Thursday, 24 February 2011

First post

Well here we go, i finally decided to get me a blog. Why, well i don’t know really, i like reading other peoples blogs and i figured that someone out there in blog land might fancy reading mine.

Sooo what is there to say about me, well im Scottish, in fact i was born in Glasgow and raised in Dundee. I moved to Somerset to be with my wife in 02 and have been here ever since. I have three wonderful daughters of which i am very proud. Ok im 34 (as i write this), i love all things - almost literally. I am in fact an allnivore (<--i coined that.) Which means that i like EVERYTHING, in my whole life i have not found anything or anyone that isnt interesting in some way.
 I have one of those minds that need to be kept active and stimulated or i become depressed. I must keep learning.

Because of the above i dont have any actual interests, i simply float from one thing to another learning and absorbing as much as i can along the way. I then return to something when a little inspiration comes along. So far i have been to college no less than 5 times, i say no less because im not really sure because i lost count. :)
My main interests this year where:


1        My flight simulator, I have a full size KA-50 simulator which I built myself.
2        The bar, I just had to have the bar fitted out with the real deal, pumps and coolers etc.
3        Web design, a hobby which has sort of become a job.
4        Music, my beloved guitar and myself have become good friends again.
5        Model boating. Im building a radio controlled model yacht, I find this intesting because there is so much in the way of mathematics involved, its not like other boats where you build it and stick it in water and it goes. Weight and balance need to be accounted for, as does air pressure, sail area, resistance etc. More like building a model plane to be honest.
6        Electronics, I have been building a few little electronic gizmos to help myself later with a new project.
7        Reading, gotta love a good book.
8        Music – all kinds I have no real favourite, but I am into a lot of blues at the moment. The only music I dislike is the cheesier British RnB that’s coming out. Snoop, I can see with bitches and millions. Even Marshal Mathers I can see in a Bently with some hot totty, but N-Dubz? Well as far as I am concerned I will never see them in my head anywhere but in a council house in Luton, I don’t care how rich they get!
9        Carpentry – rebuilt the living room.
10    The internet – I spend hours and hours and hours just reading – well….everything. So much info, it’s great. Sometimes I feel like jonnie 5 “Input…..More, Input…….”
11    Spiritualism, this has never really left me, I used to go to church in scotland, but this year I finally got the balls to return. I shall blog about this later though. 

But that isn’t all, out of the main items I have listed above my main area of interest is without a doubt People. I cant get enough of them, so much so that Im going to give this its own paragraph.

Ok, so let me explain, people are all different and unique, which makes them fascinating, as soon as I meet a person I want to find out everything about them, I love hearing them speak, and rooted to the spot when they talk and just have to know all about them. Now I don’t mean that in a weird way – I wont stare at you in a mad open eyed drooling frenzy. You might just find that I ask a few more questions than a normal person, and wont walk away half way through a conversation. I am actually quite a shy person and over the years have found that by sharing my life with others, they might share a little of their life with me…. This suits me down to the ground. The difficult part of this kind of interaction is learning to be interesting enough for someone to want to talk to and not become that mad bastard at the bus stop who talks endlessly about some inane shit you cant be bothered hearing.

So what is the purpose of this blog? Well after watching Dougie Howser MD as a kid, I figured it would be a nice idea to keep a diary as such, I wont write every day but ill try for a couple of times a week. Perhaps you might develop an idea of who I am.