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!)

How could Nabokov done that accidentally, though? How can you read that from even the subtext of a book and not understand that it's the whole point?

Fav Band: Couldn't say.

Fav Movie: Prob. Crooklyn or something.

Fav TV Show: Mr. Show (I know, I know, it's not on anymore)

Fav Book: Hebrew-English/English-Hebrew Dictionary

Fav Actor: Ronnie Burkett

Fav Actress: No idea

Fav Food: Thai (anything hot sweet and sour)

Fav Sport: Sitting on my arse

Fav Athlete: None.

Drink of Choice: Mohito

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

Smoker? : Occasionally

Occupation : Student

Do you work out? : I go to gym every day of the working week.

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? : 2

Name: Gemma
Age: 28
Height: 5'4" (i think)

Fav Band: too many

Fav Movie: i have a lot, i guess maybe cinema paradiso, city of the lost children and metropolis are pretty important ones though.

Fav TV Show: lateline. and i used to love the fast show when it was on. and blackadder.

Fav Book: too many too. but definitely heroes and villains by angela carter; perfume by patrick suskind; the outsider by albert camus

Fav Actor: i don't really have one

Fav Actress: ummm audrey tautou, audrey hepburn, frances mcdormand

Fav Food: roast lamb/japanese/thai

Fav Sport: i don't play or follow any sport

Fav Athlete: *shrug*

Drink of Choice: vodka and soda.

Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): i like recreational drugs although i rarely use them these days. no pot anymore.

Smoker? : reformed.

Occupation : policy writer/law student

Do you work out? : no. but i go to the beach most days for a walk and do yoga.

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : about the middle. probably a 6.

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : same same as for looks.

Name: bulbous
Age: 42
Height: 5'11"

Fav Band: 23 skidoo

Fav Movie: taxi driver

Fav TV Show: iron chef

Fav Book: the erl king

Fav Actor: dirk bogarde

Fav Actress: molly ringwald

Fav Food: masala paneer or rocket dhosa

Fav Sport: soccer

Fav Athlete:

Drink of Choice: pleb beer

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

Smoker? : vaguely

Occupation : information management

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? : erratic

;-)

Half of these answers are from when i was 19 because the answers to them have been of no interest to me since then.

This is great, and truer for me than I was willing to admit before. Thanks, bulbs, for breaking the barrier.

Fav Band: If I said the Mile Davis Quartet in 1958, you'd think I was a pretentious asshole, wouldn't you? I can't win.

Fav Movie: If I cited something from Bergman, you'd think I was a pretentious asshole and a tremendous downer, wouldn't you? I can't win.

Fav TV Show: If I said that I wouldn't watch TV at all ever if I wasn't otherwise forced to, you'd think I was a pretentious asshole, wouldn't you? I can't win.

Fav Book: If I said that I don't actually read much fiction anymore, you'd think... I don't know what you'd think. I don't care much, either. The best books I've ever read and that I continue to read do not have plots, themes, or characters, except for the naturally occurring ones. My favorite books are good journalism.

Fav Actor / Fav Actress: same as before.

Fav Food: pie

Fav Sport: fucking

Fav Athlete: me, while fucking

Drink of Choice: same as before

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

Fav Band: Steely Dan

Fav Movie: The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant

Fav TV Show: Twin Peaks

Fav Book: Naked Lunch

Fav Actor: Marlon Brando

Fav Actress: Catherine Deneuve

Fav Food: peanut butter and jelly

Fav Sport: no

Fav Athlete: no

Drink of Choice: ginger ale

Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): w33d

Smoker? : yes

Occupation : no

Do you work out? : used to, meaning to start again

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:
all above answers (except maybe height) subject to change at any time.

Fav Band: Nick Drake, Beach Boys, Simon and Garfunkel, Ray Lamontagne, Red House Painters, Kings of Convenience, John Martyn, Matt Pond, Black Keys, Cream

Fav Movie: Kicking and Screaming

Fav TV Show: Currently "Lost", Seinfeld, CSI

Fav Book: Stay Here With Me

Fav Actor: Deniro, Pacino, Tom Hanks

Fav Actress: n/a

Fav Food: Ice Cream, Pasta, Sushi

Fav Sport: Baseball and Hockey

Fav Athlete: Manny Ramirez, David Ortiz, Cam Neely

Drink of Choice: Wachusett Ales...local flava.

Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): beer and nicotine, xanax

Smoker? : yes, unfortunately

Occupation : Financial Analyst, my title has changed over the years.

Do you work out? : used to, meaning to start again

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:

Im really not such an ass in real life.

Fav Band: probably Wire or Aphex Twin

Fav Movie: Alien and This is Spinal Tap

Fav TV Show: Probably "Aquateen Hunger Force"

Fav Book: A Maggot (by John Fowles)

Fav Actor: i don't know

Fav Actress: i don't know

Fav Food: Italian

Fav Sport: I fucking hate sports

Fav Athlete: I fucking hate sports

Drink of Choice: ice water

Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): marijuana (but only once i a while)

Smoker? : no

Occupation : unemployed dipshit/wannabe "musician"

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? : 5

Add anything you want people to know: I just want to be loved.

Age: 25 this June

Height: 5'11"

Fav Band: It's hard to say... Air Liquide, Dead Prez, Outkast, Pole, Flora Purim, Eve, Pharoah Sanders, and Herbie Hancock are the first to spring to mind.

Fav Movie: Farewell My Concubine, Down by Law, Rashômon, Mary Poppins, Street of Shame, Dr. Strangelove, My Neighbor Totoro, Human Resources, Stalker. This is the official cineaste list, but generally speaking I love musicals, animated features and romantic comedies.

Fav TV Show: Downtown, The Maxx, Northern Exposure. Nowadays I don't own a TV set, so I have no idea about the current shows.

Fav Book: "Blindness" by José Saramago, "Notes from the Underground" by Dostoyevsky, "Doomsday Book" by Connie Willis, "Winnie the Pooh" by Milne, "Tintin" by Hergé, "Corto Maltese" by Hugo Pratt, "Ghost World" by Daniel Clowes.

Fav Actor: Cary Grant, Koji Yakusho

Fav Actress: Catherine Deneuve, Angela Basset

Fav Food: Falafel, beetroot steak.

Fav Sport: I don't really follow sports, but I guess it's football.

Fav Athlete: None.

Drink of Choice: Dark Beer.

Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): Weed, though I don't do it regularly.

Smoker?: Used to be, nowadays I only smoke when drunk.

Occupation: An uni student, hoping to pass my master's degree on Third World studies next year.

Do you work out?: Occasionally.

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.

Name: Rob Bolton
Age: 34
Height: 6'
Fav Band: Almost impossible to answer, but I'll try. Of all time: Depeche Mode, Smiths, Cure, Talk Talk, MBV, House of Love, New Order, Marc Almond, Slowdive/Mojave 3, Trashcan Sinatras, Stone Roses, The Beloved, Belle & Sebastian, Ride, Red House Painters, Beatles & the Stones... This week: Ulrich Schnauss, Jens Lekman (and load of other Swedish stuff), Hidden Cameras, Dakota Suite, andohgodwhydidibothertryingtoanswerthis...
Fav Movie: 2001, Withnail & I, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Baraka, Ghost In The Shell, Royal Tennenbaums...
Fav TV Show: Simpsons, Hockey Night In Canada, Lonely Planet, WKRP
Fav Book: also tough.. George Orwell - Keep the Aspidistra Flying, Hitchiker's Guide books, so many more...
Fav Actor: Not really bothered
Fav Actress: Dunno
Fav Food: I'm a food FANATIC - Thai, Indian, Italian, French... but if I was on death row and had to pick my last meal it might be a nice filet steak, medium rare.
Fav Sport: HOCKEY (fuck you NHL players for being on strike this year)
Fav Athlete: No real preference, maybe Wayne Gretzky?
Drink of Choice: Beer (Creemore Springs) or Gin (Bombay) and Tonic
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): Weeeeeeeed
Occupation: Communications Consultant, but I've recently quit and will be 'walking the earth' for a while starting in 3 weeks...
Do you work out?: Used to semi-regularly. But I haven't in ages. I do jog occasionally, and wish I did so more often.
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks?: 7 or 8
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality?: 8 or 9

Name: Aimee

Age: 32

Height: 5'7"

Fav Musical Artist(s): Miles Davis, Bill Withers, Nick Drake, the Beach Boys, Stevie Wonder, Aretha, etc, et al.

Fav Movie: Say Anything, A Guy Named Joe

Fav TV Show: the Family Guy, Futurama

Fav Book: A Short History of a Small Place, Memoirs of a Geisha

Fav Actor: Johnny Depp

Fav Food: Cheeseburgers, Indian, Middle Eastern, Chinese

Fav Sport: Baseball

Fav Athlete: Old: Ted Williams; New: David Ortiz

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

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

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: I'm wearing a pink shirt, I loathe the texture of pumpkin pie and I throw like a girl sometimes.

Fav Band: the shins, apples in stereo, iron and wine, my morning jacket, catpower, others.

Fav Movie: the eyes of tammy faye, ghost world, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, zelig, sleeper, jaws, 12 angry men, lots of others that i don't wanna type.

Fav TV Show: curb your enthusiasm, the mclaughlin group, buffy, hardball with chris matthews, desperate housewives, seinfeld, strangers with candy, mst 3000, conan, meet the press.

Fav Book: the plot against america, pride and prejudice, to kill a mockingbird, noisy nora, confederacy of dunces, something wicked this way comes, and on and on.

Fav Actor: richard dreyfuss

Fav Actress:angela lansbury

Fav Food: wedding cake

Fav Sport: n/a

Fav Athlete: n/a

Drink of Choice: dry martini, gin and tonic, beer, bubbly. sadly i cannot imbibe due to the womb being inhabited.

Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): n/a

Smoker? :not really now due to impregnation. hope to become readdicted in a few months. i love those smoky treats.

Occupation :legal assistant/paid to surf internet all day.

Do you work out? :no, not right now. occassionally i get on a serious fitness kick. i once had a personal trainer who was amazed at my body's capacity to become toned and develop muscle quickly. he tried to convince me to become a disgusting female bodybuilder. sick!

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? :7. though right now i will just say two words "giant uterus"

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : also "giant uterus".

Location: lexington, ky

Name: Teh Nick
Age: 26
Height: 6'4"
Fav Band: Morphine/Treat Her Right
Fav Movie: City of God
Fav TV Show: the office
Fav Book: meh...reading
Fav Actor: Jeff Bridges
Fav Actress: Julianne Moore
Fav Food: moo shu pork, fried chicken, cornbread, baklava
Fav Sport: basketball
Fav Athlete: Jon Williams
Drink of Choice: Makers & ginger ale, Miller High Life, tequila
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): teh psychedelicals and teh ganj
Smoker? : I used to like cloves
Occupation : sofa management specialist
Do you work out? : if games of "airplane boy" and lifting beer bottles to mouth = working out, then yes
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : Dan Perry said I looked like Justin Timberlake in that one picture
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : odd
Add anything you want people to know : I am so fucking hungry right now I could eat the fur off a rotten roadkill and say "mmm".

Age:29

Height:6'2

Fav Band: The Melvins

Fav Movie: Weird Science/Dune/Alphaville

Fav TV Show: Law and Order

Fav Book: Wind Up Bird Chronicle

Fav Actor: Peter Sellers

Fav Actress: Anna Karina

Fav Food: Coffee

Fav Sport: Biking/Basketball

Fav Athlete: Latrell Sprewell

Drink of Choice: Coffee/Beer/Water

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

Smoker? : No

Occupation : Graphic Design

Do you work out? : Bike/Jog

Name: Adam Levine. yeah, like that guy.
Age: 26
Height: 5'7 or8 or something
Fav Band: Prince, Luomo, Tom Waits, Dizzee, Pavement, Ludacris, TLC, Pet Shop Boys. Today anyway.
Fav Movie: Songs From The Second Floor, The Shining, Kasper Hauser, Key Largo, London/Robinson In Space
Fav TV Show: The Shield, Homicide
Fav Book: Empire:The Life, Legend, and Madness of Howard Hughes, Once Upon A Time In The East, The Hundred Brothers, Ask The Dust, Ham On Rye, Kavalier And Clay, The Uncanny X-Men, Daredevil
Fav Actor: Dunno, whatever I said last time.
Fav Actress: Ditto
Fav Food: Burritos, shrimp, French peasant food
Fav Sport: Football
Fav Athlete: Maradona
Drink of Choice: Red wine, now
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): Vicodin
Smoker? : not any more
Occupation : Development Analyst! hahahaha!
Do you work out? : Yes
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
Location: Berkeley/San Francisco, CA
Add anything you want people to know: Hate dogs and people watching me eat.

Age: 32

Height: 6' 2"

Fav Band(s): The Cravats, Radierer, Cluster, Banco del Mutuo Soccorso, Malaria!, Univers Zero, Blurt, Cosmic Overdose, Cirith Ungol, The Fall, Grauzone, Metamorfosi, LiliPUT, The Names, Shadow Ring, Heldon, Einstuerzende Neubauten, T.C. Matic, Balletto di Bronzo, etc., etc. (many others not in "band" but "person" format)

Fav Movie: Fitzcarraldo, Quiemada!, M, At the Circus

Fav TV Show: Columbo

Fav Book: Mr. Palomar,

Fav Actor: Edward G. Robinson

Fav Actress: I'm not sure! Either Jodie Foster or Anna Maganani.

Fav Comedian: Gilbert Gottfried

Fav Food: I'm blanking on this one because I'm too hungry. An image of food I like enters my head and I lose concentration.

Fav Sport: I'm not too keen on sport. I enjoyed fencing when I was a kid but didn't take it up; I enjoy swimming; I don't mind being with people who are themselves watching baseball.

Fav Athlete: Rollie Fingers w/ Best Moustache Ever

Drink of Choice: Iced Tea

Smoker? : No

Occupation : Artist / Admin. Assistant

Do you work out? : No, though do lots of walking and tend to be something of a packhorse.

Add anything you want people to know: I don't know too much about music that's discussed, but appreciate thoughtful threads and many intelligent posters here. I wish I were more articulate most times, but sadly am not. Can't think; will eat coffee, mug or roll of tape soon, may help.

Tep
29
5'10" or 11"
Indiana

Bowie, PWEI, Sister Machine Gun, Eminem, Alizee, the Eels, the Faint, Radio Iodine, Belle & Sebastian, Van Morrison, Neil Young. I like Christina better than Britney, the Beatles better than the Rolling Stones, and Elvis better than either.

The best movies I've seen this year were Annie Hall, Zoolander, Fight Club, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, the Bad News Bears, the Empire Strikes Back, and You Got Served.

Rescue Me, Nip/Tuck, and Dead Like Me just ended their seasons, so the only show really grabbing me right now is Lost. I've been downloading episodes of Fastlane since it looks like the DVD set for that will probably not come out until just after He's The Mayor does.

The best books I've read this year were Bridge of Birds, It Must've Been Something I Ate, The Whole Beast, The Box Man, Ball Four, Things Fall Apart, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, and the conclusion of the Dark Tower series.

I don't think I have any favorite actors or actresses.

I had some great French fries with lunch. Moxie is terrific. Pies are good. Duck is the king of meats.

Baseball. Only a few months till pitchers and catchers.

My firstborn child, regardless of sex, will be named Theo David Varitek Schilling Tep.

I'm out of tequila. Scotch. I made gin and tonic truffles the other day, though.

I haven't been able to get acid since before the drought, and don't bother with the pansy-ass shit.

Haven't smoked in eleven months.

Part-time student beginning thesis, part-time writer shopping several books around.

I played tennis until I hurt my knee and have been lazy about starting again.

+ ABC's LOST

Name: James E L
Age: 28
Height: 6'1
Fav Band: I can no longer answer this, or am too lazy to type out some long friendster style list again
Fav Movie: From this year...Some Kind of Monster, 13 Going On 30, 50 First Dates, I Robot, Zatochi, Eternal Sunshine
Fav TV Show: Dick and Dom in Da Bungalow, Byker Grove, Rosemary and Thyme, Himalaya with Michael Palin
Fav Book: James Kochalka Sketchbook Diaries, Sound of the Mountain, Victoria, Dharma Bums, Wind-up Bird Chronicle
Fav Actor: Ben Stiller
Fav Actress: Reese Witherspoon
Fav Food: Cakes
Fav Sport: Cricket
Fav Athlete: Mark Butcher
Drink of Choice: Tea
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): nilch
Smoker? : nope
Occupation : Library assistant
Do you work out? : NO!!!
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : 4.7984759359623
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality?:5.9064764798908
Location: West
Add anything you want people to know: I'm quite neurotic. I am disorganised. I can't get rid of things. I need some motivation.

Fav Musical Artist: Led Zep #1. Other big 'uns include: Hendrix, Ornette Coleman, Yes, Radiohead, Philip Glass, L. Subramaniam, Joy Division, Aphex Twin, Diamanda Galas, Fred Frith, Miles Davis in the 70s, John McLaughlin, Sonic Youth, John Cage, Bill Frisell, James 'Blood' Ulmer, Jane's Addiction, Ratatat, Immersion, Pan Sonic, Stars of the Lid, Head Phone Over Tone, Oren Ambarchi, . . .

Fav Movie: Annie Hall, Euro Trip

Fav TV Show: My So-Called Life

Fav Book: Well, Samuel Adler - The Theory of Orchestration is the one I use the most these days

Fav Actor: I dunno, Ben Stiller?

Fav Actress: Dunno, Winona Ryder, Lindsay Lohan, Gwyneth Paltrow?

Fav Food: the lamb souvlaki dinner at the Falafel Village on York campus

Fav Sport: martial arts but I can't go anymore

Fav Athlete:

Drink of Choice: coffee

Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): Grateful for Celexa but even gladder to be halving my daily dose

Smoker? : Hell no

Occupation : grad student and guitar teacher

Do you work out? : I try to

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : 5.5

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : 5

Fav Band: hmmmmmmmmmmmm wire, david bowie, boredoms currently.

Fav Movie: stroszek, the mirror, documentaries, can't remember.

Fav TV Show: i like getting drunk and watching the fox news.

Fav Book: all books. philosophy, sociology, politics, mostly nonfiction. can't remember specifically.
Fav Actor: ???

Fav Actress: ???

Fav Food: indian, mexican, chinese, italian.

Fav Sport: bikes, swimming, badminton.

Fav Athlete: ???

Drink of Choice: apple juice. occasional beer.

Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): i quit.

Smoker? : no.

Occupation : student.

Do you work out? : i like running and bicycling. not much lately, though.

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: when i grow up i want to be either a librarian, a mathematician, a congresswoman, an international aid worker, an ice climber, or a deer.

Fav Band: Hot Snakes, Feelies, The Clean, Albert Ayler, Alan Silva, Roland Kirk, Cecil Taylor, Rashied Ali, more.

Fav Movie: The Thin Red Line, Big Lebowski, Annie Hall, Star Wars

Fav TV Show: Pardon the Interuption, The Sopranos

Fav Book: Catcher in the Rye, Grapes of Wrath,

Fav Actor: Jeff Bridges, Philip Seymour Hoffman

Fav Actress: Diane Lane, Brigitte Bardot, Scarlett Johansen, Diane Keaton

Fav Food: bbq pulled pork, mole enchiladas

Fav Sport: basketball, tennis

Fav Athlete: Ben Wallace maybe

Drink of Choice: beer, bourbon, wine

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

Smoker? : Once in a while.

Occupation : Executive Search Consultant

Do you work out? : Yes, I run 15-20 miles week.

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: not really

Also, caitlin, teary-eyed thumbs up for Stroszek.

Fav Bands: Fleetwood Mac, Galaxie 500.

Fav Movies: Withnail & I, This Is Spinal Tap

Fav TV Show: The Simpsons

Fav Book: Zig Zag Street, Watership Down.

Fav Actor: Richard E Grant

Fav Actress: Christina Ricci

Fav Food: Bacon

Fav Sport: walking

Fav Athlete: i don't know. maybe one of those female weightlifters.

Drink of Choice: red wine

Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): acid but i can't say i'm terribly experienced in this regard

Smoker? : Former. smoked for 7 years until July this year.

Occupation : QA analyst

Do you work out? : Dear god 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? : 4

We should all rate each other's looks and personality out of 10. That would be much better*.

* read 'infinitely more disastrous', obviously.

I'm really going to miss Theresa Heinz Kerry, I just realized.