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26: What did you want and get?

Erms, well I guess this year's the year I can say my BJD collection has reached an acceptable level of completion. I don't have any sculpts on my wishlist that I can't wait a while for, and I finally upgraded my Minifee onto Active Line Bodies so yay! 

27: What did you want and not get?

*wry laughter* an increase in my degree score percentage? I guess that counts… I’ve lost around 1% each year and it’s annoying. I really thought my placement report would push it up as it’s an easy assignment for 8% but no. 

31: What kept you sane?

13: Whose behaviour made you appalled?

It's kind of difficult to decide what to put for this. For me to be appalled about someone's behaviour,  they've got to be pretty shocking on a near continual basis.

That said, I think there's a fairly good candidate here - many Western governments. Their recent approaches to social welfare and privacy have been pretty damn appalling.

25: What was your greatest musical discovery?

This year, i've admittedly not added too much music to my collection. That said, I have added a number of fantastic albums - including things such as the Macross Frontier soundtrack and a number of Touhou albums.

If I had to pick one new bit of music that I consider to be the greatest for this year though, it would likely have to be Alstroemeria Records Abandoned Dancehall album. It's the kind of music I really like, has amazing vocals and the tracks all blend seamlessly from one to another.

36: Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.

Ach, difficult... the first thing that came to mind was;

Moving on up, nothing can stop me

but then the next lyric on that song is

You're moving on out, time to break free

So um, definitely not that song!

Ohai der ^_^ 

E- E-Reader or Physical Books:

I don't own an E-reader so I'd have to go with physical books on that account ;) hehehe nah I don't really belong in either camp tbf but I must admit I think I'd read more often nowadays if I had e-books on account of their portability :s 

L- Longest Book You’ve Read

Difficult. I can't remember, but perhaps one of the Harry Potter books is the longest O.o I mean, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - 257,045 words... this would be so much easier if I had actually read War and Peace wouldn't it ;)

S- Series You Started and Need to Finish

Erms, perhaps not a 'series' as such as it's only two (and a bit?) books, but the Dirk Gently novels by Douglas Adams. I can't recall if I even finished 'The Long Dark Teatime...' book.

W- Worst Bookish Habit

Ok so cringe if you must but I've been told I have horrendous book habits (if these count for this Q? *shrugs*).1)  I don't use bookmarks, I dog ear pages. I think it's a habit borne from reading books all in one sitting when I was younger (and had the time) so I never needed to buy/ keep a bookmark handy :S 2) I eat whilst reading (I know my Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire still has chocolate in it). 3) I think the sound of a new paperback spine cracking is one of the best parts of reading it for the first time, and I have reread my favourites so much the pages have started to fall out. My Hitchhiker's is held together by sellotape. 

MAGNOLIA: Favorite kind of candy?

Fruit Pastilles. I love the sugary coating on the outside and then the inside is chewy and tasty :)

PRIMROSE: Favorite kind of soup?

Those would be…

13: One of your favourite 80’s songs

Ehe I confess, I had to look this up to double check it /was/ an 80s song and even then it’s only just ;) 

Nine Inch Nails: Head Like A Hole (recorded 1989 haha)

17: A song that would sing a duet with on karaoke

EEE Gotta be: ‘What ‘Bout My Star’ By the lovely Ranka and Cheryl in Macross Frontier (May’n and Megumi Nakajima if I’ve worked the Google correctly) 

29: A song that you remember from your childhood

12. A song from your preteen years

This is slightly awkward... I didn't really listen to music in my pre-teen years. Heck, when I was a teenager I didn't even listen to much. It wasn't really until I was 17 that I developed a taste in music.

13: One of your favorite 80’s songs

There's a lot of good songs from the 80's. Naturally, it doesn't match the 'taste' of music in my library at all, but there's certainly some good stuff from back then.

Europe - The Final Countdown (1986). This always plays in my head whenever an examiner says "5 minutes left". Tudududu!

Queen - Numerous; you've got stuff like I Want To Break Free (1984) and Under Pressure, not to mention loads of other stuff from the 70s and before too. (Writing this post reminded me just how brilliant the video is for I Want To Break Free heh).

Bonnie Tyler - Holding Our For a Hero (1984). I think it's this video which cements this song among my favourite 80s.

I'm sure there's a ton more awesome 80s that i've missed out too...

29. A song that you remember from your childhood

3: A song that reminds you of summertime

Put Your Records On - Corinne Bailey Rae

22: A song that moves you forward

Hannah - Freelance Whales

27: A song that breaks your heart

23. What language, besides your native language, would you like to be fluent in?

Arabic is meant to be very interesting linguistically (for an English speaker) from what I've read online. Plus I figure I'm already on more than enough watchlists, that "suddenly became fluent in Arabic" won't be much of an addition. (Is my life goal to get on as many watch-lists as possible without breaking the law? Probably)

29. What's the name of your favourite restaurant?

Frankie&Benny's. I think. I do absolutely love it there.

50. Why do you have a tumblr?

Originally to see what the fuss was about / stalk people I knew who had one / to reblog pictures of cute people.