1. How tall are you barefoot?
Just shy of six foot - 5ft 10.
2. Have you ever smoked heroin?
Yes, several times. A few people used to do it when they came down from the night before, and it took the edge of things. Very bizarre experience as you are totally numb - no good or bad feeling whatsoever.
3. Do you own a gun?
No, but as my best mate’s dad was a gunsmith and owned a small armoury, i’ve fired quite a few.
4. Rehab?
There have been times when i’ve thought i’ve needed it in the past, and the last few years for stress-related treatment, but i’m yet to be committed.
5. Do you get nervous before “meeting the parents”?
Used to, as every single parent hated me and banned me from their house when i was in school. After that i just thought fuck it, i’m about to violate your daughter and she’s going to be screaming my name
Very easy to just shake their hands, call them by their first names and talk about philosophy.
6. What do you think of hot dogs?
OK occasionally - not a big fan of sausages that look like rubber.
7. What’s your favorite Christmas song?
“Santa Claus You Cunt, Where’s Me Fuckin’ Bike” by Kevin “Bloody” Wilson - download it
8. What do you prefer to drink in the morning?
Coffee, and a large, large cup of it. I’m like the living dead until that caffeine kickstarts me after a few hours. If i had my way, i’d start every day with a bungee jump.
9. Do you do push-ups?
Yes, i kick ass. All variations and techniques. I’m hardcore when it comes to upper body exercise, and it adds up fast.
10. Have you ever done ecstasy?
Quite a few times, and manufactured it. Not really my bag as i can’t deal with the feeling of emotional vulnerability. First time i took it the ground felt like it was bubbling up below me, which wasn’t my thing. Never really saw the appeal, and that was in the days when you got real MDMA.
11. Are you vegan?
Nope, and i can’t honestly ever see myself ever adopting that lifestyle. I’ve gone veggie before in Africa when it wasn’t safe to eat the meat, and that was great as you felt full without being bloated.
12. Do you like painkillers?
Never strong enough for me. Co-Codamol are the real deal.
13. What is your secret weapon to lure in the opposite sex?
Well its hardly going to be a secret weapon(s) when once you’ve told everyone what it is now, is it? I’m good and i’m genuine, let’s just it put it that way.
14. Do you own a knife?
A few. Been prosecuted for having one in a public place as well. In case you’re wondering, a “public place” in law means anywhere outside your front door. Mine was a breadknife for cutting up a birthday cake, found in my car.
15. Do you have A.D.D.?
My mum suspects i might have done when i was younger, and i’ve wondered. My attention span is truly dreadful, and stimulants definitely appealed. The fact that i can’t ever sleep might also be a key symptom.
16. Date Of Birth?
17th Dec 1978
17. Top 3 thoughts at this exact moment:
I wonder if i have a cold coming on as my head is feeling fuzzy
Wonder where nadda and chorly are
What other product documents do i need to write, need to update that P&L spreadsheet
18. Name the last 3 things you have bought:
Chinese takeaway
Lunch with mum
Train ticket - bastards
19. Name five drinks you regularly drink:
1= Coffee
2= Orange & Lemonade
3= Water
4= Cranberry juice
5= Hot chocolate
20. What time did you wake up?
6.30am - then went straight back to sleep as i haven’t slept properly for most of this week. I was finishing up loose ends today so the morning was thankfully very lazy.
21. Current hair?
Short carefully-cut brown, potentially dry/wiry sometimes. Gentle side-parting that can be nicely spiky occasionally. The bane of my life.
22. Current worry?
Not wanting to be ill as i have so much to do, when am i going to get some time for me - time to chill and slow down for a while
23. Current hate?
The fact that i want her but can’t have her. Oh, that and the weather. And my father. Stupid corporate politics piss me off too.
24. Favorite place to be?
Getting intimately lost in the eyes of a beautiful girl who thinks the world of me, and sensing the incredible tension where time just seems to stop…
25. Least favorite place to be?
Stuck in someone’s armpit on the tube, aimlessly waiting around bored, clocking in for a boring-pointless-stimulus-free 9to5 middle management job, listening to some airhead barbie talking about reality TV celebrities - the list goes on and on…
26. Where would you like to go?
On the grand amigo adventure, and more than a 1000 places on my life worldwide. 1 a day would take me over 3 years to complete it. Volcanoes, mountains, ocean reefs, savannah safaris, artic palaces, asia retreats, desert islands…
27. Do you own slippers?
No way, although if i got a pipe with them i might just consider it. Complete with dressing down and newspaper i’d be the quintessential Englishman. Rah rah jolly good what
28. Where do you think you’ll be in 10 yrs?
Living between a country house in Surrey and a victorian terrace house in London, business empire fully underway, personal renown/fame at a good level, with some serious cash in the bank. Probably first or second kid there too, and hopefully my little fledgling family.
29. Do you burn or tan?
i always thought tan, but when i was in the carribbean last i just started burning and burning and the tanning stopped altogether. Little scared to test it to be honest.
30. Last thing u ate?
Sweet and sour chicken, but i’m going for some choc ice cream in a sec because i deserve it.
31. Would you be a pirate?
In both senses. I’d love to be a one in the historical sense as it appeals to my need to be mischievious, and dealing with movie studios and record labels all day really doesn’t do anything to stop you downloading illegal content
32. Last time you had an alcoholic drink?
Last August in Canada, and i really, really didn’t like it. Strange how i don’t miss it at all really - just made me feel very dizzy and sick. And i used to drink like a fucker too.
33. Do you sing in the shower?
I’m never ever awake enough, although how i’d love to be
Not exactly as if you can hum some of the stuff i listen to.
34. What did you fear was going to get you at night as a kid?
My father.
35. What’s in your pockets right now?
Cards, keys and coins. Not enough coins, obviously. Oh, and a tonne of receipts that will probably take me the next 6 months to file properly.
36. Last thing that made you laugh?
My sis telling me than i’m ass on MSN. I told her she was a tard. I’m really quite blessed having her for a sibling when all is said and done.
37. Best bed sheets you had as a child?
No fucking idea? There’s always one question…
38. Worst injury you’ve ever had?
Emotional ones were worse than anything physical. I’ve been run over, broken many bones, overdosed on drug cocktails, had alcohol poisoning, collapsed from exhaustion, had guns pointed at my head, survived several car crashes, been arrested, ended up in a GNU clinic from violent sex, passed out onto broken glass, fallen out of a 3rd storey window and god knows what else. Nothing’s killed me yet.
39. Favorite song?
Right now its the magnificent “Surround Me” by Scott Stapp, the singger from the Canadian rock band Default. “Bored To Tears” by Black Label Society and “No Way Out” by STP rock too.
40. How many TVs do you have in your house?
3, although i need a lot more as its my job. New place will have Sky, Telewest, Freeview, BT, Homechoice and all the other broadband services. Plus a home cinema projector thing and huge couches.
41. Who are your best friends?
The problem with doing what i do is that the better you get at it, the lonelier you become as less and less people around understand what you are going through. You have ever less common ground with others. Tanner and McKelvie are the chaps where the bond is eternal.
42. Who is your love?
She doesn’t know yet
43. Does someone have a crush on you?
A few people have said they have, and i’m really genuinely flattered to the point of even feeling modest. I could now die a happy man. How does that work, the fact that as soon as you stop giving a fuck people form a queue? In fact i’ve just realised that i’ve not done anything about it, at all.
44. When is the last time you got into a verbal fight with someone?
About 5mins ago, and i slaughtered him. That’s one thing not to do with me, as i’ve never backed down or had my argument collapse in 27 years. And there won’t ever be a first time as i just don’t stop.
45. What is your favorite book?
Wow i have so many i just don’t know where i would start with this one. “The Seven Habits Of Highly Effective People” by Stephen Covey comes to mind, as does “The Art Of The Start” by Guy Kawasaki.
46. What is your favorite candy?
Definitely mini-eggs. Although i’m a sucker for strawberry chewitts too.
47. What songs do/did you want played at your wedding?
I’m getting married? Clearly nobody mentioned it to me! Possibly something by the Goo Goo Dolls, John Mayer, Bryan Adams, Lifehouse (”You and Me” is great), Santana or other upbeat groovy choons
48. What song do you want played at your funeral?
“Last Goodbye” by Jeff Buckley, “Push” by Matchbox 20, “Epiphany” by Staind and some others i think
49. What were you doing at 12midnight last night?
Touching up important parts of a business plan and responding to emails i didn’t get the chance to work through in the day. Speaking to chorly and others on msn too.
50. Do you love the pain a tattoo brings?
Can’t say i’ve ever experienced it!


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