Some people call me the space cowboy, yeah
Some call me the gangster of love
Some people call me maurice
Cause I speak of the pompitous of love

About you:
You're the cutest thing
That I ever did see
I really love your peaches
Want to shake your tree
Lovey-dovey, lovey-dovey, lovey-dovey all the time
Ooo-eee baby, Ill sure show you a good time

Errrrr. Ok, enough with Steve Miller. Although you've got to love a lyricist who can rhyme 'Abracadabra' with 'reach out and grab-ya'...

I'm a Brit who is pretty new to Atlanta- I've been here about 6 months now. I'm loving it in the US and Atlanta- having a great time and meeting loads of cool people. But you can never have too many friends right?
I'm so new to America that I spot stuff everyday that is different from home and therefore new and interesting. I even noticed the other day that the roadkill here is different- I'm sure I saw a skunk this week... Other observations for this week include a fabulously named Pet Grooming Centre called 'You Dirty Dog' and a street called Beaver Ruin Road which you definitely couldn't get away with in the UK.
So I'm on here to make some cool, funny and gorgeous (!) friends who can show me around the city and make me laugh so much that I don't miss home at all.
The most important thing to me is my friends. Don't get me wrong, I like my alone time and choose to live on my own, but my favourite thing is chatting and laughing. It could be anything from a serious conversation about current affairs to competitive anecdotes about who is the weirdest person you've ever seen on a bus. Of course, these conversations frequently degenerate (especially when fuelled by alcohol) into stupidity, hilarity and filth...

I'm lucky that I love my job. I've just transferred with my company from London to Atlanta and I'm really excited about living and testing myself in another country. My work means that I spend a lot of my time in schools- I help them to understand and decide on how educational technology, software and digital classrooms can help them to motivate kids and aise standards. (Ok, so really I'm in sales, but I do genuinely believe that my work makes a [very] small difference and that's a good thing.)

I'm really good at talking about stuff and less good at actually doing it. That doesn't mean I'm not passionate about everything I try though. I'm a bit of a jack of all trades and master of none. I love music and have sung and played guitar in several bands. I can also play piano, sax, drums but none with any real skill- and certainly nothing like as well as I wish I could. These days I settle for karaoke and Guitar hero although the right band could bring me out of retirement.
I just discovered Metalsome Mondays (and Fridays and Saturdays) at the 10 High. Absolutely awesome...
I love sports and play soccer (proper football...), cricket, tennis, pool and go running (less frequently than I should.) Again, I'm a grafter rather than an natural talent. I play in a couple of pick-up games and for a team in the ADSL. Also played in my first ever co-ed soccer game recentgly which was an experience.

At the moment the first thing people notice about me is my accent. I only need to sit in a bar for a couple of minutes before somebody wants to talk to me. This is not always a good thing...
After that? My shiny head perhaps?
By the time they've known me for more than about 30 minutes they will realise that I talk too much, but am also a good listener and enthusiastic conversationalist.

I love all of the above. Just a few of my favourites:
Books- The Ground Beneath Her Feet and Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie. Anything by John Irvine. I'm currently into stuff about India and the middle east so White Tiger by Aravind Adiga and The Kite runner and A Thousand Suns by Khaled Hosseini.
Music- Almost anything with guitars from The Rolling Stones to the Beastie Boys. Especially Paul Weller, The Who, The Black Crowes. I also try to keep up with and go to see new bands I've never heard of. I've just been to see shows in Atlanta by BB King and Elbow.
Movies- my movie taste is less impressive. I love comedy and coming of age movies. Growing up I loved Stand By Me and anything with Michael J Fox. Now I love Dazed and Confused and Grosse Pointe Blank and for simple laughs any Will Ferrell or Seth Rogan movie.
Food is easy. Steak.

Friends (and family)
Music
Football (soccer)
Beer
Sex
Travelling.
(I can't believe I nearly put computers in here instead of sex. Wow. I don't know myself sometimes...)

I spend a lot of time thinking about trivial rubbish. I have a mind full of useless information, jokes and anecdotes. I can remember a million songs from the 80s and 90s just by hearing the first 10 seconds or a snatch of lyrics.
I do think about more serious stuff but I try not to do it before bed or I won't get to sleep... When I want to go to sleep I still think about scoring the winnning goal in the FA Cup at Wembley.

At the moment I'm thinking that this profile takes an extremely long time to complete.

In the pub. I could be at a gig, a comedy show, the movies, a nice restaurant or just round at someone's house, but I hope that I'm making the most of it. I love my job but live for the weekends.

I once got arrested for something really embarrassing. This was made worse by the fact that my Dad is a Minister.

you want to go out and have a good time. That's pretty simple I guess. I love meeting new people, I'm confident and comfortable in new situations and can talk passionately (although not always well informed...) on almost any subject.
If you like going to see music, playing pool, eating good food and drinking beer then get in touch.

Oh yeah- nearly forgot. Bonus points if you can define 'pompitous' for me. I've never known what it means I'm sure your definitions would be more interesting than looking it up on the internet.