#forsooth-verily

Rules: In a text post, list ten books that have stayed with you in some way. Don’t take but a few minutes, and don’t think too hard — they don’t have to be the “right” or “great” works, just the ones that have touched you. Tag ten friends, including me, so I’ll see your list. Make sure you let your friends know you’ve tagged them.

Everything by Jonas Gardell (they're not translated to English, sorry)

Dina's Book by Herbjørg Wassmo

Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

The Horrific Sufferings of the Mind-reading Monster Hercules Barefoot by Carl-Johan Vallgren

The Siklax trilogy by Lars Sund (not translated to English)

The Preacher graphic novels by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon

Everything by Isabel Allende

The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak

Kätilö by Katja Kettu ("The Midwife", it hasn't been translated to English) 

Juliane och jag by Inger Edelfelt ("Juliane and I", it hasn't been translated either, it's a young adult novel I read as a teenager and re-read every now and then

Lots of books in Swedish here, sorry... but it's still my first language and the first books I came to think of...

Minion: Sir, I think this is a BAD idea! Megamind: Yes, this is a very, wickedly bad idea, for the greater good of bad! Minion: But I'm saying this is a kind of bad that, ok, you might think is good in your bad perception, but from a good perception, it's just plain bad. Megamind: OH, you don't know what's good for bad!

1. What’s your favorite smell? Or, to be more specific, which scent elicits feelings of euphoria or harmony?

Pressing my nose into the fur of one of my cats. (The other cat doesn't smell as nice, I don't know why.) Peonies. Opening a new bag of tea. The sea. Fresh linen in the bed.

2. Are you left handed or right handed (or ambidextrous) and has this impacted your life in any way?

Right-handed. Haven't noticed how it makes a difference except I'm really shit at writing with my left hand?

3. What do you like MOST about the winter/holiday season?

Being off work and my friends who don't live here come home for the holidays.

4. What do you like LEAST about the winter/holiday season?

It never turns out how I imagined it and gives me general, unexplained anxiety.

5. What are your five favourite words?

Favourite as most used? Curses, of course. Otherwise, I don't know.

6. Favourite childhood memory (or memory of being a child)

Being at my grandparents' cottage in the countryside in the summers.

7. Pillow fort, tree house, OR snow fort- pick one and why.

Treehouse. I like trees. I never had one as a kid though, but I was kickass at building snow forts.

8. Would you rather live in the woods, near a river, in a meadow, near the ocean, or in a city? (and why)

I already live between the sea and the forest and that is just perfect and I wouldn't change it for anything else.

9. what’s one thing about yourself that you think I/your followers are entirely unaware of?

I'm not as good and smart a person as everyone seems to think. And no, that's not my low self esteem talking. You guys have no idea what I'm like, really. I choose very carefully how to portray myself online.

10. what three songs best describe you and/or your mood right now?

Ane Brun: Little Lights, David Bowie: So Lonely You Could Die, Bonnie Tyler: Holding Out For a Hero (???)

* Always post the rules * Answer the questions of the person who tagged you and write 10 new ones * Tag 10 people and link them; let them know they are tagged. 

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1. Your first fandom.

-Harry Potter! I used to play some online Hogwarts game all the tiiime. It was also validating to me because I had always believed in magic and finally it was cool!

2. What’s the weirdest nickname you’ve ever been given?

-Chimichanga...my last name is French and starts with a CH so a friend thought it would be funny to call me Chimichanga for some reason? Needless to say, it did not last long. 

3. One skill you think is easy that everyone else struggles with.

-I don't know if this counts, but multitasking. My boyfriend cannot for the life of him focus on more than one thing at a time. I however can do my homework, watch Netflix, and talk to him all at the same time.

4. If you found yourself in a strange country you’d never been before and didn’t speak the language, what would you do?

-Hmm...if this was an unforeseen occurrence, then try to find some kind of central point like a library or city building to hopefully find someone who spoke English and figure out where to go from there. If I knew I was going there I would probably have some kind of plan ahead of time for places to go.

5. What was one thing which you “missed the boat” on, in that you didn’t join the trend until later on in its lifetime?

-Doctor Who and Sherlock...not too too much later, but a bit later than others I know. And to be fair, I didn't have TV for most of college and even before didn't have BBC America. Also, even though it might not be as much of a trend as it was before, but the Riot Grrrl movement and girl punk bands. I dabbled a bit in high school, but it wasn't till more recently that I became truly aware of the importance of these women.

6. Who has your favorite voice? Singing, spoken, whatever.

-Oh my gosh, Jimmy Stewart. I was going to say Benedictine Cumberbun because of his readings of the Little Red Hen and Ode to a Nightingale, but then I remembered my audio book of an older Jimmy reading his own poetry and its so awesome. Plus young Jimmy was just an all around catch. 

7. In your favorite myth, who is the character you relate to and why?

-I can't think of any specific myths at the moment but I've always loved Artemis/Diana, goddess of the moon & the hunt. She's timeless. 

8. Do you have any kind of token from your childhood? Something you hold on to for emotional reasons? What is it?

- I still have a lot of trinkets at my parents house that I've slowly been taking back. But the one thats been with me through it all (except for this move to Spain unfortunately...) is my baby blanket. 

9. If the apocalypse starts in your lifetime, how will you survive as long as you can?

-I will hole up in my house and grow my own food and forage and try to survive as long as I can without having to go too far.

10. What was it like having your own place for the first time? If you don’t have your own place yet, how do you plan to nest in your future space?

-It wasn't really a big deal. I feel like I had a very smooth transition: parents-->dorm room-->sophomore year apartment with three friends-->junior-1 year out of college house with 4 friends and a house of 6 friends next door (including my boyfriend the last year)-->apartment with my boyfriend and cat-->furnished apartment in Spain with boyfriend &cat. It's really hard for me to go back to my parents' house or my boyfriend's parents' for long period of time because we are so used to being on our own and having our own routines and own way of doing things. It's also been hard living without a lot of my personal things, because I love nesting into my space. The best compliment I received about our first apartment together was that it was the perfect blend of both of our styles. That's really important to me that we both have a relatively equal say in how our home looks and feels. That's another reason its so hard to stay somewhere else, because we made our home truly ours, and that's the beauty of having your own place.

New Questions: 1. What is your favorite part of your house/living space and why? 2. When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grew up? 3. Have you ever spread a rumor about somebody? Did they find out? 4. Were you a Disney Channel, Nickelodeon, or Cartoon Network kid? 5. With all the retro/vintage/nostalgic trends coming back, what is one you think should never ever return? 6. If you had Pagemaster powers, what book would you travel into first? 7. The Tardis & the Doctor or the DeLorean & Doc? Why? 8. If you've been fortunate enough to travel, where have you gone and which was your favorite? If you haven't had the chance yet, where would you like to go when you do? 9. Do you prefer to look at photos or videos of your past? 10. Describe your favorite outfit.

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excellent news, on both accounts!

Thank you!