draliman on life

Suzie has posed a number of questions to the blogging community at large, and I thought I would participate, along with many others. On with the questions!

1. Why have you chosen your blog name?

This is a cunning and clever amalgamation of my title, the short form of my first name and the fact that I am a “man”! I usually use “dralip” which includes the initial of my last name, but it didn’t sound like it would work as well for a blog name.

“mraliman” sounds stupid so I had to do a PhD to get the correct start to my pseudonym :-).

2. When you have an hour of free-time, what do you do?

Free time? My time is expensive, people. You want computer help, you pay! I don’t give my expertise away for free! That’s a lie. I do.

Oh, I see. What do I do in a free hour? It depends on my mood. I might read (fantasy/urban fantasy/sci-fi mainly). Maybe watch some TV. Read blogs or post something of my own. I might watch TV and blog at the same time, but I never do anything else when I read.

What to do, so many options!

3. If you could choose to stay a certain age forever, what would it be?

I guess mid-thirties might be nice. Old enough to be wonderfully wise 🙂 but young enough to still enjoy it. Cool.

4. If you could learn to do something, what would it be?

I’d love to be able to draw properly. To sit down at a canvas and create something wonderful. As you can see from my DraliDoodles I’m already pretty amazeballs 😉 but I’d like to be better. Like, work my way up to sub-average. That would be good.

5. What would be the first thing you would buy if you won the lottery?

Everything! Because I can! Seriously, I’d like a house in the country, near a nice little village. Also a cottage in the wilds of Scotland for nice quiet breaks away from it all.

6. What is the thing that makes you absolutely unique?

No one thing, I would say. Everything that makes up me is present in others. It’s the amalgamation that makes me, me.

Wow, that sounded quite philosophical. Go team me!

7. What is your favourite blog?

Hah! I can’t answer that. I take something away from all the blogs I read. Some are inspirational. Some are funny. Some are informative. Some are creative. They all go together to make my perfect “blogging experience”.

So there you have my answers. To learn more about me you can check out my “About draliman” category.

Special bonus! I recently posted that the people at work had gone down to Chapel Porth to get our photos taken (by a professional!) for one of our websites. My picture is now live! At the time of writing, I am on the right hand side, second photo down – the hover-over gives my name as “Ali Phillips” (because “draliman” isn’t appropriate for a work site, of course).