Where do I
start ?
Photo of me at carnival [remind Rik to scan + blur it]
Sorry Rik
insists that all photos of us have certain features blurred out. Really I’m
actually rather attractive.
Anyway I’m
writing this from Amsterdam …. I think I’m allowed to mention that. 3 weeks ago
I was working as Software Engineer for a small and reasonably successful
e-business consultancy in London. I was earning about 35k – I mention that as
one of the things we want to get across is that we were successful in what we
were doing.
A quick
history of my life : I was born in London, grew up in a middle class family in
a very middle class town about 30 miles from London. I got threes A’s and a B
at my A levels and went to a university that is as good as they get, but not
Oxbridge. I then got the job I’ve just abandoned.
I’ve lived
in a few places in London – I met Rik in my first flat share, a brief affair in
Forest Hill, best skimmed over. Next we moved into a very nice place in Notting
Hill. Which was great for impressing people, but used up more money than we could
justify. So when Rik’s schoolfriend, Poppy, wanted to get a place with us, it
was just like being a student all over again. Jasmine was the icing on the cake
–she worked with Poppy and we’d met a few times.
I’ve never
had a relationship with Rik, Poppy or Jasmine, although we have had one or two
intimate moments…. But then again who doesn’t when you live together.