... because I'm bored and lonely and would do anything to avoid having to face the mess in my flat.

Tagged by ~dracontes

The rules of the meme are as follows:
A post said rules
B post no less than eight random facts about yourself
C tag up to eight people or more who haven't been tagged yet.
D post parts A, B and C in a new journal.
E inform the tagged people either by commenting on their page or sending them notes, IMs, etc. You may do nothing if the taggee is watching you.
F you may change the rules above to reflect your quirkiness but keep the spirit of the meme.

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And the random facts I'm sure everyone's been aching to know ...

(1) I have a piece of Newton's legendary apple tree on my keyring. Or I dearly hope I do, it cost me 5 pounds

(2) I'm unreasonably afraid of wasps, bees and ticks and generally anything that could sting/bite you to death or give you a very nasty disease.

(3) Sinande means "beautiful" and it's the name of the mother of a novel protagonist I invented when I was about 13. Said protagonist and her never-actually-written story has changed beyond recognition (in fact, I probably wouldn't want to make friends with her present character ), but I still like this name. It just has the music I so rarely manage to put in a name.

(4) I've wanted to be a scientist since the age of (roughly) six. I used to play scientist when I was a kid, and devoured every science book I could get my hands on. I went through various shifts of interest including astronomy, physics, marine biology and palaeontology, but, I think quite conclusively, ended up with evolutionary biology (which is the degree I'm studying for). I at least partly have SJ Gould et al's Book of Life to thank for that - it's a complicated thing, but the way evolution is portrayed in the book did a lot to make me realise just how fascinating a subject it is.

(5) I invented my first fantasy world when I was ten. It grew out of a story we played with one of my friends, and its inhabitants were tiny winged teddy bears of all colours... ^_^ but it did have some excellent names and a very cool pantheon. Alas, in a rush of unexplainable and unforgivable stupidity I threw out all my notes

(6) I'm horrible at keeping my possessions. Rings, watches, erasers and other small objects just disappear from my life all the time.

(7) I'm very bad at understanding/memorising what I read, especially maths things. I guess it's just attention problems, but somehow written stuff doesn't get through my interpretative filters as well as, say, a lecture does. So most of my exam preparation is answering old exam questions and making extra notes. Simply reading stuff I wouldn't remember a tenth of it.

(8) I think most artiodactyls (barring cetaceans) just look... dumb. Cute and dumb.

(9) I have a strange fondness for somewhat desolate, mostly or completely treeless landscapes. Preferably hilly and rocky. Like the Naver estuary in northern Scotland: [link] and [link])


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I've done my bit, and since I'm not exactly the centre of any community here... anyone who drops by, feel tagged.