100 things about me [mark]

  1. I was born via caesarean section
  2. I was given calcium to fuse the gaps in my skull
  3. I am an only child
  4. My childhood was wonderful
  5. Apparently I was a happy, low maintenance child
  6. My earliest memory was at age 2, my amazingly coloured tartan trousers
  7. I'm an introvert, but I'm not shy
  8. I Like playing sports, but I'm not very good at any
  9. I hate watching them most of the time
  10. I support Holland in world cup football
  11. I'm married to Heather
  12. I have 2 children. Ben born 16.02.2001. Emily born 29.09.2002
  13. We took the decision as a family for Heather to stay at home and look after the kids, even though it meant us being quite poorly off
  14. I love kids
  15. I sometimes prefer their company to adults
  16. I work at the local High School
  17. I'm the ICT System Admin.
  18. The way I prefer to work is best described as constantly putting out fires
  19. I'm a facilitator
  20. When I left school I wanted to work as an artist
  21. When I was a child I wanted to teach
  22. I wanted to travel the world @ 18 but never did
  23. My favourite colour is the blue of the sky
  24. I don't have a favourite number
  25. I'm short sighted
  26. My left eye is astigmatic (oval) like my mums'
  27. I'm good at art but never do any
  28. Vincent Van Gough is my hero
  29. So is John Lennon
  30. I love music
  31. I rarely listen to any at the moment
  32. I've played guitar, drums and keyboard
  33. I think Punk was the best thing to happen to music
  34. It died in 1982
  35. I think the 1960's were the golden years
  36. I think popular music is the folk music of our time
  37. I think classical music is mostly irrelevant
  38. I'm very excited about the future
  39. I'm addicted to chocolate
  40. Sweets and cakes don't interest me much
  41. I eat too much
  42. I snack when bored
  43. I could be a vegetarian because I don't care for meat that much
  44. I live to eat
  45. I love to write
  46. I'm blunt
  47. I use few words most of the time
  48. I think wages are too high
  49. I'm pro world
  50. I'm anti waste
  51. I don't think people are the most important thing on this planet
  52. 'though I'd kill for my wife and children
  53. It took me ten years to get bored of driving
  54. I worry too much
  55. My favourite season is Autumn
  56. My favourite month is October
  57. My favourite time of day is dusk
  58. I have a photographic memory for movies, and so can't usually bear to watch one more than once
  59. I love the summer
  60. I want to live somewhere warmer
  61. I love spicy potato wedges and sour cream and chives sauce
  62. I dream the future
  63. I'm spiritual
  64. I love to talk spirituality in semi darkness
  65. I think spiritual leadership is the second oldest profession
  66. I disagree with baptism for non believers
  67. I'm on a relentless search for me
  68. I suffered from depression at 19 for 5 years, due mainly to my aspirations being far greater than was my reality
  69. I've self mutilated (but not seriously)
  70. I think the arts are about communicating emotion/s
  71. Homer Simpson is my role model
  72. I'm a sucker for science fiction
  73. I'm a trekkie
  74. I don't smoke
  75. I've never done drugs (apart from passive inhalation!)
  76. I don't really like taking drugs for medicinal purposes
  77. I don't drink much
  78. I put a lot into any job I do - lots out of hours unpaid
  79. In four jobs I've always taken less money each time
  80. I look 10 years younger than I am
  81. I'm self defacing
  82. I'm on the side of the underdog
  83. I believe in community
  84. I think I'm a morning person
  85. I like loud music first thing in the morning
  86. I may never grow up
  87. I think politics is a point laboured
  88. My political stance has always been left of centre
  89. I think keeping pets is cruel
  90. I had pet dogs, a cat and a goldfish when I was a child
  91. I inherited 2 turtle doves once that were killed by a fox
  92. Zoo's make me cry
  93. I talk to animals
  94. I won't tolerate physical violence
  95. I have an outstanding ambition to shave my head
  96. I've grown a beard once which looked stupid and felt worse
  97. I've sprained one ankle so many times It aches now every time I walk
  98. I'm very patient and tolerant, I used to be too much so
  99. I have nightmares about being trapped under rock
  100. When I was six I put my empty pillow case on my feet so that Santa would wake me when he dropped off my presents. Hi dad!