Done this backwards
Hi, i 'm posting my introduction here after being around for a couple of weeks.
I'm 28, from the UK, like life *normally*, I enjoy seeing my friends, helping people out, listening to their problems and being heard when I need to be.
I've lived up north all my life, enjoy where I live and the people that live in the area. I'm not quite a geordie, but newcastle's not that far away.
I'm a virgo and like things to be right, my grandfather (R.I.P.) who I lived with for many years and hold as one of my life role models always said if something's worth doing it worth doing well.
I've worked in a bunch of jobs since leaving university, some of them fairly crappy like in a blast freezer at minus 20, working in a food factory. I worked for the government for three and a half years, but can't tell you about any of that. I now get paid as monitoring and information officer for a national youth homelessness charity that helps about 500 homeless young people every night.
I studied applied science and forensics at university and came top of my class at accident investigation (ironicly didn't stop me driving my car head on in to a tree that didn't move an inch three years ago, car bounced back across the road and landed in a field, with me spending four weeks having to recover) and imaging science. I'm not a bad computer programmer, i like the indoors and the outdoors; there's some great mountains and scenery in the UK, i like summer and winter, but only when there's somewhere with a roaring fire to escape to when it gets too cold. Haven't been skiing in too long a time, must try and go again next year. Not hugely bothered by the rain, but hate wind - it's evil.
I've had a fair share of love's in my life, been there done that, got some great teeshirts. In the middle of November, one of these loves was said goodbye to and that will take me some time to heal.
I'd like to hang around in the LF, i've had some great comments from some brilliant people and I hope one day i'll be able to return the favour.
Richard
Better by far you should forget and smile
Than that you should remember and be sad.
A sad thing in life is that sometimes you meet someone who means a lot to you only to find out in the end that it was never bound to be and you just have to let go.
Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for awhile and leave footprints on our hearts. And we are never, ever the same.