Day One (introductions)

Well, here is my attempt blogging my thoughts and opinions...dont expect anything ground breaking, I will attempt to be as honest as possible and any views are me own and please be patient with me as I am learning as I go along. Today is the 21st of May 2013, last weekend I turned 41 (11th may) I live in Falkirk, I have a son called Sam who is 9 years old, I love him to bits as most parents love their children, he is my little pride and joy and nothing I ever do in my life will ever trump the day I became a father to this little man. I work for BT Operate, been there 16 years now and expect to be there another 29 :-( unless my lucky numbers come up. Previous jobs in chronological order are...pain is the arse child to my loving Mom and Da, paper round, YTS first as a trainee diesel mechanic (18 months) then warehouse work (6 months), very brief spell working in a gym and studying sports nutrition, rejection technician (ok...it was being a bouncer for 8 years) in various places which ran concurrent with other little adventures such as Boxer, joined a rugby team so I could use there hills to run up and down (and drink in their club), tarring the roads (good money for a teen) and GCS (Guthrie created systems IT) also going to college to get my tech drawing, mathes highers re-sit and electronics. (also attempted to be a millionaire playboy without the millions but that never worked out) started with BT at 25 lowest and got my TO position within the first 2 years after saying the right answers to the questions posed.
I am a huge reader..Iain Banks, Stephen King, Carl Sagan, John Irving, Paulo Coelho, J.M. Coetzee, Paul Auster..I could go on and on, I also like poetry from such names as Pablo Neruda, Rudyard Kipling, William Blake, Tennyson and Dante Alighieri (translated)
My music tastes are very varied and dont follow on genre, I love metal such as Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Megadeth, Black Sabbath, Guns'n roses, but also Elton John and Cold Play, I listen to classical too and love Chopin, I am no expert but know what I like.
Pets, I have a 11 year old Chinchilla (Buzz) and an African Grey parrot called Rocky who has just turned one year old. I have kept a aviary when I was younger and bred finches and Java Sparrows. I have also kept tropical fish and one day hope to have a "huge" marine coral tank with fish, anemones and various corals. I love seahorses although dont think I will every be specialised enough to be able to keep them. As a child I wanted to be a marine biologist and read books front to back on the subject, even was a sea cadet so I could get my able bodied seaman certified titled which I have (had, unsure if it expires)
but although I went to the Naval training school at HMS Raleigh at 13(sea cadets diddy course) then later at 18 I had never any intentions to make a career out of the Navy (military life is just not for me, done a brief spell in the Army Cadets too) did enjoy the  rifle ranges (everyone wants to shot a rifle) and a sinking ship simulator (I swear that flashbang still effects my hearing) and the yachting.
Movies I love, I have a romance with these old black and white movies with James Stewart and James Cagney. I am a HUGE fan of Hitchcock and as far as I am concerned Tippi Hedren (The Birds) was the most beautiful woman ever to grace the screen, Monroes and Hepburn just dont measure up to her. I have all the old black and white twilight zones presented by Rod Seling (have all the "new" ones too) and all the Outer Limits, Tales from the Darkside and tales of the unexpected, I can be a Geek with the best of them (yes I do have Star Trek and BattleStar Gallactica too)
I love going to the gym, I no longer spar or throw my fists as pads or a bag but I can still do the fancy skipping (maybe a bit slower and clumser now) I run on the treadmill and concept rower and focus more on cardio keeping my heart healthy, I do some weights to keep muscle mass and I get older to keep my metabolisim fired up and work hard on core moments (although no longer squat as these rugby hill runs with ankle weights and backpack built my legs up enough) When I was early 20's I was ranked 6th in the world for 2500 meters indoor rowing on the concept 2 :-) considering Matthew Pinsent and James Cracknell were above me thats not too shameful.
I have not traveled much of Europe but I have seen South American (Brazil 4 times, Argentina once and Paraguay once) also Canada. I would like to travel more, see Asia and a lot of places in Rome are on my "bucket list"
Well I do have much more to say but guess this is a good enough intro, a lot of ego displayed here so hope I can balance this out some later by describing my "Mr Bean" moments and epic failures..lol

Dearn Savage 21/05/2013 22:54