Q & A

OK so when Cillian of Male-Mode tagged us, we worried that perhaps nobody would want to read our dumb answers to inane questions and that maybe it was too self-indulgent. Then we remembered that we love rambling self-indulgently on inane subjects and so we duly filled out this questionnaire thingy.

What’s the last thing you read or are currently reading?
Niamh: Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld.
Lynn: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz

Do you nap a lot?
N: Not so much napping, although I’m obsessed with sleeping and am really good at it.
L: No, never. I am way too highly strung to just fall asleep willy nilly.

Who was the last person you hugged?
N: The latest occupier of the raft - Laura Golden.
L: A colleague who gave me a bottle of Veuve Clicquot as a Thank You.

What’s your current obsession/addiction?
N: Red velvet cupcakes from the Hummingbird Bakery; Simon Schama; Iris Palmer; Nastassja Kinski in Paris, Texas; Rufus Humphrey in Gossip Girl.
L: Chuck Bass; Hadley Freeman; Patricia Arquette in True Romance; Wikipedia-ing everything and everyone; those packets of sweets that have fruit gums, fruit pastilles and tooty fruities.

What are you wearing right now?
N: Woolly tights, a dress the exact wine colour of our school uniform (although slightly longer than our obscenely short school skirts, obvs), Sloaney scarf, broken shoes.
L: Grey Metalicus t-shirt, purple Topshop smock, grey M&S cardi, brown vintage belt, black tights, grey ankle boots from a cheapo Parisian shoe shop .

What was for dinner?
N: Cereal. Always cereal.
L: Pizza and Mild Curry Flavour Super Noodles.

What have you been listening to lately?
N: The Bangles, Paul Simon, Francoise Hardy, Elastica, Pet Shop Boys. As we’re being honest here, I have to add Hanson to the list.
L: The Darjeeling Limited soundtrack. Over and over again.

If you could have any super power, what would it be?
N: Hmm – not sure about this one…mind-reading, perhaps.
L: Teleportation. I cannot stand travelling. I get car sick, boat sick, train sick, plane sick, etc.

What is your favorite weather, and why?
N: Grey, dull, chilly- the sun hates me.
L: Cold days with sunny skies.

What was the last thing you bought?
N: Cakes, French Vogue and the Sunday Independent. Apparently, an Irish Camelot has been created by the merging of some people called Superman and Huberman - good to know.
Quote "the future Mrs O'Driscoll embodies the ineffable glamour of the other two great Mrs Os, Jackie Onassis and Michelle Obama" - is Barry Egan for real?
L: My breakfast/lunch from Spar – Americano, Cully & Sully vegetable soup, carrot cake and a bottle of water. Blah.

Say something about the person who tagged you:
N&L: Incredibly dapper!

If you could have a house- totally paid for, fully furnished- anywhere in the world, where would you want it to be?
N: Townhouse in the West Village, NY/Georgian manor in the Kildare countryside/An actual mansion in Holland Park. Thanks.
L: Paris.

Favorite vacation spot?
N: NY/Paris/Berlin/Moscow or some uninhabited island off Ireland.
L: Paris/LA/London.

Favorite pair of shoes you keep going back to over and over, even though your closet is overflowing with a zillion others?
N: All my shoes are broken. After one wear, they fall apart.
L: Grey Topshop ankle boots.

Name one thing you cannot live without.
N: Loved ones. And magazines
L: Sugar. The doctor put me on a sugar-free diet once. It was a disaster. I was so sad.

If you could wake up anywhere tomorrow, where would it be?
N: The Holland Park Mansion is fine for the moment.
L: In a fancy hotel. With a king size bed. And a huge TV. And a mini-bar.

P.s. The collage is courtesy of Fi because we are incapable of using Photoshop.
P.p.s. We tag Cat and Lil of Offshoot.