I like high places- mountains, hills and crags. I'm far more punk than goth, but my best friends are the other way around. I like live punk music, theatre, literature. I can't stand reality TV, but will watch almost anything else if curled up on a couch with the right person/people.

I hold strong left-wing political views and have an equally strong distaste for societal authority figures.

When I'm in a good mood, I'm sure there is a curvy black-clad woman out there waiting for me, possibly behind a tree somewhere.

Update: I am in an utterly lovely and currently long distance non-monogamous relationship. Both parties are well practised at the art, and so far, both doing a spectacular job. We could write a useful reference book called 'How to love someone without letting distance, jealousy, gender or any other details screw it up'. I'm not looking for a monogamous relationship, because I'm not giving that up for anything or anyone, but don't let that stop you messaging me. I am still looking carefully at the trees.

Trying to be happier. Trying to find meaning. Falling over my own feet, and sometimes more interesting things.

I rock climb pretty well, and I love it completely. It counts as a ninja skill, not a sport, which explains why I'm complete rubbish at anything that involves chasing a ball or running around in tiny shorts being yelled at.

Little woman, big black boots. Or, "She's very high up and appears to be hanging from a cornflake someone has glued to a cliff."

Books (& comics)- Anything by Neil Gaiman, China Mieville, Kerry Greenwood, Sam Keith, Dylan Thomas, Douglas Adams, Bill Kicks, Terry Pratchett, or Warren Ellis. Old exploration memoirs, biographies of anarchist pirates...

Movies (& telly)- Erik the Viking, The Crow, Pan's Labyrinth, Boondock Saints, Serenity, Jojo and the Stars, Torchwood, Buffy, Firefly...

Music- The Clash, Dropkick Murphys, Flogging Molly, Front End Loader, Stiff Little Fingers, Citizen Fish, Subhumans, Lars Fredriksen and the Bastards, Gogol Bordello, H-Block 101, Angelic Upstarts, Real McKenzies, Against Me!, Strike Anywhere, The Porkers, Unpaid Debt, Swingin' Utters...

Friends, climbing, dark chocolate, the sun and then the rain and then the sun again.

Methods of change, personal and political. Warm granite. Gothic princesses. Anything black with spiky metal studs on it.

Watching the city through a skylight, or with friends.

I have a texture kink. Mmm, velvety.

You know what 'Deep Water Solo' means, or you wonder. Or you're in Cardiff and interesting. Or just interesting.