Things that interest me are often completely barmy and would not interest other people, such as the Engineering inside of Racing Cars. But then again I have alot of interests which people can relate to such as Sports. I am a very keen participator in things like Cricket and Rugby. I have representing Ipswich at Under 19 Level Rugby, as well as being a regular member of last years Thurleston Staff Cricket Team in which we won both the Cup and League. It was thoroughly enjoyable as well being able to play along side my good mates Jack, Alan and Richard. I also hold a Gym membership, and go to the same gym as the Ipswich Town players which is often very surreal. To Quote the great Liam Mowle "Hopefully Popeye Arms"
In my spare time I enjoy mainly hanging out with my fantastic mates, there the best and I do not no what I could do with out them. I also like a lot of Technological stuff such as computers...boring I know...and I also like making little films here and there and am hopefully going to pursue that at University. The film above is one I've made and it currently has just short of 50,000 views on the old YouTube. I am also an avid Motorsport fan, as if you haven't guess from the considerable mentions already on here, and I have been from a very young age. I also watch to much Television for my own good. To adapt a great Liam Mowle quote "Hopefully Square Eyes".
I have been very fortunate to come across some very famous faces, and some not so famous faces within my lifetime. Famous people I find quite daunting to talk to for the main reason that I feel they must get approached everyday, 20 times a day and they just want to be left alone. Whilst at the Cricket in the summer, my and my main man Jack had a conversation, if you can call it a conversation with the one and only Chris Gayle, the renown West Indian Cricketer. Also we met people such as Matt Prior, Stuart Broad, Paul Collingwood, Alistair Cook and Peter Moores of the England Cricket Team. We also tried to meet Kevin Pietersen, but he said no to Children twice, Horrible Man.
Other People I have stumbled across are the likes of Laurent Aiello, Former British Touring Car Champion, DTM Champion and Le Man 24 Hour Winner, along with James Thompson who has a similar background. I also saw Ricky Gervais in Virgin Megastore on New Years Day a couple of years ago in London. I'm afraid I was starstruck and refrained from talking to him. Whilst on Holiday in Monaco I literally mowed down by Sylvester Stallone in his big Black Mercedes E-Class whilst he went to his yacht. Unfortunately he didn't shout any obscenities at me.
People who I would like to meet however mainly come from the world of sport and the media. I would like to meet Lewis Hamilton obviously as I'm a huge Formula 1 fan and I remember him from his early days in Karting. I would also like to meet Stephen Merchant as I am a huge fan of his comedy writing and also he is very tall which would be interesting. Speaking of tall, I would like to meet Peter Jones from Dragons Den as then I would be able to ask him for a few quid, or failing that tips on how to get rich. Monty Panesar also comes to mind as I'm a very keen Cricketer.
Music
Arctic Monkeys
Audioslave
Bloc Party
Breaks Co-Op
Cameo
Chris Cornell
The Clash
Dean Martin
Fall Out Boy
Foo Fighters
Frank Sinatra
Guns n' Roses
Gym Class Heroes
Incubus
Jimmy Hendrix
José González
Justin Timberlake
Kasabian
The Killers
Lostprophets
The Mitchell Brothers
Nelly Furtado
Panic! At the Disco
Sammy Davis Jnr
Sigur Rós
Velvet Revolver
The Who
Motion Picture
Anchorman
Bad Boys 2
Bad Company
Blood Diamond
Casino Royale
Independence Day
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
March of the Penguins
Oceans 11
Oceans 12
Oceans 13
Pirates of the Caribbean
Road Trip
Team America
The Usual Suspects
40 Year old Virgin
The Box
American Dad
The Apprentice
Bear Grylls: Born Survivor
Black Books
Dragons Den
Extras
Family Guy
Long Way Down
Long Way Round
Mythbusters
Never Mind the Buzzocks
Nick Cannon Wild n' Out
Planet Earth
Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares
Ross Kemp On Gangs
Rugby Club
The Office
Soccer AM
Top Gear
I read alot of Non-Fiction nonsense which involves no information of value being obtained throughout reading. I know that's a bad thing, but I don't think I could read a novel for days on end as I do not have the attention span, again I know that's bad. I'm currently reading or have current read such things as Dom Joly's "Letters to my Golf Club" and Karl Pilkington's "Happyslapped by a Jellyfish". One of the few novels i have read though and thoroughly enjoyed was William Golding's "Lord of the Flies" back in high school. I do read a lot of magazines however, and I have done a few studies on them for a Media exam which makes you appreciate them even more. I often read Autosport and Rugby World, but I also read Nuts and Zoo in which Katie does not approve.
As a young boy and to this day I been a huge Motorsport Fan, especially Formula 1. Two men from the sport have had a huge impression on me, the first being Michael Schumacher. By watching him, i've learnt never to give up until its over, which was his ethos, and that won him 7 world titles. The second is Ayrton Senna who was a great man, who had his life cut short but a horrific Accident. The man was incredibly kind, giving many millions of pounds to charity helping underprivileged kids. Kindness like this is hard to find these days.