Getting to Know You : A Survey ......... (please contribute if you are as eager to talk about yourselves as I am to know about you all!)

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I've just decided that Kosheen are my favourite band. But that may not last for long.

― toraneko, Thursday, 25 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Name: geeta
Age: 22
Height: 5'6"
Fav Bands: bowie, wire, burma, the minibosses
Fav Movies: "the blue angel", "m", "notorious", "wings of desire"
Fav TV Show: i don't watch much tv! uh 'nova' cuz i used to work for 'em
Fav Book: 'biochemistry and pharmacology of synaptic transmission'
Fav Actor: ??
Fav Actress: ingrid bergman
Fav Food: bagels, seaweed
Fav Sport: basketball, tag-team soulcalibur
Fav Athlete: don't have one
Drink of Choice: beer!!! also sundar this grapefruit/gin thing sounds good
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): downers - fuck uppers
Smoker? : don't anymore
Occupation : grad school
Do you work out? : um - i run around NYC and carry heavy things
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : haha uh "x"
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : 10^x where x is [1, infinity]

― geeta, Thursday, 25 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Name: brent d Age: the skin painted on my face looks ageless Height: 6'7" (yes, seriously.)

Fav Band: uh...the fall, the pixies, ar kane, piano magic, talk talk, talking heads, wu tang, prince, james brown...

Fav Movie: mitchell

Fav TV Show: simpsons

Fav Book: um...city of glass. or the wind up bird chronicle. do comics count?

Fav Food: burritos.

Drink of Choice: beer. whisky. gin. vodka. rum.

Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): too many to count. (the last one i did was weed, though, and even that was ages ago.)

Smoker? : i miss it so.

Occupation : unemployed.

Do you work out? : i am a fat ass.

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

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

― jess, Thursday, 25 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

liz - if i didnt separate out male/female actors, then i would have listed no men, and that wouldn't have been very sporting. actually, it's more cuz i just copied the list that cj made and started filling in the blanks. i don't really think it's that big of a deal but you can lay into me and rip me a new one if you'd like. :-)

― Ron, Thursday, 25 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Name: lyra
Age: 25
Height: 5'5"
Fav Band: at the moment, Belle and Sebastian
Fav Movie: Empire Strikes Back
Fav TV Show: Jon Stewart's Daily Show and Simpsons
Fav Book: The Dharma Bums (Kerouac hated this one, but I think it's his best)
Fav Actor: off the top of my head, the guys who play Randall and Dante in Clerks
Fav Actress: Julia Stiles in 10 Things I Hate About You
Fav Food: green tea ice cream
Fav Sport: baseball
Fav Athlete: I don't think I have one, but my favorite team is the Yankees
Drink of Choice: double americano with room
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): Guinness
Smoker? : no
Occupation : perl hacker
Do you work out? : running and yoga
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : 1 right now, because I'm in the process of moving out of the apartment I shared with a guy I dated for a few years. There's no graceful way to go through something like that.
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : no higher than a 5- I'm too much of a geek.

― lyra in seattle, Thursday, 25 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I reckon for everyone who's not a totally balanced bisexual then separation of Actor & Actress is valid - favourite actors and actresses are nothing to do with acting and everything to do with sex.

― toraneko, Friday, 26 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

admittedly I'm an UNbalanced bisexual, but I only have any sexual thing for 4 to 5 of the 20 acting faves I listed.

― halo halo, Friday, 26 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

if i didnt separate out male/female actors, then i would have listed no men, and that wouldn't have been very sporting.
why? doesn't make sense to me. Why sshouldn't all your favourite actors be female?

― halo halo, Friday, 26 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

favourite actors and actresses are nothing to do with acting and everything to do with sex.
oh that must be why i don't have any, right.

― unknown or illegal user, Friday, 26 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

ok, and what doesn't make sense to me is why this is a big deal. are we saying there is no difference between men and women?

― Ron, Friday, 26 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I think we're disagreeing over whether acting simply counts as a craft or profession. It it does, why would you make a distinction? Would you ask 'favourite male architect' and 'favourite female architect'? or even favourite male vs female artist? Insofar as most (screen) actors are as much attraction fetishes as professionals/artist, then a distinction is made.

― Ellie, Friday, 26 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

sure, its a profession but that's a small part of the interest. i think i need liz or someone to explain to me carefully what the problem is, so that i can think about it. also, because of the sex element, 'favorite' really has little to do with whether they are technically good or not. good and hott would be a great combo though. i maybe should not be talking about this

― Ron, Friday, 26 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I've decided my favorite actor is Bill Murray.

― Kris, Friday, 26 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

How often does someone say "of course it will have to be a male architect"? How often do movie producers say "I don't mind if a man or a woman plays this major role"? Of course it's not remotely the same thing.

― Martin Skidmore, Friday, 26 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Kris, have you seen "The Man Who Knew Too Little"?

― rainy, Saturday, 27 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Name: Ramosi Franco but close niggas call me Mo
Age: 20
Height: 5'6......fuck you

Fav Band: Geto Boys, KMD, Pulp, Daft Punk
Fav Movie: Scarface, Screwed, Money Talks, The Gods Must Be Crazy, Juice, I Got The Hook Up!
Fav TV Show: Daily Show, Croc. Hunter, Kratt's Creatures, SNL.
Fav Book: Hardy Boys, this fucking GORY industrial first aid book my dad had with full color pics of tibias hanging about a foot out of niggas leg skin, eyeballs, degloved torsos, all that shit!
Fav Actor: NORM MACDONALD, Luis Guzman, Master P, Bernie Mac before he turned g-rated bitch
Fav Actress: Sarah Silverman, Alyssa Milano, Penelope Ann Miller.
Fav Food: Classic Ice Cream Sandwich.......fuck all that thick shit like Klondike and Oreo that makes you all tired and your mouth look out of control pregnant after you grub it
Fav Sport: City bicycling at night while stoned out of my mind, a game of 21 (basketball), water balloons
Fav Athlete: Mike Tyson, Arturo Gatti.....and by the way, i want to baseball bat Tiger Woods fucking grille about 500 times, make him swallow and digest his big ass teeth and then shit them shits out onto a plate and make him sift through the shit with tweezers to find them shits and make him try to re-implant them shits back into his shitty gums
Drink of Choice: Milkshits.
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): A few fat ropes of up and a good video to watch with true blue crew
Smoker? : Marlboro Menthols only on weekends (friday evening to sunday morning......my self-control is rugged like Osama)
Occupation : Office guy/furniture store salesman.
Do you work out? : Hell no.
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? : 10 if I like you, -100 if you done pissed me off
Add anything you want people to know: i'm back like your athlete's feet......i hear if you piss on them it helps.....that's what the abused miners and factory workers did during the industrial revolution to soothe the burn.....though i may have dreamed that......let me know how it's going bro, you gotta believe!!!

― Ramosi, Saturday, 27 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

How often do movie producers say "I don't mind if a man or a woman plays this major role"? Of course it's not remotely the same thing

I wish they would think like that more often - so often there are roles that just automatically go to men (ie the main roles) that could just as easily have gone to women...just because women are cast in and take part in roles that have some particular gendered aspect tthem doesn't mean there is fundamentally something different about acting and "actressing".
I don't think architecting or acting are merely professions but I think maybe a singer/singess analogy would fit better...?

― halo halo, Saturday, 27 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Name: Andy
Age: 26
Height: 5'8"
Fav Band: Bark Psychosis, Prince, Metro Area, Moodymann, AR Kane
Fav Movie: Dead Ringers, The Last Picture Show, Ghost Dog
Fav TV Show: Twin Peaks, Six Feet Under, The A-Team
Fav Book: The Third Wave, The Zinn Reader, Concrete Island
Fav Actor: Don Cheadle
Fav Actress: Kathleen Turner
Fav Food: Indian
Fav Sport: baseball
Fav Athlete: any pitcher who has ever thrown a knuckleball
Drink of Choice: Diet Coke
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): caffeine
Smoker? : no
Occupation : editor
Do you work out? : yes
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your car? : 8
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate SUVs? : 1

― Andy K, Saturday, 27 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

singess is not a word

― Ron, Saturday, 27 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

singes?

― jel --, Saturday, 27 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Kris, have you seen "The Man Who Knew Too Little"?

No! Should I? My opinion is based mostly on Caddyshack and Kingpin.

― Kris, Saturday, 27 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

yeah, you should definitely see it!

― rainy, Saturday, 27 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

yeah it's good, best Bill murray since groundhog day... I forgot to mention twin peaks, cos I'm dumb.

― Andrew, Sunday, 28 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I'm late but oh well, Andrew bugged me to do this ages ago.
Name: Elisabeth
Age: 18
Height: 5'2
Fav Band: Blondie, Sleater-Kinney, Wire, Aislers Set, the Gist/Young Marble Giants
Fav Movie: Firewalk with me, Polyester, Welcome to the Dollhouse, My Fair Lady, Gloria
Fav TV Show: Buffy, Six Feet Under, Family Guy, Simpsons
Fav Book: Lotta, Animal Farm, Nights at the Circus
Fav Actor: Divine, John Cusack, Anthony Stewart Head, John Malkovich
Fav Actress: Mink Stole, Gena Rowlands, Janeane Garofalo
Fav Food: chips and dip, wedges, sushi
Fav Sport: bike riding, video games
Fav Athlete:
Drink of Choice: nothing at the moment, my liver is screwed and drinking means horrible pain.
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): pot
Smoker? : no
Occupation :student, yikes
Do you work out? : no
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
7 seems safe.

― Elisabeth, Monday, 29 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

seven months pass...

Name: Horace Mann
Age: 25
Height: 5'10"

Fav Band: Today, I'm going to say...Morphine. I get more consistent pleasure out them than anyone else, except maybe the Kinks
Fav Movie: A Day At The Races
Fav TV Show: Homicide: Life On The Streets, then Andy Richter Controls the Universe
Fav Book: The Night (Alone) by Richard Meltzer
Fav Actor: Walter Matthau
Fav Actress: Sophia Loren, yowza

Fav Food: i like a good tortellini
Fav Sport: dog-sledding
Fav Athlete: dogs
Drink of Choice: scotch, bourbon
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): caffeine mostly

Smoker? : y
Occupation : writer
Do you work out? : n

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : 9
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : 2

Add anything you want people to know: i'm a big fat liar

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Thursday, 6 March 2003 18:20 (twenty-three years ago)

This thread annoys because it was such a good intro to people, yet it didn't say where they Are which might encourage understanding and FAPs!

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 6 March 2003 18:42 (twenty-three years ago)

Name: Sarah
From: Richmond, VA USA
Age: 25
Height: VERY TALL 5'11"
Fav Band/s of all time: the pixies/breeders/amps/kd6k, veruca salt, sleater-kinney, smashing pumpkins, belly/throwing muses, sonic youth, MBV, slowdive, there are too many to list...
Fav Band/s today: Sahara Hotnights, Zwan, Ikara Colt
Singers: Bjork, Tonya Donnelly
Fav Movies: Office Space, Spinal Tap, a bajillion romantic comedies
Fav TV Show: Six Feet under, Trading Spaces(I miss Freaks & Geeks)
Fav Book: The Sexual Politics of Meat, but mostly I read silly romantic comedies
Fav Actor: James Spader
Fav Actress: Catherine Keener
Fav Food: sour pickles
Drink of Choice: pina colada
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): not my thing - caffeine
Smoker? : never
Occupation : real estate assistant (blah-day job)/musician (yay!)
Do you work out? : I go on walks
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? : 9

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Thursday, 6 March 2003 19:04 (twenty-three years ago)

Name: a.k.a. Don Weiner
Age: 34
Height: 5?11?
Fav Band: The Replacements
Fav Movie: The Silence of the Lambs
Fav TV Show: The Larry Sanders Show or the Simpsons
Fav Book: To Kill a Mockingbird
Fav Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis
Fav Actress: Julianne Moore
Fav Food: pizza
Fav Sport: college football
Fav Athlete: Tiger Woods
Drink of Choice: Scotch, but I pretty much like anything with alcohol in it.
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing):
Smoker? : nope
Occupation : full time dad, part time grad student, freelance writer
Do you work out? : if that?s what you call chasing around a couple of toddlers
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : too old for the rave scene
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : if I had a vibrating tongue it would be a 10 for sure

― don weiner, Thursday, 6 March 2003 19:18 (twenty-three years ago)

I already filled the other version of this in... the one with location instead of height. (5'8", FWIW.)

Oh, to repeat, my location is somewhere near Birmingham, UK. If there's anyone nearby who wants to be my friend/lover/patron, do get in touch! :)

At least someone else likes To Kill a Mockingbird. I thought it was just me. :)

I thought I'd use two smileys today because I don't feel quite as crapped-out as yesterday...

― ChristineSH, Thursday, 6 March 2003 19:48 (twenty-three years ago)

Rah! That is good to hear.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 6 March 2003 19:51 (twenty-three years ago)

I'm sorry about the things I said on the list Christine is speaking of. I would say my looks are a 5 and my personality is a 7, speaking honestly. I sure do love myself!

― Bryan (Bryan), Thursday, 6 March 2003 20:13 (twenty-three years ago)

I'm sticking with 2.363 and 4.

Although I do try to love myself a bit more sometimes. The trouble is, it's really hard because I'm SUCH A CUNT!!

And... er... proud of it...?!

― ChristineSH, Thursday, 6 March 2003 21:21 (twenty-three years ago)

Don, you have annoyed me by ignoring my criticism of this thread. Ned, hold him down til he tells us where he is!

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 6 March 2003 21:24 (twenty-three years ago)

Stop it Christine! You're worse than me! I say we decide where Don is for him. I vote for Ottumwa, Iowa.

― Bryan (Bryan), Thursday, 6 March 2003 21:28 (twenty-three years ago)

I only say "stop it" Christine because I know that my self-deprecation is my most annoying habit, and in your case it seems to be even less true than it is when I do it. You seem perfectly fine, except for all the sad stuff.

― Bryan (Bryan), Thursday, 6 March 2003 21:33 (twenty-three years ago)

And no Christine, you're not necessarily annoying!

― Bryan (Bryan), Thursday, 6 March 2003 21:38 (twenty-three years ago)

Ned, hold him down til he tells us where he is!

Can't I just bore him with a list of the 500 reasons why I like the Smashing Pumpkins?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 6 March 2003 21:41 (twenty-three years ago)

I can help! (With the list, not holding down Ned)

― Sarah Mclusky (coco), Thursday, 6 March 2003 21:42 (twenty-three years ago)

Oh, if it's about holding me down...

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 6 March 2003 21:45 (twenty-three years ago)

I only say "stop it" Christine because I know that my self-deprecation is my most annoying habit, and in your case it seems to be even less true than it is when I do it.

Did you really just say that? ;-)

― Chris P (Chris P), Thursday, 6 March 2003 21:47 (twenty-three years ago)

Name: Stinky Weezleteagues (okay, actually Nick Coleman)

Age: 24

Height: 6'4"

Fav Band: For fear of coming off as trying to seem so eclectic as I've been accused of before, I'm not even gonna begin.

Fav Movie: I dunno, Pootie Tang?

Fav TV Show: Either Simpsons or Futurama.

Fav Book: Right now prob'ly Pimp by Iceberg Slim.

Fav Actor: Possibly Chris Walken or Steve Buscemi.

Fav Actress: Today? Annette Benning and Kirsten Dunst.

Fav Food: I'm a vaginatarian. :D

Fav Sport: hackysack, rock climbing, swimming

Fav Athlete: um...

Drink of Choice: tonight it'll be Fuller's ESB (mmmmmmm)

Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): coffee, ganj, mushrooms

Smoker? : only tobacky what is wacky

Occupation : Mild-mannered data entry drone by day, but by night...

Do you work out? : Not enough.

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : Google. Squared.

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

Add anything you want people to know: Soylent Green is made of people!

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 6 March 2003 21:48 (twenty-three years ago)

Name: Stinky Weezleteagues

Happy happy...

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 6 March 2003 21:49 (twenty-three years ago)

(I love me a good hacky-sacking, but it's not a sport)

Christine: go up to the next five guys you see and ask them if they want to shag. I'm betting only one wouldn't.

― oops (Oops), Thursday, 6 March 2003 21:52 (twenty-three years ago)

oops: OTM!!!

― Bryan (Bryan), Thursday, 6 March 2003 21:54 (twenty-three years ago)

Why would one say no? One in 5 guys is gay?

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Thursday, 6 March 2003 21:56 (twenty-three years ago)

Sure!

― Bryan (Bryan), Thursday, 6 March 2003 21:58 (twenty-three years ago)

Chris: why do you think I back-pedalled in my next post!?

― Bryan (Bryan), Thursday, 6 March 2003 21:59 (twenty-three years ago)

It wasn't the "annoying" part that amused me, it was how you bemoaned your self-depricating habits in a self-depricating manner! "I don't like it when I self-depricate, and you have even less of a reason to do it than pathetic ol' me does!"

― Chris P (Chris P), Thursday, 6 March 2003 22:04 (twenty-three years ago)

I'm pretty slick that way!

― Bryan (Bryan), Thursday, 6 March 2003 22:08 (twenty-three years ago)

It was smooth and subtle and I was impressed.

― Chris P (Chris P), Thursday, 6 March 2003 22:09 (twenty-three years ago)

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