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Ten Random Things About Me:
1.My left elbow is on at an odd angle, because I broke the arm when I was young
2.My first memory was when I was three years old and I was helping my Dad build something
3.My thumbs are double jointed and generally, apart from having stupidly short hamstrings, I'm quite flexible for a bloke
4.I cannot stand people snoring
5.I've always wanted to know what I wanted to be, but I changed my mind once at about 9 years old
6.I'm going to take a trip to the Amazon one day with one of my closest friends. On a similar note, I promised my Mum that I'd take her to Australia when I could afford it
7.I can play one instrument – the guitar. And not that well
8.I don't like beer
9.I have expensive tastes, but I'm simple and easy to please
10.My car will never ever be clean, fast or loud enough
Nine Ways To Win My Heart:
1.Have a little mystery
2.Be trusting
3.When I'm down, flash me a smile
4.When you're down, be honest and open about why
5.Need me every now and then
6.Accept that I look to you as an equal, and don't try to compete
7.Understand the importance of a silent snuggle
8.Drive like I do (big winner here)
9.Accept me for who I am, even though you might not like every little bit
Eight Things I Want To Do Before I Die:
1.Fly a fighter jet
2.Go on a safari
3.Build a kit car
4.Get married and have a honeymoon in the Cayman Isles
5.Make my Dad proud of me. Once would be enough
6.Create some impressive explosions
7.Own a supercar
8.Build a house with a big underground garage, like my own batcave
Seven Ways To Annoy Me:
1.Rudeness/disrespectful
2.Laziness
3.Hypocrisy
4.Try to tell me what to do/think
5.Indecisiveness
6.Being slow and holding me up, or being late
7.Being wasteful
Six Things I Believe In:
1.Myself – mostly
2.Never be harder on others than you are on yourself
3.Treat others how you'd like or expect to be treated
4.In the midst of difficulty lies opportunity
5.Everything is self-governing, self-limiting and self-repairing
6.Pretty much anything being possible
Five Things I'm Afraid Of:
1.Losing my driving licence
2.Being alone
3.Hurting those close to me
4.Failing
5.Being hurt by people I care about
Four Favourite Items In My Room:
1.Mahogany model of F-15 Strike Eagle
2.My Home Entertainment system
3.Photo of me on my tractor at about 10 years old
4.Signed photo of Dad hovering above deck from when he was stationed away on ship while I was young
Three Things I Do Every Day:
1.Try to achieve as much as possible
2.Eat three square meals, though at least one is usually on the go. Sometimes all three
3.Think deeply about something or other
Two Things I Want To Do Right Now:
1.Have a nice long Jacuzzi
2.Read a good book
One Person I Wish I Could See Right Now:
1.Any of my close friends. You know who you are
Christopher Sigournay
07 Jun 2005 21:17
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Jumping on the current bandwagon....
Well, it's late, I'm ignoring the open folder which is next to me so I decided to do this…...(second blog of the day!) Ten Random Things About Me 1) I have a scar on my forehead. (Harry Potter's twin? I think so!) 2) I...
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[Skip to the latest comment]Dan Spanner
aaawwww thats sweet!
I'm crying, on the inside! (on the outside im laughing my arse off!)
07 Jun 2005, 21:47
Lindsey
Who'd have thought… YOU are scared of losing your liscence??!
Ok ok.. so I am tired and felt like saying something really stupid. Now that that is accomplished, I will go to bed!
08 Jun 2005, 08:22
Trace Brazen
Ever thought of writing a self help book for people?
08 Jun 2005, 09:32
Kevin Peters
So was your dad in the navy?
08 Jun 2005, 15:20
Christopher Sigournay
Trace – no I haven't, I don't have the inclination, literary talent, or knowledge to write such a book.
Mr Peters – yes, he was a Navy Fighter Pilot for 20 years.
08 Jun 2005, 15:50
[I hope you don't mind me commenting.] I also don't like beer. I find it bitterly unsavoury. Added to which, it resembles piss!... Unless it's Guinness. I nearly always want to have my head buried in a good book – especially in the run up to exams, when I should be studying!... I can't stand indecisiveness either, though I know I'm one of the culprits sometimes. Don't know about the Fighter Jet, though. I've been in a glider – that was scary enough!
09 Jun 2005, 09:57
Christopher Sigournay
Why would I mind you commenting Alex?!? If I minded, I would have locked comments out :-)
09 Jun 2005, 15:32
Nathan Sircombe
Why wouldn't your father be proud of you??
Surely everyones parents are proud of them (maybe not if your son is an axe-murderer – but i dont think (!?!?) that aplies here!).
> he was a Navy Fighter Pilot for 20 years.
Harriers?
…side fact – did you know cov. has an air museum link – mostly all the old British aircraft (Vulcan, hunter, javelin, meteor, sea vixen etc. etc.)
just goes to show "turn down the right back ally in [coventry] and you can find just about anything".
09 Jun 2005, 17:21
Christopher Sigournay
Well to answer that question I'd have to go into details that I don't particularly wish to on a public blog. I don't know really, I just get the impression that no matter what I do or how much I achieve, I can never really recieve any form of praise from my Dad. It's something I've learnt to accept over the years to an extent, but I still don't like it and I'm not that comfortable with it. Yes, he flew Sea Harriers. I did know about the museum; I've driven past their Vulcan many a time. I've never visited, though it would be a lovely day out one day next year if I can nag my friends into it… The Vulcan in particular is one of my favourite aircraft; I have a large photo of one in my room in flight – they're so elegant. The Hunter too is fantastic – Dad always rated it as one of his favourites to fly, and you can even have a go yourself if you have a spare £1,800.
09 Jun 2005, 20:04
My paradoxic impression, Chris, if pride and praise are distinguished, is that your Dad appears, prima facie, to be very proud of you. Wasn't Frank Whittle from Coventry?
09 Jun 2005, 22:25
Christopher Sigournay
How do you figure that one Alex? I don't know – if my Dad is proud of me he has a funny way of showing it! Frank Whittle was indeed born in Coventry.
09 Jun 2005, 22:48
I don't know you and certainly not your Dad – obviously – which is why I spoke of the impression I draw. From my experience and a priori , the presumption - as we would say in law - is that parents love their children and vica versa. (I am not sure that the same may be said of pride but I think love is a prerequisite of pride.) We all know that Mums and Dads approach their children differently - Mums stereotypically want you to be happy and show affection while Dads will push you because they realise that you will grow stronger from undegoing certain uncomfortable experiences. This is because they love you... if the child then succeeds well in life (by, for example getting into a prestigious university) or in crude evolutionary terms, conveys the male phenotype they have no reason not to be proud. I don't think it would be inaccurate to say that Dads with military careers may push that bit harder and appear that bit colder simply because these are the expectations formed from their own experiences [please let me know if I'm straying or encroaching on tender turf...] As you say, your Dad may have a minoritarian way of showing his pride for you, but I don't for one minute, objectively, think that this lessens his pride per se. I'm sure that if ever he were drunk this would become very apparent :-)
09 Jun 2005, 23:50
Christopher Sigournay
Perhaps he is. What my original point was, is that with the way my Dad is to me, I honestly don't know if he is proud or he isn't. It feels a lot less like he's pushing me, and a lot more like no matter how well I do he will never have anything but criticism for my achievements. Perhaps that point should be amended to my Dad displaying his pride rather than covering it in a veil of criticism. I'm not sure. And I've never known my Dad to be drunk – irritating iron constitution!
10 Jun 2005, 00:22
Hehe – I can't say I'm not surprised, hence why I cautiously wrote 'if ever he were drunk.' Sorry to persist, but I think your Dad's criticism may actually be his way of displaying his pride (Or at least this is my personal experience…) Pride is defined in my dictionary as 'a feeling of pleasure on account of something worthily done or anything connected with oneself.' Pride may therefore be misplaced but that your Dad keeps criticising you is, the way I see it, because you are 'something worthily done' and therefore deserving of further investment. If he doesn't actively 'push you' this is probably geared to encourage you to take your own iniatives and develop the capacity to survive independently in life. I can understand this is can be very hard to appreciate, and if he has never ever unambiguously indicated verbally or non-verbally by show of affection his pride I think this is wrong. What is clearer than the midday sun, in any case, is that you are proud of him and who he is -because you call him more than anyone else, you have a signed photo of him stationed on a ship when you were young and indeed because you rank so highly in your list of future achievements gaining some form of express recognition from him.
10 Jun 2005, 10:35
Christopher Sigournay
Perhaps you're right Alex. I don't know really, I'm not sure I'll ever find out! Time will tell…
10 Jun 2005, 11:01
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