I fancied a crack at this "my life according to..." meme, because I thing the song titles of None More Black songs are fucking supreme. A lot of my choices actually have a lot of deeper meaning to them too. The idea is that you pick a musical artist, and answer the questions using the titles of their songs.


• Pick your Artist:
None More Black

• Are you a male or female?
Bizarro Me

• Describe yourself:
Banned From Teen Arts

• How do you feel:
Genuine Malaise and Misery

• Describe where you currently live:
Peace on Mars, 'cause You Ain't Gonna Get It Here

• If you could go anywhere, where would you go:
Under My Feet

• Your favorite form of transportation:
Traffic is a Global Word

• What did you get on your last Birthday?
Opinions and Assholes

• Your best friend is:
Wishing There Were Walkways

• You and your best friends are:
The Affiliates

• What's the weather like:
It's Pronounced Thermometer

• Favorite moment:
Burning Up The Headphones

• If your life was a TV show, what would it be called:
My Wallpaper Looks Like Paint

• What is life to you:
Risk Management

• Your last relationship:
Oh, There's Legwork

• Your fear:
Ice Cream with the Enemy

• What is the best advice you have to give:
Dinner's For Suckers

• Thought for the Day:
Who Crosses State Lines Without A Shirt?

• How I would like to die:
Majestic

• My soul's condition:
Prognosis Negative

• Most Faithful Companion:
iscrapbook

• My motto:
Yo, It's Not Rerun



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On a lighter note, here's something else I typed up but haven't posted yet:

As you may already have realised from my ever-changing artistic themes, content, and style, I'm not one that likes to stay doing one thing for very long. Certain things I can fully commit to in the long-term; a house, a partner, a particular brand of Australian beer. Other things, in the main, things which are expressive, such as music, drawing, painting, photography, other media, and writing, are things which I'm constantly looking for new avenues of creativity in. So, making a microscopic jump within the boundaries of "lifestyle" journalism, I made myself available for genres other than motoring. I got asked to do one about food. Home cooking, to be more precise. I know nothing about home cookery. In the past, I have been awarded stars, certificates, and trophies for my cooking. But just because I can do it, doesn't mean I know anything about it. I'm best really with cars. So, that's what I wrote about. Bon appetit.

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The Mini. The Beetle. The 500. Cars popular in the past, still around today in small numbers, but in recent years, re-invented and modernised to fit into today's cosmopolitan society. They are getting on a bit now, even the new ones, but they're still cool, they're still fun, and they still make people smile. As do the previous incarnations, with the exception of the Beetle, which is horrid. So is the New Beetle, truth be told.

So why not apply this thinking to Christmas dinner? Instead of trying to stick to the traditional, or trying something new, think of making the traditional modern. Use different ingredients. Fundamentally, all three of the modern cars use different ingredients than their pre-nylon ancestors. They're all bigger, for a start, and none of them follow the original design criteria of the previous versions, of being cheap, basic boxes, to get a family around. So, don't feel you have to base your meal on, or around, your turkey. Don't even have a turkey. The main reason why the cars are so successful is that they capture the spirit that eventually became associated with the originals. The fun and the freedom. This is what the meal needs to do. New ingredients, but put together in a way that captures the classic spirit of a classic Christmas dinner.

How you do this is up to you, since we've all had our own experiences of Christmas growing up, and I'm sure most of us have an idea of what the popular traditions of Christmas dinners from bygone eras were like. Which path you choose to follow, or how you combine the two ideals, is something personal to you, much like the three cars follow their ideals in individual ways, and not something you can simply read how to do in a magazine. Something you can read, which will help, is a starting point. Ingredients. Think Japanese. By far the easiest to be different with, and still riding high in fashion at the moment, it's perfect for making your traditional-feeling Christmas dinner into something very modern, interesting, and cool.


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