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General info - interests, etc.
Playing / watching football, writing skits, watching comedy, chasing sheep around church yards, cycling, reading (especially historical biogs), music (live and buying), socialising, the internet.
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Music
Anything at all. Love many different types, if I had to choose some favourite bands... Radiohead, David Bowie, Air, The Kinks, Gorillaz, Fun Loving Criminals, The White Stripes, Doves, Elbow, the Chemical Brothers, Foo Fighters, Basement Jaxx, Groove Armada, Nirvana, RHCP, Leftfield, DJ Shadow, Bob Marley, They Might be Giants, Terry Bush amongst many.
Funniest thing I've done
There are so many. Possibly in a previous job unblocking the drains with a long rod, during a torrential rain storm, whilst dressed as Santa Claus (it was Christmas Day).
Movies
Shaun of the Dead, Garden State, The Deerhunter, Subway, Highlander, Bladerunner, Leon, Enter the Dragon, Old Boy, Taxi (French version!), Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Hero, anything with Monica Belucci or Sophie Marceau.
Television
Father Ted, Black Books, Spooks, Lost, 24, Scrubs, Spaced, The League of Gentlemen, Phoenix Nights.
The last thing made me laugh
A van drove past me on the motorway today with the words written on the back: "Wisely Driven? If so call police - vehicle stolen"
Books
Man and Boy (Tony Parsons), The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy), Seize the night / Fear nothing (Dean Koontz), other authors: Harlan Coben, Stephen King, John Grisham, Charlie Higson, Stephen Fry, Dan Brown, Nick Hornby, Iain Banks, Irvine Welsh.
Favourite Websites
www.newsnow.co.uk
www.bbc.co.uk
www.spurs.co.uk
www.monkeymania.co.uk
www.dti.gov.uk (useful)
www.cipd.co.uk
www.hrzone.co.uk
www.hrgateway.com
www.personneltoday.com
3 things the person next to me doesn't know
How to tie his shoelaces without assistance, the twelve times tables, how to get home at night.
Food
Indian, Chinese, Thai, Irish, English, French, Israeli, African, Caribbean, Italian, Spanish etc. I love food. Favourite - lobster!
What I'd do if I won the lottery
Not tell anyone. People always say that people change towards you if they know you have money, if they don't know then they won't change. They will just think that with my excess cash I have become a drug dealer or am selling arms to various countries...
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