princessdeia

July 6th 2005
Filed under General, Swaps

1. My birthday is on Halloween.
2. I was born in London in 1974.
3. My full name is Dipika.
4. I hate my name.
5. Everyone including my parents calls me Dee.
6. I don’t have a middle name.
7. The hospital I was born in was across the road from my parent’s house.
8. Both my parents were born in South Africa.
9. My parents had an arranged marriage.
10. They have been married over 40 years.
11. All my grand-parents were born in India.
12. I have one sister.
13. I am the youngest – by 17 months.
14. I use to always fight with my sister when we were little.
15. Now we are really close.
16. One of my earliest memories is seeing my sister fall down the stairs.
17. I have never had any pets.
18. I have lived in London my whole life and can’t imagine living anywhere else.
19. I am left handed.
20. I have been with my boyfriend, Jason for over 7 years.
21. I met him at a firm I was temping at.
22. When I first met Jason, I thought he was annoying – but he made me laugh.
23. The first night we met we talked about driving across America together.
24. My favourite subject at primary school was Maths.
25. I use to think I would become a maths teacher or something.
26. I have always loved the Star Wars films.
27. I remember seeing Empire Strikes Back in the cinema and being scared of the Wampa snow monster at the beginning of the movie.
28. I learned to knit when I was 8 years old.
29. I designed and knitted my first jumper when I was 10.
30. I use to watch The Goonies every week, when I was younger with my sister.
31. I started wearing glasses when I was 17.
32. I went to a girl’s school.
33. I am glad I did as I think it gave me more opportunities.
34. I meet my best friend, Sabeena on the second day of secondary (high) school.
35. I was at the Brit Awards in 1989 (Yes that one!)
36. My favourite subject at secondary school was Media Studies.
37. My favourite TV show was Twin Peaks and I still love it now.
38. My best friend immigrated to America, just before we started Sixth Form – but we are still in contact.
39. I have three A levels in Sociology, Economics and Film Studies.
40. I was the only girl in my Film Studies class.
41. I was a typical grunge kid, doc martins, baggy t-shits, ripped jeans and floppy hair.
42. I have every issue of Empire Magazine since 1992.
43. My favourite place that I have visited is the Grand Canyon.
44. I have a B.A. (Hons.) in Social Sciences.
45. I went to university in East London (near where the Olympic village will be).
46. I am obsessed with Tiffany’s.
47. The colour scheme of this site is based on the Tiffany’s website.
48. My favourite colour is blue.
49. Especially, Tiffany’s Blue or #00CCCC.
50. I cry whenever I see E.T.
51. I became a vegetarian in when I was 20.
52. I still eat fish.
53. I remember the last meat dish I (knowing) ate.
54. It was a McDonald’s Hamburger in Acapulco.
55. I hate mushrooms.
56. This is very awkward as a vegetarian.
57. I always regret the fact I never saw Nirvana live.
58. The last holiday I went on with my family was in 1994.
59. We went to China.
60. I graduated in 1996.
61. I got my first job three days after leaving university.
62. I got my belly button pierced the day before my 22nd Birthday.
63. I spend two months traveling around America on my own in the summer of 1997.
64. I wanted to eat breakfast whilst staring in the window of Tiffany’s on 5th Avenue.
65. One of my favourite museums is the Air and Space Museum in Washington DC.
66. I started waering contact lens when I was 21.
67. I once saw Billy Corgan at O’ Hare airport.
68. My favourite city I visited was Seattle.
69. I have two tattoos.
70. One of a Scorpio on my thigh.
71. The other is of three stars on my lower back.
72. The last time I went to the Reading Festival, I refused to camp and stayed in a hotel.
73. I have vowed I will never go to a Glastonbury Festival again, after the quagmire of 1998.
74. Less than six months after meeting Jason we traveled along the East Coat of America for 6 weeks.
75. We spend two weeks in Orlando visiting theme parks.
76. We drove from Miami to New York.
77. After the holiday, I knew I wanted to spend the rest of my life with Jason.
78. I want to go to every Disney Park; I just need to go to Tokyo.
79. I planned my summer holiday of 1999 to coincide with the release of Star Wars Episode One.
80. I did a post graduate course on the Open University.
81. I wrote my final thesis on the Alien films.
82. I am scared of mice.
83. We once stayed in a youth hostel in Amsterdam with mice – which was the worst night of my life.
84. I love Converse; I have 3 pairs and really want another pair – in Maroon.
85. I love baby tees, especially ones from comics or films, my favourite t-shirt is a Tank Girl one I brought in 1995.
86. I started playing The Stone in 2001.
87. You can briefly see me in the Stoners film.
88. I taught myself HTML.
89. I gave up my job to do a Web Design course.
90. I need 9 hours sleep a night.
91. I am trying to collect every copy of Batgirl III comics.
92. I own all but on of the Birds of Prey comics (missing issue 40).
93. I cannot drive.
94. But I love our car.
95. I prefer the taste of Diet Coke.
96. I am a really slow eater.
97. I don’t want children.
98. I have a god-daughter.
99. I think I am cursed to never go to a Knit Flicks.
100. I love making lists so this was fun .

July 5th 2005
Filed under General

Jason and I planned to spend the weekend in the Stevenage – I packed two projects, the Double Choc scarf and the supplies for my One Skein Wonder, which I thought would be enough for a few days, but what with watching Live 8 on Saturday and O.D.-ing on Crime movies courtesy of the Hallmark Channel on Sunday, I have managed to nearly finished both projects.

On Sunday, we did drive down to Welwyn, to see what bargains I could find in the John Lewis Sale – their haberdashery department is very small, but there was a bargain bin full of treasures, I was a very good girl and only brought stuff that I knew I could ear-mark for projects. I got some lovely Jaeger Merino DK in a dark khaki colour – perfect for the mini-sweater and some Rowan 4 ply Cotton in a light green colour, that I will add to the darker green I got in America, and knit a stripy scarf – either The Shell and Wave Shawl or a basis Feather and Fan Scarf.

Obviously, I have two completed projects, and new additions to my stash to take photos of, I managed to get some batteries for the camera – but I have forgotten the cables – hopefully soon I will be able to write a post with some photos.

EDIT: I have just seen the scary Blythe doll has gone from my sidebar – yes we have a new knitty – had a quick look and didn’t see anything Jason would like – so I guess I will have to wait until the autumn (fall) issue.