A Meme (like it is 2002)

How old are you?
34. I feel much older than that recently.

Tattoos?
4. Keep saying I'll get number 5 but can't quite picture it on my body and the one occasion I had a tattoo when I felt like that I didn't like it long term and had a cover up (so technically I suppose I already have 5 tattoos, but one of them is on top of the other) so I need to wait and let it keep evolving in my head.

Ever hit a deer?
Nope. Quite a few around where I grew up but closest I've ever come was when I was a passenger, one came out of the hedge, ran alongside the car, and then went back into hedgerow - an uncharacteristically sensible response to it's surprise there was a car where it was about to run.

Taken a few pheasants out in my time. And saw a badger for the first and only time in my life a split second before it disappeared beneath the wheels of the car my friend was driving (we both screamed, completely unavoidable). I once narrowly missed a stoat. That was an exciting sighting. I don't think I've ever hit a bunny but they don't half like running at the wheels of the car when you get level with them.

Ridden in an ambulance?
Nope.

Sang karaoke?
Many, many times. I still prefer karaoke rooms to pub karaoke, not least of all because it's fun no matter who is singing because you know them - rather than slogging it through the ropey regulars.

Ice skated?
Yep. Growing up in Nottingham it was a pretty standard Saturday afternoon activity because of National Ice Centre/Torville and Dean cultural consciousness. I haven't done it in years but previously I've still had enough muscle memory to pull it together when I've had a long gap.

Ridden a motorcycle?
Pillion a couple of times. Never driven one.

Stayed in hospital?
Not overnight. Had a bed and so on for the day surgery on my shoulder back in 2015.

Skipped school?
Good god yes. I think I must have skipped more classes than I went to by the time I was in Sixth Form, but really from 15/16 onwards skipping school was a standar part of the week. How else were we to get stoned?

Last phone call?
Some call from health insurance company because I'd tried to find out if I was insurable to access therapy but it turns out its not like travel insurance and you can't just get a quote online, and as soon as you put your phone number in on screen one they get it. So I had this pointless chat whilst on the train where I didn't want to say "I probably can't afford it, and it's too embarrassing to find that out when speaking to a human". That was Monday, I think.

Last text from?
Ocado telling me my driver was in the raspberry van.

Watched someone die?
No, thank goodness.

Pepsi or Coke?
Coke. Full fat.

Favourite pie?
I'm not really into pie. At all.

I suppose [veggie] Shepherd's Pie? But it's not really a pie, save for in name.

Favourite pizza?
Margarita with white closed cup mushrooms on - none of this fancy mushroom noise, just your 69p shiz.

Favourite season?
I used to say autumn because I like the colours and those crisp days but more and more I find winter an emotionally trying slog and so spring is increasingly representing not just a welcome respite from the cold, but also a return of more even mood.

Broken bones?
I think I broke my toe a few years ago but nothing that's required actual medical attention.

Received a ticket?
I am glad other people have answered this so I can extrapolate what this means from their answers; no. I have never received a parking or speeding ticket or any other kind of automated ticket. I was convinced I'd gone through about 5 cameras on the M25 at 80mph a few years ago (one stretch of road, so only one incidence of being over the speed limit really) but mercifully they were either set to issue tickets at a higher speed, or my speedometer was far enough out that I wasn't over 74mph.

Favorite colour?
Currently I want everything green.

Sunset or sunrise?
Sunset. They are more consistently beautiful - and I see them more often. On the coast though both are a real treat