SGUK FAQ:
In the absence of questions I've made up my own. New questions welcome.
Name?
Mike.
Why Narshada?
I saw it in Dark Forces 2 - (A Star Wars computer game; ultimate geekdom!) as the name of a city. It was spelled Nar-Shadda in the game but I liked the way it sounded. I like to imagine it's something like an old Celtic word for Heaven. (The real Celtic word for Heaven is 'Niamh' btw, pronounced 'Neeve'.)
Why SG?
I'd been toying for a while with the idea of joining so I could see hot, naked, alternative women, which I did. I stayed for the community.
What's a northern bastard like you doing living in Bristol?
Well I was born near Hull and grew up in Grimsby. Hull was voted the worst place to live in the UK several years running and Grimsby is about 35 south of there and the same, only smaller and without the awful accent. I don't like the area much and so when I broke up with a very long term Girlfriend and a friend suggested moving to Bristol, I thought, why not?
So you like Bristol then?
Yeah, I've been here about 4 years and every year it feels more like home. It has some great bars and shops, local interests and lots of festivals in the summer. Plus you don't have to drive very far to be in the countryside.
What's that on your face?
Usually it's about 3-14 days stubble, or if I'm feeling really lazy, a beard. Occasionally it's a coldsore, which I hate. If you see something odd on my lip, please don't ask the above as I'm probably feeling rather self conscious as it is.
What's that on your arm?
If you're looking at my profile pic, it's a line from "To a Friend" by my favourite band, Alexisonfire. It reads:
"I'll stay in time and watch you pass by..." which I just find incredibly beautiful.
Otherwise it's the Santa Cruz Screaming Hand by Jim Phillips.
Oh my left arm? That's a version of a cover for The Master and Marguerita by Mikhail Bulgakov, which I've never managed to get very far into, but I loved the shadow puppet image.
How do you put up with that awful girlfriend of yours? (Suggested by Pinklet.)
Having the patience of a saint helps. I keep it in a box next to the fridge. Otherwise I get stoned and imagine the music to the magic roundabout when she's talking, but make sure I catch important words so I can infuriate her when she asks me what she's just said.
What words do you live your life by?
"Fuck it." - I've made some of the biggest decisions of my life like that. I'd rather regret something I did rather than wished I'd done.
Is it true you have your penis on your chest?
No. That was the result of 13 pints at the Manchester meet, a conversation between me, Mistress_Paine and ReeRee and my odd sense of humour.
What's your favourite word?
Cadence.
What gets you angry?
Frustration. And traffic, which I suppose is the same thing.
Are you a geek or a nerd?
I prefer to be thought of as a geek.
What are you geeky about?
Star Wars, Douglas Adams, most Sci-Fi, Computers, Comics, Simon Pegg, Alexisonfire & Dallas Green, popular science... loads of stuff
Can you fix my computer?
Shit off. I do it for a living all day and don't want to sort out your issues in my free time. I even have a T-shirt warning people.
(Although in real life I invariably say yes and refuse any payment. Sucker.)
In the absence of questions I've made up my own. New questions welcome.
Name?
Mike.
Why Narshada?
I saw it in Dark Forces 2 - (A Star Wars computer game; ultimate geekdom!) as the name of a city. It was spelled Nar-Shadda in the game but I liked the way it sounded. I like to imagine it's something like an old Celtic word for Heaven. (The real Celtic word for Heaven is 'Niamh' btw, pronounced 'Neeve'.)
Why SG?
I'd been toying for a while with the idea of joining so I could see hot, naked, alternative women, which I did. I stayed for the community.
What's a northern bastard like you doing living in Bristol?
Well I was born near Hull and grew up in Grimsby. Hull was voted the worst place to live in the UK several years running and Grimsby is about 35 south of there and the same, only smaller and without the awful accent. I don't like the area much and so when I broke up with a very long term Girlfriend and a friend suggested moving to Bristol, I thought, why not?
So you like Bristol then?
Yeah, I've been here about 4 years and every year it feels more like home. It has some great bars and shops, local interests and lots of festivals in the summer. Plus you don't have to drive very far to be in the countryside.
What's that on your face?
Usually it's about 3-14 days stubble, or if I'm feeling really lazy, a beard. Occasionally it's a coldsore, which I hate. If you see something odd on my lip, please don't ask the above as I'm probably feeling rather self conscious as it is.
What's that on your arm?
If you're looking at my profile pic, it's a line from "To a Friend" by my favourite band, Alexisonfire. It reads:
"I'll stay in time and watch you pass by..." which I just find incredibly beautiful.
Otherwise it's the Santa Cruz Screaming Hand by Jim Phillips.
Oh my left arm? That's a version of a cover for The Master and Marguerita by Mikhail Bulgakov, which I've never managed to get very far into, but I loved the shadow puppet image.
How do you put up with that awful girlfriend of yours? (Suggested by Pinklet.)
Having the patience of a saint helps. I keep it in a box next to the fridge. Otherwise I get stoned and imagine the music to the magic roundabout when she's talking, but make sure I catch important words so I can infuriate her when she asks me what she's just said.
What words do you live your life by?
"Fuck it." - I've made some of the biggest decisions of my life like that. I'd rather regret something I did rather than wished I'd done.
Is it true you have your penis on your chest?
No. That was the result of 13 pints at the Manchester meet, a conversation between me, Mistress_Paine and ReeRee and my odd sense of humour.
What's your favourite word?
Cadence.
What gets you angry?
Frustration. And traffic, which I suppose is the same thing.
Are you a geek or a nerd?
I prefer to be thought of as a geek.
What are you geeky about?
Star Wars, Douglas Adams, most Sci-Fi, Computers, Comics, Simon Pegg, Alexisonfire & Dallas Green, popular science... loads of stuff
Can you fix my computer?
Shit off. I do it for a living all day and don't want to sort out your issues in my free time. I even have a T-shirt warning people.
(Although in real life I invariably say yes and refuse any payment. Sucker.)
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My question - how do you get so nice that you're prepared to put up random strangers with only a couple of (very dubious) references to go on?