Hard to think of 7 things that are not tragic, x-rated or frankly, prove I’m dysfunctional (all of which is in the public realm in any case), but a challenge is a challenge…Justine Hoffman 1. I went to 9 schools all over Scotland, leaving at 15 with ‘nothing’. I now have 3 degrees (including a PhD from Edinburgh), a diploma and a certificate and find myself teaching at a Russell Group University. Serious imposter syndrome. 2. I have been teetotal for just shy of 5 years and a vegetarian for 25. I bore myself. I am not fond of ‘salad’, yet have a strange addiction to melon. I live in a swimming pool with a tiny flat attached. I aim to be fit, but am not a land mammal. 3. I have owned 6 motorbikes including 3 vespas. Only two were stolen. I was hit by cars on two occasions but walked away. I really want a pony, having spent a childhood riding other peoples. 4. I have visited some 60plus countries, over 5 continents. My favourites remain Italy and Taiwan and the ones I have not been to yet. 5. A former curator, I am more observer than participant, have a strongly visual memory which occasional merges into synaesthesia as objects trigger smells and tastes. 6. I see clothes as a blank canvas for the interesting stuff. I believe in putting on all the accessories I seek to wear and then adding one. I do keep clothes for ‘good’, a legacy of a deeply religious and poor background. 7. I am not religious, but am cursed with a superstitious nature, a consequence of said religious upbringing all over Scotland, but favouring fishing communities. This is exacerbated by a degree in folklore. I am mocked by magpies.
Posted on: Sun, 25 Jan 2015 11:56:50 +0000
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