Describe a me.

[burntcopper]

So, some of you may know about me going 'er, okaaaay' about the fact that people, when introing me as part of a group, tend to go, 'well, that's D, she's a writer, F, nuts about the films of Harrison Ford, G works in editorial, and this is Heather. She's just...Heather.' This happens in pretty much every social context if I'm present. My *family* does this. The only other description I ever hear is how to identify me in a crowd at a convention which is 'short, blonde, not wearing any clothing'.

Then I listened to four interviews where they have a meme where they ask the interviewee to sum up people they've worked with in one word.

So. Those of you who know me in real life. Describe me to a stranger. A phrase, a word, a sentence, whatever. It can be physical, personality, which ever works best in the way you normally describe people (some people think in terms of physical attributes, some in terms of mental impressions).

And now, off to Tescos....

Comments

[fahrenheit-f430.livejournal.com]

I know you only as Heather: Professor of John Barrowman as you are to him as Bill Oddie is to hibernating hedgehogs...

[clanwilliam.livejournal.com]

Irresistible. As in force, body, persuasion... you get the picture.

[cynicalcylon.livejournal.com]

Enthusiastic - it's impossible not to get drawn in when you're regaling people on your favourite topics.

On the slightly negative side, this can sometimes come across as manic.

[luckykaa.livejournal.com]

An enthusiastic sweet blonde with a gorgeous body she loves to show off and plays a mean game of Just a Minute.

[jamjar.livejournal.com]

Vivid.

[gmh.livejournal.com]

Effervescent.

I'd use 'sparky' - except that, due to the slightly patronising connotations, it's not something I'd call anyone if I didn't want to spend some time trying to find my teeth afterwards.

[jamjar.livejournal.com]

Ooh, like "feisty".

[gmh.livejournal.com]

Argh, that's possibly even worse, due to the robotic overtones.

(As in: 'You're a feisty little one, but you'll soon learn some respect!')

On second thoughts, can I retract 'effervescent' and just say 'fun' instead?

[burntcopper.livejournal.com]

:cough: feisty tends to be the trigger word for resultant broken teeth if ever applied to females within the hearing of any girls I know. it's in the same territory as 'you're cute when you're angry'.

[gmh.livejournal.com]

To which the obvious response is:

"...and you're at your best when you're a bleeding heap on the floor."

[clanwilliam.livejournal.com]

It's okay. There'd be an interested crowd sitting around pointing out the ones that flew off at weird angles.

[xenaclone.livejournal.com]

Full of beans, heavily into cosplay, could flirt for Britain and has a great sense of humour.

[silly-swordsman.livejournal.com]

Female, in all the best senses of the word.

[dougggie.livejournal.com]

someone you really don't want to get on the wrong side of...or she'll eat you for breakfast.
Or maybe she'll just do that anyway, cos it's Fun :)

[celievamp.livejournal.com]

somehow manages to be devastatingly normal and completely off the wall at the same time

[ladydchaos.livejournal.com]

i ususally go 'she's....interesting'

[cidercupcakes.livejournal.com]

Short, blonde, sarcastic (though if we were in the US this may just get turned to "British"), sensible, probably knows more than you do about show tunes and military history.

[mrmrsmith.livejournal.com]

Herd of baby elephants.

[alysscarlet.livejournal.com]

Ebullient!