Elliott Rodgers

This was suggested by a certain lovely teacher friend (NP)…

Using only song names from ONE ARTIST, cleverly answer these questions. You can’t use LeAnn Rimes (I’ve claimed her!). Try not to repeat a song title. It’s a lot harder than you think!

Me and LeAnn Rimes

Pick Your Artist: LeAnn Rimes

Are you a male or female? Good Lookin’ Man (modest too!)

Describe yourself: Twisted Angel

How do you feel? I Want To With You

Describe where you currently live: I Got It Bad

If you could go anywhere, where would you go? The Safest Place

Your favorite form of transportation? One Way Ticket

Your best friend is? Crazy

You and your best friends are? Some People

What’s the weather like? Purple Rain

Favorite time of day? Long Night

If your life was a TV show, what would it be called? Rumour ‘Bout A Revolution

What is life to you? Don’t worry

Your fear? No Way Out

What is the best advice you have to give? Nothin’ Bout Love Makes Sense

Thought for the Day: The Heart Never Forgives

How I would like to die? Suddenly

My soul’s present condition: I Believe

My motto: One Of These Days

Age: 39
Name: Elliott Rodgers, note the spelling. Middle name is John.
Nickname: EJ
Location: Chesham
Hair: Short, brown with a little grey.
Eyes: Dark brown.
Height: 5′ 11″ (180 cm)
Pets: Sheppie.
Relationship:Single
Bad Habits: Me? O:-D (Okay I have some but I can’t find them right now!)
Smoker/Drinker: Don’t smoke, have occasional alcoholic drink (<3 units a month).
Likes: Good food and company. Stand up comedy. Country crossover music. When web code and scripts work first time. People who are open, honest and have integrity. Capturing a great photograph. Entering online competitions. Marmite toast duvet picnics at 3am, biscuits, chocolate, yoghurts, lay ins
Disklikes: Hypocrisy, injustice, backstabbing, being blamed for things that are not my fault, being falsely accused of things. Oh and Brussell Sprouts and the TV Licence.
Phobias: Rats and Dentists.
Interests: Emergency Medicine, Photography, Web Design, Scuba Diving, Writing (Poetry, short stories) and Cookery. I love walking in the hills near where I live, these days I also have Sheppie, a dog frisbee and/or a tennis ball with me.

Weird Stuff:

I’m very, very allergic to penicillin.
Between the ages of 8 and 11 I wanted to be a marine biologist.
I have thin Fibulas (one of the two main bones in lower leg).
I have a LOT of metalwork in my left ankle/leg after breaking my leg in 2010.
I have no big toe nails (surgically removed ~ seriously painful having it done and for a while afterwards!)

• I love photography, especially landscapes.
• My idea of a good night is chilling with my friends. I’ve never been into the whole clubbing thing, I prefer pubs where you can mellow, enjoy the atmosphere and chat with friends.
• I very rarely drink alcohol.
• I do however drink lots of milkshakes, a situation likely to get worse now I have a smoothie maker.
• I write poetry, some of which has been published and some Poetry is here on my website.
• I nearly went to college to train to be a chef, I often wonder how different my life may have been if I had.
• I suffer from really bad depression, which has landed me in hospital on several occasions. It can have no apparent reason and regularly causes chaos in my life.
• I’m incredibly untidy, I have a massive tidying up session and then slowly (or sometimes quickly) it descends into untidiness again.
• I can invert fillet a salmon (take the bones out from the inside, leaving salmon whole).
• I don’t like my hair, I’ve never liked it since I can’t do anything with it.
• I realise that the above may make me sound like a girl.
• I can also de-bone a leg of lamb.
• In my teens I seriously entertained the idea of joining the army, I have friends who’ve served in the army and some who still are in the army. I wonder how different my life may have been.
• I have had some military training whilst a volunteer in a search and rescue unit.
• I’ve also done stuff with the RAF.
• Besides dogs (especially Border Collies), I love tigers, giraffes and otters.
• I worked on the first aid team at London Zoo, while there I was lucky enough to feed the otters, feed meerkats live crickets and feed bread to a Giraffe (bread is so the keepers can easily give them medications) I have so many very special memories of my time working at London Zoo.
• I never went to university, college was a disaster due to a bout of depression which resulted in a stay in hospital.
• I used to keep hamsters as pets, it wasn’t successful, two escaped and were never seen again.
• I’m a big fan of LeAnn Rimes and met her in the Very VIP room at The Appollo, Hammersmith, Sept 2004), got a signed UK Tour Poster and my photo taken with her.
• My friends are very important, without some of them I literally wouldn’t be alive today.
• I speak a bit of French, German and Arabic.
• I can easily navigate my way around the London Underground network.
• I am strangely proud of the above.
• I know British Sign Language.
• I’m tone deaf but I can sing – terribly.
• In the same trip across London on the Underground I have helped people in French, German and in Sign Language.
• Between the ages nine and eleven wanted to be a marine biologist, the oceans still fascinate me.
• I love reading – My all time favourite author is Raymond E Feist.
• I love taking long, very hot baths. The record for time in the bath stands at 6 hours! I often use it as a place to think.
• I’ve been given a bravery award; for my actions after a gas explosion outside a petrol station.
• I want to go travelling at some point in the future, I’d really like to explore more of Morocco, I want to visit Egypt since the history is fascinating, Australia also looks good especially for the wildlife photography.
• I was supposed to be on one of the trains that was bombed during 7/7, the bomber was in my “usual carriage” at the same end I usually sat at. I slept in due to finishing work late the night before doing medical cover at an Oasis Concert.
• I was once held up in armed robbery at a previous job.
• If I had a large enough garden I would love to have bee hives.
• And a hawk or falcon.
• I have no big toe nails.
• I have zero fear of heights or confined spaces.
• I wouldn’t do a bungee jump. I would do a parachute jump.
• I’m a blood donor.
• I’m a qualified radio amatuer (B Licence).
• I have no idea where my family is or who is still alive. This doesn’t bother me. Except my daughter.
• I’m a Virgo but don’t believe in Horoscopes.
• I can’t stand football or golf.
• I like Comic Sans Serif. It’s a lovely font, highly readable even by dyslexics. I don’t get why it has such a bad press.
• I was a steward and photographer on some of the Stop The War marches and am proud of my involvement.
• I’ve represented my county (Buckinghamshire) at National Light Rescue competitions…
• and our team won….
• and I got maximum marks in the individual section.
• I can remember the telephone number of the first girl I ever loved (or at least was very serious about) but not the date/time of my next GP appointment.
• I spend to much time on Facebook.
• and Twitter.
• I’ve been homeless on three occasions.

Inspired by a quiz completed by a lovely primary school teacher friend of mine (Nikki P) on Facebook. I completed 50 questions all about me, a couple have been changed as they were Facebook specific and wouldn’t make a lot of sense otherwise. I update this page every so often (last updated 23rd March 2012).

1. If your doctor told you TODAY that you were pregnant, what would you say?
Me and you are going to be soooooo rich

2. Do you trust all of your friends?
Not all of them. The thing with trust once it’s gone, it’s so very hard to get it back….

3. Would you move to another state or country to be with the one you love?
Yes – I’d walk over broken glass to get there as well.

4. Do you believe that everything happens for a reason?
From a logical standpoint yes. From the philosophical/spiritual point of view no.

5. Can you make a dollar in change right now?
Could manage a pound if I can look down the back of the sofa.

6. Which one of your friends do you think would make the best doctor?
I’m working on the assumption this is not meant to include friends who ARE doctors already… I fink Ruthy (who’s a paramedic)

7. Are you afraid of falling in love?
Oh hell yes.

8. What kind of car were you driving 2 years ago?
I wasn’t.

9. Is there someone who pops into your mind at random times?
Yes a couple of people… not always at the best of times. One especially recently.

10. What’s your most favourite scar?
I suppose the one from having an iron bar smacked into my forehead… Long story.

11. When was the last time you flew in a plane?
May 2007.

12. What did the last text message you sent say?
Thanks xx (Although there can never be enough thanks for this persons help)

13. What physical features do you find most attractive in the preferred sex?
Eyes, smile, bum and legs… Not nessercarily in that order!

14. Fill in the blank: I love my…..
Photo album of my daughter and of course my lovely dog Sheppie (who is currently asleep and snoring), my phone, my camera…

15. What’s the goal you’d like to accomplish in the near future?
Start to fix a relationship with someone after missing them for so many years… EVERYTHING else is insignificant compared to this.

16. If you were to wake up from being in a coma for an extended time who would you call?
My special people, in my inner circle. Prayer chain at church.

17. How many kids do you want to have?
A couple more, although getting to the stage of trusting someone enough to have the kids with them will be a long time coming.

18. Would you make a good parent?
I am. Even if I haven’t had the chance to prove it every day.

19. Do you have any special talents?
I can do some deaf sign language, I’m trying to learn to juggle (again), I can develop websites using a variety of languages and I’m a pretty good photographer.

20. What’s your middle name?
John.

21. Honestly, what’s on your mind right now?
How tired I am and how much I need sleep. How much I’m missing someone very special to me who recently came back into my life.

22. If you could go back in time and change something, what would it be?
I’ve got a few big regrets that I’d change.. I’d change at least one of my choices of lottery numbers!

I’d stop myself from falling on the ice December 2010.

23. Who was or will be the maid of honour/best man in your wedding?
Possibly Taz (though the stag party worries me if he’s organising it)….

24. What are you wearing right now?
PJs.

25. Righty or Lefty?
Righty. (I am reasonably ambidextrous).

26. Best place to eat?
Depends on the company.

27. Favourite jeans?
The clean pair. I do however have some jeans which I think make my bum look good.

28. Favourite animal?
Absolute favourite has always been otters ever since I was small. I also like Tigers, Giraffes and of course Border Collies .

29. Favourite juice?
Mango. Brand wise – Innocent Smoothies.

30. Have you had the chicken pox?
Yes.

31. Have you had a sore throat?
Lots of times.

32. Ever had a bar fight?
Yes. It was messy, I didn’t start it I was one of the last few left standing. Before any thinks I’m a psycho I should mention I was with some armed forces friends and a couple of them are very good at ‘jap slapping’.

33. Who knows you the best?
Sheppie now gets told my secrets (dogs can’t speak human right?!) or probably my mate Becky.

34. Shoe size?
10 give or take a size

35. Do you wear contact lenses or glasses?
Glasses, I tried contacts – it really wasn’t good, I ended up in A&E, being treated by an extremely pretty nurse I knew, for an eye infection and a scratched cornea…

36. Ever been in a fight with your pet?
Usually at bath time when he decides he doesn’t wanna have a bath… Once I have found where he is hiding.

37. Been to Mexico?
No. Been to France, Spain, Greece, Poland and Marrakech.

38. Did you buy something today?
No just paid lots and lots of bills..

39. Did you get sick today?
I have ongoing health issues…

40. Do you miss someone today?
Yes. There are two people I miss every single day. Two people who are never far from my thoughts. One of those especially right now.

41. Did you get in a fight with someone today?
No. Day’s just begun…

42. When is the last time you had a massage?
Forgotten

43. Last person to lay in your bed?
My bed only gets shared with Sheppie.

44. Last person to see you cry?
No one… unless you count Sheppie Thursday night.

45. Who made you cry?
Long story…

46. What was the last TV show you watched?
Covert Affairs

47. What are your plans for the weekend?
Prayer breakfast… dog walks… sorting out some photos and church…

48. What makes you laugh?
Lots of things – I like satire (Have I Got News For You, Mock The Week, Rusell Howard’s Good News, Fast and Loose etc). I follow XKCD Web Comic. Clever witty pictures and slogans

49. Who was the last person you hung out with
Sheppie… Human wise… Charlie, Nikki P, Lizzie and about two hundred others!

50. If your significant other asked you to marry them TODAY what would you say?
No significant other. Am single.

Colour(s): Purple, Dark Blue and Silver.
Books/Author(s): There’s masses of authors I like, as I really enjoy curling up with a good book. Raymond E. Feist, Andy McNab, Tom Reynolds (nice guy), Fiona Robyn, Stuart Gray, Caroline Rance (I was lucky enough to meet her and get a signed copy of Kill Grief. She’s lovely), Bernard Cornwell, Caroline Smailes (met her to, she’s lovely as well!), Stephen Lawhead (met him friendly guy) and Adrian Plass (met him lovely man, absolutely mad and huge).
Movie(s): I love movies, in no paticular order – Coyote Ugly, Madagascar (1+2), Cocktail, Electric Dreams, Cry Freedom, Titanic, Lost & Delirious, Bringing Out The Dead, Dog Soldiers, The Mist, Hot Fuzz, Over The Hedge (can NEVER EVER be as good as the first time I saw it!), Lethal Weapon (All), Harry Potter (All – favoruite;PoA), Cruel Intentions series (especially 2), Transporter (All), Enigma, Evolution, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005), Eight Legged Freaks…
TV: In no paticular order… Mock The Week, QI, Have I Got News For You, Scrubs, Rookie Blue, NCIS, The Gadget Show, Inbetweeners, Russell Howard’s Good News, Doctor Who, Outnumbered, Grey’s Anatomy, Fast and Loose (especially Laura Solon and David Armand)…. Partial to documentaries and stuff can learn from rather than so called “Reality TV”.
Animal(s): Absolute favourite has always been otters. I also like Tigers, Giraffes and of course Border Collies and Springer Spaniels.
Music: HUGE fan of LeAnn Rimes (I went to see her at London Appollo and got to meet her afterwards in VVIP lounge, got a signed tour poster, photo taken with her. She’s really very lovely and very short!), Shania Twain, Kylie Sackley (especially love – I Wanna Do Bad Things To You [special song], Love Don’t Come Lately, I Never Meant To Love You, After All The Fall Was Mine and Don’t That Make You Miss Me) Keith Urban (Special songs – You’ll Think Of Me, Making Memories of Us, Somebody Like You) Kelly Clarkson (Love her albums: My December and All I Ever Wanted). I like some stuff by Natalie Imbruglia, love the song Torn (which David Armand does a fantastic dance to). Of course I couldn’t possibly not include Adam Kay & Suman Biswas; Amatuer Transplants
Place(s): I love the hills around my home. London Zoo and London Eye will both always have such very very special but bittersweet memories forever.
Food(s): My home made cookies, my home made omelettes (both are really good so friends tell me it would be rude not to agree with Jason H’s comments ). I also like bacon and runny fried egg sandwiches.. well cooked breakfasts in general. I’m a self confessed chocolate addict and I have a really bad biscuit habit.
Drink(s): I rarely drink alcohol, so it’s a cup of tea (just a little milk and one sugar now), fruit juice or Milkshake (Frijj especially). Bought a smoothie maker to try and eat/drink a bit more sensibly.
Possession/Thing(s): First of course would be Sheppie, photo album of my daughter, mobile phone and in a fire I’d save those first. Hopefully I’d have time to save my backup drive/USB keys or even better the whole tower unit of my PC.
Flower: Self Raising
Quote(s): I love quotes, they’ve always fascinated me (A lot of my favourite quotes are on the Thought Of The Day RSS Feed). Probably my absolute favourite is by Mary Anne Radmacher “Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, I will try again tomorrow.” Anyone who knows me reasonably well will know why that’s a favourite.
My two other favourite quotes are from literature, the first is from one of my all time favourite books Magician by Raymond E Feist. Softly she said, ‘Father Tully says that some loves come unbidden like winds from the sea, and others grow from the seeds of friendship. ‘
‘I will hope for such a harvest, Carline. But should it not come, still I will remain your good friend. ‘
The other is from Midsummers Night Dream Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.