Edward Cullen =/= Cedric Diggory

I got my wedding dress yesterday :D It is long and white and has little silver beads on it, and, to top it all off, had been reduced to £100! I found the whole experience fairly terrifying - trying on multiple expensive dresses, and having a sales assistant scrutinise me and tug at various areas of fabric in front of a large mirror (and purse her lips when I inevitably stumbled over every single hem) is not my idea of a good time - but ultimately the half-hour of awkwardness was worth it.

University-wise, the examination period has rolled around, joy of joys. Much as summer, for me, comes hand in hand with an itchy nose and watering eyes, an inevitable side-effect of the onset of exam season is an increased interest in anything that isn't studying, and a consequent lingering sense of guilt. It probably goes without saying that I've barely revised at all. My first exam is on the 19th >.<

Speaking of procrastination, I recently started re-reading Twilight... and have realised that Twilight The Movie has really ruined Twilight The Books for me :( I can't get Robert Pattinson out of my head, and my own version of Edward was so much better. In fact, I'd say that my version of Edward made the series for me, to be honest. I can't seem to enjoy reading it with Cedric Diggory as protagonist, it's just weird.

Questions!

What is your First Memory?

I'm not sure if it's my first, but certainly one of my earliest memories is of my cousin and I making 'petal soup' in my grandma's old (huge) garden. This involved obtaining an empty margarine tub, filling it with water, and then grinding rose petals into it pestle-and-mortar-stylee until the water turned pink and sweet-smelling. My cousin and I sort of lost touch after those few years, and we've turned into quite different and very distanced people.

What would you attempt to do if you knew you would not fail?

Learning to fly is a sure one, and there are a lot other impossibilities I'd try to accomplish, such as gaining the ability to breathe underwater and talk to animals etc. In terms of realistic challenges, I would attempt to write a really good fantasy novel (this is something I'll try and do eventually anyway), develop a skill in something totally out of my usual sphere of abilities (playing chess, for example - Chris is good at chess, and I can't understand how he does it!), learn a bunch of languages... there are loads of things.

What place on Earth would you like to go if money wasn't a problem?

I'd really like to visit Japan, one day. And Canada. And the USA. And Egypt. And a load of other places!

What is your biggest achievement to date?

I don't know! I really don't. Getting Chris to agree to marry me? Haha. There've been a few minor victories that sort of jump out at me as I think about this question, but nothing that stands out as a Biggest Achievement, I don't think. One time when I was 15/16 I entered a writing competition on MuggleNet and won a T-shirt and a wand from Alivans... that was pretty cool.

What place, thing, or animal symbolizes peace in your life and why?

I had to think about this for a while, but the memory of my old room back in my house in Cambridge (where I lived until I was 11ish, pre-parental divorce and moving house/school several times) is fairly peaceful, and when I'm feeling stressed it sometimes helps to lie down and shut my eyes and imagine I'm back in there. That probably sounds weird. Oh well.


Does anyone have any ideas as to things other than Q&As we could do to get to know each other/make the blogs a bit more cohesive?

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