Who is that masked marauder?
2002-08-30 . 9:34 p.m.

First of all a big "Hi" to the people reading this entry - in this opening entry I hope to give you an idea who I am, what I intend to write about and a few other tidbits about myself that will clue you in to what makes me tick.

My name is Paul, I'm six foot three, weigh about 190lbs (13.5st) and live in merry olde England. I have short brown hair and gray-blue eyes which usually have a twinkle in them due to the vast amounts of caffeine I consume. I am not hugely built but am fairly slim and toned-ish. No doubt at some point pictures of myself will be found floating around the site and you may stare at the object of your hatred/love whilst I bask in the knowledge that I actually cut the picture out of a fashion magazine...

I have a two and a half year old son called Dylan Jacob from a previous relationship (his mother and I are separated but remain friends - just). I have no pets and am a rabid smoker. My current job is in customer services (for those of you not in the know - Devallyk; my housemate; works for the same company as me). Customer service is a degrading, horrible job as anyone who has done it can tell you. The person who coined the phrase "The customer is always right" is by far the most idiotic person i have ever heard of and deserves to have their tomb desecrated by all those forced to work within the service industries.

As far as hobbies and interests go I have such a wide base of knowledge and taste it is always really difficult to catalogue it all. Music-wise I listen to anything from Classical to Garage music; much to the chagrin of my housemate. For movies, I'm kind of a thriller type person and my ridiculous inability to actually suspend disbelief causes other much mirth/anger (delete as applicable) when I shout abuse at the stupidity of the characters on screen. sigh. I read an awful lot of books and have enough books to warrant a special clause in my house insurance. As far as my reading taste goes I read either classic novels (author dead? excellent. I'll have their entire back catalogue) or Sci-Fi. Horror books are really not my scene I'm afraid as I always have a problem with that whole "Oooh! A haunting looking building. Let's all go inside and see what lies within" thing. WHAT ARE YOU THINKING! Death lurks within the shadows you cretinous dunderheads.

That'll do for my first meeting with you, my esteemd audience. Apologies in advance to those expecting Tolstoy. My style is akin to a deranged badger issued with a writing kit and ten minutes to write super string theory. I shall, hopefully, see thee anon.