5 things you probably didn't know about me

Tuesday Jan 02, 2007

After getting tagged by Simon, here are 5 things you probably didn't know about me and cared less.

1. I have been a vegetarian since I was 14, at which time I believed that it was only a matter of time before everyone would decide to be a vegetarian. It can be irritating to people who eat meat if you advocate vegetarianism (indeed, many like to preempt by probing for consistency in one's philosophy about it), and so I don't do it often. So, for the first and last time in 2007: don't eat meat, it's very unpleasant when you think about it.

2. Although I love football, my favourite sport to watch is rugby league, and it was my love for the Greatest Game that lead me to take my degree in Leeds. I still consider myself honoured to have watched Doug Laughton's fantastic Widnes side of the late 80s and early 90s (which even briefly eclipsed the mighty Wigan). I am convinced that the wretched sport of rugby union only has a higher global profile due to a conspiracy by a bourgeois media (no doubt in league with our lizard overlords).



3. My favourite flavours are vanilla and tabasco. Is there any way the two could be combined?

4. I play blues guitar to a reasonable standard. I sound most like Albert King, Freddie King and Earl Hooker. Being entirely self-taught, I'm useless in any other genre. I play a Fender Telecaster and an Epiphone Sorento, if that means anything to you.

5. My first job involved dressing up like one of Beatles from the cover of Sgt. Pepper.





Right, that's that. I hereby nominate Bart, Chris, Matt, Robert (who doens't have a blog yet and I'm hoping to cajole with this), and Ullambanjo, the Mongolian-based banjo player.

Like this post? | | | |

Posted at 07:59AM Jan 02, 2007 by Patrick Finch in General
Tags: