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| User: | jfs (521302) 
Circle, Triangle, Square
The geometry of communication
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| Name: | John |
| Location: | London, United Kingdom |
| Birthdate: | 1969-09-12 |
| Bio: | "When walking, just walk. When sitting, just sit. When being, just be."
So what to say? I hate biographies. Were I to write mine, I'd cheat and get a particular friend to do so - his fantasies are better than my realities.
But seeing as you asked.
I'm 38, living in London in circumstances different to the start of the year. I'm a geek in some ways but not in others - I don't program, for example. My writing comes out of the games that I play and the books that I read, tinged with a soupcon of the world I walk through every day.
I love language; I consider it to be the swingset and slide that my imagination dips and dives through, a playground that keeps me forever young. Tell me a new word and I'll be your friend. Buy me a dictionary of obscurity and you might never get rid of me.
I knew what an interrobang was when I was 12.
I teach IT because I love seeing the joy in someone's eye when they get it, no matter what "it" is. I write because I want to believe that other people can see the world with the same happiness that I can, and I dance because sometimes the shaman who lives inside my heart bursts out and takes over, thumping his feet at a high BPM.
I can't write poetry.
I enjoy life, having taken control of who I am and what I want to be and where I want to live a few years ago, and having seen nothing but good come out of the decision to do so. I enjoy my friends because they challenge me and fulfil me and remind me of why this is a fantastic world.
Who are you? |
| Memories: | 97 entries |
| Pictures: | over 20 public |
| Interests: | 64: aikido, akira kurosawa, altered states of consciousness, ars magica, blue cheese, board games, buffy the vampire slayer, china mieville, company of friends, computers, dancing, defining postmodernism, drinking whiskey, eggshell boats, fantasy, fencing, friends, games, glowsticks, grand design, history, jorane, kate bush, kinesthetics, lrp, masks, medieval period, neal stephenson, neil gaiman, new world order games, nobilis, nwo, people-watching, phillip pullman, planet angel, punchdrunk, quaesitors, reading about other worlds, references, role-playing, roleplaying, roleplaying games, science fiction, seeing inside people's lives, sharon kay penman, shropshire, spoonsize boys, stonehenge tribunal, talking to myself, telling stories, theatre, they might be giants, tim powers, tori amos, tptmnbn, trance, treasure type o, unknown armies, visualising shapes, walking in slow motion, whirl-y-gig, wit, writing, yes minister |
| Schools: | Blessed Robert Johnson Catholic College - Telford, England - Shropshire, United Kingdom (1981 - 1988)
Manchester Metropolitan University - Manchester, England - Greater Manchester, United Kingdom (1988 - 1994)
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| Friends: |  | 166: | 8w_gremlin, _dawn_treader_, _koalaelf_, _tonylee_, adders, agentinfinity, amberite, ant_girl, arisbe, averylaterabbit, badgersandjam, bakakawai, barmaidblog, barrettyman, baruch, bellagrim, bibliogirl, binidj, blue_room, boglin, boglins_pomes, bytepilot, caddyman, caffeine_fairy, captainweasel, castorlion, catpooka, cavalorn, chomper99, clawbeast, colonel_maxim, cookwitch, curlwomble, d_floorlandmine, dduane, defcheese, delvy, divalion, dragonzgrace, dreamfire, ed_fortune, eddie777, eldelphia, ellefurtle, ellistar, ephraim, erestania, eriathwen_bob, esrunkatsu, evil_chalkie, fazedflorence, feistyredhead, felineparadox, fishthecat, forbinproject, furzepig, garethd, ghatanothoa, glittergirly, greatbigshowoff, gsw, harold_chasen, harrytc, hekai, hepstar, hortorum, immerwahr, ingenue_the, invisible_al, irdm, itsjustaname, jadeent, jayphoenix, jfargo, jfs, jimfer, jul1et, kantti, kathbad, kingandy, kneeshooter, kt_peasant, legal_wombat, lisekit, littleonions, littleonionz, load_of_flannel, lord_blipvert, lproven, lucyas, lupercal, maelgwyn, maeve_the_red, maisiecat, maleghast, manamar, meico, mister_ed, misterdaniel, monochrome_girl, mr_cook, mr_flay, mr_h_r_hughes, mrssshhh, msavigear, nattydreadi, november_girl, nyarbaggytep, okstoplaughing, oldnick, orangutank, packbat, part_savant, paulbenwell, pauln, pax_draconis, peri_renna, philoko, pinstrype, poliphilo, princeofcairo, probablyscotty, quondam, r0wan, rebby, renniek, reverend2001, robcee, romney, s0b, sack_boy, samharber, scary_lady, serpentstar, sexbat, shabbadobbin, sixtine, skzbrust, smokingboot, squintywitch, steve_c, suicideally, sunblade, sushidog, tellthemstories, thalinoviel, the_hooded_crow, theferrett, thirstypixel, thomryng, toripink, towerofchaos, uathsaille, uncanic, valkyriekaren, velvet_the_cat, westernind, wildpark, wildwinter, winterdrake, wolflady26, wulfboy, xullrae, yapman, ysharros, zer05um |  | 13: | dianawynnejones, erfworld, just_writing, lunchingclub, macosx, musemuggers, neverwhere_live, orderofthestick, paidmembers, shibari_art, undergroundgoth, wayoftheartist, wearethetribe |  | 46: | 43folders_feed, alabama3_spirit, applematters, arsludi, atlasgames, billybraggblog, busted_wonder, charlies_diary, daily_nemi, disturbingblog, dorktowerfeed, dukeeuphoria, erf_gitp, firetutorials, freakonomics, freakyangels, hearttardis, homestrange, hugoschwyzer, independentblog, jameswallis, kiwifeed, kungfumonkeyrss, lazy_way_feed, librarycrunch, maxbarryrss, ml_presentation, mynameismight, oots_gitp, passionateusers, positivesharing, postsecret, procrastineerin, questionablerss, ravvensglass, rilstone, seth_godin, sinfestfeed, thingology, tubediary, unshelved_comic, unusualhabits, waiterrant, words_dreamcafe, xkcd_rss, zen_rss |
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| Mutual Friends: | 157: 8w_gremlin, _dawn_treader_, _koalaelf_, _tonylee_, adders, agentinfinity, amberite, ant_girl, arisbe, averylaterabbit, badgersandjam, bakakawai, barmaidblog, barrettyman, baruch, bellagrim, bibliogirl, binidj, blue_room, boglin, boglins_pomes, bytepilot, caddyman, caffeine_fairy, captainweasel, castorlion, catpooka, chomper99, clawbeast, colonel_maxim, cookwitch, curlwomble, d_floorlandmine, delvy, divalion, dragonzgrace, dreamfire, ed_fortune, eldelphia, ellefurtle, ellistar, ephraim, erestania, eriathwen_bob, esrunkatsu, evil_chalkie, fazedflorence, feistyredhead, felineparadox, fishthecat, forbinproject, furzepig, garethd, ghatanothoa, glittergirly, greatbigshowoff, gsw, harold_chasen, harrytc, hekai, hepstar, hortorum, immerwahr, ingenue_the, invisible_al, irdm, itsjustaname, jadeent, jayphoenix, jfargo, jfs, jimfer, jul1et, kantti, kathbad, kingandy, kneeshooter, kt_peasant, lisekit, littleonions, littleonionz, load_of_flannel, lord_blipvert, lproven, lucyas, lupercal, maelgwyn, maeve_the_red, maleghast, manamar, meico, mister_ed, misterdaniel, monochrome_girl, mr_cook, mr_flay, mr_h_r_hughes, mrssshhh, msavigear, nattydreadi, november_girl, nyarbaggytep, okstoplaughing, oldnick, orangutank, packbat, part_savant, paulbenwell, pauln, pax_draconis, peri_renna, philoko, pinstrype, poliphilo, probablyscotty, quondam, r0wan, rebby, renniek, reverend2001, robcee, romney, s0b, sack_boy, samharber, scary_lady, serpentstar, sexbat, shabbadobbin, sixtine, smokingboot, squintywitch, steve_c, suicideally, sunblade, sushidog, tellthemstories, thalinoviel, the_hooded_crow, theferrett, thirstypixel, thomryng, toripink, towerofchaos, uathsaille, uncanic, valkyriekaren, velvet_the_cat, westernind, wildwinter, ... |
| Also Friend of: | 23: aberim, dash_fantastic, design4life, elani, erias, garethdavies, grendelchild, imago_gal, lauremer, maddave, magpye, mananath, mr_venorik, mundenlogic, nortysarah, purejuice, richenda, ruana1, shortblond, skelneth, techempage, vervain_, wsdante |
| Member of: | 12: action_goth, dianawynnejones, erfworld, gms_workshop, just_writing, lunchingclub, macosx, orderofthestick, paidmembers, shibari_art, wayoftheartist, wearethetribe |
| Account type: | Paid Account |
