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 hate myself, 'cuz after all that fuss, I left out vodka + cranberry as one of my favorite all-time drinks and The Misfits, which were of course, the perfect pop group.

Francis Watlington (Francis Watlington), Friday, 26 March 2004 03:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Name: Alex
Age: 28
Height: 6'2"
Fav Band: Woo boy. Um if pushed I'd probably say the Fall, but my heart probably wouldn't be in it anymore.
Fav Movie: Dr Strangelove
Fav TV Show: The Sopranos (up til season 4 anyway)
Fav Book: A Scanner Darkly
Fav Actor: Marlon Brando
Fav Actress: Glenda Jackson
Fav Food: BBQ
Fav Sport: To play: basketball To watch live: baseball To watch on TV: tennis
Fav Athlete: Dick "Night Train" Lane (Cuz you can't fuck with a nickname like "Night Train"--number two is Darryl "Chocolate Thunder" Dawkins and number three is World B Free)
Drink of Choice: Beer
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): Crystal Meth
Smoker?: Not currently
Occupation: Wageslave
Do you work out?: Not currently

Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 26 March 2004 03:19 (twenty-two years ago)

Name:Aja
Age:13
Height:4' 11" (I think)

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.

Aja (aja), Friday, 26 March 2004 03:20 (twenty-two years ago)

Can I just say "Night Train" Lane again? Thanks.

Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 26 March 2004 03:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Name: Andy
Age: 25
Height: 6'
Fav Band: um, let's say Roots Radics
Fav Movie: Dazed and Confused
Fav TV Show: Simpsons
Fav Book: The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
Fav Actor: Robert Mitchum
Fav Actress: Vicki from Small Wonder
Fav Food: stuffed pizza
Fav Sport: basketball
Fav Athlete: at the moment Kirk Hinrich. Jordan all-time.
Drink of Choice: scotch
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): cannababis
Smoker? : you mean cigarettes, right?
Occupation : *shrieks for a minute straight*
Do you work out? : every other day
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : 7ish
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : 6ish
Add anything you want people to know: Hahguhnunga!!

oops (Oops), Friday, 26 March 2004 04:16 (twenty-two years ago)

I think this is my third time doing this.

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.

sundar subramanian (sundar), Friday, 26 March 2004 05:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Name: Byron
Age: 28
Height: 70"
Fav Band: manual's until tomorrow is playing right now
Fav Movie: delicatessen, sweet hereafter, blood simple
Fav TV Show: the office, dave chappelle, daily show, conan. rip: west wing, 24
Fav Book: maybe "human wishes" by robert hass, or "skipped parts" tim sandlin, or "where i'm calling from" raymond carver
Fav Actor: Cusack maybe, or the guy in Croupier
Fav Actress: Sarah Polley
Fav Food: toasted ravioli
Fav Sport: baseball/hockey
Fav Athlete: maybe renteria or barrett jackman
Drink of Choice: rum and coke/whiskey sour
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): just say no
Smoker? : yuck
Occupation : interview rejectee
Do you work out? : not often enough
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : i am pretty sexy
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : only ugly people care about this
Add anything you want people to know: that was a joke. but not the sexy part.

bnw (bnw), Friday, 26 March 2004 05:39 (twenty-two years ago)

Wow I thought I did this but I didnt, so... I shall.

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.

Trayce (trayce), Friday, 26 March 2004 05:49 (twenty-two years ago)

wait, you strangle animals while you masturbate? hey, whatever lubes your chassis i guess.

oops (Oops), Friday, 26 March 2004 05:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Heh. It was a monty python quote, I always get it out (the quote, pervo) when someone asks me about "hobbies" or whatever. It always backfires too, strangely =)

Trayce (trayce), Friday, 26 March 2004 05:54 (twenty-two years ago)

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

Ha ha ha... well, since I'm actually catching "Keen Eddie" eps on Bravo, I'm well aware of this. I'm referring to the fact that it's no longer going as a series. I'd have loved to have seen several seasons of this.

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!

Wow, the Diaries in Spanish?! Found in MEXICO?! The mind boggles. But yes, I will keep you updated. So far, it's fantastic for someone such as myself, but then again I really care about little sad bits of info such as how much someone paid for something.

(FYI, I was once on Celexa, and then I took myself off it. Whee.)

Many Coloured Halo (Dee the Lurker), Friday, 26 March 2004 05:55 (twenty-two years ago)

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cinniblount (James Blount), Friday, 26 March 2004 06:04 (twenty-two years ago)

aw fuckit

cinniblount (James Blount), Friday, 26 March 2004 06:05 (twenty-two years ago)

talk about a mystery wrapped in an enigma

oops (Oops), Friday, 26 March 2004 06:09 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm just gonna say Dick "Night Train" Lane again.

Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 26 March 2004 06:10 (twenty-two years ago)

This thread is making me giggle.

Trayce (trayce), Friday, 26 March 2004 06:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Aja, you're not a real student.

@d@ml (nordicskilla), Friday, 26 March 2004 06:29 (twenty-two years ago)

Name: jeremy
Age: 27
Height: 6'-1"

Fav Band: husker du / replacements / descendents / the beatings / ride / Slowdive / MBV / New Pornographers / Neko Case / Slim Cessna's Auto Club

Fav Movie: Young Frankenstein / Aliens / Big Sleep / 3 Musketeers / Empire Strikes Back / Real Genius / 12 Angry Men / M*A*S*H / Rushmore

Fav TV Show: Chappelle's Show is the only one i never miss, and the Daily Show

Fav Book: Currently reading the Dark Tower series, which is much fun

Fav Actor: chow yun fatt / oliver reed / bill murray

Fav Actress: anna malle

Fav Food: greek / indian

Fav Sport: college hockey

Fav Athlete: Muhammed Ali / Ric Flair

Drink of Choice: PBR / vodka tonic

Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): Caffeine / Beer

Smoker? : nope

Occupation : Cube Veal / occasional music sound guy/writer

Do you work out? : not as much as i should

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? : 8


Add anything you want people to know: ADD 4 LIFE. also, needs a new job and a massive amount of willpower/discipline to go get a new job

Kingfish Hypercolor (Kingfish), Friday, 26 March 2004 06:29 (twenty-two years ago)

pick one favorite you indecisive weenies!

oops (Oops), Friday, 26 March 2004 06:39 (twenty-two years ago)

Dammit you can't blame me for wanting to mention Daryl "Chocolate Thunder" Dawkins and World B Free in addition to Dick "Night Train" Lane, can you?

Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 26 March 2004 06:41 (twenty-two years ago)

no / fuck off

xpost maybe

bnw (bnw), Friday, 26 March 2004 06:43 (twenty-two years ago)

no

xpost will do!

oops (Oops), Friday, 26 March 2004 06:43 (twenty-two years ago)

(x-post)You're cruel.

Maybe.

Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 26 March 2004 06:44 (twenty-two years ago)

hahaha was his nickname really "Chocolate Thunder"?? That's almost as good as Sexual Chocolate.

oops (Oops), Friday, 26 March 2004 06:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Hahaha I can't wait for random Dick "Night Train" Lane googlers to show up and start writing ALL CAPS threads to him.

Unfortunately I think he may be dead. :(

(x-post) Hahaha it was.

Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 26 March 2004 06:46 (twenty-two years ago)

MR NIGHT TRAIN LANE YOU ARE THE GREATEST ALL MY FRIENDS DON'T BELIEVE YOU REALLY EXISTED BUT I SHOULD THEM THE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME WEBSITE AND NOW THEY DO I THINK YOU MAY BE DEAD BUT IF YOU ARE READING THIS YOU ARE THE BEST FUCK RONNIE LOTT HE COULDN'T CARRY YOUR JOCKSTRAP YR THE BEST AND IF YOU ARE IN SACREMENTO DROP ME A LINE THANKS
JARED

Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 26 March 2004 06:49 (twenty-two years ago)

I still say this thread is maddening without a "where do you live?" question.

Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Friday, 26 March 2004 06:51 (twenty-two years ago)

BTW MR LANE CAN YOU PIMP MY RIDE AND/OR FIND ME A SERIOUS GIRL WHO AIMS MARRIAGE??????

oops (Oops), Friday, 26 March 2004 06:52 (twenty-two years ago)

I live in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, home of Clodhoppers candy.

Bryan B Sure (Bryan), Friday, 26 March 2004 06:55 (twenty-two years ago)

Louis Riel didn't die in vain, then.

mookieproof (mookieproof), Friday, 26 March 2004 06:58 (twenty-two years ago)

OMG there is a "Night Train" website!

Not a terribly flattering picture though.

Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 26 March 2004 07:02 (twenty-two years ago)

Name: Melissa Witkowski
Age: 20
Height: 5’3”

Fav Band: Radiohead

Fav Movie: The Apartment

Fav TV Show: Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Fav Book: The Waves

Fav Actor: Cary Grant

Fav Actress: Kate Winslet

Fav Food: sushi

Fav Sport: gymnastics or anything girly and pretty

Fav Athlete: no idea

Drink of Choice: sparkling water

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

Smoker? : nah

Occupation : unemployed

Do you work out? : no

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

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

Melissa W (Melissa W), Friday, 26 March 2004 08:43 (twenty-two years ago)

"Fav Band: husker du"

See...*sigh* I'll always keep on forgetting someone...it's not fair to the musicians who've worked so hard to provide me with lifesource.

Sundar, it's okay, mang...you are not alone. I also used to think That 70's Show was pretty brilliant in its stupidity up until Donna broke up with whatshisname for the first time. See, I can't remember, 'cuz I just lost interest after that. I remember it getting pretty dull afterwards.

Francis Watlington (Francis Watlington), Friday, 26 March 2004 12:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Name: Dave
Age: 13 days off 30
Height: 5 ft 8.5inches
Fav Band: Belle and Sebastian
Fav Movie: Goodfellas
Fav TV Show: 24. Sob...
Fav Book: Name of the Rose
Fav Actor: Lots. My brother is a perennial favourite
Fav Actress: Jodie Foster
Fav Food: Chilli
Fav Sport: Football and Darts
Fav Athlete: Zinedine Zidane
Drink of Choice: Bitter
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): Alcohol
Smoker? : Used to be. 3 months stopped
Occupation : Football gimp
Do you work out? : Nah
Looks : 7
Personality : 8


Dave B (daveb), Friday, 26 March 2004 13:23 (twenty-two years ago)

My brother is a perennial favourite

The questions this raises!

Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 26 March 2004 13:26 (twenty-two years ago)

OK, I'm actually this bored today. Friday is a slow day.

Name: Kate
Age: 33 (but it doesn't bother me)
Height: 5'8"
Fav Band: Spacemen 3
Fav Movie: Performance or Barbarella (can't decide)
Fav TV Show: Time Team
Fav Book: Argh... can't decide. I always just put Brideshead Revisted
Fav Actor: I hate these questions! Gary Oldman? Ewan McGreggor? That bloke named James wot was in Revelations?
Fav Actress: Judging by my fave films, Anita Pallenberg
Fav Food: Pizza
Fav Sport: Sport is ghastly
Fav Athlete: ???
Drink of Choice: Scotch and Ginger Beer
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): CAFFEINE!!!
Smoker? : Never
Occupation : I fix databases
Do you work out? : No but I walk about 4 miles a day
Looks : 5
Personality : 3

Psycho Kate (kate), Friday, 26 March 2004 13:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Name: Rachel

Age: Will be 26 in June

Height: still 5'6" I guess

Fav Band: Currently it's probably Camera Obscura, Be Good Tanyas, and Belle & Sebastian, and Ty and Buck 65 on the solo end

Fav Movie: Goodfellas, The Big Lebowski, Funny Face, Annie Hall and recently Finding Nemo :)

Fav TV Show: The West Wing, Twin Peaks, Spaced

Fav Book: cannot answer this question. oh all right The Princess Bride

Fav Actor: Currently Owen Wilson, Adam Sandler, Bill Nighy, Robert de Niro, John Cusack, Jeff Bridges, Chris Rock

Fav Actress: Hepburns Katherine & Audrey, Jessica Stevenson, Frances McDormand, Marisa Tomei

Fav Food: Cheese, mayonnaise, curry, chocolate

Fav Sport: I would be lying if I typed anything here

Fav Athlete: See above

Drink of Choice: Strong brown tea and Guinness

Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): Not much of the illegal or prescription nature, just alcohol and caffeine

Smoker? : No

Occupation : Library assistant, part-time PG student, part-time poet and editor

Do you work out? : Not as such no

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


Archel (Archel), Friday, 26 March 2004 13:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Name: Nick
Age: 24 for another 6 or 7 weeks
Height: 5'8", 175cm
Fav Band: Talk Talk, Orbital, The Stone Roses, various others as and when
Fav Movie: Badlands, Jaws, Koyanisqaatsi, various others as and when
Fav TV Show: The Simpsons
Fav Book: The Wind In The Willows, Nausea, Northern Lights
Fav Actor: Don't really have one
Fav Actress: As above
Fav Food: Curry (not yoghurt muck, a good jalfrezi or bhuna or tandoori lamb or something), chinese roast pork, stew and dumplings, Nutella, cheese on toast, lasagne, chilli, many many many more
Fav Sport: Football
Fav Athlete: Antonio Cassano, Thierry Henry, Patrick Viera, Francesco Totti
Drink of Choice: Rioja, Guinness, Becks
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): Nothing
Smoker? : No
Occupation: Library AV guy, 'amateur' writer
Do you work out? : Football twice a week
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
Add anything you want people to know: Right now? Nothing

Sick Nouthall (Nick Southall), Friday, 26 March 2004 14:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Melissa, *please* put your looks and personality higher next time or you will have the whole of ILx to answer to.

Archel (Archel), Friday, 26 March 2004 14:05 (twenty-two years ago)

There's a definite trend for blokes markign themselves much higher than girls in those questions. Sort it out, girls.

Sick Nouthall (Nick Southall), Friday, 26 March 2004 14:07 (twenty-two years ago)

Who says it's the girls that need to sort it out? Perhaps the girls are being honest, and the blokes are suffering from over-exaggerated self esteems and need to lower their ticks a bit!

Bear in mind that "5" is average on this scale.

Psycho Kate (kate), Friday, 26 March 2004 14:08 (twenty-two years ago)

Yeah, but I'm great!

Sick Nouthall (Nick Southall), Friday, 26 March 2004 14:10 (twenty-two years ago)

And "callibrated for killing", too.

Sick Nouthall (Nick Southall), Friday, 26 March 2004 14:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Haha I see that I've rated my looks lower but my personality higher than last time I did this. Meaning that I've got uglier but nicer?

Archel (Archel), Friday, 26 March 2004 14:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Helen Hunt??!? wtf

Markelby (Mark C), Friday, 26 March 2004 14:17 (twenty-two years ago)

Is there a problem?

gabbneb (gabbneb), Friday, 26 March 2004 14:41 (twenty-two years ago)

excuse me, for some reason I didn't list Days of Heaven as my favorite movie, a terrible mistake.

Favorite Movie: Days of Heaven

Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Friday, 26 March 2004 16:24 (twenty-two years ago)

Great film, Dan.

Sick Nouthall (Nick Southall), Friday, 26 March 2004 16:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Name: Ian
Age: 31
Height: 5'11''
Fav Band: right now, French Kicks/Sleepy Jackson/Elvis Costello/Sufjan Stevens
Fav Movie: In the Mood for Love/Repo Man/Bob le Flambeur/Band of Outsiders
Fav TV Show: Don't watch enough to have one
Fav Book: The Tale of Genji, Narcissus and Goldmund, Love and Rockets
Fav Comic Artist: Jaime Hernandez, Scott McCloud, Steve Rude
Fav Actor: Maggie Cheung, Audrey Hepburn, Harry Dean Stanton
Fav Food: all of it
Fav Sport: Disc Golf
Fav Athlete: Me
Drink of Choice: Red Wine, pref. Barolo or Barbaresco
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): Espresso
Smoker? : ex-smoker for almost 10 years now
Occupation : grad student
Do you work out? : yes, but not heavily
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? : 4 or 5

webcrack (music=crack), Friday, 26 March 2004 16:52 (twenty-two years ago)

I still say this thread is maddening without a "where do you live?" question.
-- Spencer Chow (spencercho...), March 26th, 2004.

B-b-b-but what about my privacy?! *shakes nervously*

Francis Watlington (Francis Watlington), Friday, 26 March 2004 18:11 (twenty-two years ago)


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