― Fidelma (fidelma), Friday, 14 February 2003 06:09 (twenty-one years ago) link
― jess (dubplatestyle), Friday, 14 February 2003 06:16 (twenty-one years ago) link
Location: Athens, GA
Age: 28
Fav Band: the minutemen, the kinks (today only)
Fav Movie: hell is for heroes (today only)
Fav TV Show: homicide, sportscenter
Fav Book: herzog (today; alternates with v., bill james baseball historical abstract)
Fav Actor: sam rockwell (today)
Fav Actress: joan fontaine (today)
Fav Food: southern
Fav Sport: baseball, football
Fav Athlete: michael vick
Drink of Choice: gin and tonic, cherry coke
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): whatever's around
Smoker? : yes
Occupation : "student"
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : 1.37526
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : 1.37524
― James Blount (James Blount), Friday, 14 February 2003 06:32 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Justyn Dillingham (Justyn Dillingham), Friday, 14 February 2003 06:37 (twenty-one years ago) link
― I'm Passing Open Windows (Ms Laura), Friday, 14 February 2003 06:43 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Aaron Grossman (aajjgg), Friday, 14 February 2003 06:48 (twenty-one years ago) link
Name: Tad (last name unpronounceably Polish, as if there's any other way a Polish name could be)Location: live in Hoboken, work in midtown ManhattanAge: 32, will be 33 in a monthFav Band: dude, if you have to ask ... shit, mr. sinker or ned will tell you if you must know!Fav Movie: scarface; eraserhead; nosferatu; night of the hunterFav TV Show: monday night footballFav Book: invitation to a beheading, vladimir nabokov; tristram shandy, laurence sterneFav Actor: al pacino, jack nicholson, or clint eastwoodFav Actress: Maggie Gyllenhal Fav Food: italian or mexicanFav Sport: NFL football (though the Jets weren't playing it till 1997)Fav Athlete: latrell sprewell; alan iverson; chad penningtonDrink of Choice: johnnie walker blackDrug of Choice (if that's your thing): won't you follow the sweet leaf?Smoker? : cough!Occupation: attorneyDo you work out?: hah!On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : i think i'm a 10; what other people think i dunnoOn a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality?: no negative ratings?Add anything you want people to know:
― Tad (llamasfur), Friday, 14 February 2003 06:50 (twenty-one years ago) link
james, you are way better looking that you give yourself credit for
― boxcubed (boxcubed), Friday, 14 February 2003 06:58 (twenty-one years ago) link
― James Blount (James Blount), Friday, 14 February 2003 07:01 (twenty-one years ago) link
― boxcubed (boxcubed), Friday, 14 February 2003 07:08 (twenty-one years ago) link
Location: Los Angeles
Age: 30
Fav Band: Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong; Aretha; Ben Haper; Cat Stevens; the Greatful Dead; the Black Crowes; Stevie Wonder; Third Eye Blind; Boston; the Cult; Jonny Lang... and about 5 million more
Fav Movie: Ferris Bueller's Day Off; Say Anything; A Guy Named Joe; Saving Silverman; Undercover Blues; and again, about a million more
Fav TV Show: That 70s Show, Frasier and the Osbournes
Fav Book: Memoirs of a Geisha; Divine Secrets; Confederacy of Dunces; A Secret History; Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius; Where the Wild Things Are, and far too many more to list
Fav Actor: Terrence Stamp
Fav Actress: Don't have one currently
Fav Food: Prime rib, anything italian, thai, indian
Fav Sport: To watch? Football
Fav Athlete: Haven't got one at the moment
Drink of Choice: Jack Daniels; Coke
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): Marijuana from time to time - but very rarely these days
Smoker? Quit after Mardi Gras '99
Occupation: Day job: Admin. Assistant in a law firm; otherwise, fledgling writer
Do you work out? I walk to work - otherwise I exercise mostly playing volleyball with friends, and playing with my son
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? Ohhh I dunno
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? I think I do ok...
― luna (luna.c), Friday, 14 February 2003 07:12 (twenty-one years ago) link
Location: TX
Fav Band(s): VU, the Fall
Fav Movie: Pasolini's Gospel of St. Matthew
Fav TV Show: currently, Curb Your Enthusiasm
Fav Book: I don't read enough proper books lately but Crying of Lot 49 and Wuthering Heights
Fav Actor: i have some least favorites
Fav Actress: don't know
Fav Food: oysters mussels clams scallops
Fav Sport: tennis (to play); college hoops & boxing (to watch)
Fav Athlete(s): Michael Chang, Oscar de la Hoya
Drink of Choice: beer, Coca Cola
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): i would like to try the liquid Demerol from Winona's purse
Smoker? : 4-5 a day
Occupation : stock trader and occassional night jobs
Do you work out? : run and walk
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
― Aaron A., Friday, 14 February 2003 07:14 (twenty-one years ago) link
Location: NYC
Age: 26
Fav Band: Gah, "band" is so rockist. Suffice to say, I like postwar pop and R&B singles, "jammin' oldies" (disco/soul/house, esp. with shouty girl singers), punk-wave-powerpop-indie, mopey British nonsense, the piano as a rock instrument, experimental whatsis (turntables, tape loops, and all those crackpot Germans you read about), 20th c. classical, '60s British folk-rock, easy-listening & other AM-radio detritus, '70s Brazilian samba-funk, choral masses, Steely Dan, Bob Dylan, various singers and songwriters.
Fav Movie: Woody Allen's Love and Death
Fav TV Show: those horrible dating shows
Fav Book: There were five books I read as a kid that made me really interested in music -- the 1979 Rolling Stone Record Guide; Joel Whitburn's Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits (1987); a British coffeetable book from the early '80s (can't remember the name) that had short articles and pictorials about rock bands like the Jam and Duran Duran; History of American Bandstand: It's Got a Great Beat and You Can Dance to It (1987); and a book about NYC hip-hop/breakdance/graffiti culture. For better or worse, these books helped turn me into the obsessive weirdo I am today, so they take precedence on the pecking order.
Fav Actor: Harry Dean Stanton, John Turturro, Gene Hackman
Fav Actress: Ruth Gordon, Anjelica Huston, Drew Barrymore, Ellen Burstyn, the four principals of Sex and the City
Fav Food: Cajun-Creole/Southern, Ethiopian, Italian, Mexican, Szechuan
Fav Sport: skeeball
Fav Athlete: Tonya Harding (serious answer: Muhammad Ali)
Drink of Choice: Grey Goose martini, dry, straight up, twist, no olive
Smoker? : sometimes
Do you work out? : I walk as much as I can.
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : Face and hair, an 8. Body, a 3.
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? :
Oh, I'm all personality. I'm that girl with the "good personality."
― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 14 February 2003 07:16 (twenty-one years ago) link
― boxcubed (boxcubed), Friday, 14 February 2003 07:19 (twenty-one years ago) link
― duane, Friday, 14 February 2003 07:27 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Leee (Leee), Friday, 14 February 2003 07:30 (twenty-one years ago) link
Location: san francisco
Fav Band: casiotone for the painfully alone, pita, drive like jehu, violent ramp/wolf eyes, black flag, dolphins of the forest
Fav Movie: sans soleil
Fav TV Show: twin peaks, jackass
Fav Book: the sound and the fury william faulkner, gravity's rainbow thomas pynchon
Fav Actor: steve mcqueen
Fav Actress: lee remick
Fav Food: sushi
Fav Sport: baseball, miniature golf
Fav Athlete: barry bonds (i have his rookie jersey from the pirates that i got signed by him at the san diego Murph in 1990).
Drink of Choice: tangerine juice
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): love
Smoker? : nope
Occupation : FASHION
Do you work out? : i live on a big hill in san francisco
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? : 2
Add anything you want people to know: i just ate half a pint of mint chocolate chip ice cream and now i don't feel so good.
― gygax!, Friday, 14 February 2003 07:38 (twenty-one years ago) link
― gygax!, Friday, 14 February 2003 07:41 (twenty-one years ago) link
And I am male chocoholic = don't get laid.
― Leee (Leee), Friday, 14 February 2003 07:47 (twenty-one years ago) link
Leee - do you have any See's truffles hidden in your house, by any chance? If you do, maybe I'll come pay you a visit after jason sends me the plane fare *grin*
― I'm Passing Open Windows (Ms Laura), Friday, 14 February 2003 07:51 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Leee (Leee), Friday, 14 February 2003 07:59 (twenty-one years ago) link
Add anything you want people to know: I had the pleasure of meeting hstencil a couple of weeks ago, and he's a big old softie.
― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 14 February 2003 08:17 (twenty-one years ago) link
― I'm Passing Open Windows (Ms Laura), Friday, 14 February 2003 08:18 (twenty-one years ago) link
― I'm Passing Open Windows (Ms Laura), Friday, 14 February 2003 08:20 (twenty-one years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 14 February 2003 08:24 (twenty-one years ago) link
Name: Rob (only used "Mr.D." as that's my standard internet name / googler repellant - it's from Den of Thieves. After being here a couple months tho it looks like I may the only Rob?)Location: ChicagoAge: 30 and 3 weeksFav Band: Rolling Stones, the Meters, Art Ensemble of ChicagoFav Movie: L'Eclisse, Stalker, Playtime Fav TV Show: Monday Night FootballFav Book: The Tin Drum, At Swim Two Birds, short stories of Nathaniel HawthorneFav Actor: Jimmy StewartFav Actress: shit, I dunno .. Anna Magnani or Dominique SandaFav Food: scallops, broccoliFav Sport: footballFav Athlete: Steve YzermanDrink of Choice: Champagne or a gin martiniDrug of Choice (if that's your thing): pills, preferably Vicodin or ValiumSmoker? : nope, save a cigar every month or twoOccupation : traderDo you work out? : try to jog three miles twice a weekOn a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : as Grace Slick sang "You're only pretty as you feel"On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : 5.5
― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Friday, 14 February 2003 08:24 (twenty-one years ago) link
Not that I am suggesting that this is going to be an interesting post.
But I already posted something not long ago in an "Introduce Yourself" thread (although, sure, that was before taking part in an explosive thread and working my way onto the top 50 users list) (ha! I'm exactly tied with Oops right now! But this post will push me over him... for now...).
So.
That, right there, that is me in a nutshell.
Or, in another nutshell: I'm 27, male, and I live in Portland, Ore., though like everyone else I used to live in Astoria, NY (1997-9, Grand Central Parkway and 36th). I, like, I'm in this band, and I'm in this other band, and I help organize this avant-garde poetry reading series, and I've edited this webzine for a few years, and I have this cat, and this job at an environmental advocacy group, and I do some web design, and I do all this other stuff, and so I keep busy. Which is weird, since I don't think of myself as a busy guy. I mean, I seem to spend most of my day goofing off on the Internet, so am I really that busy? I dunno. It would explain why I'm so frickin' tired all the time. Also I am single and something of a homebody and I live in a house where we aim to have books in every room (we are almost there) and I've got two turntables and two microphones so clearly, clearly I am doing pretty well in that department.
― Chris P (Chris P), Friday, 14 February 2003 08:44 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ess Kay (esskay), Friday, 14 February 2003 08:52 (twenty-one years ago) link
― gaz (gaz), Friday, 14 February 2003 08:53 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ess Kay (esskay), Friday, 14 February 2003 08:56 (twenty-one years ago) link
Height: 5'8" - 175cm
Weight: 13st - 180ish lbs
Eyes: Dark brown
Sex: Male / regular
Location: Dawlish / Exeter, Devon, South West England
Age: 23 (24 in May)
Fav Band: Don't know. The Stone Roses always used to be the stock answer but that has become somewhat subject to rapid and unpredictable change these days.
Fav Movie: As above, but with Jaws.
Fav TV Show: The Simpsons is about the only thing I watch with anything approaching regularity.
Fav Book: The Subtle Knife! For the next 113 pages, anyway.
Fav Actor: I have no favourite actor - I like films. It's kind of like asking me what my favoruite musical instrument is - I like music, as soon as I mention one, another comes to mind, and then another, and then their bad points, and so on and so on... It is not the individual components that matter, but the whole product.
Fav Actress: Monica Belucci. Emily Dequenne. Not necessarily for their acting ability (although both are very good!). See above.
Fav Food: And again. I like food. I really like food. Chocolate. Cheese. Toast. Bacon. Potatos. Eggs. Ice cream. Brownies. I could go on and on and on and on...
Fav Sport: There are three sports - hutning, shooting and fishing. The rest are just games. My favoruite game is football.
Fav Athlete: Maradona.
Drink of Choice: Water. Orange juice. Red wine. Guinness. German lager. Milkshakes. God, all of it except coffee.
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): Booze. Life. Music.
Smoker? : Nope.
Occupation: Audio/Visual Library Assistant / (unpaid) music writer / layabout / pontificater.
Do you work out? : I play football. I occasioanlly cycle. I walk lots. I intend to start swimming next week.
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 (is there ANY point in giving any other number?).
― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Friday, 14 February 2003 09:03 (twenty-one years ago) link
I would send you to the website but it's a bit threadbare and out of date (all my own damn fault)...
― Chris P (Chris P), Friday, 14 February 2003 09:07 (twenty-one years ago) link
― di smith (lucylurex), Friday, 14 February 2003 09:14 (twenty-one years ago) link
― phil-two, Friday, 14 February 2003 09:16 (twenty-one years ago) link
I'd no idea about IJ - someone sent it to me as a gift and it's sitting right next to "Mason & Dixon" and "The Recognitions" and "JR" and "Underworld", to name a few on my "unread as yet" shelfs - and it just looks so darn heavy! (Physically and mentally, I mean.)
I'm taking with me, in addition to The Intuitionist, a book on the Soviet Manned space program, a history of the word "Fuck," and something by Mahfouz, I think. And, just maybe, a book of interviews with Palestinians and Israelis about the current (well, semi-current, now) situation in that region. I need something cheery to read.
― I'm Passing Open Windows (Ms Laura), Friday, 14 February 2003 09:20 (twenty-one years ago) link
After that I read a lot of DFW's other work and enjoyed most of it.
(Similarly, I enjoyed Mason & Dixon until they actually started, you know, surveying the Mason-Dixon line. Then it suddenly got bland for me. But it is a wonderful book to have on your shelf, especially if it's the hardcover: It's a gorgeous object!)
― Chris P (Chris P), Friday, 14 February 2003 09:25 (twenty-one years ago) link
― kate, Friday, 14 February 2003 09:34 (twenty-one years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 14 February 2003 09:50 (twenty-one years ago) link
Name: geetaLocation: NYCAge: 23Fav Band: the minibosses, wireFav Movie: der blaue engelFav TV Show: i don't watch tvFav Book: the one i am writingFav Actor: don't have oneFav Actress: ingrid bergmanFav Food: japanese, ethiopian, indianFav Sport: basketballFav Athlete: don't really careDrink of Choice: beerDrug of Choice (if that's your thing): beerSmoker? : not anymore.Occupation : grad schoolDo you work out?: nope On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : 10000000On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : 100000000
― geeta (geeta), Friday, 14 February 2003 10:12 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Carey (Carey), Friday, 14 February 2003 11:51 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Mark C (Mark C), Friday, 14 February 2003 12:02 (twenty-one years ago) link
I also forgot in the TV column any historical documentary with Adam Hart-Davis. He's so cuddly!
― Mark C (Mark C), Friday, 14 February 2003 12:04 (twenty-one years ago) link
Also, I'm another person who doesn't like fill-in-the-blanks surveys. My name is Caitlin, although that's not what it says on my birth certificate or my passport. I'm 25, I'm English but I've lived in Edinburgh since I was 18. My taste in anything - music, books, films, art, whatever - tends to be pretty eclectic, so whenever anyone asks: "Who's you favourite [blah]", I go a bit blank. I'm a computer geek - well, a geek generally - and I first found ILX via Sinister.
If you want to know anything else about me, go here.
― caitlin (caitlin), Friday, 14 February 2003 12:14 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Fuzzy (Fuzzy), Friday, 14 February 2003 13:41 (twenty-one years ago) link
It was fun to meet David, actually, although I was pretty drunk/drugged/nervous that night.
NYC FAP? Hmm, maybe I'd go. Details?
― hstencil, Friday, 14 February 2003 14:58 (twenty-one years ago) link
the album or the writer?
― minna (minna), Friday, 14 February 2003 15:03 (twenty-one years ago) link
Name: AllyLocation: NYCAge: 23 in a few monthsFav Band: I don't know. Maybe I like Jay-Z best but then sometimes I like the Ramones better, you know? Fav Movie: I don't know this either. I like to quote Scarface.Fav TV Show: I don't really watch TV, I think I like Third Watch but I haven't seen it in ages so maybe I don't anymore.Fav Book: Fathers & Sons by TurgenevFav Actor: currently it is probably Edward Norton but I prefer to say Steve McQueen because he's just cool.Fav Actress: Ummm...I like Catherine Keener, her role in Being John Malkovich is like an older me.Fav Food: I like Italian.Fav Sport: FootballFav Athlete: currently I like Shockey.Drink of Choice: beer, Amstels. hard liquor, vodka & cranberry. But generally I just drink water. Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): Not anymore.Smoker? : Quitting.Occupation : Corporate whore.Do you work out? : I have a personal trainer!On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : 5On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : 8Add anything you want people to know: I'm really tired today.
― Ally (mlescaut), Friday, 14 February 2003 17:14 (twenty-one years ago) link
― James Blount (James Blount), Friday, 14 February 2003 17:18 (twenty-one years ago) link
Name: jamesLocation: west londonAge: 26Fav Band's and musical stars: Poison, Megadeth, Slayer, Dinosaur Jr, Philistines Jr, Avril, Shakira, Kelly O, NMH, OTC, Smashing Zwan, Journey, Cheap Trick, Iron Maiden, Komeit, Juniper Moon, Sum 41, Beach Boys, Carpenters...that sorta thingFav Movie: Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, American Movie, ROTJFav TV Show: Grounded for LifeFav Book: Mysteries - Knut Hamsun; Gatsby; Dance Dance Dance - Murakami; Confederacy of DuncesFav Actor: None reallyFav Actress: DittoFav Food: Cakes of all sortsFav Sport: CricketFav Athlete: none really, Kane?Drink of Choice: TeaDrug of Choice (if that's your thing): no thanksSmoker? : nopeOccupation : Library assistantDo you work out? : nopeOn a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : 4On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : 4Fave comicbooks: All James Kochalka stuff, Transformers, Joe Matt, Urusei Yatsura, some superhero stuffHeight: 6 foot 1
I like painting pictures, and walking around aimlessly.
― jel -- (jel), Friday, 14 February 2003 18:07 (twenty-one years ago) link
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l-r: me, other people.
― Jibe, Monday, 6 February 2012 11:37 (twelve years ago) link
oops fucked up formatting. i guess i was trying to agree with darragh.
― Jibe, Monday, 6 February 2012 11:38 (twelve years ago) link
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Cmon mayne if you do be on football formation threads you gotta know this stuff
― Dr Frogbius (darraghmac), Monday, 6 February 2012 11:43 (twelve years ago) link
don't think i've posted many... if i did i guess i satisfied myself with ugly looking ones. will keep in mind for next time.
― Jibe, Monday, 6 February 2012 11:46 (twelve years ago) link