25 Random Things

Another one of those meme things...

1. I'm an avid Guardian reader.
2. I can happily devour an entire packet of biscuits in one sitting.
3. Deep-down, even at my lowest ebb, I'm still an optimist.
4. I have a love for dance/electronic music, but my tastes are otherwise broad; rock to classical, hip-hop to indie.
5. I'm 6'3".
6. At the last count, I have visited 22 countries and rising... Travel is one of my great passions in life.
7. Following a friends' recommendation I am currently a massive fan of 'The Shield' and secretly wish policing was a little more like that sometime.
8. All the women I've had relationships with were born outside the UK.
9. I drive too fast.
10. I enter a ridiculous number of competitions. Someones got to win, surely?
11. I'm intrigued by religion but am still an agnostic.
12. Bad manners infuriate me - when you hold a door open for someone and they don't say thanks...
13. I'm a bit of a romantic, really.
14. Though I don't read as much as I used to, I've always got a book on the go.
15. I think I'm starting to develop insomnia.
16. Unusual for a bloke; but I love cats.
17. I'm typing this to avoid packing. I move house on the 19th of this month.
18. Before becoming a copper I worked as a bookseller, and prior to that for a small environmental charity in The New Forest.
19. I'm a terrible, but slowly improving cook.
20. When I get some more money through I would like to get a decent digital SLR camera and become a better photographer.
21. I cannot function properly without a morning coffee.
22. I long to be a father. Eventually.
23. My heroes include Moby, Neil Armstrong, David Attenborough, Captain Scott and Ellen MacArthur.
24. I have a strange fascination with cold places, particularly The Antarctic.
25. I can still speak (rustily) fluent Swedish.