As I joined MySpace in April 2006 and I’m only writing this in April 2007, the first characteristic you might think of is “lazyâ€. Which is odd considering the amount of Red Bull I drink (how much, you ask? Not as much as I drank before the heart palpitations!). And sure, I like to laze about. Anyone who says they don’t want to win enough money to retire and make other people do absolutely every little piece of manual work for them is lying. But for now I live in Southampton, where I came to in 2001 to study Journalism at Southampton Institute, which I then swapped after a year to do Media with Cultural Studies, which I quit just before the end… Still, check out my Certificate of Higher Education!
This year I’ve started to do an Open University degree in Law (which I haven’t quit yet but I’ve got five and a half years until it’s over, so plenty of time), which I fit in between my two jobs – full-time at Southampton Guildhall as the Assistant Box Office Manager (free gigs!) and partish-time at Cineworld Cinema in Southampton as an administrator/acting manager (free films!). As most of my entertainment is therefore free I spend far too much money on meaningless, geeky toys, DVDs and other various bits. So far then we have lazy, quitter, materialistic… Ladies, form an orderly queue!
For the past 3 ½ years (or 3 houses, however you want to look at it) I’ve lived with my friend Jen (materialistic, works two jobs, no degree – we get on well enough) and our extremely handsome cat Jack. Best cat in the world. “But that’s what everyone says (about their cat)!†I hear you cry. Yeah, well, they’re liars. Also, having a cat may not be very manly but that’s cancelled out if he’s named after Jack Bauer. Others have come and gone but, currently, we also live with Sarah and Westley, which is working out pleasantly. Pre-Southampton I grew up in Tamworth, which has a castle and Europe's only real snow indoor ski slope. I went to Woodhouse High School and wasn't allowed into sixth form, so went to Tamworth College to do a BTEC in Media Studies, which I actually completed (it was only two years mind). Most of my family are still up north, including my four - yup, four - sisters.
As you can tell by my nerdily-long list I’m really into films. Since working at the Guildhall I’ve also very-belatedly gotten into live music (well, I said I enjoyed it on my CV to get the job, kinda had to prove it). At the moment I’m happy where I am, both work and living-wise, and although I have an itch to move to London, it probably won’t be scratched for a good while yet. There are various other things I like, but none that would sell me very well, and loads of things I don’t like (to be honest I’m not overly keen on hippyish 12-year old emo kids who write surveys about liking smiles but that would offend about 95% of myspace users so maybe I won’t mention it) but I’ve filled up enough space here.
Jack though? Best cat in the world. Always worth repeating.