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| London Preppy | |
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 London Preppy displaying his sizable triceps |
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| Born | Birth Name Undisclosed January 8, 1980 Athens, Greece |
| Occupation | Paper Pusher for a marketing company |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Official website | |
London Preppy, once a gay scene fixture turned coverboy turned blogger. Most well known through his internationally read blog London Preppy self described as:"
"Nihilistic 21st century urban stories
A combination of world-weary, over-educated disgust at the shallowness of the world and lots about self abuse and pumping up your body so it looks real nice. Is it all fact, is it fiction, who the fuck knows"
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[edit] EARLY LIFE
London Preppy was born in Athens, Greece where he attended private school. During his childhood he was exposed to British music which began his infatuation with British culture. London Preppy is now an ex-pat that left his native Greece for Northern England under the guise of attending university, the September of 1998, at the age of 18. He then moved to London England Feb 5th 2004, at the age of 24, to further peruse his Angelo Saxon aspirations.
[edit] PERSONAL LIFE
Not too much is known from his blog but what is known is that he does live in Central London, has a long time and first boyfriend referred to as Scott, is left handed, has blue eyes, and stands at 5'8.
[edit] Sickness
London Preppy's seemingly nihilistic nature is a result (as reported by him) of having a near death experience when being inexplicably stuck down in his prime with Guillain Barre Syndrome. A neurological disorder in which the nervous system is compromised and the body becomes paralyzed where 3% of the afflicted parish. He has since recovered from this malady but not unscathed. Physically he lost muscle mass, emotionally/psychologically he's lost something not found at the gym.
[edit] MAGAZINE PRESENCE
Well known for appearing on five covers of Gay magazine, namely BOYZ June 2006[1], QX October 2006[2], AXM January 2007[3], QX June 2007[4], AXM September 2007[5] . Notably in his September 2007 AXM appearance not only does he grace the cover he gets a full page interview in the inside. He's also had an article that has finally been published in AMX December 2007[6].
[edit] BLOGGING CAREER
The origins of his blog was from a weekly mass email he's sent to his closest friends but is now situated on blogger. His blog is a relatively new addition to the gay blogging world beginning March 27 2007. He has gained new found internet celebrity having recently made new ties with other heavily trafficked blogs such as Vivid Blurry[7] and Debriefing the Boys[8] bumping his daily hits up to 2000+ and 1000+ unique users.
[edit] Photographs
His post are often riddled with pictures of himself and his friends topless backdropped by the London gay circuit scene. Notably the persons in the photos have red block across the eyes to protect their identities (including his own) in the same fashion that television cop programs do aimed to protect witness identities. This thinly veiled attempt at anonymity is laughable when considering London Preppy has appeared in and on the cover of multiple Gay magazines for AXM, QX and BOYZ. One explicitly displaying his first name shortened. London Preppy acknowledges this and finds humor in that it's wholly easy to find his magazine covers with out the red blocks, revealing his whole face. He has only once in a obtuse manner posted a picture of his whole face. He posted one picture of his face with the eyes covered and he posted the same picture but with the rest of the face covered. The two pictures are easily spliced together to form one contiguous
photo. Soon after, this was taken down by him realizing this fact. He has been photographed by the distinguished photographer Dylan Rosser.
He often publishes snapshots of himself wearing the outfit of the day and describes each article he is wearing including the brand and colour. This obsessive attention to detail permeates his life, From his desk, workout regime and diet. His diet excludes most carbohydrates namely in the form of rice, pasta and bread but allows fruit. It is high protein and highly bland from what is evident on his blog of what he has for his meals. The number of chickens he consumed may very well exceed the days of the year. He's said that he does not care to season his food especially if it adds carbs/calories to the repast.
[edit] Videos
One would think not wanting to reveal his identity would stop him from producing videos, but with the aid of S&M accoutrements and crafty camera placement he's avoided this virtual obstacle. He's had videos of him: walking around in a S&M hood, on his back, reciting an internet service error message, and reading one of his most revered books.
He has recently started a series of videos of him performing mundane activities, with out his shirt naturally, accompanied by some of his favorite songs.
[edit] Name
His name is not known beside his first name shorted that appeared on the AXM magazine cover. He has divulged the fact that he has changed his traditional Greek first name and surname for a more Angelo Saxon name including two middle names, one of which was influenced by the readers though a poll. They are not known but they are now tattooed on his left leg encircling his calf but he has let slip that it is 29 letters in total.
[edit] Blogging Style
His blogging style is semi autobiographical. He provides an almost daily post of his life, through out which there is an extensive use of a mixture of hyperbole and fiction to describe his daily events and musings. A comparison can be drawn between him and David Sedaris with regard to tone and sarcasm. The writing style of Brett Easton Ellis is allusioned to often. Brett Easton Ellis is his favourite author, widely know for penning the popular books Less than Zero, American Psycho and Rules of Attraction. London Preppy's adoration of his writings and of literature has lead him to have a tattoo of the authors name tattooed on the inside of his left arm.
[edit] Online Personality
His blog quickly turned from autobiographical, to a tapestry of fiction draped loosely on the events of his life where telling insights into his personality poke through. He readily admits that the blog does not any longer fully represents his exact feeling or thoughts but more of an amalgamation of his alter ego, London Preppy (being based on characters created by Brett East Ellis) and him self.
[edit] References
- ^ "BOYZ June 2006", BOYZ, June 2006. Retrieved on 29 April 2008.
- ^ "QX Issue 609", QX, October 2006. Retrieved on 29 April 2008.
- ^ "AXM January 2007", AXM, January 2007. Retrieved on 29 April 2008.
- ^ "QX Issue 641", QX, June 2007. Retrieved on 29 April 2008.
- ^ "AXM Naked Issue", AXM, September 2007. Retrieved on 29 April 2008.
- ^ "AXM December 2007", AXM, December 2007. Retrieved on 29 April 2008.
- ^ "Looking Into A Crystal Ball", www.vividblurry.com, November 19 2007. Retrieved on 29 April 2008.
- ^ "Facebook", http//:debriefingtheboys.blogspot.com, April 05 2007. Retrieved on 29 April 2008.
