#thiswrittensilence

Rules:

Tag the next 11 people randomly. 

Post the questions I’m going to give you and answer it. 

Tell the next 11 people you are tagging that they are tagged. 

Make new questions after you answer mine. 

Make a post about the questions

1. Why did you initially join tumblr? well, for this account, it was to meet people who actually understood what it's like living with a foggy brain - and I've been lucky in that I've met some truly beautiful souls here since. <3

2. How has this year been to you? hellish, but ultimately necessary and nourishing, I think? there was a lot that needed to be purged from my life, followed by some recuperation. nervous breakdown, a bereavement, briefly dropping out of my studies, break-up of a relationship, finally getting help... but also re-establishing friendships, getting to know myself better, feeling more at peace with myself, and some wonderful experiences. [rammstein, a japanese buddhist monk, and MICHAEL PALIN!]

3. What is a long-term goal in your life? to continue the Palin thene/excitement, here's a quote to mull over:

'I can be on the Amazon in a little tiny boat and think back to when I was a child reading stories. I can make the two connections. I love then to be quiet and to be just on my own and let those things come into my mind and think, “God what a life. What a life.”’

essentially I want to be able to look back, and have lived an interesting life. the man sums it up well. those moments of "my goodness, I've dreamt about this, and now I can't quite believe that I'm really here." life is extraordinary.

4. Movies (or shows, etc. etc.) or music? Favourite? pfffffft. I prefer films to music, I suppose? rammstein & kate bush & bjork, I guess. have i got news for you & the thick of it & mad men & father ted. lost in translation is my all time favourite film, I think.

5. What’s your favourite thing to do in your spare time? sticking pins into little voodoo dolls of male politicians. 

6. Do you believe in life after death? I like the idea of planting trees over graves. that, and the way we touch the lives of others is living after we pass on, I think. 

7. Description of your favourite place? any place I'm in good company, with lots of laughter. along the coast. my little nook in the arts library, looking out over the lake. the archaeological museum. my grandparents' house. with my family or friends. my BED. <3

8. Description of where you’re usually on tumblr? my hermit lair. 

9. Special talent? I can scratch the top of my head with my toes???? 

10. Ideal job? ohh hmmm. political satirist/writer/academic/broadcaster/NGO worker/MEP. EDITOR OF PRIVATE EYE. making documentaries. travelling and meeting people. educating.

11. Something you must do before you die? as the lovely charly said: live. 

CHARLY'S QUESTIONIs:

What are your 3 Desert Island essentials? a solar powered torch, my bb dinosaur, and Michael Palin [ofc] 

Llamas or camels and why? ALPACAS a cute mix of the two lololol idkk

Best living memory? ARGH ohhhhhh jesus there are a lot. discovering I hadn't failed my final exams. seeing rammstein. all of the births of my nieces & nephews. my relationship with T. everything about rome. MEETING MICHAEL PALIN hehe!

And the worst? my mum dying. 

The grossest thing your school ever produced and called ‘dinner’: the school I went to in england was just gross all together, ngl. the other I brought packed lunches lolololololol.

What is your life dream? pipe dream is to be a MEP, I guess. otherwise - be happy, loving family & wonderful friends, travel ALOT, do something noteworthy??? 

Would you rather have 1 giant arm, or 50 little ones? I want a giant stone arm like Hellboy to punch gobshites with 

If you were invisible for a day, what would you do? I'd give david cameron a wedgie 

You can choose to have a big hairy spider on your face or a big hairy armpit. Which one and why? it might be easier to remove the spider [omg charly!!! let me love you in your high silliness <3] 

HOW DO YOU PUT UP WITH ME?!?! because you are a beautiful fab earth goddess! 

what is your best feature (not allowed to say ‘I don’t have one’ or anything to that effect :P ) uh I am like a magnet for politicians or semi-major media figures????  also I make good coffee cakeee~ & I can trick people into thinking I'm confident when really am a jibbering anxious mess~~~~~~

PALDENLHAMO'S QUEA--STIONS!!!!!!!

would you be a surrogate mammy/daddy/parent to some ducklings or One Direction?

what are you passionate about?

which politician [or other notable figure] most deserves a wedgie?

if I gave you an open plane ticket to leave tomorrow, where would you go and why?

a jehovah's witness hippo shows up at your front door, what do you do???

what do you always bring with you when you go out?

what really gets up your nose? apart from air

shag/marry/push off a cliff: ross, chandler and joey?

what's in the Queen's handbag??

favourite ice cream flavour? WHY???!