Lazy post, sorry.

[heavymetalmouth]

( Meant to amuse the like-minded but (apparently) may cause offence and lead to certain people making hysterical and patronising accusations of 'trolling.' )

I am Paul, I am from Oxford, I am 29, and I'm not a terrorist!

I read (and read and read and readandreadandread). My favourite contemporary authors are China MIeville and Iain Banks, and new to the list: Paolo Bacigalupi. Speculative fiction with socialist undertones.

I jokingly refer to myself as a musician, when in actuality I can basically string a series of chords together in order to create the illusion of music.

A depressive by vocation, I have high times and low times, and my journal reflects this - or it does on El Jay, and soon will on here. I don't meme, survey or even comment; I don't troll - contrary to the beliefs of some members of this community - but I won't back down from a 'debate' either.

I like people who have their own opinions, who can eloquently put forth their arguments, and who can teach me things... people who can talk books and movies until eternity. I also like to book share.

An atheist, I often wander onto the subject of religion, but I'm not actively anti it - though it does make me unlikely to be the best of friends for god-botherers. On that point I'd like to say that I'm not a friend whore, and that I actually like to get to know the people on my friends list.

Messy, messy... writing this shit at 4am as a justification of my entry on here, and attempting to prove a point to the somewhat small-minded individuals who couldn't take a joke in the first place - it was never going to turn out well.

MY JOURNAL WILL OFFEND THE WEAK-OF-EVERYTHING

(and if it doesn't then I'm doing it wrong)

Sláinte!

[callmetheseeker]

Hi everyone. My name's Patrick and I've never successfully kept a blog going before. I'm 25, recently moved to Ottawa from a smaller Ontario town and employed as a software developer out of my apartment.

I am usually found in front of the computer playing one of the few instruments I own (sometimes even decently!), building something in the basement or trying to cobble a social life together in this new town. I wish I was a writer or visual artist, but I'm not lucky enough to have been visited by those muses yet. From time to time you might be linked to things like videos of some music I get around to recording, photos of the robot I built for my undergrad degree or of the steampunk costume I'm putting off creating. Shamefully and secretly into LARPing (think Amtgard) but please don't tell anyone.

As much as I won't be posting everyday, I'll be reading this daily. I tend to stay quiet unless pushed, so if anyone adds me I would love to be motivated to open up a bit :) I'll try to comment on anyone's blog who adds me as I think that's a kind thing to do. Cheers!