Vox Hunt: Counting The Days
Show us your desk or wall calendar.
Fixed now.
QotD: Strike Up The Band
Do you play any musical instruments? </p></blockquote><p>I can still play a handful of bars of the Skye Boat Song on a recorder.
And, uh, that's it.
QotD: All My Pets
How many pets have you owned in your lifetime? Tell us about them.
Submitted by jennajellopy.vox.com.
I've not been much of a pet owner. My parents had a dog called Dusky when I was very young. After that came a couple of goldfish called golfclub and ball, if I remember correctly. There may well have been another pair, but I can't remember their names for the life of me. And that's it, I'm afraid.
QotD: Set Your DVR
What TV show(s) will you be watching this season? Why?
Submitted by ducnly.vox.com.
Well, I throughly enjoyed the start of the BBC's adaptation of Jane Eyre which started last night. I'm most looking forward to
Torchwood, though. If they manage to pull off something of the quality of the new Doctor Who, with an adult sensibility, I'll be a happy man indeed.
QotD: Reach Out
Is there a friend who you owe a phonecall or email? What's stopping you?
Well, I owe one to Rev Stan, but then, I'm just about to pick up the phone to her…
QotD: I'm Crafty
What's the last thing you crafted, constructed or created yourself?
Most of the things I create are not really "crafty" - I've made DVDs of a friend's wedding and a recent holiday in the last couple of months, but does that count? Does all the writing I do? The most hands-on thing I've been doing has been the complete refurbishment of the flat Lorna & I have been working on.
Other than that? Hmm. The banana cake I baked last Monday night?
QotD: Let's Go There
What's your favorite vacation destination?
I've not often visited the same area twice, but the West Country is rapidly becoming a favourite, if only because of Lorna's
enthusiam for the area.
Revising My Opinions of Conventions
And then I find this picture in Squid's photostream.
I believe the correct phrase is "blimey".
I may have to reassess my view of geek culture, and for the considerably better.
(She's dressed as Marvel Comics character X-23, incidentally)
I've only ever been to one convention in my life, a Dragonmeet some years ago. The experience was mainly notable for somebody asking me for an autograph, which was rather flattering.
Maybe in the future, just as long as people can reassure me that the male attendees at these things have learned how to use soap.
QotD: Collector's Item
What do you collect?
I don't really collect anything any more. I've been through phases of trying to collect things, but I always find the process of acquisition more pleasureable than actually owning the objects, which I tend to find rather irritating.
QotD: Speak To Me In...
How many languages can you speak? Which languages can you read or understand?
Only English (it being my native language and all…) and a smattering of French. I can remember enough to get by there, but not enough to hold a conversation or read a newspaper.
QotD: I Get Around
How many places have you lived in your life?
I've called 12 places "home"
- 2 houses in Manchester
- 2 houses in Scotland
- 2 student halls
- 3 student-era flat rentals
- 2 post-student flat rentals
- Our current flat
Hopefully, I'll hit number 13 later this year…
Scenes from Bristol's Open Doors
It's an in-laws weekend, with Lorna and I down in Bristol visiting my mother-in-law and brother-in-law, Jesse.
It's also the Bristol Open Doors weekend, giving people the chance to visist Bristol buildings they wouldn't noramlly be able to see in then same way. Here are somw phone pics of a few places we visited. Others will follow when I get home and download pics from the SLR.
QotD: Middle Name
What's your middle name? Is there a story or history behind it?
I have two: Matthew John. The first is what my parents were originally going to call me, until they decided Matt Tinworth didn't sound very good (the clashing 't's), and chose Adam instead, after hearing it on The Archers. "John" is a family traditional middle name.
