james blunt
My blogs
| Industry | Publishing |
|---|---|
| Location | United Kingdom |
| Introduction | I am now 50 in 2014, married with one son who is 26 in 2014, doesn't seem that long since he was born. Unfortunately I have a condition / disability S.M.A. better known as Spinal Muscular Atrophy, which falls into the category of Muscular Dystrophy. This is a degenerative condition which as time goes by, the muscle wastage increases. A wheelchair is the final destination for me, although I do have a power chair, which I have to use when I am out and about. I do drive and the car is my only real comfort to enable me to go out. I have to be careful with carving knives as I also have a blood disease, well two actually - Platelet Storage Pool disease and Von Willebrand disease. Both of these are a prolonged time of bleeding compared to someone who hasn't got the conditions. I try to be positive and when you look around then you realise that there are people far worse off, than me. I was in printing and it was a heavy, manual job, involving running printing presses, handling very heavy sheets of paper. Because of my disability, illness and chronic pain I had to stop working in 2002 at the age of 39. As such I can class myself as retired. |
| Interests | Playing Piano, Watching Snooker, Watching Golf, PS2, PSP, Fine Dining, Countryside, Music - Classical and Pop/Rock. |
| Favorite movies | THE TRANSPORTER 1 2 AND 3, THE LORD OF THE RINGS 1 2 AND 3, SCHLINDERS LIST, FINAL DESTINATION(S), THE BOURNE TRIO'S, SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION |
| Favorite music | BEETHOVEN, BACH, CHOPIN, LISZT, VERDI, MICA, QUEEN, NEWTON FAULKNER, DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL, ELTON. |