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linda_joyceMememe.
Nicked from chand.
Via Snowgrouse
Book meme
Gacked from mistraltoes.
Via Vilakins
THREE THINGS I AM WEARING RIGHT NOW
1.Pink nightdress.
2. Terry towlleing robe in black, red, blue and yellow stripes
3. Scholl flip flops.
THREE THINGS ON MY DESK
1. Empty coffee cup with a fork in it
2. The TV remote.
3. A packet of Verbena seeds
THREE THINGS I WANT TO DO BEFORE I DIE
1.Visit Egypt
2.Fly supersonic (unlikely now they have retired Concord)
3.Pass my driving test.
THREE GOOD WAYS TO DESCRIBE MY PERSONALITY
1.Laid back
2.Supportive
3.A good listener
THREE BAD THINGS ABOUT MY PERSONALITY
1. Lazy
2. Easily adicited
3. Can’t say no
THREE JOBS I'D RATHER BE DOING THAN THIS
1. Computer programmer or something else to do with computers
2. Artist
3. Writer
THREE THINGS I LIKE ABOUT MY BODY
1. Never really thought about it, the best thing is it still works
2. Pass.
3. Pass.
THREE WORDS I SAY THE MOST
1. Good mornigng/afternoon
2. Refernce Library
3. How can I help you ( I spend an awfull lot of time on the desk at work and I feel I’m never off the phione.)
THREE PLACES I WANT TO GO
1. Egypt
2. China
3. New Zealand
THREE NAMES THAT I GO BY
1. Linda
2. Joycey
3. Miss Thomas ( Used when we first started having to use name tags in work, Joyce is not common in my area and I didn't want to be too easily found I worked in a bad area then, we now don't have that choice. Our name tags must now be aour rel name and haveour photgraph on it)
THREE THINGS I DO NOT YET KNOW
1. Is ther an Afterlife
2. Why are juice cartons so hard to open
3. How do you get those little plastic bags super market give you for vegies open first time
And another one
Book meme
Gacked from mistraltoes.
Via Vilakins
1. I'm currently reading:
Dan Brown The D’Vinci Code. I’ve only just started reading it so can’t say much about it. It was recommended to me by a friend with similar tates in books. It’s a modern murder mystery but involves The Priory of Zion and some religious mystery.
2. Next I'll read:
Your guess is as good as mine, whatever takes my fancy from the library shelves
3. The best book I read in the past year was:
I wouldn’t really rave about any book I’ve read in the last year, they passed the time, the last Pratchett novel was about the best
4. The book I'm most looking forward to reading is:
Nothing has grabbed me from the preview lists we get in work. And I’ve not seen anything in the book shops. The next ‘Tales’ will be very welcome
5. My favourite author is:
I have to choose! I can’t, here’s a short list in no particular order:-
Terry Pratchett, Charlotte Mcleod, Peter Tremayne,
Robert Heinlein (Early books), Phillip Boast,
6. My favourite book from childhood is:
The Tom Corbet Space cadet series. I tried reading one again recently but it is too dated to enjoy now.One I loved and can and do still read is Andre Norton Beast Master
7. My favourite book from when I was a teenager is:
Tolkein The Hobbit, I read it at Uni when I was walking out with a boy who was a member of the Tolkein Society, I read the Lord of the Rings too but it didn’t grab me as much
8. The first western I read was:
When I first became a Librarian I decided to read at least one of every genre so I have read one. I didn’t like this genre and I can’t remember which one I read now
9. The first romance I read was:
See the above answer
10. The first mystery I read was:
I think it was The Moonstone by Wilke Collins which was our book for my 3rd year at Grammar school, I loved it. However one of my older cousins had a complete set of Agatha Christie which I started reading at about the same time so it’s a toss up
11. The first coming-of-age story I read was:
Again one I read at school as part of my O’ level course, I can’t remember the title but it was about a group of school boys whoi crashed on a desert island and how they coped. They didn’t they degenerated into barbarity and civil war. That one I didn’t enjoy hence my inability to remember the title.
12. The first "ethnic" writer I read was:
Define ethnic. I count myself as Welsh so anything not written by a Welshman is ethnic to me so the first ethnic book I read would be The Flopsy Bunnies
13. The first science-fiction/fantasy book I read was:
The Tom Corbet series, though the books that hooked me to SF were the James Blish series about the Traveling cities that pulled themselves away fron Earth with the Spindizzie fields. They were published a a collection in 1962 as Cities in Flight, I read them as separate books the first one being, I think, Bindlestiff
14. I wish I spent more time reading:
Full stop. Reading was my greatest occupation up to the date I got my first PC now they tie. I don’t care much what I read I’m just addicted to books.
15. The book I think was the greatest waste of my time to read was:
I don’t waste time finishing books that don’t grab me, so many books so litlle time. If I ‘m not enjoying it by the end of chapter one it’s back to the shelves for that one and on to the next.
16. The person who most encouraged me to read was:
My whole family, I was read to from practically birth , I was always soothed buy someone talking to me so my parents and grandparents would read to me to get me to sleep at night. When I was pre-linguistic they used their own books as I was the devil to get to sleep and it kept them entertained. Once I leart to talk the story I asked for most was Tommy Tugboat and the Silver Queen. One of my earliest memories is sitting on my Grandfathers knees at the kitchen table reading out the headlines of the Sunday papers to him, I’m told I was under three at the time. School also encouraged reading for pleasure, we had a half hour a day with the teacher reading to us or as we grew reading quietly to our selves.
17. The book I'm embarrassed to admit I liked is:
I am never embarrased to admit I like a book, I may prevaricate professionally about books I don’t like when talking to customers but that is diplomacy not embarrasment.
18. I think people could be encouraged to read through: Being read to as children. Give me a child for their first five years and I’ll have them for life. Parents and carers are the ones that can instill a love of books into children, if they haven’t got that by the time they get to school it is almost ipossible to get them interested later.
19. My current favourite genre is:
Science-Fiction but it is getting harder to find good stuff these days
20. The one book that I'd recommend to almost anyone is: Difficult everyones tatse is different, it is one of the most difficult part of my profession but at least I can go by genre for the customers.
I would recommend that you try I Claudius and Claudius the God as they are my all time favourite books but I know I have strange tastes and you probably won’t like them.
Nicked from chand.
Via Snowgrouse
Book meme
Gacked from mistraltoes.
Via Vilakins
THREE THINGS I AM WEARING RIGHT NOW
1.Pink nightdress.
2. Terry towlleing robe in black, red, blue and yellow stripes
3. Scholl flip flops.
THREE THINGS ON MY DESK
1. Empty coffee cup with a fork in it
2. The TV remote.
3. A packet of Verbena seeds
THREE THINGS I WANT TO DO BEFORE I DIE
1.Visit Egypt
2.Fly supersonic (unlikely now they have retired Concord)
3.Pass my driving test.
THREE GOOD WAYS TO DESCRIBE MY PERSONALITY
1.Laid back
2.Supportive
3.A good listener
THREE BAD THINGS ABOUT MY PERSONALITY
1. Lazy
2. Easily adicited
3. Can’t say no
THREE JOBS I'D RATHER BE DOING THAN THIS
1. Computer programmer or something else to do with computers
2. Artist
3. Writer
THREE THINGS I LIKE ABOUT MY BODY
1. Never really thought about it, the best thing is it still works
2. Pass.
3. Pass.
THREE WORDS I SAY THE MOST
1. Good mornigng/afternoon
2. Refernce Library
3. How can I help you ( I spend an awfull lot of time on the desk at work and I feel I’m never off the phione.)
THREE PLACES I WANT TO GO
1. Egypt
2. China
3. New Zealand
THREE NAMES THAT I GO BY
1. Linda
2. Joycey
3. Miss Thomas ( Used when we first started having to use name tags in work, Joyce is not common in my area and I didn't want to be too easily found I worked in a bad area then, we now don't have that choice. Our name tags must now be aour rel name and haveour photgraph on it)
THREE THINGS I DO NOT YET KNOW
1. Is ther an Afterlife
2. Why are juice cartons so hard to open
3. How do you get those little plastic bags super market give you for vegies open first time
And another one
Book meme
Gacked from mistraltoes.
Via Vilakins
1. I'm currently reading:
Dan Brown The D’Vinci Code. I’ve only just started reading it so can’t say much about it. It was recommended to me by a friend with similar tates in books. It’s a modern murder mystery but involves The Priory of Zion and some religious mystery.
2. Next I'll read:
Your guess is as good as mine, whatever takes my fancy from the library shelves
3. The best book I read in the past year was:
I wouldn’t really rave about any book I’ve read in the last year, they passed the time, the last Pratchett novel was about the best
4. The book I'm most looking forward to reading is:
Nothing has grabbed me from the preview lists we get in work. And I’ve not seen anything in the book shops. The next ‘Tales’ will be very welcome
5. My favourite author is:
I have to choose! I can’t, here’s a short list in no particular order:-
Terry Pratchett, Charlotte Mcleod, Peter Tremayne,
Robert Heinlein (Early books), Phillip Boast,
6. My favourite book from childhood is:
The Tom Corbet Space cadet series. I tried reading one again recently but it is too dated to enjoy now.One I loved and can and do still read is Andre Norton Beast Master
7. My favourite book from when I was a teenager is:
Tolkein The Hobbit, I read it at Uni when I was walking out with a boy who was a member of the Tolkein Society, I read the Lord of the Rings too but it didn’t grab me as much
8. The first western I read was:
When I first became a Librarian I decided to read at least one of every genre so I have read one. I didn’t like this genre and I can’t remember which one I read now
9. The first romance I read was:
See the above answer
10. The first mystery I read was:
I think it was The Moonstone by Wilke Collins which was our book for my 3rd year at Grammar school, I loved it. However one of my older cousins had a complete set of Agatha Christie which I started reading at about the same time so it’s a toss up
11. The first coming-of-age story I read was:
Again one I read at school as part of my O’ level course, I can’t remember the title but it was about a group of school boys whoi crashed on a desert island and how they coped. They didn’t they degenerated into barbarity and civil war. That one I didn’t enjoy hence my inability to remember the title.
12. The first "ethnic" writer I read was:
Define ethnic. I count myself as Welsh so anything not written by a Welshman is ethnic to me so the first ethnic book I read would be The Flopsy Bunnies
13. The first science-fiction/fantasy book I read was:
The Tom Corbet series, though the books that hooked me to SF were the James Blish series about the Traveling cities that pulled themselves away fron Earth with the Spindizzie fields. They were published a a collection in 1962 as Cities in Flight, I read them as separate books the first one being, I think, Bindlestiff
14. I wish I spent more time reading:
Full stop. Reading was my greatest occupation up to the date I got my first PC now they tie. I don’t care much what I read I’m just addicted to books.
15. The book I think was the greatest waste of my time to read was:
I don’t waste time finishing books that don’t grab me, so many books so litlle time. If I ‘m not enjoying it by the end of chapter one it’s back to the shelves for that one and on to the next.
16. The person who most encouraged me to read was:
My whole family, I was read to from practically birth , I was always soothed buy someone talking to me so my parents and grandparents would read to me to get me to sleep at night. When I was pre-linguistic they used their own books as I was the devil to get to sleep and it kept them entertained. Once I leart to talk the story I asked for most was Tommy Tugboat and the Silver Queen. One of my earliest memories is sitting on my Grandfathers knees at the kitchen table reading out the headlines of the Sunday papers to him, I’m told I was under three at the time. School also encouraged reading for pleasure, we had a half hour a day with the teacher reading to us or as we grew reading quietly to our selves.
17. The book I'm embarrassed to admit I liked is:
I am never embarrased to admit I like a book, I may prevaricate professionally about books I don’t like when talking to customers but that is diplomacy not embarrasment.
18. I think people could be encouraged to read through: Being read to as children. Give me a child for their first five years and I’ll have them for life. Parents and carers are the ones that can instill a love of books into children, if they haven’t got that by the time they get to school it is almost ipossible to get them interested later.
19. My current favourite genre is:
Science-Fiction but it is getting harder to find good stuff these days
20. The one book that I'd recommend to almost anyone is: Difficult everyones tatse is different, it is one of the most difficult part of my profession but at least I can go by genre for the customers.
I would recommend that you try I Claudius and Claudius the God as they are my all time favourite books but I know I have strange tastes and you probably won’t like them.
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Date: 2004-03-22 12:38 am (UTC)How do you get those little plastic bags super market give you for vegies open first time
Rub them between thumb and forefinger.
Again one I read at school as part of my O’ level course, I can’t remember the title but it was about a group of school boys who crashed on a desert island and how they coped. They didn’t they degenerated into barbarity and civil war. That one I didn’t enjoy hence my inability to remember the title.
'Lord of the Flies', and a very pessimistic view of life it was. I also saw the film; very well done but hardly enjoyable.
I loved that James Blish 'Cities in Flight' series too! Years ago there was a BA ad which showed Manhattan, I think, in flight over the Atlantic, because BA flew that number every year or whatever. I always watched that ad (I usually hate them) because it reminded me of the Blish stories.
I would recommend that you try I Claudius and Claudius the God as they are my all time favourite books but I know I have strange tastes and you probably won’t like them.
That's not strange taste, that's good taste! Those books are wonderful and I've reread them twice I think. The TV series was extremely good too. Claudius is one of my all-time favourite characters.
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Date: 2004-03-22 11:52 am (UTC)I've wanted to visit New Zealand for a very long time, LOTR has just re-enforced that desire.
'Lord of the Flies',
Yep that's the one
Rub them between thumb and forefinger.
Either different plastic bags or different fingers, that never works for me.
That's not strange taste, that's good taste! Those books are wonderful and I've reread them twice I think. The TV series was extremely good too. Claudius is one of my all-time favourite characters.
I can beat that, I discovered them when I was about 17 and have read through them at least 4 times since then, however I do have a few years on you so there is time for you to catch up. I've also watched the TV series twice, the first showing and a repeat.
There was a documentary on last night about Sian Phillips who played August wife, she said it was one of her favourite programs to make. She also said she wanted to play Livia as an understated victorian lady type, arsenic and old lace type but was overruled. I'm rather glad of that, Livia just wasn't a lady. I love Claudius too he is one of natures survivors but I do feel so sorry for everything that happened to him
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Date: 2004-03-22 12:10 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2004-03-22 09:49 pm (UTC)Herod Agrippa was a good friend in the books and his brother Germanicus seemed fairly fond of him. Claudius loved his son Britannicus but pretended not to in a failed attempt to keep him safe from his wife's son, but I can't remember anyone else.
My cat Claudia is sort of named for him as I like the name, but she doesn't have a limp or a stutter. :-) years ago our family had a small tree in a pot which leaned to one side; my brother and I called it Claudius.