I lived down south for a while, but ended back up north a few yrs ago, but could do with more mates & someone more than that, so I thought I'd give this a go.

The last 2 books I've read were Rolf Harris's autobiog (no, I don't know why either, but along with MrBenn & Bagpuss, 2LittleBoys was one of my favourite things as a kid) - the book was OK.

The other book I've just finished is 'Notes on a Beermat: Drinking and Why It's Necessary' by Nicholas Pashley - it's a witty & wise one about why drinking is good, written by a Canadian friend of Bill Bryson.

I love decent films (old new, foreign, or not, anything good, witty, wise, odd, touching, hearty, positive, provocative, poignant, etc) - I caught the end of Amelie the other night & remembered what a great thing that is.

What else, what else? - I'm not conventionally attractive, & that's not the "be all" for me either - my bodyshape is a bit short & a bit chunky & I find many bodyshapes very attractive. (re my body - I'm not happy being a bit unfit & really want to do something about that, but I'm not willing to do much about my lack of tallness!)

I'm not simple, but I'm not too kooky either, I'm serious at times, but funny too. I think I prob take a bit of getting to know, but I'm worth the effort!

erm, odd time at the mo - I've decided to try turn my fledgling penniless craft-based food&drink-based one-man-band business (phew!) into more of a serious, hopefully wage-providing full-time company, in partnership with a friend.

To earn a bit more crust, I currently 'pimp' my (some might say "mad") skills to other companies - while secretly trying to gain hints on what they do well & what we might do better.

Got to sort out a better "useful work / well-lived life" balance though & other pressing major things!

I've just started getting more involved with some local voluntary conservation projects - the idea is to be more sociable & get healthier with a bit of "green gym".

modesty? but otherwise music - I play drums/percussion pretty well, am learning the ukulele (stop laughing at the back) I also occasionally surprise myself & sing (either with my uke, or on my tod) at a local open mic night - so far it's been irish folk, hue&cry, sam cooke, elvis costello & a couple of others.

on a personal note, I think I'm a good friend, if we're close & it's important, I'm reliable, patient and a good listener.

What else am I good at - drinking & eating good food & drink? (esp decent beer!)

dunno! I'm not too tall!? (honesty = best policy?)

one thing i like that no-one does notice is my eyes (esp when I get more sleep!) - I've got hazel ones (green round outside, brown round inside)

(appropros nothing much - while working out how to use a new camcorder I filmed close-ups of my eyes, I loaned the camera to a friend, who took the film, edited it & added some cool music weirdly operatic stuff by Philip Glass, with words by Paul Simon, it ended up being shown at the 'locals night' at the local arty cinema - huge close-ups of my eyes on a proper bigscreen - much fun!)

food - (good, authentic, hearty, non-stuffy) italian, chinese, thai, english, french, belgian, german, irish, etc, etc.

drink - all decent beer from real ale I'm currently beardless & sandal-free, but I do like decent beer & (yegods!) occasionally folk music! but I swear I'm nothing like "the real ale tw*ts" in Viz!, to Belgie & German stuff, good Czech lager, US craftbrews, etc, etc but all that said, I'm not that much of a heavyweight - I tend only to go out about once a week - but you might persuade me? like good wine, gin, etc, don't tend to do cocktails or too posh restaurants, but again you might persuade me :~)

movies - loads - film noir (bogart, bacall, etc), odd old english stuff (powell & pressburger's "a matter of life & death" is just top!) some guilty pleasure stuff (I feel a bit dirty admitting this, but I have a soft spot for stuff like 4Weddings & watched most of LoveActually the other night - aaargh!) what else - I loved 'Downfall' (well it's grim, but it's v well done), I used to watch anything french just because it was french, but I'm getting a bit more discerning I think (= now I like *good* french film like Amelie, Read My Lips, etc).

I don't go to the picters to see a fillum - it's an Oirish thing as often as I'd like, but again, you might persuade me . . .

Books - I've not read much recently, but I mentioned a couple above, but also loved LordOfTheRings (it helped me to get thru a few months of working in a petrol station in my late teens!) The Curious Incident, HarryPotter, Perfume (Patrick Susskind), 2 biogs of Orson Welles (not sure why, but both good!) & a load more that aren't springing to mind., but incl Paolo Coelho, Mitch Albom, Mark Haddon,

Other stuff I like - Spooks (guilty pleasure again), Stephen Fry, Steve Coogan, Bjork, Chris Morris, good modern folk (Kate Rusby, etc) some of radio4 & some of radio3, but often radio2 too (another guilty pleasure).

I've enjoyed various bits of intelligent modern theatre schtuff (i.e. not Cats & Miserable Les) but don't go as often as I'd like (see above about being easily persuaded)

Not original, but true. Friends & family. Good music. Good food & drink. Sunlight(for the soul as well as vitaminD . . . or is it E, I forget?). Rivers (they help me chill out). Green places (ditto).

oh I don't know, but spring is supposed to be the time when a young man's thoughts turns to what he's been thinking about all winter :~)

ideally in a friendly pub, decent folks, good beer, daft talking, live music.

recently though, most often preparing for work the next day (most Sats I have to work q early) . . . but as you might have guessed if you've got this far - I'm quite open to persuasion :~)

sheesh! - I've admitted watching LoveActually - & you people want more!? (that said, if something needs answering - get in touch - you now know how easy I am to persuade)

Your life depends on it. You've nothing better to do. You've something better to do, but on a whim decide to message me anyway.