1. What time did you get up this morning?
6.15

2. How do you like your steak?
I don't - I'm veggie

3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema?
Perfume

4. What are your favourite TV shows?
QI, Bill Oddie things and Postman Pat

5. What did you have for Breakfast?
Crunchy cereal, toast, grapefruit, tea

6. What is your middle name?
John

7. What is your favourite cuisine?
Indian and English puddings

9. What is your favourite chip?
...?

10. What is your favourite CD at the moment?
This week - John Foxx "In Mysterious Ways"

11. What kind of car do you drive?
A blue one

12. What is your favourite sandwich?
Goats cheese and mango chutney with fresh basil leaves
or Peanut Butter and coleslaw

13. What characteristics do you despise?
Dishonesty, vanity, ignorance - the usual...

14. What are your favourite clothes?
Whatever I happen to be wearing

15. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation?
What...?

16. Favourite brand of clothing?
I cut the labels out. 2nd Hand is a recommended make

17. Where would you want to retire?
No idea

18. Favourite time of day?
Early morning. Late, late night

19. Where were you born?
Northampton

20. What is your favourite sport to watch?
test match cricket

24. Beavers or ducks?
...??

25. Are you a morning person or a night owl?
Both - see 18

26. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share?
Blog most of it. Keep up!

27. What did you want to be when you were little?
Left alone.

28. What is your best childhood memory?
My nan's caravan in Norfolk, and the pear trees in her garden

29. Piercing?
Cries...or what?
Some of these questions make no sense at all... :-$

30. Ever been to Africa?
No

31. Ever been toilet papering?
Fraid so…

32. Been in a car accident?
No

33. Favourite day of the week? Saturday
Today

34. Favourite restaurant?
No idea

35. Favourite Flower?
Gladioli

36. Favourite ice cream?
new Forest Vanilla

37. Favourite fast food restaurant?
Now I LIKE Macdonalds…

38. How many times did you fail your driver's test?
Driv -ING test, surely?

39. From whom did you get your last email?
Tombstone Dave

40. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card?
No cards

41. Bedtime?
Is it? Already??

43. Last person you went out to dinner with?
Jo the staff

44. What are you listening to right now?
Folkies singinng in my neighbours garden

45. What is your favourite colour?
Blue

46. How many tattoos do you have?
None

50. Favourite magazine?
Mojo

Phone call from Ris last night (its so good that this is waking up again) but he does call at the most innopportune moments! Six o'clock - right in the middle of dinner.
I hope I managed to not sound too abrupt while holding the phone in one hand and stirring my custard with the other…

Seems he has managed to get an 'exclusive' interview with Robin Guthrie, which he will do sometime during the summer's tour. Should be interesing. Many of us are keen to hear the stuff he's recorded with John. It's been 18 months though already, and I know the Quiet Man isn't keen on revisiting the vocals as he has (on several occasions...) been asked to do.

I'm just waiting for this month's cheque to clear so that I can buy some concert tickets.

Things are slowly picking up. I have my first EVER new coat, and Trx this week has at long, long last been out and bought herself some new trousers. Three pairs too.
Add to that a bagful of tops charity shops locally. She looks fantastic, simply because if nothing else, thats the effect that new stuff has, and its so, so good to see her dressing in new things.
Without wanting to sound patronising, it has been far too long since she treated herself, so to see the effects of a bit of spare cash is really encouraging.

This week's in-car entertainment (for late night shopping, and kids club delivery) is the very wonderful In Mysterious Ways - the most overlooked and least appreciated Foxx album. There's some cracking stuff on there, despite some of the ideas being only half-realised.