It really doesn’t seem a year since the last Blog On at MSI (or #BlogOnMSI if you’re keen on hashtags) in Manchester. But I’m really looking forward to it, it’s a long day and I go home and sleep for a week afterwards, but where else do you get to catch up with all of your mates, learn a bit about blogging and take home so many goodie bags you need a wheely case to get home?
I’m helping Laura out in my own tiny way at #BlogOnMSI, I’ll be manning (personing, womaning?) the sign in desk. Do bear with me if I don’t recognise you straight away, I have short term memory problems due to my medication. Sorry, where am I again? Who are you? What am I doing here?
here are my #BlogOnMSI ice breaker answers….
Share a recent picture of you (if you are an anonymous blog, a drawing is fine)
If you had to describe yourself in three words…….
A bit snuffly.
I’ve got a cold 🙁
How long have you been blogging and what made you start?
Since June 2013. I was recovering from a couple of spinal surgeries and was bedridden, bored stiff and lonely. Blogging gave me something to do and someone to speak to.
What was your favourite TV program as a child?
Blackadder. I was a precocious child and started watching it when I was 8.
Something interesting you might not know about me is . . .
I am a judge at the International Cheese Awards (the largest dairy event in the UK).
What is the weirdest food you have ever eaten?
Dried beetles. It was a bush tucker trial thing. They’re a bit scratchy when you swallow them.
What was your biggest fashion faux pas?
Every. Single. Day.
I don’t really do fashion, I do comfort, so every day is probably a faux pas day!
What are you pet peeves?
Auto DMs. People who faff and dawdle. People who repeat themselves. Auto DMs.
Who would be your 3 perfect dinner party guests (dead or alive) and why?
Keith Floyd – He’d cook and he’d be an amazing host.
Hugh Jackman – because Hugh Jackman.
My Grandad. I never met him, would be nice to have a meal with him and get to know him a bit.
If they made a movie of your life, what would it be about and which actor would play the part of you?
Wow. Literally no one would pay to see that film. “The blogger in the striped pyjamas” starring Kathy Burke.
If you could live in any sitcom, which one would it be?
Early Doors. One of the most underrated sitcoms ever. And it’s in a pub.
Name a famous person you have met
Jarvis Cocker and all of Radiohead and James.
Which social media platform best describes your personality and why?
Twitter. Short and occasionally witty.
What picture do you have on lock screen on your phone / computer?
This one, the small boy being totes adorbs last year.
How many pairs of shoes do you own?
Millions. How many do I wear? About three pairs.
What period of time from the past would you most like to have lived?
I would have like to have lived in no period at all in the past. I would’ve been some kind of servant or manual labourer and that sounds like too much hard work. If you could guarantee I’d go back as some kind of tea drinking lady with a full household of servants, probably the 1930s.
If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would you go?
Scandinavia. I’ve been to Sweden and Norway and I’d like to explore a bit more.
What is your guilty pleasure?
Twitter. I spend far too long talking to the little people who live in my phone. But they’re so interesting and kind.
What is your favourite tipple?
I will pretty much drink anything, but I like a nice G&T.
If you had a magic lamp and a Genie, what would be your three wishes
- For my son to grow up happy and healthy.
- To have a fully operational spine again.
- World peace.
So that’s me. Any questions? Go on, don’t be shy.
