Purpletigron

Sheeplike, courtesy of caomhinmaca:

One song from my music library for each character of my userid.

P: _Pastime With Good Company_, by Henry Tudor the younger, performed informally with friends
u: _Under Pressure_, by Queen and David Bowie
r: _Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through_, by Jim Steinman and MeatLoaf
p: _A Passion Play_ by Ian Anderson, John Evan and Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond, perf. Jethro Tull
l:
e:
t: _They Don't Know_, by Kirsty MacColl
i: _I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues_, by Elton John, Davey Johnstone and Bernie Taupin
g: _Gaudete_, from Piae Cantiones, performed by Steeleye Span
r:
o:
n: _A Night on the Bare Mountain_, by Modest Mussorgsky

(My music library is variously packed away and turned off. So this is from memory, and I'll have to fill in later!)

MeMe tag:
1. Thank the person who tagged you.
2. List 5 random/strange/weird things about yourself
3. Tag 5 other people.

1. Thank you, caomhinmaca (I think :-))

2. (i) When I'm thinking hard and trying to acquire a new physical skill, I stop breathing*.
(ii) I count things. Strange things. Like, filling the kettle: "Vun second of water flow! Two! Three!"
(iii) I like to know the precise times of solistice, equinox and cross-quarter moments.
(iv) I'm an ex-astro-fizzy-pissed.
(v) I'm a geek of vegan cooking, but I'm not vegan.

3. purplecthulhu, goncalves, surliminal, brisingamen, chilperic

* Confirmed by: piano teacher (when I was aged 14), driving instructor (age 21), horse riding instructor (age 30-something), aikido Sensei (last year!). My riding instructor made me sing Bohemian Rhapsody whilst learning to canter...

I'm afraid they got me bang to rights...

( Snippity-snip, as all good memes should go... )

I feel in the mood to answer questions, even though this isn't the way the meme works (right)?

"If you wish, ask me something you think you should know about me: Something that should be obvious, but you have no idea about.

If I wish, I'll answer :-)"

So, what can you add to this list of my idiosyncracies?

• I will count anything - in different languages, if the mood strikes me.
• I keep starting to learn new languages - French, German, Russian, Japanese, Latin, Welsh, and now Hindi-Urdu.*
• If I'm not 10 mins early, I consider myself to be late.
• I prefer to eat Organic, Fair-trade vegan food.
• I greatly enjoy tracking down the most 'moral' products, even if I then have to compromise.
• I am car-free.
• I'm a long-sleeping lark - up at 06:00, crashed out at 21:00.
• ...?

* I run out of steam when my brain is full and I don't have anyone with whom to practice!