Yes, actually, I just got offered a place in a residency in Tasmania, where I want to go to University. It has very English traditions, like formal dinners every week where you have to wear an academic gown and say grace in latin and a few other things like that, but I like what it has to offer.



The next person enjoys some form of craft.

No, can't say that I do.

The next person enjoys math.

That has never been one of my strongest subjects, although I get by when needed. For other problems, I've got QuickHare!

The next person prefers to make gifts for people as opposed to buying them.

No, but my mom does.

The next person has snow already.

(I got 3-4 inches last night )

Well, considering that it's summer here, (or close to, at least, and the weather belives it to be summer) no. But even if it was the middle of winter, the answer would still be no. It's never snowed here, on the coldest winter nights it struggles to get below zero degrees Celcius.



The next person is looking forward to a change.

Yes, a change of scenery.

The next person enjoys spending the holidays with family.

Of course, it is a blessed time of the year and what a better way to enjoy it than with the ones you love most.

The next person does a name exchange within their family for presents.

No, we just give everyone presents.

The next person has done a White Elephant before.

I have

The next person is very well planned and oeganised for the festive season

No.

The next person can answer yes to Imogen's statement.

Would like to but sadly no, with the number of kids running about as we have, the best we can manage is organized chaos.

The next person will share their plans to see GoF.

No immediate plans yet. Will see it...eventually.

The next person can hop on one foot for 30 seconds.

Easily, I can hold up at that for just over seven minutes, I think. (track training, last year when I was in America, we used to have jump rope comps )



The next person loves swimming

Not crazy about it, no. But I'll swim...sometimes...rarely... on a really hot day

The next person has already seen GoF

Nope, it isn't even out here yet.



The next person has always wanted a pet bird.

No, no no no no no no NO! Sorry -- a room mate of mine had a bird when we lived together (and has since increased her flock to 3) and they are loud and messy. I love animals, but I'd rather admire birds at an aviary or in the wild, not in my own home.

The next person has once (or currently) had a rabbit for a pet.

never, always indoor cats and one dog


The next person will leave their impression of Ginny's role in GoF

Sorry, I have yet to see it. I was out of the country when it came out, and work has been keeping me occupied. Maybe this evening!



The next to respond has already see GofF twice.

Does the downloaded BitTorret version count as the second?



The next person will not be working tomorrow, unlike me.

Correct! I actually was granted today off as well by my school district as well as Friday. Let's hear it for five-day weekends!



The next to respond recently adopted a pet.

Nope, no pets.

The next person is having a snack

Nope. Just finished with dinner and am quite full at the moment!



The next to respond has the heater on.

Just the heat pump at a comfortable 72.


The next person wore their socks to bed

Nope. It's not that cold at night here yet.



The next to respond has had quite a lot to eat today!

I'm one of those people who can eat a lot, or not eat a lot, depending on the surroundings. Let's put it this way: If I was in a banquet, I'll eat a whole table. If I'm stuck in the snow, with only simple provisions in my rucksack, I'll be able to somehow make it last a very long time...

Oh, and the British equivalent to an australian snag is indeed a banger. But we actually don't use the term that often. The most we use it is to describe bangers and mash, which is snag and mashed up potato, or sausage and lumps of attempted-to-mash-but-it-collapsed-in-the-pan-and-now-is-just-a-mess.



The next person has an invention they'd like to see become popular.

I'm not much of the inventing type, but my husband is. He'll sit with his friends and they'll come up with the most strange but useful items, only to find out that they have already been invented or they just leave their ideas as talk and find out a couple of years later that it has become someon else's invention.



The next to respond enjoys hot chocolate.

Hot white chocolate leaves a warmth in the stomach and a liquid hug around the heart. And good, soft sofas are great. A coffee shop in town, called The Boston Tea Party, is the best for that so far. Anyone travelling to Exeter, I recommend it. Queen Street, opposite the Guildhall Shopping Centre.



The next person will be able to find that using a mapping tool, such as Google Maps or Street Map.co.uk.

I'll have to try it after I finish posting and get back to you on that!

I FOUND IT! I FOUND IT!



The next to respond recently purchased concert tickets.

Nope. I wanted Almost Acoustic Christmas tickets (Night 2) but I couldn't get them (C'mon, Depche Mode, Jack Johnson, ColdPlay...all on one bill???)

The next person can turn a somersault.

Easy, I can do roughly 20 in a row before getting dizzy, But only 8 underwater, 10 if I'm going backwards, because that's only how long I can hold my breath.


The next person has been watching the gymnastics world championships.

Fraid not, been working


The next person paid off $3000 in debt this month (like me)

Nope, but I do need to pay off tuition on a class I dropped earlier this semester - to the tune of just over $1,000.




The next to respond owns a digital camera.

No.


The next person will tell us their favorite time of the day.

Sunset/twilight.




The next to respond knows how to play guitar.

Sadly not. A slight mishap when younger makes the holding of strings on the neck a difficulty of mine, so chords are definately out of the question. However, my hands can knock out a single-stringed tune.


La persona siguiente fijará.

Darling, if I could fix that problem, I would, but then you wouldn't be you. (Had to use the aid of my computer to correctly translate that as my rusty basic Spanglish wasn't working so well!)

The next person can speak Russian.

is full of lots of good advice

While I'm very flattered by the compliment ...this is the prediction thread... Don't worry -- it has happened to most of us at least once!

Shall we stick with the last prediction?

'Fraid not.

The next person is disappointed with his/her cellphone service

Very.

(I can't believe I did that )

The next person is getting a new cell phone for Christmas.

Nope. Just got one this summer and am enjoying it immensely!


The next to respond likes Siberian Huskies.



(Daisy!)

Yes but I prefer cats. Less mess


The next person has not finished off their Thanksgiving leftovers yet

We only had enough for our single Thanksgiving meal that we have to remember the great big ones from the States - it ain't the same wihout our friend's cooking.

The next person knows why I'm afraid of tomorrow.

Would that be because NaNo is over for another year? Have faith, Yoda dear. You've done brilliant work.

The next person uses a headset with his/her phone.

(I've got a nifty one at work now. I can answer the phone even when away from my desk! Only drawback is I look like a cyborg...)

No I do not.

(Don't let the Borgs assimilate you Drie. Resistance is not futile)

The next person knows what I am talking about.

It's either the power of the NaNo's lure or those fun guys from Star Trek causing mayhem.

(Personally I liked the Vogon in HHG2G who persistently said "Resistance is uthelesth" - the lisp only appeared when hilarious)

The next person has seen 'The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy' or read the book (just the first one to start with, I can get five predictions out of these!)

Never really was into the books, but the movie was entertaining... "Want to go to Madagascar?"


The next person considers anything which they can't "Google" to be obscure.

Pretty much.

The next person has read more then one Douglas Adams book.

I've read four of them.

The next person watches 'The Simpsons'

Sometimes

The next person watches 'The War at Home.'