Nerdiest Obsession: action figures
Wastes too much time on: mooning over men I can’t have (because they are the product of some writer’s imagination and don’t actually exist)
Favourite female nerd: Lisa Simpson/ Dr. Temperance Brennan (“Bones”)
Favourite male nerd: Rupert Giles “Buffy The Vampire Slayer”) /Dr. Neil Barnard
Secretly collects: words (from “antediluvian” to “zounds”) and their etymologies
Hates with a fiery passion: cruelty to animals/Britney and her clones
Nerdy line that makes you swoon: The world is quiet here.
Top 5 sites visited daily:
Livejournal
PaulMcCartney.com
http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/
www.peta.org
Facebook (mostly for Scrabulous)
Top 5 things everyone should check out ASAP:
Foamy the Squirrel (http://www.illwillpress.com/vault.html)
Little Red Monkey (http://www.funfreepages.com/flash/little_red_monkey.php)
Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab (www.bpal.com) (for all you perfume and voodoo lovers)
www.flylady.net
Fave book(s): Do you have a few days?
Fave author(s): JK Rowling, Jasper Fforde, Christopher Moore, Lemony Snicket, Jane Austen, Susan Kay, Emily Dickinson, Evelyn Waugh, Tom Robbins
Most disappointing "based on the novel" film: A Series of Unfortunate Events/ Vonnegut’s Breakfast of Champions
Books you'd love to see made into a film: A Wrinkle In Time
Most impactful book/author: The Narnia series was my introduction to getting lost in a completely different (and in my opinion, superior) universe. The Harry Potter books had a similar effect as an adult. As far as emotional impact, Susan Kay’s Phantom made me cry for two days, and
First book you ever read: I’m not sure, I think it might have been Alligator Pie
First book that made you really like reading: Hop On Pop
Currently reading: Fanny Hill, by John Cleland
Fave book news site: Don’t have one, I get book news from my sister who works in the industry
Fave band(s): The Beatles (and most British Invasion artists, especially the Second Wave”)
Fave musician(s): Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, John Lennon
Fave album(s): Revolver
Best band/concert to see live: Sir Paul McCartney (can you say “obsessed?”)
Worst band/concert to see live: Erindale Secondary School Junior Band
First concert: Duran Duran
Currently hooked on: Circulus