And Now For a Taste of Things to Come…

So it seems the best way to start this venture is to tell you a little about myself.

I’m a thirty eight year old straight male, currently working in local government, in the environmental field- weed control, and maintaining trails, firebreaks, campgrounds and anything else the powers that be decide is important on that day. Before that I had a long and unexciting career in the retail side of the fuel industry. I live and work in the City of Albany, Western Australia.

I suffer from depression and anxiety with a side order of low self-esteem and insomnia. I’m on two types of anti-depressants and earlier this year I was seeing a psychologist.

I love to travel, mostly backpacking through SE Asia. I also enjoy reading, listening to music, the outdoors, and petting and looking at dogs.

Politically I lean hard to the left, and am occasionally accused of being a social justice warrior

I’m moderately tall, of average build with broad shoulders. I keep my dark brown hair closely cropped due to male pattern baldness. I have four piercings in my left ear, which is a recent development, partly due to being sick of the only backpacker with no piercings or tattoos, and partly because I was called boring by someone who I should probably have ignored.

I’m mostly going to blog about my life, travel and social issues. I’m basically using this as therapy, and because I stopped blogging previously due to my depression, which is now more under control.

That’s that, now let the dice fly high!