Big thing #1: I'm in my early 30s and I live in the North West of England where it rains all the bloody time and everybody's first comment when they see you is "cold again, int it!" as though that's a huge change from the other 364 days of the year.
Big thing #2: I am just about to move back to the world of kids' TV production after spending a couple of years earning a crust as a fundraiser for charity. I've working with some genuinely lovely people in that time but fundraising just didn't light my fire in the same way scripting, filming and editing does. I know that sounds really superficial but there's a huge sense of achievement that comes from a million people watching and enjoying something you dreamt up and created with your own talent. I'm bloody good at it too, in all honesty. I've been nominated for a Bafta and a Royal Television Society award (my natural inclination when telling people that is to follow it up with an embarrassed 'sorry' - I'm terribly British about discussing my achievements.)
Big thing #3: I LOVE animals. Like, seriously absolutely adore animals to the point where my life wouldn't be worth living if I didn't have animals in it. The Can't Hug Every Cat song could have been written for me!
I volunteer for the British Hen Welfare Trust, a battery hen rescue organisation, and I keep the 'special' hens who are too immediately poorly/disabled to be rehomed. To that end, I have a little wonky flock of hens who are one-eyed, wonky beaked, limpy, uneven and twisty. I love them to bits. So much that I've written and published a book about them! I ought to record Can't Hug Every Chook. I also have three rescue cats, some Giant African Land Snail and four extremely geriatric goldfish. I have also previously been the proud owner of Madagascan Hissing Cockroaches (named Monty, Henry and Clive), some rescued crickets and an extremely bad-tempered hamster named Frasier.
Those are my three big things but here are some other bits:
- I used to enjoy running but find it hard now due to the nerve damage in my leg. When I can get motivated, I plan to run a marathon in aid of BHWT.
- I'm extremely neat and tidy, in complete contrast to my husband who is a serious contender for World's Biggest Slob (but also World's Kindest Person.)
- I am a grammar fanatic, and so I apologise for any errors of posts past. Please let me know if you spot any. I'm serious. If I cark it from this crap, I don't want to leave a legacy of homophone confusion and incorrect semi-colon useage.
- I am a bloody good driver, for reals.
- I don't like going out much although I do love my friends.
- I have a notorious sweet tooth, and the to-be-expected weight battle that comes with it.
- I love travel. I love photograpy. I spend most of my travelling doing photography which has led to a travel companion huffing at me, "Jesus Christ, it's just a bloody pebble!"
- I am short, I look average, my eyesight is woeful without my glasses and I have very small feet.
- I can't cook, and I have no desire to cook. Now that I'm vegan, I really ought to but I HATE the process and I don't see the point. Happily, my husband enjoys it all.
- I am very quick-tempered but I also get over it very quickly.
- I am sleep-softie and feel like crap on less than 7 hours a night.
- I'm triffic at saving money.
- I can't make myself go cross-eyed.
- I'm an only child.
- I have an unhealthy fear of heights, spiders and butterflies.
- I absolutely loathe wires, cables or anything remotely technological.
While that probably doesn't give you that much clearer an image of me, I wanted to make the point that I am not defined by cancer in the slightest. Again, that's my rationale in not telling many people: I don't WANT to be defined by it and deal with the head tilts and sympathy. I'd rather just crack on because there's so much more to life than this crap.
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