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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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)

Name: John
Age: 25 as of yesterday
Height: 5'8'
Fav Band: Stereolab
Fav Movie: Waiting for Guffman
Fav TV Show: currently, Curb Your Enthusiasm
Fav Book: Underworld, Don DeLillo
Fav Actor: Mark Ruffalo
Fav Actress: Zooey Deschanel
Fav Food: Thai, probably
Fav Sport: Baseball
Drink of Choice: Beer
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): Pot (only a few times a year)
Smoker?: Not anymore
Occupation: Textbook editor
Do you work out?: No. I really, really should.
On a scale from 1-10 ...: I hate 1-10 scales. I need something more tangible to rate myself against.

And I live in Chicago.

jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 26 March 2004 18:42 (twenty-two years ago)

Some of the most absurd opinions ever offered on ILE are the women's rating of their looks here - Luna at 5 is the one that stood out to me as patently insane, but Melissa at 1 and Archel and Trayce at 5 are utterly mad too.

Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Friday, 26 March 2004 18:50 (twenty-two years ago)

they have all shown themselves to be very modest women

oops (Oops), Friday, 26 March 2004 18:52 (twenty-two years ago)

and while not a woman, gabbnebb is no 3/2. even after the phish deductions.

bnw (bnw), Friday, 26 March 2004 18:55 (twenty-two years ago)

like so many others have said i have done this before but will do it this time by limiting myself to one answer each, first one to mind:

Name: Ms. S. to you
Age: 30
Height:5'4"

Fav Band: at the moment Riverboat Gamblers

Fav Movie: Giant

Fav TV Show: Chapelle's Show

Fav Book: Jane Eyre

Fav Actor: Bam Margera

Fav Actress: Charlize Theron


Fav Food: popcorn

Fav Sport: skateboarding

Fav Athlete: Bam Margera

Drink of Choice: beer

Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): the ones that keep me alive

Smoker? : no

Occupation : teacher/bartender/sort of writer

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? : 6


Add anything you want people to know: i'm a slob.

Ask For Samantha (thatgirl), Friday, 26 March 2004 19:08 (twenty-two years ago)

Name: kyle
Age: 21
Height: 6 foot 3ish

Fav Band: toady, the smiths, tomorrow, the world

Fav Movie: all the real girls

Fav TV Show: 24

Fav Book: 1984 or the plague

Fav Actor: either johnny depp or mark ruffalo

Fav Actress: right now, maggie gyllenhaal

Fav Food: boiled crawfish

Fav Sport: ehhh, football? (american)

Fav Athlete: deuce mcallister

Drink of Choice: RC

Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): N/A

Smoker? : only on thursdays and special occasions

Occupation : student/filing bitch

Do you work out? : i do pilates irregularly

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? : 7


Add anything you want people to know:
Baby, Baby, Baby oh believe me, oh please don't leave me, all by myself, I've got this burning, burning, yearning feeling inside me, oooh, deep inside me, and it hurts so bad!

Felonious Drunk (Felcher), Friday, 26 March 2004 19:27 (twenty-two years ago)

Name: Ms. S. to you
Height:5'4"

AY, SHAWTEE...

Francis Watlington (Francis Watlington), Friday, 26 March 2004 19:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Name: jel
Age: 27 almost 28
Height: 6'1"
Fav Band: Poison, La Casa Azul, Megadeth, Philistines Jr
Fav Movie: American Movie, Spirited Away, Bill and Ted, ROTJ
Fav TV Show: Dick and Dom in da Bungalow, Yugi-oh, Black Books, Harry Hill
Fav Book: The Summer Book; Death and the Penguin; Victoria; Wind-up Bird Chronicle
Fav Food: Doughnuts; Spaghetti; Peas; Bacon; Scotch Pancakes
Fav Sport: Cricket
Fav Athlete: Matthew Hoggard; Mark Butcher; Rahul Dravid
Drink of Choice: Tea
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing):
Smoker?: nope
Occupation: library assistant
Do you work out? : I feel good when I do Yoga, but I don't really do Yoga very often. Walking
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

On this scale thing, I'm assuming 10 = the best.

Add anything you want people to know: I can not choose one thing.

jel -- (jel), Friday, 26 March 2004 19:58 (twenty-two years ago)

:(

Ask For Samantha (thatgirl), Friday, 26 March 2004 20:04 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't have fave actor or actresses coz they get enough love as it is.

jel -- (jel), Friday, 26 March 2004 20:07 (twenty-two years ago)

Name: David
Age: 21
Height: 5'10" (??)
Fav Band: Lali Puna, Barbara Morgenstern, The Blue Nile
Fav Movie: Ratcatcher, Tremors, Celine & Julie Go Boating.
Fav TV Show: Seinfeld
Fav Book: 'So I Am Glad'; 'God's Gift to Women'
Fav Food: lamb.
Fav Sport: football.
Fav Athlete: Paula Radcliffe
Drink of Choice: Irn-Bru
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): alcohol, I guess.
Smoker?: nope
Occupation: student.
Do you work out? : I play football three times a week, most weeks.
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : I do ok.
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : less ok here but still -.

Add anything you want people to know: I have a child's indecision.

cozen (Cozen), Friday, 26 March 2004 20:41 (twenty-two years ago)

Name: johnny
Age: 29
Height: 5 11

Fav Band: at the moment: pixies, loop, cocteau twins, cure

Fav Movie: at the mo: annie hall, king kong, giant, frogs, repo man (i worked a repo office once).

Fav TV Show: twin peaks, Nature(pbs). (i don't watch tv, i watch dvds)

Fav Book: 1984 , jg ballard collected short stories

Fav Actor: lee marvin, leonard nimoy, james dean, sonny chiba, oscar the grouch

Fav Actress: marilyn monroe

Fav Food: ribs, steaks, milkshakes. sushi. i miss my mums cooking.

Fav Sport: fishing, pinball, roulette

Fav Athlete: larry bird. willie may, (not a sports fan ), the chinese kid who can eat hotdogs real fast.

Drink of Choice: iced water, coffee, beer, chambord and pinapple juice

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

Smoker? : cough cough wheres my lighter? not addicted. i know its unheard of.

Occupation : 'problem resolution' no, not karate, i fix lines of code for financial exchanges, not a programmer either, just a trained monkey

Do you work out? : i just started running again. and taking the garbage out can be a workout sometimes.

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : i dont do 1-10's. ive been told i resemble: grover, nick cave, ani de franco (what?), prince, dave grohl. got an image in your head now?

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : after i get to know you, 8


Add anything you want people to know: i am looking for a drummer in the boston area to make spacezy shoegazey noisey music.
i prefer the company of cats and pagans. i wear disguises. it is 90' in the office as i type this. i hate computers. i have a flip squad. i love breakfast. i have a bit of an obsession with things nobody cares about: abandoned buildings, odd toys, trash on the sidewalk, dancing in closets with heads of state.

kephm, Friday, 26 March 2004 20:57 (twenty-two years ago)

Name: lauren
Age: nearly 28
Height: 5'5"
Fav Band: really can't pick one. my favorite cd at the moment is the blue orchids.
Fav Movie: valley girl or it's a wonderful life
Fav TV Show: the chapelle show, currently
Fav Book: again, difficult to pick. persuasion, maybe?
Fav Actor: robert mitchum
Fav Actress: marlene dietrich
Fav Food: i've never tried an asian cuisine that i didn't love.
Fav Sport: to play? tennis, probably, or slow lap swimming.
Fav Athlete: ?
Drink of Choice: vodka&soda, jamesons on the rocks, red wine
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): depends, but caffeine over all
Smoker? : yes
Occupation : catering to nutcases
Do you work out? : yes, 4x/week
Looks : 7
Personality : 8
Add anything you want people to know: i love poodles.

lauren (laurenp), Friday, 26 March 2004 21:05 (twenty-two years ago)

Name: Jason
Location: San Francisco
Age: 27.75
Height: Six feet deep
Fav Band: at one point or another: Robert Wyatt, Talking Heads, Jay Dee, Alice Coltrane,
Fav Movie: the funny ones
Fav TV Show: Curb Your Enthusiasm, Mythbusters, Even Stevens
Fav Book: I'm a magazine reader
Fav Actor: the funny ones
Fav Actress: the cute ones
Fav Food: Cheese*
Fav Sport: Mexican Wrestling - LUCHA LIBRE!!
Fav Athlete: any of the Mexican Wrestling stars that are midgets or wear fur suits
Drink of Choice: Gin Gimlet, Hefeweizen, Coca Cola
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): I used to like lots of drugs but seem to throw up when i take any of them anymore
Smoker? : every once in a while i'll want one when i'm drinking and i always remember that i don't like to smoke
Occupation : Web Designer
Do you work out? : i keep my girlish figure by walking a lot
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : they say you can rate your looks based on the company you keep. well i have a gorgeous wife and all my friends are fuckable.
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : i think i'm a nice enough, happy-go-lucky kinda guy
Add anything you want people to know: in college my nickname was Teets. it got so bad some people didn't even know my real name
* In college i started a club called GMC. the three things that made us happy. Girls, Music & Cheese.

JaXoN (JasonD), Friday, 26 March 2004 22:54 (twenty-two years ago)

and while not a woman, gabbnebb is no 3/2. even after the phish deductions.

You're very kind, bnw. Let me assure you, however, that I am a woman.

gabbneb (gabbneb), Saturday, 27 March 2004 02:03 (twenty-two years ago)

Name: Zach

Age: 17

Height: 5 feet 10 inches

Fav Band: Lots of them. Pavement, Lightning Bolt, Radiohead, Mission of Burma, The Fall, The Shins, The Beatles

Fav Movie: Alien, or Network

Fav TV Show: haven't watched TV in ages. Probably The Adventures of Pete and Pete or something on Adult Swim

Fav Book: Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain, 1984 by Orwell, need to read more often

Fav Actor: Peter Sellers

Fav Actress: eh, I dunno.

Fav Food: chinese food rocks

Fav Sport: Don't really follow sports, but football and soccer are fun to watch

Fav Athlete: eh, I dunno.

Drink of Choice: If I drank alcohol, beer, but since I don't: Coffee

Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): don't do drugs, they kill people
Smoker? : nope

Occupation : student, bad amatuer music writer

Do you work out? : no, I've been meaning to start

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? : also 7


Z. Ayres (Z_Ayres), Saturday, 27 March 2004 02:09 (twenty-two years ago)

Can I change one of my answers? The Miles Davis Quintet circe 1965 is great, and certainly up there, but that answer was designed mostly to impress people with my blinding sense of the urbane.

After a cpuple drinks, I can see the truth. The Rolling Stones are my favorite band. Easy. Every day of the week.

Verbal (Verbal), Saturday, 27 March 2004 03:07 (twenty-two years ago)


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