#drwhogeek

[basmathgirl]

Rules: tag 10 people you want to get to know better!

I was tagged by the fantastic @ageless-aislynn Thank you so much, love! :D

Relationship status: shackled married

Favourite colour: blue

Lipstick or chapstick: honestly, I couldn’t give a monkey’s! Neither is that big a deal in my life and I don’t understand why it keeps being asked

Favourite food: chip shop chips. 

Last song I listened to: it was on the radio in the car earlier, and I can’t for the life of me remember what it was. Sorry.

Last movie I watched: it was another rewatch of Groundhog Day

Top three favourite shows: currently it’s QI, The Fast Show (reboot on Dave) and Strike: Lethal White

Top three favourite bands: the top three bands according to albums I own are: The Beatles, Bee Gees, and Eurthymics (I’ve bought more audio CDs than band CDs lately, and it shows)

Books I Am Reading: where do I even start with this? I’m currently reading through another box set of m|m romances, in the middle of some old opera-based m|f romances by Mary Burchell, have just sobbed at the end of the Adrian Mole books by Sue Townsend (because it paralleled her own loss to cancer - the books are funny but the knowledge is bittersweet), have just bought the Homecoming box set by H.J Welch,  and my son has promised to loan me his Richard Ayoade books.    

Tagging: @interminatis-paradoxum, @smackalicious, @melodyandpond, @crystanagahori, @horseonthespaceship, @drtonks, @drwhogeek, @australianwarrior, @catsladen, @ellenemi

and/or anyone else that fancies doing this (with apologies if you don’t)

[eccleston]

Replies

whatwecanfic replied to your post: I’m about to lose my mind. My husband ...

Oh my god I know EXACTLY what you mean. I need my time to recharge. You should try encouraging a Daddy Daughter date night. It’s the best! Kiddo falls asleep on the way home all loved up and happy. And they bring me take out potstickers!

drwhogeek replied to your post: I’m about to lose my mind. My husband ...

I sincerely sympathize- I’ve been there. Maybe take advantage of him being home to watch your daughter and get out of the house a bit, even if it’s just to run errands?

rudennotgingr replied to your post: I’m about to lose my mind. My husband ...

*big hugs*

bwoodru1 replied to your post: I’m about to lose my mind. My husband ...

I have this problem, too. The only solution has been for my husband to take my son out for a while to an activity, a bounce place, museum or whatever, while I stay home. You don’t have to be the only one who takes the kids places.

alexis11272 replied to your post: I’m about to lose my mind. My husband ...

I’m in the same boat lol….daughter goes back to school Monday 😜

Thanks everybody. I have been out of the house by myself to run errands this week but I'm really getting sick of Target (I never thought I'd say that). I just want to be home and alone. My husband won't take our daughter out by himself. He rarely ever does and if he actually does it's only for an hour because "she got bored and wanted to come home". He's as good a dad as he can be without actively doing things alone with his daughter. I have to do everything with them or they would never leave the house together. I have an extremely needy and clingy husband and he doesn't understand "alone time". He wants to be with me constantly. So his inability to understand that I like to be by myself doesn't help matters. The best I can hope for is that he has to go away on business for a few days and she has school. That's all I get. It's just something I have to deal with. :/

[fiftysevenacademics]

drwhogeek replied to your post:WHAT THE FUCKING HELL. GRACEPOINT COMES ON AT 8...

I can’t keep track, either. I just gave up and throw my money at iTunes. And I’m in Texas, too.

Thankfully, I am only here temporarily and will be home in time for the next episode. 

[basmathgirl]

drwhogeek: Hi, Neil! I’m having a bit of a problem. I don’t...

READ IT! I have personally bought more than a dozen copies and have given them to people when they ask about the book and have promptly headed to the bookstore to replace it.

I will do; I promise, @drwhogeek. My son keeps promising to lend me his copy but I’ve given up the ghost waiting for that to happen (I’ve read other Terry Pratchett books he owns) and have now ordered my own copy. 

Although, saying that, it wasn’t until I clicked to confirm it on amazon that I realised the edition I’d picked won’t be out until May... 

*gently sobs*

Never mind. I have a plan, thanks to our local library. If I can get there during the rare hours it is open (and the hours are stupidly awkward for me too), I can get my membership updated and then read it online. :D

[spoilersandhandcuffs]

Just wanted to thank you for posting the link to the Asylum of the Daleks link. I tagged you in the subsequent gifset post I made from it.

No problem, though there's really no need! :) I just stumbled across it on youtube after seeing some gifsets and freaking out about how I could have possibly missed the prequel ;D

Edit: for some strange reason, I only had the option to 'queue' or 'save as draft' hmm

[asparagoos]

Thank you for I Have a Friend Named Donna Noble. Beautiful.

D’aw, shucks, and thank you.

[basmathgirl]

I was tagged by the eternally huggable @lostlastsforever756. Thank you! :D

Rules: If you’ve been tagged, reblog and edit (or if you’re on mobile erase the old text when reblogging)  to answer the questions, write who you’ve been tagged by, either come up with new questions or leave the old ones and tag 5-10 people who you want to answer them.

1. Favourite Girl Scout cookies?

Well, I only know of Girl Scout cookies because of things like “Everybody Loves Raymond” and “Frasier”, since all that sort of thing doesn’t exist here in the UK. Now I DID get treated to a cup of tea when my nephew was working towards his tea making scout badge, but I’m not sure you’d be interested in that snippet of information.

2. Go to movie when you’re stressed out?

I’m not even sure I have a go-to movie for when I’m stressed. I’d probably switch on the satellite TV box and see whatever is currently playing at the moment; probably aiming for the Disney Movie Channel, if I’m honest.

3. Summer plans?

My summer plans will probably involve staying well away from the sun, knowing me. I am meeting up with a couple of LJ friends in London quite soon, and I will soon have to fork out for some new double-glazed windows (life is SO exciting as an adult); but beyond that I haven’t thought further than warning work about the days I shall need to be late in or totally absent

4. How many times do you wash your hair per week?

Ah, this the point at which I shall probably show myself up (in your eyes, at least) because I have never formed the habit of washing my hair more than once a week. The shampoo I have to use, to counteract the effects of psoriasis, is rather expensive – as it is I have to hide the bottle from other people in the household so that I actually have some to use – and often in the past I just couldn’t afford to merely go out and buy myself a new bottle every fortnight if I didn’t ration its usage. Plus, there is the whole self-loathing thing I have battled with since my teens where self-care hasn’t exactly been high up on my list of priorities, shall we say. Add in the often inability to even get out of bed during the last decade or so (let alone feel able to get dressed), along with the lack of energy, and I’m not onto a winner... I do, however, have things in place now to improve this situation very soon.

5. Most memorable vacation?

A two week trip to stay in a log cabin up in the Highlands, that sat by the Caledonian Canal. I’d invested in wet proof clothing for my sons, and they had a whale of a time going in and on the loch, whilst I enjoyed the beautiful and peaceful scenery.

6. When I say junk food, what is the first thing that immediately comes to your mind?

Any menu that is mainly pictures, I suppose, and American in origin. Basically, something fried and something grilled.

7. What movies are you looking forward to watching?

Well, I have the copy of “Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them” my son bought me still sitting in its cellophane wrapper because I haven’t had the chance to watch it alone (or with someone willing to see it) yet. I’m going to hint that I want “Star Wars: Rogue One” for my birthday because I’d like to see that again; and of course I can hardly wait to see “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” when I eventually get the chance. But getting excited about new films coming out was rather marred for me when a young friend I used to enthuse about it all died; and I’ve never reached those giddy heights since.

8. Favourite book your English teachers made you read in high school?

Ooooh, so many to choose from. The ones that stand out in my memory are:  “I Am David” by Anne Holm , “All Quiet On The Western Front” by Erich Maria Remarque, “The Bell” by Iris Murdoch, and “The Inheritors” and “Pincher Martin”, both by William Golding.

9. Favourite breakfast?

As much as I love a full English breakfast, or even a full Scottish breakfast, the one I like to treat myself to is warm/hot chocolate croissants (aka pain au chocolat) although I am also rather partial to warm croissants served with jam and butter/margarine.

10. What is the title of the book you’ve read the most times? 

Aside from any course textbook (of course), the book I’ve probably read the most is “Pride & Prejudice” by Jane Austen. I was quite obsessed with it at one time, and I refuse to apologise for that.

Using the same questions, I am going to tag to answer these: @ackabulaka, @soulofair, @mlfishy, @kat-the-cleaver, @svlover, @drwhogeek, @wouldyoulike-fries-withthat, @wantingtheworld, @thedoctors-lover, and @serenbex