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Who am I? It seems obligatory to use a web page to provide a welter of personal information about my likes and dislikes and to include GIFs of me, my house, my cats, my friends, my friends' cats... Sorry, no GIFs, but if you want to know a little about me and my cats, read on. Name:Fi Craig. Fi is short for Fiona, so it's pronounced Fee (to rhyme with tea), not Fie (rhyming with sigh). Jokes along the lines of "Hifi" or "Fee Fi Fo Fum" are not appreciated. They weren't even appreciated the first time. Contrary to popular belief, Fiona is not an ancient Scottish name; it only dates back to the 18th Century, when a playwright whose name I have forgotten wanted a suitably-Scottish-sounding name for his heroine. He took the ancient Scottish male name Fion and feminised it by adding the A. The name was tremendously popular among the middle-classes when I was born. My small circle of friends included 4 other Fionas. This lead to a great deal of confusion and meant we had to adopt nick-names to distinguish between us. I became "Big Fi". Sex:Female. Ha, bet you thought I was going to say "yes please" or something, didn't you? And yes, I am a real woman, and no, I don't want to receive mail from you asking for a date. Born:16 January 1959. That makes me 40 now. It's the slippery slope. Make a note of the date. Cards, flowers, money etc gratefully received on my birthday. Or at any time really. Previously I would have asked for chocolates, too, but not any more for reasons that will become clear when you read Honey Siphon. Domicile:London, England. To be precise, I live in an area called Surrey Quays, which used to be called Surrey Docks until it was semi-yuppified, and is really part of Deptford. One of the less charming areas of London. But cheap, which is why I live here. I own a flat on a rather nice estate which is kind of like an enclave of niceness surrounded by beastliness. Previously:I was brought up in a country village in Hampshire, in the South of England. Lovely place to be a child; lousy place to be a teenager or a young adult. I escaped the boredom at the age of 21 and moved to London. Since then I have lived in Ealing, Camberwell, North Islington (the grotty part) and Mile End before moving to my current abode. Cats:Molly is a black and white male aged about 13 - the name is short for Molotov, because he was a very explosive kitten. I used to have another cat, but she got old and died, as we all do. Job:The envy of all, I converted a hobby into a job... I am director of Game Management for Interactive Broadcasting, a company that develops and runs multiplayer games such as Federation. Past Jobs:I've done secretarial and admin jobs, but in lots of different types of companies - the building trade, medicine, management consultancy, I worked for the BBC for a while, and did a long stint as the administrator and dogsbody for a fringe theatre company called Consenting Adults in Public, possibly the most bizarre job I've ever had! Enjoyable, though. Hobbies:Yes, the boring bit, where I list the obligatory "reading science fiction books, going to the cinema and theatre, eating out, cooking". That's all true but pretty predictable. Less usual: I occasionally sing in cabaret and take parts in musicals produced by a fringe theatre company. Concerns:The biggest concern in my life at the moment is that I was recently diagnosed as having diabetes. If you want to know more about the disease, how it affects my life and what I feel about it, read Honey Siphon. |
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