Sigh, I knew this was coming.

1) I used to be fairly fluent in Latin. Before you ask, no, I didn't learn it because I wanted to study law or have some kind of springboard into the Romantic languages. I just found it very interesting. Unfortunately, I haven't kept up on it, and it's faded somewhat.

2) My only major fear is that of spiders. I was fine with them until I watched Arachnophobia as a small child. The phobia wasn't helped much when I was bitten by a Black Widow in my sleep about two years ago. Very nearly lost my leg to Cellulitis as a result. We never found the spider :|

3) I've always wanted to fly. The dream started with a fixed wing fascination, and has since evolved into an all-consuming passion for helicopters. I would have joined the air force straight out of school, but bad eyesight put paid to that. Getting a commercial licence without financial backing is prohibitively expensive, but it'll happen one day.

4) I managed to go for 22 years without breaking any bones. I broke that record in style, with a cracked skull and broken nose. I was mugged in a dodgy part of town, and full of vim, vigour, and Dutch courage, I fought back. Outnumbered two-to-one, the results were predictable. I got a discarded beer bottle to the face (despite what movies may have taught us, beer bottles are very hard to break - my head lost the battle), that resulted in a very tense night waiting for a brain specialist to get back from her Easter holiday. Traumatic as it was, there was no lasting damage, and I now have a Rich Gallup-style scar through my eyebrow - chicks dig it :D

5) I've travelled quite extensively over the years, visiting countries in South America, Europe, and Asia. I have a huge soft spot for Thailand (I was there when the tsunami hit), and have been there three times. My latest trip was to Greece last year to watch my team (Liverpool) in the Champions League final. They lost, but it still tops my list of best experiences ever.

I'm going to be a real stick in the mud, and not tag anyone else - partly because I hate chain mail type things, but mostly because I reckon most of the people on my friends list have already been tagged.