The Juggolo

Well well well let me seeeee. I guess I'm the average British stranger dude who tries to do his best by everyone, and usually feels responsible for everyone elses good time. I sometimes feel the need to fill conversational gaps with inane small talk. A couple of personal weirdnesses - I can make my tongue wider than my mouth, do 'Jack Nicholson eyebrows', wiggle either ear independantly, and juggle 5 balls. That'll get me a few jobs.... ya.

I'm a total socialite, and feel like I'm wasting my life when doing anything else. Makes the days at work draaaag when the sun's out and the beer gardens of Bohemia await.

I love being in a different culture to the one I'm used to, and learning about that culture more through the people that I interact with than through old buildings and historical stuff. I love it when I'm stretched to communicate what I need to say in another language, and succeed (esp. Czech since it's such an ass to get right..)

I love Italy, and am planning to finish up in Prague to go and live there. I think Italians have got it right generally by considering an evening with friends with good food and a good bottle of wine more important than work or paying the bills. I love the atmosphere in Rome, and how people sit around in the piazzas together chatting and having a laugh, rather than going to a bar, getting wasted and in the end not being able to say anything... I guess the latter has worn a bit thin for me these days.

I love cool sunsets, when the colours and cloud patterns force me stand and admire it. I love pretty scenery, and find it easier to appreciate than old cities and picturesque architecture.

I love the kick I get when I figure out a new juggling move. I like breaking the seal on a new jar of coffee. My favourite munches are hot croissants with butter and raspberry jam, or pecan and maple danishes.

I love the feeling the moment the wheels leave the ground on take off, and the plane feels free. I love looking out of the window on the plane, and seeing everything from a different perspective, where everything is indiscriminate and borderless, and one country could be another.

I don't like it when people are arrogant about using English and can't see the point of learning the language of the country they live in since they feel they don't need to. I don't like seeing a stag (bachelor) party from England in Prague, with my fellow Britons following the 'Brits on holiday' rule and generally being disrespectful to Czech people or property - adding to the fast-growing reputation that English guys are actually tossers rather than the 'perfect gentlemen' we somehow mutated from :o)

I don't like having a personal phone conversation when sitting on public transport. I don't like not getting a window seat on the plane. I don't like the smell at Prague's main train station.

I don't like it when the toilet seat's 'still warm'. I don't like filling in forms or writing letters, and procrastinate like crazy before doing them (note to self - write thank you card for christmas('04) present to godmother in France... [sigh].. I'm crap).

I hate the amount of injustice in the world, and the greed that creates it. I hate speaking English to non-English people when I'm able to say what I need to in their language (not helpful often because they then respond in their language which leads to me showing off my best blank expression, followed by panicked confusion on my part).

This has gotta be one of the the longest profile I've seen on MySpace to be fair. Pretty sad that I can bang on about myself for about 3 sides of A4. Believe it or not I'm not actually that flighty in real life. If you've managed to get down to here give yerself a a gold star and pat on the back. Followed by perhaps considering why you're still reading, and stop.

Oh and just one other thing, if you're gonna send a friend request, send a freaking message with it! I generally say stuff to people I meet, so I guess this here space should be somewhat similar. If you don't, I will flicketh thee from mine friend request box. Cheers!

Personality test results:

Stability results were moderately high which suggests you are relaxed, calm, secure, and optimistic.

Orderliness results were moderately low which suggests you are, at times, overly flexible, improvised, and fun seeking at the expense of reliability, work ethic, and long term accomplishment.

Extraversion results were high which suggests you are overly talkative, outgoing, sociable and interacting at the expense too often of developing your own individual interests and internally based identity.

Trait snapshot: messy, disorganized, social, tough, outgoing, rarely worries, self revealing, open, risk taker, likes the unknown, likes large parties, makes friends easily, likes to stand out, likes to make fun of people, reckless, optimistic, positive, strong, does not like to be alone, ambivalent about chaos, abstract, impractical, not good at saving money, fearless, trusting, thrill seeker, not rule conscious, enjoys leadership, strange, loves food, abstract, rarely irritated, anti-authority, attracted to the counter culture