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I'm someone who believes in honesty, or is at least allergic to marketing, so I'll try and find a middle ground between saying how tired, lonely, and afraid I am, and something a bit more positive that isn't just self-promotional bullshit or a pop-psychological self appraisal.
I love making music and working with wood. I tend to think about things deeply and I ride bikes. I enjoy cooking for loved-ones and being in nature. I believe profoundly in simple pleasures - a wooden bowl; camping wild; travelling fast under your own steam; a handmade toy; sharing in another person's company. I can be a quick and ascerbic wit, with a love of satire and the absurd. I lie about inconsequential things and cheat in games when I know it'll be funny to get caught. I'm scared and I'm small. I'm defensive and I'm prejudiced. I'm also courageous in my convictions, yet I try to be open-minded, sceptical, and questioning. I'm faithful, considerate, and a good friend. I sweat, I snore, I have hair on my back. My friends are hugely important to me, as are their children. I'm loving, patient, and tolerant. Unless it's funnier to be none of these things. I live in a tiny hamlet in the country but I'm a Londoner in exile.
As much adventure as you might want someone to share in, an important thing to say is that I'm recovering from a stroke, precociously achieved in my late 30s. As much as I might want to give you my energy, I might also need you to be patient with me while my brain demands that I have a nap.
As tactless and superficial as it might be, here are a few of my favourite things:
Music to listen to: Deerhoof, Sunn O)))
Music to make: fee jazz, experimental electronic
TV: The Wire, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Books: A Secret History, Inside the White Cube
Comedy: Stewart Lee, Chris Morris
Places: north-west Scotland, Japan
Food to eat: Indian dosa, Turkish beyti
Food to cook: sourdough pizza, Thai papaya salad
TL;DR: you're probably not interested |