{"id":53,"date":"2014-01-11T16:08:50","date_gmt":"2014-01-11T16:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shelliwood.com\/about\/?page_id=53"},"modified":"2025-08-19T17:22:02","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T16:22:02","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.shelliwood.com\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You really want to know about me? I&#8217;m not that interesting, rather boring actually. \u00a0Really? OK, but you have been warned.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>I&#8217;m a <del>30<\/del> 40 something who lives in Reading UK, I work in Facilities Management where I&#8217;ve been for about <del>7 <\/del>15+ years and still enjoying it.<\/p>\n<p>I have two Godsons who I adore but thankfully I can give them back when they start to beat me up :) \u00a0I have a few really close friends who I love to spend time with even if it&#8217;s just sitting down and having a chat rather than actually doing something.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve always been a tomboy and will very rarely be seen in a dress or skirt, though did choose to wear one for my 30th birthday party to surprise everyone. \u00a0I much prefer combats and tee-shirts\/shirts, I have slight obsession with checked shirts at the moment.<\/p>\n<p>I love sci-fi and\u00a0fantasy\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.shelliwood.com\/about\/?page_id=7\">TV<\/a>\/<a href=\"http:\/\/www.shelliwood.com\/about\/?page_id=92\">Books<\/a> but am also loving an number of &#8216;crime&#8217; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shelliwood.com\/about\/?now_watching_library=true\">TV shows<\/a> at present including CSI, NCIS, Criminal Minds, Castle and Forever.<\/p>\n<p>My biggest &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.shelliwood.com\/media\/index.php?cat=13\">fandom<\/a>&#8216; collection is from the X-Files, I still have all the old, videos, books, magazines, action figures and even an X-File Barbie and Ken :) , I&#8217;m not sure how I feel on the return yet but will be watching. \u00a0Must re-watch the original seasons first . . .<\/p>\n<p>When I visit places I like to take <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shelliwood.com\/media\/index.php?cat=3\">dodgy pictures<\/a> and get <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shelliwood.com\/media\/thumbnails.php?album=45\">programmes\/brochures<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m a bit of a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shelliwood.com\/media\/index.php?cat=12\">collector <\/a>of stuff that&#8217;s probably not interesting to anyone other than me.<\/p>\n<p>Pets have mostly been <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shelliwood.com\/media\/index.php?cat=4\">guinea pigs<\/a>, our most recent one was put-down September 2014, but as I&#8217;m not at home any more we will be unlikely to get another any time soon. \u00a0I&#8217;ve always wanted a ferret, ever since watching Kindergarten Cop as a child.<\/p>\n<p>I have a very dry sense of humour and love <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shelliwood.com\/about\/?tag=bad-puns\">puns<\/a> which causes most people to look at me weird or tell me to shut up, including my closest friends and co-workers. \u00a0But they wouldn&#8217;t have me any other way, I hope ;)<\/p>\n<p>I will listen to almost any type of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shelliwood.com\/musicstats\/index.php\">music<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.last.fm\/user\/shelliwooduk\">last.fm<\/a>) (classical, musical, pop, metal, rock, indie, dance, happy hardcore, old, new, don&#8217;t care as long as I like it) and have some very dodgy\/weird\/unusual stuff on my iPod, yes I still have and use my iPod Classic most days<\/p>\n<p>Canada is at the very top of places I want to visit but have not got there yet . . .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You really want to know about me? 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