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!)

Fav Band:the Fall

Fav Movie:Crimewave (no, the other one)

Fav TV Show:Chappelle's Show

Fav Book:The Secret History

Fav Actor:Martin Donovan, Mark "Lights-Out" Ruffalo

Fav Actress: Maggie Gyllenhaal

Fav Food:ice cream w/extra fat

Fav Sport:extreme masturbating

Fav Athlete:Bill Buckner (he needs the love)

Drink of Choice: gin/tonic

Drug of Choice (if that's your thing):much like Dave Chappelle, I take the Fif

Smoker? :'fraid so

Occupation :writer. Oh, you mean PAID occupation

Do you work out? : Punk Rock Aerobics, baby

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? :aw, jeez-7ish

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? :my core audience is very small, so probably a 5 (too damn chatty)

Fav Band: Pixies

Fav Movie: American Beauty

Fav TV Show: Spaced

Fav Book: Mr Nice

Fav Actor: Kevin Spacey

Fav Actress: pass

Fav Food: Italian

Fav Sport: Football (soccer, if you must)

Fav Athlete: Steven Gerrard

Drink of Choice: Pint of Foster's

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

Smoker? : No

Occupation : Student

Do you work out? : No

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? : 7

Add anything you want people to know: I'm from Northern Ireland, which is a beautiful place and deserves more visitors. There, I should work for the Tourist Board.

Name: Bill or Tep or whatever
Age: 28
Height: 5'11"

Fav Band: Oh, let's say the Pixies this time.
Fav Movie: The Graduate or Fight Club
Fav TV Show: The Sopranos, at the moment.
Fav Book: Great Gatsby.
Fav Actor: The Depp.
Fav Actress: Ann-Margret.
Fav Food: Duck.
Fav Sport: Baseball.
Fav Athlete: Ted Williams.
Drink of Choice: Moxie.
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): I guess caffeine at this point.
Smoker? : Not anymore.
Occupation: Occasional.
Do you work out?: Rarely.
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks?: 6, 7?
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality?: 9. I'm swell.

Fav Band: As of this second, the Hold Steady or Lil' Flip, but I don't really know.

Fav Movie: 39 Steps or Metropolitan

Fav TV Show: Seinfeld/Curb Your Enthusiasm

Fav Book: Mr A Bend in the River

Fav Actor: Chris Eigeman or Walter Matthau or Edward G. Robinson or Woody Allen, maybe.

Fav Actress: Lauren Graham

Fav Food: Coffee or crunchy spicy tuna roll or lamb vindaloo or grits or panckaes.

Fav Sport: Baseball

Fav Athlete: Mike Mussina

Drink of Choice: Maker's Mark or Red Stripe

Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): pot or adderall

Smoker? : No

Occupation : Student

Do you work out? : I go to the gym, but in a much gayer capicity than "working out"

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? : Haha, no idea.

Name: Charlie
Age: 28
Height: 6'11"
Fave Band: er, Pulp/The Cure/Cornelius/Flaming Lips/changes a lot
Fave Movie: Back To The Future/Heathers
Fave T.V: Black Books/Hustle right now
Fave book: Eats, Shoots & Leaves has just flown to the top of my chart
Sport: watching couples arguing
Athlete: n/a
Drink of Choice: a decent pint of ale/Guinness
Drug of Choice: see above, and too many fags
Smoke: see above - cheap shit like Dorchester
Occupation: journalist/press officer
Do you work out: do I bollocks
Looks 1-10: 6.5
Personality 1-10: 7

Name: Aimee

Age: 31

Height: 5'7"

Fav Band: Right at this moment, the Paybacks

Fav Movie: Say Anything, A Guy Named Joe

Fav TV Show: the Family Guy, MST3K, Futurama

Fav Book: A Short History of a Small Place

Fav Actor: Johnny Depp

Fav Actress: Katharine Hepburn

Fav Food: Cheeseburgers

Fav Sport: Baseball

Fav Athlete: Old: Ted Williams; New: Marshall Faulk

Drink of Choice: Alcoholic: Jack & Coke; Non: OJ

Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): Depends on my mood, but I try and stay away

Smoker?: Not anymore

Occupation: Acolyte of the Devil

Do you work out?: Occasionally

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?: 8

Add anything you want people to know: Right now I smell like vanilla.

Name: @d@m
Age: 25 and three-quarters
Height: 5ft nothing
Fav Band: ? errrr...I really don't know anymore. Prince? Daft Punk?
Fav Movie: The Shining/Shock Corridor/Ariel/Wisconsin Death Trip
Fav TV Show: The Shield/Curb Your Enthusiasm
Fav Book: Master & Margarita/The Verificationist/The Big Con (thanks to s1ocki for reminding me about that)
Fav Actor: Monty Clift?Pacino?
Fav Actress: Lili Taylor when she's Valerie Solanas-good, Kirsten Dunst because y'know...
Fav Food: Burritos, Southwestern fare
Fav Sport: Football (the one with the round ball), Ice hockey
Fav Athlete: Diego Maradona
Drink of Choice: Red wine recently, Caipirinhas, eve though they're sooooo 2002
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): Reformed mentalist, coffee now
Smoker? : also reformed
Occupation : FIlm school camera/lighting/audio equipment guy, and not a very good one at that
Do you work out? : Reformed workout merchant
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : 4
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : 5
Add anything you want people to know: Funkmaster Flex designed my shoes!

Fav Band: Me.

Fav Movie: The Phantom Tollbooth.

Fav TV Show: Arrested Development. And sewing/quilting shows.

Fav Book: The Quick and the Dead - Joy Williams

Fav Actor: Me.

Fav Food: Bacon.

Fav Sport: Air hockey.

Fav Athlete: Rollie Fingers.

Drink of Choice: Old Thompson.

Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): Unfortunately, I'm back on the caffeine...

Smoker? : ...And the Lucky Strikes.

Occupation : Creative writing student, part-time bakery clerk.

Do you work out? : In my own way, I guess so.

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? : 10.

Add anything you want people to know: I can punch surprisingly hard. Don't try to steal my lighter.

Age: 29

Height: 5'11"

Fav Band: The Miles Davis Quintet circa 1965

Fav Movie: The Godfather

Fav TV Show: The Daily Show, of course.

Fav Book: Lolita

Fav Actor: Dirk Bogarde

Fav Actress: Ingrid Bergman

Fav Food: pork chops and applesauce

Fav Sport: Baseball

Fav Athlete: ever? Roberto Clemente, I guess.

Drink of Choice: Jim Beam

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

Smoker? : oh yeah.

Occupation : developer

Do you work out? : only in very specialized ways

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : 8

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : 8

Add anything you want people to know: I don't like dogs, and I don't understand people who do, and I don't *want* to understand. Get that awful animal away from me.

Occupation : student, construction/painter
Do you work out?: If lifting heavy things and sweating like a pig during the summer count, yes

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?: 6

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks?: 4
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality?: 4

Name: Phil
Age: 24
Height: 5'9"
Fav Band: Belle & Sebastian. Lifter Puller. Aislers Set
Fav Movie: I Claudius
Fav TV Show: Cosby Show
Fav Book: Everything is Illuminated
Fav Actor: Acting - Jeremy Irons.. Looks - The Verizon Guy :)
Fav Actress: Catherine Deneuve
Fav Food: PORK CHOPS
Fav Sport: Basketball
Fav Athlete: Skill - Venus Williams. Looks - Peja Stojakovic :)
Drink of Choice: Bourbon on the rocks
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): schnay.
Smoker? : yes
Occupation : Music fraud
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!

Fav Band: The Beach Boys

Fav Movie: At the moment, Spirited Away

Fav TV Show: League of Gentlemen

Fav Book: Alasdair Gray "Unlikely Stories Mostly"

Fav Actor: Robert DeNiro

Fav Actress: Christina Ricci (still!)

Fav Food: (a decent, hot) Curry

Fav Sport: Tennis, though I don't play enough.

Fav Athlete: I don't like watching sport at all.

Drink of Choice: Beer

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

Smoker? : Trying hard not to...

Occupation : Marketing

Do you work out? : Heheh!

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks?: 8

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality?: 8

Add anything you want people to know: Watch your back.

Name: ailsa
Age: 31
Height: 5'8"
Fav Band: belle and sebastian
Fav Movie: ferris buellers day off
Fav TV Show: the west wing
Fav Book: breakfast at tiffanys
Fav Actor: tim roth
Fav Actress: katharine hepburn
Fav Food: my own home cooking
Fav Sport: football
Fav Athlete: today, it is david marshall after celtic v barcelona. it is usually henrik larsson or thierry henry
Drink of Choice: red wine (shiraz)
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): nah
Smoker?: depends
Occupation: temp drone
Do you work out?: not really
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks?: i don't
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality?: ditto
Add anything you want people to know: nah

Name:  Deanna/Dee
Age:  24 yrs, 2 mos, 25(ish?) days
Height:  5'8" tall
Fav Band:  I am almost unhealthily obsessed with a band who formed in Birmingham, England, in 1978, as a "Sex Pistols meets Chic" group. But I do listen to other things. I've just gotten over a huge Kajagoogoo phase, and I'm excited by what I've heard of The Stills and Ascii Disko. I also love Japan, Depeche Mode, David Bowie, Ultravox, Visage, Human League, Heaven 17, Soviet, Ladytron, Roxy Music, Fischerspooner, Goldfrapp's Black Cherry, and almost anything else New Romantic/New Wave, electro, and swoony glam rock.
Fav Movie:  Of all time? Still Pump Up The Volume. (It captured my heart as a teen -- what can I say?) Of the moment? Probably House of Sand and Fog, though Monster was very, very, very good.
Fav TV Show:  Definitely "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy". I'm hoping this will be the first "favorite TV show" of mine that will actually stick around long enough for me to be fanatical about it. (I'm miffed that "Keen Eddie" didn't stick around, BTW -- I'm just starting to get into it now.)
Fav Book:  I'm not a really big fan of books because of the sheer number I had to read in HS/college (I'm more of a newspapers and magazines kind of person), but I'm really into The Andy Warhol Diaries right now.
Fav Actor:  I'm really fond of Sir Ben Kingsley right now.
Fav Actress:  Dame Judi Dench now and forever.
Fav Food:  Chinese and Japanese food; patty melts with onion rings; cereal; Wheat Thins (*winks*); almost all kinds of cookies
Fav Sport:  (spectator) basketball; (participant) tennis
Fav Athlete:  Martina Navratilova and David Robinson, now and forever.
Drink of Choice:  Diet Coke with Lime, Diet Cherry Coke, Diet Coke, iced coffee, hot coffee -- caffeinated heaven, essentially.
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing):  caffeine (ha), Lo-Ovral (for regulation purposes)
Smoker? :  Not in forever and a day, practically.
Occupation :  Payroll clerk and "frugal because I have to be" student.
Do you work out? :  Not in like ten years. I need to start up again.
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? :  3 on a good day and -5 on a bad day.
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? :  9 on a good day and 1 on a bad day.
Add anything you want people to know:  You know how I have that almost unhealthy obsession thing going on? Well, it's permeated my being so much that I can bring up the band on almost any discussion. For example -- talking about the Middle East? "Hey, did you guys know that Simon once worked in a kibbutz in Israel? And you know about their song 'Tel Aviv', right? Hey, wait a second, where are you guys going? I'll stop it, I swear! Just 'hey mister, say something, say the word!' Ok, that's it! I'll be good from here on out! I promise you!"

Name: Matt
Age: 26
Height: Five nineish
Fav Band: anyone who isn't arsed about their fucking haircut
Fav Movie: The Princess Bride
Fav TV Show: none to speak of
Fav Book: Writer's yearbook
Fav Actor: whoever it is that plays Karl Kennedy in neighbours
Fav Actress: whoever it is that plays Susam Kennedy in Neighbours
Fav Food: fried chickpeas
Fav Sport: cricket
Fav Athlete: grievous bodily Harmison
Drink of Choice: tempranillo
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): I want pills
Smoker? : yes
Occupation : Restaurant manager (see how I've moved forward in the last two years? Go me)
Do you work out? : Obsessively
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : I think a 7 is reasonable
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : as before, I'm afraid I'm still prone to the staggeringly unfortunate
Add anything you want people to know: my mission continues

Fav Band: Hard to say.

Fav Movie: Crooklyn

Fav TV Show: Critical Mass

Fav Book: XONNOX by Fakie Wilde

Fav Actor: None.

Fav Actress: None.

Fav Food: Yum Nua

Fav Sport: Don't like sport.

Fav Athlete: See Above

Drink of Choice: Margaritas

Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): Haven't had enough to know.

Smoker? : Ocassionally

Occupation : Student

Do you work out? : Rarely

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : 4

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : 6

Keen Eddie's back, bitch! Only on Bravo, so if you don't have Bravo forget I said that :)

Keep me updated, Dee! My copy is sitting idle on the shelf, and I've hardly had the time to keep up with the reading. My copy is used and in Spanish. Got it at a book fair in rural Mexico, so I thought it would be a kick to purchase it in those circumstances. Diarios de Warhol!

Fav Band:Foo Fighters

Fav Movie:Iron Ladies (maybe)

Fav TV Show:The Simpsons

Fav Book:Born Blue Maybe? Not sure. Really liked it though

Fav Actor: none

Fav Actress: Courtney Love!! (Ummm, no.) Don't have one

Fav Food: I don't know. Chicken

Fav Sport: Basketball or Volleyball

Fav Athlete: Me

Drink of Choice: umm, does a Roy Rogers count?

Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): umm, do Halls coughdrops count?

Smoker? : second hand at times

Occupation :student

Do you work out? : only at practice and PE

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? : 5 1/2

Add anything you want people to know: I want a cat. And uh, I'm tired.

Name: Sundar

Age: less than a month till I'm 25, which scares me but looks better in print than I thought it would

Height: 5'10"

Fav Band: Probably Radiohead, if we're sticking to bona fide bands. I'm on a real Ornette Coleman kick though.

Fav TV Show: That 70s Show, sadly enough. Although it was much better before they replaced the old Laurie and before Jackie became evil personnified, when she was just lovably shallow.

Fav Food: nachos

Fav Sport: martial arts, definitely

Drink of Choice: herbal tea, coffee

Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): haha Bryan I'm on Celexa too

Smoker? : no

Occupation : still a grad student for now; hopefully teaching or something not-totally-miserable in the near future

Do you work out? : Totally, but not so much lately because I've been really busy (though I still waste time here). I feel bad about it.

I haven't read a good book or seen a movie in a long time.

Name: Tracy F
Age: 33 (almost 33 1/3 which is cool as)
Height: short (5'3 i think?)

Fav Band: there's no one fave. Cocteaus, MBV, They Might Be Giants, Infected Mushroom, Throwing Muses... dont make me choose *cries*
Fav Movie: Pi
Fav TV Show: Futurama & Simpsons in a tie
Fav Book: "Perfume" - Patrick Susskind or "The Man who Mistook his Wife for a Hat" by Oliver Sacks
Fav Actor: at the moment I'd say Johnny Depp, obvious as that is.
Fav Actress: wow. None come to mind. How odd.
Fav Food: FOOD. Anything savoury really.
Fav Sport: changing TV channels, amateur sculls (of booze), golf, strangling animals and masturbating (this last part may be a lie).
Fav Athlete: I totally dont grok sport.
Drink of Choice: chardonnay, gin, cider, cranberry juice, peach iced tea.
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): da w33d, mon.
Smoker? : yes, and sorta annoyed that I do.
Occupation : IT admin techy type person
Do you work out? : only walking, I'm pretty unfit
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : I cant answer this question. I'll say 5 cos thats neutral.
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : How can a personality be good or bad? I cant answer this one at all! :/

Add anything you want people to know: I am an engima, wrapped in a riddle, wrapped in day-old newspaper.