I Ain't Afraid of No Daleks

In an effort to boost its flagging ratings, the BBC has announced that David Tenannt is engaged...much to the surprise of Mr. Tennant. However, a fine-print clause in his contract has revealed that the BBC can tell people anything it wants about its performers and presenters, if it will boost viewer figures and generate more licensing fees.

To drive the public into watching BBC Three more often, the BBC plans on showing the advert below, each week on BBC 3--once a week removing one piece of the mystery-fiance's attire, eventually promising to reveal the identity of the lucky guy or gal, when that person becomes entirely naked..cumulating in the removal of his or her helmet.

Whether Tennant will actually go through with the engagement is unknown, because rumour has it the actor has fled to an undisclosed location in South America.

NOTE: This post was written as a gag, and is not truthful in any way, so stop crying, fan-girls!

I overslept this morning...didn't wake until nearly noon....but woke with a headache, cramps and quesy stomach...fear I may have caught the stomach bug that's going around, while in the waiting room of the local A&E yesterday.

so, just got e-mailed not one, not two, but THREE meme's from some person I've never heard of, called, "Massie." Well, won't do them all, but, since I'm too damn sick to blog about anything remotely interesting, for once I welcome the meme's, 'cos I'm bored and need something to do (other than lay in bed and moan, ha-ha.)

It's in the lower 40's F--quite warm for this time of year, and gray and dark out there, pouring rain, turning the mounds of snow into mounds of ice and forming deep puddles everywhere. Good day to stay in and schlep about the flat...in between trips to the loo, looks like.
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So onwards and upwards...heeeerrreee's meme!

1 What’s your first name?

Nancy

2 Children, pets, neither, or both?

Pets

3 Are you barefoot right now?

Nope, too chilly in here for that.

4 What’s your favorite animal?

Horse

5 Do you like country music?

In the 70's I did, but country music changed in the early 80's, after Urban Cowboy became popular...started sounding all the same--dance music...and it changed some more after the Gulf War and 9/11 and Bush era...and I've grown to dislike it throroughly...it's become too insincerely patriotic/reglious/syrupy for my tastes, and, it all more or less sounds the same to me, now...there's very little individuality to it, any longer. I mean, "She thinks my tractor is sexy?" That's worse than the 1970's song, "I don't like spiders and snakes."

6 Name one thing that’s happened in your life you wish you could change.

Ah, that would take too long to write about, and is far too deeply personal to discuss on a meme...and really, is not something I want to publicly discuss with total strangers, period.

7 If you could buy a friend one film on DVD, what would you buy them?

Oh, that's a tough question! We're talking out of thousands of DVD's! Well, it would depend on the friend, I suppose. I think I'd send something funny, a laugh is always good...maybe the orginal film of The Out of Towners, with Jack Lemon.

8 If you sent them something from your own DVD collection?

Well, Dr Who, I suppose...or, if you are still talking films: A Double Life with Ronald Coleman--brilliant! Or, The Magnificent Seven...fantastic western, with one of the best film scores ever. Or maybe: To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar...fun film, that.

9 Is there an umbrella close by you?

Nah, my front door is way on the other end of this screwy apartment.

10 Isn’t Winnie the Pooh AWESOME?

Erm--no...cute perhaps. Dr Who is AWESOME.

11 Do you believe in gay marriage?

Absolutely.

12 Have you ever been out of the country?

Yup.

13 Where’s your favorite places to buy clothes?

Kohl’s (when I had a car), Label Shopper, TJMax, Fashion Bug, Outlet Barn, Peter Harris (plus), K-mart, Tractor Supply Company, Walker's Farm Home and Tack (when I had a car), Carl Durfee's Store (ditto), completeoutfits.com, LL Bean, coldwatercreek.com, Bargain Box Consignment store

14 What’s the most recent CD you’ve bought?

Went to Borders and got The New Pornographers "Electric Version" CD, back in May.

15 Do you like to fish?

Yup, mum used to take me fishing all the time, when I was growing up...haven't done it in years, though.

16 What color are the walls of the room you are in?

Dirty White--they came with the aprtment, can't afford to paint.

17 Are you dating anyone?

Seriously? I haven't gone on an actual date since summer of 1997.

18 Do you ever want to get married?

Somehow I don't think that issue is ever going to come up.

19 How many pets do you have, if any?

Three

20 What’s your favorite wine?

I don't drink wine--simply because I'm not fond of the taste of alcohol...but I rather liked an Australian chardonnay I tried once, about five or six years ago.

21 Do you like candles?

Meh. Prefer potpourri, if I have to have scent wafting around in the flat.

22 Name one song that no matter how hard you try, you can’t get out of your head.

Not an issue at the moment, sorry.

23 What’s your favorite television advert?

I don't get television at home.

24 How long does it take you to get ready to go somewhere?

Depends on whether I'm going posh or not...generally, about 15 to 30 minutes, more or less. I can do it in 10 min, in a pinch.

25 Do you like to read?

One word: bookaholic.

26 How old are you feeling today?

58

27 Do you like dogs?

Very much

28 If you could live anywhere, where would it be?

Scotland, Wales or England.

29 When is the last time you colored in a coloring book?

A month or two ago, when I was sick in bed with the flu

30 Which football team do you support?

Yeah....none. The day I become a football fan, is the day they pronounce me in a coma.

31 Do you know anyone who is a Hannah Montana and/or Big Brother fan?

No, thank god.

32 Are you a funny person?

I like to think I have a sense of humour--but funny? No one's ever said anything to me on the subject, so I haven't a clue.

33 How do you feel about global warming?

It's important and we should pay attention to it, and try to be self-concious about our carbon footprint--but, on the other hand, I don't think our concern should be all-consuming, as there's plenty of other issues that need our attention, as well..such as other types of pollution, hunger, clean potable water, etc.

34 Favourite school courses you would like to take again?

Playwriting, Acting, western horsemanship or State and Local Government

35 How do you feel about your best friend?

She's fantastic, and I'm so blessed to have had the chance to know her.

36 Are you a hyperactive type of person?

I'm just the oppostie, I'm quite slow...I would probably drive hyperactive people nuts.

37 Do you believe that music is your life?

It's been a part of my life, certainly, but my life itself...no, not really.

38 Do you ever dance when no one’s looking?

Only rarely--my bad foot makes dancing a wee uncomfortable

39 Have you ever smoked before?

I tried chewing tobacco on a dare once, when I was 19...not one of the smarter things I've done.

40 Would you rather be called hot, cute or awesome?

None of the above, thanks.

41 Do you prefer ice cream or cake?

Ice cream

42 Have you ever been in serious trouble with your parents?

Yes.

43 Prefer to travel by bike or walk?

I used to ride my bike everywhere--and hike a lot as well...used to walk to work 3 miles a day as recent as 2006, but--walking is a bit of a chore now...slow and painful, and I haven't owned a bike in about five years... so neither, really. I still try to walk whenever I can, but find that I often must take a cab or bus it these days, unfortunately.

44 Do you believe in organized religion?

Yeah, sure. That said, I don't respect, and will never approve of, any religion that espouses hate and/or bigotry towards those who don't agree with their faith/beliefs.

45 Are you much more mature than those your own age?

Sometimes I feel like an old woman, and sometimes I act quite childish. But, I grew up around older people...actually didn't spend a lot of time with my peers as a teen, so I do relate better to older people, sometimes...but am I more mature than my peers? I have no idea.

You hear a lot in the news, about people losing their homes, because they cant' pay their mortgages.

Well, homeowners aren't the only one's suffering. There's millions more who are paying the price of the housing crisis--who don't even own a home. The silent suffering of renters isn't hardly making the news at all, because their suffering doesn't directly affect bankers and/or investors.

Yet, suffer they do. When a landlord or building owner, stops paying his or her bills, the people living in the building are the one's who get the eviction notice.

Banks, with their snouts throughly buried in the financial trough, are occupied with gobbling up all they can and not coming up for air! In so doing, theese finanical institutions are shoving paying renters out onto the street as fast as they can, so they can unload the building they've forclosed on, to get it off of their books. And, the bailout package for these banks--which ironically, the evictee's have helped pay for with their own tax money--makes NO provision to protect American citizens from the naked greed of these banks!

700 billion dollars might as well be ZERO dollars, when it comes to American tax-payers who rent, because they're not seeing any benefit of the bailout!

However, the US government run Fannie Mac programme, is changing its ways--renters living in buildings owned by Fannie Mac, will in future be allowed to sign new leases...it is hoped that the Freddie Mac programme will soon follow suit.

Yet, renters living in foreclosed buildings, not owned by these two lenders...are still out in the cold...in some cases, literally. And Secretary of the Treasury Paulson, the senators and Congreesmen, Bush and Obama--all seem to have no plans to help these people, who almost all contributed their taxes to bail out the banks that are evicting them.

People without homes--either their own, or as renters--do not contribute financially to the economy, as they only have the energy to find shelter, and have nothing to spare to buy goods and services...so, why are the politicians and the banks, asleep at the wheel over this? In one word: stupidity. That's the same stupidty that put us in this mess to begin with, by the way...the financial industry has learned very little from the recession, it seems.

Latest DT searches on Google--these are real searches, I'm not making any of them up, I swear. Poor wee lad must find it all a bit bewildering and bizzare...well, I know I would...but then, I don't think "nancy g nude" is ever going to come up on Google, ha-ha.

list of searches--- *(aside from all the inquiries as to the gentleman's back injury/surgery)

Does David Tennant have chest hair?
David ten-inch
David tennant engaged
David Tenannt gay
David tennant bum shots
david tennant house north london
david tennant penis photo (which leaves me to wonder: does the man's CV contain a glossy photo of his woo-hoo?)
david tennant naked, david tennant naked, david tennant naked, etc.
david tennant brand hair gel
david tennant nude, david tennant nude, david tennant nude etc...
billie and ten-inch
david tennant e-mail address
david tennant girlfriend
nun f_cking a vampire with a crucifix--okay, it's not about DT, just thought I had to share this one
David Tennant DEATH (???? Does this person know something I don't????)
david tennant topless pic
david tennant street address
david tennant fan fiction
david tennant porn scene (he's done porn--what a surprise)
david tennant hospital
david tennant angry
david tennant having sex (or, why not "david tennant having angry sex in hospital?"--goes with the porn scene, ey?)

In another clear-cut example of weight discrimination, New York's Gov. Patterson has proposed an "obesity tax," to be applied to beverges sold at grocers and other retailers, beverages which have a high sugar content--but New York voters from Democrats to republicans to independants, are all shouting "NO!" to the proposed new tax.

When it comes to beverages with a high sugar content, Sodas are the worst offenders--and Americans love their sodas! such as Royal Crown Cola, Coke-a-Cola, Pepsi, Gingerale, cream, chocolate, black cherry, orange, rootbeer, Dr Pepper, Mtn. Dew, Lemon-lime, grape sodas...and several other combinations, like grape or pomagrante gingerale, or wild-cherry Pepsi.

Other high content sugar drinks include: fruit beverages, such as lemonade, fruit punch (such as Hawaiian Punch or Minute Maid brands), Sunny Delight, apple juice, Hi-C (a sugar-laden fruity beverage in a number of different flavours), energy drinks like Red Bull, Chocolate or stawberry flavoured milk, and some brands of alcopops also would fall under this guideline---these all could, under Gov. Patterson's proposal, all cost much more, by having a "high sugar" or "obesity" tax added to them--products that often are already taxed.

Yes, one already pays tax on carbonated and alcoholic beverages---but most particually one pays more for sodas, which have a 5 cent deposit charge added to each and every bottle sold--so if you buy a 12 pack of soda in New York today, you are paying a local 6 to 8 percent sales tax, a 7 percent state sales tax, AND an additional 60 cents deposit...and then Patterson, during a RECESSION, wants to add MORE tax on the cost of carbonated beverages?

I mean, yes, weight is a problem--buy why call it an "obesity" tax??? If you want to pass a new tax, why in God's name put a NEGATIVE name on it--would you put a "gay" tax on condoms, for pity's sake? Than why name a law that reflects negativity on a large swath of the population of New York? Why for pete's sake, didn't Patterson name it what it is? A "high-sugar" tax? Stupid git. It's not his fault he's governor, but in one of America's highest taxed states, in the middle of a recession, in a state with a lot of "obese" people...what the hell is this joker thinking off?

NY Gov. Patterson:

I didn't date much in high school, probably only three dates in four years. But, I do remember my first high school dance---my first dance with a boy...danced to a song by Toto, and this song--which I still LOVE to dance to..well, if you can call what I do, dancing....

I've never gone out on New Year's eve, not once in 48 years--tho' I did take in a film at the cinema a few times in the far-distant past, on New Year's day.

This year's no exception. I've got an evening gown, but nowhere to wear it...hell, I can't dance a lick, anyway...unless it's disco, ha-ha...then that gets reaaaallly scary! When I do a conga line, now there's a nightmare.

But, I did get some nibbles in for New Year's eve...went to the discount grocers and got a box of TGI Friday's frozen buffalo wings--they're rubbish, more fat than meat...but cheaper than buying them from the takeaway. I got some smoked salmon and cream cheese puff pastries that you bake in the cooker, that were on sale, four for 99 cents. I bought a bottle of bleu cheese salad dressing, and am going to make carrot sticks to dip into the dressing, and I'll make a nice little macaroni, tunafish, onion and mayonasise salad...put on some disco and have my own little party, just me and the cats...charlie does love to boogie down.

New year's day, I'm making rogan josh, with punjab eggplant and rice pilaf. Yummy!

So, put the ornaments away--picked up a few for half-price this weekend--they had loads of cool Christms stuff on sale for half price, and had I been more solvent, I probably would have bought a couple of shopping bag's worth...but I have to mind my money for a while, until I know about the layoff. I only had 20 to spend, so I settled for spending my end-of-the-month $20 spending money, on some junk food at Arby's and Taco Bell and a few ornaments for the tree next year. I was going to shop for clothes, but found no true bargains--fake 60% off sales...the prices are 20 percent off...and supposedly the clothes were already reduced 40%...tho' most clothing was still over $25 to $50, so not really a "bargain"...to me, it's not cheap unless it's under 20 dollars. I suppose some people might have fallen for it, though.

End of January, early February, I'll have my tax money, and there's usually good sales during tax refund season...real bargains, not se.

Anyway, taking down the tree tonight--was going to do it tomorrow, but it's so dreary out there of late--fog and gray rainy skies, that I would like the table lamp back on...which the tree replaced on the end table.

Flamey is sitting on the arm of my chair, strecthing out her arm and waving her paw in my face, she's also trying to touch my chin with it, and grabbing my arm. It's really a wee too early for her dinner, but I'll see what I can rustle up for her in the way of feline grub, in a few minutes.

I really enjoyed the Dr Who special. Still a bit put out with David Tennant's ill-thought out joke, but I'm not one to hold a grudge...for long.

So, yeah, did re-sprain the ankle, but it's not fractured or broken, and not a serious sprain--well, it's actually permanently sprained anyway...just re-injured the old injury slightly, when I fell. I e-mailed the managers (slum lords) and told them about the situation...hopefully they will be decent and get a man in to remove that whopping big mound of ice and hardpacked snow from the bottom of the steps, before I seriously hurt myself. Not thrilled about the loss of funds from next week's pay, for having to miss work, though. I wasn't going to go, but while the swelling went down, the foot didn't feel "right," so I thought I'd err on the side of caution--I've actually had a couple of previous small fractures--ankle and kneecap, without ever knowing I'd broken anything, until they gave me grief later.

I was talking to a friend online about one of the dogs I had as a teenager. There was my half-collie, Shamrock...and there was her mum, a black lab mixed breed--the vet seemed to be of the opinion that she was a cross of a black lab and a golden retreiver. She was a stray we adopted--or adopted us...she actually did "follow us home."

Happy was her name--'cos she was always wagging her tail. She was a loving and gentle soul--she was also very playful and extremely cheeky. In 1975, she mated with an AKC registered collie dog from down in the village, which belonged to a friend of my sister's, called "tonka"--but whom I nick named 'Sam' for some reason...and I got Shamrock...one of the best "gifts" that I ever got, in my humble opinion.

Anyway, Happy's brain wasn't the sharpest tool in the canine toolbox. One time the two dogs and myself were running through the little pine grove behind my childhood home, and Hap was out in front...I called to her, "Hey Happy!" She turned her head--still running flat out...and KONK...right into a pine tree. She staggered a bit for a few seconds, but was fine..really. I hugged her and commisterated with her--after I picked myself off of the pine-needle strewn floor, wiped the tears from my eyes...and stopped laughing uncontrollably.

I'm listening to music from my teen years to make me feel better...like this, from when I was around 15 years old--I clearly remember this particular song blaring out on the riding stable's radio, and me and a girlfriend from school, standing in the stable aisle among the hay bales and pitchforks, disco dancing and giggling like mad: