~*~Start~*~
1.) What time is it?:
21:39 (EDIT to say BLOODY HELL I WASTED AN HOUR OF MY LIFE ON THIS????)
2.) What's the date?:
4 December 2002
3.) Are you siked about filling out this survey?:
Am I *what*????
*~All About You~*~
4.) Full name:
Laura
5.) If you could change your name, what would you change it to?:
Lavinia, after my mum's mum
6.) Age:
31
7.) If you could be any other age, what age would you be?:
I like 31 just fine!
8.) Height:
5'5"
9.) Weight:
NEVER ask a woman what she weighs
10.) Shoe Size:
5 1/2 (UK size)
11.) Hair Color:
Brown
12.) Eye Color:
Blue-grey
13.) Where do you live?:
London
14.) Do you like it there?:
Yes
15.) Why/why not?:
Lots to do and see, and I have lots of friends here
16.) What's one thing that makes you unique?:
My boundless optimism & cheerfulness
17.) What are your best features? (on your face):
Eyelashes
18.) Worst features?:
Nose
19.) What about your body are you most confident about?:
All of it!
20.) Most self-conscious about?:
None of it!
~*~If Your Life Were a Movie...~*~
21.) What would it be called?:
22.) Who would play you?:
23.) Who would play your leading woman?:
24.) Who would play your arch enemy?:
25.) Who would play your parents?:
26.) Any other characters?:
27.)What would it be rated?:
28.) What kind of movie would it be?
Dunno is my answer to this section!
~*~Favorite...~*~
29.) Hangouts:
The Paviours Arms, The Hope, my flat, bed
30.) Websites:
IW, a parrot forum, a UK based politics forum, Internet Movie Database, Google
31.) Movies:
Metropolis, Mon Oncle, Arsenic & Old Lace, The Italian Job, Land & Freedom, Gattaca, 12 Monkeys, The Blues Brothers
32.) Songs:
Guns of Navarone (The Skatalites), Watermelon Man (Baba Brooks), Secret Agents (The Olympics), Harlem Shuffle (Bob & Earl)
33.) Sports:
Football & Cricket (only to watch!)
34.) Sports Teams:
Arsenal!
35.) Fashion Designers/Brands:
Brands: Ben Sherman; Designer: Bertone (he designed the Lambretta GP)
36.) Stores:
Clothes - anywhere that sells well made quality clothes; other - Waterstones (big UK bookstore chain) - Heal's (contemporary furnishings); antique shops, junk shops etc, Scooter Emporium (reconditioned classic scoots) and Scooterworks (reconditioned classic scoots and a little coffee bar where they serve great italian coffee and play jazz)
~*~LEAST Favorite...~*~
37.) Bands/Groups:
Gong; Elton John; Phil Collins; Pink Floyd; The Bee Gees; Yes; any current teen boy/girl band
38.) Songs:
Oh this list could go on and on. I particularly hate bad cover versions of good songs.
39.) TV Shows:
Ali G
40.) Movies:
I think it was called The Postman, was dire and went on forever
41.) Sports Teams:
Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United
42.) Foods:
Ryvita (what's the point?)
~*~Family~*~
43.) Siblings:
Younger brother Peter
44.) Parents:
Mum Jo, Dad Colin
45.) Are your parents divorced/married/re-married/in rehab?:
Happily married for 34 years and counting
46.) Do you like your family?:
Yes
47.) Why/why not?:
Well they're all great and they look out for me
~*~Do you...~*~
52.) Like your appearance?:
Yes I'm quite vain
53.) Like your personality?:
Yes, I have a positive outlook on life
54.) Think you're funny?:
I have my moments
55.) Have a lot of friends?:
A few good ones, quite a few acquaintances
56.) Usually go out on Friday nights?:
I go out most nights!
57.) Believe in aliens?:
No
58.) Believe in love at first sight?:
Sort of
59.) Believe in astrology?:
No
60.) Have a boy/girl friend? If so, who?:
Yes, his name's Matthew and we've been seeing each other for 6 months now!
~*~Friends~*~
61.) About how many friends do you have?:
4 really good mates, quite a lot of other people I'm also friends with but not as close. By really good friends, I mean people who offered me a place to stay without hesitation when it looked like I was going to be homeless
62.) Who's your best friend(s)?
Matthew - my bloke [img]smile.gif[/img] Keith - he's my ex, we were together 11 years and still best mates. Jose - my best female friend, she's very nosy and interrogates everyone she meets, she's great and always looks out for me.
62.) Who are some of your other friends?
Tansy - good mate, argumentative as hell and currently marooned in her top floor flat after a Vespa (not mine!) ran into her breaking her ankle. Anna - drinking buddy. Karen - always ready with fashion advice which I ignore, does tarot readings which I also ignore. Chris - also argumentative, it's hard to keep track of who he's not speaking to at any one time, he's a good laugh though.
63.) Who can make you smile, no matter what mood you are in?:
My bloke [img]smile.gif[/img] Amazing sense of humour, completely off the wall
64.) Which person do you PRETEND to be friends with but secretly hate?:
I don't do that
65.) Do any of your friends just piss you off?:
Yes, one of my friends can be a bit of a snob. I just let it wash over me cos she's good fun in other ways
66.) Do you get sick of your friends easily?:
No
67.) Which friend do you secretly LOVE?:
Well I love all of them, but not in *that* way
68.) If you could have 5 friends stranded on an island with you, who would
you pick?:
As listed above, my bloke is top of the list tho
69.) Do you have a friend of the opposite sex who you are comfortable enough
with to talk about almost anything?:
Yes, my ex
~*~Love~*~
70.) Are you in love?:
Yes
71.) If not, have you ever been in love?:
72.) Have you ever wished it was more "socially acceptable" for a girl to
ask a guy out?:
What, you mean it isn't? I don't conform to social norms
73.) Have you ever been romantically attracted to someone physically
unattractive?:
Anyone with a nice smile is attractive, I wouldn't be attracted to anyone who never smiled
74.) Would you be willing to give up sex in exchange for an emotional
commitment you knew would last?:
Eh? Give up sex? Alien concept
75.) What's more important, love or sex?:
Ultimately love is more important of course, but it's best to have both
76.) Would you still carry out a relationship if you family absolutely hated
the person you were dating?
Yes, but I have good taste so that would be unlikely to happen
~*~Would you like to have...~*~
77.) A one-way ticket to Italy?:
Yes, I can buy a ticket back to the UK when I get fed up. That might take a while tho - scooters, shopping, wine, pasta, sun, roman remains....
78.) An ice-cream sundae?:
Yes, I'd never say no to ice cream!
79.) Aretha Franklin's attitude and her tell-you-off voice?:
Yes, I love Aretha!
80.) A trip around the world with nothing but the clothes on your back?:
Ooh no thank you, I'd get creased and smelly. I prefer to travel with changes of clothes, toiletries, and an iron, at the very least!
81.) Your brother/sister go away somewhere for a really long time?:
No. My brother didn't talk to me for many years after an argument, I really missed him a lot
82.) The lyrics to "Muskrat Love" permanently deleted from your memory?:
Yes!
83.) Your mother's legs?:
I think I've got them already LOL
84.) John Cusack?:
Hubba hubba!
85.) An easy bake oven?:
A what?
~*~Have you ever...~*~
86.) Drank?:
Yes
87.) Smoked?:
Yes
88.) Done drugs?:
Yes
89.) Had sex?:
Yes
90.) Grinded with a complete stranger?:
Er... yes
91.) Danced around the house wearing nothing but a towel?:
Yes, and without a towel!
92.) Told someone you loved them?:
Yes
93.) Needed to tell somebody something but were afraid you couldn't trust
them?:
No
94.) Cut class?:
Yes
95.) Got in a fight?:
Yes
96.) Felt suicidle?:
No
~*~Right Now~*~
97.) Listening to:
A compilation - 'Rough & Tough - Ska, 1960-1966'
98.) Watching:
My PC monitor, of course DUH
99.) Wearing:
Levis, black roll neck sweater
100.) Eating:
Nothing, I had a Chinese take out earlier and I'm stuffed
101.) Thinking:
How many questions are there to go?
102.) Talking to:
My parrot Jasper
103.) Feeling:
Happy
~*~Past, Present &Future~*~
104.) What is the craziest thing you've done in the past?:
Oh the list is huge, some of the things I couldn't repeat on a family forum! Probably going on an early morning new years eve gate-crashing spree fuelled by amphetamines a few years ago.
105.) If you could change one thing you have done in the last 24 hours, what
would it be?:
I'd have got up earlier
106.) If you could've been born at any point in time, when would you pick?:
I don't know, I'm fairly happy where I am!
107.) List all the places you've visited in the past:
I'll just do countries - Egypt, Romania, France, Italy, Germany, The Netherlands, Hungary, Belgium, Austria, Germany, Slovenia, The Czech Republic, Greece, Turkey, The US
108.) Right now, what is your biggest regret?:
I don't really do regrets - learn from your mistakes and move on
109.) List some things you want to do before you turn 18:
What? I'm 31 already
110.) Do you want to get married?:
I always used to say no, but now I'm getting older I'm thinking it would be nice. Any excuse for a piss-up, eh?
111.) If so, at what age?:
Not bothered
112.) Who do you want to marry?:
Well of course at the moment I am attached, so the answer would be him! If it wasn't, then I would be with the wrong person right now, and I'm not
113.) How will he/she propose to you?:
Oh blimey, this is all getting a bit heavy! I don't spend an awful lot of time thinking about this sort of stuff
114.) What song will be played at your wedding?:
See above
115.) How many guests will you have?:
See above
116.) Do you want to have kids?:
Don't know
117.) If so, how many?:
Don't know
118.) What are you going to name your kids?:
Does anyone really have their life this mapped out?
119.) If you found out you were going to die tomorrow, is there anything you
would want to say or do?:
Tell everyone I care for that I love them, then shag like a randy jack russell
120.) What do you think would be the worst way to die?:
Drowning. A good mate of mine drowned back in August in a freak accident, still makes me shudder to think of it
121.) Best way to die?:
Quietly and painlessly in my bed at a very advanced age, surrounded by my loved ones. Or getting shot on the street, so my name would get in the papers [img]graemlins/cool.gif[/img]
122.) Write your own gravestone engraving:
Enjoy yourself, it's later than you think (well I didn't write it, but you get the idea)
123.) What song will be played at your funeral?:
Waterloo Sunset
124.) Do you wish you could be alive when the world was ending, just to
experience it?:
Yes
125.) If you had the choice to either go BACK 100 years or go FORWARD 100
years, which would you choose?:
Back, but only temporarily to see what it was like
~*~I Wish...~*~
126.) I had...:
A cooker
127.) I didn't have...:
Debts
128.) My life were more...:
129.) My life were less...:
I like my life the way it is
130.) I could...:
Fly unaided
131.) My family...:
132.) My best friend...:
133.) My crush...:
Don't understand the questions
~*~Random~*~
134.) If you could plan your own birthday party, and money was no object, what would you do?:
I'd probably just hire a pub and pay for drinks for everyone all night, and pay transport costs for friends who live far away. I enjoy the simple things in life - just being with my mates and having a laff.
135.) What was your most embarassing moment ever?:
Snogging a colleague at a Christmas office party, that's the best I can think of!
136.) If your house suddenly caught on fire and you could save 3 things, what would you save?:
Jasper, Titus, and Maximus - my three birds. If I could have a 4th, it would be my photos, everything else can be replaced
137.) What would you throw into the fire?:
Nothing
138.) Is there something that you totally oppose? (Ex. Abortion, gays, biracial dating etc):
Fascism, Racism, Sexism, Homophobia, Intolerance
139.) If you got pregnant when you were really young, like 14, would you have an abortion?:
Yes
140.) Who would you risk your life for?:
Anyone I love. If I didn't try, I would never forgive myself
141.) Have you ever owned a pair of pants that made you feel like you could
do anything when you put them on?:
I always feel that I can do anything [img]smile.gif[/img]
142.) What's your favorite inside joke?:
"Need to know basis"
143.) How easy is it to make you laugh?:
Very
144.) Do you laugh when you hear the number 69?
Yes
145.) Would you like to be cloned? (I'm not offering, I'm just asking):
I don't think the world could cope with more than one of me! No, I like to be unique
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