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Sharon
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Feb 13, 2013 08:12PM
I have a soft spot for it....straight to the hips :D
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My Favourite...1. Time of Day:
Early, early morning when it feels like no one else in the world has woken up yet and you have it all to yourself.
2. Food: Dumplings, green tea ice cream and any sort of biscuit I can dunk in my tea.
3. Drink: Teateatea. And I'll never say no to a jug of Pimms and lemonade on a hot day.
4. Band/singer: The Beatles and Elton John and Washington. Always and forever.
5. Actor: Eh, I don't really follow them much. Though I am on the Christoph Waltz bandwagon at the moment.
6. Spot in Australia: Sitting on the false-grass lawn of the rooftop bar in Melbourne. I'm there a lot. Say hi if you see me. C: Or the Carlton gardens. Or The Little Creatures Brewery in Freemantle. I could spend the rest of my days there.
7. Team/Sport: Ha. Sport. What a foreign concept to me. I do semi-follow the F1, though. Because Jenson Button is a babe and a half.
8. Car: I follow F1, but I know nothing of cars, much to my boyfriends dismay. So I'll have to go with my own car - a cute little black VW Polo that can't really go much faster than 70km/h - otherwise she might not start for me in the morning out of spite.
9. Animal: Cats are the best.
10. Activity: Reading and knitting and crochet and sewing and studying and sitting in front of the fireplace in thick socks all winter without moving.
11. Things to collect: Books and cameras teacups
1. Time of Day: Early evening, 6pm to 7pm. I know this is when most people are commuting home, but I work from home, and work is done at that point.2. Food: Anything I cook, but quite like the spaghetti bol I whip up.
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): Coke
4. Band/singer: Many. Most of which are heavy metal and so are 'white noise' according to my wife.
5. Actor: Kaley Cuoco or Jim Parsons (Now guess my favourite show ... :-)
6. Spot in Australia: The Kiama Blowhole
7. Team/Sport: Sydney Swans. Sort of.
8. Car: Red Subaru Liberty
9. Animal: None at the moment
10. Activity: Reading, computer games, war gaming
11. Things to Collect: DVDs, books, recipes
1. Time of Day: I really enjoy any part of the day, as long as I feel great and have a smile on my face.2. Food: I love good Indian. I love the spices.
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): A very good Red, fresh grapefruit or lemon juice.
4. Band/singer: not really into Bands, I have classical music on most of the time. If I love to listen to anyone singer it would be Rod Stewart. I think he is an excellent performer and seems like a pretty nice type of fellow too.
5. Actor: Sticking with Australian, I loved Health Ledger, and was really looking forward to getting old watching his performances, a terrible shame :( Toni Collette is excellent and also Guy Pearce.
6. Spot in Australia: I adore Moreton Bay, my absolute favourite spot is hanging out in the middle of the islands. We sold our boat and purchased a motorhome so that doesn't happen too often any more.
7. Team/Sport: Only sports I like watching or have ever like watching have been my anything daughters and grandsons have been playing in. They all love sport. I don't.
8. Car: 1967, 230 Mercedes SL, always and only, and a car I have truly loved.
9. Animal: I love all animals, but to actually own one I prefer a dog.
10. Activity, I am an Artist, and I love reading. I have Just recently been doing a lot of camping and traveling around Australia and am really enjoying that.
11. Things to collect, Memories, and friends, are the only "things" I really enjoy collecting now. I am lucky enough to be surrounded with everything I love and have collected over the years.
That was fun, you don't often think about the things you enjoy then classify them and write them down, Thanks for the fun Brenda :)
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There was one cat, one nothing, and one dog! and glad you enjoyed it Sharon:)
My Favourite... 1. Time of Day: Early morning, when it's really quiet, and all you can hear are birds.
2. Food: Apple pie :)
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): Coffee (latte preferably!)
4. Band/singer: Music in general - I have varied tastes, but am not fond of Screamo, Rap or some Jazz.
5. Actor: After seeing Les Mis this year, I can't go past Hugh Jackman
6. Spot in Australia: Karijini National Park
7. Team/Sport: Whatever my kids are currently playing and who they're playing for.
8. Car: Our current Mitsubishi Challenger
9. Animal: LOVE cats (current cat's name is Nosey)
10. Activity: Reading, writing, walking, singing, swimming
11. Things to collect: The only thing I collect is books :)
My Favourite... 1. Time of day - When I get home from work.
2. Food - Chicken
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): Alcoholic: Fluffy Duck
Non: Iced Coffee
4. Band/singer: Billy Joel / Elvis
5. Actor: Humphrey Bogart
Actress: Nancy Travis
6. Spot in Australia: Gold Coast
7. Team/Sport: Adelaide Crows / Norwood - Football
8. Car: Holden Astra
9. Animal: Elephants
10. Activity: Reading.
11. Things to collect: Football Cards
My Favourite... 1. Time of Day: When I just get into bed.
2. Food: Brie cheese and crackers
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): Southern Comfort
4. Band/singer: Ed Sheeran
5. Actor: Bradley Cooper
6. Spot in Australia: Narooma
7. Team/Sport: AFL - Sydney Swans
8. Car: Lexus
9. Animal: Cat
10. Activity reading and searching old bookshops
11. Things to collect: old books
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6. Spot in Australia: Narooma"
Love Narooma Jettcatt! My parents lived at Dalmeny for a lot of years, and we used to visit all the time. Love the old cinema in Narooma too...
I haven't done this in a looong time & no doubt things have changed since. Plus I have a bit of time to kill, so here we go :) 1. Time of Day: Bedtime. Or on weekends 9-late :)
2. Food: Chocolate, blue cheese (Not together, obv)
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): Red wine
4. Band/singer: The Jezabels, The XX, Florence + The Machine, St Vincent, Angus & Julia Stone
5. Actor/Actress: Jennifer Lawrence
6. Spot in Australia: Sydney Harbour & Nearby beaches are gorgeous.
7. Team/Sport: AFL -Port Adelaide
8. Car: -
9. Animal: My beautiful cat Benny :)
10. Activity: Reading good books and hanging out with friends, cruising through the city at night & having nothing in particular to do
11. Things to collect: Books
1. Time of Day: Late night when the world is still 2. Food: Mangoes/Pizza/Pasta/Indian/Chinese.
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): Water and Sweet Lassi.
4. Band/singer: Too many - sigh...
5. Actor: Actress: Leonardo D'Caprio today
6. Spot in Australia: Never been there :(
7. Team/Sport: Cricket, Badminton, Carrom
8. Car: Volkswagen Levitating Car - nothing can beat that
9. Animal: Felines
10. Activity: Reading, eating, riding bikes.
11. Things to collect: Books on my TBR bookshelf, souvenirs.
1. Time of Day: Night time when kids are in bed sleeping and both my husband and I are in bed reading.2. Food: Can't beat a good ol' Sunday roast. I also love pasta
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): Water, tea or coke
4. Band/singer: Good Charlotte, Avenged Sevenfold, Def Leppard
5. Actor: Actress: Nicolas Cage & Angelina Jolie
6. Spot in Australia: The Grampians in Western Victoria
7. Team/Sport: AFL/Geelong
8. Car: I love my Subaru but I also love the space of my husbands Ford Fairmont
9. Animal: I don't particularly have a fav animal but we have a cat & 2 dogs as pets which I adore :)
10. Activity: Reading, sewing, baking
11. Things to collect: Books on my TBR bookshelf, fabric, Quilting magazines
My Favourite... 1. Time of Day: Morning, I always feel refreshed around then!
2. Food: Sushi.
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): Iced tea.
4. Band/singer: Smashing Pumpkins.
5. Actor: Eh, don't have one. Probably Christian Bale.
6. Spot in Australia: Uh, can I just choose a city? Melbourne, by fat. 'Tis also the place where I hail from.
7. Team/Sport: Haha, I'm so un-Australian. I'm a huge soccer fan, or as I like to say it - European football.
8. Car: Eh, don't really have one but I like Audi.
9. Animal: I hate animals.
10. Activity: Surfing the Internet.
11. Things to collect: I don't collect stuff anymore :o
My Favourite...1. Time of Day: Late night/very early morning, when the roads are deserted. Perfect time for a drive :3
2. Food: Something obvious like pizza or a nice Hungry Jacks cheeseburger.
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): Fanta. Jeez I'm coming off pretty juvenile here huh.
4. Band/singer: The Wiggles. But no, Coheed and Cambria and Nine Inch Nails are a couple of my favourites
5. Actor: Don't really have one - I do love Paul Giamatti though.
6. Spot in Australia: Little old Adelaide :)
7. Team/Sport: Port Adelaide Power footy club :P
8. Car: 80's Camaro. The one that looks like Knight Rider.
9. Animal: Wolf, to be obvious again.
10. Activity: Reading or writing, or gaming or talking.
11. Things to collect: Books whose spines all match up perfectly on my bookshelf.
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I've been out of it for a couple of years, but how can I resist the pull of it with the team we've got going? Crossing fingers and toes for this year :D
Hey Kyla, you're another quilter. Me too, absolutely addicted...always have about 4 different projects on the go.
1. Time of Day: Night time, I am a total night-hawk2. Food: Chicken Korma - mmmmm
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): Oyster Bay Sauv blanc
4. Band/singer: I am rubbish with music! Maroon 5 perhaps.
5. Actor: Equally rubbish with famous people. Kevin Spacey.
6. Spot in Australia: Queen Vic market in Melbourne. The fresh food, the smells, the stalls - amazing.
7. Team/Sport: I'm a pretty avid squash player
8. Car: Audi R8
9. Animal: Squirrels. I have a strange love for them.
10. Activity: I'm all over the map here. Enjoy playing xbox, reading, writing, cooking, running, squash, all sorts really.
11. Things to collect: I keep moving countries, all my collections get left behind!
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I Love lists :)My Favourite...
1. Time of Day: Footy on television time - Fri, Sat, Sun, Mon I'm not picky!
2. Food: Pasta with a nice vegetarian sauce.
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): Champagne, love my bubbles.
4. Band/singer: Evanescence, Good Charlotte.
5. Actor: David Boreanaz and Optimus Prime ;)
6. Spot in Australia: Cape Leveque (WA up the top)
7. Team/Sport: Warriors, I'm a rugby league fanatic.
8. Car: My Mercedes SLK
9. Animal: Giraffes and turtles ( I have 2, turtles not giraffes!)
10. Activity: Watching sport or reading
11. Things to collect: books/eBooks
My Favourite... 1. Time of Day:
Night-time. That's when I feel the most energized and productive :)
2. Food:
Chocolate... terrible but so good!
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic):
Water. Plain and simple.
4. Band/singer:
Far too hard to narrow it down but I'd probably say 'Muse'. Australian band? Powderfinger!
5. Actor:
Much too hard to choose :P
6. Spot in Australia:
Melbourne. Went once with school and it was lovely :)
7. Team/Sport:
Dance. I call it a sport and I do it :)
8. Car:
Don't really have an opinion here. Probably just a Suzuki Swift. Simple.
9. Animal:
An owl for sure. Could be my Harry Potter love that started that one.
10. Activity
Performing in musicals!
11. Things to collect
Books and lists.
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My favourite:Time of day - I like late at night when you feel as if you are the only person on earth
(I hope that doesn't sound self centred lol) or that misty early morning when you feel like you are in another time.
Food - American southern comfort food! Ribs, Mac & cheese et al & St African Roti mmmmm
Drink - Coffee!
Band - P!nk, I am a new convert to black stone cherry & I am a bit of a closet Taylor Swift fan (don't tell anyone ok!) I go through phases where I buy random music to find something new to get me grooving. John Farnham, Anthony Warlow, the band perry. I could go on & bore you all but I won't!
Actor - Kevin Spacey, Vin Diesel. From one end of the spectrum to another lol
Spot in Australia - I haven't been to many spots, but I did love Melbourne, the great ocean road & Byron Bay. Locally speaking, my bed with a book is the next best thing!
Team - Gymnastics & diving during the olympics, QUEENSLAND during State Of Origin. I don't watch sport the rest of the year lol
Car - Something sleek & fast.....Mercedes maybe
Animal - Cats (I have two)
Actvity - Photography (not that I'm great at it though!)
Things To Collect - Vintage cameras, books, movies & an insane amount of TV Shows :)
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Michael mightn't be too happy to be called a lady Amy;) lol
Lol so sorry!! Theres another of my bad reading habits! Skimming -_-
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And Imean macaroni & cheese. Done properly, no packet stuff :-)
lol.....most certainly NOT!! It's probably got more calories than maccas :)
My favorite:Time of the day is evening when every one is home:D
Food- All of it:D
Drink-Hot chocolate,southern comfort:D
Band/singer- like most music heavy metal:D
Actor-Alexander Skarsgard,Nicolas Cage:D
Spot in Australia- Philip Island,tassy:D
Team/sport-Motor bike racing Casey Stoner:D
Car-Peugeot 206cc:D
Animal-Basset Hound mine:D
Activity-Reading,riding my ZX9 Kawasaki:D
Things to collect-Books,Helmets:D
My Favourite... 1. Time of Day: 10pm at night
2. Food: Peaches
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): Freshly made apple juice
4. Band/singer: Au Revoir Simone. I love those girls, still waiting for them to come to Australia...
5. Actress: Claudia Karvan!! (don't really have a favourite actor)
6. Spot in Australia: Anywhere in the bush/forests/nature
7. Team/Sport: Don't really play or watch sport (I do run and ride my bike) - does playing Magic: The Gathering competitively count?
8. Car: Not really a car person ><"
9. Animal: Horses (if fictional, mice!)
10. Activity: Art: everything from drawing, painting, mixed media, sewing, printmaking, etc.
11. Things to collect: I collect mice figurines, my favourite books, art supplies, and Magic: The Gathering cards!
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10pm because it's usually when I try to settle down for the night with a book, or like tonight I'm watching an anime and doing a bit of sewing! It's quiet and generally a quite relaxing time of the night.
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My Favourite... 1. Time of Day: 5.30 am or pm
2. Food: Oysters
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): Margarita
4. Band/singer: Spidebait
5. Actress: Toni collette
6. Spot in Australia: Magnetic island
7. Team/Sport: Wallabies
8. Car: As long as it goes
9. Animal: Frogs
10. Activity: reading
11. Things to collect: Friends
My favourite: Tme of day: I used to call it 'twilight' but now that is such a loaded and overused word, I prefer 'dusk'.
Food: Pizza with a topping of pizza.
Drink: Water. Yes, really.
Band/singer: Toss-up between Nickleback and the Foo Fighters.
Actress: Kate Winslet. And why can't I say an actor, too? I can? Oh, good, then that would be Simon Baker. Or wait, maybe I should put him down as my favourite food ...
Spot in Australia: Byron Bay.
Team/sport: Equestrian three-day eventing.
Car: Whichever will take me where I want to go.
Animal: Horse.
Activity: I can't say that in a family time slot, so I'll go with reading instead ;-)
Things to collect: Books, of course.
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Actress: Kate Winslet. And why can't I say an actor, too? I can? Oh, good, then that would be Simon Baker. Or wait, maybe I should put him down as my favourite food ......"
Haha!!!!!
My Favourite...1. Time of Day: Usually early morning (night owl) 2am?
2. Food: Chicken :)
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): Coffee and lots of it
4. Band/singer: Can't pick one, it really depends on my mood at the time
5. Actress: Emma Stone or Ellen Paige
6. Spot in Australia: East Gippsland
7. Team/Sport: Love to watch the cricket
8. Car: Preferably one without a flat tire like the one I have recently encountered -.-
9. Animal: Bengal tigers
10. Activity: Web surfing, reading, searching the reads GR :D
11. Things to collect: Nerdy merchandise, animals and books
My Favourite...1. Time of Day: When I'm asleep
2. Food: Tacos, hotchips
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): Tea
4. Band/singer: Within Temptation
5. Actor: Emily Deschanel
6. Spot in Australia: Haven't really been around much, but seeing as I don't live in a big city, I like visiting big cities lol.
7. Team/Sport: Cowboys, NRL
8. Car: Bugatti Veyron
9. Animal: Baby bunny
10. Activity: Playing video games
11. Things to collect: Costumes, gaming items (statues, etc)
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My Favourite... 1. Time of Day: Early afternoon
2. Food: Seafood
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): Red Wine / Beer
4. Band/singer: The Whitlams
5. Actor: Sofia Vergara
6. Spot in Australia: Melbourne
7. Team/Sport: Don't care
8. Car: Subaru anything
9. Animal: Cockatoo
10. Activity: Drinking
11. Things to collect: Books
y Favourite... 1. Time of Day: Morning
2. Food: salt and pepper squid
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): chai latte
4. Band/singer: Taylor Swift
5. Actor: Emma Watson
6. Spot in Australia: Brisbane
7. Team/Sport: Don't follow sport
8. Car: mini cooper
9. Animal: cat
10. Activity: blogging
11. Things to collect: Books
Lots of GR groups use these fun quizzes to break the ice. I've tweaked it slightly to give it an Aussie feel. Copy/Paste the blank quiz, fill in your own answers and post. My answers are below...My Favourite...
1. Time of Day: night when it's all quite
2. Food: most pastas
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic):vanilla coke
4. Band/singer: disturbed
5. Actor: Paul walker
6. Spot in Australia:where every my friends and family are
7. Team/Sport:nrl roosters
8. Car: daewoo
9. Animal:none
10. Activityreading
11. Things to collect, books, DVDs, music, marvin the Martian
Doing this again because Im procrastinating: 1. Time of Day: Night. Either relaxing or going out
2. Food: Pasta
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): Red wine or lemon, lime & bitters
4. Band/singer: Arcade Fire, Radiohead, The Jezabels, The XX
5. Actor/actress: Jennifer Lawrence
6. Spot in Australia: Sydney Harbor
7. Team/Sport: AFL Port Adelaide
8. Car: Still on my Ls
9. Animal: Cat. My gorgeous cat Benny :)
10. Activity: reading, chilling with music and movies.
11. Things to collect: books.
My Favourite...1. Time of Day:Late afternoon
2. Food: Chocolate
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): Tea
4. Band/singer: none
5. Actor: Sigrid Thornton
6. Spot in Australia: Forster
7. Team/Sport: netball
8. Car: Tarago
9. Animal: Squirrel
10. Activity: Reading,coffee with friends, shopping
11. Things to collect: Squirrels, little golden books
My Favourite...1. Time of Day: night when work is over
2. Food: anything very spicy
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic):dry white wine
4. Band/singer: Midnight Oil
5. Actor: Isabelle Adjani
6. Spot in Australia:the old Continental baths in Wollongong
7. Team/Sport:tennis
8. Car: don't care as long as it gets me from A to B.
9. Animal:cats
10. Activity: reading whilst eating chocolate
11. Things to collect: books (on the Kindle now, as out of shelf space)
My Favourite... 1. Time of Day: Afternoon at about 3pm. I love the heat of the day.
2. Food: Strawberry flavoured chocolate, especially Cadbury's new strawberry Bubbly chocolate, YUM!
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): Water. It's all I drink.
4. Band/singer: The Living End
5. Actor: Jim Carrey and Tim Allen
6. Spot in Australia: On the coast at Wollongong
7. Team/Sport: St George Illawarra
8. Car: My Mazda 121
9. Animal: Owls
10. Activity: Reading and Stargazing
11. Things to collect: Books, Memories, and The Living End Memorabilia
Kerrin wrote: "My Favourite... 1. Time of Day: Afternoon at about 3pm. I love the heat of the day.
2. Food: Strawberry flavoured chocolate, especially Cadbury's new strawberry Bubbly chocolate, YUM!
3. Drink (al..."
Wow, Wollongong as fav spot twice in a row! Are you from the 'Gong, Kerrin?
I am kind of from the 'gong you could say. I spend my weekends down there with my boyfriend and I spend my week days up in Campbelltown with my parents. I love driving down Appin Road :)
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