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Martin-Pierre

What doesn't kill you may well end up hurting in the morning

About Me

Me me me. I am: the work-in-progress of years of over education and ennui, London based, not really English as such, and I've been everything from a musician through to investment banker. I preferred the former, though the latter lets you buy nicer toys.Right now? Not eating very much, doing too much exercise and busy with a new business venture while also playing poker for a living, though that isn't as much fun as I'd like it to be. But then what is?So yeah, busy. I said that already. And always tired in the morning and never at night. That's pretty annoying. Oh, and I have a lovely speaking voice. Other than that, I'm just great. Thanks for asking.

My Interests

Loads of stuff, including (in no particular order): sports and fitness, skiing, snowboarding (yeah, I do both!), reading, travel, music, film, videogames, hypnosis, NLP, art, yaddayaddayadda... and poker, obviously. Probably looks like pretty much everyone else's profile then.

I'd like to meet:

People who want to say hi. And are funny. And intelligent. And can therefore keep me amused for an unspecified period of time. And don't write in text speak. EVER. Unless perhaps you're actually sending me a text message. This last bit is very serious. I already hate you and everything you represent.

Music:

Loads. Some of it'll make you think I'm weird, other stuff dull, some'll be odd and a little bit you'll think is wicked. Concentrate on the wicked stuff.

Movies:

Blade Runner, Ghostbusters, The Thing, Leon, Tremors, Die Hard, Gosford Park, Battle Royale, Back to the Future, The Godfather (I & II), Alien(s), Big Trouble in Little China, Chinatown, Marathon Man, 12 Angry Men, North by Northwest... and about a hundred others. Oh, and Robocop. Yeah, why not?

Television:

The Shield, CSI, Lost, Family Guy, 24, Futurama, South Park, Entourage, The Larry Sanders Show, Arrested Development and other tat the US provides us with that we don't usually get over here. All in small doses.

Books:

Catcher in the Rye, Den of Thieves, The Dice Man, Watchmen, Snow Crash, Catch 22, Jennifer Government, stuff by Ellis and Coupland, a hundred other fiction books and a few non-fiction books which you'll probably never have heard of, let alone read.

Heroes:

My Mum for being my Mum, a bunny girl, and totally amazing. My Dad for having been the biggest pimp in London. And totally amazing. All true.