98. Out Of Everything In The World What Do You Wish For

5. Best Birthday

I’m trying to think which birthday to pick for this - they’ve all been pretty lovely. Both my 16th and my 18th stand out for different reasons. My 16th was fairly private and quiet, but I can remember every second of it and it’s definitely a very good memory to look back on. My 18th was also pretty quiet, but it was an amazing day to spend with family and close friends that I hadn’t seen in ages and we just laughed a lot and swapped stories of the crazy year we’d all had apart. And then when I got back to Sydney me and a friend consumed a lot of alcohol and lay on the VG under the sprinklers. So good.

10. Biggest fight

I dunno with this one, I’m pretty non-confrontational, which means that I got walked over a fair bit when I was little. The biggest fight in which I was an activeish participant in was the massive blowup in year 10, which was probably mostly my fault but not really. It went on for months and sucked.

15. Most content period in life

Honestly, right now. Everything’s just cruising along and I’m happier and more content than ever, I think. And yeah, that mostly has to do with the amazing environment I’m in and the fantastic friends I have (<3)

20. Something that happened in high school

This is really hard to pick because there was so much that happened in high school. Wow. Um. Shit. I discovered what I’m good at and what I love, I guess. I started realising the importance of actually liking myself, rather than relying on other people for self-worth. And I realised how much anxiety was impacting my life, and I did something about it. And I’m pretty fucking proud of that.

25. Ex-best friend.

I’ve had a lot of the same kind of ex-best friend, so I’ll keep this pretty general. Like I said, I used to be a bit of a pushover, so I was constantly the “best friend” that was around when I was needed, shunted to the side for more interesting people, and instantly dismissed when they weren’t interested in me, usually by picking a fight and getting everyone to side with them. Great fun. Fucking brilliant.

30. Turn-offs

Ignorance, bigotry and ego-centricity. That’s a word, sure. I honestly don’t need to expand on this one.

35. Things I wish I could stop doing

Biting my nails is definitely top of that list, but the second would be worrying too much. I feel like those are in the wrong order for some reason. Priorities.

40. The end of something

The end of high school was very interesting for me. Super hyped up, but it was almost hilariously chilled out. I also realised exactly who my close friends were after that, and I do really miss them now I’ve moved, but I definitely don’t regret breaking out of the mould that most people tend to stay in.

Rules: tag ten people you would like to know better.

Name: Grace

Birthday: August 5th

Gender: lady

Height: 5ft, not even a tiny bit more

Favourite color: grey, pale pink, lilac, turquoise, pale blue (all blues really), red. I'm not a huge fan of very bright colours

Current date and time: 27th of January, 2015, 6:15 pm

Last thing you googled: 'bbc tv drama miniseries started 2014' (I was trying to find the name of Mapp and Lucia which I read about a few weeks ago... not the most elegant way of searching but I found it!)

First thing that comes to mind: La Rochelle

Favourite book: far too many to list! 

Favourite movie(s): Roman Holiday, The Darjeeling Limited, Casablanca, Sabrina, Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amelie Poulain, Masculin Feminin, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The English Patient.... again, honestly, there are too many!

Favourite TV show/s: Twin Peaks (always no. 1), Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, The Hour, The Fall, Les Revenants, Black Books

Favourite drink: tea

Favourite alcoholic beverage: gin and tonic, mojitos, champagne, rosé

Last movie I saw in theatre: The Imitation Game

Dream holiday: travelling through Europe and Turkey by train

Dream wedding: I don't want to get married

Dream job: UNESCO worker, screenwriter, author/writer of some sort on the side, Woman of Intrigue

I'm not very good at this but because my lovely friend tagged me in it, I'm going to try. 5 things I like about myself:

1. My eyes. They're plain, uninteresting and a bit misshaped but they're mine. No one else has the same eyes as me. No one else has seen the things I've seen through my eyes. They will always be mine. 

2. Sense of humour. It's a bit messed up and hard to understand at times but if I can't laugh at my own sense of humour then what even is a sense of humour.

3. My friends. I know it isn't really 'about myself' but my friends are as big a part of my as any limb. They are always there for me and I feel so thankful that somehow I did something that made them want to be my friend.

4. Train of thought. Similar to my sense of humour it's a bit weird. I think of strange things at strange times but it's all a part of me.