Pleasant British Guy. I'm a bit of a contradiction, really. According to my mum there's Welsh and Gypsy blood on her side, which might explain why I can be boringly English one moment, and instinctively spontaneous the next. It's an alliance that doesn't always make for an easy life. The real me is probably somewhere in between.

I think of myself as adventurous and an individualist, but this is on a personal level and not necessarily immediately apparent to those who meet me.

Bit of a roamer at heart, and rarely spend a second night in the same place when on holiday. I could never just lie on a beach, I'd be bored out of my skull in a minute. Having said that, moving around like that can be a lonely activity as well.

I failed the Geek Test, but there's still a vein of it running through me, as you can tell from my taste in books and intellectual problem solving. Maybe this is also why I'm meticulous about the things that I care about, and sloppy about things that I don't. You don't get any points for mentioning one that in a job interview, I can tell you.

Not doing very much, now that I've dropped my class action suit against the writers of love songs for wilfully misleading investors.

Trying unsuccessfully to write is a family tradition that caught up with me. It'll never go anywhere, but I'm too stubborn to stop and it's a fun way to pass the time while travelling on the London Underground.

http://www.sensibleerection.com - in spite of its name, the best place on the internet for intelligent discussion of politics, funky internet stuff, culture, masturbation and Madpride's latest bat-shit crazy rant about how Diebold tells George Bush to rape Iraqi babies for Jesus.

Books: Tolkien and Barry Hughart are the only authors to bring a tear to my eye, but I enjoy stuff from Clive Barker, Douglas Adams, Terry Pratchett, Iain Banks, William Gibson, Ursula Le Guin, Neal Stephenson, Graham Greene. I should read more, but nowadays I spend most of my time grumbling that I can't write better myself.

Movies: Don't find myself watching movies much, but I suppose I like most of the geeky stuff.

Music: I like listening to anything with a good tune, from classical to rock, but what I really enjoy is passionate, over-the-top music, and if it's funny, sexy or tells a story - perfect. Jim Steinman composes songs that are all of these, but at the other extreme I've also bought (but long since lost) Clannad or Enya tapes, and I have a secret taste for eighties music. Tism are funny, although a little too clever for their own good.

Foods: Vegetarian, but not heavy about it. Good cook, and prefer to cook myself because restaurants never seem to do it the way I like. I make great pasta, risotto, pizza, salad, and cheesecake and lots of other things. I use too much butter, cheese and garlic (except for in the cake).

Sense of humour

A spell chequer.

The occasional mountain.

Keys (How would I get indoors otherwise?)

Girls bottoms.

Singing loudly along to Meatloaf

Prayin' for the end-a-time so I can end my time with yoooooooooooou

The ability to count

Being artistically creative. Sex. How much stuff costs on eBay. Sex. What makes good writing good and bad writing bad? The bleak and insurmountable tragedy of life. Cute fluffy kittens. Sex. (But not with cute fluffy kittens) The bleak and insurmountable tragedy of how much cute fluffy kittens cost on eBay.

I sleep in the buff. I can't understand why more people don't, because it's so comfortable.

Anyway, I'm very open about myself, my feeling, my emotions and sexuality, but I don't want to load this section with lots of personal stuff that most people reading might find boring or uncomfortable. But drop me a line if you have any questions or just want to chat.

Anything above piques your interest. My life's quiet right now, so would love to hear any thoughts or ideas, and I could do with making some new friends. Like I said, I'm a pleasant guy so drop me a line.