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Ben

I am here for Dating, Serious Relationships and Friends

About Me

I'm one day younger than I seem; I've had two St Valentines days in the same year, and didn't go out with anyone on either! And they call it the International Date Line... Otherwise, I avoided University, racked up an equivalent debt by travelling, went to Thailand, Viet Nam, Cambodia, Laos. Came home, got bored, so went to Hong Kong, Australia, worked out in New Zealand (in a Kitchen, not a gym), learnt to dive in Tahiti (with Sharks) went to LA, didn't try to get famous. After that I came back, managed to get into the RAF, training to be an Officer at the moment. Before that a few basic jobs; good people, bad wages, and we'll see what the future holds.

My Interests

Scuba Diving, Snowboarding (track record 4 days before breaking something), Music, Movies, Travel, Food (though not in the compulsive eater sense), swimming.

I'd like to meet:

See Heroes, though a few are dead (especially Goose). Girls like Keira Knightley or Natalie Portman, Alison Lohman or Anne Hathaway (though I'd have to fight Shakespeare over her, which makes me uncomfortable). Otherwise just good honest people that would make me laugh, and have a high tolerance for alcohol.

Music:

I listen to a lot of guitar driven musi. You still can't beat the mid nineties indie scene, though there is a lot of good stuff out there from the Fratellis, Razorlight, The Feeling, and the Killers, and I'm hoping that they will all release more. All time favourite album would probably be The Bends, by Radiohead, but I always seem to fall back on old Blues when I want something to play in the background.

Movies:

One of the big interests. A lot of off the wall comedies, things like The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, or Bottle Rockets, both by Wes Anderson, I like all of his films, they are two of the best. I like Tim Burton; Edward Scissorhands and Big Fish. I have always been a huge James Bond fan. I like a lot of the classic heroism that you only really get in War films, the Longest Day, Battle of Britain and then Brotherhood or Platoon. Then on a lazy sunday afternoon, who can beat some action cheese, like Top Gun or anything with Arnold Schwarzenegger or Sylvester Stallone

Television:

Don''t really watch it live, but watch animation and comedy dvd's when they come out - Family guy, Futurama, Simpsons. Just got into My Name is Earl.

Books:

All sorts, mainly those with a basis in reality, things like Michael Crichton or Tom Clancy. I also like to read those cheap and trashy action stories where one man can take on the entire military system of another country, get the girl and go home.

Heroes:

For different reasons: James Bond, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Michael Palin, Jack Johnson, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Maverick and Goose!