25 random facts…

[almostwitty]

Since I’ve been tagged by a few friends on Facebook and elsewhere, I thought I’d try to come up with 25 random facts about me:

1. One of my first websites was lauded by Microsoft, Yahoo and the BBC. Of course, this was back in 1997.
2. I’ve been in Stephen Fry’s bedroom
3. I love peas. Love them. If I had a big enough freezer, all my stir fries would come with peas included.
4. I also love snow - the way it can make a city like London be frozen, cold and yet clean and crisp. Of course, I've never had to go to work in the middle of a blizzard.
5. I also love the cold. It awakens the senses, keeps everything sharp. Then again, I’ve never had to walk to work during a very very cold snap.
6. Ben Elton thinks I’m a wanker. Long story.
7. In my younger days, the only time I cried at a film was during E.T.’s resurrection.
8. Unfortunately, these days, any old thing can set my eyes moist. A moving montage, a soaring piece of music…
9. This may be why I don’t really go to the cinema any more. In 2008, I managed four trips. and one of them was to the terrible Indiana Jones movie.
10. My favourite film is Brazil, a tale of a man who battles bureaucracy by going insane.
11. I’ve worked in the BBC, in four different places, over ten years - with a lot of time off for good behaviour.
12. Emma Freud is the best Radio 1 DJ that ever existed, IMHO. and she gave me an online snog once.
13. I am petrified of zombies. Terrified of them.
14. and crabs. Crabs will take over the world. You mark my words.
15. I hate unfriendly people.
16. I love living in London, full of unfriendly people. Go, as they say, figure.
17. When I’m sat on my sofa, I wish I was in the pub.
18. When I’m in the pub, I wish I was sat on my sofa.
19. Chef Ainsley Harriott gripped my thigh once.
20. So did Pet Shop Boys lead singer Neil Tennant
21. I once tried to bore a friend to sleep by summarising every single Doctor Who episode ever broadcast. It didn’t work. She’s still my friend.
22. I wore a kilt once. Loved it.
23. I can’t stand sour foods. Salt and vinegar crisps are the devil’s condiment of choice.
24. I haven’t programmed a computer in years. Must learn again.
25. I was once asked to take part in a local carnival as a Chinese person on the grounds that I didn’t need any make-up…
26. I used to be terrible at cooking. I couldn’t even make a bowl of cornflakes properly.
27. People seem to confide in me. I have no real idea why, but I like it.

So… go and write 25 random facts about you in *your* blog!

Originally published at almost witty. You can comment here or there.

Comments

[nicnac.livejournal.com]

6. I imagine the feeling is mutual!

[almostwitty]

Well, I used to like his stuff. Hell, my first website was all about Ben Elton. Quite a nice money-earner for a few years.

[ladycinnahster.livejournal.com]

15 & 16 made me laugh out loud, literally!

I thought London could get very, very cold. What do you consider very, very cold??

[almostwitty]

erm... from the latest BBC News winter snap report:

"Temperatures in some areas are forecast to plunge from up to 7C (45F) on Saturday daytime, to between -1C (30F) and -3C (27F) on Sunday night."

[voodoo-vibe.livejournal.com]

When were you in STEPHEN FRY'S BEDROOM?!

*thinks she may have to kill you out of envy*

[almostwitty]

Ah, he helped out with my university projects. Twice.

Really must blog about that sometime.

[voodoo-vibe.livejournal.com]

*is insanely jealous*

[tearingpassion.livejournal.com]

I once tried to bore a friend to sleep by summarising every single Doctor Who episode ever broadcast. It didn’t work. She’s still my friend.

i'd actually enjoy this...*laughs*

[kiri-l.livejournal.com]

wonders if 19 & 20 were the same thigh.. was it at the same time.. were you sitting between them? did they mistake your thigh for other grabbees? (much less interesting.. but funnier)

[almostwitty]

One of my old jobs was being the typist on BBC online webchats. As for why they specifically wanted to grip my thigh, I couldn't possibly comment...

[grahamwest.livejournal.com]

You're quite the thigh-grippee!

26 made me remember the time I came into the kitchen in our house in Bradford and you had set my frying pan on fire and I threw the doorknob towards you (I was deliberately aiming not to hit you) and it smacked off the cooker and scared the hell out of you.

[almostwitty]

I don't remember that. *At all*. Did I literally set it on fire?

But I am a very jumpy person, yeah... :(

[grahamwest.livejournal.com]

(Only just remembered this comment)

Yep, flames billowing above it, about 12-18 inches high. The frying pan was red on the outside originally and after this it was almost all black.

I didn't mind that much really because we all shared our pans and dishes and I rarely used the frying pan anyway.

[almostwitty]

Ah sorry about that. I'll get you a new one when I get to California :)

[argylesocksrulz.livejournal.com]

Salt and vinegar crisps are the bees knees. That is all.