Figure of Eight…
I was tagged with this by the Ponytastic RPs last week and am only now getting around to fulfilling the responsibility. But hey, here goes….
Eight things I like (in no particular order):
Licking the salty remnants from within the shells of pistachio nuts. Mmmmm salty.
Decisiveness.
The smell of a turf fire on a Winter’s day. Preferably in a pub accompanied by creamy Guinness and select friends.
The evening light in Spring.
Fresh Irish Strawberries.
The smiling eyes of a certain young lady.
The crunch of frost on grass underfoot on a cold morning.
Originality (in film, music, writing etc.). Those who strive to do something different.
Eight things I did yesterday:
Woke up with an excruciating, sharp muscular pain in my neck.
Went to a chiropractor for the first time. It probably won’t be the last.
Had beans on toast for dinner. Classy.
Listened to Tom Dunne on the radio. He’s a good egg that lad.
Read a variety of new Irish writing. Some brilliant, most bad.
Left a voicemail to wish my cousin a happy birthday, even though he’s a United fan.
Enjoyed reading about Shane Lowry, a great underdog triumph over adversity etc.
Played “Another Bites The Dust” on acoustic guitar.
Eight things I wish I could do:
Play the trumpet.
Play the cello.
Play the trumpet and the cello at the same time.
Always be on time.
Write a stunning screenplay featuring Scarlett Johansson and have it made.
Draw/paint.
Not lose touch with my oldest, boldest friends.
Speak every language there ever was / is / will be.
Eight things I don’t like:
When bus drivers drive off when they see people sprinting to make it on before the doors close.
Censorship.
Being late (even though I’m regularly late).
That 8 year old kids want to be celebrities without having any desire to be talented first.
Blasphemy laws.
Begrudgery.
Turnip.
Eamon Keane.
I’m tagging:
I think most people have done this one by now so I’ll leave well enough alone.
It’s all me me meme…
Radge, he of the Radgery, has hit me like a miner on Stella Artois. With a meme. It rhymes with theme I’m told.
I blame Andrew really. I feel dirty. Mildly violated. But fuck it, here goes nothin…
Here are the rules:
1) Put the link of the person who tagged you on your blog. Check
2) Write the rules. Check
3) Mention 6 things or habits of no real importance about you. Check
4) Tag 6 persons adding their links directly. I’m with Pryin on this. Not just because I also am not a fan of chain mail type things but mostly because every fucker who I would or could tag has been tagged already.
5) Alert the persons that you tagged them. See above
So on with the meme. A list of no real importance you say? That I can do…
a) I once got the members of Norwegian electronic and chillout music duo Röyksopp to sign a €20 note after a gig in Spirit. I then proceeded to buy a round of sambuca with it for us all. So somewhere out there is a €20 note with those very signatures on it. Check your wallet.
They thought my actions a little odd but they enjoyed the sambuca all the same.
b) I played poker with the devil in the Hell Fire Club once. I went all-in with 2-7 off-suit and won on the last card. He was disgusted. In fact he still hasn’t forgiven me. But hey, that’s poker my friend.
c) I can’t see the point of either cucumber or coleslaw. Particularly cucumber. It’s evil.
d) I once set an electric guitar on fire with lighter fluid. In a shopping trolley. It felt good.
e) I do quite enjoy getting on a bus and when the fare is €1.60, throwing in a bundle of change worth significantly less. The driver never checks. It feels like a victory.
f) I shot a man in Marino, just to watch him die.
So there you have it sportsfans.
Can you meme yourself?
Some fine folk have been posting about dinner parties and whatnot recently. I’m not sure how to pronounce it or what it stands for but a meme has been doing the rounds.
I do believe there are Rules:
Pick 8 people you’d like to invite to dinner, dead or alive or re-animated / resurrected.
Say why
Link your answers back to HERE
Give credit to the person who tagged you
Tag three others
Admittedly I didnae get meme’d (sounds painful) but I’m both bored and intrigued so here’s my list all the same…
1) Barack Obama – for energy, for hope, for change, a zeitgeist selection.
2) Jack Nicholson – I’d say that lad has a few stories to tell.
3) The Ultimate Warrior - I was a huge fan as a child. He’d bring a bit of colour, muscle and spectacle to proceedings.
4) Peter Kay – for a few post aperitif laughs.
5) Joe Strummer – he could say grace and then rock the show after dessert.
6) Audrey Hepburn – she just oozed class. She’d bring some much needed glamour and grace to proceedings. Plus I’d say she’s great craic after a few glasses of Bailey’s.
7) Rasputin - a historical figure who always fascinated me. Might try and turn it into an orgy tho. Audrey Hepburn wouldn’t be into that kind of thing.
8 ) And finally, Russell Brand – for eccentricity, unpredicatability, a bit of style, and plenty of laughs.
Can you credit yourself? If so all credit to NaRocRoc!
I tag…. hmmmmmm? How about Bryan, Mr Taxi and Mr Delightful.
