I know it’s wrong and majorly egotistical of me but I always feel so smug when I get tagged. Like as if one of the coolest kids at school picked me to be on their handball team at recess. In this instance the delicious Selina from Flying Saucer has tagged me to reveal a few things about myself. With 20 minutes left on my lunch break and the opportunity to spend that time writing about myself it’s with enormous amounts of narcissism that I present to you 8 Random things about Lady Smaggle…

8 unimportant obsessions/unspectacular quirks of mine… (I took this one from Fops and Dandies because I couldn’t think of 8 passions!)

1. I’ve performed in over 30 musicals and plays since I was 14. What can I say? I like attention.

2. I love squeezing pimples and I will squeeze anyone’s pimples if they let me.

3. I’m really, really, really flexible. Bendy like a pretzel…

4. I can say the alphabet backwards. A friend’s grandfather once told me that there are some things in life that you shouldn’t do the same way everyone else does. He had a point, so I learnt to say it backwards.

5. I am an habitual eater. I will eat the same thing every breakfast and lunch for two years and then I’ll swap to something else. At the moment it’s a soy protein shake for breakfast and a chickpea or tuna salad for lunch. And I have had that everyday for the past year.

6. My top five freebie list of male actors is Johnny Depp, Peter Sarsgaard, Giovanni Ribisi, Alan Rickman and Dylan Moran. A freebie list means I can shag them and Mr Smaggle can’t get mad.  

7. I crack my knuckles and my neck. A lot.

8. I am not subtle at all. Like if someone has a bruise or pimples on their face I’m all ‘What’s wrong with your face?’. It could get me into a lot of trouble but I am cute so I generally get away with it. 

 

8 things I want to do before I die…

1. Live somewhere slightly obscure like The Netherlands or Russia.

2. Get paid to do something I love for a living – writing, acting or designing.

3. Go on a big road trip across America with my man.

4. Build a house near a lake with an art studio and a big porch where I can drink tea, read books and bake cookies for my grandchildren.

5. Buy a Chanel 2.55 chain bag and pair of Louboutins on the same day with my own money.

6. Learn to speak another language fluently.

7. Study gold and silversmithing.

8. Own a pink car.

 

8 songs/albums I could listen to over and over…(Holy shit you’re all about to find out how incredibly uncool I am)

1. Alanis Morrisette – Jagged Little Pill

2. Whitney Houston’s Greatest Hits Volume 1 – Disco Hits

3. Michael Jackson – Dangerous

4. Madonna – Immaculate Collection

5. Rent The Musical – Broadway version (not the movie – although Rosario Dawson really does rock my world)

6. Phantom of The Opera – Broadway version

7. Les Miserables – Any version. I have them all and I know every single word to every single song and I can sing the parts of Javert and Val Jean at the same time. 

8. Every soundtrack to every Disney movie made in the 1990′s.

You’re going to stop reading Smaggle now aren’t you?

 

8 things that attract me to my best friends…

1. How passionate and interesting they are. All of my friends are such intelligent and provocative people that I seriously wonder why they hang out with me.

2. The fact that they humour me. I say really dumb things sometimes.

3. Longevity. I’ve been mates with my closest friends for around 7 years now. And I have been friends with my very best friend for 14 years. Being my friend is kind of like a jail sentence really…

4. How gorgeous my girlfriends are. I have a few special ones that I’ve collected over the years and they are truly priceless gems. They know who they are – I love you ladies!

5. Shared appreciation of gin.

6. Loyalty. Is anyone else starting to get teary?

7. None of them are dickheads. Well not entirely anyway…

8. The fierce and passionate arguments that erupt so frequently in our group. Usually as a result of No. 5.

 

8 things that I say way too much…

1. ‘Gay-tron 4000!’ (usually when something lame happens)

2. ‘Yeah… well… shut up.’ (when I am losing an argument)

3. ‘I like dat shit so muuuuch!’

4. Anyone’s name followed by either ‘face’ or ‘head’ depending on which goes better. Like ‘Hey Steph-Head!’ or ‘Hello Dave-Face!’. It works with food as well like Yogurt-Head or Crumpet-Face.

5. Noosh, manoosh, panoonie, shmanoonie, noonikin etc… usually aimed at Kenny the cat, Mr Smaggle and anything small and fluffy.

6. ‘Oh shit yes!’

7. ‘Yoo hoo! Helloooo’ (This is said in a high pitched yodel-like call and I say this every time I come home from work.)

8. ‘I’m only little!’ (when I am trying to get out of trouble) and ‘Come on… all the cool kids are doing it’ (when I am trying to make people do something they don’t want to do – try it! Peer pressure really works a treat!)

 

Now I think every blogger in the world has done this by now so instead of tagging it on I am turning it over to my readers! I like to call this activity the mini-tag. You have to tell me the following three things…

1. A weird quirk about yourself

2. Your favourite catchphrase

3. A secret goal you hope to achieve

Love Lady Smaggle

xxx