Is There an ILE Introduce Yourself Thread?

éav Athlete: Eddy Merckx"

aaaah the lance armstrong of belgium. hahaha

Name: Samuel
Location: Kingston-upon-Thames
Age: 21
Fav Bands: last.fm makes it seem like the magnetic fields but i dunno, listening to one album like 10 times is like listening to anyone else like a billion times in figures.
Fav Movie: Apocalypse Now
Fav TV Show: The Wire obv.
Fav Book: I dunno. Something written by Graham Greene I guess. Am currently engrossed in The Golden Notebook though.
Fav Actor: Martin Sheen.
Fav Actress: First person who came to mind is Natalie Portman but that can't be right.
Fav Food: Propah roast w/ crackling and shiz.
Fav Sport: Wengerball
Fav Athlete: Dennis Bergkamp/Bobby Pires fite.
Drink of Choice: Tea not too milky, 1 sugar if i'm feeling decadent.
Drug of Choice: can't afford atm.
Smoker?: no.
Occupation: student/unemployed
Do you work out?: i go for a run like twice a week.
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks?: earlier i would have said like 3 but a pretty girl gave me a compliment earlier so like 10.
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality?: 6.
Height: 5' 10" i think
Add anything you want people to know: My plans got cancelled so I am sat drinking wine, watching freaks and geeks/reading ilx on this friday evening. Wine makes life great (while still young and ignorant of any knock on effectz.)

Name: Bob6
Location: Vauxhall, London
Age: 44
Fav Band(s): Frank Black, Beck, Ramones, Talking Heads, Fairport Convention
Fav Movie: Point Break
Fav TV Show: None - TV goes unwatched for days on end.
Fav Book: Edie: American Girl by George Plimpton
Fav Actor: Michael Sheen (currently)
Fav Actress: Rosanna Arquette
Fav Food: Pizza Express Quatro Formaggi with extra onion, Korean, Indian
Fav Sport: Hate sport
Fav Athlete: -
Drink of Choice: beer
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): hash, decent grass (not skunk), mushrooms
Smoker: Semi-retired.
Occupation: Policy wonk
Do you work out? : Never knowingly worked out, but just getting into yoga
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : 3 (short, fat, bald & ugly)
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality?: 7 (sunny disposition but sometimes pulled down by various neuroses)
Fave comics: Robert Crumb, Alison Bechdel - Fun Home
Height: 5'7"
Add anything you want people to know: I hate that so much socialising is based around alcohol - I'd rather go for a coffee or a meal.

Have vigorously lurked but only occasionally posted since high school so I know way too much personal information about lots of people here.

STALKER oh wait.

As for me, I'm me.

^^^ from san diego, army brat, went to ucla, started but left grad school, works at uci library, mbv etc.

Army brat, you say.

oops military

I think it's navy though?

There ya go.

enjoys reciting pi

Well, that one time.

one thing I don't look forward to is coming back to this thread in 6 years and seeing "age: 22"

its alright, we'll be 51'd by then.

because I only did it for ILM, I think.

Name: Michael
Location: Oakland
Age: 31
Fav Bands: Beach Boys, Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Prince, and other similarly-obscure acts
Fav Movie: Badlands, Third Man, Bad News Bears, Die Hard, Lucas
Fav TV Show: Wire, Deadwood, Columbo, The Soup
Fav Book: It seems so generic to say 100 Years of Solitude, but it is what it is.
Fav Actor: Charlie Chaplin, Cary Grant, Paul Newman, Steve McQueen, James Mason, Bill Murray
Fav Actress: Joan Fontaine, Shirley MacLaine, Julie Christie, Sissy Spacek, Holly Hunter, Kate Winslet
Fav Food: Soup
Fav Sport: Baseball
Fav Athlete: Tim Lincecum
Drink of Choice: Maker's Mark or IPA
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): Marijuana
Smoker?: I bum when I drink
Occupation: Editor/supervisor for art school
Do you work out?: Fuck this shit
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks?: Not sure, but 7.5 on the pH scale
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality?: 2 1/2 buckets of popcorn

huh. looks like i didnt ever do this either

Name: John
Location: MPLS/STPL MN
Age: 36
Fav Bands: judging by who i am most likely to babble about on ILX - Foetus, Cop Shoot Cop, McLusky, Ulver
Fav Musicians Not At All In Bands: Mado Robin, Leonid Kogan, Jascha Heifitz, Itzhak Perlman, Pablo Casals
Fav Movie: Millers Crossing
Fav TV Show: Lost, 30 Rock, that goddamn Ghost Hunters (not international) show im hooked on for no good reason
Fav Book: Pale Fire, Infinite Jest, Finley Wren
Fav Actor: changes
Fav Actress: changes
Fav Food: Dinty Moore Beef Stew, Crunchy Granola Bars, Peanut Butter and Honey sandwiches, Thai, (real) Mexican
Fav Sport: kind of dont care
Fav Athlete: note above
Drink of Choice: Black Label Beer, Hendricks Tonic, Talisker, Nipsey Russell (RIP strongo), Bloody Mary, Salty Dog, sour ales, yeah i could really just keep going on i guess
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): nothing, but my former leanings were in the stimulant and hallucinogen categories.
Smoker? : not at this point, hopefully not anymore at all but im not dumb enough to claim that ever
Occupation : guitar store owner, live soundperson (infrequent at this point, which is ok by me)
Do you work out? : nope. still riding the lucky genetics train, probably will turn on me at some point tho.
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : 8.5
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : 10
Add anything you want people to know: i am happy 99% of the time, so honestly, if i seem angry and zing you, it is a zing full of love.

Name: Stephen
Location: Toledo, OH (for a spell, and then back to NYC probably)
Age: 31
Fav Band: The Velvet Underground
Fav Movie: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Fav TV Show: Twin Peaks
Fav Book: The Brothers Karamazov
Fav Actor: Jimmy Stewart
Fav Actress: Grace Zabriskie
Fav Food: Korean, Thai, Mexican
Fav Sport: (to watch) University of Michigan football; (to do) cycling
Fav Athlete: Christian Hosoi
Drink of Choice: Maker's Manhattan
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): Ritalin
Smoker: occasional
Occupation: Graphic Design
Do you work out?: I walk absurdly long distances on purpose & ride my bike too
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : 9.999
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality?: 7
Fave comics: (book) Tales From the Crypt; (strip) The Far Side; (individual) Larry David
Height: 6.2"
Add anything you want people to know: I hate trying to address categories like this cleverly, and can never think of anything on the spot, so no.

Name: mark
Location: western MA
Age: 25
Fav Bands: past year or so it's been six organs of admittance, om, louis armstrong & hot fives/sevens. golden gate jubilee quartet.
Fav Movie: children of men, sin city, superbad
Fav TV Show: freaks & geeks, office (US)
Fav Book: books by jon krakauer. paz's 'labyrinth of solitude' is pretty amazing too.
Fav Actor: i don't know. not quite a stan but i like clive owen.
Fav Actress: not sure. laura linney?
Fav Food: indian, chinese, new haven pizza, greasy vegan sandwiches a la chicago diner
Fav Sport: hiking? climbing? maybe basketball for a competitive sport
Fav Athlete: lebron, our native son
Drink of Choice: ales, sometimes lagers. cask-conditioned ales are the best
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): not for a long time but it was always kind buds
Smoker?: no
Occupation: aspiring
Do you work out?: sure. hiking, climbing, yoga sometimes
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks?: 10
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality?: 10
Fave comics: x-men
Height: 5'7

ha occupation is supposed to b "aspiring librarian." i'm a library assistant now

i think i did this a couple years ago on ILM

Name: Alex
Location: SF
Age: 33
Fav Bands: Too many to name. Currently very much digging Supersilent.
Fav Movie: I hate questions like this uh Holy Mountain, maybe?
Fav TV Show: The Wire
Fav Book: The Stars My Destination or the Sheep Look Up
Fav Actor: Brando
Fav Actress: Helen Mirren
Fav Food: Sausage
Fav Sport: Baseball
Fav Athlete: Dave Stewart
Drink of Choice: These days it's usually red wine (typically heavier reds)
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): Speed
Smoker?: Four years clean.
Occupation: Guy at office.
Do you work out?: Yup, run three miles each day with my dog, work out at home, bike to work, yoga 2-3 times a week, occassional climbing gym and basketball games
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks?: 11
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality?: Hah on ILX probably a 4, IRL I can be significantly more charming
Fave comics: (still marginally active) Hate, Eightball, Love & Rockets, League of Extraordinary Gentleman (ever) V For Vendetta, GM Doom Patrol, M, From Hell
Height: 6.2"

Name: Sean
Location: Boston
Age: 25
Fav Bands: Chavez, Silkworm, all sorts of indie rock, hip-hop, metal, jazz, etc.
Fav Movie: don't really have one, i like a lot of american dramas from the 70s and early 80s
Fav TV Show: i like mad men and house, 90% of the time my tv is on it's sports tho
Fav Book: faulkner novels, the power broker by robert caro
Fav Actor: jack lemmon
Fav Actress: could never really come up with one
Fav Food: sushi, barbecue, mexican, trad. french
Fav Sport: baseball, football, basketball in a yearlong cycle; hockey, soccer, rugby, and golf are the second tier
Fav Athlete: paul pierce
Drink of Choice: cafe au lait, almost all beers, dewars and ginger ale
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): nah not really
Smoker?: nah dude
Occupation: systems analyst, irritated grad student
Do you work out?: just started hitting the arc trainer this year
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks?: 7
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality?: 7
Fave comics: achewood i guess
Height: 6"
Add anything you want people to know: i like you guys

Oh, so Face of Wolf you ARE an ilxor! I sent you an email back the other night asking if you were because I didn't recognize your name.

Looks: I just asked my husband to which he responded "4, but I'm a really tough marker and that's as high as anyone gets."

ENBB, I've seen you on the WDYLL threads & feel that your husband has vastly undervalued your, er, aesthetics. Perhaps it's time to find a new suitor, and why not here on ILX? You could do so, perhaps, by running a poll.

Hey guys. I'm fairly new 'round these parts and don't post much (usually on ILM when I do) so here goes.

Name: Ryan
Location: Sacramento, California
Age: Almost 25. It's scary!
Fav Band(s): The Beatles, Bowie, Daft Punk, OutKast...too many!
Fav Movie: Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Y Tu Mamá También, City of God...
Fav TV Show: The Office, The Wire, Arrested Development, Seinfeld
Fav Book: Is it lame to say Catcher in the Rye? It's honestly the one I've reread the most.
Fav Actor: Javier Bardem
Fav Actress: Penélope Cruz
Fav Food: Pizza, Thai, carne asada, avocados
Fav Sport: Basketball
Fav Athlete: Currently probably Lebron James
Drink of Choice: beer, coffee
Drug of Choice: I've been an on-and-off pothead since the end of high school, but it's losing its appeal. I really liked Concerta the few times I did it. I guess the real answer is caffeine.
Smoker: Nope
Occupation: Student/educator
Do you work out? : Go running 2-4 times a week, work out with weights sporadically.
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : 7. Some people think I'm cute, but I'm really short and hairy.
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality?: 7. Wish I were more outgoing
Fave comics: Umm the Far Side?
Height: 5'5 anna half
Add anything you want people to know: I'm trying to decide where I should move after I finish my degree. It'll probably be somewhere in California. I lived in SF and love it, but I don't think I can afford it. I lived in Spain too and would love to go back but it's sooo far! Any suggestions?

If "comics" means comedians: Dave Chappelle, Louis CK, Chris Rock, Mitch Hedberg RIP, Eugene Mirman

Alex do you go to Mission Cliffs? I used to be a member but never got super into it. Bouldering is lots o fun.

Name: Katarina
Location: North Little Rock AR
Age: 36
Fav Bands: Silver Jews, Beastie Boys, Pink Nasty, Peaches
Fav Movie: i dont think i have one?
Fav TV Show: larry sanders, strangers w candy, curb yr enthusiasm, the bold and the beautiful
Fav Book: Rum Diary and Factotum
Fav Actor: jack lemmon
Fav Actress: could never really come up with one
Fav Food: lobster, italian
Fav Sport: skiing, snowboarding, football
Fav Athlete: brett farve (shutupilovehim)
Drink of Choice: coke - dont like alcohol
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing):
Smoker?: yeah but in process of quitting
Occupation: snr technical analyst
Do you work out?: i have a treadmill but havent used it in months. i like yoga but hate classes
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks?: 6
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality?: 3
Fave comics: perry bible maybe? i dont know. im not a huge comic fan
Height: 5'7
Add anything you want people to know: life begins at 0

oh actor/actress were still from my copy/pastes

so:

Fav Actor: none
Fav Actress: amy sedaris

people rating their own personality 5 or below is still a mystery to me.

Name: kevin
Location: connecticut
Age: 19
Fav Bands: of montreal, pavement, (says "bands" but lots of R&B as well obv)
Fav Movie: the godfather
Fav TV Show: lol 30 rock, freaks and geeks
Fav Book: moneyball (kind of a lame answer but i dont read a lot of full-length books :( )
Fav Actor: steve buscemi?
Fav Actress: eh
Fav Food: steak i guess
Fav Sport: uh tennis, baseball, basketball, football, badminton (not in order)
Fav Athlete: idk tiger or derek jeter (shut up)
Drink of Choice: green tea
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): limited experience in this field. though lol advil PM lately
Smoker?: not really
Occupation: pre-pharmacy student, try to write on the side
Do you work out?: never been one of these dudes, but i play sports all the time, including pretty hardcore pick-up bball at uconn here 3-4 times a week so im in shape
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks?: 7
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality?: 6
Fave comics: not into comics
Height: 5'11"
Add anything you want people to know: nahh

Hey PB . . . thank you! That said, RS may be a harsh judge but he's a pretty great husband so I think I'll keep him around for a while. ;-) Also, I don't want to even imagine what that poll thread could turn into.

suggest duels

did not realise freaks and geeks was such an ilx thing

"Oh, so Face of Wolf you ARE an ilxor! I sent you an email back the other night asking if you were because I didn't recognize your name."

Oops, I hadn't checked my mail. Yeah, I loved the thread you had going and love your blog. Thanks a lot for doing my picture, it is fantastic. More people need to go to your blog, I say.

xxxxxpost

Age: 30

OH FFS I HAVE WASTED SIX YEARS OF MY LIFE HERE

think I'm here 8 years this year, a third of my life almost.

if you put all my posts end to end you could reach the moon and back in a post powered shuttle

Been here eight years as well, which is shocking. I'm now in my thirties and was then in my twenties. URGH.

"Smoker?: Four years clean."

Alex, you still a non-smoker! Congrats. I have this really fucked up way of thinking the people I love/like are all smokers (waves at Sunny). They aren't necessarily, I just see my mates as smokers. haha How fucked up is that? Discovered last night my friend was a smoker before so I wanted to high five myself.

I am trying to enjoy the fact I can resist my smoking urges but it's hard. My husband flatly refused to give me a cigarette yesterday. I told him he was an asshole. haha

I was 18 when I started posting, lol@having been 18 once.

^hahaha.

Name: suzy
Age: old enough to know better, young enough to get carded in the US
Location: Zone One LDN
Fav Bands: David Bowie, LeTigre, MIA, New Order, Public Enemy, Pulp, Smiths
Fav Movie: Lawrence of Arabia, The Ruling Class, Shallow Grave, West Side Story
Fav TV Show: Bewitched, Colbert Report, Grand Designs, Heroes, M*A*S*H
Fav Book: The Great Gatsby, On Beauty, Orlando, all manifestations of Derek Jarman autobiogs
Fav Actor: Peter O'Toole
Fav Actress: Hepburns, Tilda Swinton, Sigourney Weaver
Fav Food: British, Indian, Mexican, Ribs, Steak frites, Vietnamese
Fav Sport: racing to TV remote to change channel from sport, when it appears
Fav Athlete: Rafael Nadal, if pressed
Drink of Choice: Hendrick's gin, Veuve Cliquot, Zubrowka bison grass vodka
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): member of Choom Gang
Smoker?: sometimes/when drunk
Occupation: curator/editor/researcher/writer
Do you work out?: No, I walk a lot instead. When I went to the gym it was for the steam room.
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks?: 8; I polish up nicely
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality?: 8, with intermittent bitchy days
Fave comics: Marjane Satrapi (graphics), George Carlin, Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart
Height: 5'4"
Add anything you want people to know: nobody's a 10.

young enough to get carded in the US

Hmm... you're aware someone of those places ask everyone, right?

Name: JB
Age: 23
Location: Paris
Fav Bands: Boredoms, Fleetwood Mac, Chic, NTM
Fav Movie: Badlands, OSS117, Rules of the Game
Fav TV Show: Wire, Freaks & Geeks, HIMYM
Fav Actor: I will watch any movie starring Jason Statham so him I guess
Fav Actress:
Fav Food: Indian, French
Fav Sport: Football (American & soccer), rugby
Fav Athlete:
Drink of Choice: gin and tonic
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): not tried much so weed
Smoker?: I'm trying to start as said in a movie ... OK no, I do smoke but I cant seem to accept this fact
Occupation: student, currently doing an internship
Do you work out?: No. I keep telling myself i should though.
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks?: 6
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality?: 6
Fave comics: Perry Bible, Calvin & Hobbes
Height: 1.97m which is 6'6 unless I'm mistaken
Add anything you want people to know: I, like a few people upthread, have been lurking for a damn long time (5 years by my calculations), occasionally posting.

32, I am awesome.

Name: Ronan
Age: 26 in about three weeks
Location: London
Fav Bands: Pet Shop Boys
Fav Movie: Glengarry Glenross, Blue Velvet
Fav TV Show: Lost
Fav Actor: Have no pick for this...
Fav Actress:
Fav Food: anything with anchovies
Fav Sport: Football, rugby union, golf.
Fav Athlete: Padraig Harrington, Paul O'Connell, Fernando Torres.
Drink of Choice: a nice beer
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): ecstasy without question
Smoker?: Gave up in 2004
Do you work out?: I used to swim daily but I don't anymore, I will again one day I hope.
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks?: 7, if I don't give me 7, who will?
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality?: more than 7!
Fave comics: Woody Allen
Height: 5ft 11in or so.
Add anything you want people to know: I may have done this before but I thought it'd be nice to reevaluate. I love ILX and am glad I post here even though it can also be stupid and crap often.

suzy, we have the same taste in champagne and vodka!

this clearly means we should go out drinking more

Name: yes
Age: yes
Location: yes
Fav Bands: no
Fav Movie: yes
Fav TV Show: yes
Fav Book: yes
Fav Actor: no
Fav Actress: no
Fav Food: yes
Fav Sport: no
Fav Athlete: no
Drink of Choice: yes
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): yes
Smoker: yes
Do you work out?: no
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks?: 10
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality?: 10
Fave comics: yes
Height: yes
Add anything you want people to know: no

On balance, you seem to be a bit of a 'yes man'

keepin it posi ^_^