Another random question meme

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Random question mark

I got this one by email from Viv. As ever, feel free to put your answers in the comments, or put them on your blog and pop a link down there.

WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE: In a roundabout way. My dad’s “Robert John”, my grandad “John Robert”. In effect I’m therefore names after my grandad, but with the Gaelic spelling of John.

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED: Wet eyes, very recently watching parents with their children at a street parade. I am so broody it’s ridiculous. Actual proper crying was some time ago and relating to things I blogged about a lot at the time and would rather move on from.
DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING: To paraphrase my old report cards “could be better”. It’s lousy now I type all the time instead.
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT: If you’re as specific as “lunch” then it’d be ham.
DO YOU HAVE KIDS: Not yet.
IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU:  Depends. Would I buy me a drink?
DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT:  Well, duh. Does the Pope **** on bears?

DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS: Yes
WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP: Parachute? Yes. Bungee? No.

DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF: Yes
DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG: In some ways. Not in others. Depends on your point of view. Some would say “strong”, others “stubborn”.
DO YOU BELIEVE IN LIFE AFTER DEATH: Nope
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM: Sorbet, if that classes as ice cream

WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE: I really don’t know. I just get an overall impression. It does depend a lot on the person. Could be their figure, their hair, their smell (good or bad…)

RED OR PINK: Red
WHAT IS YOUR LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF: That I’m not a dad yet
WHO or WHAT DO YOU MISS THE MOST: Friends from back home while I’m traveling
DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO SEND THIS BACK TO YOU: If they can be arsed
WHAT COLOUR TROUSERS AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING: Green and none, in that order
WHAT WAS THE LAST THING U ATE: Rhubarb and apple crumble with custard and cream

WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW: System of a Down – random play MP3s
IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE: Purpley-pink
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SMELL: Kind of hard to pick just one
WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE: Not sure. Shelly, I think, when I was in Melbourne

DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU: Like her? Love her to bits – she’s a very special person indeed
FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH: Football. There are other sports?

EYE COLOUR: Brown
DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS: Not any more
FAVORITE FOOD: Beans on toast, amongst other things
SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS: Neither – I like the ones with unhappy endings, simply because they’re different. Take Se7en as an example. Or Fight Club.
LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED: Watchmen on IMAX in Melbourne
WHAT COLOUR TOP ARE YOU WEARING: Black and white. Striped. Of course.
HUGS OR KISSES: I’m greedy. Both. With tongues and groping and everything
FAVORITE DESSERT: My mum’s chocolate cake, though I’ve not had it in years

MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND: Dunno, don’t care

LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND: Ditto

WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW: Q Clearance by Peter Benchley

WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE : Don’t have one
WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON T.V. LAST NIGHT: TV? What’s that?

ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES: Beatles
WHAT IS THE FARTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME: Figure it out for yourself: Travel Blog (although probably Oz)

DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT: Being awesome. Seriously? I have a very good sense of direction
WHERE WERE YOU BORN: Gateshead

WHOSE ANSWERS ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING: Meh. Whoever

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Five “I wanna”‘s

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Another random list

I’ve not been “tagged” or anything. I just fancied putting up some original content. Feel free to add your own in the comments or post a version on your blog. Leave a link in the comments, if so.

Simple enough – list five things you want to do before you cark it. Repetitions of themes not allowed. So “Visit the Eiffel Tower” and “See the Great Wall of China” are the same thing – travel.

Here’s mine:

  1. Finish seeing all the places I want to visit. Top of the list are Japan, South America, all 50 US States, Canada, and the Antarctic.
  2. Marry and have kids. Two would be ideal – one of each. But doesn’t everyone think that?
  3. Settle into a job I’m happy with and which pays well. Currently considering changing to primary school tuition.
  4. Get another degree, preferably a BA to go with my BSc.
  5. Learn one foreign language with some degree of fluency. My French could be built on, but I’d love to go for either Thai or Vietnamese.
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Random meme

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I was “tagged” by Amy for this one:

Q. Five names you go by:

  • Iain – erm, obviously. It’s my name after all
  • my surname – a hangover from a posh school where first names were frowned upon by staff. I also happen to have quite a few mates called Ian or Iain, and in the last place I worked there were four of us. For some reason I always ended up being the one referred to by their surname
  • Mosh / Mosher – Long-standing self-inflicted nickname. Although at least it’s accurate

I don’t have another two. Unless I just include insults.

Q. Three things you are wearing right now:

  • Kantha Bopha Blood Bank t-shirt from Cambodia. It’s too small for me, but I love wearing it to advertise the hospital
  • Lightweight travel-trousers with zip-off legs. Ideal for travelling as they wear well, wash easily and dry quickly. I did notice last night that they’re getting a little threadbare around one area. Need to keep an eye on that
  • Hiking boots. The ones I did the 1000 Mile Walk in, so they’re pretty well broken in

Q. Two things you want very badly at the moment:

  • To figure out what the hell I want out of life and actually do it
  • To be back in Asia, backpacking with no time limits or restrictions

Q. Two things you did last night:

  • Drank beer
  • Drank more beer
  • Oh, OK then – spent hours working on Tony’s PC to get rid of all the spyware and malware his kids had managed to soak it in

Q. Two things you ate today:

  • Erm. Absolutely nothing. I’ve not eaten anything whatsoever and now I’m on a train until I get to London in 3½ hours
  • If it counts as food, a cup of tea

Q. Two people you last talked to on the phone:

  • Leah’s mum
  • My mum

Q. Two things you are going to do tomorrow:

  • Purchase some US Dollars for use in Cambodia
  • Panic about sleeping in on Tuesday morning and missing my flight

Q. Two longest car rides:

Q. Two of your favorite beverages:

  • Newcastle Brown Ale
  • Fresh-squeezed passion fruit juice, from the little old lady at Phrom Pong BTS station in Bangkok

Q. The people you’d like to respond:

  • Anyone who feels like it. I’m easy pleased.
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What movies have I seen?

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I pinched this one from Andy, who’s supposed to be a cine-geek but who scores surprisingly low on this meme. I’m not the cinephile I once was – time is a factor – but there are a lot of older flicks on here so I should score well.

Here goes:

Mark the ones you’ve seen. There are 239 films on this list. Copy this list, and see how many you’ve seen…

(x) Rocky Horror Picture Show
(x) Grease [well, enough of it to say I’ve seen it – not right through]
(x) Pirates of the Caribbean
(x) Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest
(x) Boondock Saints [awesome film, definitely check it out]
(x) Fight Club
(x) Starsky and Hutch
(x) Neverending Story
(x) Blazing Saddles
(x) Airplane

Total: 10

(x) The Princess Bride
(x) AnchorMan [utter **** – ended up seeing it right through on the second attempt as I was at someone’s house]
( ) Napoleon Dynamite [gave up after 15 mins – ******* awful]
( ) Labyrinth
(x) Saw — I hate horror films, what do you think?
(x) Saw II
(x) White Noise
( ) White Oleander
(x) Anger Management
(x) 50 First Dates
( ) The Princess Diaries
( ) The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement

Total so far: 17

(x) Scream
(x) Scream 2
(x) Scream 3
(x) Scary Movie [and hence why I’ve not seen 2, 3 and 4 – complete bollocks]
( ) Scary Movie 2
( ) Scary Movie 3
( ) Scary Movie 4
(x) American Pie — it was for work purposes, because I was interviewing Shannon Elizabeth
(x) American Pie 2
(x) American Wedding
(x) American Pie Band Camp [also seen the next one… American Mile?]

Total so far: 25

(x) Harry Potter 1
(x) Harry Potter 2
(x) Harry Potter 3
(x) Harry Potter 4
(x) Harry Potter 5
(x) Resident Evil 1
( ) Resident Evil 2
(x) The Wedding Singer
( ) Little Black Book
( ) The Village
(x) Lilo & Stitch

Total so far: 33

(x) Finding Nemo
( ) Finding Neverland
( ) Signs
( ) The Grinch
(x) Texas Chainsaw Massacre [original and remake]
( ) Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning [this is the prequel to the remake, yes?]
( ) White Chicks
(x) Butterfly Effect
( ) 13 Going on 30
(x) I, Robot
(x) Robots

Total so far: 38

(x) Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
(x) Universal Soldier
(x) Lemony Snicket: A Series Of Unfortunate Events
( ) Along Came Polly
(x) Deep Impact
(x) KingPin
(x) Never Been Kissed
(x) Meet The Parents
(x) Meet the Fockers
( ) Eight Crazy Nights
( ) Joe Dirt
(x) KING KONG [shitty Peter Jackson remake]

Total so far: 47

( ) A Cinderella Story
( ) The Terminal
( ) The Lizzie McGuire Movie
( ) Passport to Paris
(x) Dumb & Dumber
(x) Dumber & Dumberer
(x) Final Destination
(x) Final Destination 2
(x) Final Destination 3
(x) Halloween
( ) The Ring
( ) The Ring 2
( ) Surviving X-MAS
(x) Flubber

Total so far: 54

(x) Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
( ) Practical Magic
( ) Chicago
(x) Ghost Ship
(x) From Hell
(x) Hellboy
(x) Secret Window
( ) I Am Sam
(x) The Whole Nine Yards
( ) The Whole Ten Yards

Total so far: 60

(x) The Day After Tomorrow
( ) Child’s Play
( ) Seed of Chucky
(x) Bride of Chucky
(x) Ten Things I Hate About You
( ) Just Married
( ) Gothika
(x) Nightmare on Elm Street
( ) Sixteen Candles
( ) Remember the Titans
( ) Coach Carter
( ) The Grudge
( ) The Grudge 2
(x) The Mask
( ) Son Of The Mask

Total so far: 65

(x) Bad Boys
(x) Bad Boys 2
( ) Joy Ride
(x) Lucky Number Seven [think this should be Lucky Number Slevin]
(x) Ocean’s Eleven
(x) Ocean’s Twelve
(x) Bourne Identity
(x) Bourne Supremecy
( ) Lone Star
(x) Bedazzled
(x) Predator I
(x) Predator II
( ) The Fog
(x) Ice Age
(x) Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
( ) Curious George

Total so far: 77

(x) Independence Day
( ) Cujo
( ) A Bronx Tale
( ) Darkness Falls
(x) Christine
(x) ET
(x) Children of the Corn
( ) My Bosses Daughter
( ) Maid in Manhattan
(x) War of the Worlds
(x) Rush Hour
(x) Rush Hour 2

Total so far: 84

( ) Best Bet
( ) How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
( ) She’s All That
( ) Calendar Girls
( ) Sideways
(x) Mars Attacks
(x) Event Horizon
(x) Ever After
(x) Wizard of Oz
(x) Forrest Gump
(x) Big Trouble in Little China
(x) The Terminator
(x) The Terminator 2
(x) The Terminator 3

Total so far: 93

(x) X-Men
(x) X-2
(x) X-3
(x) Spider-Man
(x) Spider-Man 2
(x) Sky High
( ) Jeepers Creepers
( ) Jeepers Creepers 2
(x) Catch Me If You Can
( ) The Little Mermaid
(x) Freaky Friday
(x) Reign of Fire
(x) The Skulls
( ) Cruel Intentions
( ) Cruel Intentions 2
( ) The Hot Chick
(x) Shrek
(x) Shrek 2

Total so far: 105

( ) Swimfan
( ) Miracle on 34th street
(x) Old School
( ) The Notebook
( ) K-Pax
( ) Krippendorf’s Tribe
( ) A Walk to Remember
( ) Ice Castles
( ) Boogeyman
(x) The 40-year-old Virgin

Total so far: 107

(x) Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Ring
(x) Lord of the Rings The Two Towers
(x) Lord of the Rings Return Of the King
(x) Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
(x) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
(x) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Total so far: 113

( ) Baseketball
(x) Hostel
( ) Waiting for Guffman
( ) House of 1000 Corpses [own, but not watched yet]
( ) Devils Rejects [same as above]
(x) Elf
(x) Highlander
( ) Mothman Prophecies
(x) American History X [excellent film – should be watched by everyone]
( ) Three

Total so Far: 117

( ) The Jacket [however, I have seen Jackie Chan’s “The Tuxedo” and that was ****]
(x) Kung Fu Hustle
(x) Shaolin Soccer
( ) Night Watch [started watching, gave up after 20 mins]
(x) Monsters Inc.
( ) Titanic
(x) Monty Python and the Holy Grail
(x) Shaun Of the Dead
(x) Willard [unheralded classic – rent it now]

Total so far: 123

( ) High Tension
( ) Club Dread
(x) Hulk
(x) Dawn Of the Dead
( ) Hook
( ) Chronicles Of Narnia The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
(x) 28 days later
( ) Orgazmo
( ) Phantasm
(x) Waterworld

Total so far: 127

(x) Kill Bill vol 1
(x) Kill Bill vol 2
(x) Mortal Kombat
( ) Wolf Creek
(x) Kingdom of Heaven
(x) The Hills Have Eyes [remake]
(x) I Spit on Your Grave aka the Day of the Woman
( ) The Last House on the Left
(x) Re-Animator
(x) Army of Darkness

Total so far: 135

( ) Star Wars Ep. I The Phantom Menace
( ) Star Wars Ep. II Attack of the Clones
( ) Star Wars Ep. III Revenge of the Sith [but played the PlayStation Lego versions]
(x) Star Wars Ep. IV A New Hope
(x) Star Wars Ep. V The Empire Strikes Back
(x) Star Wars Ep. VI Return of the Jedi
( ) Ewoks Caravan Of Courage
( ) Ewoks The Battle For Endor

Total so far: 138

(x) The Matrix
(x) The Matrix Reloaded
(x) The Matrix Revolutions
(x) Animatrix
(x) Evil Dead
(x) Evil Dead 2
(x) Team America: World Police
(x) Red Dragon [original and remake]
(x) Silence of the Lambs
(x) Hannibal

Grand Total: 148

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99 things

I pinched this meme from Six Impossible Things who pinched it from someone else. Feel free to rip it off for your own blog and post a link back.

Things you’ve already done: bold
Things you want to do: italicize
Things you haven’t done and don’t want to: leave in plain font

1. started your own blog
2. slept under the stars
3. played in a band (although only for 2-3 rehearsals)
4. visited hawaii
5. watched a meteor shower
6. given more than you can afford to charity (once – went bid-silly on a charity auction)
7. been to disneyland/world
8. climbed a mountain (Mount Fansipan in Vietnam)
9. held a praying mantis
10. sang a solo
11. bungee jumped (hell, no. Jump out of a ‘plane? Easy. Bungy? NO!)
12. visited Paris
13. watched a lightning storm at sea
14. taught yourself an art from scratch (playing guitar (badly) is an art, right?)
15. adopted a child (dependant on child-rearing abilities, I’d consider it)
16. had food poisoning
17. walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. grown your own vegetables (when I was a nipper and we lived in Scotland)
19. seen the Mona Lisa in France (best bit is I could have – but I couldn’t be arsed)
20. slept on an overnight train (soooo many times now)
21. had a pillow fight
22. hitch hiked (Oz, Israel, most of Europe…)
23. taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. built a snow fort
25. held a lamb
26. gone skinny dipping
27. run a marathon
28. ridden a gondola in Venice
29. seen a total eclipse (Dundee in… 2000?)
30. watched a sunrise or sunset
31. hit a home run
32. been on a cruise
33. seen Niagara Falls in person
34. visited the birthplace of your ancestors (how far back are “ancestors” anyway?)
35. seen an Amish community
36. taught yourself a new language (well, bits and pieces)
37. had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. gone rock climbing
40. seen Michelangelo’s David in person (again, had the chance, couldn’t be arsed)
41. sung karaoke
42. seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. bought a stranger a meal in a restaurant
44. visited Africa (well, Nigeria. Twice)
45. walked on a beach by moonlight
46. been transported in an ambulance (accompanying someone else)
47. had your portrait painted
48. gone deep sea fishing
49. seen the Sistine Chapel in person (been near, didn’t care for the queues)
50. been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. gone scuba diving or snorkelling (qualified Divemaster)
52. kissed in the rain (and more *ahem*)
53. played in the mud
54. gone to a drive-in theatre
55. been in a movie (missed out on a chance at a Bollywood feature by hours. Dammit)
56. visited the Great Wall of China
57. started a business
58. taken a martial arts class (one class, precisely. For 45 minutes. When I was 12)
59. visited Russia
60. served at a soup kitchen
61. sold girl scout cookies
62. gone whale watching
63. gotten flowers for no reason
64. donated blood
65. gone sky diving
66. visited a Nazi concentration camp
67. bounced a cheque
68. flown in a helicopter
69. saved a favourite childhood toy
70. visited the Lincoln memorial
71. eaten caviar
72. pieced a quilt
73. stood in Times Square
74. toured the Everglades
75. been fired from a job (not so much fired as failed to finish my probationary period, but…)
76. seen the changing of the guard in London
77. broken a bone
78. been on a speeding motorcycle
79. seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. published a book
81. visited the Vatican (almost, see Sistine Chapel above. One is within the other!)
82. bought a brand new car
83. walked in Jerusalem
84. had your picture in the newspaper
85. read the entire bible
86. visited the White House
87. killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. had chickenpox
89. saved someone’s life
90. sat on a jury
91. met someone famous
92. joined a book club
93. lost a loved one
94. had a baby
95. seen the alamo in person
96. swum in the great salt lake
97. been involved in a law suit
98. owned a cell phone
99. been stung by a bee (I think – stung by something when I was younger anyway)

OK, so totals…

Done: 46
Want to do: 31
Neither: 19

Which I know doesn’t add up to 99, but it’s close enough and I’m off out to play withlook at toys to buy at Toys R Us.

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