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Friday 12 March 2010
LIVING ARRANGEMENT?
In a flat, just me (and a cat sometimes). It's small (the flat (definitely not the cat)), but it's all mine (well, it will be in 24 years' time - at the moment it belongs to the bank).
WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW?
Take your pick - I always have a few on the go: All The Rage by Paul Magrs, The Best A Man Can Get, by John O'Farrell, American Gods by Neil Gaiman, and I'm dipping in and out of Stormwatch trade paperbacks 1-4 in anticipation of the imminent publication of number 5.
WHAT TOUCH OF INDIVIDUALITY DO YOU HAVE ON YOUR DESK?
A Keith Haring calendar that was my Secret Santa present last year.
WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU THINK OF WHEN YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING?
Usually - "Ow" because the cat's clawing at me to feed her. Otherwise, "It can't possibly be morning already."
WHAT'S YOUR PORNSTAR NAME?
Whisky Morgan
HOW MANY RINGS BEFORE YOU ANSWER THE PHONE?
As many as it takes to get there.
WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT IN LIFE?
Knowing yourself.
FAVORITE FOODS?
Tuna steaks in olive oil and lime juice, artichokes, asparagus, chorizo. Not all together.
DO YOU LIKE TO DRIVE TOO FAST?
Definitely. And I have the rare pleasure of driving a car in which it's possible to do so with great ease.
DO YOU SLEEP WITH A STUFFED ANIMAL?
No, though I do sleep near a stuffed wombat.
STORMS - COOL OR SCARY?
Self-evidently cool - I love watching the lightning ripping up the sky, and that tearing sound that thunder makes at the start of a roll.
THE PERFECT DINNER PARTY (YOU PLUS WHICH FOUR PEOPLE ALIVE OR DEAD?)
Stephen Fry, Ingrid Bergman, Christopher Marlowe, Hilary Clinton
FAVOURITE BOOK, FILM, AND PLAY
Erm - Book: Impossible to say, but Gielguid's autobiography An Actor and His Time stays close to the top of my list pretty much the whole time. Film: Casablanca, always. Play: Maybe Beautiful Thing, by Jonathan Harvey (though maybe my recollection of it is clouded by how much I love the film version).
ANCHOVIES - FAIR OR FOUL?
Fair - try this if you don't believe me: blanch some fine beans, then put them in the middle of a sheet of foil. Season with fresh-ground black pepper and sea salt, and add some whole cherry tomatoes and anchovies (fresh if possible, if not, rinse the type you get in jars thoroughly). Drizzle a little olive oil over the top and fold the foil up into a sealed package. Put into a preheated oven (180º) for about 15 minutes. Serve with grilled fish and crusty bread.
FAVORITE ALCOHOLIC DRINKS?
A really good wine, probably - something new world, likely to be a New Zealand white.
DO YOU EAT THE STEMS OF BROCCOLI?
Yes. Why wouldn't I?
IF YOU COULD DYE YOUR HAIR ANY COLOR?
I still wouldn't.
EVER BEEN IN LOVE?
Yes, though I cynically assume I never will be again.
WHAT'S UNDER YOUR BED?
Boxes containing: a printer, a load of videos, miscellaneous junk.
Shoes.
Sometimes a cat.
TOM CRUISE - HUNK OR LUMP?
Hunk, I'm afraid. Can't act though.
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE NUMBER?
Never given the matter any thought.
EARLIEST MEMORY?
Standing on the window ledge at my grandparents watching one of those things with the big hydraulic arm lifting a man up to work on a street light.
WHAT IS THE ONE CHORE AT HOME THAT YOU HATE TO DO?
Ironing. Hate, hate, hate, *hate*.
WHERE DO YOU WANT TO BE LIVING WHEN YOU ARE 65?
I'm not sure I want still to be living at all when I'm 65.
WHAT SHAMPOO ARE YOU CURRENTLY USING?
Organics - it's supposed to thicken my hair *snort*.
WOULD YOU RATHER WIN A GRAMMY OR AN OSCAR?
An Oscar, obviously. I carry my acceptance speech with me wherever I go.
WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO DO IN YOUR SPARE TIME?
Read, go to the cinema, chill.
WHAT IS ONE THING THAT YOU WISH YOU COULD HAVE AT THE BLINK OF AN EYE?
More energy.
WHAT IS THE ONE THING THAT YOU ARE AFRAID OF?
Blindness - I've been terrified of being blind for as long as I can remember.
WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER TO BE THE GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT AND TRAGEDY OF THE LAST FIFTY YEARS?
Achievement: Some real movement towards social justice and equality (though not enough).
Tragedy: Thatcherism and the rise of self-interest.