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  1. Moi j’aime le music hall

    February 17, 2009 by dafyd

    It’s been a long time since I’ve done one of these, but I really don’t feel like posting anything else at the moment.

    Rules: 1. Put your iPod, iTunes, Windows Media Player, etc. on shuffle. 2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer, hit skip if you get the same artist. 3. You must write down that song name, no matter how silly it sounds. 4. Have fun!

    If someone asks if you’re OK, you say… “We’re in the Money” by the Original Broadway Cast of 42nd Street

    How would you describe yourself? “Sugar and Spice” by the Searchers

    What do you look for in a girl? “Brown Eyed Girl” by Everclear

    How do you feel today? “Hurt” by Johnny Cash

    What is your life’s purpose? “Purpose” by the Original Broadway Cast of Avenue Q (Seriously, this is what came up. I think iTunes is slowly turning into HAL…)

    What’s your motto? “Walk Like an Egyptian” by the Bangles

    What do your friends think of you? “Crazy” by Aerosmith

    What do your parents think of you? “Wonderful” by the Original Broadway Cast of Wicked

    What do you think about very often? “Little Moments” by Brad Paisley

    What do you think about your first kiss? “La Belle et le Bad Boy” by MC Solaar

    What do you think of your best friend? “Rolling Stock” by the Original London Cast of Starlight Express

    What is your life story? “Crippled Inside” by Widespread Panic

    What do you want to be when you grow up? “I Wish I Was James Bond” by Scouting for Girls

    What do you think when you see the person you like? “You Raise Me Up” by Josh Groban

    What will you dance to at your wedding? “Megamix” by the 1991 London Palladium Cast of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Seriously.

    What will they play at your funeral? “Raiders March” by John Williams

    What is your hobby/interest? “100,000,000,000 Green Bottles” by Max Boyce

    What is your biggest fear? “If I Can’t Love Her (from Beauty and the Beast)” by John Barrowman

    What is your biggest secret? “(I’m Spending) Hannukah in Santa Monica” by Tom Lehrer

    What do you want right now? “The Perfect Nanny” by the Original London Cast of Mary Poppins

    What do you think of your friends? “Fat Bottomed Girls” by Queen

    What title will you give this post? “Moi j’aime le music hall” by Charles Trenet

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  2. Al-Kitaab

    August 1, 2006 by dafyd

    Tagged by Rob:

    1. Grab the nearest book.
    2. Open the book to page 123.
    3. Find the fifth sentence.
    4. Post the text of the next 3 sentences on your blog along with these instructions.
    5. Don’t you dare dig for that “cool” or “intellectual” book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it! Just pick up whatever is closest.
    6. Tag three people.

    Here we go, then – from this terribly exciting tome:

    When it occurs at the beginning of a sentence, إﻥﹼ marks the following noun as the topic of the sentence. إﻥﹼ occurs frequently in expository texts (and less often in narrative ones) because the topic or topics under discussion (rather than actions or events) are the focus of the text.

    Gramatically, إﻥﹼ belongs to a group of articles called إﻥﹼ و أﺨوﺍﺘﻬﺎ.

    You asked!

    Anyhoo – next to be tagged: David, Tom and, umm, someone else. Anyone? Post in the comments, if you feel like it.

    And for this post, I learned a new skill: bi-directional, bi-lingual, multi-character-set HTML coding. Fun.

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  3. Meme time

    May 24, 2006 by dafyd

    I’ve not done one for a while, so here’s a new meme, found via Neil Turner.

    It’s a bit long, so I’ve stuck it in the extended entry.

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  4. Fancy that

    November 29, 2005 by dafyd

    I spotted this meme over at Neil’s blog…

    You Are 19 Years Old

    cake

    Under 12: You are a kid at heart. You still have an optimistic life view – and you look at the world with awe.
    13-19: You are a teenager at heart. You question authority and are still trying to find your place in this world.
    20-29: You are a twentysomething at heart. You feel excited about what’s to come… love, work, and new experiences.
    30-39: You are a thirtysomething at heart. You’ve had a taste of success and true love, but you want more!
    40+: You are a mature adult. You’ve been through most of the ups and downs of life already. Now you get to sit back and relax.

    What Age Do You Act?

    You know, I’d never have guessed…!

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  5. The Music Baton

    June 1, 2005 by dafyd

    Music doodle thingy Thanks to Jeremy for passing this one.

    Total volume of music files on my computer:

    In iTunes, 14.3 gig. Elsewhere, about another 5 gig.

    The last CD I bought was:

    I am Kloot – Gods and Monsters. Unless you count the ones I “borrowed” from other people on the uni network. Technically I downloaded it from iTunes, but it counts. The last proper CD was probably the soundtrack to Starlight Express.

    Song playing right now:

    AM Radio by Everclear.

    Five songs I listen to a lot, or that mean a lot to me:

    Five people to whom I’m passing the musical baton:

    Hmm, five people with blogs who haven’t already been passed the baton…

    • David
    • Tom
    • Claire
    • Bob (but he’s very busy at the moment)
    • Anyone else? You can answer in the comments here, if you don’t have your own blog.

    (Incidentally, the doodle is by Drew. Cheers, Drew)

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  6. The Interview Meme

    June 1, 2005 by dafyd

    Paxman intervies BlairRob has set me questions…

    1. You’re a linguist right?

    Right.

    Which words, in whichever language, do you most like to say / hate to say?

    French is a beautiful language to speak – everything sounds like honey (unless, of course, you speak French like the Reverend Knifton – but that’s another story). Absolutely my favourite French word – and there are a lot to choose from – would have to be something with a lot of ‘r’s – especially know I’ve managed to get them rrrrolling. But thinking about it, I really like the phrase “c’est tout ce que j’aime“. It looks ridiculously clunky when writen, but when spoken (properly), it sounds wonderful. And it fits Justin’s song.

    Languages that I don’t like speaking – has to be German, I’m afraid, although there are plenty of really ugly Arabic phrases that we’ve been learning. I love the fact that German can make anything sound harsh – phrases like “meine Meinung nach” and “Umweltfiendlich” are left over from my GCSEs, and just sound ucky…

    2. Do you have any hidden skills (ability to dislocate your legs, fart the star spangled banner, etc.) if so, what?

    Umm, not really. I’m boring like that. I can eat my glasses, but that’s more thanks to the glasses than to me. Ooh, I can fit a whole bag of Maltesers (one of the medium size bags) in my mouth in one go (without the bag, obviously). There’s a funny story involving that and Chris Parker, which I may recount in future.

    3. When you’ve answered these you have to interview five people. If you had the choice of interviewing 1 person from any point in history who would it be?

    Ooh, tricky. There are loads of people I’d like to meet and interview. In true Blackadder stylee, I’d love to meet good ol’ Bill Shakespeare. And hit him. “Hours spent at school desks trying to find one joke in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Pah. On the other hand – I would genuinely like to ask him whether he truly intended his plays to be studied and analysed 400 years later, or whether (as I am fairly convinced is the case) he was just the Elizabethan equivalent of Eastenders.

    4. I don’t know if you do already but if you could choose to play any instrument which would it be?

    I don’t, but I wish I could. I did play the recorder in primary school for about a term. I was always stunned by this guy at school who played the drums – he was really quiet and fairly shy to talk to, but then when he got behind his drum kit, he was like Animal from Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem. I would love to have the skill and confidence to do something like that.

    5. Spit or Swallow?

    What’s the point of spitting? Unless, of course, you’ve eaten something particularly unpallatable. Generally, though, swallowing is best. As long as you’ve chewed it for long enough. Otherwise you might choke. And that’s not good.

    So, now I need five people to interview. Form an orderly queue here, please. I can think of two people who have been neglecting their blogs of late, so maybe they should have a go…? There are rules, by the way. – I’ve dumped them in the extended entry.

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  7. Jedi Master I am, mmm

    May 21, 2005 by dafyd

    I am Yoda!

    You scored as Yoda.

    Yoda Vote percentage bar 81%
    C-3PO Vote percentage bar 50%
    Obi Wan Kenobi Vote percentage bar 50%
    Darth Vader Vote percentage bar 47%
    Anakin Skywalker Vote percentage bar 44%
    Chewbacca Vote percentage bar 44%
    R2-D2 Vote percentage bar 44%
    Emperor Palpatine Vote percentage bar 36%
    Padme Amidala Vote percentage bar 36%
    Mace Windu Vote percentage bar 36%
    General Grievous Vote percentage bar 33%
    Clone Trooper Vote percentage bar 28%

    Which Revenge of the Sith Character are you? Take the test at QuizFarm.com.

    (Spotted at star_mage’s LJ)

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  8. The IMDb Meme

    March 27, 2005 by dafyd

    OK, it may look like I’m being ridiculously unimaginative by just posting memes (it is unimaginative), but seeing as there isn’t a lot going on, I thought I might as well. At least these memes reflect what I’m like – I’m not just posting random ones about what fish I am, or whatever…

    Anyway, this one comes courtesy of Neil Turner:

    The idea is to post a copy of the top 250 films on IMDb and then highlight the ones you have seen. Like Neil, I’ve also italicised those films that I (or my family – let’s face it, they’re mine really) own on DVD or video.

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  9. Passing the book baton

    March 26, 2005 by dafyd

    I was passed this book meme by Lemur Girl. I don’t work at Waterstone’s anymore, so this might not be as up-to-date as it would have been six months ago… but let’s see:

    You’re stuck inside Fahrenheit 451, which book do you want to be?

    Hmm… a book to burn. There is so much rubbish being published at the moment that it’s difficult to choose. Anything by Barbara Taylor Bradford? Or, indeed, Barbara Cartland? Or Tess of the D’Urbervilles, for being so ridiculously depressing during A-Level English.

    Have you ever had a crush on a fictional character?

    Maybe (joke…). Or maybe not.

    The last book you bought is:

    The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. Read it!

    The last book you read:

    A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers. Pretentious tosh. I don’t recommend it…

    What are you currently reading?

    Umm – how long have you got? Looking round my room: Schott’s Sporting, Gaming and Idling Miscellany by Ben Schott; Monsieur Pamplemousse Hits the Headlines by Michael Bond (I was attracted by the title – but it’s actually pretty good!); the Sword of Honour trilogy by Evelyn Waugh. I know I should only read one book at a time, but I can’t help it…!

    Five books you would take to a deserted island.

    Who are you going to pass this stick to (3 persons) and why?

    • David – I want to know what he reads apart from Gervaise Phinn…
    • Claire – apart from Harry Potter…
    • Bob – what are they reading across the pond…?

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