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About me

Industry Education
Occupation Teacher
Location Hackney, London, United Kingdom
Introduction Weird blend of liberal and conservative. Also a weird blend of optimistic and enthusiastic and grumpy old bastard.
Interests I play American Football but never watch it, watch football but never play it, study Japanese in my spare time, like to read a LOT, play geeky computer games, wish I could find time to do a bit of acting again, but can't, same for Salsa dancing and I enjoy filling in pointless forms.
Favorite Movies Spirited Away, American History X, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Dodgeball, It's a Wonderful Life, Sin City, Romeo and Juliet, One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, Sliding Doors, The Crow, 50 First Dates, Infernal Affairs, Oldboy, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Favorite Music Audioslave, Chemical Brothers, Chicane, David Bowie, Faith No More, Foo Fighters, Louis Armstrong, Madness, Rage Against the Machine, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Reef, Smashing Pumpkins, Soundgarden, Temple of the Dog
Favorite Books Gateway by Frederick Pohl, Catch 22 by Joseph Heller, Norewgian Wood by Haruki Murakami (and anything by the same author), Steven Erikson's Malazan Books of the Fallen, David Gemmell's Drenai series, Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro, Perdido Street Station by China Mieville

Unlike a dog, how can a turtle ever be naked?

A chisel and hammer.