I don't normally jump on blog memes like this, but Phil is hassling me, and he's had a hard week :)

So here it is, five things you probably don't know about me from reading this blog.

1. Despite working in IT and/or data processing for about 9 years, I actually have a music degree. You can guess which of my skills I find it easier to make a living with.
2. As a child I lived in a bus for six months. My family converted a bus into a mobile home and used it to travel around for holidays. We all lived in it for a few months while building a house on a bush property 3 hours out of Sydney.
3. In my last year of high school, I was in a band with some friends called "Merkin Blues Band". Through that, I got the nickname Merkin. There is a group of people who still call me this. When a few of us moved away we held an all night outdoor music festival in the bush. We invited our friend's bands and called it Merkinstock.
4. Last year I signed up for a kickboxing class. What I didn't realise at the time was it was run by GLMA, the Gay and Lesbian Martial Arts association, and mostly female. There are not many situations in which a white, heterosexual male is the minority, and everybody is assuming something else about you. It resulted in a few funny conversations, "what, are you straight ?". I had a great time doing it, but people get a laugh when I tell them about my time in the lesbian kickboxing class.
5. I have a 15 month old son named Miles. He was born on my 30th birthday, which was also Father's Day. He likes riding bikes too. 

So that's me. Next up, Lela and Fernando.