Some personal stuff about Terry Knight...

So you'd like to know a little more about me? Well, you can read some serious information (resume-related), or you can skip to the not so serious information. You can also find out "Who's MayFurr?" which is probably a little more fun... 

Where I am At present, I'm based in New Zealand. I live in Wellington with my wife Stefany and two cats in the suburb of Johnsonville. Living around hills after years of being on the flat  in Christchurch is fun! (And if you've ever been to Wellington, you'll know there is a lot of hills!) And for those out there who don't know where New Zealand is, it's first on the left past Australia... <grin> What I do By profession, I'm a Business/Systems Analyst based in Wellington, New Zealand.

Not so serious information :)

What I look like

As you can see, I'm going for the "Kojak" look... :)

Age

That'd be telling, wouldn't it? :) Let's say I was born in New Zealand in the late sixties, and am approaching middle age. Luckily I jettisoned most of my hair in my twenties, so aging won't be so obvious for a few years...

I am 46% Evil Genius. I want to be evil. I do evil things. But given the opportunity, and a darn good reason I may turn to the good side. Besides, I am probably a miserable evil genius. Take the Evil Genius Test at fuali.com

Likes

• New Zealand (obviously)
• German countryside
• British comedy - The Fast Show, Red Dwarf, It Ain't 'Arf 'Ot Mum, 'Allo 'Allo, Mr Bean
• Music by the Propellerheads, Icehouse, Queen, some Midnight Oil, The Shadows, Jethro Tull, lots of stuff from the seventies
• Orchestral movie themes - especially the "Apollo 13" soundtrack
• Melbourne, Australia - the best city outside of New Zealand I've been to (though Sydney is getting close)
• Books by P. J. O'Rourke, Arthur C. Clark, and Terry Pratchett
• Discovery Channel
• Citroen ZX Estate cars - they're a real honey to drive, even if Mr Citroen hasn't worked out how to give youb air-conditioning AND a glove-box at the same time
• Travelling by rail
• Flying Business Class *heehee*
• Shetland Sheepdogs
• Japan Railways "Shinkansen" superexpress trains - aka the "Bullet Train"
• The "Eurostar" train between the United Kingdom, France and Belgium
• British motorways with 70mph speed limits
• Chicken fajitas by Chili's Bar And Grill in Makati City, Manila
• Japanese hot coffee and hot tea vending machines
• Looking out over Wellington Harbour on a sunny day
• English ales - well, some of them (Caffrey's Cream Ale)
• Animated films that don't treat the audience like kids
• Watching the world go by sitting beside Hong Kong harbour
• BBC Radio 2 - especially as you can listen to it on the internet
• Furry art and comics
• Computers
• Science-fiction - especially Star Trek and Babylon 5
• Animated films
• Aircraft
• Space exploration

Dislikes

• The myriad of different technology standards for things like TV and electrical plugs
• Car indicator/wiper stalk layouts that are reversed between Japanese and European cars
• Religious Fundamentalists that try and make you live according to their rules - especially the televangelist variety (boo, hiss)
• So-called "Creation Scientists" that are simply thinly-disguised religious fundamentalists
• Over-hyped movies that have more special effects than plot
• Los Angeles International Airport
• US Immigration in general - unfriendly and inefficient (especially in LAX)
• Whinging Poms who complain that it costs around 200 pounds to go to Europe for a weekend - when it takes that just for the airfare alone to go between New Zealand and Australia
• Twits that carry their cycle helmets while riding instead of actually wearing them
• 'Reality' TV e.g. "When Animals Attack"
• Americans who can't find their own country on a world map much less anyone else's
• Tropical climates
• American beer (apart from the product of one micro-brewery in Portland, OR)
• Cold green tea - tastes like stewed lawn clippings
• Flying Economy Class for over five hours
• Manila traffic
• London traffic
• The Tokyo subway at rush-hour
• British prices
• Violin solos
• Most sport - including rugby (Yes, I know - am I a real Kiwi then?)
• Reading Tom Clancy novels after "September 11", as his espionage/military fiction is rather TOO reminicient of reality these days (especially as the last chapter of "Debt of Honour" parallels the terrorist attacks to the point that I thought I was in a Tom Clancy novel when escaping LAX...)