Rule 1 - Post the rules
Rule 2 - Answer the questions the tagger set for you in their post and then make 11 new ones
Rule 3 - Tag 11 people and link them to your post
Rule 4 - Let them know you’ve been tagged

1. What is your favourite crappy comfort television programme?
Too many, that’s for sure. Since coming to live in England I do a lot of crappy TV watching. Things like 60 Minute Makeover, Come Dine With Me, Sun Sex and Suspicious Parents. The kind of programmes that are nice to watch when you’re just taking a break to have lunch or something. 

2. If you had a choice between having six fingers on each hands and being a piano genius or having normal hands but being completely unable to swim?
Since I do a lot of swimming in Spain, I think I’ll go with having six fingers and being a piano genius. I used to take piano lessons when I was a kid and I occasionally like having a go on the piano back home, but I could never keep up with all the musical notation.

3. Mind devouring aliens or giant dogs with halitosis?
I admit, I had to look halitosis up (bad breath). I’d probably prefer the giant dogs with halitosis - they don’t sound as dangerous and scary as mind devouring aliens and at least I know what dogs look like.

4. If you had to learn an entirely new skill, what would it be?
I would really like to be able to sew and and make my own clothes, bed covers, etc. Thankfully Maddie is really good at sewing and she actually bought me some fabric for my birthday so that I can make my own quilt, with her help of course. I’m really excited! 

5. Crisps or chocolate? 
They’re so different, savoury and sweet. We bought a bar of Lindt strawberry/white chocolate and it is mind-blowingly good so chocolate at this moment in time. 

6. Favourite thing in your bedroom?
UK bedroom: our nice sets of matching sheets/duvet covers/pillow cases. Not to mention having a companion (or three if you count the cats!) to sleep with every night :)
Spain bedroom: my remote controlled bed and tempur mattress - heaven.  

7. What should you be doing right now?
I should be writing out a study plan for my last exam, like I told myself I would. Instead I’m watching a crap programme on TV called “Cheaters” (you can add that to the list in Q1) and about to resume playing Sims 3. It’s just so nice to finally be able to relax for a bit. 

8. What should I be doing right now?
If by I, you mean yourself (horseingabout), then I think you should be having a really good time because it’s a Friday night and you deserve to be happy :)

9. Is Tumblr just one massive procrastination tool? 
I actually find it harder to get myself on Tumblr and write posts/upload photos, especially when I have exams and I need to revise. Though I have some of my favourite blogs saved on my bookmarks bar and I check them constantly throughout the day so I guess on the whole Tumblr is one big massive procrastination tool. 

10. Do you have an insane party trick? Please say you do. Because I certainly don’t.
 I’m sorry, I don’t :( 

11. One random fact. About you. Or not about you. Whichever you’d rather. 
I have wonky ribs. It’s noticeable when I lie down to sunbathe for example. My left ribs stick out way more than my right ones, so it makes my stomach look a bit weird. No idea why they’re like that though. 

My Questions 

1. Where do you see yourself in 10 years?

2. Which celebrity (male AND female) do you have a secret crush on?

3. Most embarrassing moment in your life that you will never forget. 

4. What are your views on open relationships? Would you be able to be in one? 

5. If you could go back in time and talk to your 15 year old self, what you say to them?

6. What is your ideal holiday destination, including the kind of things you’d like to do while you’re there?

7. Would you be able to kill another human being in self-defense?

8. List three things that you think make you a bit weird.

9. Ideally, what kind of animals would you have and how many of each?

10. Are you the kind of person that finds it really hard to throw things away or do you not get attached to material things?

11. Why did you decide to start a Tumblr blog?

Tagged People:

• md3line
• fictionalistic
• alltheprettyponys
• idonthavetimeforthat
• pixie-sabre
• racehorsethrills
  
  

I can’t think of any other people to tag so there you have it :) 

And I forgot to mention that the weather was beautiful today! Very sunny and unusually warm. When I got back home after finishing my exam, Maddie and I went to the park and took a picnic with us. We spent hours in the sun and there were loads of other people around doing the same thing. Now my legs and parts of my upper body are burnt because of course, in this country, I don’t have any sun cream. Despite that it was a nice day and a nice way to celebrate finishing yet another exam.  

15.05.12         Animal Sensory Systems, Neurobiology and Behaviour
16.05.12         Genetics II 
18.05.12         Ecology
23.05.12         Molecular Biology and its Applications
24.05.12         Human Evolution, Adaptation and Behaviour
31.05.12         Cell Biology 

The exam this morning went a lot better than I was expecting so I’m happy with that since I was convinced it was going to be a disaster. The questions were nice so I was lucky really. Now it’s 12:30am and I’m revising for my exam at 2pm tomorrow. Maddie is in bed sleeping so the sooner I finish this, the sooner I get to cuddle her.

15.05.12         Animal Sensory Systems, Neurobiology and Behaviour
16.05.12         Genetics II 
18.05.12         Ecology
23.05.12         Molecular Biology and its Applications
24.05.12         Human Evolution, Adaptation and Behaviour
31.05.12         Cell Biology 

15.05.12         Animal Sensory Systems, Neurobiology and Behaviour
16.05.12         Genetics II 
18.05.12         Ecology
23.05.12         Molecular Biology and its Applications
24.05.12         Human Evolution, Adaptation and Behaviour
31.05.12         Cell Biology 

Well Genetics was a bitch, as I knew it would be. I was actually feeling relatively good about it before I went into the exam room, but as soon as I saw the paper…It could have been a lot worse though. My first essay went really well so I’m hoping that will save me. My second essay was a disaster because I wasn’t really sure what I was writing about and I was making things up, which never quite works. Then the four SAQs (short answer questions) were all pretty good except for one. So the more I think about it, the less I think I’ve failed or done that badly. But that bad essay could really ruin everything, damn it. 

Now onto studying my favourite module of them all, Ecology! 

15.05.12         Animal Sensory Systems, Neurobiology and Behaviour
16.05.12         Genetics II 
18.05.12         Ecology
23.05.12         Molecular Biology and its Applications
24.05.12         Human Evolution, Adaptation and Behaviour
31.05.12         Cell Biology 

One down, five more to go. The exam went alright today, could have been worse, could have been better. A hailstorm actually broke out towards the end of my exam and everyone in the room got really distracted by it, myself included. 

That awkward moment when your girlfriend’s grandmother sees you after a few days and says “oh, have you done something new to your hair? You have, haven’t you” because your hair, normally blonde, is so dirty it looks brown. 

That’s what happens when you lock yourself at home to revise, you don’t have to see anyone else so hair washing is not a priority. Friends coming over tomorrow night for an evening of scrabble and spanish food - guess I’m going to have to wash it then.

Now back to revising genetics.

#Note: I’m still showering every day, just not washing my hair, in case you were thinking I’m a total slob.