Happy Birthday to optimisticnad

[kiz_paws]

Here's wishing you a fantastic birthday, opti!

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s122/kiz_paws/birthday%20LitNet/catswavinginwindow.gif
~K♥zzo

[optimisticnad]

Thanks!! Not sure what the weather is like in other parts of the world but here in England it is snowing. Major Airports and London itself is at a stand still! Funnily enough it snowed the day I was born. So it's all my fault I'm afraid. ;-)

[papayahed]

Happy Birthday!!!!

[LostPrincess13]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! or in my country MALIGAYANG KAARAWAN!:D

[TheFifthElement]

Happy birthday Opti :D

[ClaesGefvenberg]

Happy Birthday, optimisticnad :bday_2
Not sure what the weather is like in other parts of the world but here in England it is snowing. Major Airports and London itself is at a stand still!That's only to be expected: When you so rarely get this much snow you cannot be expected to have the infrastructure or readiness necessary to handle it. All in all, it costs less to take the hit when it comes.

Any snowball fights yet? :lol:

/Claes

[manolia]

Happy birthday :)

[vheissu]

Happy Birthday! :)

[Pendragon]

Being optimistic all of the time.
Is a chore I don't think I'd enjoy
It is something I think might drive me to wine
Then would I be a bore--oh, boy!
A pessimist has a better outlook on life,
Because Murphy's Law always applies
Fear comes around and trouble and strife
And God knows the world is a great pack of lies
But, hey, it's your birthday so I'd better cheer up,
And wish you the very best of days
I'll drink you a toast (earl grey) from my cup
And really think about mending my ways...
Have a glorious day filled with laughter and cheer
And be grateful a birthday comes but once in a year!

Pendragon

:bday_2:

[dramasnot6]

Happy Birthday! Hope you get lots of good books!

[kilted exile]

yeah, but 5cm shuts down the whole UK.


happy birthday Opti

[subterranean]

Happy birth day....

[Nightshade]

Happty birthday Opti!!!!
And can I just say THEY GOT THE SNOW PLOUGHS OUT!!! for the first time in 18 years.
Your not 18 by anychance are you opti? :p

[bazarov]

Happy Birthday!:)

[Weisinheimer]

Happy Birthday, Opti!!

[Virgil]

Happy birthday to the optimistic one. :) :bday_2:

In honor of your optimisim I found these:

http://antbag.com/images/optimist.gif


http://www.funnytimes.com/archives/files/art/20060412.jpg


http://whatsupdownsouth.blogspot.com/uploaded_images/happy_birthday_10-728921.gif

[Niamh]

Happy Birthday to my fav nutter on Litnet!

[pussnboots]

sorry I'm late

:bday_2:

[*Classic*Charm*]

Happy Birthday!

[optimisticnad]

Thank you for all your birthday wishes! Thank you Pendragon for the poem and Virgil for the pictures. Jeez, why does everyone think I'm an optimist? (",)

[Pensive]

Happy Belated Birthday, optimistic!

[Scheherazade]

Hope you had a great day! :)

An interview with Optimisticnad:

How did you come about this site and what makes you keep coming back?
About two years ago I was on google looking for some kind of virtual book club – this site came up. I keep coming back because I derive pleasure from torturing others with my over the top pompous opinions.

Are you happy with the way things are here?
Yes, I think this is a great forum with an interesting and varied population.

(Ok, you can remove the gun from the back of my head now)

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?
I'm working on some sort of creative piece at the moment and it is set in Trondheim in Norway. I've never been but it's beautiful! I'd like to walk across the old town bridge between the two Gates of Fortune. That's where I'd like to live.

I've been to Germany - which isn't that different to England, just a lot cleaner and polite and more spatially aware, did not bump into one person in the supermarkets or train stations. Amazing.

I’ve been to Bangladesh which is where my grandparents are from. It’s completely different to England and yet similar. It’s trying so hard to imitate the West – as with the rest of Asia, that in the process it’s losing its wonderful culture and traditions which is what makes it so unique and special. People there are more care-free and have their priorities right – not getting a Gucci bag for Christmas isn’t the end of the world. They’re more concerned about where their next meal is coming from.

The poverty there is nightmarish. We didn’t see it much of it because we could afford a luxurious lifestyle – my granddad is an important and well known/respected businessmen with lots of land so whenever I went somewhere as soon as they heard I was his granddaughter I’d get special royal treatment and not have to worry about bills. Kiss ***(ers). However when you go into the smaller villages the poverty there is heart breaking.

Do you have any pets?
:bawling::bawling::bawling:

I had a tabby cat a few years ago. She got pregnant and we couldn't look after her and all the kittens so we took her to a cat home.

Then we got a black kitten with hazel like eyes and we called him Leo. He went missing and never came back. :bawling: I imagine he is alive and well living with his many mistresses.

After him we got another black cat - also called Leo (so we lack imagination!), he had splats of white here and there and liked sitting on top of the microwave which for obvious hygiene reasons was problematic! He's been missing for about two weeks at the time of writing this. Has anyone seen him?

Thank you for reminding me! Ah ha! This is why I keep coming back here. I'm masochistic.

What makes you happy? *Sigh*
The three F's: Family, Friends and Food. :D What can I say I'm a simple girl with simple pleasures.
Books.
Cakes (no this doesn't fall under food).
Making other people happy.

What is mankind's biggest achievement, and its greatest downfall?
Wow.

I don't know. Wish I could say something witty and profound but I've never thought of this question. And I don't have the time to google it! (do I fail?)

If you had a long day of hard work ahead of you what music would you be playing on your mp3, while working?
The Smiths, Beatles, Police, Bon Jovi, Cutting Crew, The Cure, The Fray, Kings of Leon, Lots of indie-rock, Anything 80s, Backstreet Boys ( - I know!)

If you could take one book, music album and one video with you to a desert island, what would they be?
First of all I demand to be stranded on a desert island with either Ralph Fiennes or someone 'hot' and interesting like that.

An anthology of Short Stories ( that should keep things varied and interesting)

I don’t know about video - I watched ‘The Lives of Others’ a few days ago and LOVED IT so I probably would take that with me to desert island. I don’t want to be a fun-sucker but how would I listen to my music album and watch a video on a desert island? :D

Music Album – Best of The Smiths.

Which actor should play you in a movie based on your life?Ralph Fiennes. :D

He’d have to do some cross-dressing to play me! And I want him to play the dashing hero as well, so he’d have to change a lot. Adds a whole new meaning to love thyself! :D

What activities make you lose track of time?
Reading, watching a movie, talking to friends. Surfing the net, stalking people on Facebook.

What makes you feel great about yourself?
Prozac. :lol:

Other people.


What are you naturally good at? (Skills, abilities, gifts etc.)
Over-analysing everything and being paranoid.


If you had to teach something, what would you teach?
What do you mean 'if'? I will teach - English Literature.

The last book you bought/borrowed from the library?
Iris Murdoch - The Black Prince.


Which book are you reading at the moment?
Collection of Short Stories by Anton Chekhov

The last book you finished reading?
Vanity Fair - Thackeray


Favorite food?/ Comfort food?
Cake, mushroom and prawns with fried rice, fresh warm chips,

What time of day do you most often find yourself on the LitNet?
After lunch if I'm at work or in the evenings.

What are you wearing at the moment?
I’m at work so - Black trousers, brown top, black cardigan

Favorite poem?
I don't have one but I love one of Shelley's poem - it's the only poem I know by heart. Music when voices die vibrates in the memory, Odours when violets sicken, live within the sense they quicken....

First novel you remember reading on your own?
Anne of Green Gables. I cried when she thought her adopted parents didn’t want her because she was a girl and not a boy.

Favorite TV shows?
Neighbors (It's kind of a habit now, I've been wathing it for over a decade of my life now), Have I got News for You, Have I got a bit more news for you (:D), Blackdder, Only Fools and Horses, Top Gear...I could go on but I won't.

Last words you said out loud?
Bollocks (when I dropped tea on my desk). If no one heard it did I really say it?

Last person you hugged/kissed?
:brow::brow::brow:

Are you hitting on me? Is the gun you’re pointing at me a Freudian replacement?

What do you do (for a living) to be able to keep your LitNet addiction going? And are you happy with your chosen profession?
At the moment I'm working in I.T, next year I start my teacher training course.

What would you like to be if you could change your profession?A presenter on 'Top Gear' or a Captain on 'Have I got News for you'. Channel 4 7 o clock news reader.

What is your most outstanding feature?My air bags.

:D

If you could change one thing about the way you look, what would that be?
I'd like parts of me to be a big bigger/taller. Except the above mentioned air bags.

Which book do you wish you had written?
I'm going to pretend it said book's'...anything by Raymond Carver, Henry James, Vanity Fair, more recent - the time traveller's wife, the kite runner.

What should you be doing at the moment instead of answering these questions?
Working.

Wonderful Superman or depressing Batman?
Depressing Batman. He has much more 'depth' - and is human like the rest of us. With a couple of bottles of anti-depressants he would be fantastic.

The most embarrassing moment in your life?
Funnily enough they all feature in high school...:lol:

List some of the things that annoy you immensely.
When people write on books - underlining in pencil is ok but when you start writing your life story (i mean interpretation of the book) it gets a tad bit annoying.

When people refer to themselves in the third person. For special empahasis once in a while it is ok but there are people who do it constantly.

Drama queens. (Oh this feather is too heavy for me...) :lol:

Loreal adverts - 'because you're worth it', NO YOU'RE NOT!

When youth gangs play loud tasteless music on public transport and talk loudly about absolute ****

When people cheat on their partners. If you want out – go for it. But don’t cheat! :flare:

Anything that you want to forget but you never can?
How about 'Someone you want to forget but you never can'?

Wow, did that cheesy cliched line come out of my mouth? I'm disgusted with you! :blush:

If you had to lose one of your senses, which would you choose and why?
Sense of Smell - life without nasty smells. Bliss.

What’s the first thing you’ll do in an embarrassing situation?
Avoid eye contact and bite my lip. :blush:

Are you mostly happy with life or are you still in pursuit?
I'm content because it could be worse. I could live in a third world country (well, we're on our way!) or in a war zone (also on our way)

Are you male or female?
Female. Wanna check? :brow:

What type of Faerie would you like to be and why?
Huh?

Who makes up these questions by the way? :D

One final word of wisdom for LitNet users?
THIS IS NOT AN EXIT (famous last words of 'American Psycho'). Sleep tight.

(Thank you. Could you air-brush my answers? :lol:)

[Pensive]

First novel you remember reading on your own?
Anne of Green Gables. I cried when she thought her adopted parents didn’t want her because she was a girl and not a boy.

Awwww I remember that part really affecting me too.

[Niamh]

As i said above Nutter! :brow:
And the fairy question was mine! :D Surprise surprise :rolleyes:

[Virgil]

Opti, what a great interview!! I didn't know many of these things about you. You really have a great personality and outlook. You seem to always bring a smile to my face. :D I've never read that Shelley poem. I had to look it up. Thanks. :)

[optimisticnad]

Niamh why am I not surprised you came up with that! Is Tinkerbell a fairy? That's the best I can come up with.

Thank you Virgil for such a high compliment - bear in mind we put on our best personalities for interviews! Did you like th Shelley poem? Its so sweet and lovely. I love saying it out loud, sounds great.

Thanks again - and thank you *scrolls up to check spelling* - Scheherazade - for taking the time to put it up!

[optimisticnad]

p.s incase anyone is inerested Leo II returned yesterday after an absence of four weeks or more! Just literally turned up on our door step, cold wet, his tail was bent/broken at the top. i wonder what happened to him! But I'm glad he's back safe and sound.

[Niamh]

Tinkerbell is a fairy yes, but i was looking at faeries in general. you know, elves, pixies, goblins, wights, bruneys...:p yeah i need help. :lol:

[optimisticnad]

Excellent! The first step is admitting you have a problem! We have lift off!

:lol:

[Niamh]

Excellent! The first step is admitting you have a problem! We have lift off!

:lol:

:lol: hey at least i can admit it! ;)

[optimisticnad]

:lol: hey at least i can admit it! ;)

sorry i cant say i have an unhealthy fixation with fairies, elves, pixels etc. Now you're just projecting!

:lol:

[Niamh]

I meant admitting that i need help. lol! we all need help in so many other ways!

[optimisticnad]

I meant admitting that i need help. lol! we all need help in so many other ways!

:lol:

I know, I was winding you up, unfortunatey it is hard to detect tone with written language.

Anyway - stop stalking me!
:lol:

[Niamh]

:lol: Whatever!

[*Classic*Charm*]

Happy Belated Opti!!