Career - Marriage - or Romance with a Dashing Stranger?

13 June 2005 @ 08:39 pm

Poll #512215 The Poll Of "Discussions I Have Had with Matt That I Now Need To Be Proved Right About"
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How would you prefer your scrambled eggs?

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Made plain.
18 (43.9%)

Made with cheese in them.
20 (48.8%)

Made with mayonnaise in them.
0 (0.0%)

Other (say in comments).
3 (7.3%)

Women, if you shave your legs, why?

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Because I like the way it feels.
26 (81.2%)

Because my partner likes it.
10 (31.2%)

Because society tells me I should.
11 (34.4%)

Other (say in comments).
5 (15.6%)

Is marriage for life?

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Yes.
6 (14.3%)

Hopefully, but you never know what will happen.
32 (76.2%)

No, people change and you can't predict it.
2 (4.8%)

Other (say in comments).
2 (4.8%)

If somebody says "I'm going to fall out of the bed!", is the correct response:

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Push them out.
14 (32.6%)

Pull them back into bed.
29 (67.4%)

Is cricket the dullest sport ever?

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YES.
21 (51.2%)

Of course not!
6 (14.6%)

Well, I wouldn't choose to watch it, but _____ is more boring.
14 (34.1%)

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23 May 2005 @ 06:09 pm

hahaha

[18:07] Elynrae> did anyone else here know john prescott is nearly 70?
[18:07] WTDT> is he??
[18:07] Elynrae> i am astounded and amazed to learn this because i thought he was mid-fifties at oldest
[18:07] WTDT> so did i
[18:08] WTDT> *boggle*
[18:08] Elynrae> he is 67
[18:08] Elynrae> 67!!
[18:08] WTDT> pies have anti-aging properties! i knew i was right

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21 May 2005 @ 01:38 pm

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i could be a millionaire if i had the money
i could own a mansion - no, i don't think i'd like that
but i might write a song that makes you laugh, now that would be funny
and you could tell your friends in england you like that
but now i've chosen aeroplanes and boats to come between us
and a line or two on paper wouldn't go amiss
how is worcestershire? is it still the same between us?
do you still use television to send you fast asleep?
can you last another week? does the cistern still leak? or have you found a man to mend it?
oh and by the way, how's your broken heart?
is that mended too?
i miss you - i miss you - i really do.

i've been reading browning, keats and william wordsworth
and they all seem to be saying the same thing to me
well i like the words they use and i like the way they use them
you know 'home thoughts from abroad' is such a beautiful poem
and i know how robert browning must have felt
'cause i'm feeling the same way about you
wondering what you're doing and if you need some help
do i still occupy your mind?
am i being so unkind?
do you find it very low or have you found someone to laugh with?
oh and by the way, are you laughing now?
'cause i'm not.
i miss you - i miss you - i really do.

i really do.

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07 May 2005 @ 01:42 pm

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I'm taking part in Breakthrough Generations, and you* should too.

*With the caveat that you should be female, over 18 and in the UK, so really I'm addressing a very small percentage of the people reading this journal. But a PSA is a PSA.

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06 May 2005 @ 09:05 pm

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Crawley has a 0.1% Labour majority. I still don't regret voting LibDem, but I do regret that come next election, Tory campaigning will be *everywhere* and they'll blatantly get back in again, since we are a lone Labour stronghold in the sea of blue that is the South-East. I stayed up til 5am to find out Crawley's results and they didn't bloody declare it til about 2pm today. *yawns*

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03 May 2005 @ 11:39 am

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Would anyone like a freaky Darth Vader breathing noise card thing? It was in my Empire magazine - it's basically this little cardboard thing that when you open it, it breathes like Darth Vader at you. I don't want it. *fear*

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13 April 2005 @ 10:43 am

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( but... )

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07 April 2005 @ 09:43 pm

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I am So. Bored.

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28 March 2005 @ 01:20 pm

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I'm clearing out stuff from under my bed, and in all the folders I used for A-levels, there are poems written in the front that I obviously came across and wanted to keep, so I thought I'd archive them here. Some I still like. Some I have no idea why I wrote them out.
( Somebody Else, by Jackie Kay )
( The Mirror, by Louise Gluck )
( It's an excerpt from a longer poem, but I forget the title. By Pablo Neruda. )
( I didn't write the title down, apparently. It's by John Smith. )
( Star, by Danielle Dutton )
( Memory by Luljeta Lleshanaku )
( Forgetfulness, bu Billy Collins )

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12 March 2005 @ 02:30 pm

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( bbc brain gender test, which tells me I am a balanced person with possibly slightly more masculine traits )

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23 February 2005 @ 08:50 am

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Ten things I've done that you probably haven't:

1. Gone fishing off the coast of West Australia and caught a poisonous blowfish for my troubles.
2. Fed dolphins.
3. Somersaulted over a horse.
4. Been stalked through the Jardins des Tuileries by an old man who "just wanted to buy me a cup of a coffee and be my friend".
5. Drunkenly waltzed with Jackie Kay at midnight.
6. Stranded someone on an island.
7. Made a pair of knickers out of a t-shirt.
8. Bailed out a flooded basement in Germany.
9. Skipped my grandfather's funeral to perform onstage.
10. Spent six hours on the phone to Australia.

I haven't really lived long enough to go and do interesting things. Maybe I should've done more on my gap year? I'll make up for it after I graduate, or something. I pretty much did this because it didn't seem to have memed its way to the brunchma people on my list, and I know that most of you will have way more interesting things to put on the list. I want to know!

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09 February 2005 @ 11:04 am

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Poll #434097
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Why do you get drunk?

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To have a laugh with my friends.
21 (50.0%)

To forget bad stuff.
6 (14.3%)

I don't drink/I don't drink enough to get drunk.
20 (47.6%)

To gain amusing stories which I later tell to great acclaim without actually remembering participating in them.
6 (14.3%)

Because everyone else is and being the only sober one is dull.
6 (14.3%)

Satsumas or mushrooms?

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Satsumas.
11 (26.2%)

Mushrooms.
13 (31.0%)

WTF?
18 (42.9%)

Self-harm:

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really worrying and cause to get a counsellor for that person, or at least talk to them a lot about what's wrong.
31 (75.6%)

a coping strategy, just like eating lots of chocolate, only with a bit more blood.
14 (34.1%)

something only loony people do.
1 (2.4%)

wassat?
0 (0.0%)

Bacon with syrup for breakfast is a completely wacked-out American thing, right?

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Completely wacked-out, yup.
17 (40.5%)

Those crazy Americans.
11 (26.2%)

I *like* it! But then I *am* a bit weird.
14 (33.3%)

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07 February 2005 @ 03:34 pm

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Ha. We won the pub quiz again last night. We are Teh Awesome. Unfortunately, I am ill and have been all weekend, which is kind of lame, but hey, what can you do?

Poll #432724
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How tall are you?

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Less than 5ft.
2 (8.0%)

5ft 1 - 5ft 2
4 (16.0%)

5ft 3 - 5ft 4
3 (12.0%)

5ft 5 - 5ft 6
2 (8.0%)

5ft 7 - 5ft 8
7 (28.0%)

5ft 9 - 5ft 10
4 (16.0%)

5ft 11 - 6ft
0 (0.0%)

6ft 1 - 6ft 2
2 (8.0%)

6ft 3 - 6ft 4
1 (4.0%)

6 ft 5 - 6ft 6
0 (0.0%)