Good evening.

I Enjoy: art, philosophy, random holidays, the paranormal, reading (as in books, not the place), meditation, Earl Grey tea, mythology, the spirit world, heavy rain, the countryside, dark times in history, writing, the Tarot, Pimms, old man pubs, manipulation, inappropriate jokes, polyamory, antiquing, silence, needlessly heavy rain, etherealism, falling asleep to gorgeous music, sharp satire, grass roots football, martial arts, alternate realities, Taoism, good wine, moonlit bodies of water, pointless rambles.

I Don't Enjoy: moths. Olives can also piss off.

I am bafflingly, still, and alive.

Making movies, making songs and fightin' round the world.

Guitar Hero (on HARD), wine-tasting, judging antiques, and cooking.

My perma-scowl and MASSIVE hair.

Books - Haruki Murakami is probably my favourite author. Well, no probably about it. I also like various philosophy books, religious or spiritual treatises (Bushido/Taoist literature), books on the psyche, books on mythology and the occult, Sartre, Kierkegaard, Camus, Dark Tower series, Japanese literature such as the works of Natsume Soseki, Mariko Hashioka, Yasunari Kawabata, Yukio Mishima, things to do with social science, political stuff, and stuff many people would find pointless or tedious.

Films - Not all that many other than Weird Asian films, thought provoking films such as Eternal Sunshine, hilarious ones like Dumb And Dumber, and real life ones such as Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas (although somewhat embarrasingly, I am also a Clint Eastwood fan). Final Fantasy looked lovely, in fairness. Big fan of much comedy stuff on TV though. The Office, Futurama, Peep Show, Family Guy, Alan Partridge, Nathan Barley, Black Books, Jam, Father Ted, Ren And Stimpy, South Park. Curb Your Enthusiasm as I totally empathise with Larry David.

Also, The Itchy and Scratchy Show and Fightin' Round The World With Russell Crowe.

Music - Pretty weird ranging stuff. Stone Roses, Sigur Ros, Gomez, Jeff Buckley, Jun Yamamoto, Interpol, Beethoven, John Martyn, Pavement, Susumu Yokota, Xavier Rudd, The Bluetones, Elliott Smith, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, the best guitarist ever Stevie Ray Vaughan, Radiohead, South, The Doors, Massive Attack, Nick Drake, Iron And Wine, John Butler Trio, Bon Iver, Andrea Bocelli, Scott Matthews, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Seth Lakeman, Jose Gonzalez, Michiko Tanaka, Bach, The Verve - basically dream pop/folk/indie/whatever.

Christ, do I ever miss the 90's.

Food - I put jalapeno peppers on/in/near/at everything. Not apricots. Like 1 in 30 are good. They are a very low percentage fruit.

Actually, I'll just do without. Thanks anyway.

It changes with my moods, a million different things from one day to the next. What people are trying to achieve. Is there universal truth? How people would live if they knew exactly when they were going to die from the day they were born. Why so many people think friendships and relationships are totally black and white. Why certain emotions are more desirable than others. Whether, if I was so inclined, I would make an effective/interesting serial killer. What people could give to one another and why they don't. Which country shall I go to next? Why people fear death. So many things.

People's opinions fascinate me, so I spend a lot of time thinking about them.

Seeing how many times I can bounce a basketball in an hour, then trying to break that record.

I have specific artists to listen to for certain things I do. Cooking, cleaning out my dragon, having a bath, dying my hair/shaving, going on the train to Manchester, Sheffield or Leeds (all three are different) and walking to the pub. These never seem to change even if I make a conscious effort and I am convinced it's a weird form of OCD; only when being at home or general travelling do I seem to have free rein.

Any of the below apply:

- The prospect of a 'normal' life (wife/ 2.4 kids/ mortgage/ tedious career etc.) scares you more than anything else.

- You find Irja's wallet. Seriously you guys, it's been like 2 years now.

- You think Stevie Ray Vaughan (hypothetically) pissed all over Hendrix.

- You promise not to ask me if I prefer men or women (I may have to stab you in the pancreas if you do this).

- You also stalk Björk.

- You also have a hilarious little bearded dragon. I also have an aztec corn/black rat snake cross and a Mexican Red Knee, who are less hilarious but pretty keeeewl.

- You know over 30 South Park quotes.

- You are ANGRY that no one has heard of South.

- You are a desperate fool at the end of your pitiful rope.