Guess what? It's another sunny day here and today I actually get up early as there are more departures and Eggs Benedict for breakfast. The food and company, of course, make getting up early worth it.

After breakfast, and some goodbyes, the next event in my day is filming for Kate and Dustin. It's a strange experience as although I am fairly used to being filmed (for Bead-TV) this is the first time I have to give an opinion or answer questions, rather than just demonstrate a project. A weirdly unsettling experience.

The questions, which I draw from a hat, are ones we have all written ourselves. Although they began by being related to beading, once we got to know each other new ones have been added according to stories we've heard or new ideas we've had.

As I had written some of the questions myself, I've had time to think of my own answers but was surprised, when I was actually asked, that these changed. When I wrote "If beads were banned, what other medium would you work in?" I immediately thought 'painting', as the idea of creating swirls of colour was what really appealed to me. Perhaps spurred on by all the colourful beadwork I had seen around me?

But yesterday, when talking to Mark DeCoster, I realised that actually I also adored the idea of working in the medals field. A field which I imagine would involve me primarily working in just bronze colours- yet the thought of one colour didn't put me off in the slightest.

Somehow, with life being busy recently, I had put aside all thoughts of medal making after my week of wax carving last August (and long after my medal making experience the year before). I will endeavour to somehow get back to it when I return home. Unfortunately I'm not sure if I even remember how to carve wax, or what I need, but I will try and put those fears aside and dive in again.

When asked in the film about other techniques, I begin to nervously chatter and even mention ceramics. Where on earth did that come from? I don't think I have ever done any in my life, nor really wanted to. I suspect it was seeing some great mugs in Kate's house that put the idea in my head. Funny how tiny thoughts lodge in there and grow without you even knowing.

Actually, if the camera was on longer I'm sure the list of things I want to do would get more and more random: 'Work on an oil-rig, breed sheep, lecture in astro-physics, grow tomatoes, tap-dance, put on a broad-way musical, re-wire toasters, hand-weave rugs...'

None of which I have ever shown any interest in, but, as I type them, they all begin to appeal. Basically I am interested in anything and everything. Or maybe I just don't want to rule anything out, and give a definite answer, in case at some future date someone says 'You had the opportunity to say ceramics and didn't, therefore you can never do ceramics'. I have no idea who would say that to me but I obviously want to be prepared just in case.

Answering the questions was good fun, though terribly nerve-wracking, and made me think about things and surprise myself with my answers.

For example, I was asked about favourite shapes.

So, what do you think my answer was? Look at my gallery page, look at my patterns page, look at all the work I have done, consider what I am 'known for', look at what shape I straight away turned to beading this week when I needed some security and see if you know what shape it is. Well, obviously it's a tri...circle.

Of course it's a circle! I love circles and dots. As you can see in this photo here I even added them to my arm. But when I think about a triangle I'm not even sure the shape itself appeals to me. How strange. The more I thought about it as I was answering the question, the more I realised that items such as my Geometric 3-4-1 bracelet, though made of triangles and full of angles and corners,