…here’s some stuff about me, because it’s late and because I can.
Top 5 Books
1. The Gone-Away World – Nick Harkaway
2. Vellum/Ink – Hal Duncan
3. The Court of the Air/The Kingdom Beyond the Waves – Stephen Hunt
4. The Jungle Book/The Second Jungle Book – Rudyard Kipling
5. American Gods – Neil Gaiman
Top 5 Films
1. V for Vendetta – James McTeigue
2. Serenity – Joss Whedon
3. Casino Royale – Martin Campbell
4. Children of Men – Alfonso Cuaron
5. Pan’s Labyrinth – Guillermo del Toro
Top 5 Poems
1. Ulysses – Alfred, Lord Tennyson
2. The Sack of the Gods – Rudyard Kipling
3. but if a living dance upon dead minds… – e. e. cummings
4. With Mercy For The Greedy – Anne Sexton
5. Lady Lazarus – Sylvia Plath
Top 5 TV Shows
2. Dr Who
3. Daria
4. Firefly
5. Futurama
Top 5 Bands
1. V.A.S.T
2. Tonic
3. Aimee Man
4. Audioslave
5. Dido
Top 5 Obscure Interests
1. British radio comedy between 1930 – 1980
2. Weird hats
3. Obsolete words
4. The meaning/origin of names
5. Parallel mythologies
Five Odd Things I’ve Done (While Sober)
1. Laughed at the word ‘pineapple’ for 20 minutes straight
2. Cut my foot on a mouth organ
3. Become inexpicably lost in my own bedroom
4. Set a plastic chair on fire with a home-made chandelier
5. Inhaled a live moth
Five Normal Things I Don’t Do
1. Drive
2. Drink beer
3. Drink coffee
4. Wear makeup
5. Watch reality TV (shudder)
Five Things I Wanted To Be When I Grew Up
1. Archaeologist
2. Palaeontologist
3. Ornothologist
4. Foreign Correspondent
5. Librarian
Top 5 Vices
1. Ice-cream
2. Webcomics
4. Tetris
5. Quoting
…And that’s me in a nutshell, really.
shattersnipe: malcontent & rainbows 
Foz –
you’re officially the first person ever to put me at the top of a list like that. Thank you. I am (not kidding here) moved.
I loved your entry on the book, by the way – ‘worth getting fired over’… my wife wanted to put that on a t-shirt. Along with ‘it’s made from awesome’, which is my other fave reaction.
Drop me a line, find me on Facebook or just swing by the blog sometime –
Nick H.
*insert wheezy fan-squeal here*
I’m grinning. And also, you know, grinning. Glad you were moved! (Grinning.) Seriously, though – I loved the book, and cannot think of a better story to be fired for reading. Shall certainly make contact!
Cheers,
Foz