#interminatis-paradoxum

I was tagged by @katemckinnonisbae , @let-the-grass-grow and @kathryn-mckinnon-berthold THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH, IT’S SUPER SWEET <3

Gender: Female

Star Sign: LIBRA (and very proud haha, I have a libra tattoo)

Height: Uhhh I’m really tiny, just looked it up, apparently I’m 5′1. 

Sexual Orientation: I think it’s pretty clear, but yeah I’m a lesbian. 

Hogwarts House: RAVENCLAW :) :)

Favourite Colour: Yellow! (I know, I know, strange)

Favorite animal: Probably cats, though I do have a weird fascination for lady bugs. 

Average hours of sleep: Around 8 hours. Usually, I sleep like 4 hours one night and then 11 the other so.. it’s weird. 

Cat or dog person: I LOVE CATS (I have a tattoo of a cat on my wrist)

Favorite Fictional Characters: Obviously Jillian Holtzmann, Erin Gilbert, also Emily Prentiss, Addison Montgomery, Leslie Knope, Regina Mills, Emma Swan (but like badass Emma from the first seasons and not this captain Hook loving weirdo) and also Alex Danvers. I’m forgetting so many..

Number of blankets I sleep with: one, I’m usually super hot, especially during the night. 

Favourite Singer/Band: I love The Script and Kensington! :)

Dream trip: Uhhh right now it’s New York, even though I’ve been there already. I just loved it so much and I really want to go back again :) 

Dream job: Floormanager on SNL :) 

When was this blog made? I think maybe two months ago?? I don’t know, really recently :) 

Number of followers: 503 apparently! LOVE YOU ALL!

What made you decide to create this blog? I already had a blog, but I started to post a lot of Kate/Ghostbusters stuff and I just felt like it was weird because it was more of a Swan Queen blog. Besides I share it with my straight best friend and she was done with all my obsessing about Kate haha ;) Anyways, I also started to write Holtzbert fanfiction and I just really needed a place to talk and post about Kate/Ghostbusters :) Soooo I guess that’s why! :) 

I was tagged by the fantastic @ageless-aislynn Thank you so much, love! :D

Relationship status: shackled married

Favourite colour: blue

Lipstick or chapstick: honestly, I couldn’t give a monkey’s! Neither is that big a deal in my life and I don’t understand why it keeps being asked

Favourite food: chip shop chips. 

Last song I listened to: it was on the radio in the car earlier, and I can’t for the life of me remember what it was. Sorry.

Last movie I watched: it was another rewatch of Groundhog Day

Top three favourite shows: currently it’s QI, The Fast Show (reboot on Dave) and Strike: Lethal White

Top three favourite bands: the top three bands according to albums I own are: The Beatles, Bee Gees, and Eurthymics (I’ve bought more audio CDs than band CDs lately, and it shows)

Books I Am Reading: where do I even start with this? I’m currently reading through another box set of m|m romances, in the middle of some old opera-based m|f romances by Mary Burchell, have just sobbed at the end of the Adrian Mole books by Sue Townsend (because it paralleled her own loss to cancer - the books are funny but the knowledge is bittersweet), have just bought the Homecoming box set by H.J Welch,  and my son has promised to loan me his Richard Ayoade books.    

Tagging: @interminatis-paradoxum, @smackalicious, @melodyandpond, @crystanagahori, @horseonthespaceship, @drtonks, @drwhogeek, @australianwarrior, @catsladen, @ellenemi

Thank you! :) 

First of all, I have to say a massive apology for the delay in posting a reply to this; since I actually carried out the task as soon as I was aware I’d been tagged. Well…. I say that, but my laptop decided to crash as I was done doing this, I had to wait for my little IT man to sort it all out; and then the migraines bit back with their usual vengeance that gives me only one day off from all that (my day off was Monday but then the upsetting news kicked that one out the window). Plus, when I have a migraine my memory does that “go back to default mode” thing and I clean forget what I was in the middle of if I haven’t been prepared enough to leave myself copious notes. Apparently an open Notepad on my desktop isn’t enough *sigh* so the task wasn’t completed immediately.

So, back to the meme.

I was tagged originally by interminatis-paradoxum and then by cerseilennisters. Rules are simple: Put  iPod, iTunes or whatever on shuffle and post the first ten songs that come up. Also NO SKIPPING. Here we go:

Daniel Bedingfield - Gotta Get Thru This (for some reason this song turns up on these lists quite a lot. Good job I love it)

Coldplay - X&Y

Adele - Chasing Pavements

Mika - Dr John

Florence + The Machine - Hospital Beds

REM - Boy in the Well

Kylie Minogue - Spinning Around (this is shaming… and on one of those compilation discs I have. You’re supposed to do housework to it, would you believe?)

Muse - Feeling Good (can’t listen to this without imaging myself walking down one of those Hollywood staircases, dressed up to the nines)

Jason Fleming etc. (Sunshine On Leith Soundtrack) - Should Have Been Loved (I absolutely adore this film so I’m delighted this Proclaimers song made it onto the list)

The Beatles - Don't Let Me Down (I laughed when this appeared)

And since I was tagged twice, I thought it best that I continue.

Masafumi Akikawa – Bold Dignity

Adrian Sutton (Warhorse soundtrack) – Devonshire Carol

Travis – Love Will Come Through

Daft Punk – The Game Has Changed

Mika – Stuck in the Middle

Dame Moura Lympany -  Piano sonata No 14 in C sharp minor (‘Moonlight’ Op 27 No 2:1 Adagio)

Coldplay – God Put a Smile Upon Your Face

Snow Patrol – The Planets Bend Between Us

Take That – Greatest Day

Dido - Blackbird

Certainly, love! 

18: When do you feel truly at peace?

All sorts of times spring to mind for when I feel truly at peace. Like now, as I hear children playing outside in their garden and someone far off mowing the grass. Or late at night when I have the house all to myself as everybody else sleeps, knowing they have to get up for work in the morning and I don’t. Or walking over to the town centre and taking the time to stop and admire the small but beautiful garden outside the church that proudly sits nestled amongst all the grandiose brickwork of the town square. Or at night when I walk home from the station in the dark, passed the very same church and see the modern glass bell tower all lit up as the bell-ringers practise their pieces in the tastefully illuminated space.

Peace can come in all sorts of places, and sometimes when it does, it surprises you. For instance, I was once on the verge of a panic attack, sitting in the middle of George Square, Glasgow, because my husband had to leave me on my own to get something I desperately needed. So I tried out a visualising technique I had recently read about, imagining someone holding my hand as I sat with my eyes screwed tight shut. And I felt a strong hand holding mine, easing aware my panic and calming me right down. By the time my husband got back I was completely at peace, enjoying the scenery before me.

So peace occurs when you can look at the things before you and truly enjoy that moment; whether it be by a river, greenery, buildings, other people, or just your own living space. Peace occurs when you let everyday worries ebb away and let hope in as life carries on.

20: Do you believe happiness can exist without sadness?

We can all hope for and strive towards happiness. It is such a fleeting experience, after all, true and utter happiness. There is always something only all too ready and willing to come along and mar it. But in order to recognise, understand, and deeply appreciate happiness, unfortunately you do have to experience sadness. Happiness and sadness are like good luck and bad luck; in that I believe we are all apportioned our fair share of each throughout our lives. Whether you notice at the time is another matter. Some forms of happiness are fiercely fought for, so logic says that there has to be sadness along the way to achieving that. And happiness often helps us cope with sadness; like in times of grief when we are reminded of the happier times spent with a lost loved one.

So no, I don’t believe happiness can exist without sadness, because our state of being makes us ponder what is, what was, and what can be. Happiness and sadness have their parts to play in all this.  And more importantly, how we deal with them defines who we become.

24: What do you find most beautiful in people?

Beauty is skin deep, they say. And they are perfectly correct. Our attention may be caught by someone being visually attractive, but it is their words and actions that keep hold of any attraction, otherwise they just become visual bubble gum. One of the benefits of talking to people over the internet is that physical beauty is never used as a guard or a weapon. Instead our words, intonation, and personality have a greater chance to shine. Isn’t that wonderful? I think so.

Question time!!! Rule One: always post the rules. Rule Two: answer the questions the person who tagged you asked and write 11 new ones. Rule Three: tag 11 people and link them to the post. Rule Four: actually tell them you tagged them.

1. Favourite type of drink

Orange juice. I love orange juice

2. Limb you would most hate to lose

Arms I think. I could live without leg, but arm? Nah!

3. Cats or dogs?

Dogs <3

4. Favourite smell

The smell of snow... or winter. I dunno.

You know, when's autumn and you feel this in air...

5. Person you would like to meet.

Catherine Tate <3

6. Would you change something about a person you love?

Nope. I think I shouldn't even think about it because when you love someone you should love her/him with all her/his imperfections. Then it's beautiful

7. IOS or Andriod?

Android

8. Fight cybermen or Daleks?

Daleks. Cybermen always scares me.

9. Do you watch the Queen’s speech at Christmas?

Nah! But I would love to if I could.

10. What’s one thing you enjoy but can rarely partake in?

Shopping. I don't have a time for this.

11. What do you do to pass the time?

I read or sing or eat or chat with friends :P

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Questions:

1. Where you wanna be right now?

2. UK or US?

3. What you love the most about yourself?

4. Favourite song?

5. Last book you read?

6. Blind or deaf?

7. If your life was a film, what would be the title?

8. Favourite OTPs?

9. The best memory of your childhood?

10. Favourite quote?

I may be dead right now.