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Geek boi tags me with this, so . . . [Read this to work out whether the following is a meme or not]

Remove the blog in the top spot from the following list and bump everyone up one place. Then add your blog to the bottom slot, like so.

1) Anastasia
2) LutherPunk
3) *Christopher
4) geek_boi - uncensored
5) not too much (Brian)

Next select five people to tag

Five? Do five people read this? No idea really. Not sure I want to inflict it on anyone.
Damien?
Augustus?

What were you doing 10 years ago?

Working as Director of Library and Records for the Australian Government's now-defunct Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs -- and thinking of quitting (which I did a year later) to study theology. And thinking I really would like to have a boyfriend, which a year later, I did.

What were you doing 1 year ago?

Almost exactly the same as I am now.

Five snacks you enjoy:

I don't eat snacks (boring answer, I know), but:
A. Wholemeal toast and honey
B. Cheese
C. Apricots
D. Apples
E. Cornish pasty

Five songs you know all the words to:

None, except the entire choral libretto of Handel's Messiah. Most times I know just a few words.

Five things you would do if you were a millionaire:

Now, if that were a millionaire several times over. . . :
A. travel (a lot, first class all the way)
B. endow a lectureship or three at my theological college
C. set up my partner James, my brother and my sister financially for life
D. create a really good private library
E. build a house big enough to put it in, as well as a beach cottage

Five bad habits:

A. being too busy, doing too much
B. loosing stuff -- spectacles, wallet, keys, etc., etc.
C. talking too much
D. maybe too much coffee
E. insufficient exercise

Five things you enjoy doing:

A. being with James
B. reading
C. writing, so long as I don't have to do it
D. thinking/daydreaming
E. travel, at a slow pace

Five things you would never wear again:

A. Just about anything tight -- I like loose clothes, though when I was 20 years younger . . .
B. A necktie, if I have a choice, or any other business clothes for that matter
C. A beard (only once, for medical reasons, ugh!)
D. Batik
E. Short shorts

Five favorite toys:

Toys?

And while I doing memes . . . (Hat-tip: *Christopher):

25 Random [?!] Questions:

1. When you looked in the mirror first thing this morning, what was the first thing you thought?

Shave.

2. How much cash do you have on you?

Exactly $200 Australian.

3. What's a word that rhymes with TEST?

Rest.

4. Planet?

UB313

5. Who is the fourth person on your missed calls?

There are none (boring answer).

6. What is your favourite ring on your phone?

There's only one -- old fashioned telephone 'Ring, ring!'

7. What shirt are you wearing?

A tee from Threadless.com

8. What do you label yourself as?

Christian, scholar, gay, friendly

9. Name the brand of shoes you've recently worn.

Rockport

10. Bright room or dark room?

Bright, but cool.

11. What were you doing at midnight last night?

Sleeping; what else is there to do at midnight? I get up at 6.00am, every day!

12. What did the last text message on your phone say?

I don't get text messages, as I don't send any. I prefer to talk.

13. Where is your nearest 7-11?

Over 200 km away, in Sydney.

14. What's a saying you say a lot?

I don't use sayings. I tend to speak in fully articulated sentences, a consequence of my upbringing as the son of a school teacher and grandson of a well spoken English lady.

15. Who told you they loved you last?

James -- and it's mutual.

16. Last furry thing you touched?

Myself (see 1. above)

17. How many drugs have you done in the past three days?

Medicines - four per day
Coffee and wine - both every day
Anything else - absolutely none and never

18. How many rolls of film do you need to get developed?

I'm digital.

19. Favourite age you've been so far?

Forty; young enough to do anything, old enough to know better.

20. Your worst enemy?

Fatigue

21. What is your current desktop picture?

An autumn scene; I'm hanging out for the cooler weather.

22. What was the last thing you said to someone?

"Goodnight, baby, I love you." (He went to bed early, with a fever.)

23. If you had to choose between a million bucks and being able to fly, which would you choose?

$$$

24. Do you like someone?

I like most people.

25. The last song you listened to?

Daniel Schutte's Here I am Lord, which was our closing hymn in chuch this morning, and as usual, it made me weep.