I've often vowed never to start a blog, as I'm sure I wouldn't find enough "stuff" to fill it with, let alone make it interesting enough to avoid curing insomnia. However, I'm willing to give (almost!) anything a try, so here goes nothing...
By now you're probably wondering who the heck this strange creature which suddenly invaded the comments of several BCTS stories a few weeks ago is. If not, click back and find something more interesting to read.
Still here? OK then, I suppose I'd better scribble something down...if only to convince you that your time would have been better spend clicking Back...
As you might have gathered by my more recent comments, my name's actually Ben (well, Benjamin if you insist on being all formal and proper), I'm 32 years old, and currently live in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, UK.
I'm a self-confessed geek (put it this way, my computer's running Linux!), so understandably am interested in science and technology. However, I'm not a tech fetishist - I'm not the kind of person who simply *must* have the latest gadgets, besides which, I couldn't afford them even if I wanted them! £300 for a mobile phone? No thanks! My £50 phone's perfectly OK for my needs (especially as it only cost me £12.50 courtesy of a loyalty discount by my network operator!)
Anyway, enough about technology - I also like classical music, enjoying the countryside, and BBC Radio 4. I don't like clubbing, drinking much alcohol (besides which, as I usually drive to socials, I won't!), pop music, sport, or "celebrity culture" (whatever that is!).
As if that wasn't a strange enough set of likes/dislikes, I've also attended three weekend socials run by the nearest thing Radio 4's PM programme has to a fanclub. Unsurprisingly those of us attending these socials don't generally mention it to others... "I'm spending the weekend with some random people I met on an internet blog". We also composed and recorded this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gfbpx2Aa0Qo
(For those outside the UK, PM is a drivetime news magazine show - albeit one whose blog has taken on a life of its own - to the extent of spawning a spin-off programme called iPM...)
So, if any authors are reading this, take comfort in the fact that even your wilder characters probably have a higher degree of sanity than me...
Righteo, before I bore you too much, I suppose you may possibly be interested in the derivation of my nickname (mittfh). I've used it for practically all my online activities for the past 8+ years, and the only clues I'll give to its creation are that it stands for "Mad IT Tech From Hell", and is inspired by "The BOFH".
(Now let's see if anyone's been deluded enough to read this drivel - or is still awake enough to comment...)
--Ben
Comments
As you've been kind enough
to comment on some of my stuff, I'm returning the favour. What you haven't explained is why you visit here, other than to add pleasant comments to my cheesy prose.
I look forward to the next installment of Ben's Blog.
Angharad
Angharad
Why
Yeah. Why are you here, Ben? Could you be *gasp* one of us? Could you be a transgender soul? That's why I'm here. That and to pester people with my awards lists and an occasional story.
Welcome, Ben. Got a femme name? I'm just askin'. :)
Hug
- Terry
P.S. My Internet computer runs Unix. :p
Why am I here?
Good question :)
AFAIK, I'm not TG, although if I had more money and space plus a sympathetic partner/mentor, I would try cross-dressing. But (a) in 'ordinary' clothes (not baby/schoolgirl/maid/latex fetish stuff [ugh!]), and (b) I'd only venture in public if I (or at least the potential future partner) thought I was reasonably 'passable' (or at least not look too obviously male - i.e. not sticking out like the proverbial sore thumb). Anyway, that's all pipe dreams for the moment - my immediate priorities are to keep my job (public sector's fairly safe, but still not a good idea to get too complacent!) and to end each month with slightly more money in my bank account than the previous month.
However, I do like reading TG fiction - and after experimenting with many sites, have decided upon here and Maddy's as the authors write stories that are more believable (well, within their own universes!) than a lot of the crud that often starts off with a forced fem / BDSM concept, then hastily wraps a scenario around it. Oh, I also like here as there's a real sense of community, where people are accepted for who they are and there's no requirement to live up to any particular stereotype (which is good, since I don't conform to many!)
--Ben
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As the right side of the brain controls the left side of the body, then only left-handers are in their right mind!
Sounds fair enough to me
Welcome, Ben! :)
I've been retired for a decade ...
Hi, Ben!
... so I can make the time occasionally to read scintillating drivel -- and today find my horizons expanded due to clicking on the link you provide. The PM Frog Song was definitely OK (but a one-time experience if you know what I mean). But next up at YouTube was Rupert and the Frog Song, I guess an anime presentation. Quite nice and I felt your presence a second time in two videos. First your nickname Mittfh in the credits to the first, and second as one of the momentarily sinister black leopards for after all if Mittfh isn't the sound an angry cat hisses out, what else could it be? But "The BOFH" has me stumped for the moment.
Leah