I’ve been tagged

Claire March 17th, 2008

Gina tagged me – never been tagged beofre and so I need to share with you 7 random facts about myself. This proced to be more difficult than I thought. I don’t think I am that odd (others who know me may disagree with that…) and also,I do share a lot with you on my blog, whether you like it or not, and so I am not that interesting a person as to have loads of stuff I can bleat on about, apart from what you see here.
Here goes anyway:
1. I love spicy food. Really like it, especially something with chilli in. I have been known on more than one occasion to carry around a bottle of chilli sauce to spice things up a bit. Doesn’t help my IBS, but we won’t go there….

2. I studied History of Art at Uni. I loved it. David laughed when I told him what my degree was in. He thinks it’s putting pictures in date order. I assume that you crafty bloggers out there would appreciate that there’s more to it than that (said with my nose in the air trying to be all high brow). I always chose the fashion modules as I loved them, and my dissertation was on Odilon Redon’s lithographs, which I found fascinating. The grinning, winking spider was one of my favourites (this probably speaks volumes about me) and my boyfriend at the time was studying graphic design, and painted this on my biker jacket for me…

3. I used to be a goth. You know, black hair, black make up, white face, lots of corsets, lace, biker jackets with spiders painted on (see above). My mother, bless her thought that I would grow out of it quite quickly. 10 years wasn’t quickly… She did defend me from my family ridiculing me though, even though she was probably deeply embarassed to be seen in public with me. One of the last things she helped me make was a burgundy and black PVC cyber style dress. You may be struggling to reconcile this with the pretty flowery stuff I make now. I will let you into a secret. I still had embroidered tablecloths and doilies at Uni. I just didn’t tell everyone about it. Becoming a bit older and not caring as much felt like “coming out” when I started making the sort of things I make. I did look very different when I met David though. I remember having pillarbox red hair, my lip pierced, lots of eyeliner, bright red lippie and a red tartan skin tight straight skirt, black low cut vest, fishnet tights and big New Rock boots…. I also had quite a few piercings, although I will not discuss that further, and quite a big tribal tattoo on my back. Now I can’t be arsed with it all. I’d rather crochet….

4. I love cheesy pop and adore 80′s music. I love hearing about people’s “guilty pleasures” musically – I don’t mind admitting to liking Dollar, Fleetwood Mac, Abba. I never have been cool. I just accept it now and wind people up by singing really loudly to cheesy cr”p to annoy them.

5. Not that you would think it now but I used to be in a number of choirs when I was younger. I was one of only 4 altos in the school choir, got roped in from that to the school’s chamber choir (rock and roll!) and then the church choir and the City of Hull youth choir. Helps having a reasonably low voice I suppose. Not that anyone who has heard me murdering Scissor Sisters at Karaoke would think I had ever been anywhere near a choir, but I have the photos and certificates to prove it!

6. Speaking of being younger, I have had a number of things I wanted to be when I grew up. Namely – a nun (don’t ask, but I was 13/14 at the time and deadly serious… even writing to the local Bishop and making enquiries about the convent in Whitby…) a jeweller – I used to make quite a bit of jewellery and, fuelled by my Dad who let me play with things like soldering irons from an early age, wanted to design and make silver jewellery. I was accepted at the local art college for a course when I left school that was for 3D design, and included 6 months of silversmithing. But I didn’t like the college or the tutors and so went to do A levels instead. Oh, and when I was really young I wanted to be a pilot. One of my ambitions is to take flying lessons, and I adore flying now. Just don’t do enough!

7. I was born on April Fools day. Yep, 1st April. And I have heard every single joke going. Honest. It sometimes takes people a minute when taking down your details to realise, then they look up and smile as if to say “I am not surprised” or “I bet you have heard it all before”. Thanks, and yes, I have.

Speaking of birthdays, I will be having a giveaway for my birthday, so watch this space – I’ll sort it out next week to let you know what the heck I am doing.

Told you I wasn’t that interesting – far better to hear me bleat on about crochet or embroidery or something like that…..
Right, now you’re all tagged. I’m rubbish at picking people out, loads of people have been tagged before me, so who wants to play? Let me know some randomness about yourselves xoxo

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