purplerabbits

I am panicking now. Fortunately I foresaw this, and my to do list for the day has "panic" as item 9. Since I have already done items 1 to 8 I feel I am on track. The rest of the list goes:

10. Calm down
11. Go get ready
12. Drum like a bastard

*takes a deep breath*

This is how it works: Comment on this entry and I will give you a letter. Write ten words beginning with that letter in your journal, including an explanation what the word means to you and why, and then pass out letters to those who want to play along.

Kelli gave me a U

Which was mean cos this is going to make me sounds really negative, but here we go.

Unashamed
Well I try to be. Most of the time. About Most of the things I was taught to be ashamed of when I was growing up

Urban
I really like living in cities, I grew up in the suburbs and that kinda sucked, and while the country is lovely to look at and I can dream of growing my own veg, and I know I'm a city person all the way through. Not London though, I like being able to walk everywhere too much for that...

User
Not in the sense that I will rip you off (I hope) but in the sense that I am not a programmer. I am not an idiot and I feel that programmes should be written with my needs in mind.

Understanding
Please note that understanding does not necessarily equal sympathetic.

Unhouseled
Well, I haven't been to communion since 1984, so that counts, doesn't it?

Unambiguous
I like clarity in language a lot.

Unchaste
Although not as unchaste as I'd like to be :-)

Uncrowned
Still Not King dammit!

Ugly duckling
Contrary to the popular misconception, most ugly ducklings grow up to be ducks. I'm no swan but I'm now comfortable with my anatinity.

Undersigned
lots of love
Alison
XX

Yes, it's Friday 13th and it's been dark all day. It's the end times. Or maybe January, which is almost the same thing.

So what's been going on in the world of my giant brain? Last night I dreamt about Rocky Horror and Time Curry was refusing to go on for his "Don't dream it, be it" number because he hadn't had his funding from the Arts Council.

While I was walking to work I was thinking about whether to buy solar panels for all the businesses around me with the infinite amount of money that I was wishing for. And then I thought it would just save them money which they'd spend on other world destroying things, so I should give them to individuals instead. Or maybe the council.

And then I saw a penny on the pavement and it occurred to me that, quite apart from the issue of inflation, the people in the fountains won't be accepting pennies for wishes anymore because they have iron in them these days.

Just think, if I wasn't so easily distracted I could have saved the world by now.

In the news:
BONG
Pluto definitely not named for the dog.
BONG
Greenpeace produce horrible scaremongering video of shite.
BONG
Alison decides not to let iTunes update itself just yet.
BONG
But doesn't Islam traditionally ban things made to look like living things?

ION: my new bunny icon still makes me happy.

Inadvertent meme stolen from drdoug

Beliefs which I once held which I now think are wrong.

• That astrology can provide useful information about personality if you do it properly
  
• That my occasional profound feelings of awe and wonder were direct perceptions of god
  
• That it is possible to be psychic and that maybe I was
  
• That I would only ever sleep with two or three people
  
• That I would get old with a boyfriend and be a happy liberal old couple with maybe a camper van (actually there were several boyfriends I believed that about, now I don't think there'll be any.)
  
• That trying to lose weight would be too damaging to my mental health
  
• That I didn't eat any more than my slimmer friends
  
• That I wasn't the Livejournal type
  

Interestingly I don't think any of my political beliefs have changed very dramatically, although they may have become more extreme in principle and more forgiving in practice, which I think is appropriate.

Stolen from Duranorak, because I'm too wrung out to do anything original...

My name is: Alison
I may seem: Spiky.
But I'm really: Right, but spiky, but right.
People who know me think I'm: going to tell them how to live their lives all the time for some reason...
If you knew me you'd probably: be very careful about when you ask me for advice.
Sometimes I feel: like Cassandra.
My days are pretty: much punctuated by Livejournal.
In the morning I: get up as late as I can get away with, unless I have nothing to do.
I like to sleep: in my own bed.
If I could be doing anything right now I would be: in a really big hot bath with platonic but decorative assistants to attend to my every need, drinking frozen margaritas.
Money is: the answer to three out of four of my recurring problems.
One thing I wish I had is: A house - why muck about?
One thing I have that I wish I didn't is: 2-3 more stones to lose.
All you need is: to listen to me.
All I need is: Love, and money. Maybe money that loves me - or really rich lovers...
If I had one wish it would be: selfish, because if you had an unselfish wish you'd be forever wracked with guilt about how you could have used it better.
Love is: an insufficiently well-defined word.
My body: is myself.
If an angel flew into my window at night I would: fetch a flatmate in for a second opinion.
If a demon crashed into my window I would: wonder why angels can open windows and demons can't.
If I could see one person right now it would be: mhw, if he felt up to me teleporting in suddenly.
Something I want but I don't really need is: more UV clothes.
Something I need but I don't really want is: my job.
I live for: an as yet unknown period of time. I vote for long.
I dare you all to: allow yourselves to be more valuable and less precious.
I am afraid of: crowds, dogs, flying ants.
It makes me angry when: people continue to be angry about what they think I've said when I've already explained that it isn't what I meant.
I dream about: flying, floods, friendship.
I daydream about: how to spend any very large sums of money I might happen to come into possession of.