Native Edinbugger, obscure indie devotee, wine punter, instinctive contrarian, aspiring novelist, occasional blogger, frequent complainer, melancholy conveyer, high culture wannabe, political correctness defender, fair weather walker, milkshake enthusiast, terrible fisherman, context dependent hipster, former Torontoian, interwar history scholar and saviour of Gangsta rap.

I work in the wine trade and have done so in various guises for about a year and half now which I rather enjoy. I am also currently attempting to write a whodunnit.

- Geography and history questions in pub quizzes
- Scrabble
- Striking up conversation with domesticated animals
- Convincing people I know stuff about whisky

My voice normally inspires questioning along the lines of 'Where are you from? I mean originally? But where are your parents from?'

Books - Master And Margarita, Red Riding Quartet, The Secret History, The Buddha Of Suburbia, Brideshead Revisited

Movies - The Third Man, Falling Down, The French Connection, This Is England

In truth however I infrequently watch films prefering the TV series as a medium of entertainment with a more engrossing story line spread out over several episodes. Particular favourites include The Wire, Twin Peaks, Spiral and Our Friends In The North.

Music - Pulp, Cranes, Black Box Recorder, Zola Jesus, The Divine Comedy, Slowdive, The Cure, Los Campesinos!, Lush I do have a tendency to get fairly geeky about music, but I have finally come to an age were I no longer judge people as much by their musical taste.

Food - French Bistro, British, Vietnamese, Spanish and also I have soft spot for hearty, unpretentious charms of German cuisine

Ways of incorporating 1930s jazz slang into my day to day dealings with people.

Good one - Pub/dinner/scrabble with friends

Bad one - Working/watching Poirot/consumed by existential crisis

I wouldn't attach too much importance to the questionnaire stuff, it seemed too much like the kind of human resources type nonsense I despise. Instead if you have read all the way through this and think we sound somewhat similar, feel free to get in touch.