Derek - ProfilesArchive

About Me

If I had hair, I'd go here!!! ^^^
Hi. Well, what is there to say about lil ol me? My friends reckon I'm honest, trustworthy, a good listener and a good laugh... But then I guess they would say that, I paid em all enough! I know what you're thinking... Honest? Trustworthy? Good listener? ...BORING!!! It's OK though, I'm only honest, trustworthy and a good listener when I'm not skydiving, rock climbing or flying my private jet... and the rest of the time? ...I'm a pathalogical liar. Anyway, back to the serious stuff... I'm a pretty easy going person and get on with most people. Like to have a laugh and not take myself, or life, too seriously and would be interested in meeting people with the same outlook. I know it's a line you see in most profiles but life really is too short! I have a wide and varied taste in both music and films and would love to talk to people who share my tastes in music. I have recently taken up golf and I am also in the early stages of learning Spanish although thus far it only extends as far as asking for two beers... Maybe someday I'll learn another useful phrase. Photography is also a keen interest of mine. I enjoy going out with friends and generally having a good time in good company. So... If you consider yourself to be good company... Drop me a line! Thanks for reading my profile.

My Interests

Interests include...
Music, films, reading (biographys & travel), photography, golf, learning Spanish and going out with friends.

I'd like to meet:

I'd like to meet anyone who shares the same outlook on life as me... ie...
It's too short and no time like the present.
I'd also like to hear from anyone with similar tastes in music... I know you're out there somewhere!
Oh... and I'd love to meet a real live... sorry, dead zombie. Just to chop its head off you understand.
......

Music:

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, The Fall, Aphex Twin, Joy Division, Miles Davis, Sonic Youth, Arab Strap, Mogwai, Jimi Hendrix, Dead Kennedys, Brian Eno, The Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, The Beatles...

Movies:

Blade Runner, The Godfather, Star Wars, Lord Of The Rings, The Ring, Alien, American Graffiti, Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas, Apocalypse Now, Glen Garry Glen Ross, Halloween, Dawn Of The Dead, Zombie Flesh Eaters, Night Of The Living Dead, Day Of The Dead, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill... Lot's more besides.

Television:

Neighbours (Sad I know but hey... At least I'm honest!), Eastenders, X Files, Blackadder and most American sit coms. All of the CSI series, NYPD Blue, House, Rainbow, Crackerjack, Blue Peter... I know, just getting silly now.

Books:

Travel books and biographys are my favourites. Lord Of The Rings, The Hobbit. Also love reading anything to do with freemasonry or religion.

Heroes:

Richard D James, Bill Hicks, Don Van Vliet, Miles Davis, Jimi Hendrix, Bon Scott, Tadao Kikumoto, Jet Set Willy & Hong Kong Phooey.

My Blog

Aliens exist.

Well, I sit here tonight with a new outlook on life, with a revived optomism for what the future may hold for the human race. Last night I was abducted by aliens. I would never have believed it ...
Posted by Derek on Sat, 27 Oct 2007 04:18:00 PST

Motorway documentarys at 2am.

Well, it's approaching 2am here in Kilbirnie, cultural hub of Scotland and gateway to... Erm... anywhere else I guess. Yup, living in Kilbirnie the world is certainly your oyster...&...
Posted by Derek on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 05:36:00 PST

Bill Hicks... and getting old.

Just indulge me OK? I'm getting old... Well, aren't we all? What I mean is, I'm begining to feel old. OK, so 35 isn't exactly OAP status yet but I guess ageing is 60% physical and 40...
Posted by Derek on Wed, 10 Oct 2007 02:23:00 PST

Oan yer bike...

Today I was going to get on my bike... I've had people telling me that all my life so I decided yesterday that in my week off I'd get my bike out of the hut, dust it down, oil and grease it in a...
Posted by Derek on Sat, 06 Oct 2007 03:35:00 PST

Jury Duty.

What can I say about jury duty... It's something that I've looked forward to doing for quite a while, really just to see how our legal system works without actually going to the bother of gettin...
Posted by Derek on Fri, 28 Sep 2007 10:08:00 PST

Sunday.

Woke up this morning to the sound of the rain battering on my window and I just couldn't get this song out of my head so I thought I'd share it with anyone who bothers to read this. Hope I don't...
Posted by Derek on Sun, 16 Sep 2007 12:29:00 PST

Financial advice for a love struck fool...

Today has been a day of profound thoughts and affectionate laughter at some of the stupid things I've done in the name of love brought on by hearing someone else's tales of woe which made me think tha...
Posted by Derek on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 10:25:00 PST

Zero Tolerance???

What a day... In my daily duties as a bin lorry driver I meet a wide spectrum of people. Most are polite, say hello and smile. Even when they are being held up by a bin lorry most pe...
Posted by Derek on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 08:20:00 PST

Utter rubbish.

Being a binman isn't the most glamourous job in the world and when I decided to become a lorry driver to earn a living it wasn't quite the kind of lorry driving I had originally planned. When I ...
Posted by Derek on Sat, 28 Jul 2007 01:40:00 PST

Back to work.

It's here... The day that I return to work after eight weeks off. I really could use just one more week but I guess I've been kicking the backside out of it for long enough now. Actu...
Posted by Derek on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 09:46:00 PST