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Benny

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About Me

Hi I'm Benny, I'm named after the short blue cat in a white waistcoat from the cartoon TopCat. He like me is always laughing and smiling. My real name is Simon, Benny is just a nickname at work.I'm a Firefighter in London and I love my job.I'm fairly easy going though I have a strong will to succeed. I believe if you want something you should go for it 100%.I studied graphic design and Advertising at Chelsea college of Art and Design before going on to do an HND in advertising at West Thames College I then ran out of money and just to piss off my mum got a job in Tesco I was there about a year and did their management programme called options but decided it wasn't to be and got myself a job at Heathrow working for British Airways in Customer relations (Tea, Coffee?). 11 September 2001 was the end of BA for me and soon after my mum was diagnosed with Breast Cancer. Shes still with us thankfully but she is terminal so she hasn't got long. I spent a short time looking after my mum helping her adapt to life with cancer before going and finding a new job. I had already applied to the fire brigade twice and the lucky dip of application forms had yet again failed to pull my name out of the hat. Still I soldiered on, and got a job working at the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in the finance dept. Well it paid the bills until finally I made it into the brigade 4 years later.I'm very sporty, but not really one for spectating I would much rather be out there getting stuck in. I used to play a lot of football but a knee injury forced me over to cycling yeah I know what your thinking...Lycra!! lol well if its good enough for Lance Armstrong its good enough for me. I am also keen on Rock Climbing, Abseiling, Snowboarding, Surfing, Canoeing, and I used to be a Pole Vaulter though not very good lol My PB in the 100M was 11.91 so I think I'm pretty fast for a white guy lol I think it would take me that long just to get off the blocks these days though.Dreams and Ambitions I once had a dream to fly a plane and I achieved that goal by flying solo in a Viking Glider when I was 17. I have since wanted to get my private pilots license flying powered aircraft and up to now have not had the time or money. So hopefully this time next year I'll be a pilot tooIt would be good to catch up with some Old friends but new friends are always welcome you just gotta say Hi.
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TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name: Simon
Birthday: 22 June
Birthplace: Hammersmith, London
Current Location: Croydon, Surrey
Eye Color: Hazel/Green
Hair Color: Dark Brown
Height: 5'9"
Right Handed or Left Handed: Right
Your Heritage: Irish, French, English
The Shoes You Wore Today: DC's
Your Weakness: Mr Kipling's Cherry Bakewells mmmmmm
Your Fears: Paralysis
Your Perfect Pizza: Texas BBQ
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: not long left...err Start Painting again
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: lol its the new ok..OK! err I mean lol
Thoughts First Waking Up: Down Boy, were late
Your Best Physical Feature: its a secret but my smile is OK
Your Bedtime: later than it should be
Your Most Missed Memory: I forgot!
Pepsi or Coke: Coke
MacDonalds or Burger King: Maccy's
Single or Group Dates: Depends if I'm the only guy (doh!) Single I mean
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: urrrgh!
Chocolate or Vanilla: Choc
Cappuccino or Coffee: Coffee
Do you Smoke: Only if my pants are on fire!
Do you Swear: F**k No what sort of a C**t do you take me for?
Do you Sing: Only in the bath
Do you Shower Daily: I bathe in my own filth whilst singing
Have you Been in Love: Hmmm I think so but who really knows once its over
Do you want to go to College: Been it was expensive
Do you want to get Married: Yeah
Do you belive in yourself: Hell Yeah!!!!
Do you get Motion Sickness: No
Do you think you are Attractive: Well I'd shag me! lol
Are you a Health Freak: "Hi my name is Simon and I am a health freak"
Do you get along with your Parents: Yeah
Do you like Thunderstorms: I love em except when I'm wrapped in tinfoil at the top of a mountain
Do you play an Instrument: Yes Guitar like jimmi hendrix if he had no fingers
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: "Hi my name is Simon and I am an alcoholic fitness freak"
In the past month have you Smoked: Well I burnt my arse the other day lol
In the past month have you been on Drugs: No "say no to drugs kids"
In the past month have you gone on a Date: Yeah didn't feel right though
In the past month have you gone to a Mall: Yeah christmas shopping HUMBUG!
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: No but I ate a box of Cherry bakewells mmmm
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: No I'm avoiding it on the advice of the Russian Gov
In the past month have you been on Stage: Life is a stage
In the past month have you been Dumped: No not since June lol
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: No but I went surfing last week in Brighton "taters"
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: I'm not a theif
Ever been Drunk: Sadly yes
Ever been called a Tease: Strangely Yes
Ever been Beaten up: Yes whilst Drunk
Ever Shoplifted: No
How do you want to Die: Of old age
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: Old
What country would you most like to Visit: Australia
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color: Brown
Favourite Hair Color: Brown
Short or Long Hair: Long
Height: Shorter than me
Weight: lighter than me
Best Clothing Style: Funky fresh trendy "bullshit"
Number of Drugs I have taken: 3
Number of CDs I own: I have 20,000 songs how many CD's is that
Number of Piercings: 0
Number of Tattoos: 1 another planned
Number of things in my Past I Regret: No regrets
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strong and you love to help others.
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My Interests

Well.... ok my interest; Cycling (road,track,mountain), Football, Running, Swimming, Snowboarding, Pole vault, Rugby, Reading, Films, Art, Design, Animation, Advertising, Flying, Gliding, Paintball, Driving.

I'd like to meet:

People who are not afraid to try.

Music:

I have a pretty varied taste in music from 60's soul through to modern day Pop, Rock, Hip Hop and funky House. I'm not gonna name every single album or every single band but I love The Clash, The Jam, Chili's, Nirvan, Foo fighters, The Beatles, Beach Boys, Led Zeppelin, Simon & GArfunkle, The Stranglers, Pink Floyd, Feeder, Jack Johnson, Donavon Frankenreiter, John Butler Trio, Seth Lakeman, Stereophonics, Green Day, Oasis, Crowded House, U2, The Fratellis, The Kooks, Bowie, Cat Stevens, Sting, Bob Nesta Marley, Motown, Lionel Ritchie, Moby, Eminem, Stevie Wonder, James Blunt, Jose Gonzalez, The Eagles, The Stones, Guns n Roses, Tupac, Dr Dre, Snoop, Justin Timberlake, Blur, Enrique, Amr Diab to name but a few as you can see its varied nothing like a bit of cheesy pop either

Movies:

Shawshank Redemption, Seven, Godfather I & II, The Warriors, Green Mile, Starwars, Deer Hunter, One flew over the Cuckoo's nest, The Shining, Indiana Jones Trilogy, Casino, Heat, Full metal jacket, Men of Honour, Ladder 49, Scarface, Deliverance, Hannibal trilogy, Fight Club, Back to the future trilogy, Batman Begins, La Haine, Pointbreak, Matrix, Terminator, Rocky, Stand By Me, Goodfellas, LOTR Trilogy, Good Morning Vietnam, Zulu, Die Hard, Donnie Darko, All the Pixar Cartoons, Where Eagles Dare, The spaghetti Westerns, Gladiator, Das Boot, Apocolypse Now, American Psycho, Snatch, K-Pax, Behind Enemy Lines, Black Hawk Down, Pulp fiction, Platoon, Crouching Tiger, Ghostbusters, Beetlejuice. These are just the ones I own there are loads I haven't bought and can't think of right now

Television:

Rescue Me, 24, Simpsons, Only Fools and Horses, Friends, Band of Brothers,

Books:

Its not about the bike my journey back to life- Lance Armstrong, Lucky Man- Michael J Fox, The Power of One- Bryce Courtney, Red Watch- Gordon Honeycombe, The Lord of The Rings- JRR Tolkien, Angels and Demons- Dan Brown, The Da Vinci Code- Dan Brown, Deception Point -Dan Brown, Digital Fortress - Dan Brown, The one that got away- Chris Ryan, The Flying Scotsman- Graeme Obree The Long Walk To Freedom - Nelson Mandela

Heroes:

Batman lol, Jack Bauer, Michael J Fox, Lance Armstrong, My Mum, Not in that order

My Blog

Started painting

I was getting bored on my days off so I have decided to start painting again,  I have posted some pics of a painting I'm working on at the moment if you wanna have a look Cheers Benny...
Posted by Benny on Sun, 10 Dec 2006 03:39:00 PST