I couldn't really think of another post for today, and I had some revision I very much needed to avoid. Thus, a rather stereotypical 'get to know me' post! It was going to be 50 questions... and then 20 questions... it finally tailed off at 15. Oh, well.
Who are you?
I'm Alice, nineteen, from Cambridge - the real Cambridge, not the American approximation. I'm British! For those who wonder, I was called Alice because my mum loves Alice in Wonderland, and had hardly heard of anyone called Alice that she knew. I guess she wanted me to have a less common name. Unfortunately this backfired, because there were three in one of my classes. Not so unique after all orz.
Why writing?
I've wanted to be a writer for almost as long as I can remember, and always made up my own stories and worlds in my head as a child. When I was seven I read the first four Harry Potter books, and that sealed it. I wanted people to read the ideas I had in my head, and hopefully enjoy them. Thus, I began writing them down. Since that time, I've worked without stopping to improve.
Future ambitions?
High Overlord of Life, the Universe and Everything.
In all seriousness, I hope to one day become a published author. That's always been the dream - it's really the only thing I've ever wanted to be, and I want it more than anything.
Yet, I am doing a Biology degree... I could have done an English one, but here's a secret - I hated English A Level. I got full marks, but it was really rather boring. I didn't want to pay nine grand a year to be bored. I could have done a creative writing course, I suppose, but let's face it - I probably wouldn't be doing the writing I love to do, and I'd have someone else telling me what to do. With creative things, like art and writing, I really think you have to do most of the work yourself. You have to develop your style yourself, and from my experience none of my teachers have helped me much when it comes to writing creatively. They might have told me how to use punctuation and to indent paragraphs, but not much else. The rest of it came from reading out of school, and my own work writing my own stories in my spare time. I'm fascinated by Biology and inspired by it, but it's not what I want to do for the rest of my life.
Where in the world would you most want to go?
I hope to travel the world some day, like my two uncles. I've never left Europe before, so there's a whole lot of world out there to see! Right now, there's several things I definitely want to see at some point. I want to go to Japan to see the cherry blossoms flowering, I want to go to Vietnam to try the food (my uncle says that out of all the places he travelled, Vietnamese food was the best by far) and I want to go to Australia to see the Great Barrier Reef! I'd like to see the aurora borealis at some point, I want to travel to Russia for the ballet, and I want to revisit Paris and Budapest. Also, Santorini for its beauty! There are so many places I want to go!
Favourite cities?
Out of the places I've been, I love Budapest the most. My uncle's flat is there, so we stayed right near the Danube. The Szechenyi baths are amazing, the best baths I've ever visited. After Budapest comes Venice, and then Cambridge. What can I say, I'm biased? Paris is nice too, though.
Any sports?
I don't like team sports, and I don't really like to compete in sports. But I am a black belt in Shotokan Karate, and love to ice skate. I also cycle a lot (prerequisite for living in Cambridge) but that probably doesn't count. Either way, I exercise - I just don't really do sports.
Favourite words?
I have an awful lot of favourite words. I particularly like crystalline, luminesce, shenanigans, tatterdemalion, hobbledehoy, popinjay, flummery, abyssopelagic, xanthochroic, and quixotic.
Favourite book?
George Orwell's 1984. Easily. But I also love Flowers for Algernon, Brave New World, and the Harry Potter series.
Favourite bands?
Muse, easily. But I also love Nirvana, Florence & the Machine, Marina & the Diamonds, Karnivool, Arctic Monkeys, Radiohead, and Fall Out Boy. Mostly for their latest album.
Favourite song?
Super hard wtf! At the moment it's Sunburn, of course by Muse. But other favourites include Green Day's Wake Me Up When September Ends, Florence & the Machine's Cosmic Love, and pretty much anything else ever by Muse and Marina & the Diamonds.
"She burns like the sun, I can't look away, and she'll burn our horizons, make no mistake~"
Favourite tv programmes?
Game of Thrones, Black Mirror, Futurama, Sherlock, Doctor Who. Fresh Meat is also really rather good.
Religion?
Nope. I'm an atheist.
That doesn't mean I hate religion. I recognise the value of its good parts, and believe they should be preserved. I just don't believe in any sort of God, and the bad sides of religion disgust me. People who try and impose their religion on others in any way at all will always be dreadful excuses for humans.
Political stance?
I hate most of our politicians right now, and genuinely fear for my country. But I did this political compass test thing, though, and I shape up as a left-wing libertarian. Basically, I don't like when people try to take other's rights away, information and education should be free to everyone, censorship is the first step on the ladder to dictatorship, and while there's nothing wrong with working hard to earn more money and a better life there needs to be greater social mobility and everyone should get the same chances.
Also, they need to stop watching us. Did none of them read 1984? Or did they decide it was an instruction manual? Stop spying on everyone! I'm pretty sure every country in the world does it, it's just America and Britain were stupid enough to get caught.
Mind you, the amount of dodgy searches I've made in the name of writing (How long does cyanide take to kill someone? Where can you get shot and survive? How do you make a molotov cocktail?)... I'm probably on so many Government lists by now.
Best feature?
The thing I like best about myself is probably my imagination. And I like to think I'm pretty creative. I don't know, I'm not going to try and big myself up.
Personal flaws?
I'm very proud. And vain. Sometimes that turns into being arrogant, even if I don't mean it. There is nothing wrong with having pride in yourself or high expectations, but I have to be careful sometimes. And I can never meet my own expectations for myself.
Who are you?I'm Alice, nineteen, from Cambridge - the real Cambridge, not the American approximation. I'm British! For those who wonder, I was called Alice because my mum loves Alice in Wonderland, and had hardly heard of anyone called Alice that she knew. I guess she wanted me to have a less common name. Unfortunately this backfired, because there were three in one of my classes. Not so unique after all orz.
Why writing?I've wanted to be a writer for almost as long as I can remember, and always made up my own stories and worlds in my head as a child. When I was seven I read the first four Harry Potter books, and that sealed it. I wanted people to read the ideas I had in my head, and hopefully enjoy them. Thus, I began writing them down. Since that time, I've worked without stopping to improve.
Future ambitions?High Overlord of Life, the Universe and Everything.
In all seriousness, I hope to one day become a published author. That's always been the dream - it's really the only thing I've ever wanted to be, and I want it more than anything.
Yet, I am doing a Biology degree... I could have done an English one, but here's a secret - I hated English A Level. I got full marks, but it was really rather boring. I didn't want to pay nine grand a year to be bored. I could have done a creative writing course, I suppose, but let's face it - I probably wouldn't be doing the writing I love to do, and I'd have someone else telling me what to do. With creative things, like art and writing, I really think you have to do most of the work yourself. You have to develop your style yourself, and from my experience none of my teachers have helped me much when it comes to writing creatively. They might have told me how to use punctuation and to indent paragraphs, but not much else. The rest of it came from reading out of school, and my own work writing my own stories in my spare time. I'm fascinated by Biology and inspired by it, but it's not what I want to do for the rest of my life.
Where in the world would you most want to go?I hope to travel the world some day, like my two uncles. I've never left Europe before, so there's a whole lot of world out there to see! Right now, there's several things I definitely want to see at some point. I want to go to Japan to see the cherry blossoms flowering, I want to go to Vietnam to try the food (my uncle says that out of all the places he travelled, Vietnamese food was the best by far) and I want to go to Australia to see the Great Barrier Reef! I'd like to see the aurora borealis at some point, I want to travel to Russia for the ballet, and I want to revisit Paris and Budapest. Also, Santorini for its beauty! There are so many places I want to go!
Favourite cities?Out of the places I've been, I love Budapest the most. My uncle's flat is there, so we stayed right near the Danube. The Szechenyi baths are amazing, the best baths I've ever visited. After Budapest comes Venice, and then Cambridge. What can I say, I'm biased? Paris is nice too, though.
Any sports?I don't like team sports, and I don't really like to compete in sports. But I am a black belt in Shotokan Karate, and love to ice skate. I also cycle a lot (prerequisite for living in Cambridge) but that probably doesn't count. Either way, I exercise - I just don't really do sports.
Favourite words?I have an awful lot of favourite words. I particularly like crystalline, luminesce, shenanigans, tatterdemalion, hobbledehoy, popinjay, flummery, abyssopelagic, xanthochroic, and quixotic.
Favourite book?George Orwell's 1984. Easily. But I also love Flowers for Algernon, Brave New World, and the Harry Potter series.
Favourite bands?Muse, easily. But I also love Nirvana, Florence & the Machine, Marina & the Diamonds, Karnivool, Arctic Monkeys, Radiohead, and Fall Out Boy. Mostly for their latest album.
Favourite song?Super hard wtf! At the moment it's Sunburn, of course by Muse. But other favourites include Green Day's Wake Me Up When September Ends, Florence & the Machine's Cosmic Love, and pretty much anything else ever by Muse and Marina & the Diamonds.
"She burns like the sun, I can't look away, and she'll burn our horizons, make no mistake~"
Favourite tv programmes?Game of Thrones, Black Mirror, Futurama, Sherlock, Doctor Who. Fresh Meat is also really rather good.
Religion?Nope. I'm an atheist.
That doesn't mean I hate religion. I recognise the value of its good parts, and believe they should be preserved. I just don't believe in any sort of God, and the bad sides of religion disgust me. People who try and impose their religion on others in any way at all will always be dreadful excuses for humans.
Political stance?I hate most of our politicians right now, and genuinely fear for my country. But I did this political compass test thing, though, and I shape up as a left-wing libertarian. Basically, I don't like when people try to take other's rights away, information and education should be free to everyone, censorship is the first step on the ladder to dictatorship, and while there's nothing wrong with working hard to earn more money and a better life there needs to be greater social mobility and everyone should get the same chances.
Also, they need to stop watching us. Did none of them read 1984? Or did they decide it was an instruction manual? Stop spying on everyone! I'm pretty sure every country in the world does it, it's just America and Britain were stupid enough to get caught.
Mind you, the amount of dodgy searches I've made in the name of writing (How long does cyanide take to kill someone? Where can you get shot and survive? How do you make a molotov cocktail?)... I'm probably on so many Government lists by now.
Best feature?The thing I like best about myself is probably my imagination. And I like to think I'm pretty creative. I don't know, I'm not going to try and big myself up.
Personal flaws?I'm very proud. And vain. Sometimes that turns into being arrogant, even if I don't mean it. There is nothing wrong with having pride in yourself or high expectations, but I have to be careful sometimes. And I can never meet my own expectations for myself.
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