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Day 06 ⇝ Write 30 interesting facts about yourself

1. I am a Dr of Theoretical Chemistry at the University of Warwick
2. My research focuses on the simulation of Transition Metals in order to design novel anti cancer drugs, and materials for computing.
3. I am not a traditional chemist; I am a programmer of some C++, UNIX bash, Fortran, SVL, a little Perl. I am also a programmer of basic AI/Machine learning methods. Thus I know some computing, chemistry, physics, maths, quantum mechanics, and biochemistry.
4. I studied my degree, Chemistry with Chemical Physics (hons) at UMIST in Manchester, before the merger with Victoria Manchester which formed the University of Manchester. I studied for my PhD at the University of Manchester, looking at simulations of water.
5. I was married in Venice in 2009, on the 25th of Feb, the day after Carnival. I was engaged to Sam the year before in Venice during Carnival.
6. I have a brown belt in Karate and a blue sash in Kick Boxing.
7. I used to skateboard.
8. I used to work in Games Workshop Altrincham while I was a degree student.
9. I am an avid roleplay gamer, mainly White Wolf games, or anything with a goth streak in it. More horror games.
10. My hair is naturally a dark brown, but it right now a coffee red, but is renowned for the bleached white 'Cloud Strife' look.
11. I originally from Kington, Herefordshire. The place has a local ghost story that is the origin of the Hound of the Baskervilles story.
12. I have an elder sister who is a dr of linguistics.
13. My high school, Lady Hawkin's High School, was founded on money from the slave trade by Lord Hawkins.
14. I will soon be doing pod casts for the roleplay game podcast, Darker Days Radio, that focuses on White Wolf games.
15. My eyes are green/brown,but more green.
16. I have no tattoos or piercings, though I may in the future as Sam thinks that it would look good.
17. I am very house trained. I was able to cook, clean and iron before I left for uni. I view other men who do not as a bit lame.
18. My favourite drink is a Negroni - Campari, Vermouth, Gin.
19. I am missing my two second upper incisors. My dental work brought my canines forward to give me a better bite. Thus the fang like look.
20. I am picky about clothes. I care what I wear and find men's clothing too homogenous and bland on the high street.
21. I have helped write, film and acted in a short film for a BBC aspirations project.
22. I had a cat as a child called Bumblelion, named for the character in the Wuzzles.
23. My favourite film is the Fountain.
24. My favourite book is the Book of the New Sun.
25. My favourite band is Mechanical Cabaret.
26. I love dark chocolate and view lovers of things like Dairy Milk as barbarians.
27. I worked part time jobs at high school, such as in a grocers and the local CO-OP.
28. I got a large Megatron toy for Xmas of Sam one year. Possibly the best xmas present i have had since a kid (no really).
29. I am 5' 8''. But, only 8.5 stone. This has been so since I was 18. I still have not really changed since I finished doing Karate.
30. I like all things to do with the supernatural, mythology, ancient history, history in general, cyberpunk, posthumanism, transhumanism, dystopia, anime, roleplay games, devil may cry, batman, vampires, magic, hermetic philosophy and Venice.