Gemma Cartwright writes...
Every week when I sit down to write my Dollymix column, I have to think long and hard about what to write about. There are only so many times I can wax lyrical about how working in fashion and beauty makes me actuallyquiteintelligentactually, and we've all had enough of my single girl rants about how men don't understand me (I've decided they do - they just have the brains to stay well away). So this week, as a little experiment, I asked my friends and colleagues to tell me first five words that came to mind when they thought of me, in the hopes of inspiring an amazing, soul-searching column.
I wish I'd never asked...
It appears Katie thinks I'm a complete loser. The words she picked included 'geek' and 'TFL' (one of my many nicknames, because of my ridiculous knowledge of the tube and bus routes in London). Also, inevitably, she chose 'blogger'...
...which, I suppose, is better than 'blonde', the first word to come out of the mouth of (fellow blonde) Laura. I live in hope that she just thought up that gem because I am blonde, and not because I act blonde. She also chose 'girly'. Been there, done that. On a similar note, Isabelle chose 'hair' as one of her words. I suppose I do have a lot of it...but I've written about that before as well.
'Fashion' came up a lot, of course, and 'funny', made an appearance too (no, really). 'Paella' (I make a legendary one), 'Jane Austen' and Las Vegas also cropped up, probably because I don't shut up about any of them. Thing is, you need to read my Vegas diatribe about as much as you need to read this.
And then we come to the kicker. There was actually one word that appeared over and over again. I wish I could say it was something lovely like 'intelligent' or 'beautiful' or 'reliable' or even good old-fashioned 'nice'. But no. The word most people I know associate with me is...
...wine.
I'm not even going there.
Gemma Cartwright is Shiny Media's currently uninspired fashion editor. She's now wondering if the alcohol really is killing off her brain cells?
