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A little about my interests

Paddy

Hi everyone,

I think that one of the nicest parts of this community is this section, so I thought I'd share some of my interests with you all.

My interests presently are:

History and mythology from ancient Greece and Rome,

Writing fiction(although I haven't really written anything for a little while)

Cats, I LOVE them, they're so wonderfully quiet and, just as importantly, not in your face all the time

Starwars is life, I even liked the sequels, especially The Phantom Menace and The Revenge of the Sith. Darth Maul was woefully underused, sadly. I am so looking forward to seeing the new films, too. Can't wait for them to come out on DVD.

Star Trek to a lesser degree, although there hasn't really been a new series for quite some time to maintain my interest, and I have seen all the original and later series many, many times, and, of course, the films.

Game of Thrones is a brilliant series, and I can't wait for season 6 to come out on Amazon.

The Walking Dead is a great favourite of mine too, I own all of the first five series, and am looking forward to getting season 6 on Amazon.

I also take a keen interest in science(although I have not studied it to any great degree), Autism, which I have obsessively studied over the last few months and, finally, because I am disabled I also take a keen interest in my health, although that probably isn't a positive thing because that interest does via into hypochondriac territory, sadly.

Just a little about me, and I look forward to reading about people with other interests, and especially people with interests similar to mine if anyone would like to share.

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  • Almost anything to do with science will get my attention - all my life I have enjoyed nothing more than stuffing my head full of facts from encyclopaedias and science books.  I also love words and figures of speech - I used to really struggle with taking them too literally, so I made it my mission when I was younger to collect as many as possible, and to know where they originated.

    I'm a keen photographer.  I used to paint and draw a lot too, but not so much these days.  Almost all of my photography is of the natural world - everything from birds of prey down to close-ups of bugs, fungi and lichens.

    I've played bass guitar for nearly 30 years now, plus a bit of drumming, and rather ham-fisted keyboard playing.  I use my PC as my "recording studio" (though I'm old enough to remember editing tape with a razor blade).  This is my best escape these days - playing music sends me into a trance where I can forget all of my worldly woes.

    I also enjoy computer programming - mostly tools and sound effects for my virtual music studio.  I'm reasonably competent at Ruby and C++, and can get by in a few other languages so long as I have the documents to hand.

    And I'm another cat lover.  Sadly, I don't have one at the moment because of my living arrangements.  But I say "hello" to every cat I meet, and fuss them if they'll let me - more often than I do to people, I'm pretty sure!

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  • Almost anything to do with science will get my attention - all my life I have enjoyed nothing more than stuffing my head full of facts from encyclopaedias and science books.  I also love words and figures of speech - I used to really struggle with taking them too literally, so I made it my mission when I was younger to collect as many as possible, and to know where they originated.

    I'm a keen photographer.  I used to paint and draw a lot too, but not so much these days.  Almost all of my photography is of the natural world - everything from birds of prey down to close-ups of bugs, fungi and lichens.

    I've played bass guitar for nearly 30 years now, plus a bit of drumming, and rather ham-fisted keyboard playing.  I use my PC as my "recording studio" (though I'm old enough to remember editing tape with a razor blade).  This is my best escape these days - playing music sends me into a trance where I can forget all of my worldly woes.

    I also enjoy computer programming - mostly tools and sound effects for my virtual music studio.  I'm reasonably competent at Ruby and C++, and can get by in a few other languages so long as I have the documents to hand.

    And I'm another cat lover.  Sadly, I don't have one at the moment because of my living arrangements.  But I say "hello" to every cat I meet, and fuss them if they'll let me - more often than I do to people, I'm pretty sure!

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