Passed on from MD

Uh-oh I really shouldn't be doing this now but I have nothing left to procrastinate with... I can only justify it by the slow clutch of coursework-panic that is being galvanised by this idiocy:

10 years ago: That would be 9 years old and in the Ruling Class of our tiny Muslim prep. We reigned from years 4-6 cause we were the Elders from the start- never anyone above us. I was an unabashedly bookish door prefect- nobly seconded in this task by my greatest intellectual rival, to whom I take my hat (but not my scarf) off. Good times.

5 years ago: I believe that this was when I reluctantly transferred from the witty and brilliantly eccentric circle at school (sadly, I was not up to par) and became slightly more peripheral and nomadic where classmates were concerned. This mainly stemmed from a fastidious disinclination to join and be classed with the Freaks & Geeks - though mixed among them were some very sweet and sensible folk whom I was honoured to call friend. It also led me voyaging over to 9-5 whose world was far less stratified and more card party. Their Slam Tournaments were legendary; though they played a distinctly different variety of the card game I knew, it was still violent and lightning fast.

Middle School: Just before the above period when I was among a fantastically creative and funny set who, despite- or more likely because of- how cool and entertaining I found them, I remained rather shy around, and wasn't as lively a contributor as I might've been. A pity perhaps but it was still lots of fun.

5 bands and artists: this is difficult mostly because I don't have a list of favourites so much as a series of Obsessions which I do to death, ie replay continuous until I can sing and hear them perfectly well in my head (Sami Yusuf therefore qualifies as does much of DWA as well as Amy Winehouse, Norah Jones + Evanescence) - also see prev post on favourite story/tv characters- but I do have a current obsession which is Muse's album Absolution. It's one of those that just clicked and it was like I knew everything and had heard it all already somehow because it was just right. Fit with what I was reading and it all seemed to relate so neatly... I expect I'll have killed it within a month though.

5 things I'd do with £100, 000, 000:
£90 million charity which includes poverty relief, environment preservation and development, medical and academic research, islamic studies sponsorships, funding islamic mosques, schools, societies and other projects, funding Chechnya's cause if the cultural genocide is still happening, and what/ whoever else I think needs money for a good cause.

£3 million setting up the ultimate cafe/ library/ bookstore/ confectioners/ theatre/ beauty parlour/ gym/ DREAM ever

£2 million helping out the family cause there's loads of them and inshallah loads more to come.

£1 million a gift to Fle for building my beautiful house- it's not payment it's a present Elf.

£200 000 I would keep so that I can be generous gift-wise and go travelling and make a beautiful garden and afford to live environmentally.

The rest can go towards saving a forest. And some sharks for BSE's sake.

5 places I would run away to:

Geneva because the Swiss sisters have the most wonderful + cool family that I know exists.

Verona because Sadia also Rocks my Socks.

For general purposes I would probably stay at Dazey's though Pink's and MD's are options I'd be happy to pick also.

5 movies I like: Serenity - I have no one to share the greatness of this with.. Crash, Fiddler on the Roof, and because I saw it recently and it's still eating my brain, Legends of the Fall. That was in many ways a preposterous film- the girl should've picked one brother and stuck with him!- and I'm mad at Brad Pitt now and think he was well served being eaten by a bear in it, but I really
liked the second brother and felt bad for the dude. And my cockle-warming classic is 'It's a Wonderful Life'

5 people I'd like to meet: The Prophet (pbuh), George Orwell, Noam Chomsky, JK Rowling, Helen Keller

(wow how do ppl get through this whole thing- it's taken me an hour!--- going to FAIL---)

5 biggest joys of my life: living across the road from Anjeza (and on my own)= receiving much kindness, random gifts+ fridgeduls of food, islamic recharge Anjeza-style, beautiful solitude, though I can still go home whenever, + a nomadic life in which spontaneous Pink sleepovers can happen. Yep Alhamdulillah halls were an unmixed blessing.. internet doesn't count as a negative cause I procrastinate far far worse at home.

Tagging Mr C- and I hope Mrs C makes him do it :)