1) Keeping the musical theme going, when I saw 'Cats' as a kid, Mr Mistoffelees sat on my lap during his big number. He left glitter on my jumper. I was about 9. And when I saw 'Lion King' and the opening music played and the big puppet animals started to walk down the aisles to the stage, I became overwhelmed and started crying. I was 30.
2) I loved Bros during their five minutes of fame. My favourite song was the B-side of 'Drop the Boy', called 'The Boy is Dropped'. Have a listen - I dare you not to love it, especially after the tempo change at about 2:30... Oh, God! Brilliant. (edited to add - you must listen right through to the end...Bros is the boogie...erggghhhhhh...)
3) I snogged a visiting international athlete during the Sydney Olympics in 2000.
4) When I was about 5, we had a pet wallaroo (that's a cross between a kangaroo and a wallaby) called Angelina. A photo of me holding her appeared on the front page of the local paper. She eventually went to live at the Dubbo zoo.
5) At the end of a several-month stay in Berlin, my German friends took me out to dinner and then to the club Tresor for my farewell party. I have never been much into techno or taking drugs, but I had such a good time and danced nonstop till about 7am and just loved loved loved LOVED everything about the place and the people and the music. I remember staring at people and thinking how beautiful they were. Even the people on the train on their way to work the next morning as I made my way home were gorgeous. Gorgeous! It wasn't until years later that it occurred to me that someone might have slipped something into my drink.
6) I think I'm the only person who's been to Amsterdam (several times, in fact) who hasn't gotten stoned.
7) I once shaved my head. It was very liberating, and a learning experience - I learned my skull is flat on the back and I have a conehead.
4) When I was about 5, we had a pet wallaroo (that's a cross between a kangaroo and a wallaby) called Angelina. A photo of me holding her appeared on the front page of the local paper. She eventually went to live at the Dubbo zoo.
5) At the end of a several-month stay in Berlin, my German friends took me out to dinner and then to the club Tresor for my farewell party. I have never been much into techno or taking drugs, but I had such a good time and danced nonstop till about 7am and just loved loved loved LOVED everything about the place and the people and the music. I remember staring at people and thinking how beautiful they were. Even the people on the train on their way to work the next morning as I made my way home were gorgeous. Gorgeous! It wasn't until years later that it occurred to me that someone might have slipped something into my drink.
6) I think I'm the only person who's been to Amsterdam (several times, in fact) who hasn't gotten stoned.
7) I once shaved my head. It was very liberating, and a learning experience - I learned my skull is flat on the back and I have a conehead.
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