Name: Vicky short for Victoria Anne - use Vicky or else!

Age:28 (Positively Ancient)

Mental Age: A very mature 15 year old (based on the ability to bring out the childish in all I meet).

Address: Varies as I've moved house 16 times! Generally based in the wonderful city of Liverpool, England, UK - and no jokes about being a scouser (someone who lives in Liverpool) or about the amazing Football Team - of which I am a huge fan. I've supported the team since I can remember, probably starting to take a real interest at the age of ten or so. Everyone on my Dad's side of the family support Liverpool so I expect it was a few years of brainwashing which had me turn to the reds - not that I regret it at all. My favourite red's player of all time was Peter Beardsley and in the team at the moment, I like Stephen Gerrard, Danny Murphy and Gary McAllister.

http://www.liverpoolfc.co.uk/team/

Nephews & Niece: Okay, my favourite people in the whole wide world are my two nephews Matthew and Jordan. I also have another nephew, Lewis who was born last year and a niece Aria. See some pics of the little darlings by clicking on the link below.

Cats: My cat, Snafu, born 4th May 1999, named after a friend on NannyMUD. It actually stands for 'Situation Normal All F*cked Up. Snafu is black and white. I acquired another cat, Night, born approximately July 1999, abandoned at 8 weeks old on the doorstep of an old people's home and handed in to the Vets. I never used to like cats being a 'dog' person but since I've had them as kittens I've grown rather attached. Okay, I admit, I wouldn't be without them and they are my surrogate children.

Work & Stuff: At the moment, I'm working as a Classrooom Assistant, with children who have special educational needs. This is somewhat different than other jobs that I've had, but I believe I've found my niche. The work varies every day, the children are hard work but a delight and often challenging.

I used to work for a large company and the last project I completed was called Project Margarita and lasted three years. You may have seen Axe or Lynx on the market all over Europe as it has a very distinctive can shape. I have two patents that protects this research, something I'm quite proud of. Sadly though, this doesn't make me rich as many people seem to think! I've had lots of jobs and have worked as a Legal Secretary, Medical Secretary, a Childminder and a Researcher into Medical Microbiology.

Post-University Study: I recently completed A Level ICT, and am awaiting my results. I studied A Level Psychology at the Community College of Liverpool. I also took a course (NCFE) from September 2000 to June 2001 in computer hardware to force myself to spend less time online and do something worthwhile in my spare time. I can proudly say that I built my new PC! It's an AMD Athlon Thunderbird 800Mhz with 256Mb RAM and two 10Gb harddrives. I should now be able to fix all my own PC problems and other people's too! (well thats the theory - the reality is that if you let me loose on your PC you will be scared...very scared.

Hobbies: I spend a great deal of my spare time on the computer. I role-play online in a basic emotive game loosely based on D&D and I find it immensely rewarding don't often utilise my creative skills to a great extent. I find it releases my imagination and creative writing-skills. I find writing something that I really enjoy, and try to do as much as possible. It is very cathartic.

The Future: This invariably changes frequently as I'm an indecisive lass. As I'm bored with my job, I'll be looking for something else when my project has ended, hopefully doing something that combines working with children, psychology, computers or science. I also eventually want to travel to Brazil and to head over to the Galapagos Islands to see where Charles Darwin made his discoveries. I'm a big fan of Charles Darwin. In April, 2002 I went over to Sweden and met many of my friends at NannyMUD. I went across to Greece last year (2001) and have been to Holland (Amsterdam) to meet some good friends. I also travelled to Spain this year (2003) and am going to Germany (Berlin) in a few weeks time.