Is There an ILE Introduce Yourself Thread?

his last record was my #1 of 2002 (nobody voted for it on P+J).

he has a new song about a guy he summer camped with who listened to "there is a light that never goes out" on repeat for over 48 hours.

Name: schnell, schnell

Location: uk

Age: 20

Fav Band: hmmm... right now? kleenex ... pussy galore ... black dice ... scissor girls ... rolldeep ... heartless

Fav Movie: the apartment/back to the future depending on my mood

Fav TV Show: simpsons, eurotrash

Fav Book: wuthering heights

Fav Actor: none

Fav Actress: i guess j-lo has a nice ass

Fav Food: fry up

Fav Sport: cheking out chix0rs

Fav Athlete: kris akabusi

Drink of Choice: lillies wine from Tehran super on teh finchley road, london

Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): E

Smoker? : camels

Occupation : student

Do you work out? : i try to do 10 press ups a day but it's killing

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? : 0

Number of employees in family-owned sweatshop:

Miss laura- you have a 'fascinating arrangement'.

Location: Bray, south of Dublin, in the Republic of Ireland

Age: 20

Fav Band: Low, My bloody Valentine, Aphex Twin, Black Box Recorder

Fav Movie: Jacob's Ladder / Mullholland Drive

Fav TV Show: Frasier / old Simpsons

Fav Book: Anne Tyler "The Accidental Tourist"

Fav Actor: Tim Robbins

Fav Actress: Nicole Kidman

Fav Food: Pasta with red pest sauce and bacon

Fav Sport: Football

Fav Athlete: Damien Duff

Drink of Choice: Vodka lime / budweiser

Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): I don't take drugs

Smoker? : No

Occupation : Studying journalism, work part-time in a newsagents

Do you work out? : No

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : That's for others to decide!

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : See above answer

Add anything you want people to know:
I love you all (well, most of you) , and I extend this to users of ILM (where I post even more regularly than here).

pestO. Ahem.

Absolutely true. It's called Çe Moi. They're fab.

TV: add Sports Night
Drink: hot water with honey and half a lemon
Comix: Lanky's "Elektra: Assassin" (in truth I am unabashed Frank Miller slut), Hellboy

Name: David H.
Fav Band: Whiskeytown's first, Max Tundra's latest, t.A.T.u.'s last, Justin's few, I don't even know anymore.
Fav Movie: Eureka, Ratcatcher.
Fav TV Show: CSI Miami, CSI.
Fav Book: "So I Am Glad" AL Kennedy, "Nil Nil" Don Paterson, "The Asylum Dance" John Burnside.
Fav Actor: Chris Cooper
Fav Actress: Can't think presently.
Fav Food: Scallops.
Fav Sport: Football.
Fav Athlete: David Fernandez (Celtic).
Drink of Choice: Irn Bru. Talisker. Laphroig. Cognac. The other brandy.
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): none, yet.
Smoker? : No.
Occupation : Student, 'revolutionary Glasgow connection', 'more adventurous one' (haha).
Do you work out? : No, but I do exercise. Five-a-side football every monday with Derek and on a Tuesday with Stuart Murdoch, Sci Fi Steve, Snow Patrol.
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? : online - 3. Offline in the right mood - 9.
Add anything you want people to know: I like you all, and want you all to like me, obv. Even Jess.

I'm a bored/boring slugabed, biding my time on the east coast (Boston), until the end of March, when it's back to Michigan with me. In the interim, with no job and nothing much to do, I imagine I'll post 'round here pretty often. To answer some of the questions floating around on this thread, I just read Balzac's Lost Illusions, and that's got me amped to read more of La Comédie Humaine (any recommendations?). When I had money I bought lots of music. I'm excited about the prospect of once again having money and being near Record Time and Stormy Records. I also look forward to listening to Gary Chandler on 'JLB. My favorite food is bok choy, which I like to fix up with tofu and garlic and rice. I can't recommend my looks or my personality. My fondest wish at the moment is that I could stop squandering my abundant free time--and I don't mean reading ILX, which is a much more constructive use of my time than, say, staring out the window for hours on end, then nervously pacing for a while, then contemplating starting smoking again, etc.

name: jeannot

location: north london

age: 25

band: velvet underground

film: a taste of cherry

tv: seinfeld

book: "the idiot", dostoevsky

actor: for talent, gene hackman, to look at, adrien brody

actress: for both, anna karina

food: french, italian

drink: brandy, tequila

drug: nice mellow grass

smoke? like the proverbial chimney..marlboro gold!! I like that
upgrade!

occupation: musician

work out? no. but i walk a lot. and i really want to take up
bowls/boules/bocce if the oldies'll let me!

looks: happy with them

personality: could do with some work!

people should know: nothing else. some mystery's a good
thing!

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Name: Amateurist

Location: Chicago

Age: 25

Fav Band: The Hi Records studio band. This should give some sense of the range (and limits) of my taste.

Fav Movie: Sansho the Bailiff or A Man's Castle--two (fairly arbitrary) choices among many.

Fav TV Show: The first season of "Twin Peaks" possibly; watching TV (I do it often) mostly inspires self-disgust these days.

Fav Book: The Aspern Papers by Henry James maybe, or The Professor's House by Willa Cather, or the collected works of Wodehouse (no I haven't read them all). Warning: I'm not half as literate as I often pretend.

Fav Actor: Marcel Dalio

Fav Actress: Judy Garland

Fav Food: Egg-lemon soup, or ice cream. Not at the same time.

Fav Athlete: V. I., the Stakhanovite figure skating champion in W. R.?Mysteries of the Organism.

Smoker? : Sometimes, alas.

Occupation : Asst editor.

Do you work out? : No.

Name: Curtis Stephens
Location: Georgia
Age: 15
Fav Band: I wuv them all too much to choose
Fav TV Show: Simpsons
Do you work out? : in gym class, yes
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : bah, I'll either be melodramatic or sarcastic
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : see above

Location: Suburban Chicago. Grew up in burbs of Olympia, Denver, Boston.

Age: 28

Fav Band: Lately I have a lot of Smiths and Camper Van Beethoven in my head. I was listening to Wilco, PJ Harvey earlier. I haven't answered this question at all. But favorites are hard to think of right now.

Fav Movie: My latest fascination is the director's cut of Blade Runner. I loved Memento and Fight Club. Also, Office Space. The Big Lebowski. The Wonder Boys. L.A. Story. Amadeus. Young Frankenstein. Hitchcock movies. Gaslight. Lots of good foreign films too. Haven't seen many lately, but Eat Drink Man Woman comes to mind offhand.

Fav TV Show: Alias. Simpsons. I watch a lot of TV, but a lot of the stuff that's on is crap.

Fav Book: I was very very fond of Crime and Punishment when I read it, though it's been quite a while. Moliere too. (ditto--been a while) I need to find some good short stories to read.

Fav Actor: Edward Norton can be a compelling actor.

Fav Actress: Audrey Hepburn. I was very impressed with Hilary Swank in Boys Don't Cry.

Fav Food: Homemade desserts of any sort. Indian food. Deep dish pizza with spinach and mushrooms.

Occupation: Er...Relaxation Consultant. I'm currently not working, save a bit of web design stuff. I'd like to go to vet school when I can. My circumstances are such that I'm in a strange limbo. Too long of a story.

Do you work out? : I used to work out hardcore (lotsa running, biking) but now do much milder stuff: bit of strength exercise, pilates, walking.

Add anything you want people to know: Hi.

Name: Michaelangelo Matos
Location: Manhattan
Age: freshly 28
Fav Band: hahahaha!!! there's like 8 million of them!
Fav Movie: My Man Godfrey, Farewell My Concubine, The Godfather, Duck Soup, A Hard Day's Night
Fav TV Show: The Simpsons, obviously
Fav Book: The Great Gatsby, Richard Kern's New York Girls
Fav Actor: Groucho Marx
Fav Actress: Carole Lombard in My Man Godfrey--my dream woman!
Fav Food: "What is food?" [see above]
Fav Sport: baseball, bridge, chess, Scrabble
Fav Athlete: Kirby Puckett
Drink of Choice: apple martinis
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): mushrooms, E
Smoker?: fucking hell no
Occupation: freelance music journalist/critic
Do you work out?: unfortunately not
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks?: probably 7
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality?: anywhere between 3 and 10.
Add anything you want people to know: I'm much nicer in person

Location: Worcester, Massachusetts.

Age: 28

Fav Band: Kings of Convenience/Simon and Garfunkel/Beach Boys

Fav Movie: The Dirty Dozen

Fav TV Show: Seinfeld, Simpsons, CSI, Curb Your Enthusiasm

Fav Book: Stay Here With Me - Robert Olmstead

Fav Actor: Deniro, Pacino, Tom Hanks

Fav Actress: Kate Hudson

Fav Food: Pizza

Fav Sport: Hockey/Baseball

Fav Athlete:Cam Neely, NOMAH!

Drink of Choice: Beer

Drug of Choice (if that's your thing):none.

Smoker? : Used to be

Occupation : QC manager

Do you work out? : Hahaha.

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? :5

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? :10

Add anything you want people to know: I like all things Twee. Im married, may be a dad soon...