1. Dying without doing everything I've wanted to. 2. Being alone. 3. Disappointing my family. 4. Injections. 5. Failure - which pretty well sums this bit up. 6. Being ridiculed in public. 7. Pain.
7 things that make me laugh:
1. Lano and Woodley. 2. Being tickled. 3. Monty Python jokes. 4. Terry Pratchett. 5. Chat conversations. 6. Phone calls with ficcers. 7. The swings at the Sydney Easter Show. ;)
7 things that make me cry:
1. My housemate and ex-boyfriend. 2. Cruelty. 3. Injustice. 4. Ken Loach films, especially Ladybird, Ladybird 5. Truly, Madly, Deeply, every bloody time. 6. Acts of kindness unlooked-for 7. Frustration.
7 things I love:
1. My family. 2. My friends. 3. Feedback for a story I've worked hard on. Double points for Mel or Lise or Farli feedback. ;) 4. The exhileration of downhill mountain biking. 5. Sunrise on top of a mountain you've hiked up the day before, and there's a fire going and tea brewing. 6. Music. 7. Life.
7 things I don't understand:
1. Why people act the way they do. 2. Wars in the name of God. 3. Why car drivers hate cyclists so much. 4. What causes my pens to disappear at work all the time. 5. Where all the time went. 6. The success of Aaron Spelling. 7. What Australian TV has against science-fiction programs.
7 things on my desk:
1. Far too many stuffed toys (5, plus two wooden carvings). 2. The wooden board signed by the Melbourne University Karate Club as my farewell card when I moved to Woolongong. 3. My Midnight Nation comics, plus the Books of Magic/Hellblazer 2-shot. 4. The Magistrate Bopper and tiara Mel gave me. 5. Japanese lacquer box I keep stationary and letters in, 6. Cardboard box I keep loose story notes and other various bits of important paper in. 7. Books - Fowlers English Usage, Dictionary of Law, Roget's Thesaurus, The Screenwriter's Workbook, First Aid Manual, Women's Health, Buddha for Beginners, Welcome to the Monkey House and The Dead Of The Night.
7 facts about me:
1. I am older than I look. 2. I get zits from eating chocolate, so I don't often. 3. I have a birthmark that sorta looks like Australia if you squint. 4. I once got to read one of my stories in from of my entire primary school. 5. I am an adrenaline junkie - but I didn't start karate, rock climbing and mountain biking until my mid-20s. 6. I would love for someone to sweep me off my feet with a hopelessly romantic gesture, but the pragmatist in me tells me that's not likely. 7. I am an introvert that learned extrovertism.
7 things to do before I die:
1. Travel the world, and meet all my online friends. 2. Publish something, anything! 3. Be loved. 4. Make my parents proud of me. 5. See my brother happily married and with a family so I'm off the hook. 6. Stop doubting myself. 7. Make a difference.
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yet another survey
1. Dying without doing everything I've wanted to.
2. Being alone.
3. Disappointing my family.
4. Injections.
5. Failure - which pretty well sums this bit up.
6. Being ridiculed in public.
7. Pain.
7 things that make me laugh:
1. Lano and Woodley.
2. Being tickled.
3. Monty Python jokes.
4. Terry Pratchett.
5. Chat conversations.
6. Phone calls with ficcers.
7. The swings at the Sydney Easter Show. ;)
7 things that make me cry:
1. My housemate and ex-boyfriend.
2. Cruelty.
3. Injustice.
4. Ken Loach films, especially Ladybird, Ladybird
5. Truly, Madly, Deeply, every bloody time.
6. Acts of kindness unlooked-for
7. Frustration.
7 things I love:
1. My family.
2. My friends.
3. Feedback for a story I've worked hard on. Double points for Mel or Lise or Farli feedback. ;)
4. The exhileration of downhill mountain biking.
5. Sunrise on top of a mountain you've hiked up the day before, and there's a fire going and tea brewing.
6. Music.
7. Life.
7 things I don't understand:
1. Why people act the way they do.
2. Wars in the name of God.
3. Why car drivers hate cyclists so much.
4. What causes my pens to disappear at work all the time.
5. Where all the time went.
6. The success of Aaron Spelling.
7. What Australian TV has against science-fiction programs.
7 things on my desk:
1. Far too many stuffed toys (5, plus two wooden carvings).
2. The wooden board signed by the Melbourne University Karate Club as my farewell card when I moved to Woolongong.
3. My Midnight Nation comics, plus the Books of Magic/Hellblazer 2-shot.
4. The Magistrate Bopper and tiara Mel gave me.
5. Japanese lacquer box I keep stationary and letters in,
6. Cardboard box I keep loose story notes and other various bits of important paper in.
7. Books - Fowlers English Usage, Dictionary of Law, Roget's Thesaurus, The Screenwriter's Workbook, First Aid Manual, Women's Health, Buddha for Beginners, Welcome to the Monkey House and The Dead Of The Night.
7 facts about me:
1. I am older than I look.
2. I get zits from eating chocolate, so I don't often.
3. I have a birthmark that sorta looks like Australia if you squint.
4. I once got to read one of my stories in from of my entire primary school.
5. I am an adrenaline junkie - but I didn't start karate, rock climbing and mountain biking until my mid-20s.
6. I would love for someone to sweep me off my feet with a hopelessly romantic gesture, but the pragmatist in me tells me that's not likely.
7. I am an introvert that learned extrovertism.
7 things to do before I die:
1. Travel the world, and meet all my online friends.
2. Publish something, anything!
3. Be loved.
4. Make my parents proud of me.
5. See my brother happily married and with a family so I'm off the hook.
6. Stop doubting myself.
7. Make a difference.