TURNIPSLOP

TURNIPSLOP

A British guy lost in China; likes stuff, things Lori!
Philip Bennett

21 / Male / Wuxi, Jiangsu, China

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What the hell do I put here?
I like people, I like video games, I like books, tv, and movies. I like music. I like asking questions. I like cooking and the gym, but I haven't done much of either lately. I like learning, I like sex, I like good food. I like when it's raining outside, but it's warm inside and there's a fire going. I like it when I can feel someone lying next to me. I like it when I wake up extra early and see the sun rising, because it makes me feel like I'm going to achieve something today even if I'm not. I like compliments. I like knowing what to do, but I don't always. I like it when I live with people, but at the moment I don't. I like thinking about the future, because now it looks brighter than it ever did before. I like people that are openly weird because it makes me feel more comfortable with my own absurdities. I like pina coladas. I like the song you're thinking of now. I like how the I's in the last two lines line-up (even though when you read them they probably won't). I like doing things I shouldn't, especially when no one finds out. I like the smell of tarmac after it rains (petrichor - I know). I like helping other people, even though I don't do it as often as I should. I like when my nose isn't blocked, and if I ever won an award I think I'd thank it for all the times it wasn't. I like daydreaming and escapism. I like procrastinating. I like anything nerdy, purely on the basis that if someone else can be absolutely obsessed with something, it is worth loving. I like being obsessed with stuff. I like getting a little too attached to somebody, to the point where I'm afraid to lose them, even if we've only met once. I like how some things scare me to the point where I can't sleep. I like that there are some things in life I have literally no power to change, and that there are some things that feel like I have no power to change, but I can. I like making changes for the better. I like that most people will never read this. I like that once the most terrifying thing in my life was the fact that I will die, but now it gives my life a time limit and rule - do it now, or never. I like that I know that if I think I want to do something, if I don't act within 5 seconds of realising I want to do it, I never will. I like TED talks. I like talking to my friends for hours and hours and hours, and knowing that I will never get bored - nor will they. I like how excited I can be for things that don't even exist yet. I like Douglas Adams, and all things absurd. I like sarcastic people, though these days I am not very sarcastic myself. I like having deep meaningful conversations with smart, friendly people, regardless of whether we think similarly or completely differently. I like learning languages and travelling. I like the military, but I don't think violence is a good course of action. I like fighting. I like arguments. I like money and success, but I know that's shallow. I like once upon a time. I like that some people are still stuck in England and have graduated, but now have no prospects, because it makes me feel like I've beaten the system - even though that is selfish. I like that I also feel sorry for them all and wish I could help them. I like that I am human and I know it, it means I can forgive myself sometimes. I like the feel of grass under my feet and the smell of fresh air. I like running for no reason. I like anything that makes me feel nostalgic. I like when I smile at a stranger and they smile back, almost everyone does this if you are sincere with your smiles. I like giving advice, even though I am completely unqualified to do so, it makes me feel respected. I like having a mentor. I like to surround myself with people better than me. I love my best friends. I love the people I've lost. I love my pets and my family. I love that this description barely scratches the surface of who I am, but at the same time tells you more than you will ever need to know. I love dickbutt.

What I'm doing with my life
I'm trying to be a better person. Trying to be different. Not for the sake of it, but because there is something I don't like about the way most people I know live their lives. If you want to know, ask me about it.
I'm a teacher here in Wuxi, but I will be leaving at the end of the academic year, and hopefully moving to Shanghai to study Chinese. After that plans include travel, travel and more travel, but generally staying in each place for a year or so. I'd like to live in India, some place in Latin America, Russia and possibly Africa one day. NB life plans may be subject to change.
Favouritest of all the things
Video Games
Nostaligia
Old Video Games (all of them)
Star Citizen
Oculus Rift
Music (all)
Talented and/or Intelligent People
New Experiences
Being afraid because I'm about to do something new
Travel
Fighting
Clothes/ dressing well
Looking good - yes I'm vain
Gym
Cooking
Pushing myself - still very lazy though
Good TV
Good Movies (all)
Good Books
Technology
Good food
Good drinks, especially cocktails and belgian beers
Seeing people I miss
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The internet
Fuck it, I know there's other stuff but I'll add it if I think of it and think to put it here - probably never.
My darkest secret
I suppose the thing most people who know me don't know is that I have suffered (and possibly still suffer from, though I'm not really sure now) depression. I was very depressed from age 4 to age 20. I am 21, and I think I am winning, but some days it is very hard to be sure.
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