Meet the Bloggers: Susi Weaser

I was dreading writing this one. How to sell myself and my random thoughts to you, the most discerning of readers? Perhaps by flattery? But with your intelligence, and instinctive detector of bullshit, that would never work, would it. Perhaps by stealth? I could tell you about the free iPod that is hidden below the jump for you...

Nah. Just go and have a look if you can fancy it.

Name: Susi Weaser

Shiny Job: Editor of Shiny Shiny

Hometown: Cranleigh – the largest village in the country, you know.

Five favourite web 2.0 sites (besides Shiny ones):
Vox
Go Fug Yourself
TheManWhoFellAsleep
Post Secret
Twitter

Last 3 gigs you went to:
Take That
Jarvis Cocker
Cold War Kids

Last 3 books you bought:
London in the Nineteenth Century: A Human Awful Wonder of God
But Enough About Me
The Washingtonienne

Last 3 albums you bought:
Fratellis - Costello Music
Jarvis Cocker - Jarvis
The View – Hats Off to the Buskers

Last 3 DVDs you bought:
Amelie
The Matrix
Whale Rider

In the film of your life you'd be played by:
Scarlett Johansson. Because her name is Scarlett

What song would you pick for the soundtrack to your life:
I Am the Resurrection - The Stone Roses. Not that I actually believe I've been resurrected. It's not even a metaphor. It's just a song that I love.

Which female AND male 'sleb would you do the dirty with?
Angelina Jolie and Russell Brand.

Favourite beach:
Toronto beach - you can lie in the sand and still see the skyscrapers.

What have you got in your pocket:
An oyster card

What colour toothbrush do you have:
Orange. With the fibres that tell you when its time to get a new one. Posh.

What song would you want played at your funeral:
Grace - Jeff Buckley. I want people to be crying buckets.

Tell us one secret about you that people wouldn't expect:
I don't own any white underwear. Is that unexpected?

If you were a car, what would you be:
A tinned snail.

What is your favourite item of clothing:
My red Barcelona shoes. Which I've worn twice in 5 years, but by god are they hot.

What colour pants do you wear (Stolen from Smash Hits circa 1991):
Every colour but white (see my secret)

What was your first alcohol experience like (stolen from Pop Bitch):
It involved gin, which has never passed my lips since. I quickly graduated onto a much more classy straight Archers. Also something I no longer drink. I'm ruling out beverages one by one.

If you were a videogame character who would you be:
A Nintendog. High maintenance and amusing for short periods of time