Initial Conditions

This has been doing the rounds on facebook (and has been sitting in my drafts for a while!), so I thought I’d do my own.

1. I won’t use abbreviations like “ur” “l8″ or “nite” in a text message or twitter unless I’m running short on space or trying to be ironic.

2. I used to fancy Baby Spice.

3. I was baptised in a place in Donegal called Ballylennon.

4. In my Uni building, I wonder if I should keep a crowbar handy… just in case.

5. My roast dinner order of preference is (best first): Chicken, beef, turkey, nut roast, lamb, pork

6. I probably don’t go home often enough

7. I can’t stand the thought of wearing odd socks. If I don’t have a matching pair (rare) I’ll go without

8.  I won’t leave the flat without my keys, phone and wallet (and now my glasses)

9. I can’t stand Merseyside Red (my mother always told me not to swear), though I have relented and started picking their players in fantasy football

10. I live with four other boys. They are mostly harmless and not at all racist

11. I have a cousin who’s an international football referee. He sent an Estonian player off for taking his shirt off

12. My favourite Bible book is Ecclesiastes

13. I’m a middle child, which probably explains a lot

14. A student in one of my tutorials recently complained that my English wasn’t very good. Good to see my grammar school education came in handy

15. Sometimes, I wonder if anyone really knows me

16. I didn’t learn to drive when I was 17 because I didn’t really feel the need to and I had no money. Every time I thought about booking lessons while at uni, one of the guys I went to school with died in a car accident. I finally started not so long ago

17. I wish I could write more thought-provoking stuff than trivialities like this

18. I believe certain people read far too much into twitter conversations. Certainly, there are more than six, and none of them are women. (#DiscountSushi isn’t involved, sorry Dave)

19. I wish I could speak Irish, but I was raised in the wrong community for that

20. I don’t understand how old episodes of Friends or the Simpsons i’ve seen a million times already can still be hilarious while episodes of the Mighty Boosh i haven’t seen before barely raise a smile

21. I’m listening to Radio 5 live

22. I really hate it when you buy food and it turns out to be really spicy. I should probably read the labels

23. I deliberately (yes, it was deliberate!) failed my English Literature GCSE mock (or prelim, if you prefer) so I wouldn’t have to do the exam (a subject which I hated and never chose to do anyway)

24.  I love the 10p late night bakery in Scotmid

25. Often, I use humour because I’m nervous and don’t know how else to react.

That’s yer lot!