Welcome

Posted by Beardy in Off Topic on 06 23rd, 2009 | 2 responses

Hello and welcome to my new blog, SmokesWithWolves. Some of you may know me already, or some of you might be backreading old posts at some point in the future, in which case I've prepared a little introduction below.

I thought I'd start by explaining the idea behind this site. I've loosely maintained a blog in some form since early 2003, initially on LiveJournal, then through Windows Live Spaces and ultimately WordPress on my former website – and if having a personal blog about my life for six years taught me one thing, it's that nobody gives a shit about reading tales of my life. So instead of a personal site with a blog tacked on, this is an all-new site with the blog at its heart, and you'll find nothing here about me personally – because that's not what anybody wants.

Instead, I'm taking the advice of my old school English teacher: write what you know. I know many things, but what I know and am interested in talking about is games. More specifically, my take on games as a wordy British gay gamer (gaymer from here on in) with some odd tastes in games – for example, I like rhythm games but not Guitar Hero; I like FPS games but not Halo; I like co-op strategy but not Team Fortress, etc. Hopefully I'll be providing some food for thought and interesting commentary that's a little off the beaten track.

Now, as promised, an introduction to myself. There are many ways I could have gone about this, but if it's alright with you I thought I'd try something a little different. Instead of trying to sum myself up, I'd prefer to give you other people's descriptions. To this end, I ran a search through the last two years of conversation logs looking for all instances of the other person using the word 'you're', and compiled a list of everything everyone has told me I am. So, without further ado (and adjusted to first person), I am…

using obscene amounts of bandwidth
surprisingly pokeable for a top
not a fruit or a vegetable
sooo smart :D
not thinking hypothetically
one step closer to finding you
probably going to kick the crap out of you
your last option for help
interested in men and women
a good man
just trying to distract you
wondering about the crocodile from yesterday
adding cock
insane
full of surprises
a most useful technical acquaintance
one of the mushroom men from Pluto
going to have to see a therapist about that
somewhere near an end
constantly breaking bad news
just trying to stifle your creativity
having contractions
going to the moon
doing it wrong
also funneh
doing a sterling job
obsessed with dirty words
standing right beside you
not coming tonight
off to gameland
not too expensive though
the only shirtlifter in Nottingham
not a gumby
very popular with this demographic
living the authentic geek life
really into honesty and such
a very huggable person
good at finding stuff

So there we have it. Post number one done and dusted. I've got ideas for at least a dozen diatribes floating around my head as I write this, and doubtless more things will catch my attention before I've got those done. So stay tuned, subscribe to my RSS, follow me on Twitter etc. Peace out.

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2 Responses to “Welcome”

  1. David Nikel says:
    23/06/2009 at 7:35 am

    Welcome back :-)