Who the hell are you people?? :)

[denny]

I want to know more about the people who read my journal. Those of you who feel that I already know you well are not exempted from answering :)

I would like you to provide some or all of the following: your name, your age, your occupation/studies, your living arrangements, what makes you tick, what you're into, what labels (or lack thereof) you might use to sum up your existence... amusing quirky factoids appreciated, but not essential.


Idea stolen from jinxremoving's journal, after it goaded me into providing a rather longer answer than I originally intended.

My reply went like this:
My name is Denny, and I'm 30 years old.

I'm currently unemployed due to injury but I'm usually a computer programmer (mostly web-related software development). I did a BSc in Computing as a nominally mature student, finishing a few years ago - I graduated first class with honours, which is without doubt the single biggest achievement of my life (I failed half my GCSes and all 4 of my A levels, mostly due to not being all that interested at the time). After that I worked at Cambridge Uni for a bit doing AI research, which was a lot more interesting than web development but a lot less rewarding financially, hence my current work - at present, I feel I get more fun out of having money at the weekends than I would out of enjoying the weekdays. This may change again in a few years.

I live alone in a sadly cliched semi-detached 2 bedroom house in a quiet cul-de-sac in Milton Keynes, but I'm hoping to move to London as soon as I can find work there - I want to live nearer to Torture Garden and the other big fetish clubs, and make the most of my 30s as my 20s were a bit quiet.

I'm lazy in an applied kind of way sometimes, and in a life-destroying kind of way at other times. My life philosophy is definitely hedonistic - as far as I'm concerned, I'm here to have fun - all else is based around that premise.

Despite that, I seem to get involved in political activism quite a lot, first with relation to legislation concerning motorcyclists, then moving on to 'net and privacy related issues. I also did as much as I could in the anti-war stuff recently, including being in the biggest London march, messy bit at the end and all. I guess I'm just not very good at turning the other cheek when I feel my lifestyle is being threatened by legislation etc, and I seem to perceive these threats at a longer range than many of my friends.

I'm happy to be labelled, these are some of the ones that spring to mind: geek, biker, metaller/goth/raver, fetishist. There are undoubtedly more, I don't kid myself that I'm particularly unique in any aspect of my life.

Quirky factoid: erm... I currently have two titamium plates and 14 screws in my right shin after a car pulled out in front of me and my motorbike. Does that count as quirky?

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[nevla.livejournal.com]

I'm known to most goths as Nevla. A curious name, the origins of which would take too long to explain and are simply not that interesting.
I'm 27 years old. I had a fun childhood growing up in the RAF until i was 16 and then settled in Cambridgeshire. I have 7 GCSEs (c+) and 2.5 A Levels. My working life has almost exclusively been within the Pharmaceutical or Clinical Research industries. The only thing i am qualified to do is SAS System (http://www.sas.cpm) Programming, and i work currently as a Systems Analyst for a highly respected Cardiac Safety Monitoring company.
I share a house with my long-term partner (who i have known for over 7 years).

I play guitar, although i haven't had any proper lessons, in the band Rome Burns (http://www.romeburns.co.uk). My life revolves mostly around my partner, my music and a series of small make-believe belief systems (including a love of Star Trek, Babylon 5, Robin of Sherwood, talking to inanimate cuddly toys and assuming everything turns out alright in the end).
My short-term memory is appaling, the reasons for which are unknown but it seems to be getting worse with age. I am also prone to periods of moodiness and mild depression, due to psycological damage from my past.
My main aim in life is to meet Alice Cooper.
My secondary aims are to give up work, travel a bit, live in a nice detached house with some land, a dog & 2 cats and earn my crust via the band.
It won't happen, but it's slightly more likely than inventing time travel so i can go back to being a teenager and try again.
Other hobbies include neglecting my Paganism, reading papery things and playing snooker.
I'm currently being monitored by bearded professors to see if i have a dangerous genetic disorder, but seem in the all clear so far.
I wear goth make-up, am tall, thin, and monogomous (i would probably be Bisexual if i wasn't in a serious relationship already).
I once fell asleep on a train and had to sleep in the park in Kings Lynn in PVC Jeans and a leather jacket at 3 degrees overnight. Keeping warm only by running up and down in German para boots, white makeup and contact lenses.
I also have a Blue Peter badge and an autograph to me from Bruce Boxleitner (Tron, Babylon5).

[azekeil.livejournal.com]

Keeping warm only by running up and down in German para boots, white makeup and contact lenses.

Um. That must have been cold...!! (sorry, couldn't resist)

[dennyd.livejournal.com]

I was working on some kind of smart answer that made use of the phrase "I have a blue peter..." that came just after that ;)

[nevla.livejournal.com]

Heh heh heh :)