A: I chose 'paperparadox' because writers generally write on paper (d'uh!) and the fact that I suffer from depression yet write most commmonly in the humour genre is indeed a paradox (even to me).
2. BAM, you wake up with a tattoo that you don't remember getting. How did you get it, what happened, what is it?
A: I must have gone in to ask directions and fallen asleep...the tattoo shows where the nearest 'Discreet hair removal parlour' is from his shop.
3. How many holes are in your bedroom wall? [i.e. from hanging posters, pictures, punching your wall, whatever]
A: If you don't count the windows (which could be counted as holes...sort of) we have four doors (entry, ensuite bathroom and two doorways into the walk-thru wardrobe behind the bed), one dent ~ okay, not quite a hole...I knocked it with the hoover ~ and approximately nine drill holes for pictures, TV etc.
4. How many siblings do you have?
A: Two ~ three if you count my hubby.
(Okay, that was a joke. Really.)
5. What is your favourite flavour?
A: CHOCOLATE !!!!!
6. Do you have all of your fingers and toes? If not, how did you lose said appendage.
A: Yup. But when I've had a glass or two of bubbly...they seem to multiply all by themselves.
7. Describe your style of writing [your point of view]
A: Doggerel. Humorous doggerel. Humorous rhyming doggerel.
8. How do you feel about green apple blow pops?
A: ...Hunh...?
9. What is the nearest thing to you that is green?
A: My Garfield mousepad.
10. Spin in a circle ten times, point to the first thing you see. What is it?
A: Dunno ~ it was too blurry.
11. Did you actually do what I asked in question ten?
A: Wait 'til my head stops spinning and I'll tell you...
12. What do you lie about?
A: Spinning around ten times in an office chair.
13. Broken bones stories. What did you break, how did it happen?
A: My thumb...vaulting heroically over the BBQ wall on the pattio (or not so, as it turned out).
15. Name one sound that you hear right now.
A: Hubby washing up (YAY)
16. How loud is the silence?
A: Silence? What silence?
17. Have you ever screamed at the top of your lungs in front of a bunch of people?
A: It's on my "To Do' list.
18. Do you know what 'freeze out' is, and if you have, have you played it?
A: Er...is it something to do with snowballs...?
19. Where did question fourteen go?
A: I think it's rubbing at my legs under the desk.
20. How long do you normally stay angry?
A: Until after the third bunch of flowers.
21. Name six poets on AP that you read/comment on, on a regular basis. What about their writing makes you a loyal reader?
A: EarthToJim because he's an excellent and intelligent rhyming poet; Knitonepearlone because she's delightful and writes delightful rhyming poetry; Legend because he's just that: A Legend; SonofJim because I like his intellingence and brevity;
And that's only four because I have difficulty counting to six.
22. Do you ever sit out on the roof and count the stars?
A: No, but I do float about in the pool at night and lose myself in their magnificence...
23. Can you cook? What do you make best?
A: Yes I think so ~ it's that big square thing out in the kitchen, isn't it?
24. What poets on AP would you like to meet in real life?
A: Hey Sweetie ~ I've met THE Pam Ayres in person...try beating that!
25. Why do you like me? [limit to 20 words or less]
A: ...who did you say you were again?
26. Did this survey amuse or entertain you?
A: It certainly added a spot of pizzazz into my evening.
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