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turpsIt was a red letter day today when I woke to two comments on different stories. Comments you make my heart sing.
An update on my niece's journey to fandom. You may remember she was waiting for Dan and Phil to make a big announcement after vidcon.
The day this announcement was due to happen was a huge one for her. First there was a very heartfelt instagram post about how if Dan and Phil came out people had to treat them the same as normal as they still would be the same people, just that they'd now admitted they were together. All her friends agreed with this and were just in general being adorable.
The next post was a selfie of my niece sitting with her hand over her mouth, eyes wide and impatient as she counted down to the time of the announcement. I'm sure you all know what expression I mean, the squee face every fan is familiar with.
Then nothing for ages. Curious I went looking, checking to see if the silence meant they actually had come out and all the phan fans had squee'ed themselves to death. But no, the big announcement was they'd released an app, one for the ios system only and worse than that, paid.
So no big coming out this time, but she rallied and is now posting pictures of herself with whiskers on her face.
Seriously, watching this new generation of fans come into our world is a whole lot of fun.
Changing the subject, because I'm an old generation of fans that do such things, I did that household meme that goes on forever, and it's behind
1.What kind of soap is in your bathtub right now?
Rockstar soap from Lush. I have to admit I have so much Lush soap it would keep me going for years. I may have a bit of a problem.
2. Do you have any watermelon in your refrigerator?
I do not. I could just eat some now, though.
3. Is there anything mouldy in your refrigerator?
Nope. Though a few weeks back Corey found the remains of a bag of salad that had got shoved into a back corner and had liquefied. That was disgusting.
4. Are there any dirty dishes in your sink?
No, because I've just set the dishwasher away.
5. What would you change about your living room?
The walls need painting again and I could do with a higher couch so people other than us could actually use it easily. Oh, and the light fixed. Years ago when we got the walls plastered I put a nail in to hang a picture and nailed through an electric wire -- I know, I was so lucky I wasn't hurt -- and since then we've been unable to use one of the lights in the living room as it trips the electric in the house when we do so. As we've got two wall lights, a standard lamp and another ceiling light in the room it's just never been fixed as to do so would mean channelling into the plaster.
6. Are the dishes in your dishwasher clean or dirty?
Well as it's in the middle of a cycle just now I'd say half and half.
7. Do you have a can of mushrooms in your pantry?
No, but there may be some frozen ones for mushroom related emergencies. Mostly I use fresh.
8. White or wheat bread?
Wholemeal seedy bread. I never eat white.
9. What is on top of your refrigerator?
Erm, off the top of my head. A collapsible crate full of junk and the dustpan and brush. Sometimes a cat.
10. What colour is your sofa?
Various shades of brown.
11. What colour or design is on your shower curtain?
I haven't got one. The bathroom was designed as a wet room but we put in a bath when Corey was a toddler. As it doesn't matter if the water splashes everywhere we've never put up a curtain.
12. How many plants are in your home?
Quite a few on the kitchen windowsill, including a spiky cactus thing we got from Ikea that's now trying to take over the world!
13. How many candles are in your home?
Lots. I love a good candle, especially of the Yankee kind. We burn them more in the autumn and winter but most nights I've got a candle burning.
14. Is your bed made right now?
It is. That way if a cat pukes on it I can just change the quilt cover and not all of the bedding and deal with a damp mattress -- voice of experience.
15. If you have a coffee pot, what colour is it?
Don't have one. The senseo machine is black if that counts.
16. Electric or standard can opener?
A bog standard butterfly type.
27. Comet or Soft Scrub?
After reading comments on another meme I see these are cleaning things. I usually use Mr Muscle antibacterial spray, or the kitchen wipes. Those are good stuff.
28. Is your closet organized?
I don't have a closet, but if we're talking the wardrobe, mostly, yeah. Though the top bit of my wardrobe is a bit messy with old clothes, random things with nowhere else to go.
29. What colour is the flashlight that you use the most?
Black.
30. What kinds of things are in your junk drawer?
Depends which one you mean. The one in my desk is full of pens, note pads, postcards, drawing pins, all sorts of stuff. The one in the kitchen is full of random stuff like birthday candles, kebab sticks etc.
31. Do you drink out of glass or plastic most of the time at home?
Glass. Though in an attempt to drink more water I've been using a giant plastic sports bottle lately.
32. Do you have iced tea made in a pitcher right now?
Never tried the stuff. I do have cans of pepsi max in the fridge.
33. If you have a garage, is it cluttered?
We do have a garage and it's not so much cluttered as stuffed full of old furniture and bikes. There's not a chance the car would fit in.
34. Curtains or blinds?
Both. Most windows have vertical blinds and curtains, the only room that doesn't is our bedroom.
35. How many pillows do you sleep with?
Two, one of which must be folded over for optimal sleeping comfort.
36. Do you sleep with any lights on at night?
No but we never draw the curtains and have a streetlight right outside our house, plus, James leaves the tv on all night.
37. How many ceiling fans are in your home?
None.
38. How often do you vacuum?
I try to daily, otherwise the cat hair builds up terribly.
39. Standard toothbrush or electric?
Standard.
40. What colour is your toothbrush?
Mostly black.
41. Do you have a welcome mat on your front porch?
We don't have a porch, so no.
42. What is in your oven right now?
The oven trays.
43. Is your microwave clean or dirty?
It's pretty clean. Not spotless but not far off.
44. Is there anything under your bed?
It's a divan, so no.
45. Chore you hate doing the most?
Dusting, it's so boring and the dust just keeps coming back.
46. What retro items are in your home?
I've a few lava lamps, they get used too -- no, not in that way you popslash perverts.
47. Do you have a separate room that you use as an office?
Nope.
48. If you have a yard, who mows it?
Our garden has no grass, and the front of the house the council cut the grass.
49. Is there anything on your kitchen floor right now?
If you're not counting the legs of the table and chair, the bin, a step stool from Ikea that's kept in a corner, two pairs of Corey's shoes under the table and a slab of iron bru. Oh, and the cat food bowls, mats and water bowl.
50. How many mirrors are in your home?
One in the living room, a splendid dragon mirror at the bottom of the stairs, one in the bathroom and Corey has a mirror in his room. None in our room, though.
51. Do you have any hidden emergency money around your home?
No. I guess we could rustle up some coppers from the depths of the couch if we were desperate.
52. What colour are your walls?
Living room a sort of pale brown and cream, kitchen yellow, hall a weird burgundy colour that desperately needs repainting, bathroom cream again, spare room pink, Corey's room black and white, our room yellow.
53. Which rooms in your house have wallpaper?
The hall has a blown viyl that's been up so long the blown bits are mostly flat. And upstairs, oh upstairs we have woodchip from hell! Seriously, what were people thinking putting up woodchip? It's impossible to get off. We tried in the spare room and it took us forever, and even now have bits that have to be covered with pictures and posters because the wood chip is welded tight. Corey's room is all wood chip too, but after the spare room disaster it's stayed that way.
54. Do you have a peephole in your front door?
Yes, and it's excellent for spying on people.
55. Do you keep any kind of protection weapons in your home?
No, it's never occurred to me that I'd need to.
56. What does your home smell like right now?
Nothing really.
57. Fave candle scent?
Clean linen. I also like the cherry based scents.
58. What kind of pickles (if any) are in your refrigerator right now?
There's some pickled cabbage.
59. Who are in the pictures you display?
Mostly Corey but we've also got autographed Star Trek pictures displayed.
60. What colour is your favourite bible?
I don't have a bible never mind a favourite one.
61. Do you have plenty of cabinet space in your kitchen?
Yeah, could do with more but we're not really lacking. Though I do have ongoing discussions with James about putting stuff in the wall cabinets where he can't reach. But like I tell him, there's no way everything would fit in the base units.
62. Ever been on your roof?
I can't see that going well if I tried. Which is, no.
62. Do you own a stereo?
Come on meme, two 62s, that's cheating. And no, not now I don't.
63. How many TVs do you have?
Three big screens and a dodgy portable in the spare room.
64. How many house phones?
Three again. Two downstairs and one in our bedroom.
65. Do you have a housekeeper?
Ahahahahaha, will cover that.
66. What style do you decorate in?
Cosy clutter maybe.
67. Do you like solid colours in furniture or prints?
I like both.
68. Is there a smoke detector in your home?
Yes. Two.
69. In case of fire, what are the items you would grab if you only could make one quick trip?
The box of photos and then I would be on a cat hunt.
70. Do you know how to work your electrical box?
If that's the fuse box yes, but as the stupid thing is ceiling height it's Corey's job to deal with tripped fuses.
71. What temperature in your home is most comfortable to you?
Around 20c. It's 25 inside right now which I'm not amused about.
And there you go, more than you ever wanted to know about my house.
A couple of hours after I wrote this, dad has just gone after an unexpected visit. Which means after an hour plus of wandering the garden I could change what my house smells of to plants because I've been pruning tomato plants. Also strawberries as he brought us a punnet to share, leaving the leftovers along with two bananas. Best dad ♥
An update on my niece's journey to fandom. You may remember she was waiting for Dan and Phil to make a big announcement after vidcon.
The day this announcement was due to happen was a huge one for her. First there was a very heartfelt instagram post about how if Dan and Phil came out people had to treat them the same as normal as they still would be the same people, just that they'd now admitted they were together. All her friends agreed with this and were just in general being adorable.
The next post was a selfie of my niece sitting with her hand over her mouth, eyes wide and impatient as she counted down to the time of the announcement. I'm sure you all know what expression I mean, the squee face every fan is familiar with.
Then nothing for ages. Curious I went looking, checking to see if the silence meant they actually had come out and all the phan fans had squee'ed themselves to death. But no, the big announcement was they'd released an app, one for the ios system only and worse than that, paid.
So no big coming out this time, but she rallied and is now posting pictures of herself with whiskers on her face.
Seriously, watching this new generation of fans come into our world is a whole lot of fun.
Changing the subject, because I'm an old generation of fans that do such things, I did that household meme that goes on forever, and it's behind
1.What kind of soap is in your bathtub right now?
Rockstar soap from Lush. I have to admit I have so much Lush soap it would keep me going for years. I may have a bit of a problem.
2. Do you have any watermelon in your refrigerator?
I do not. I could just eat some now, though.
3. Is there anything mouldy in your refrigerator?
Nope. Though a few weeks back Corey found the remains of a bag of salad that had got shoved into a back corner and had liquefied. That was disgusting.
4. Are there any dirty dishes in your sink?
No, because I've just set the dishwasher away.
5. What would you change about your living room?
The walls need painting again and I could do with a higher couch so people other than us could actually use it easily. Oh, and the light fixed. Years ago when we got the walls plastered I put a nail in to hang a picture and nailed through an electric wire -- I know, I was so lucky I wasn't hurt -- and since then we've been unable to use one of the lights in the living room as it trips the electric in the house when we do so. As we've got two wall lights, a standard lamp and another ceiling light in the room it's just never been fixed as to do so would mean channelling into the plaster.
6. Are the dishes in your dishwasher clean or dirty?
Well as it's in the middle of a cycle just now I'd say half and half.
7. Do you have a can of mushrooms in your pantry?
No, but there may be some frozen ones for mushroom related emergencies. Mostly I use fresh.
8. White or wheat bread?
Wholemeal seedy bread. I never eat white.
9. What is on top of your refrigerator?
Erm, off the top of my head. A collapsible crate full of junk and the dustpan and brush. Sometimes a cat.
10. What colour is your sofa?
Various shades of brown.
11. What colour or design is on your shower curtain?
I haven't got one. The bathroom was designed as a wet room but we put in a bath when Corey was a toddler. As it doesn't matter if the water splashes everywhere we've never put up a curtain.
12. How many plants are in your home?
Quite a few on the kitchen windowsill, including a spiky cactus thing we got from Ikea that's now trying to take over the world!
13. How many candles are in your home?
Lots. I love a good candle, especially of the Yankee kind. We burn them more in the autumn and winter but most nights I've got a candle burning.
14. Is your bed made right now?
It is. That way if a cat pukes on it I can just change the quilt cover and not all of the bedding and deal with a damp mattress -- voice of experience.
15. If you have a coffee pot, what colour is it?
Don't have one. The senseo machine is black if that counts.
16. Electric or standard can opener?
A bog standard butterfly type.
27. Comet or Soft Scrub?
After reading comments on another meme I see these are cleaning things. I usually use Mr Muscle antibacterial spray, or the kitchen wipes. Those are good stuff.
28. Is your closet organized?
I don't have a closet, but if we're talking the wardrobe, mostly, yeah. Though the top bit of my wardrobe is a bit messy with old clothes, random things with nowhere else to go.
29. What colour is the flashlight that you use the most?
Black.
30. What kinds of things are in your junk drawer?
Depends which one you mean. The one in my desk is full of pens, note pads, postcards, drawing pins, all sorts of stuff. The one in the kitchen is full of random stuff like birthday candles, kebab sticks etc.
31. Do you drink out of glass or plastic most of the time at home?
Glass. Though in an attempt to drink more water I've been using a giant plastic sports bottle lately.
32. Do you have iced tea made in a pitcher right now?
Never tried the stuff. I do have cans of pepsi max in the fridge.
33. If you have a garage, is it cluttered?
We do have a garage and it's not so much cluttered as stuffed full of old furniture and bikes. There's not a chance the car would fit in.
34. Curtains or blinds?
Both. Most windows have vertical blinds and curtains, the only room that doesn't is our bedroom.
35. How many pillows do you sleep with?
Two, one of which must be folded over for optimal sleeping comfort.
36. Do you sleep with any lights on at night?
No but we never draw the curtains and have a streetlight right outside our house, plus, James leaves the tv on all night.
37. How many ceiling fans are in your home?
None.
38. How often do you vacuum?
I try to daily, otherwise the cat hair builds up terribly.
39. Standard toothbrush or electric?
Standard.
40. What colour is your toothbrush?
Mostly black.
41. Do you have a welcome mat on your front porch?
We don't have a porch, so no.
42. What is in your oven right now?
The oven trays.
43. Is your microwave clean or dirty?
It's pretty clean. Not spotless but not far off.
44. Is there anything under your bed?
It's a divan, so no.
45. Chore you hate doing the most?
Dusting, it's so boring and the dust just keeps coming back.
46. What retro items are in your home?
I've a few lava lamps, they get used too -- no, not in that way you popslash perverts.
47. Do you have a separate room that you use as an office?
Nope.
48. If you have a yard, who mows it?
Our garden has no grass, and the front of the house the council cut the grass.
49. Is there anything on your kitchen floor right now?
If you're not counting the legs of the table and chair, the bin, a step stool from Ikea that's kept in a corner, two pairs of Corey's shoes under the table and a slab of iron bru. Oh, and the cat food bowls, mats and water bowl.
50. How many mirrors are in your home?
One in the living room, a splendid dragon mirror at the bottom of the stairs, one in the bathroom and Corey has a mirror in his room. None in our room, though.
51. Do you have any hidden emergency money around your home?
No. I guess we could rustle up some coppers from the depths of the couch if we were desperate.
52. What colour are your walls?
Living room a sort of pale brown and cream, kitchen yellow, hall a weird burgundy colour that desperately needs repainting, bathroom cream again, spare room pink, Corey's room black and white, our room yellow.
53. Which rooms in your house have wallpaper?
The hall has a blown viyl that's been up so long the blown bits are mostly flat. And upstairs, oh upstairs we have woodchip from hell! Seriously, what were people thinking putting up woodchip? It's impossible to get off. We tried in the spare room and it took us forever, and even now have bits that have to be covered with pictures and posters because the wood chip is welded tight. Corey's room is all wood chip too, but after the spare room disaster it's stayed that way.
54. Do you have a peephole in your front door?
Yes, and it's excellent for spying on people.
55. Do you keep any kind of protection weapons in your home?
No, it's never occurred to me that I'd need to.
56. What does your home smell like right now?
Nothing really.
57. Fave candle scent?
Clean linen. I also like the cherry based scents.
58. What kind of pickles (if any) are in your refrigerator right now?
There's some pickled cabbage.
59. Who are in the pictures you display?
Mostly Corey but we've also got autographed Star Trek pictures displayed.
60. What colour is your favourite bible?
I don't have a bible never mind a favourite one.
61. Do you have plenty of cabinet space in your kitchen?
Yeah, could do with more but we're not really lacking. Though I do have ongoing discussions with James about putting stuff in the wall cabinets where he can't reach. But like I tell him, there's no way everything would fit in the base units.
62. Ever been on your roof?
I can't see that going well if I tried. Which is, no.
62. Do you own a stereo?
Come on meme, two 62s, that's cheating. And no, not now I don't.
63. How many TVs do you have?
Three big screens and a dodgy portable in the spare room.
64. How many house phones?
Three again. Two downstairs and one in our bedroom.
65. Do you have a housekeeper?
Ahahahahaha, will cover that.
66. What style do you decorate in?
Cosy clutter maybe.
67. Do you like solid colours in furniture or prints?
I like both.
68. Is there a smoke detector in your home?
Yes. Two.
69. In case of fire, what are the items you would grab if you only could make one quick trip?
The box of photos and then I would be on a cat hunt.
70. Do you know how to work your electrical box?
If that's the fuse box yes, but as the stupid thing is ceiling height it's Corey's job to deal with tripped fuses.
71. What temperature in your home is most comfortable to you?
Around 20c. It's 25 inside right now which I'm not amused about.
And there you go, more than you ever wanted to know about my house.
A couple of hours after I wrote this, dad has just gone after an unexpected visit. Which means after an hour plus of wandering the garden I could change what my house smells of to plants because I've been pruning tomato plants. Also strawberries as he brought us a punnet to share, leaving the leftovers along with two bananas. Best dad ♥
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Date: 2015-08-10 07:17 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-08-10 07:52 pm (UTC)Though some of that was translating what they were actually asking.
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Date: 2015-08-12 04:32 pm (UTC)There are so many strange questions in this meme. Some are quite fun though. If I feel energetic enough I might do it myself. *saves questions*
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Date: 2015-08-14 07:38 pm (UTC)60. What colour is your favourite bible?
remains one of my favourite meme questions EVER. WTF. :D
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Date: 2015-08-15 06:42 pm (UTC)A lot of the questions made me think, wtf?! But yeah, the bible one was way up there as the top wtfery.
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Date: 2015-08-18 05:30 pm (UTC)That meme is way too long. I skimmed towards the end. ;-)
Glad you had a good time with your dad.
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Date: 2015-09-01 04:45 pm (UTC)Man, the meme is stupidly long. I don't blame you for skimming. But it was perfect while waiting for results for Corey.
Thank you.