Scribblings from the Mitchy Side

I was bored at work earlier so I thought up a song lyric meme :) Guess the song and the musical these lyrics come from!


1) Selling your mom is a wrench, Perfume can cover a stench, That's what I learned from the French - "American Dream" from Miss Saigon (nabbed by thessalian)

2) Fighting with microphones, Freezing down to my bones, And to top it all off, I'm with you! - "Tango:Maureen" from Rent (nabbed by halcyon_shift)

3) But where on earth can people hide their little piece of heaven? Thank God for Switzerland. - "And the Money Kept Rolling In (And Out)" from Evita (nabbed by vissy)

4) You can go to Philadelphia, Take a hack to Hackensack. Hey, I'll never ring a bell for yer, or yell fer yer to come back! - "I Can Do Without You" from Calamity Jane (nabbed by minmorton)

5) He looks like he's asleep, it's a shame that he won't keep, but it's summer an' we're runnin' outta ice - "Pore Jud is Daid" from Oklahoma! (nabbed by halcyon_shift)

6) And I'm a genius genius, and I believe in God - "Manchester, England" from Hair (nabbed by vickita)

7) If I were a duck, I'd quack! And if I were a goose, I'd be cooked! - "If I Were A Bell" from Guys and Dolls (nabbed by jenni411)

8) He took a flower in its prime. And then he used it and he abused it, it was murder but not a crime! - "The Cell Block Tango" from Chicago (mostly nabbed by jenni411)

9) I'll be wetting down the razor then I figure "what's the point?" so I go into the living room, roll another joint

10) No father is not proud of you, no sister acts ashamed - "The Wizard and I" from Wicked (nabbed by voluta)

So I asked for topics for Top Five things and got the following:-

From halcyon_shift: Top Five Pizza Toppings

I'm tempted to go "meat, meat, meat, more meat, and yet more meat" but will attempt a serious answer :)

1) Extra cheese
2) Pepperoni
3) Sausage
4) Bacon
5) Ground Beef

(I have made the discovery that Dominos do a "Meateor" pizza with a BBQ sauce instead of tomato sauce and hey! I can eat it without having an upset tummy! Hurrah!! And, also, ooooh dear...)

From e_musings: Top Five Favourite Things To Wear

1) Long sleeved Texas Longhorns T-shirt. (I've actually lost this and really need to find it again, it's very comfy)
2) Jeans - any type :)
3) My Pedro Martinez NY Mets T-shirt
4) GW University shorts - I sleep in these, again, very comfy :)
5) Santa hat at Christmas time (stop looking at me like that! :P)

Finally, a very intriguing Top Five from kelemvor - damn this took me AGES! Top Five Songs from Stage Musicals (I've not included Mamma Mia because I think that would be cheating :)) In no particular order:-

1) Take Me or Leave Me - Rent
2) No Good Deed - Wicked
3) Poor Jud is Dead - Oklahoma (very, very clever song)
4) Anthem - Chess
5) Seasons of Love - Rent

Phew!

I'm slowly working my way through the invoices from Heck (as in "Heck if we know what this is for!") and I need a distraction, if only to stop my brains oozing out of my ears. SO! A meme! Stoled not from my flist but from someone else's flist (yes, so bored, I've been reading other people's flists :))

TOP FIVES

Give me a topic and I'll list my Top Five things about that topic. So it could be "Top Five Desserts" or "Top Five Sandwich Fillings" or "Top Five Movies" (ohdeargod), whatever you can think of :)

Comment to this entry and I'll pick three of your fandoms. You must then update your journal and answer the following questions:
1. What got you into this fandom in the first place?
2. Do you think you'll stay in this fandom or eventually move on?
3. Favourite episodes/books/movies/etc.?
4. Do you participate in this fandom (fanfiction, graphics, discussions)?
5. Do you think that more people should get into this fandom?

( 803am gave me Cold Case, Leverage and Dr Who )

I hate packing :P So I'm doing memes instead!

Stoled with great love and affection from the Evil Duo of thessalian and tithenai.

Pick a musical artist whose discography you know fairly well. Using ONLY THEIR SONG TITLES, cleverly try to answer these questions. Try not to repeat a song title. It's harder than you think.

Pick your artist: Abba (oh hush!)

Are you male or female: Chiquitita

Describe yourself: That's Me

How do you feel about yourself: Mamma Mia

Describe where you currently live: Crazy World

If you could go anywhere, where would you go: Happy Hawaii

Your favourite form of transportation: Another Town, Another Train

Your best friend is: She's My Kind of Girl

Your favourite colour is: Lovelight

What's the weather like: Should I Laugh or Cry

Favourite time of the day: If It Wasn't For The Nights

If your life was a TV show, what would it be called: Merry Go Round

What is life to you: Like An Angel Passing Through My Room

What is the best advice you have to give: Move On

If you could change your name, what would it be: Honey, Honey

Your favourite food is: Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!

Thought for the day: Dance (While The Music Still Goes On)

How I would like to die: As Good As New

My soul's present condition: Hole In Your Soul

The faults I can bear: Me and I

My motto: The Winner Takes It All

TO MY FRIENDS LIST: I want to know 33 32 things about you. I don't care if we never talk, never liked each other, or if we already know everything about each other. Short and sweet is fine...You're on my list, so I wanna know you better! [Edited because Q33 struck me as a bit recursive and I'm not going to ask folks to do this, most of my flist has done similar memes recently :)]

Stolen with glee from 803am.

1. Can you cook?
2. What was your dream growing up?
3. What talent do you wish you had?
4. Favourite place?
5. Favourite vegetable?
6. What was the last book you read?
7. What zodiac sign are you ?
8. Any Tattoos and/or Piercings?
9. Worst Habit?
10. Do we know each other outside of lj?
11. What is your favourite sport?
12. Negative or Optimistic attitude?
13. What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?
14. Worst thing to ever happen to you?
15. Tell me one weird fact about you:
16. Do you have any pets?
17. Do you know how to do the macerana?
18. What time is it where you are now?
19. Do you think clowns are cute or scary?
20. If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be?
21. Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?
22. What colour eyes do you have?
23. Ever been arrested?
24. Bottle or Draft?
25. If you won $10,000 dollars today, what would you do with it?
26. What kind of bubble gum do you prefer to chew?
27. What 's your favourite bar to hang at?
28. Do you believe in ghosts?
29. Favourite thing to do in your spare time?
30. Do you swear a lot?
31. Biggest pet peeve?
32. In one word, how would you describe yourself?


( My answers, for the curious )

It's official, Konaki Restaurant in Coptic Street, London, is a damn fine Greek restaurant. I didn't have dessert and I still managed to overeat to the point where I had to walk slooowly and carefully so as not to upset my tummy :P

Worth it though!

I will write a full review of my day tomorrow but now there must be a hot water bottle and sweet, sweet sleep. I've had a LOVELY day :) *happy squeakings*


( Meme! What's your inner spirit? )

Goodness, while I was sleeping, Mother Nature decided that Hertfordshire had been neglected for far too long regarding snow and decided dump a rather large amount of the white stuff on us overnight. I've taken the afternoon off as well - I should try and get the car to the garage around the corner and get two new tyres. However, if it keeps snowing, I think I'll err on the side of safety and stay where I am. *looks out of window* Especially if it's snowing as hard as that! :P *coils around a hot water bottle, burrows into sofa* This rate, I won't be going in tomorrow, either :P

How lucky I have all this spare holiday to use :)

The Super Bowl - the Steelers won, dammit. It was a great game but I feel so bloody sorry for the Cards fans. Those last few minutes were heartbreaking for me, god knows how it was for them. Ah well, them's the joys of professional sports! At least I got to see Nadal beat Federer in another amazing match. And Liverpool beat Chelsea *cackles*.

( Five more questions for the meme! )

From halcyon_shift:-

1. Leave me a comment saying, 'interview me'.
2. I will respond by asking you five questions. I get to pick the questions.
3. update your LJ with the answers to the questions. (You must do this, even if it's filtered for my eyes only!)
4. include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the same post.
5. when others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions.

1. If you ruled the world, what would be your first policy act?
Hrm. Well, it's trite but I think world peace would pretty much have to be a must, else there'd be no world for me to rule :P

2. What was the first poem that really struck a chord?
Ooooh, goood question. Hrm. *ponderponderponder* I've always enjoyed poetry. I'm guessing it was probably a WWI poem we studied in middle school, the very famous "Dulce et Decorum Est". But I think I'll go with a poem by James Michie about a conscientious objector in WWI if only for introducing me to his poetry. I can't recall the title now and can't lay my mitts on the book of his poetry I have, damnit. I may have to come back and re-edit :)

3. If you could buy one thing, any price, what would it be (no resale *g*)
A house in NYC. Or London.

4. What's your favourite place to be?
New York City :) or London (are you spotting a theme?)

5. When did you learn to drive?
Oh lor'....*counts back carefully* *time passes* I'm faaairly sure it was early 1987..so that's 22 years this year. Coooool! :) It was the second attempt though, I fluffed two things on the first attempt *grumbles*.

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HOW MANY ICONS DO YOU HAVE: 43
OUT OF HOW MANY AVAILABLE ICONS SPACES: 56
IF YOU COULD BUY SPACE FOR MORE, WOULD YOU: Yes
DO YOUR ICONS MAKE A STATEMENT: Not really, although I like 'em to match the tone of the post if possible.
WHAT FANDOM DO YOU HAVE THE MOST ICONS OF: Rent (Idina icons). I need more Leverage and Cold Case :)
AND THE SECOND MOST: NCIS - although I no longer watch the show.
WHAT SHIP DO YOU HAVE THE MOST ICONS OF: I don't have any ship icons - the Idina one up there represents Maureen/Joanne from Rent, which is the closest I come to a ship icon.
ARE YOUR ICONS MADE MOSTLY BY OTHER PEOPLE: Yes, although I've made quite a few.
DO YOU MAKE ICONS: Yes.
ARE THEY ANY GOOD: Basic but ok
ANIMATED ICONS ARE: Great fun :)

DO THE MEME.
Coding can be found here