Lanky Man - ProfilesArchive

About Me

Tall and thin sums it up quite nicely, although the thin theme has been slowly working its way though my hair as well now.
Escapism seems my main joy in life, whether in an MMORPG or doing some live-roleplaying at the weekends; I only wish I knew what I was escaping from.
My recent interest for the weekend is one of two live-roleplaying clubs based in the south-east of England.
Labyrinthe is a club that meets every weekend at Chislehurst caves, and has 2 regular "overland" sites which are used during the summer.
Running less often, but currently my favoured system is Frail Realities , which is based in the 1820s with magic and real church powers and the French being the bad guys (Huzzah!).
In my pictures section you can see some of the snaps that have been taken of some of my various characters. (So many of my characters have never appeared in a photo!)

My Interests

Live role-playing (can't get enough of it)
Computer games (Athlon64 FX-57, 2 x GeForce 7800GTX)
Internet (on-line games: LOTRO, WoW, in the past about 20 games in total over 5-6 years)

I'd like to meet:

1) People who share my escapist attitude, which mostly revolves around the Fantasy genre (medieval, or more recently 1820).
2) An Irish red-head.

Music:

It ranges from musicals such as Les Miserables, Miss Saigon, Joseph and his Technicolour Dreamcoat, mostly sung along to in my car (one outstanding insurance claim due to this), through various bands like Bangles, Undertones, Cranberries, Primitives, Transvision Vamp.
I must draw a line, however, at any form of opera, and so-called "modern" jazz; the latter of which just sounds like a load of noise to me.
I would heartily recommend both Mamma Mia and We Will Rock You (and especially AvenueQ), both showing in the West End; each has excellent music from the band they are tributing, although neither has a particularly deep plot.

Movies:

Pirates of the Caribbean
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Truly Madly Deeply
The Princess Bride
Galaxy Quest
Excalibur
Dogma
Clockwise
Practical Magic
The Matrix
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Shrek (better than 2)
Groundhog Day
The Incredibles
Forrest Gump
Love Actually (me=Andrew Lincoln's character)

Television:

Comedy such as:
Coupling
Black Books
Red Dwarf (lapsed)
Monty Python (lapsed)
Science Fiction such as:
Earth 2
Babylon 5
Crusade
Stargate
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Firefly
Heroes

Books:

The Assassin series by Robin Hobb.
Most of my time is spent on the computer, so the only reading I do is before going to sleep and so one book lasts a good long time.
Almost a book, if you like Dungeons and Dragons then you'll love The Order of the Stick !

Heroes:

I think it is a brilliant Sci-Fi TV series!

My Blog

Extremism & Suicide bombers

The latest attempted terrorist attacks in the UK has got me thinking about how such attacks can be stopped. The US government's attempts to bring down Al Quayeda seems like it is doomed to fail becaus...
Posted by Lanky Man on Sun, 01 Jul 2007 02:47:00 PST

Looking forward to...

After almost 40 years since seeing Joseph and the Technicolour Dreamcoat being performed in-the-round at primary school, I am finally getting to see it live again - and this time it is in the West End...
Posted by Lanky Man on Thu, 28 Jun 2007 04:49:00 PST

My acting ability

I was browsing some old web links the other day, and I came across Theatre Workshop Coulsdon, with which I did a little bit of am-dram including a production of "Journey's End" back in Spring 2000. In...
Posted by Lanky Man on Thu, 28 Jun 2007 04:41:00 PST

Top 10 rules to managing a single life

1. Buy clothes that are marked "easy iron", particularly trousers.2. Check the labels if possible, and buy those that you can tumble dry (no X through the square box).3. Don't buy too many clothes, be...
Posted by Lanky Man on Sun, 04 Feb 2007 12:42:00 PST

WOW milestone

Last night I managed to get my WOW rogue up to 40th level, and with just a little cash from a 25th Warlock I've finally got my first mount. Not bad, seeing as I've been playing since the game first la...
Posted by Lanky Man on Fri, 18 Aug 2006 08:54:00 PST

Do this for me, eh?

1.Your Full Name: 2. Age: 3. Single or Taken: 4. Favorite Movie: 5. Favorite Song: 6. Favorite Band/Rapper/Artist: 7. Kinky or Clean: 8. Tattoos and/or Piercings: HERE COMES THE FUN ... ... ...1. Do w...
Posted by Lanky Man on Tue, 01 Aug 2006 05:06:00 PST

How to live your life

1) If somebody is shouting at you, or otherwise pissing you off, just imagine them sitting on the toilet with their trousers round their ankles.2) If the thought of doing something makes you giggle fo...
Posted by Lanky Man on Fri, 17 Mar 2006 01:46:00 PST

The MMORPG experience

Well, it looks like Codemasters is gearing up to release two MMORPGs onto the scene at the same time. I got invites in the betas for RF Online and Dungeons & Dragons Online on the same day.All I c...
Posted by Lanky Man on Sun, 05 Feb 2006 05:00:00 PST

Healthy Lifestyle

I saw an item on the TV news about "detoxing" after Christmas and they had doctors on to suggest that simply drinking a glass of water before going to bed would be good enough to clear out the system....
Posted by Lanky Man on Thu, 05 Jan 2006 04:33:00 PST

A weekend of fun

The problem with going away for a weekend of live role-play is coming back to real life for the rest of the week.The other problem is that it usually takes over an hour to get home after the event fin...
Posted by Lanky Man on Wed, 21 Dec 2005 04:31:00 PST