An interview with Niamh:
1.How did you come about this site and what makes you keep coming back?
I was sick with pneumonia and was googling J.M.Synge and found the site. I come back because of the people and also because I now have responsibility to the site as a Mod.
2. Are you happy with the way things are here?
Yes. I love the way the site is.
3. Have you visited other countries than your own and what did you like about it or not like? If you could live somewhere different from where you live now, where would it be and why?
Yes. I’ve been to many places in the UK (Lincoln, Worcester, Bristol, Nottingham, Fort William, Inverness, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Glasgow, Turriff… Scotland is one of my favourite places on Earth.), I’ve been to France, Belgium, Italy, Monacco, Singapore, Australia (Sydney, Cairns, Airlie) and New Zealand.
If I could live somewhere different, it would have to be a toss between, Auckland, Sydney and Edinburgh. I’m hoping to get back to Australia next year.
4. Do you have any pets?
No.
5. What makes you happy?
Reading, writing and eating chocolate.
6. What is mankind's biggest achievement, and its greatest downfall?
I think knowledge is the answer to both.
7. If you had a long day of hard work ahead of you what music would you be playing on your mp3, while working?
The Foo Fighters, The Script, Maroon 5, Silverchair, The Killers and probably Savage Garden.
8. If you could take one book, music album and one video with you to a desert island, what would they be?
Tough one… David wells developing your Psychic Abilities so I can get in tune with the spirit world properly (no doing very good at the moment) and have people to talk to!
Young Modern by Silverchair… what movie…hum… Notting Hill because it makes me laugh every time I watch it.
9. Do you feel comfortable in your walk with God?
I do now that I have discovered that my belief make me a spiritualist and that I have been accepted into a community of like minded people.
10. Which actor should play you in a movie based on your life?
Eva Green ( I might as well be good looking in the movie of my life!
)
11.Given the option, what animal would you choose to be?
A Robin. I feel spiritually connected to these birds. When I am walking alone in unpopulated area’s they always pop up and make me feel safe.
12. What were your favorite things to do the past? What about now?
I loved roller skating as a kid. Now I love to write.
13. What activities make you lose track of time?
Reading, Writing and coming online.
14. What makes you feel great about yourself?
That I have such good, kind hearted friends.
15. Who inspires you most? (Anyone you know or not. Family, friends, authors, artists, leaders, etc.) Which qualities inspire you, in each person?
I’m inspired by many people. David Wells, Eoin Colfer, Dalai Lama, Nelson Mandela, Yeats to name a few…David Wells for his education in spiritualism, Eoin Colfer and Yeats for their writing, and The Dalai Lama and Mandela for what they have done.
16. What are you naturally good at? (Skills, abilities, gifts etc.)
I’m good at writing, I’m not bad at drawing and painting. I’m handy at doing flat packs.
17. What do people typically ask you for help in?
Relationship advice and what books to read.
18. If you had to teach something, what would you teach?
Prehistory or English
19. What would you regret not fully doing, being or having in your life?
I regret not properly finishing my education. I would love to go back and get my degree.
20. What song is in your head at the moment?
Men in tights from Robin Hood Men in Tights
21. The last book you bought/borrowed from the library?
Letters to Molly- J M Synge’s letters to Molly Allgood… it was about 11 years ago.
22. Which book are you reading at the moment?
Battle of Evernight by Cecilia Dart Thornton
23. The last book you finished reading?
Lady of the Sorrows by C.D Thornton
24. Favorite food?/ Comfort food?
Risotto, Chinese food, potatoes, cheese… comfort food- Chocolate, popcorn
25. What time of day do you most often find yourself on the LitNet?
Any time between 9am and 12am.
depends on shifts.
26. What are you wearing at the moment?
Kick flare jeans, dark pink blouse with black polka dots, black cardigan
27. Favorite poem?
Is It A Month
Is it a month since I and you
In the starlight of Glen Dubh
Stretched beneath a hazel bough
Kissed from ear and throat to brow,
Since your fingers, neck, and chin
Made the bars that fenced me in,
Till Paradise seemed but a wreck
Near your bosom, brow, and neck
And stars grew wilder, growing wise,
In the splendour of your eyes!
Since the weasel wandered near
Whilst we kissed from ear to ear
And the wet and withered leaves
Blew about your cap and sleeves,
Till the moon sank tired through the ledge
Of the wet and windy hedge?
And we took the starry lane
Back to Dublin Town Again.
J.M.Synge (logos, don’t think I sent you this one!)
28. First novel you remember reading on your own?
Proper Novel would be Jane Eyre. Was about Eight. Other than that it was Enid Blyton books.
29. Favorite TV shows?
Most Haunted
30. Which LitNet members would you like to meet in person if you could?
I’ve already met Schokokeks and now the wonderful Nightshade who came over for my birthday. I would love to meet Papayahed, Lady Wentworth, Sprinks, Aimus, Lily Adams, Kilted Exile, Logos, Scheherazade, Virgil, Pussnboots, Madhuri, Andave Ya, Kandaurov, SleepyWitch, Timmy (BibliophileTRJ), the man behind the site Admin, a couple of the newbies (Jo and Lima) and way too many others!
31. Favorite post on the Forum?
no idea.
32. Favorite thread?
My favourite thread for years was the anyone for coffee(no boys allowed) thread but I think it’s the Absolutely Shocking! Scandalous truths about fellow litnetters thread.
33. Last food did you have?
I am currently eating my dinner which is quorn burgers (cheesy ones!) potatoes and carrots.
34. Last words you said out loud?
Yumm!
35. Last person you hugged/kissed?
My Ex boyfriend about ten months ago… nuff said.
36. What do you do (for a living) to be able to keep your LitNet addiction going? And are you happy with your chosen profession?
I work as a Duty Manager of six bookshops in Dublin Airport. I was once an Archaeologist. I would like to be an author.
37. What question would you like to ask yourself?
Who am I really?
38. What would you like to be if you could change your profession?
I would like to be in publishing or an Author.
39. Least favorite book/song/movie?
Hate Wuthering Heights- I kissed a girl- Phenomenon
40. The most generous thing you have done?
I do my bit for charities donating money to three different ones a month, and also doing operation Christmas child every year.
But I remember being in a queue in a newsagents once and there was a kid of about seven in front of me who had been sent in by his mam to get a loaf of bread and must have been told to buy something from the change. Well being ripoff republic the kid had only been given €2 and didn’t have enough for the packet of crisps and chocolate bar and when I saw the sad look on his face, I gave the sales person the rest of the money.
41. What is your most outstanding feature?
I think it’s my eyes.
42. If you could change one thing about the way you look, what would that be?
my teeth. I’d like straight teeth.
43. Which book do you wish you had written?
East of Eden by John Stienbeck
44. What is your favorite book cover?
I love the newest covers for Mary Stewarts Merlin Trilogy.
45. Most and least favorite characters from books?
Fav- Artemis Fowl, Margaret Hale, Anne Elliot. To name a few
Least fav- Emma Woodhouse, Cathrine and Heathcliff…
46. What would your biography be titled?
Away with the faeries
47. What should you be doing at the moment instead of answering these questions?
Moderating two forums
48. Wonderful Superman or depressing Batman?
Batman.
49. The most embarrassing moment in your life?
When I fell running up the stairs in Dublin airport in front of passengers and sprained my ankle.
50. Which literary character (s) have you been told to resemble the most?
Well… I was called for years Daria by my dad courtesy of the animated cartoon Daria on MTV. Maybe not literary but she is fictitious.
51. List some of the things that annoy you immensely.
People who think they know everything, People who think its cool to wear your PJ’s outside, lack of manners (especially lack of manners in businessmen and snobs) People who ignore the big massive signs telling them where to go and ask me instead, people who try to be something they aren’t.
52. Anything that you want to forget but you never can?
yes. There was something that happened when I was in college that I have never forgiven myself for.
53. Tell us about some amusing translation mistake you have heard or made yourself.
Aparently George Bush Jr spoke to the Italian PM in Spanish
(Is this okay?)
54. If you had to lose one of your senses, which would you choose and why?
Maybe my hearing- sight is important to me and so is smell, taste and touch…
55. What’s the first thing you’ll do in an embarrassing situation?
Panic, go bright red and cry.
56. Are you mostly happy with life or are you still in pursuit?
I’m getting there. I’m happier than I’ve been in years so that’s a good start.
57. One final word of wisdom for LitNet users?
Be nice.
58. What would you like to ask to the person to be interviewed after you?
What type of Faerie would you like to be and why?
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i so want to do that!
Originally Posted by Niamh
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