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Can you see the real me? Can you? Can you?
I am the sea.
I am the heather moorland.
😉
I am an idiot.
I'm the organ grinder, not the monkey.
Cut me in half and im full of bikes, motorbikes and diving. I need to be outside to be happy. I need to be almost scared to be excited. I dont like to follow.
Hmm, inertesting one...
I believe I am defined, to some extent, by the people around me. Who I am, to them. The people close to me are a pretty varied bunch, from all sorts of walks of life. But all are genuinely decent, honest, caring people. Patience and a sense of humour are probbly handy qualities to have around me, tbh.
So, I spose I'm shaped and influenced by them, as others are, by me.
I think the key is, to see yourself as you would like to have others see you. and to continually strive to be the sort of person they can love, and feel happy around. Pretty much an on-going process of constant adjustment and evolution, I'd say. And you'll never get it 'right', you can only hope to eliminate most of the negative issues, and concentrate on enhancing the positive ones.
Overall, I'd define myself as a 'happy' person, if I'm forced to use just one word.
I spose overall, I'm more of a 'thinker' than a 'do-er'. If more people did what I think, then maybe my own little world would be more perfect.
i could re-fit the batteries if:
A) I knew the thermostat had batteries
B) I knew he'd taken them
And I wouldn't need to if he wasn't so much of a tight fisted fuc* as to take the batteries out in the fist place, just to save on the gas bill (which it doesn't as once we found the batteries were missing we just turned the heating on until the house was warm again).
In the past people defined themselves by the musical trend (for want of a better word) or fashion they followed
I'm a punk
I'm a teddyboy
I'm a mod
Don't get that anymore do you. I wonder if there ever will be a genre to define yourself by again.
I'm a leftfieldraphiphopelectrodubstepindieexperimentalpunk btw.
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[i]Hmm, inertesting one...
I believe I am defined, to some extent, by the people around me. Who I am, to them. The people close to me are a pretty varied bunch, from all sorts of walks of life. But all are genuinely decent, honest, caring people. Patience and a sense of humour are probbly handy qualities to have around me, tbh.
So, I spose I'm shaped and influenced by them, as others are, by me.
I think the key is, to see yourself as you would like to have others see you. and to continually strive to be the sort of person they can love, and feel happy around. Pretty much an on-going process of constant adjustment and evolution, I'd say. And you'll never get it 'right', you can only hope to eliminate most of the negative issues, and concentrate on enhancing the positive ones.
Overall, I'd define myself as a 'happy' person, if I'm forced to use just one word.
I spose overall, I'm more of a 'thinker' than a 'do-er'. If more people did what I think, then maybe my own little world would be more perfect.[/i]
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🙄
I am very fortunate.
Best not to stop and wallow in the "who am I?" question too much. That way lies relgious nuttiness.
Best not to stop and wallow in the "who am I?" question too much.
Too frightening for you to contemplate, Stoner?
Avocado; I notice you have nowt inertesting to say yourself, but I don't mind you quoting me, if it makes you feel better.
I'm Spartacus
No Im Spartacus!
Not at all.
I meant philosophically for anyone. An intense introspection is rarely a good thing IMO.
Did you know that they took the definition of miketually out of the dictionary?
Best not to stop and wallow in the "who am I?" question too much. That way lies relgious nuttiness.
No, not at all. That way lies understanding 🙂 If you work at it enough, that is.
I am the Walrus..
I am a dad, a husband, a provider, a self employed worker and a bike rider - in that order. Not so long ago I was a selfish, self centred bike rider. I am a better person.
Plenty of folks seem to have a concise self definition, well done.
RudeBoy seems to understand the question well, thinking indeed.
Stoner, quite right, religious nuttiness to be avoided.
I used to like to tell myself that there was "an army of me".
I'm the 😈
im 17 and dont know who i am unless im either in mountains or killing myself physically. i suppose i dont know who i am especially due to recent events. im working towords joining the royal marines next year and trying to make something of my life rather than joining the wasters that seem to surround me.
No, I'm spartacus
Im not a number, Im a free man (but dont tell the gf)
Usually, I'm a father, a husband and a son. What I do a living, how I spend my spare time and who I'd like to sh@g is irrelevant. What matters is my family, their well-being, their future. And their present.
I ride a pushbike, I fiddle and play with it, I spend my savings on it.
I ride a motorcycle at times. I will get better but won't take any chances.
I drive a car. A lot, rarely alone, usually with my girls or friends. So they can be comfortable.
I love being active and find sitting patiently very hard. But my sprog is ill at the moment, poor little one. Suddnely everything takes a back seat, nothing matters, just the little girl. When she recovers completely I'll take har to the sea, for now though I am just a dad. And nothing more.
Hope your sprogess is better soon Hairychested!
Nothing else matters when your kids are ill.
I AM SPARTA!
i'm lister
i have a sister
but i've never kissed her (contrary to the rumour in primary school)
ps I've also been a stay at home dad and am now back at work: QUIT YER WHINGIN'!!! 😉 best year of my life...i'm really not someone who needs to work to 'define me', bringing me boy up for a bit gave me everything I needed...shame I can't do it again really, now we've got 2...
I am a collection of atoms and molecules which have temporarily come together**
[i]"for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return"[/i]
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**And are having a bit of a party 8)
I was so wasted I was a hippie I was a burnout I was a dropout I was out of my head I was a surfer I had a skateboard I was so heavy man, I lived on the strand I was so wasted I was so ****ed up I was so messed up I was so screwed up I was out of my head I was so jacked up I was so drunk up I was so knocked out, I was out of my head I was so wasted I was waste
F*ck me, black flag lyrics (though if I am honest I thought it was the Circle Jerks at first)
I am the resurrection, and I am the light.....
I try to be a better person every day. 
Until a year or so ago, I defined myself by the sport I did, and the races I won. I have always lived to work rather than the other way round (do many on here live to work? the only obvious possibility I can think of is WCA). Am now gradually turning into sporty daddy.
Not sure how well I'd cope with being a full time parent - right now it's only 1 day a week (plus weekends!), and whilst 2 days a week would be better, I'm not quite sure about 5. However it could be a huge amount worse - plenty of groups you can join, places to hang out and meet other adults, even if they're also just parents. I find it possible to strike up a conversation with total strangers (women!) at the playground, as a bloke with a little child is totally non-threatening. It might not be very much like flirting, but I still enjoy just interacting with the opposite sex. If you go to something like Tumble Tots (don't know if they have that over there), or a music group, you'll doubtless get lots of attention as the only male IME!
I'm someone that can't answer this question for many reasons, mainly based around my own self definition, compared to others, compared to my own, leading to an infinte loop that encapsulates almost everything.
I'm a joker
I'm a smoker
I'm a midnight toker
I sure don't want to hurt no one
Who am I? Apparently I am someone who posses profound understanding of the rules of stw.com yet I continually flout them, deliberately and consciously. But that’s just GnarGnar.
In the “real” world I am someone who lives and breathes mountain bikes. Everything in my life it seems is geared towards and orientated around biking in the mountains. Where I live, the car I drive, the clothes I wear, the food I eat - biking plays a huge part of my decision making process in all of them. If I could retire tomorrow I’d be happy to live my life doing nothing more than riding my bike and building trails. I am lucky to have found a woman who understands and encourages this.
I have a job which many seem to think is glamorous and interesting but it is in fact mind numbing and I cant help but think it’s a complete waste of my life. I started down my chosen career path in the mistaken belief it was what I wanted to do in life, now Im just going the motion to feed and cloth myself, and obviously to fund my habit.
As the years and the miles roll by, as my riding improves – my hunger to ride continues to grow. The more I ride, the more I progress. The more I progress the more I want to ride. This sometimes manifests itself in my day to day life as a slight (or sometimes total) apathy for things non mtb related or day dreaming about the trails.
Many of my non biking friends have fallen by the wayside as more and more of my free time gets taken up by my hobby. It’s a cliché to say it but I’ve met some truly great friends for life through biking. In many ways, despite maybe not seeing someone for a few weeks or perhaps months I often feel closer to the guys I ride with than people I see every day simply because of the fact we ride together.
If I thought people would accept it or understand it, I’d happily introduce myself in life as just a mountain biker. In my mind, those two words sum up what I am and what I do. I’d be happy if they were carved on my headstone. Perhaps I have some sick desperation in my life that leads me to think like this, or perhaps I am what people might refer to as an adrenaline junkie or a thrill seeker. Or maybe I’ve just found the thing I am supposed to do. Either way I couldn’t imagine life without mountain biking.
loddrik - MemberF*ck me, black flag lyrics
Think yourself lucky, it was almost R Kelly (via the Bonnie Prince)...
Gnar, what's the job you do that's meant to be glamorous? (real interest, not being sarky)
I'm in the same boat as you Chopper - Where abouts in NZ are you?
Thanks Foxy, she is a bit better - just nicked my "Celebrations" and took the last "Bounty" out of it. I'll wait till she's bigger before teling her off for such an awful theft 😉
I've just realised most of us here could call themselves [i]homo [s]sapiens[/s][/i].
molgrips
Gnar, what's the job you do that's meant to be glamorous?
All round creative type. Often work involves ads or tv. Not glam to me obviously.
Me?
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Hmm. Being creative would be nice I suppose.
I am me. Always have been, always will be.
I, in general, hate everybody...