92 Things Questionnaire

Ok, here's a long questionnaire I've filled in to let you folks know a little more about me. It gets quite personal, and rather emotional in there, so beware!

  1. Longest you've gone with out a shower ? - 1 week, just to spite my father as a 10 year old child
  2. Colour of most clothes you own ? - Blue, mainly jeans, but I like blue.
  3. Number of pillows you sleep with ? - One, sometimes none. Two hurt my neck.
  4. Have you ever been in love/Are you ? - No to both.
  5. What do your teeth look like ? - They are in quite good condition, except one front tooth which is poorly capped, after I fell on an adventure playground as a kid and chipped it.
  6. What are you wearing ? - Grey Gap T-Shirt (XS), worn blue Levis (30"), Next boxer shorts (S), Next socks (UK 8), RL glasses.
  7. What are you doing in 1 hour ? - Reconfiguring my HTPC server after a major update.
  8. What room are you in right now ? - Bedroom.
  9. What were you doing 12AM last night ? - Reading - I couldn't put it down.
  10. Do you like riddles ? - Yes, but I'm not much good at them.
  11. Where do your grandparents live ? - Devon, and Camberley.
  12. Do you like trampolines ? - Yes, but I twisted my ankle on one once. Ouch.
  13. How old will you be in 10 years ? - 35 (wow, how depressing).
  14. What do you think you'll be doing in 10 years ? - I would like to be running my own business, but I don't really know what I would do yet.
  15. Do you have braces ? - No. I used to when I was like 14, but I lost them all, and am now stuck with a big overhang on my jaw.
  16. Last thing you ate ? - A bowl of cereal for breakfast.
  17. What's your locker combination ? - I don't have one.
  18. Are you paranoid ? - I don't think so. Who the hell are you anyway. How'd you get in here. This is a conspiracy!!
  19. Do you burn or tan ? - Burn. Big time. I use like SPF1,000,000.
  20. Pen or pencil ? - Pen, black, quick drying ink. Although I always managed to get the ink all over my hands.
  21. Do you check your mail regularly ? - Every day.
  22. Describe your cd player ? - It is an Arcam CD72T, it's black, and it's sitting on the third shelf of my Hi Fi Rack.
  23. Your wallet ? - It's a black leather Duffer wallet (a gift from my brother). It currently holds a cheque for 10 pounds, one credit card, one bank card, one snooker club membership, one driving licence, one book of first class stamps, an a few varying loyalty cards for coffee shops and such.
  24. Your alarm clock ? - It's a small cube which lights up in different colours when you tap it.
  25. Your hair ? - Light brown, short, thick.
  26. Tooth brush ? - A Colgate "Massager".
  27. Computer ? - Silverstone LC03 Case, Intel Pentium M 730, Aopen i855GMEm-LFS mobo, 1GB Crucial PC3200 RAM, 300GB Seagate HDD, Pioneer DVD-/+R/RW drive, Nvidia Geforce 5200 graphics, 2 x Avermedia AV-771 DVB-T PCI card, SoundBlaster Audigy soundcard, Zalman CNPS8000-Cu HSF, Seasonic S12 350W PSU, Samsung SM710V LCD.
    Laptop: IBM Thinkpad R40, 1.5GB RAM, 20GB HDD
    Both running Debian/GNU Linux 3.1r1
  28. Bed ? - Just some single Pine thing. Parents bought it many moons ago. Has an extra bed stored underneath it, just incase I "Get lucky"
  29. Purse ? - Right...
  30. Backpack ? - I have a small CamelBak for riding, and an EastPak bag for the general carrying of stuff.
  31. Note book ? - If you mean like Laptop, then see above, otherwise, I use a moleskine notebook for general taking of notes.
  32. What color are your nails ? - Kinda pink with white bits on top, and slightly pinky white bits at the bottom. Normal then.
  33. What color are your eyes ? - Green. I think. I can't really see them.
  34. Last time you where sick ? - I rarely get sick. Last time was while watching Goldfinger a couple of years ago - it made me miss James Bond. I was not amused.
  35. Last person you yelled at ? - Crikey, no one. I don't yell at people. I store up all my emotions so that I will one day explode.
  36. First bike ? - Some dodgy old BMX. But I didn't learn how to ride until I was like 12. Current bike however is a Kona Stinky, with a few extra bits on it.
  37. First best friend(s) ? - Uh, Andrew Nutall and Stephen Childs. Who I have unfortunately treated badly, and since lost. Damn my stupid social skills.
  38. First real memory of something ? - Getting a parachuting plastic army man, but desperately wanting a nice bouncy ball.
  39. First car ? - My first and current car is a Vauxhall Corsa 1.4 16v, CDX P Reg, in dark green. And it cost me nothing. A gift from my parents, nice!
  40. First date ? - A blind date earlier this year with the niece of a friend from work. We got on well enough, but there really wasn't any spark, so it didn't go anywhere.
  41. First kiss ? - Ah, yes I remember it well. At the (rather old) age of 17, with a close friend of 19. In her bedroom with (oddly enough) her little brother playing the SNES (remember those?) in the background. We were trying out seeing each other. Three attempts later and we decided it was never going to work. Which I honestly regret.
  42. First break-up ? - The friend from above. We broke up three times, first time she broke up, "needed space", second time it was I, because she was off flirting with other guys in nightclubs, and third and final time it was kind of mutual.
  43. First job ? - Sweeping up hair in my step Grandad's barbers in Farnham. I hated that job. I worked 8.30-5pm with a half hour break, and got £15. Still my parents gave me a good work ethic, so I took what I could and liked it.
  44. First screen name ? - squelch, still the same! It's been my nickname like forever. But then with a name like Matt Quelch, it would be.
  45. First self purchased album ? - Ha, that would be Metallica - And Justice for All, on tape. I subsequently sold it to my brother, and have since re-bought it on CD.
  46. First funeral ? - I didn't go to my great nan's, so that would be my great uncle's. I had no idea what was going on. I hardly knew the guy, and couldn't see the point in the whole thing really.
  47. First prime minister (or president) you voted for ? - I don't agree with what is essentially the current two party system, however people have died for my right to vote, and I can't complain if I don't vote, so I usually go along and vote Lib Dem or Green I utterly refuse to vote Labor or Conservative in the nationals. I would vote Libertarian if there was one, but alas there is not. Perhaps I should start it...
  48. First piercing/tattoo ? - None. I was going to get my eyebrow pierced with my buddy Wayne when I was 16, but thought better of it, because I thought it would stop me getting a job. That'll be my Dad's influence then.
  49. First independent home ? - Uh, I still live with my parents.
  50. First house/flat/apartment ? - Alright, no need to rub it in, so I live with my parents.
  51. First love ? - Hmm, seeing how as I've never been in love I would have to say my purple cushion when I was 6. I loved that damn thing, and my brother nicked it off me, and chucked it in the attic.
  52. First enemy ? - I don't remember his name but he was some generic school bully. He wore green Wellington boots, and got beat up by my big brother when he started pushing me around! Hehe.
  53. First big trip ? - Probably the obligatory Lad's holiday in Portugal. Lots of beer, lots of food, lots of sun, not enough of much else.
  54. First play/musical/performance ? - My parents have photographic evidence of me playing one of the wise men. With a towel around my head. Aged 5. Nice.
  55. First musician you remember hearing in your house ? - The Beatles - Dad's a big fan.
  56. Last cigarette ? - I tried it when I was like 14 with my step sister. I didn't see what all the fuss was about so didn't do it again. Last cigarette though was New Years Eve 1999-2000, when I smoked a large cigar. I was very drunk, and prepared for the world to end with the Millennium Bug (whatever happened to that???).
  57. Last kiss ? - That would be saying goodbye to my niece, yesterday.
  58. Last good cry ? - I don't know I cry quite a lot actually. It was probably some film I think.
  59. Last library book checked out ? - Romeo and Juliet, 16 April 1996. And I still have it. Sorry Connaught School Library, I'll bring it back one day!
  60. Last movie seen ? - Birthday Girl. It was really good. I do enjoy a good movie (increasingly rare these days).
  61. Last book read ? - I'm currently reading Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged, but the last book I read was Albert Camus' The Myth of Sisyphus
  62. Last cuss word uttered ? - Geez, I'm terrible like that, probably swearing at some idiot driver on the way to work. Probably either "Fuck", "dickweed", or "jerk-weasel" I expect.
  63. Last beverage drank ? - Coffee. Does that count?. A nice smooth ethiopian number.
  64. Last crush ? - I tell you I always get crushes, but because I'm so shy I rarely do anything about them. Last one was this lovely girl in a jewellers in my home town. We got on really well, one of the oh so rare people that I can just sit and talk to. I actually asked her out, but alas she was taken.
  65. Last phone call ? - That would be my brother, arranging to meet up with him and one of my nieces in town.
  66. Last person who called me ? - Big brother, Curtis. We get on well.
  67. Last TV show watched ? - I watch too much TV, I'm trying to cut down a bit. Last show watched would be CSI, man that program is awful, I only watch it for the laughs.
  68. Last time showered ? - This very morning.
  69. Last shoes worn ? - My Merrell "Rogue Brogues". They are comfortable, and look good too.
  70. Last cd played ? - Schumann - Carnaval, Kinderszenen, and Waldszenen. I'm in a classical phase.
  71. Last item bought ? - Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 AF-D lens.
  72. Last downloaded ? - Linux kernel 2.6.18.1, for the HTPC server upgrade.
  73. Last annoyance ? - Some idiot jock discreetly pushing me around whilst perusing the sale items in town.
  74. Last disappointment ? - Not being able to go out to do some photography because I was meeting my brother a niece.
  75. Last soda drank ? - Lucozade Orange last weekend. I don't often drink soda though, more of a Juice man myself, although I usually take a bottle of Lucozade when I go out to do some photography.
  76. Last thing written ? - On the Computer: I've been redesigning the website, so that probably. By hand: a note to my mum to tell her I'm out.
  77. Last key used ? - House key. Although our house is like Fort Knox, it has like four doors and two locks, on each!!
  78. Last word spoken ? - "she", Whilst talking to my mum about her trip to the garden centre with my niece who had great fun looking at the fish.
  79. Last sleep ? - Last night, 10 hours, I'm on holiday at the moment, so lots of lie-ins.
  80. Last IM ? - I don't really use IM much. I have an ICQ and MSN account, but rarely log in. I am also occasionaly on IRC, but not very often.
  81. Last sexual fantasy ? - I couldn't say: there might be children reading this :).
  82. Last weird encounter ? - I have weird encounters with humans quite often - probably because of my poor social skills. Last time was picking up a parcel from the Post Office: I stepped up to the counter, muttered something unintelligible, gave her my ticket, she gave me a weird look, and asked for my ID, and I passed her my driving license she checked it went off and got my parcel. Hard to explain, but it was weird, I promise.
  83. Last ice cream eaten ? - Chocolate with hot fudge sauce. Yum.
  84. Last time amused ? - I'm always being amused at the small, insignificant things in life, like watching a pigeon sitting on a street light happily watching the world go by.
  85. Last time wanting to die ? - Genuinely? Probably when I was like 15, and hated living, and was having general teen angst. These days I think it's rather an absurd idea - you die - they win.
  86. Last time in love ? - Alas, I've never been in love.
  87. Last time hugged ? - Oddly enough by my Dad at his 50th birthday party. He was very drunk.
  88. Last time scolded ? - Probably by my boss for holding up the devs to send them in a batch rather than sending them individually.
  89. Last time resentful ? - .
  90. Last chair sat in ? - A leather armchair while having a cup of coffee in town.
  91. Last time dancing ? - Christmas Party, I like dancing, but only when I'm drunk enough not to remember in the morning.
  92. Last poster looked at ? - A poster of an old chap drinking a cup of coffee.

Well That's all I have for you folks for now. Hope this was vaguley insightful/interesting and that you feel better for wasting your time reading it! Wanna know more? Well if you're REALLY that interested you could do worse than to drop me a mail.