Gary

About me:

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So. A profile, eh?

Ok.

My name is Gary. That much you know. I’m 22 and live just outside Llangollen in North Wales, United Kingdom. You probably didn’t know that bit. You do now though.

I’m interested in a fair few things, but I’m still pretty much a bit of a geek at heart. I bought my first actual computer (My beloved old Amstrad CPC 464 *sigh*) when I was about 12 and learned how to program on it. I’ve moved up to full PC level since then, via a few stages, but I still have a soft spot for the old BASIC machines.

I got heavily into 3d graphics while I was in school. Most of my images are on deviantART and my now slightly abandoned (read: not updated in about 2 years) website. I’ve not done so much lately though. It got a bit obsessive. When I was 16 I spent the entire summer holiday sat in my room making 3d computer models. I spent three whole days making an exact replica of my keyboard. It had to stop ;p

But that was then. I’ve realised now that computers are tools, not a way of life. It took a while, but I realised. And in the end, isn’t that what counts? The answer is “no”. But anyway.

I went through school just scraping all higher passes at GCSE. And I mean just. I went on to A-Level, but only left with an AS in IT. I dropped the other lessons, and left. I had a part time job that turned into a full time job – the idea was it would just be a year out. After three years of working in the same place and not really going anywhere I moved to Wolverhampton with a friend to start a job in “Sales and Marketing”. The flat came with the job, and it was only really when I got there I realised it was purely cold-calling door to door selling gas and electricity. And 100% commission. I stuck it out for 8 months, and then moved back to North Wales.

I’m now working as a chef in the kitchen of the local golf club. I really enjoyed it when I first started, but not so much now. I still enjoy it, I just don’t really enjoy it anymore.

When I was younger I had tennis lessons, and there’s pretty much where it ends. I’m not at all into sports – I can’t stand football, and always feel really awkward when asked which team I support. People (mainly blokes) look at you if you’re a freak when you say you don’t even follow it. It makes things awkward sometimes as I’ve noticed a lot of guys use sports as a backup for when conversation dies. They see it as “well, at least we can always talk about this”, but with me they can’t. I tend to get on better with girls anyway, and I think it’s mainly for the non-sports thing. It’s less of an issue.

I’m stupidly shy around people I’ve never met before. I don’t know why – when I’m in the pub with friends I’m fine, but if I’m meeting someone new it usually takes a few minutes before I start to feel comfortable. It’s just always been like that. There’s a few people I’ve known for years but never really had a conversation with, and I still feel uneasy around them. Once I actually speak to people, I’m fine.

I’m not religious. I’m interested in different religions, but I don’t actually follow a set faith. If I had to describe myself it would probably have to be an “agnostic spiritualist”. I used to read in to birth charts when I was younger and found it fascinating how the charts of famous people seemed to match up with their lives so well. I don’t believe in a “god”, but I believe in “something”. There’s way too much coincidence in life for everything to be left purely to chance. I’ve been on a day course of reiki and everything I learned seemed to fit in with what I already believed. It’s not something I live my life by; it’s just my own opinions on things.

I still have no idea what I want to do with my life. It’ll probably involve moving to a city of some sorts. It’ll pretty much have to. I used to be dead set on going in to computer animation, but as already mentioned it’s something I’ve been out of for a while now.

I think that’s it.