So, I gave you 20 questions in which to ask me anything you like. It wasn’t as bad as I imagined it would be, I thought you’d ask some more nitty-gritty questions and I’d be squirming trying to answer them honestly. Here’s your answers…

Were you expecting a bigger response than this?

I didn’t really have any expectations, I just hoped people would respond… and harassed them a little with some help from twitter.

What do you do (or like to do) when no-one is looking?
Erm, I wander around naked alot if I have a shower. I just like to drip dry I guess, I’m not really an exhibitionist… At least I don’t think I am. Although I do love people’s bodies. I love Spencer Tunick’s artwork – I could look at it for hours, at all the different shapes and sizes of everyone.

Why do you blog, what do you get out of it?
I started a blog so I could have a journal about my time in Newcastle, documenting all the places I love and experiences I have. But it’s turned into a random mix of ‘blah’ – there’s alot about myself in here so it’s definitely becoming a bit self indulgent. But I like to talk about myself – it’s therapeutic. It’ll become a diary of my emigration as the months go on; a place I can look back to and just reflect on how far I’ve come.
I find reading other people’s blogs really insightful too – I’m a curious person and think people’s lives are incredibly interesting (hence my love for ‘Pick Me Up’ and ‘Love It!’), so hopefully people find mine insightful (or at least entertaining) too…

If you could be invisible for a day and follow a celeb, who would you follow?
I’m actually stumped by this question, I really can’t think! I’ve never been interested in ‘celebrity’. Oh, actually, yes i can. Zezi, the presenter on Big Brother’s Little Brother. I HAVE to know where she buys all her pretty dresses from. So I’d follow her to her favourite shopping haunts.

What would you do with a pair of chocolate shoes?
EAT THEM!!! I wouldn’t put my feet in them, yuk, I couldn’t eat them after that. And I couldn’t just display them as an ornament – it’s a waste of tastilicious chocolate.

If you were going to compete in the Olympics, what event would it be in? Doesn’t have to be an event that’s currently in the Olympics, just whatever you think you’d be one of the best in the world at.
I have never watched the Olympics and I have no idea what sports are involved – I’ve been useless at sports since being the chubby kid at school, and had no interest in it since. Perhaps if there was a ‘Bad Olympics’ I’d come out tops – Slowest Runner, Short Jump, Impaling the Nearest Spectator Accidentally With a Javelin… Yep, I would be gold medalist at being shite at sport. I have no hand-eye coordination so I can’t throw and catch or hit a ball with any type of bat/racket.

Any tattoos? And if not, then where would you like one and what would it be of?
I have two and a half… Funny story. When I was 19, I got a tattoo of a Playboy bunny on my stomach. I regretted it for two reasons, one; because from that point on I started to notice how many teenagers were sporting Playboy bunny branded apparel and I realised how tacky it was, and two; it was badly done, so instead of a rabbit head and bow tie, the head seemed to run into the tie, so it was just a rabbit head and neck. Nothing Playboy about that. Anyway, I had that tattoo covered with a flower – you can’t tell the bunny is there, unless you look for it – it’s like a magic eye picture, so I class it as 1 and a half tattoos.
The second tattoo is a massive red/pink lily on my back (see MY SENTIMENTS EXACTLY). I want to extend it, with two birds and some butterflies up my back – I love body art, just thinking about getting another tattoo makes my heart beat faster with excitement. It’s very addictive!

What do you do when people are looking that you don’t do when they are not?
The whole naked thing from above… Erm, maybe picking my nose/squeezing spots. Everybody does it. Don’t lie, you know you do.

How many copywriters does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
One, plus a thesaurus – so they could look up synonyms for ’screw’ and ‘lightbulb’, then write a few thousand words about it.

If you felt compelled to roundhouse kick someone, who would it be and why?
I’m not the violent type. I don’t have anyone I particularly feel the need to roundhouse kick either.

What is your favorite meal to cook, what is your favorite beverage to go along side?
I’m not sure about cooking it, but Indian food is my choice of meal, with a Kingfisher or Cobra alongside.

If you had to name a song which best describes you, what song would it be and why?
At the moment, it’s India Arie’s ‘Video’. I’ve inexplicably begun to feel an inferiority complex and body image issues. It’s ridiculous – I’m not 16, I should have grown out of it. But I had amazing self confidence when I was younger, I can only appreciate what a strength that was now I’ve lost it. I think there’s such increasing pressure from all angles to be beautiful, by the standards of others, that I’ve lost the ability to ‘own’ myself. I feel I should be different to match society’s expectations. So, India Arie is my mantra, to remind me that I am not a supermodel, but I’m ok.

Will you write a post about coffee shops in Newcastle?
Yes I will. Someday this week in fact, but not today.

A Tunnock’s Teacake at the Rendezvous, or a Kaffecino’s choccy muffin? And why?
I never liked Tunnock’s Teacakes – I don’t like the texture or the flavour of the marshmallow, so definitely the Kaffeccino’s double chocolate muffins. Oh, they are sooo good. The top is crusty, there’s white and milk choc chips in, and in the centre is gooey chocolate sauce… Oh I’m drooling…

Toilet paper … facing IN, or facing OUT?
Bizarre question! Not sure what you’d class as facing in or out, but I like my paper to roll from the outside of the roll, not from the ‘wall’ side, that’s just backwards to me.

As in the McCain ad: Daddy or chips?
Depends what mood Daddy is in! ;)

Pork or lamb?
Lamb, I really don’t like Pork. I love lamb though, it’s so melt-in-your-mouth. Especially lamb stew… mmmm…

What was the best thing before sliced bread?
The bread knife. Although now we have sliced bread, I really appreciate non-sliced bread. It tastes so much better when you tear it from a crusty loaf, and it’s all fluffy in the middle – it’s like an authentic bread experience and the sliced stuff is just cheating.

What colour is your favourite shirt/top/t-shirt?
My favourite t-shirt is white, with FRANKIE SAYS RELAX in black type across the front. I love it. I don’t know why, since Frankie Goes To Hollywood was a bit before my time, but the t-shirt makes me feel cool… retro cool… which, ironically, is sad to admit.

Can I be the person who asks the 20th question?
Oh there’s always some smart arse isn’t there… ;)

What was your most regrettable purchase? … i.e. the one that generated the strongest sinking feeling of buyer’s remorse.
There have been so many I don’t know where to start. I used to be such an impulse buyer. Oh, now I can think of one, big  (or rather, several little) regrettable purchases. I worked in Barratts shoes on Northumberland Street in Newcastle about 4 years ago. In the time I worked there, for a short and sweet 4 weeks, I earnt about £600. In that 4 weeks, I spent about £1200 on Barratts’ shoes… Hence why I quit.

There you have it. I’m still trying to think of somebody I’d roundhouse kick, because saying ‘nobody’ seems like such a cop-out. But I’m just not a hater…