It's groovy reading all about what people like! What variety we have! Here's my twopenn'orth:
MY HOBBIES:
History-related: Studying heraldry, the origins of surnames and my family's history. Studying the ancient Egyptians and Greeks, and the Stone Age and Neolithic peoples.
Science-related: Studying genetics and evolution
Maths-related: Studying probability, shape, conic sections and statistics.
The arts: Composing music, writing stories and poetry, drawing, cross-stitch, origami.
Other stuff: Making banners and webpages, experimenting with HTML and also with computers in general, talking to friends online, going for very long walks and playing word games.
MY FAVOURITE MUSICAL ARTISTS:
Dance: The Chemical Brothers, CoLD SToRAGE, Dijai Wig, FatBoy Slim, Fluke, Future Sound Of London, Leftfield, Orbital, Plastikman, Photek, The Prodigy, Space Raiders, We Are OK.
Rock/Jazz/Blues: The Beatles, David Bowie, Eric Clapton, David Clayton-Thomas, Ry Cooder, Eurhythmics, Jean Michel Jarre, Mike & The Mechanics, Mud, The Police, The Rolling Stones, Talking Heads.
Classical/orchestral: Christopher Bock, Percy Grainger, Pierre Grill, Gustav Holst, David Lanz, Steve Reid, Paul Speer, Brad White.
ANIMALS I LIKE:
Earth: Hyaenas, Llaeyannasaura (spelling), Capybaras, Llamas, Alpacas, Vicuneas, Camels, Tapirs, Mara, Megatheria, Mongooses, Rats, Snakes, Mitochondria, Cats, Wyverns (esp. Sea-Wyverns. So they're not real. So sue me), Opinicuses (Ditto).
{b]Oddworld:[/b] Glukkons, Sligs, Slogs, Paramites, Elum.
MY FAVOURITE AUTHORS:
Richard Dawkins (geneticist and author of The Selfish Gene, among others), Gerald Durrell (zoologist and animal collector), Simon Green (fantasy writer; author of Deathstalker and Beyond The Blue Moon), Louise Rennison (author of the Georgia Nicholson diaries), John Steinbeck (author of The Grapes Of Wrath, among others), Anne McCaffrey (author of the Pern novels, among others), Rob Grant & Doug Naylor (authors of the Red Dwarf novels), Simon Brett (author of the Little Sod books), Don Marquis (author of the Archie and Mehitabel books), Jules Verne (author of Journey To The Centre Of The Earth, among others), Douglas Adams (oh come on! you must know who he is!), JK Rowling (ditto) Gary Larson (yeah, I know, he's a cartoonist, not an author), Kaz Cooke (ditto).
MY FAVOURITE CONSOLE GAMES:
WipEout, Spyro The Dragon, Hogs Of War, Oddworld (duh!), Crash Bandicoot, Bust-A-Move, Music (called MTV Music Generator in the States), Vib Ribbon, Um Jammer Lammy, Rayman, Sky Odyssey, SSX Tricky (yeah, I know it's not out yet. But I want it!), AirBlade (ditto), Sheep, Dog 'n' Wolf (ditto!).
MY FAVOURITE FOODS:
Chicken (best when served with mushrooms in a cider and cream sauce. With honey and mustard is good too), chocolate, pizza, mango, orange, apple, strawbs, haddock, jelly beans, carrots, Brussells sprouts, shark, lamb, beef, pork, bacon.
{b]MY FAVOURITE FILMS:[/b]
The Matrix, Shrek, Batteries Not Included, Hot Shots, The Lion King, Chicken Run.
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