And moving on from that, and because I am in dire need of some silliness after a very stressful week of medical tests which assure me I'm getting old and am generally falling to bits...
A few weeks ago, I was awarded this
And then last week I was awarded it two more times. Thanks to wonderful and very special Val and to irrepressible and hilarious Laquet! Thing is, the last two times the award came with a meme… hmm... and I’ve figured, because some silliness is good for the soul, that I may as well do the thing. It’s a one word meme, which I feel sure I will find a little challenging… And there’s another point. As you may well know, there is a certain alien chicken of my acquaintance who has a strange perversion; she actually likes doing the bloody things. So on her weekly check in, yes, she does do that you know, gets into my head about once a week with her telepathic powers just so she can tell me what a mess humans are continuing to make of the planet. You have no idea how loudly she’s been cackling about the credit crisis… If I hear another “I told you so” and “Well, what in the name of the Great Corn Cob, did you expect”, I am going to… I am going to… No, never mind what I’m going to do, I can hear her listening and it’s just not worth the bother.
So, okay, we’re going to take turns to do this meme. I’m going first. Yes, I am. So there… Ouch! Guinea fowl in the garden, alien chickens in my head… I don’t want to even contemplate where it might end. Ouch!
Where is your mobile phone? bedroom
Where is your significant other? bedroom
Your hair colour? brown
Your mother? hmmm
Your father? offplanet
Your favourite thing? books
Your dream last night? none
Your dream goal? published
The room you're in? study
Your hobby? photography
Your fear? none
Where do you want to be in 6 years? published
Where were you last night? bed
What you're not? dead
One of your wish-list items? published
Where you grew up? CapeTown
The last thing you did? typed
What are you wearing? trousers
Your TV? off
Your pets? wild
Your computer? on
Your mood? yes
Missing someone? no
Your car? fast
Something you're not wearing? feathers
Favourite shop? bookstore
Your summer? hot
Love someone? yes
Your favourite colour? rainbow
When is the last time you laughed? today
Last time you cried? lastMonday
Alright, shove over then, it’s my turn!
What happened to please?
Please? Oh pul-lease! Ba-kaak!
First of all, hello you lot – pleased to see me again? And hello to all Vanilla’s new bloggy friends. I hope you’re all nice people… There will be pecking if you are not.
Now…
Where is your mobile phone? Oh lord, humans! What’s wrong with telepathy, I ask you.
Atyllah, it’s a one word meme…
Says who?
The rules.
And whose rules might those be? Huh? Huh?
Erm, the person who created the meme.
And that’s important how?
Er… okay, you’ve got me there.
Don’t I always. Now, shut up and let me get on with it. My way…. I did it my way…
You’re not going to start singing are you?
You have a problem with that?
No, of course not, sing if you must, I’m just going out into the garden…
Ba-kaaaaak! Now were was I? And do I have your undivided attention? I so sincerely hope so…
Where is your significant other? Oh pul-lease, who’d want one – and only one at that…
Your hair colour? Yellow, orange, red – feathers if you please!
Your mother? Enjoying a corn syrup cocktail on Novapulse.
Your father? Trying to reason with Granny Were...
Your favourite thing? Corn and bugs and worms and telling Vanilla what to do.
Your dream last night? Pecking at a giant corn cob. Ha! Get your head around that Freud!
Your dream goal? To rule the world, muahahahahahahaaaa…
The room you're in? I’m not in a room, I’m in Vanilla’s head...
Your hobby? Riling humans
Your fear? Pul-lease, we Novapulse chickens know no fear!
Where do you want to be in 6 years? Hmm, now you see this is a tough one, it depends on several factors…
Atyllah, it’s supposed to be one word, remember.
Go. Away.
Yes, okay, going.
Where were you last night? Where I am today. Novapulse.
What you're not? Afraid.
One of your wish-list items? Multiversal peace and order.
Where you grew up? Novapulse. See, I can do this one word thing…
The last thing you did? Had tea with Granny Were while she telepathically communed with Great Aunt Aggie on Andromeda.
What are you wearing? Feathers?
Your TV? Stupid things, who’d want one?
Your pets? Pets? Pets! How incredibly undignified. Who’d force another being into that kind of subservience? Oh wait, you lot do…
Your computer? I am far too evolved to require a computer.
Your mood? Amused.
Missing someone? No, why would I, we are eternally interconnected.
Your car? I don’t have a car. I do, however, have a very nice little spacepod. It’s silver and can be cloaked to be invisible.
Something you're not wearing? Clothes.
Favourite shop? Shopping is a sign of a materialistic culture. We don’t have shops on Novapulse.
Your summer? Seasons are part of the human condition. Novapulse is a domed and regulated environment.
Love someone? Exactly what do you mean by “someone”?
Your favourite colour? Red and yellow and orange.
When is the last time you laughed? Today.
Last time you cried? Chickens don’t cry.
Right, I’m done.
Are you going to get out of my head now?
Hmm, I think so, it’s too crowded in here. You really should write that new story, it will at least make it less cluttered, and then you could also stop thinking about…
Yes, alright, I get your point. Bye, Atyllah.
Over and out, Vanilla.
Yes, well, what can I say…
I know I’m supposed to pass on this award, but I’ve already done so, so if you’ve can’t think of anything to blog about, feel free to nick this meme and if you like, award yourself the, er, award.
You humans speak such a damnable language…
Atyllah!
Muahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaa…
22 comments:
dare I tell you this, vanilla? Cybèle was right here while I was reading about Atyllah's Great Aunt Aggie (Cybèle is interested in all things Atyllah-like aherm...) So when you mentionned GAA being "flakey" well, Cybèle being who and what she is, wanted to know if that was flakey as in pastry, as in chicken pot flakey.
I'm sorry. Cybèle is incorrigible. My best to Atyllah and all her close relatives, it goes without saying.
Cybele is indeed most incorrigible, RLB! I think, however, it might be necessary to remind Cybele that the entire Hen family are much bigger than she is. Atyllah herself is about 5'5"... Aunt Aggie is 5'2" and of course, no one wants to meet Granny Were on a dark night - or any kind of night... or any kind of time for that matter. And to answer Cybele's question, Aunt Aggie doesn't hold with chickens in pots, she says it's far too much of a squeeze!
Huh, for me it was a fast switch because I had just read The Last Pagan, which is the CV of Emperor Julianus so I had to read it twice to get the stuff and I think I may not get what it was about. So what is happening?
telepathy has it's ups and DOWNS.
I've been accused of having other
powers, and I know that vanilla's dream will be realized!
good choices for both of you,although I think the alien chicken was just ahead on points!!
Well, you see Ropi, there was once this alien chicken called Atyllah the Hen... She had a blog long before I had a blog and when she decided to stop blogging we came to an arrangement that she could occasionally pop in here and say a few words. But Atyllah being who and what she is - a 165cm alien chicken with an attitude - well, things get interesting - and you'd really have to meet her whole family to understand. Here granny is a werechicken (kinda like a werewolf) and her great aunt is so highly evolved that she's now a pure energy being. Is this helping? Atyllah says she thinks it probably isn't. Okay, well, I tried.
;-)
Telepathy, especially when used by an alien chicken has plenty of DOWNS, Kimy! Ooooowwwwww!. See what I mean!
Oh, I'm so glad your other powers say Vanilla's dream will be realised. I keep visualising it, and so it must come to pass! ;-)
The alien chicken is always ahead on points, Fyrebird, but let's not tell her that, or it will just go to her head - and it's big enough as it is.
OUCH!
I'll be laughing for a while about these!
I am tickled that you both did the meme. Nice to see Atyllah here again.
Thanks for posting the bakeoff info, too. Saint Vanilla! I think your heart is bigger than Africa.
Scarlett & Viaggiatore
Glad to have given you a chuckle, Scarlett! :-) The chicken, despite the pecking I get, is always good for a laugh! Oh damn, shouldn't have said that, should not have said that, I can feel her advancing.... eeeeeeeek!
;-)
Haha, good to see you still have a sense of humour even if you are crumbling! Take heart dear one (AV that is) you're not alone!
Baino just stole my very words!
Don't worry! AV
Welcome to the wrinkly and crumbly brigade - you're in good company!
Laughter is the best medicine of all. There's a joke at my place, at the docs expense!
I'm falling apart too. I have a bloody cold, my hormones are in uproar, I keep forgetting everything - including how to talk and did I mention the cold?
What was I saying?
Great meme - I don't know how you answered in one word. My favourite answer was 'rainbow'. I have colour moods were I'm drawn to a particular colour depending on the situation - when I'm happy it's yellow - most of the time it's green and I definitely have my crimson moods - and then there are the shades between! Yes I do like rainbow!
You know, that bird could write a novel, if she hasn't already...
Oh that made me laugh.
Aha about time the hen raised her dangerously Novapulsian head - she's been too quiet for too long! Brava ;o)
congratulations av on another well deserved award! I think your chicken is delightful, now i'm off to check out the bake off!
xx
Oh so glad not to be alone, Baino, we'll crumble together, over a glass of bubbly - howzat? ;-)
I absolutely agree with you, Steph, nothing beats laughter, on my way to check out your post!
Oh, good, Janey, you can join the crumbly brigade then! As for rainbow, well, hell, how is one supposed to choose just one colour. I mean, really! ;-)
That bird did think about writing a novel, she even contacted a publisher and I was hard-pressed to disabuse her of the idea. Anything Atyllah wrote would likely cause a revolution! ;-)
Glad to make you chuckle, Megan ;-)
Yes, the chicken agrees that she has been quiet for far too long, Laquet, and places the blame squarely on my shoulders. She is, I regret to say, entirely encouraged by your comment and has already said, "I told you so", six times since reading it. See what you've got me into now?!
;-)
Thanks, Lori - and my chicken isn't delightful, she's thoroughly wicked and evil - and her granny is even worse... They are not to be encouraged!
;-)
Vanilla dear, did you ever do that 'personality disorder' test I put up? Only you and I might have a whale of a time down in the Schizotypal club. Cheers, Atyllah!
My dear Signs, one of the wonderful things about schizotypal is that you never need invite others to have a party! And with you and I together just think of all the people who would be at such a party!
;-)
Congratulations on the awards and
... interesting meme :D
i love your blog, Vanilla! always!
i love Atyllah! always!
We have to be allowed to indulge in a little bit of nuttiness now and then, Miladysa - and that chicken always provides said opportunity! ;-)
Atyllah bestows a gentle peck on your cheek, CS and wonders whether you wouldn't like to pay a visit to Novapulse?
That chicken is amazing!
Loved both sets of answers...
:-)
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