By Mondrak just tagged me on his blog. Anyway, the idea is to write 16 things about yourself, and then tag 10 people afterwards saying why they are tagged; and you can't tag someone who's tagged you.
Here goes:
1. I have more than slight OCD tendancies. My CDs, books and computer games must be in order. It drives me to distraction if they aren't. If I see something out of place I must correct the error.
2. During my school years I once scored 95% on a Physics exam and came top of the year at Home Economics. I used to bake every weekend with my mother whilst growing up.
3. My favourite tipple is Jack Daniels and either Diet Coke or Pepsi Max. In the past it used to be Pineapple Bacardi Breezers and before that it was Rum and Coke. I'm also very partial to particularly good Single Malt Scottish Whiskeys. If I have to drink pints I would prefer Belgian, not UK brewed, Stella Artois, Grolsch or Turborg.
4. Although I don't consider myself a Star Wars fan I have watched all 7 movies with varying degrees of enjoyment, and am currently enjoying the animated Clone Wars series. I much rather prefer Star Trek.
5. Tasha, my dog who died earlier this year, was named after the Star Trek: TNG character Tasha Yar. Amazingly enough, one of my friends, Roy, named his dog Tasha at about the same time. We hadn't discussed it beforehand.
6. I have a very self-effacing, almost shy, personality and dislike meeting new people. However, most of my really good friends I have known for a very long time. Even though I'm still under 40 I have a number of good friends that I have known for more than 20 years and a couple that I have known for over 30.
7. I grew up listening to Queen, Blondie, Bruce Springsteen and Abba. Even though my main tatstes are now much heavier I still love listening to Queen and am in fact listening to Freddie Mercury at the moment.
8. I love trivia and have even appeared on a TV Quiz Show. The show was 15-1. I was awful and got knocked out in the first round.
9. I collect Cows and have over 50 fluffy/soft toys as well as a collection of mugs, little figurines and other paraphenalia.
10. All the PCs I have owned over the years have all been self-built. I have never bought a ready-built system. I currently own 3 full systems and a laptop. My first PC was put together from parts I bought from CCL Computers; a company I still use today.
11. I am the oldest of 5 children. My mom was the youngest of 7. I have 2 younger brothers, Douglas and Jonathan, and 2 younger sisters, Sharon and Catherine. I get on fine with both sisters and Jonathan. The elder of the two brothers I haven't seen or spoken to for a few years. This does not cause me any concern and in fact all our lives are better for the lack of contact.
12. Growing up, I had 2 dreams; neither of which have come true. I wanted to be a professional footballer, but serious injuries to my ankles and knees scuppered that dream. Although, in truth, I probably would never have been good enough. My second dream was to be an astronaut.
13. I'm superstitious and amongst other superstitions, I will not walk under a ladder if I can help it. However, I don't have any hangups about the number 13 and rank it as one of my 3 favourite numbers alongside 3 and 7. In fact, I finally passed my driving test on Friday 13th.
14. I'm an avid sports fan and although I support particular teams I will still watch most sports regardless of the teams or individuals involved. As an example, 3 of the best football games I have ever watched didn't involve my favourite team.
15. Coming from a relatively poor background I've never had huge sums of money and have rarely travelled. In fact, I've only ever been abroad once in my life; a school trip to Germany when I was 14. I would love to visit Egypt, Calgary, Boston, Chicago and New York. However, I doubt I ever will.
16. I've just registered to do a degree with the Open University. I had originally thought of studying towards a BSc in Computing and Telecommunication Technologies but have decided that I'm going to study towards a BSc Open Degree instead. This leaves the choice of courses and modules more in my own hands and means I have more freedom to study areas that interest me more, such as Astronomy and Forensics. Although, I intend to stick to a core of Computing modules.
Tagging:
1. Chrissy. I've become platonically closer to Chrissy over the last six months to a year and would be interested to read what she had to share.
2. Geoff. Chrissy's husband comes across as an enigma at times.
3. WrongMark. Mr Adams tends to be forthright in his views. It'd be interesting to see what he would share.
4. Colin. One of my regular weekend roleplaying buddies must have stories to share.
5. mcphee. The amount of things he has been must be approaching legendary status.
6. PickledPixie. Pixie is a very private individual. I doubt he would share, but it would make interesting reading.
7. Mojo. Another private individual. There's bound to be things we don't know.
8. Kelly. Probably my best friend in the entire world. She's the person I would ask to be my best 'man' if I ever got married.
9. Pewari. Life with 2 small kids isn't all she is about and she is bound to have some interesting facts to share.
10. Wil Wheaton. Wil keeps a blog and growing up in show business must have been interesting. Although, I doubt he reads my blog.
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