#annien

Hey! It’s always surprising, but great, to have people that read any of my work reach out to me by any means, this one included!!

Ha, yes, it’s been quite some time since I’ve written and published something, and for that I apologise. The reasons for that varied from lack of motivation to not being inspired, and once I found that inspiration it either didn’t last or something else happened.

I don’t plan on giving up on my stories. Invictus is actually figured out and laid down and I’m happy with it, the only thing missing is the time and energy to write, plus the ability to get it across as it is in my head, or at least close to it. That’s my constant struggle, and at times (read: for a few months now) it can be even more difficult, up to the point that I have to give up trying to write.

While I cannot promise anything, I have a busy month in August, but also a holiday, so I might get something done if a change in scenery and some time for myself will be of any help. So, who knows?

Thank you for reaching out. Knowing that there are people who want to read whatever my mind and heart agree upon helps a great deal. Thank you.

While I know that this doesn’t settle or gives hope for an update or a story, I hope it helps answering your question, at least.

You take care, yes?

@brightredbirdie Yeah, posting a chapter one month late but uhm… It’s here! So, yey? ^_^ 

1. Were you named after anyone? I was named after my great aunt I think. My middle name is also my aunt’s name. Coincidence I THINK NOT

2. When was the last time you cried? Oh god, I don’t cry that often. Probably about four weeks ago after my English teacher got me fuming about stuff

3. Do you like your handwriting? I love my handwriting because no one else can read it straight away, when actually it’s pretty legible. It’s like my own little code. I got told once that it looks like a spider had had a fit on the paper while holding a pen. Make of that what you will.

4. What is your favourite lunch meat? Are you Hannibal?

5. Do you have kids? Baby goats? No. Offspring? Also no.

6. If you were another person, would you be friends with you? I think people can find me a bit intimidating; I don’t suffer fools at all, let alone lightly, so I guess I’d have a sass-off with me before coming to a cool mutual dislike of each other

7. Do you use sarcasm a lot? Oh ALL the time

8. Do you still have your tonsils? Had em taken out when I was two but they left a bit in by mistake so I still get tonsillitis. IRONY

9. Would you bungee jump? Would you pay me?

10. What is your favourite cereal? Coco pops 4 lyf

11. Do you untie your shoes when you take them off? Always

12. Do you think you’re strong? Both physically and emotionally, I’m not as strong as people think I am. I make myself out to be really tough

13. What is your favourite ice-cream? ALL THE ICE CREAMS

14. What is the first thing you notice about people? Eye contact. Then presence/absence of fandom t-shirt. Then their smile.

15. Red or pink? RED the colour of angry chairs what

16. What is your the least favourite thing about yourself? My thighs fucking suck, man. I also set my academic standards way too high. I also tend to repel all possible love interests.

17. Who do you miss the most? My dad

18. What is the Paul McKenna technique you need to work on the most? Getting famous and stinking rich by pretending to hypnotise people. That’s a good technique

19. Any tattoos? No, but I’d like one

20. What colour shoes are you wearing? NO SHOES so FLESH COLOUR

21. What was the last thing you ate? Roast lamb nomnomnom

22. What are you listening to right now? An Awesome Wave by Alt-J - I’m seeing them tomorrow woooo

23. If you were a crayon, what colour would you be? White because I’d never get used and would LIVE FOREVER while my buddies got doodled into an early grave

24. Favourite smell? You can’t beat a cooking sausage

25. Who was the last person you talked to on the phone? Hahaha a think tank asking me my opinion on Nick Clegg. I don’t think they expected such negativity

26. Mountain hideaway or beach house? Mountain hideaway. No coastal erosion, no rising sea levels. I’d have a legitimate reason to have a helicopter. Sorted.

27. Favourite sport to watch? Rugby. Definitely rugby (Union, obviously)

28. Hair colour? THE COLOUR OF CORN ahem blonde

29. Eye colour? The bluest eyes that ever blued. Well, a bit grey too but shhh

30. Do you wear contacts? Nope

31. Favourite food? NO DON’T DO THIS TO ME it’ll have to be pie of the savoury kind

32. Scary movies or happy endings? NEITHER

33. Last movie you watched? Star Trek Into Darkness I could legit write an essay on its perfection but I won’t because nobody cares

34. What colour shirt are you wearing? NO SHIRT so FLESH COLOUR

35. Summer or winter? Winter

36. Hugs or kissing? Hugs because I know no better

37. Favourite dessert? Chocolateness things

38. Strength training or cardio? Strength so I can knock someone out oh yeahh

39. Computer or television? Computer.

40. What book are you reading right now? The Crow Road by Iain Banks and Nigel Farage’s autobiography (shhh my politics teacher gave it me and he keeps asking me about it so I actually have to read it)

41. What is your mouse pad? People still use mouse pads?

42. Favourite sound? Breathing.

43. Rolling Stones or Beatles? Beatles were my childhood

44. What is the farthest you been from home? Australia bitches.

45. Do you have a special talent? I am Beyonce when nobody is looking. I also manage to be cynical about EVERYTHING

46. Where were you born? University College Hospital, London

47. Where are you living now? Sheffield

48. What colour is your house? STONE COLOURED

49. What colour is your car? Granny red. Hence why she’s called Mabel

50. Can you tag someone to answer this next? I tag Mycrycroft because ily bb I'll throw Nastyhobbitses in the mix as well because four for you tabs you go tabs I also tag Sh3rl0ckian because it’ll give her something to do to avoid revision Technologically-retarded you’re here too Grace you’re tagged And so is Annie love you gurl :D

thanks a-head-of-shattered-dreams :D

Rule 1: Post the rules.

Rule 2: Answer the questions the tagger set for you in their post and then make eleven new ones.

Rule 3: Tag 11 people and link them to your post.

Rule 4: Let them know they’ve been tagged

What I’ve been asked:

What hair colour would you most like to have? - 

Why are you on tumblr? - A few of my friends had it, and I wondered what I was missing out on. Turns out I was missing out on life.

Ever had a teacher crush? - No. I go to an all-girls school, so any male teacher becomes the object of raging hormones but, alas, I am wise enough to know that just because it has bollocks (testicles for you Americans), doesn't mean it's attractive.

Do you have a particular genre of dance that you’d like to try/be professionally taught to do? - I am truly inept at dancing. Probably worse than Matt Smith. But I'd love to try a slow ballroom dance like *tries to think of one* yeh, that one.

Can you read music? - I can. I play four instruments with two past grade 8, so yeah, I guess I can read music.

Do you think that tumblr’s background colour should be customisable, or is it good to have everyone using the same? - It's perfect just the way it is.

What would be your ideal way for you to make a living? - I would absolutely love to have Wade Davis' job. He's the Explorer-in-Residence at National Geographic. He gets paid to travel the world and interact with indigenous tribes and cultures. Awesome, right?

Can you quote any Shakespeare? (without cheating by looking it up for the sake of impressing people :P) - A bit too many for my liking. Doing English Lit at A2 level where you have to learn the quotes off-by-heart kind of drums it into you. My favourites though are 'Come, be a man. Drown thyself? Drown cats and blind puppies!' (Othello) and various Macbeth ones like 'False face must hide what the false heart doth know', 'who would have known that the old man would have had so much blood in him' and 'Sleep no more! Macbeth does murder sleep, the innocent sleep, Sleep that knits up the ravell'd sleeve of care' Nintendo, Sony or Microsoft? (I’m just talking about the games consoles here) - I don't play video games really, so I'm going to say Microsoft because of reasons

What’s your favourite kind of sweet/chocolate? - Can't get enough of Tesco own-brand milk chocolate. Food of the gods, and better than Green & Blacks.

In the whole of time and space, fiction and non-fiction, who would you most like to meet? - Oh god this is a tricky one. I'm going to be really erudite and boring, as I'd love to meet our human ancestors and see what they were like, like the Neanderthals, Homo erectus etc. Either that or Siddarttha Gotama (THE Buddha). Or Aziraphrale.

My questions:

What's your opinion of Richard Dawkins?

Cats or Dogs?

Most listened-to band/album on your generic music device?

Will you vote in the next general election?

Trousers or skirts/dresses?

Favourite fictional character?

What's more important - the past or the future?

If you had a spirit animal/daemon, what would it be?

Dream lifestyle or livelihood?

What's the point of Tumblr?

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CAN FLIES JUST FUCK OFF? What have I ever done to you

I wish I could be a personal trainer just so I could scream stupid shit at people "PEDAL TO THE METAL CARRRN! LET'S GO!"

my mum wants me to stay home with the family for australia day so we can all play goon of fortune. HAHAHHA no