shows because the music is generally poppy crap. Movie-videos, that's easy. Bladerunner, which I own and have watched several times. And The Maxx, which I found recently and love to the point of getting fic ideas.
W – Winter: The thing about winter is that you can always put more clothes on if you're cold. But for cyclists, it sucks. Riding in the rain? Bleah. But I have been told we have not the real winter here.
X - X-rays recently?: Not in the last ten years, I don't think. Got my wrist X-rayed after I got hit by a car in my first year of cycling in Melbourne (1989). Had an ultrasound on my kidneys last January after a nasty and rapid kidney infection.
Y - Year Born: 1970
Z - Zodiac Sign: Taurus. Very much so - stubborn and pleasure-loving. ;)
A - Age: 31 - like you guys haven't heard me whinge about that endlessly already.
B - Best Friends: Mel, Yasmin, Seraph, Dex, Shai, Epona, Mitai, Oberon, Falstaff, Dyce... I'll stop there or I'll be here all day.
C - Choice of Meat: *snorts* None of the above, unless it's fishy.
D - Dream Date: Any? *grins* Alright, no more feeling sorry for myself. Gads, it's been so long since I had one of these... Dinner, maybe a movie, perhaps a couple of drinks and a game of pool. Nookie. Lots of nookie. *grins again* Spending the next day in bed 'cause neither of us have to be anywhere. Brekkie in bed.
E - Exciting Adventure: Actually done; a year in Japan as an exchange student when I was fifteen/sixteen; my first real rock climbing on Mt Arapalies with a multi-stage climb; going to the US as a camp counsellor for four months; various cycling and bushwalking trips; two Dexcons. Want to do; six months in Europe, Canada and the US, travelling around, seeing people and places; hiking in the Canadian Rockies, maybe some canoeing if I can find someone to go with; cycle around various parts of Europe.
F - Favorite Food: BRM's risotto, which I can't make to save myself.
G - Greatest Accomplishment: Getting my black belt in karate. Finishing my Honours degree and getting a high B on my thesis (after effectively rewriting it in three weeks). Last year's CBFFAs.
H - Happiest Day of Your Life: The first date I ever had with BRM.
I - Interests: There's the ones that don't involve movement - writing, reading, movies, chatting - and the ones that do - cycling, karate, climbing (when I can!), karate and escrima, swimming. And the ideological ones - politics, environmentalism, that sort of thing.
J - Joke: My old standy-by; don't worry if you don't get it, it's very Aussie. ;)
Q: How did Harold Holt disappear?
A: It was a dingo in a wetsuit.
K - Kool-Aid: You mean that powder stuff that is entirely made up of sugar and chemicals? Ew. Give me some home-made lime cordial any day.
L - Love: It exists. I'd like to find it again. But I'm not going to curl up and die if I don't.
M - Most Valued Possession: It's a toss-up between the iBook and my bike. The bike and I have a lot of history. ;)
N - Name: Joanne at work. Jo to my friends. Rossi to my 'special' friends. ;)
O - Outfit You Love: Every-day, my most worn pair of jeans and my blue lizard shirt or my maroon Kathmandu shorts and red "Old Navy" t-shirt. Formal, my velvety LBD (little black dress) and the black suede heels.
P - Pizza Toppings: I Carusi's caramelised onion, potato and rosemary with cheese. But it has to be from I Carusi.
Q - Question Asked To You the Most: "Is there a JP here?", with "What time will my case be on?" a close second.
R - Radio Station: Triple J, or Triple R on the webcast.
S - Sport: What the "Interests" section didn't clue you in? To watch, cycling, Aussie Rules football, any martial art if I can find it.To do, well, you already know what I do.
T - Television Show: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Bill, Babylon 5.
U - Umbrella in the rain?: I'm more of a raincoat person - I have my Gortex coat that BRM gave me a couple of Christmasses ago that I use every winter. Except if I'm cycling, in which case I have my rain jacket that is losing its proofness.
V - Video: Music videos I couldn't tell you - I don't do music video shows because the music is generally poppy crap. Movie-videos, that's easy. Bladerunner, which I own and have watched several times. And The Maxx, which I found recently and love to the point of getting fic ideas.
W – Winter: The thing about winter is that you can always put more clothes on if you're cold. But for cyclists, it sucks. Riding in the rain? Bleah. But I have been told we have not the real winter here.
X - X-rays recently?: Not in the last ten years, I don't think. Got my wrist X-rayed after I got hit by a car in my first year of cycling in Melbourne (1989). Had an ultrasound on my kidneys last January after a nasty and rapid kidney infection.
Y - Year Born: 1970
Z - Zodiac Sign: Taurus. Very much so - stubborn and pleasure-loving. ;)