I am a candle in the eye of a hurricane, the quiet centre of all my chaos. If I were a picture, this’d be me here. The Garden of Earthly delights by Hieronymus Bosch. I’m in here somewhere. I’ve tried to include as much detail as possible in the profile. Tl;Dr version: I’m an old fashioned romantic, lots of hobbies and interests and I’m demi so I want get to know you first. I love hugs and physical closeness. Never been asked out. I seek a meaningful life. If ever I need help myself, I’ll start by helping others. https://www.instagram.com/shtanto/ https://www.newyouamatsu.ieEDIT

Having survived the covid times, I now mend people, broken laptops, broken phones, sore hearts, painful joints and essentially whatever you might need yourself. I miss archery. I used to shoot well enough. These days I’m pretty rusty. If I can shoot a 450 (best score so far is a 449), I can say I’m doing well. 10 rounds of 6 arrows, tally up the scores in the end. Good fun. Also working on myself, in the usual fashion. I love supporting my poly metas and everything that goes along with that. In DnD speak, I’m the primary healer. Did I mention the woodturning?EDIT

Comedy, pain relief, mental health care, IT, fixing computers, origami, archery (sometimes), woodturning, dispensing random information like Wikipedia on shuffle, motorbiking, writing, haikus for any occasion and making people laugh. I do an old grey mare style shuffle with motorbike trousers that never fails to make people smile. You might call it a zweitrautanz, but not if you actually speak German. Either way it’s nonsense but also great fun. I have been diagnosed as Funny by 2 separate doctors. One was a psychiatrist. The other was my STI checkup Dr. We get along famouslyEDIT

I’d say my smile ☺️ Also I like colourful shirts. My new one is so loud you can hear it before you see it.EDIT

Food, water, shelter, hugs, family, my laptop Your company is first on the list Because of course in my quieter moments I’m going to wonder if I exist at all because I’m by myself, and no one else is around to verify it, except perhaps the dog, but all he wants is to snooze on my lapEDIT

How to avoid thinking too much, or how to be my own Buddha. If you know who Mooji is, we’re good to go. One fun to try to try is say “hey Eoghan, suggest a random idea” and I’ll think of something ☺️. I’ll be surprised too. It might be something like the war between the ducks and the geese and the awful flap it caused. But it’ll be based on a dad joke. You can rely on me for thoseEDIT

In front of a TV with my laptop, phone and tablet, fixing computers or making gifs for friends. I’m a helpful sort. I might even be out at my woodturning lathe making a bowl or pair of knitting needles. I also make knobs. Need a knob? For your door like. Have you not got a knob yourself yet? I make lovely knobs. I could make you a lovely knob. Would you like a nice knob yourself? My knobs are handy for all kinds of jobs all over the house. Out of wood of course. On the lathe. Why, what did you think? Knobs.EDIT

<a href=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKrNdxiBW3Y” rel=”nofollow” target=”_blank”>Deep Purple, Soldier of Fortune</a>EDIT

…you fancy an amusing response. Mash the keyboard there and hit send, see what I come up with in reply. You might inspire me, or cause me to make up words in a scrabble like manner. What’s the harm in trying? I mean the worst I can do is send you a dreadful knock knock joke, right? Here’s me and the Red Cow. The actual real Red Cow. Rarer than Santa. There’s only 1 in Dublin, or indeed the whole worldEDIT

Books are usually sci fi books, philosophy books, encyclopedias, new scientist (which usually finds itself in the bathroom for one reason or another), medical research papers and of course any Martyn Turner cartoon near the back of the newspaper. I’ll read anything. Loving stoicism right now. I read youtube comments on a rare occasion, but I’ve found they’re a literary lesser to the writing on toilet block walls. If you ever find any googly eyes in the pub, that was probably me. Any sci-fi film will do. Animé films are all welcomed here. Ghibli? Yes please! Grave of the Fireflies is a sad film which should not be watched alone. Totoro is lovely. So is Ponyo. As far as series go, I like Firefly, Cowboy Bebop and Ghost in the Shell. Clever little Sallinger reference in there: “I thought what I’d do was, I’d pretend I was one of those deaf-mutes”. Anonymous used the pic too. Did anyone else spot that one? I tend to avoid reality TV. It’s a recording of a picture of an idea you watch on a flat screen. That’s too many layers of abstraction for me. Musically, any mid-90s grunge of the big 4 from Seattle is fine with me. Recently, I have started listening to Blues music like Sonny Boy Williamson and Muddy Waters. Bill Withers is a genius, but I don’t like him as much any more because he hit women. Many other artists could be named here if there was space. Food? Well, I’m supposed to be eating a pescetarian vegan-esque diet but old habits persist. I like all foods. Italian offers pizza and lemon sorbet so I’ll go with that one. Tapas is also wonderful. I’m happy if you’re happyEDIT

Altered Carbon, or maybe the Good Place. Right now I’m flicking between Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency and the live action version of Cowboy Bebop. Whatever you’re watching I probably haven’t seen it yet 🙂EDIT

Trying to be a better Amatsu practitioner. I do a bit of training every month so as to become more effective. You can check out the website at Newyouamatsu.ieEDIT

I make origami cranes and wooden bowls. Which of these is your favourite? I also write haikus Four cranes sitting Each in their own direction All made the same wayEDIT

My family aren’t really bothered about me being Poly. It’s not that they don’t care, just they aren’t inclined to pry. I tend to saturate at about 2 or 3.EDIT

People come in to me with pain and discomfort and leave without it, feeling much better. It’s very rewarding