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dennyd
Well, who the hell are you people, how about plying me with some information; I've done the same below and it was actually an enjoyable ramble - then again it doesn't take much to start me producing endless pages of random bibbling...
Please answer, even if I know you well, g'wan.
So what then?
Some or all of the following: your name, your age, your occupation/studies, your living arrangements, what makes you tick, what you're into, what labels (or lack thereof) you might use to sum up your existence... amusing quirky factoids etc.
Name, rank and serial number:
I'm Robin Langridge and I have a problem...
hang on, it's not confession evening, it's information time; right.
I'm Robin I. Langridge, I'm rapidly approaching the wrong side of 30 and that worries me in ways I don't understand yet. I have a middle name, I occasionally reveal it; I actually quite like it but for some reason I never got into the habit of telling anyone it. I occasionally try and work out why.
Your occupation/studies:
Official job title is "Senior Software Engineer". I code mainly in C++ and a couple of obscure and hideous scripting languages, which I consider a debasement to (computer) languages. I used to enjoy programming, then I started doing it for a living serious and this killed my interest for it. On the plus side this has probably done wonders for my social life, that and giving up Evercrack.
Studies, I keep telling myself I need to learn more, and read more and do a hundred dozen things, like construct sentances with less commas for one. I have a degree (just) in Computer Science which should have probably been in Software Engineering; I only just passed my degree, but after 4 odd years of tedium being a Mac systems admin and RDBMS guy I blagged my way into a programming job for a language I barely knew and worked my way up to competency. One job on I'm doing pretty well, thank you very much.
I believe degrees generally come in two flavours; ones that get you jobs and ones that make for interesting after dinner conversation; whichever one you have you end up wishing you had the other. I'd personally have liked one in history, philosphy or psycohology; I'm leaning towards the latter at the moment and may even get off my arse (ha) sometime and do something about it.
I live in my own three bedroom terraced house where I can do pretty much what I like when I like; having boarded since I was twelve and realised that sooner or later I pretty much get sick of anyone (saving partners) and need some 'me' time, so this suits me just fine. My house is currently about to be redecorated by persons unknown as I flooded it by overflowing the bath when defrosting a turkey.
Motivations for life include dancing, music, music and dancing. I think too much sometimes and it can be hard for me to just do things, just be in a moment; currently only exercise and dancing let me get to a stage where I can blank the world and just exist I'd like something else to do this that was less effort. I love travelling and movies, I like making people laugh, causing amusement and generally entertaining people. I like food that is bad for me, drink that is bad for me and probably given half a chance ladies that are bad for me.
I occasionally try to work out why, what and who I am in this big old universe, then I remember I'm a cynic and that there is no answer and that we just are - this doesn't stop me wondering however.
Into. Hmmm, that is sort of covered in motivations. But I like clothes, boots, shopping, spending money, seeing people I care for happy, shooting things in computer games, twee random comments, pithy words, music, concerts, rats, dogs, travel, flying, comedy and a whole bunchload of other stuff.
You could probably label me as Goth, Geek and possibly wierdo. I really don't mind.
Amusing factorids; I associate age 12 with everything I did in my younger life; I have the memory of a dead goldfish and a strange obsession with gingham due to over exposure to the wizard of oz when I was a kid.
dennydWell, who the hell are you people, how about plying me with some information; I've done the same below and it was actually an enjoyable ramble - then again it doesn't take much to start me producing endless pages of random bibbling...
Please answer, even if I know you well, g'wan.
So what then?
Some or all of the following: your name, your age, your occupation/studies, your living arrangements, what makes you tick, what you're into, what labels (or lack thereof) you might use to sum up your existence... amusing quirky factoids etc.
Name, rank and serial number:
I'm Robin Langridge and I have a problem...
hang on, it's not confession evening, it's information time; right.
I'm Robin I. Langridge, I'm rapidly approaching the wrong side of 30 and that worries me in ways I don't understand yet. I have a middle name, I occasionally reveal it; I actually quite like it but for some reason I never got into the habit of telling anyone it. I occasionally try and work out why.
Your occupation/studies:
Official job title is "Senior Software Engineer". I code mainly in C++ and a couple of obscure and hideous scripting languages, which I consider a debasement to (computer) languages. I used to enjoy programming, then I started doing it for a living serious and this killed my interest for it. On the plus side this has probably done wonders for my social life, that and giving up Evercrack.
Studies, I keep telling myself I need to learn more, and read more and do a hundred dozen things, like construct sentances with less commas for one. I have a degree (just) in Computer Science which should have probably been in Software Engineering; I only just passed my degree, but after 4 odd years of tedium being a Mac systems admin and RDBMS guy I blagged my way into a programming job for a language I barely knew and worked my way up to competency. One job on I'm doing pretty well, thank you very much.
I believe degrees generally come in two flavours; ones that get you jobs and ones that make for interesting after dinner conversation; whichever one you have you end up wishing you had the other. I'd personally have liked one in history, philosphy or psycohology; I'm leaning towards the latter at the moment and may even get off my arse (ha) sometime and do something about it.
I live in my own three bedroom terraced house where I can do pretty much what I like when I like; having boarded since I was twelve and realised that sooner or later I pretty much get sick of anyone (saving partners) and need some 'me' time, so this suits me just fine. My house is currently about to be redecorated by persons unknown as I flooded it by overflowing the bath when defrosting a turkey.
Motivations for life include dancing, music, music and dancing. I think too much sometimes and it can be hard for me to just do things, just be in a moment; currently only exercise and dancing let me get to a stage where I can blank the world and just exist I'd like something else to do this that was less effort. I love travelling and movies, I like making people laugh, causing amusement and generally entertaining people. I like food that is bad for me, drink that is bad for me and probably given half a chance ladies that are bad for me.
I occasionally try to work out why, what and who I am in this big old universe, then I remember I'm a cynic and that there is no answer and that we just are - this doesn't stop me wondering however.
Into. Hmmm, that is sort of covered in motivations. But I like clothes, boots, shopping, spending money, seeing people I care for happy, shooting things in computer games, twee random comments, pithy words, music, concerts, rats, dogs, travel, flying, comedy and a whole bunchload of other stuff.
You could probably label me as Goth, Geek and possibly wierdo. I really don't mind.
Amusing factorids; I associate age 12 with everything I did in my younger life; I have the memory of a dead goldfish and a strange obsession with gingham due to over exposure to the wizard of oz when I was a kid.
