Being a huge fan of "I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here!" I've often watched the show and thought "I could do that..." but there was one main problem, I'm not a celebrity! I spent a few days pondering this problem, and then remembered Sandi Thom, the woman who performed a concert from her bedroom and ended up with a record contract. Putting 2 and 2 together and coming up with 4 (there's a surprise) I had the stunningly simple idea of trying to become an internet celebrity thus making me eligible for the 2007 show.
The reason for this site is to entertain you and advertise myself through friends, friends of friends, myspace and live journal etc, hopefully being spotted by the shows producers (or their friends).
So finally, if you want to know more and keep up with my story pop inside and check out the site, remember to leave a comment and if you like what you see pass it on to all your friends.
Mark
My first attempt at fame was nearly appearing on "Can't Sing Singers". The object of the show was to turn no hopers like me into people who could actually sing. I was already famous throughout the family due to my dulcet tones, so i thought I'd give it a go. Unfortunately the shows experts didn't think there was enough time to train my voice, so I failed the audition. Despite this I did get a chance to sing "Unchained Melody" to Lorraine Kelly whilst she held my arm and gazed into my eyes. Not quite a total washout as they did use a recording of me singing the Doh Ray Me scales on the opening titles.
I've been married to my wife Debbie for 17 and a 1/2 years, and we've got 4 children, Sam, Ethan and the twins Charlie and Sophie, so it's a very hectic household at times. I'm a Cemetery Supervisor with a local authority, unfortunately this is not an office job and I do my fair share of mowing and gravedigging. On the plus side being outside in the summer does give me a healthy looking tan (oh the joy of cemetery work, I knew I did it for a reason)!
Fears and Phobia's and a couple of good points:
Rats - I hate rats with a vengeance. The blame here lies completely with James Herbert who wrote "The Rats", "Lair" and "Domain". If you've read any of these I'm sure your'll understand. One night a few years ago camping by some lakes near where we live, testing a tent for the inlaws, and sleeping on an airbed that kept deflating, I heard scratching on the outside of the tent. This seemed to me to be a rat of giant size trying to get in with me, so to persuade it otherwise I started whacking the floor with a plastic cricket bat. This did seem to deter the beast so I spent the rest of the night armed with the bat and whacking the floor at the slightest sound. I'll always wonder what the other happy campers thought was going on. There you go Mr Herbert, you've got a lot to answer for.
Snakes - The only time I've been more scared than the rats! This happened when I was working at a local woodland clearing an area of scrubland. One of the lads disturbed a large man eating grass snake that they decided to chase around, the snake soon got fed up with this game and tried to escape. Looking around it must have seen me as the weak link in the chain of hunters and decided to come straight at me. The only time in my life that I've been frozen to the spot in fear followed. I looked at it slithering towards me and just couldn't move, my feet just wouldn't obey my brain. The brief moment of terror passed as it shot past me, but I didn't stop shaking for ages.
Eating - A legendary taste for food, always first up at family buffets, in fact the reason I've got 4 kids according to my brother is that there's always more leftovers for me to eat. Going on past experience I'm always likely to eat whatever is put in front of me, so Kangaroo anus shouldn't be to hard to swallow.
Sense of humour - Almost as legendary as my appetite, in fact people tend to run away when I start to go through my joke repertoire. I can only put this down to some sort of instinctive self preservation technique, as they don't want to end up in hospital after splitting their sides laughing.
Plenty more to follow, but if you've enjoyed this little waffle, tell someone else and spread the word. The Jungle 2007 - I want in!
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