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Mat Bowles
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Created on 2004-10-31 23:40:32 (#5005340), last updated 2009-11-23
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Basic Info| Birthdate: | 1974-09-05 |
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| Location: | Brighouse, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
| Website: | Mat Bowles |
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matbowles@gmail.com BioI'm Mat. There was a horribly long bio here, but it was also horribly out of date.
I'm32 33 in my mid-thirties, from Devon, I moved to London in early 2007 and then on to Yorkshire right at the end of the year. I'm a freelance website manager and marketing analyst doing work for whoever can pay me, normally but not exclusively politicians and small businesses. I also write the occasional article for a few well known political blogs, Liberal Conspiracy and Lib Dem Voice being the most well known; I used to write at a blogspot called Not Little England, that's archived at Voting TaKtiX, which I might restart at some point before hell freezes over...
Personal life:Yeah, long distance relationships are a pain. Falling in love with someone you met through Livejournal is interesting. Having a girlfriend fiancée that makes public posts telling you off for not following up on the pretty girl flirting with you you met the other day? Still getting my head around that one, other than, well, very happy bunny. Go add ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif)
miss_s_b's ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif)
theyorkshergob, because, well, she's even more cool than me. Which, actually, isn't that hard, but, y'know.
Friending: I have a large and unwieldy friends list, and I'm trying to keep it below 500 accounts/feeds/communities. If I've friended you and you don't know me, it's probably because I like the way you write about things that interest me. I do try to say hello, but frequently forget. If you add me, I might notice, and if I do, and you look interesting, I may delete a different account to add you back. If you say hello, talk to me and get involved with the conversations, then this is much more likely.
I might add some politics links or campaign buttons here at some point. Just, y'know, I'm at about -6/-6 on the political compass, which makes me more left wing/liberal than 95% of people, and I do have to reign in my anarchist tendencies and remind myself I'm a democrat as well. Sometimes.
Oh, yeah, I'm ahorrible lovely, delicious, ruggedly handsome letch, I used to apologise and try to hide this, but now I get told off for not being open about it. So give me a slap if I say something you think is inappropriate, 'flimsy moral standards' is in my interests for a reason...
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Personal life:
miss_s_b's theyorkshergob, because, well, she's even more cool than me. Which, actually, isn't that hard, but, y'know.Friending: I have a large and unwieldy friends list, and I'm trying to keep it below 500 accounts/feeds/communities. If I've friended you and you don't know me, it's probably because I like the way you write about things that interest me. I do try to say hello, but frequently forget. If you add me, I might notice, and if I do, and you look interesting, I may delete a different account to add you back. If you say hello, talk to me and get involved with the conversations, then this is much more likely.
I might add some politics links or campaign buttons here at some point. Just, y'know, I'm at about -6/-6 on the political compass, which makes me more left wing/liberal than 95% of people, and I do have to reign in my anarchist tendencies and remind myself I'm a democrat as well. Sometimes.Oh, yeah, I'm a
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Schools:
Churston Ferrers Grammar School - Brixham, England - Devon, United Kingdom (1986 - 1993)University of Exeter - Exeter, England - Devon, United Kingdom (1999 - 2002)
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