my own little world

this was taken on a hill in my village. i used to love walking up there in the summer (usually barefoot) and just lie there with my ipod for ages.

 

anyhoos, have been tagged to do a '16 things' photo. i've already done it in a group, but i haven't put it on my stream yet, so now i shall:

 

1. i'm adopted and my birth name was lydia hall.

 

2. i've been to twenty different countries, largely courtesy of my grandma who loves to travel. i have never been to america tho. i will at some point i hope.

 

3. i love physics and maths. i'm doing maths, further maths and physics at A level and i'm going to study physics at university. i just spent the evening explaining my lessons from today to my parents and getting super excited about euler's equation

 

4. i used to ride every week a few years back. i got bored of the nice horses that did everything they were told so i picked the ones that were part evil: a pony named Santa who used to buck and bite other ponies and (when i outgrew him) a horse named Thomas who walked oddly, wouldn't jump and was generally very unhelpful. i chose him after a girl in my lesson almost got thrown from him and started crying. i swapped with her and never switched horses for the rest of my lessons. i got thrown maaaany times by various ponies and horses, twice onto a jump :p

 

5. i also love to sing despite being tone deaf. it's ok, cos i can't hear my out-of-tune-ness, but i tend to sing round the house in case it offends other people :p

 

6. for my sixth birthday i asked for a frog. i got one - an australian tree frog who i named Freddy

 

7. i love fantasy books like artemis fowl, twilight, harry potter, the tamora pierce books. they might be considered childish, but i think they're great.

 

8. i am easily angered and always have been. i get annoyed if people laugh at me and i hate being misunderstood. i was a horribly stroppy toddler

 

9. when i feel particularly emotional i listen to music and apply song lyrics to my life. i listen to sad music when i'm sad, bcause i know that happy music will just piss me off

 

10. i love musicals. i've been to see quite a few in london (cats, starlight express, joseph, mamma mia, les miserables etc) and i've seen some films too (phantom of the opera, mamma mia, hairspray). i don't care if people wouldn't naturally burst out in song in real life, i find songs really expressive - there's a lyric in 'thank you for the music' that sums it up well: 'who found out that nothing could capture a heart like a melody can?'

 

11. i like to think that geniuses are all quite childish at heart (kind of like a balancing out thing). mozart loved practical jokes. maybe other people liked sweets or puppet shows or something.

 

12. i like lollipops! lol, i don't think i'm a genius :p but i do really love lollipops. apple or cherry ones in particular :D

 

13. i think thirteen is a lucky number (my mum does too - she had thirteen letters in her maiden name, her bday is on the 13th and she passed her driving test on the 13th)

 

14. i collect foreign currency. i have it stashed in three DIY box things (with little compartments for nails or screws or whatever). i have currency from a lot of countries, including old ones like the franc that aren't used anymore. i also collect silver pin cushions in the shape of animals. i saw some guy on antiques roadshow on tv with loads of them when i was younger

 

15. i like being creative in some way or another at all times, but it's usually a phase. sometimes i like to write prose or poetry, other times i like to draw, or play my clarinet, or make something, or bake, or take photos (photography has become more than just a phase now i think.)

 

16. i can solve a rubik's cube. my friend ( who came over from california last summer) showed me how to do it. i can also touch my nose with my tongue.

 

Done