I had a very strange mixed up childhood. I moved around alot while I was growing up due to my Dad's job. I lived in 5 different countries, 10 houses, and went to 11 different schools.
After leavng school I wanted to work with, and help people. I worked as a teaching assistant, youth worker, volunteer, and special needs assistant. I also went to and graduated from, University.
I now paint and write.
Writing stories in the supernatural/comedy/ sci-fi/ horror genre, creating artwork, other artists and their work, conservation, the natural world, dust bunnies, philosophy, science, meeting people, music, the paranormal and mysteries,animals, helping people (where I can), sci-fi, Keeping fit, walking, parrots, psychology, juggling, and lots of other stuff........ oh and wolves....I forgot I quite like wolves :-)
I'd like to meet open minded, good hearted, interesting people; with no absolute idea about what the world/universe is really all about.
Not in any order: Peter Gabriel, Sugababes, Gorillaz(My Fav. is Noodle), The Prodigy, Travis, Radiohead, Basement Jaxx, Faure, Sting/The Police, Goldfrapp, Coldplay, Massive Attack, Supertramp,and many many more.
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes; The Fisher King; 2001:A Space Odyssey; One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest; Birdy; Labyrinth; The Shining; Planet of the Apes, Cathy Come Home.
Star Trek - The Original, and The Next Generation (Gene Roddenberry was a great humanist). Blackadder (especially Blackadder II, and Blackadder the Third). Horizon. GhostHunters (The Discovery Europe Documentary series).Father Ted.
I love books, I have huge towers of them on my floor that I don't have a perminent place for at the moment and I hope don't fall down. I love all books so I don't really have any favourites but here are some that I like:
The Chrysalids - John Wyndham; The Philosophy Gym - Stephen Law; The Living Wisdom of Trees - Fred Hagender; The Sense of Being Stared At - Rupert Sheldrake (This is also a great book to read in public places ;-}); The Dark is Rising - Susan Cooper; 101 Philosophy Problems - Martin Cohen; Jonathan Livingston Seagull - Richard Bach; Silver on the Tree - Susan Cooper; The French Lieutenant's Woman - John Fowles;
My Mum, myself, anyone doing dangerous jobs (especially those that risk thier lives to help others), teachers.