Smelly Facets

Maria writes beautifully and can always be relied upon to come up with a startling simile or a turn of phrase that makes me giggle.
In her latest post she refers to my "smelly facets".

I must admit I'd never noticed them, but with the assistance of several small mirrors and a complicated arrangement of levers and pulleys I soon found the aromatic little buggers.
Maria's post includes a meme which I've stolen so I can reveal yet more of them.

Four jobs that I have had in my life.

- Butcher's skivvy (while still at school - why I became veggie for decades);
- Photographer (until I found that doing something you love for a living ruins it);
- Musician (session musician, failed Rock God and washed-up has-been)
- Architect (designing girls' schools for a living - and consequently spending a lot of my time hanging around with schoolgirls - is probably not the wisest career choice for those mid-life crisis years, but hey).

Four movies I would watch over and over.
- The Bed Sitting Room. The trippiest movie to come out of the sixties and the only reason I've still got a video player as I can't get it on Brit-zoned DVD for love nor money.
- Lost In Translation (same as Maria). Any movie that starts with a lingering shot of Scarlett Johansson's arse gets my vote. And I can practice my Japanese while watching it. Cool. Great soundtrack, too.
- Kiss Me Deadly. Noir heaven. A naked Chloris Leachman getting tortured, cool cars, cool weemen, nukes, Va-Va-Voom, a plethora of femmes fatales and the best private dick ever.
- Chinatown. More noir, this time in beautiful colour so bright it hurts. Perfection.

Four places I have lived.

- Malta;
- A caravan (yup, I'm trailer trash);
- On the coast next door to Daphne Rubbernoids;
- Currently residing in Norfolk - England's "Deliverance Country". The motto at County Hall reads "You sure got a puurty mouth, city boy."

Four favorite foods.

- Sashimi;
- Miso Shiro;
- Seaweed onigiri;
- Green and Black's Maya Gold chocolate;
- Maria and I both share another favourite snack, but if you missed it the first time round that's your loss.

Four places I would rather be now.

- Hanging round はらじゅくえき in Tokyo, ogling こがる。
- In bed, at that lovely moment just before falling asleep;
- Sittin' on the dock of the bay;
- Back in baby's arms (Otis Redding and Patsy Cline fans will have those stuck in their heads all day now).

I'm tagging everyone who hates memes.