into: Climbing, learning the guitar, reading huge novels, cooking for friends, singing in the shower, long warm bath (with a huge novel), dancing with my daughter in the kitchen, poetry, and many other joyful things.
not into: Happily having a conversation with a stranger, when they assume they can say something bigoted or prejudiced in your presence. And then you have to point out to them what a twat they are, and it all goes downhill from there.
makes me happy: Oh, you know who you are!
makes me sad: Politcal expediency, bigotry, hatred, small mindedness, intolerance of difference. Oh, and the Yorkshire weather.
hobbies: Walking and mountaineering, collecting art.
5 things i can't live without: Family
Mountains
Sea
Art
Books
vices: Using a Socialist Workers Party placard as an umbrella for my daughter on anti-war demos.
thoughts on sg: I love it
i spend most of my free time: 5000 miles away
occupation: Subversion of the capitalist tyrants
current crush: Washington girls, who are beautiful beyond compare
stats: My job is stats - you think I want to measure anything when I get home?
body mods: Completely knackered lower back, snapped ankle, ripped shoulder, damaged elbow, all from climbing falls. Does that count?
heroes: Tom Paine
Shelley
John Ball
Gandhi
William Wilberforce
gets me hot: Cotton dresses in summer sun. Pink toes in the sand.
favorite position: Halfway up a Scottish winter mountain in bright sunlight, well below zero.
fantasy: If I tell, it might not come true!
sign: Keep Left
most humbling moment: After protesting against the imprisonment of Nelson Mandela in the eighties, to see him on stage at his 90th birthday celebrations. Makes life worth living.
i lost my virginity: so long ago it probably wouldn't recognise me now.
CIGARETTES: Nope
MY DIET: Omnivore
ALCOHOL: Occasionally
MY DRUG USE: Drug Free
MY KINK FACTOR: I'm old-fashioned.
MY POLITICS: SMASH THE STATE!!!
POT: Nope
MY STATUS: exclusive relationship
MY IDEA OF A GOOD TIME: A long, slow, late dinner with friends.
I WANT: Friendship
MY PIGEONHOLES: Arty, Bookworm