Aspiring Blog Blog of an aspiring writer and poet with geekish tendancies

About Me

This page, is about me - because sometimes I'd like to think the world can revolve around me.

Well here's the vitals:

• Name: Jonathan L. Lawrence

• Age: 26

• Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire (born and bred)

• Occupation: Business Analyst

• Hobbies: Writing (stories, poetry, and essays), digital art, drawing, studying, technology, analysis, mathematics, champagne, cigars, sociology, travelling, rambling, cults, reading, history, and the Leeds Rhino's

• Political Views: Centre Left (whatever that really means)

• Religious views: Second Church of Xenu (really an athiest)

• Music interests: Eclectic, but top bands and performers include: Muse, Reel Big Fish, Robbie Williams, Dido, Amy MacDonald, Garbage, Iron Maiden, Foo Fighters, and Tchaikovksy

• Favourite writers: Too many to be definitive - but all time favourite would be Piers Anthony

• Favourite poets: Carol Ann Duffy, Seamus Heaney, John Keats, Rudyard Kipling, Emily Brontë, Oscar Wilde, John Betjeman, Geoffrey Chaucer,  and of course William Shakespeare

• Favourite quotes: "In a society in which it is a moral offense to be different from your neighbor your only escape is never to let them find out," Robert A. Heinlein

"If you happen to be one of the fretful minority who can do creative work, never force an idea; you'll abort it if you do. Be patient and you'll give birth to it when the time is ripe. Learn to wait," Robert A. Heinlein

"Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own," Robert A. Heinlein

• Adjectives about me (because the world revolves around yours truly): smart, funny, cunning, creative, ingenius, invisible, rotund, insane, weird, odd, inspired, apathetic, political, single, unfashionable, supportive, caring, friendly, kind, discrete

• To Sum Up About Me: Aye, there's the rub. Difficult to sum up succinctly. Crazy, most definitely. Funny, hopefully. Lovely, certainly. Interesting, essentially.

• What This Blog is For: To show case myself, promote the others in the Arts and Culture (namely writers, and poets, and a few others), to analyse the relevant news, and generally celebrate the literary and poetical arts.
• Ways to contact me:
  • Email: lex-a-like [at] [dot] aspiring [dot] org
  • MSN: lex-a-like [at] [dot] aspiring [dot] org (I'm not on often, but will add you back, and chat if I can)
• Other sites I am on:
  • Twitter: http://twitter.com/jl_legend
  • My personal website: http://www.sageunlimited.org
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