The idea is that the award is given by bloggers to bloggers, and that all blogs nominated must have fewer than 200 followers. It's a way of increasing traffic to smaller sites.
When you get the award, the person giving it asks you 11 random questions, then you have to nominate 11 other blogs and come up with your own set of questions.
So far managed to answer the questions - just - so here they are. Will come up with 11 more blogs and 11 more questions soonest.
Thanks again FrankieSoup!
1. If you could only read one author for the rest of your days, who would you read?
I race from book to book; have never yet re-read one; will read the first in a series to get the idea without necessarily reading the rest. When I`ve finished one I love I`ll rave about it for a week and then move on. And books are to do with the age you are and the place you are when you read them. If this all sounds a bit manic it isn`t - I don`t speed read or anything - but my curiosity is endless: in fact this has made me realise that only reading one author for the rest of my days is about as close as I can get to my idea of purgatory, matched only by the idea of never going anywhere else again, ever. Perhaps that`s it...reading as a journey...(aaargh, cheese-alert - is there anything that can`t be compared to a journey?)....but why would you stay on the same road when there`s all those highways, byways and avenues - and OK the odd cul-de-sac - to explore? Can I dodge this one? My brain hurts.
2. You`re leaving town forever and need to pack your worldly goods into a backpack - what's the first thing you reach for?
Probably my address book. About the only thing that can`t be replaced
3. If you were queen for the day, who would you knight?
The only people I can think of would decline.........I hope.
4. What is your most memorable day?
Most memorable? Brain mashing time again.
Flying to Africa when I was 18 with Orion visible out of the plane window practically the whole way? (Had a soft spot for him ever since).
Climbing a glacier in New Zealand?
Staring into a volcano in Indonesia?
The many memorable days which come with children......
And hopefully more to come - er, memorable days that is, not children.
But then the walk I did in the gloaming this evening was pretty good..............
.......and does memorable imply good or can things be memorably bad?
5. Where in the world would you go if money wasn't an object?
Are we talking to visit? To work? To stay for ever?
If money were no object I`d simply keep moving.
6. Who would you take with you?
He-who-wishes-the-world-would-leave-him-alone is a good traveller, oddly. Or any of the offspring. And the dogs are always willing.
7. Are you a closet Star Trek fan?
No.
8. What's your favourite flower?
Daffodil
9. Where do you feel most at home?
On a train - any train - as it`s pulling out of the station - any station.
10. How do you prefer to travel - car, train, plane, walking etc?
See previous answer if walking impractical.
11. What did(do) you want to be when you grow up?
Afraid I didn`t...was once accused of having no ambition - it was more what I didn`t want to be ....and thinking about it, have pretty much achieved not being things........and avoided `growing up` come to that...but then Mr. Turner says it much better than me...
Photosynthesis
Well I guess I should confess that I am starting to get old
All the latest music fads all passed me by and left me cold
All the kids are talking slang I won't pretend to understand
All my friends are getting married, mortgages and pension plans
And it's obvious my angry adolescent days are done
And I'm happy and I'm settled in the person I've become
But that doesn't mean I'm settled up and sitting out the game
Time may change a lot but some things may stay the same
And I won't sit down
And I won't shut up
And most of all I will not grow up
And I won't sit down
And I won't shut up
And most of all I yeah I won't grow up
Oh maturity's a wrapped up package deal so it seems
And ditching teenage fantasy means ditching all your dreams
All your friends and peers and family solemnly tell you you will
Have to grow up be an adult yeah be bored and unfulfilled
Oh when no ones yet explained to me exactly what's so great
About slaving 50 years away on something that you hate,
About meekly shuffling down the path of mediocrity
Well if that's your road then take it but it's not the road for me
And I won't sit down
And I won't shut up
And most of all I will not grow up
And I won't sit down
And I won't shut up
And most of all I yeah I won't grow up
And I won't sit down
And I won't shut up
And most of all I will not grow up
And if all you ever do with your life
Is just photosynthesize
Then you deserve every hour of these sleepless nights
That you waste wondering when you're gonna die
Now I'll play and you sing
The perfect way for the evening to begin
Now I'll play and you sing
The perfect way for the evening to begin
And I won't sit down
And I won't shut up
And most of all yeah I won't grow up
And I won't sit down
And I won't shut up
And most of all I will not grow up
And I won't sit down
And I won't shut up
And most of all I will not grow up
He-who-wishes-the-world-would-leave-him-alone. Heh heh heh.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, good answers :) Look forward to your questions