1. I pierced my left nipple myself
2. I have been in a padded cell
3. I want to live somewhere really cold
4. I have a very short temper and am really easily bored
5. I wish I could go back to a certain moment and say what I should have done

I suppose that last one is a regret but at least 1 person might know what and where.

Tagging: Gordon – wank – David – Shep – whoo
(And yes I know at least 1 person in there will hate me for the tag :) )

Four jobs I’ve had:
Newspaper boy
milk delivery
Barman
Nurse

Four things I want to do before I die:
See my girls grow up
Visit Japan
Be able to worry a lot less and be happier some more
Get a life

Four things I say a lot:
“Yes” (I live with 3 women remember!).
“I’ll do it later”
“Boom boom boom”
“Okay, I’ll fix it….”

Four of my favorite foods:
Right now ?
Creme Eggs.
That’s about it. I’m in the middle of a long sugar kick.
(Jaffa cakes have dropped off the gastronomic radar)

Four people I’d like to curse:
Curse as in put the hex on so that they suffer for every single day for the rest of their wretched lives ? Ooohh… fun :)
Jason Clarke
Paul Jones
My (alleged) m*ther
Anyone who harms children (A broad brush I know, but a worthy one)

Four things I don’t trust:
Screws (I’ll explain one day)
My brother-in-law
Anyone drunk
Me without meds.

Four people from history I’d like to meet:
I don’t want to meet any of these people really. If I could shake hands and even just say hello then so much of why I want to meet them would instantly disappear. The fascination would be replaced with the flesh and nothing can ever live up to fascination. So just being somewhere I could see them, hear them, watch them would be good enough. In fact that would add to the magic….
Peter Cook
Spike Milligan
Keith Alexander
Michael Palin (yesterday is now history so who says they all have to be dead ?)

Four movies I watch over and over:
Leon
Monsters Inc
Godfather
Aliens

Four people I’m tagging:
Dino
Phu
Ian
Claire

1. The HitchHiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams
2. Nineteen Eighty-Four – George Orwell
3. Brave New World – Aldous Huxley
4. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? – Philip Dick
5. Neuromancer – William Gibson
6. Dune – Frank Herbert
7. I, Robot – Isaac Asimov
8. Foundation – Isaac Asimov
9. The Colour of Magic – Terry Pratchett
10. Microserfs – Douglas Coupland
11. Snow Crash – Neal Stephenson
12. Watchmen – Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons
13. Cryptonomicon – Neal Stephenson
14. Consider Phlebas – Iain M Banks
15. Stranger in a Strange Land – Robert Heinlein
16. The Man in the High Castle – Philip K Dick
17. American Gods – Neil Gaiman
18. The Diamond Age – Neal Stephenson
19. The Illuminatus! Trilogy – Robert Shea & Robert Anton Wilson
20. Trouble with Lichen – John Wyndham

(and I’m no geek!)

Number of books on the shelf
I’ve seen 100 on a few blogs that have done this, so I’ll count. Hang on …. 156. There would be more but 2 shelves are given over to games / CD’s and the like. (2 shelves are double packed). There are boxes of books in the garage too.

Last book purchased
That would be a Michael Palin book I think …or Clarkson

Currently reading
Right now .. quite a few. My concentration level isn’t great right now so I’ll tell you the books with bookmarks in: A Can of Madness, The World According to Clarkson, Himalaya (Palin), Slow (Carl Honore), Atomised, Bullet Points, Shangai Baby, My Secret Garden, Bleak House, Grumpy Old Men, A Brilliant Madness. CSS books are open and closed frequently, and I’ve yet to finish Zeldman’s Web Standard book.

Last 5 books read
A Million Little Pieces, A Year in the Merde, Bringing Down the House, Ghost Girl. I can’t remember further back than that.

Books that mean a lot to me
A Million Little Pieces – read it and you’ll know why.
Why Men Lie & Women Cry – superb. Just essential reading.

Who I am throwing this at ?
Dino, Jayne, Gary, Etanisla and Samantha or Melissa

I think this list is really cheesy:

Atari – Thermal Resolution
Chris De Burgh – Patricia The Stripper
M – Pop Muzic
Gerry Rafferty – Baker Street
Flash & The Pan – Waiting For A Train
The Members – Sound Of The Suburbs
Jean Michel Jarre – Oxygene pt 4
Altered Images – I Could be Happy
Tampera feat maya – Feel It
Fine Young Cannibals – Good thing
The Foundations – Build Me Up Buttercup
Blue Man Group – Rods And Cones
Bond – Explosive (Orion and Ed Leal)
Eminem Vs Supermen Lovers – Without Me (Tristan Morph)
Infected Mushroom – Bust a Move
Kinobe – Slip Into Something More Comfortable
Ozzy Osbourne – Dreamer
Shapeshifters – Lola’s Theme
Vibri – Sunny Day
The Marcels – Blue Moon

The theme was Summer and barring a couple of tracks which I have since remembered, all these tracks would have some sort of Summer in any attached imagery but for very different reasons. If I put the tracks together right now it would be different and I can’t have been in really top form because certain “I’m on an UP!” tracks are missing, but then so are the down tracks too (mainly APB).
Anyway, yes it’s cheesy, it shows my age and the last track ? I just LOVE that track.

No problem :)

2. Have you ever had a crush on a fictional character?
In a book …. no. Magazines ? Yes ;)

3. The last book you bought is:
Designing with Web Standards ~ Jeffrey Zeldman

4. The last book you read:
Ghost Girl ~ Torey L. Hayden. When she leaves Jeremiah and co. for the last time … I nearly cried. One of those rare books that I read in 3 ‘goes’ as putting it down was very difficult indeed and I just know that it will easily bear a re-read. I must say a thank you to Stacy for sending me this.

5. What are you currently reading?
Nothing right now as a full time read – I am completely out of books. I usually get a few at a time to read, and this is drought time. That said, I love books and I become a fount of WordPress assistance to those that buy me them hint hint. That said I am re-dipping into Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff…and It’s All Small Stuff ~ Richard Carlson. No real reason behind the ‘dipping’ but it is certainly a fantastic book and one I would recommend to anyone.

6. Five books you would take to a deserted island:
Wouldn’t sand ruin them ? Okay … tricky this one.
– The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity ~ Roy Porter
- Mrs.Beeton’s Book of Cookery and Household Management
- The Stand ~ Stephen King
- The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
- And lastly, the Biggest Book of All :)

7. Who are you going to pass this stick to (3 persons) and why?
I’m not. Partly because I’m not sure who to send it to as there are a few people I know read here so it would be more than 3. Partly because those people may prefer to choose to do it rather than be asked, but mainly because why limit myself to 3 ? It’s a weekend – a long weekend – so there may be more people who choose to do this, and if they pinged here then we’d all have some bonus posts to read wouldn’t we ?

1. Bought everyone in the pub a drink
2. Swam with wild dolphins
3. Climbed a mountain.
4. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
5. Been inside the Great Pyramid
6. Held a tarantula.
7. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
8. Said ‘I love you’ and meant it
9. Hugged a tree
10. Done a striptease.
11. Bungee jumped.
12. Visited Paris.
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Stayed up all night long, and watch the sun rise
15. Seen the Northern Lights
16. Gone to a huge sports game – (Does f1 at Silverstone count ?)
17. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
18. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
19. Touched an iceberg
20. Slept under the stars
21. Changed a baby’s diaper
22. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
23. Watched a meteor shower
24. Gotten drunk on champagne
25. Given more than you can afford to charity
26. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
27. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
28. Had a food fight
29. Bet on a winning horse
30. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
31. Asked out a stranger
32. Had a snowball fight
33. Photocopied your bottom on the office photocopier
34. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
35. Held a lamb
36. Enacted a favourite fantasy
37. Taken a midnight skinny dip
38. Taken an ice cold bath
39. Had a meaningful conversation with a beggar
40. Seen a total eclipse
41. Ridden a roller coaster
42. Hit a home run
43. Fit three weeks miraculously into three days
44. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
45. Adopted an accent for an entire day
46. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
47. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
48. Had two hard drives for your computer
49. Visited all 50 states
50. Loved your job for all accounts
51. Taken care of someone who was shit faced
52. Had enough money to be truly satisfied (in retrospect)
53. Had amazing friends
54. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
55. Watched wild whales
56. Stolen a sign
57. Backpacked in Europe
58. Taken a road-trip
59. Rock climbing
60. Lied to foreign government’s official in that country to avoid notice
61. There is no #61.
62. Sky diving
63. Visited Ireland
64. Been heartbroken longer then you were actually in love
65. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger’s table and had a meal with them
66. Visited Japan (it’s the one and only thing I hope to be able to do)
67. Benchpressed your own weight
68. Milked a cow
69. Alphabetised your records
70. Pretended to be a superhero
71. Sung karaoke (only once.The world doesn’t need a second time)
72. Lounged around in bed all day
73. Posed nude in front of strangers
74. Scuba diving
75. Got it on to “Let’s Get It On� by Marvin Gaye
76. Kissed in the rain
77. Played in the mud
78. Played in the rain
79. Gone to a drive-in theater
80. Done something you should regret, but don’t regret it
81. Visited the Great Wall of China
82. Discovered that someone who’s not supposed to have known about your blog has discovered your blog
83. Dropped Windows in favor of something better
84. Started a business
85. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
86. Toured ancient sites
87. Taken a martial arts class
88. Swordfought for the honor of a woman
89. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight
90. Gotten married
91. Been in a movie
92. Crashed a party
93. Loved someone you shouldn’t have (still do …)
94. Kissed someone so passionately it made them dizzy
95. Gotten divorced
96. Had sex at the office
97. Gone without food for 5 days
98. Made cookies from scratch
99. Won first prize in a costume contest
100. Ridden a gondola in Venice
101. Gotten a tattoo
102. Found that the texture of some materials can turn you on
103. Rafted the Snake River
104. Been on television news programs as an “expert�
105. Got flowers for no reason
106. Masturbated in a public place
107. Got so drunk you don’t remember anything
108. Been addicted to some form of illegal drug
109. Performed on stage
110. Been to Las Vegas
111. Recorded music
112. Eaten shark
113. Had a one-night stand
114. Gone to Thailand
115. Seen Siouxsie live
116. Bought a house
117. Been in a combat zone
118. Buried one/both of your parents
119. Shaved or waxed your pubic hair off
120. Been on a cruise ship
121. Spoken more than one language fluently
122. Gotten into a fight while attempting to defend someone
123. Bounced a cheque
124. Performed in Rocky Horror
125. Read – and understood – your credit report
126. Raised children
127. Recently bought and played with a favourite childhood toy
128. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
129. Created and named your own constellation of stars
130. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
131. Found out something significant that your ancestors did
132. Called or written your Congress person Member of Parliament
133. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
134. …more than once? – More than thrice?
135. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
136. Sang loudly in the car, and didn’t stop when you knew someone was looking
137. Had an abortion or your female partner did
138. Had plastic surgery
139. Survived an accident that you shouldn’t have survived
140. Wrote articles for a large publication
141. Lost over 100 pounds
142. Held someone while they were having a flashback
143. Piloted an airplane
144. Petted a stingray
145. Broken someone’s heart
146. Helped an animal give birth
147. Been fired or laid off from a job
148. Won money on a T.V. game show
149. Broken a bone
150. Killed a human being
151. Gone on an African photo safari
152. Ridden a motorcycle
153. Driven any land vehicle at a speed of greater than 100mph
154. Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced
155. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
156. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
157. Ridden a horse
158. Had major surgery
159. Had sex on a moving train
160. Had a snake as a pet
161. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
162. Slept through an entire flight: takeoff, flight, and landing
163. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours
164. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states
165. Visited all 7 continents
166. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
167. Eaten kangaroo meat
168. Fallen in love at an ancient Mayan burial ground
169. Been a sperm or egg donor
170. Eaten sushi
171. Had your picture in the newspaper
172. Had 2 (or more) healthy romantic relationships for over a year in your lifetime
173. Changed someone’s mind about something you care deeply about
174. Gotten someone fired for their actions
175. Gone back to school
176. Parasailed
177. Changed your name
178. Petted a cockroach
179. Eaten fried green tomatoes
180. Read The Iliad
181. Selected one “important� author who you missed in school, and read
182. Dined in a restaurant and stolen silverware, plates, cups because your apartment needed them. (didn’t need them though :) )
183. …and gotten 86′ed from the restaurant because you did it so many times, they figured out it was you
184. Taught yourself an art from scratch
185. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
186. Apologised to someone years after inflicting the hurt
187. Skipped all your school reunions
188. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
189. Been elected to public office
190. Written your own computer language
191. Thought to yourself that you’re living your dream
192. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
193. Built your own PC from parts
194. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn’t know you
195. Had a booth at a street fair
196. Dyed your hair
197. Been a DJ
198. Found out someone was going to dump you via LiveJournal
199. Written your own role playing game
200. Been arrested