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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oh shit - i forgot all of my thai food favorites. umm, larb gai, satay, umm, also indian food - palak paneer.

peter smith (plsmith), Thursday, 4 November 2004 14:27 (twenty-one years ago)

(real) Name: Josh
Age: 25
Height: 5'9"
Fav Music: Miles Davis, William Parker, Reverend Gary Davis, Elizabeth Cotten, Joni Mitchell, Charles Mingus, Fugazi, Led Zeppelin, Tortoise, Will Oldham, DJ Shadow
Fav Movie: Dr. Zhivago
Fav TV Show: I don't have a television
Fav Book: "Seize the Day" by Saul Bellow
Fav Actor: Billy Bob Thornton, Alec Guiness, Jack Nicholson
Fav Actress: I'm ashamed to admit I don't really have one (latent sexism?)
Fav Food: chicken makhni
Fav Sport: baseball
Fav Athlete: none
Drink of Choice: lately, maker's mark with ginger ale and lime
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): pot, but I haven't done any drug in over two years
Smoker? : no
Occupation : I'm a reporter for a legal news service
Do you work out? : I intend to
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : 7 or 8 -- I'm rather handsome but a bit flabby (see above)
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : 7 -- I'm usually interesting to talk to but often too dour to be "fun"

Hurting (Hurting), Thursday, 4 November 2004 14:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Name: Hanna
Age: 26
Height: 161 cm
Fav Band: All time - Go-Betweens, Pet Shop Boys, The Sundays, Prefab Sprout, Orange Juice, My Favorite. Today - Khonnor, Action Biker, Efterklang, El Perro Del Mar.
Fav Movie: The Matrix, Outbreak, Gregory's Girl.
Fav TV Show: Gilmore Girls, Popular, The West Wing, ER.
Fav Book: Women in Love
Fav Actor: have none
Fav Actress: have none
Fav Food: Lasagna, grilled salmon and other fatty fishes, avocado
Fav Sport: Curling (to watch, I don't do sports myself)
Fav Athlete: None
Drink of Choice: Wine (red and white)
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): Not really
Smoker? : Yes, Marlboro menthols
Occupation : Radio dj & freelance music writer.
Do you work out? : No, not right now, but I have sporadic periods of exercise.
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 (I think I'm reasonably smart and nice, but a tad boring)

Hanna (Hanna), Thursday, 4 November 2004 15:18 (twenty-one years ago)

Reprise:

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.

luna (luna.c), Thursday, 4 November 2004 17:56 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm still really annoyed that this list didn't include 'location' from the beginning.

Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 4 November 2004 18:25 (twenty-one years ago)

Name: Emily
Age: 26
Height: 5'5"

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

Emilymv (Emilymv), Thursday, 4 November 2004 18:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Name: Kelsey
Age: 26
Height: 5' 5 or 6"
Fav Band/solo artists: neil young, sonic youth, tribe, de la soul, the books, jim o'rourke, dirty three, um. . . .lots.
Fav Movie: waiting for guffman, koyannisqatsi, the cruise...
Fav TV Show: the office
Fav Book: waaaay too many
Fav Actor: hmm.
Fav Actress: ditto.
Fav Food: veggie sushi, pot pie, vegan cookies (that i make--not too dry!)
Fav Sport: cycling, soccer
Fav Athlete: none?!
Drink of Choice: whiskey
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): pot i guess? although i smoke so rarely.
Smoker? : of the hookah
Occupation : radio producer / development assistant
Do you work out? : i was biking to work before my handlebars got stolen. i hope that'll return after this weekend. i would like to do more yoga & things with weights, though.
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : depends on the day
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : also, depends on the day

kelsey (kelstarry), Thursday, 4 November 2004 18:31 (twenty-one years ago)

Nickalicious, circa right now, at a glance:

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".

nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 4 November 2004 18:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Name:ddb

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

ddb (ddb), Thursday, 4 November 2004 19:08 (twenty-one years ago)

I think that this is the 3rd time I've done this, but I am fickle, things change.

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.

adam... (nordicskilla), Thursday, 4 November 2004 19:34 (twenty-one years ago)

Name: Pangolino

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.

Pangolino Who Can't Log In, Thursday, 4 November 2004 19:40 (twenty-one years ago)

I hate cutting and pasting on the laptop, so won't:

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.

Tep (ktepi), Thursday, 4 November 2004 19:57 (twenty-one years ago)

I would like to amend my recentest entry for FAVORITE TV SHOW as such:

+ ABC's LOST

nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 4 November 2004 20:00 (twenty-one years ago)

CIRCA NOW:

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.

jel -- (jel), Thursday, 4 November 2004 20:12 (twenty-one years ago)

Name: Geoff Stahl
Age: 36
Height: 5’10”
Fav Band: The Clean, Yo La Tengo, Nick Cave, David Bowie, Eno, Dean Wareham in his various incarnations, various one-hit wonder bands of the bubblegum variety, plenty of synth-pop (preferring the central European kind), a good dose of country (Red Sovine, Tex Ritter/Williams, hillbilly, country boogie and some Western Swing, and so on), Italo disco, and plenty of faceless electro bands/artists.
Fav Movie: Tokyo Drifter, Trust, Rififi, Night and the City, Ariel and Match Factory Girl (Kaurismäki)
Fav TV Show: Law and Order, Daily Show, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Sopranos
Fav Book: Pleasure of the Text (Roland Barthes); Society of the Spectacle, anything by Chandler, DeLlillo
Fav Actor: Richard Widmark
Fav Actress: Marilyn Monroe
Fav Food: Gnocchi, a good veggie Thai meal, a proper Montreal diner fry up, salmiakki, German bread, Finnish mushrooms in just about anything (but picking them can be fun, too), voisilmapulla and the odd grilled cheese sandwich.
Fav Sport: Snooker
Fav Athlete: Victor Davis (RIP)
Drink of Choice: Scotch, with a nice Salmiakkikoskenkorva as an evening closer.
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): A good German beer works for me. Weed, if it can be had (always looking for a source).
Smoker? : Not of cigarettes
Occupation : University Lecturer (Helsinki and Humboldt University), flaneur.
Do you work out? : Just walking, occasionally swimming, plus the odd long cycle (when I have access to my bike)
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : Depends on the day, my sleep/waking ratio and lighting.
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : see above and depends on context.
Add anything you want people to know: Happy to be here most days.

Guymauve (Guymauve), Thursday, 4 November 2004 20:52 (twenty-one years ago)

Name: Sundar
Age: 25
Height: 5'10"

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

sundar subramanian (sundar), Thursday, 4 November 2004 22:01 (twenty-one years ago)

I forgot Angelina Jolie.

sundar subramanian (sundar), Thursday, 4 November 2004 22:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Nowadays everybody wanna talk like they got something to say but nothing comes out when they move their lips just a bunch of gibberish 'cause everybody acts like they forgot about Angelina Jolie.

n/a (Nick A.), Thursday, 4 November 2004 22:09 (twenty-one years ago)

Sexy Dancer
30s
6ish
The Fall
Holy Mountain
Law & Order
Moby Dick
Clint Eastwood
Louise Brooks
Tacos
Skiing
Muhammad Ali
Beer
Marijuana
No
Research
No
8
9

Loose Translation: Sexy Dancer (sexyDancer), Thursday, 4 November 2004 22:12 (twenty-one years ago)

Name: caitlin
Age: 20
Height: 5'10"

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.

caitlin oh no (caitxa1), Thursday, 4 November 2004 22:20 (twenty-one years ago)

Name: Scott
Age: 30
Height: 5'8

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

mcd (mcd), Thursday, 4 November 2004 22:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Sundar - thumbs up for Fred Frith! "The Top of His Head" played here recently, and I didn't know until afterwards, god damn it, but I did walk right into a Nits concert with R.J. Stips without knowing it would happen, too, so I guess the consequences of ignorance retain some sort of balance.

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

Pangolino (ricki spaghetti), Thursday, 4 November 2004 23:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Name: Jim
Age: 29
Height: 5'11

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

the surface noise (slight return) (electricsound), Friday, 5 November 2004 00:36 (twenty-one years ago)

Everytime I read the title of this fucking thread I start singing 'Getting to know you' from The King and I. It's driving me and those around me a little mad.

papa november (papa november), Friday, 5 November 2004 12:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Name: Lucy
Age: 29
Height: five feet nine and a half inches
Fav Band: I really cannot choose one but the CDs currently by my stereo are the Magnetic Fields, Scissor Sisters, an old soul comp and Emma Bunton. So that's 'anything' then.
Fav Movie: I really cannot choose... etc.
Fav TV Show: The OC and The Antiques Roadshow are the only two programmes I would rather not miss. I supplement this diet with generous portions of Home & Away and QVC. The Box of Delights DVD is pretty good.
Fav Book: As with bands and movies.
Fav Actor: Well, I fancy Adam Brody and Orlando Bloom, will that do? Least Fav is easier - I refuse to see any film if it has Jim Carrey in it.
Fav Actress: I have no favourite actress.
Fav Food: Cheese, mushrooms, malvern pudding, polenta with rabbit, fish supper, cornish fairlings, kfc, nan bread, nocciola ice cream, french bread in France, Nutragious, my Mum's roast potatoes, buckets of mussels, tablet.
Fav Sport: Athletics
Fav Athlete: Carolina Kluft
Drink of Choice: Vodka and diet Irn Bru
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): See above
Smoker? : Nein
Occupation : Conference Organiser
Do you work out? : Currently 10 minutes each morning before I get in the shower. I will have a gym membership by the end of the weekend though.
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : Today, about a 4
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : 0

Madchen (Madchen), Friday, 5 November 2004 14:35 (twenty-one years ago)

I see your personality and raise you 9.

Markelby (Mark C), Friday, 5 November 2004 16:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Name: NICK!
Age: 25!
Height: like 5'8"
Fav Band: Right now, Eno, the Fall, Royal Trux.
Fav Movie: Dawn of the Dead (o.g. version), Night of the Living Dead (o.g. version), Playtime.
Fav TV Show: Laws & Orders, Arrested Development, Freaks & Geeks.
Fav Book: Lolita/Pnin/Pale Fire by V. Nabokov, A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole.
Fav Actor: Martin Starr, who played Bill on Freaks & Geeks, Crispin Glover.
Fav Actress: I can't think of any right now. I'd say Zooey Deschanel but mainly I just think she's pretty. I'm a terrible sexist pig.
Fav Food: Cheese, pizza, asparagus.
Fav Sport: Is pool a sport?
Fav Athlete: None.
Drink of Choice: Gin and tonic or beer.
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): See above.
Smoker? : No.
Occupation : Office lackey.
Do you work out? : No. But I walk part of the way to work.
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? : 8

n/a (Nick A.), Friday, 5 November 2004 16:36 (twenty-one years ago)

It's no good people rating their own looks and personality - everyone is wildly wrong. I mean, Mark C just corrected Madchen on her personality, and rightly, but she had 4 for looks! Luna had 5! What sort of crazed criteria are they applying?

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

* read 'infinitely more disastrous', obviously.

Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Friday, 5 November 2004 18:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Everytime I read the title of this fucking thread I start singing 'Getting to know you' from The King and I. It's driving me and those around me a little mad.

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

Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Friday, 5 November 2004 18:09 (twenty-one years ago)

Name: Drew Daniel
Age: 33
Height: 5 feet 9 and a half inches

Fav Musicians: TG, The Misfits, Enoch Light, Nurse With Wound, Iannis Xenakis, Doctor Rockit, The Velvet Underground, Robbie Basho . . .

Fav Movies:Rebecca, Ran, Barbarella, Andrei Rublev, The Pawnbroker

Fav TV Show:The Simpsons, bad true crime re-enactment stuff

Fav Book: Shakespeare, Plato, and Freud are the holy trinity. For fun it is more like Highsmith, Dick, Nabokov, Firbank, Cooper etc

Fav Actor:Kurt Raab in Satansbraten (Fassbinder)

Fav Actress:Jane Fonda in Barbarella

Fav Food: coffee and eggs the morning after

Fav Sport: rowing

Fav Athlete: Igor Cassino (sp?) the Italian gold medalist / gymanst

Drink of Choice: champagne

Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): LSD (but it has been awhile), Es are good too

Smoker? :Nope

Occupation : graduate student / musician (?)

Do you work out? : maybe twice a week or so

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : I am doing okay but 33 is old in gay years

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

Drew Daniel, Saturday, 6 November 2004 11:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Name: Emily
Age: 23
Height: I don't know. I am more than 5 foot and less than 6.
Fav Band: [Mix of stuff that will always be favourite and stuff I'm finding new shiny and exciting] Telescopes, Tindersticks, Can, Morton Subotnick, Mouse On Mars, Art Bears, The Books, Residents, Devo, Hrvatski, Wolves (Of Greece!)
Fav Movie: Wise Blood (closely followed by Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls)
Fav TV Show: I watch too much and like too little. The Prisoner? The Simpsons? Brass Eye/Day Today? BUFFY?!
Fav Book: Nausea by J-P Sartre
Fav Actor: I don't know. The only one I can think of who I have actually liked for more than one film is Dustin Hoffman, but that doesn't sound right to me.
Fav Actress: Isabelle Huppert (possibly)
Fav Food: Food is a lie propagated by industry. Don't eat!
Drink of Choice: Lager, red wine, Vodka
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): Mostly drink, don't do drugs very often but enjoy E, K, LSD very much thank you.
Smoker? : Ja
Occupation : 'Mature' Student
Do you work out? : Only complex philosophical questions (well, I try).
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : 0
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : 2

emil.y (emil.y), Saturday, 6 November 2004 12:23 (twenty-one years ago)

I think I should also try to do this again.

Name:  Deanna A. (you can call me Dee, though)
Age:  24 -- to turn 25 late next month (where has the time flown?)
Height:  5'8" (short for this forum, it seems)
Fav Band:  C'mon, do I have to answer this? ;) Really, though, Duran Duran, first and foremost. Other loves -- Japan, Roxy Music, Human League, Spandau Ballet, Nirvana, The Breeders, Gang of Four, Comsat Angels, Depeche Mode, The Cure, Tears for Fears, and Heaven 17.
Fav Movie:  Forever and always -- Pump Up The Volume. I think very highly of most documentaries, too, save for the highly political ones which could possibly end up being sneakily propagandistic.
Fav TV Show:  "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy"!! I also love VH1C's "The Alternative", the Food Network's "Unwrapped" and anything with Alton Brown in it, and I will always love "Northern Exposure". Am currently getting into -- "Desperate Housewives" and "Buffy" (hey, I missed that boat the first time around!).
Fav Book:  Currently, Lorrie Moore's Birds of America and anything to do with Lenore/Roman Dirge.
Fav Actor:  You're not going to believe this, but I think I could say Susan Sarandon in this category. Uh... Russell Crowe? Even though he's rumored to be an asshole off-camera? Um, yeah, that's it.
Fav Food:  Wheat Thins, seven-layer dip, Chinese and Japanese food (lovelovelove rice noodles, stir-fry, sushi, and Japanese rice crackers), chicken, cookies, broccoli, cheesecake, carrots, most cold cereals, and Italian food (from chicken cacciatore to fetuccine alfredo).
Fav Sport:  Spectator-wise -- basketball. Participant-wise -- tennis (though I haven't played in ages).
Fav Athlete:  David Robinson, Martina Navratilova, Tony Parker, Maria Sharapova. That's it.
Drink of Choice:  Diet Coke with Lime, Diet Cherry Coke, Diet Sprite, a local grocery store chain's bottled water that's actually Canadian spring water, iced tea, slushy cold coffee drinks.
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing):  prescriptions, dude
Smoker?:  No, but I'm not sanctimonious about it.
Occupation:  Payroll clerk/college student
Do you work out?:  Not if walking to/from parking lots and carrying around things from place to place don't count as "working out". I need to change this strange behavior.
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks?:  Ha. Maybe a 2 -- and that's pushing it.
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality?:  If I'm passionately angry -- a zero. If I'm thinking rationally -- an eight, maybe.
Add anything you want people to know:  I am a huge fan of riding rollercoasters. I haven't had a tumor-like flareup on my back in almost three years, which is cool. I'm alive, which is also cool. I used to be a huge '80s fanatic, when I was a stupid little teenybopper. I'm still insanely jealous of anyone who was a teenager in the early - mid '80s. And I live in a city filled with the most narrow-minded and macho "guys" ever to exist.

Accept No Substitutes (Dee the Lurker), Sunday, 7 November 2004 06:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Name: Sarah Christine Johnson
Age: 27
Height: 5'11", but some people say I'm taller and my sister says I've gotten shorter

Fav Band: Tonight? Hot Snakes

Fav Movie: NOT the Dawno fh te Dead remake

Fav TV Show: Arrested Devemopemntkel;jkl;tjkel

Fav Book: The one I'm writing now (Psyche!)

Fav Actor: John cusack cuz he's hot

Fav Actress: I dunno

Fav Food: pickles

Fav Sport: blah

Fav Athlete: double blah

Drink of Choice: gin and tonics

Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): not my thing

Smoker? : no

Occupation : no. ha, I'm a secretary type I guess

Do you work out? : I walk alot

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : um, which is best? I guess 10 would be... um... I'm a ... um... 2 right now because I'm drunk and keep forgetting to shut my mouth properly

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : I don't know. That's a weird question. I'm going with 8.

Sarah McLusky (coco), Sunday, 7 November 2004 06:58 (twenty-one years ago)

Name: William Crump
Age: 41 tomorrow!
Height:5'10"

Fav Band: The Necks, YLT, Brotzmann Chicago Tentet, Electric Masada, depending

Fav Movie: Generally whatever I enjoyed most recently, which would make it The Incredibles. But I go back to Apocalypse Now fairly often.

Fav TV Show: The Brak Show, Lost.

Fav Book: Dhalgren

Fav Actor: Nobody recent, that's for sure. Probably Marlon Brando.

Fav Actress: Some days Helen Mirren, some days Myrna Loy.

Fav Food: Can't specify a dish, but favorite cuisines are Japanese and Vietnamese.

Fav Sport: BASEBALL

Fav Athlete: I'm down on individual athletes; most of them are spoiled overpaid children and Republicans to boot. Current athlete, Ichiro Suzuki. Historically...uh... Archie "Moonlight" Graham.

Drink of Choice: Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. Lagavulin.

Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): See above. I've had and enjoyed stronger, but not enough to care whether I ever had it again.

Smoker? : No thanks. What a stupid delivery system for a high (nicotine or THC).

Occupation : Freelance graphic designer, magazine art director and wastrel.

Do you work out? : Sadly, no.

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : Above the neck: 6. Below the neck: 4.

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : Usually 7 or 8, but that can plunge to negative numbers when I turn into The Micromanaging Control Freak.

Location: Amory, Mississippi. I've jumped back and forth between Mississippi and California all my life and it's turned me into a rootless mess with no notion of national allegience.

the apex of nadirs (Rock Hardy), Sunday, 7 November 2004 15:42 (twenty-one years ago)

Wow, happy birthday for tommorrow! (unless you post tommorrow, and I can say happy birthday then).

Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Sunday, 7 November 2004 16:05 (twenty-one years ago)

After watching tonight's rerun of My So-Called Life (the 'rebellious' substitute teacher one wherein Don McKellar or a lookalike belittles and harrasses students, throws their work out the window, offers no creative writing instruction whatsoever beyond telling them to "be real" and let it all out and not care for petty matters like spelling or grammar, thus inspiring them to produce melodramatic angst-riddent tripe and really tame erotic poetry which ends up being censored by the evil principal who happens to be the only non-white authority figure on the show THIS WAS THE MOST ACCLAIMED TV SHOW PROBABLY OF THE ENTIRE 90s) with a new perspective and realizing it was easily the kitschiest hour of television ever (down to the stirring words "Question Everything" scrawled on the blackboard), I don't know whether to change my pick or to be even more committed to it.

sundar subramanian (sundar), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 07:19 (twenty-one years ago)

Happy belated birthday, Rock Hardy!

Sundar -- I suppose one has to look at that show in perspective, i.e. compare it to all the other programs that were out there during that time period. Perhaps at that point and time, it was the most provocative program around, and perhaps with the passing of time and the creation of numerous other programs, it has lost that allure. Which means that if you still love that program, hey, it's still quite all right.

(At least it's not as embarrassing as having once enjoyed DeBarge's "Rhythm of the Night" is. Um, not that I ever did that, no, no way.)

Accept No Substitutes (Dee the Lurker), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 08:18 (twenty-one years ago)

"my so-called life" was on before "beverly hills 90210". or after, i don't remember. so, yeah, perspective.

i haven't seen it in an age, though, i wonder if i'd think differently of it now (loved it before).

JuliaA (j_bdules), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 15:25 (twenty-one years ago)

realizing it was easily the kitschiest hour of television ever (down to the stirring words "Question Everything" scrawled on the blackboard)

I used this in my chapter! I have an essay in the Byers-Lavery book on MSCL that argues that the Magic Teacher episode was so ludicrous it must not have actually happened.

Tep (ktepi), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 15:35 (twenty-one years ago)

Name: Ronan
Age: 21
Height: 5' 10" (maybe an inch or so less, I'm not certain)

Fav Band: The Pet Shop Boys, Daft Punk, Superpitcher, Dizzee Rascal, lots of others.

Fav Movie: Midnight Express.

Fav TV Show: Brasseye, the Simpsons.

Fav Book: it's hard to pick one, the Butcher Boy, by Patrick McCabe.

Fav Actor: don't care about actors

Fav Actress: or actresses.

Fav Food: chinese, thai, indian, all sorts of stuff.

Fav Sport: football.

Fav Athlete: emile heskey

Drink of Choice: coke, beer, vodka.

Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): es I suppose. maybe "choice" doesn't come into it anymore.

Smoker? : not for the last 8 months, though I rob an occasional one.

Occupation : journalism student/freelance music writer/record store worker

Do you work out? : no, I should though.

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : 6 or 7. 6.5.

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : I don't know, I think some people love me and others find me either silent and withdrawn or rude and arrogant. So I suppose 6 or 7 also. I know I have great fun with my friends.


Add anything you want people to know: I bought a new sweater yesterday because I felt miserable. it has actually cheered me up somewhat.

Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 15:55 (twenty-one years ago)

Sarah is much more than a 2 in looks. That is all.

n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 17:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Name: Jay

Age: 25

Height: 5'7

Fav Band: Changes constantly (probably Sparklehorse right now).

Fav Movie: "Weekend" (JL Godard) & "Lost Book Found" (Jem Cohen)

Fav TV Show: Family Guy

Fav Book: "Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas"

Fav Actor: Don't have one

Fav Actress: Don't have one

Fav Food: Indian

Fav Sport: Baseball

Fav Athlete: David Ortiz

Drink of Choice: Scotch

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

Smoker? : On again, off again

Occupation : Multimedia

Do you work out? : Hell no.

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'm a corporate working stiff & an experimental filmmaker in my free time. I also love music (listening and playing), Pinot Noir & hanguns. I've been dating my girlfriend for four years, and we have two cats (Isis & Petu).

jay blanchard (jay blanchard), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 18:23 (twenty-one years ago)

one year passes...
Age: 21

Height: 6'2

Fav Band: My Bloody Valentine, Daft Punk

Fav Movie: Amarcord, Before Sunrise(go ahead and shoot me!)

Fav TV Show: Six Feet Under, The Wire

Fav Book: The Lord of the Rings

Fav Actor: Don Cheadle, Tony Leung

Fav Actress: Kathy Bathes, Isabelle Huppert

Fav Food: Ethiopian

Fav Sport: Football

Fav Athlete: Kaka!!!

Drink of Choice: Water, Sainsburys apple/raspberry juice

Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): Weed, but very rarely

Smoker? : No

Occupation : Student

Do you work out? : No, but I walk for atleast 50 minutes every weekday(to uni and back).

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

Lovelace (Lovelace), Friday, 20 January 2006 14:54 (twenty years ago)

Name: QUEEN

Age: 23

Height: 5'2

Fav Band: LES RALLIZES DENUDES / OPUS AVANTRA / PIERROT LUNAIRE

Fav Movie: AGUIRRE

Fav TV Show: THE OC / ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT / TWIN PEAKS

Fav Book: THE VOYEUR - ALAIN ROBBE-GRILLET

Fav Actor: KLAUS KINSKI

Fav Actress: SCARLETT JOHANSSON (NOT REALLY BUT SHE'S SO HOT)

Fav Food: VEGETABLE KOORMA

Fav Sport: STREET HOCKEY

Fav Athlete: I DONT KNOW ANY...

Drink of Choice: WHISKEY ON THE ROCKS

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

Smoker? : NO

Occupation : SECRETARY

Do you work out? : SOMETIMES

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? : 8


Add anything you want people to know: I AM MOVING FROM AUSTIN, TX TO SUBURBAN PHILADELPHIA IN 5 DAYS

killy (baby lenin pin), Friday, 20 January 2006 15:27 (twenty years ago)

Name: j.d.
Age: 23
Height: 5'11
Fav Band: public image ltd
Fav Movie: the manchurian candidate
Fav TV Show: simpsons
Fav Book: oranges are not the only fruit (winterson), parting the waters (branch), studies in classic american literature (lawrence)
Fav Actor: cary grant
Fav Actress: ingrid bergman
Fav Food: indian, soft pretzels, ritz crackers
Fav Sport: none
Fav Athlete: muhammed ali
Drink of Choice: cherry limeade, vodka tonics
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): it's not, really
Smoker? : no
Occupation : semi-employed journalist
Do you work out? : no
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : 7 on a good day, generally 5
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : 6

J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Friday, 20 January 2006 15:39 (twenty years ago)

Name: Dr Bill Morbius
Age: young, like JFK when elected prez
Height: 5'10"

Fav Band: it's been so long. Yo La Tengo, Magnetic Fields, Kinks

Fav Movie: Duck Soup

Fav TV Show: The Singing Detective

Fav Book: Howards End, Our Mutual Friend

Fav Actor: Spencer Tracy

Fav Actress: Jeanne Moreau

Fav Food: shrimp any ol' way you choose it

Fav Sport: baseball

Fav Athlete: David Wright

Drink of Choice: Stoli Vanil + ginger ale

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

Smoker? : never

Occupation : word surgeon

Do you work out? : walk lots, otherwise not in this century

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : between 3 and 9

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : I wouldn't

Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 20 January 2006 20:44 (twenty years ago)

Name: Katarina

Age: trenta tre

Height: 5'7"

Fav Band: silver jews, frogs, dee-lite

Fav Movie: texas cheerleader murdering mom or the one with tori spelling in it, christiane f

Fav TV Show: curb yr enthusiasm, larry sanders

Fav Book: rum diary, factotum

Fav Actor: ummmm

Fav Actress: mila kunis

Fav Food: pavolva

Fav Sport: skiing

Fav Athlete: bob burnquist

Drink of Choice: stoli straight up or w/ coke or vodka7 when pressed

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

Smoker? : i dont know why

Occupation : cereal killer

Do you work out? : can you say dance dance revolution?

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : 2 but in the right light can peak at a 9

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : 6 amongst close friends, 1 amongst friend's friends, 11 amongst total strangers

sunny successor (katharine), Friday, 20 January 2006 21:03 (twenty years ago)

Name: Phil
Age: 36
Height: 5'9"

Fav Band: Beatles

Fav Movie: Alien or Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Fav TV Show: The Simpsons

Fav Book: The Essential Ellison, Harlan Ellison

Fav Actor: Cary Grant

Fav Actress: Jodie Foster

Fav Food: Ravioli

Fav Sport: Baseball

Fav Athlete: Hank Aaron

Drink of Choice: Beer - Heineken, Liquor - Macallan 12-yr-old

Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): none

Smoker? : emphatically not

Occupation : Marketing

Do you work out? : Yes, 4-5 times per week

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : 4, but I don't have to date me

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : 7

phil d. (Phil D.), Friday, 20 January 2006 21:18 (twenty years ago)

two years pass...

Name: Emily Suzanne Robinson
Age: 28 years and 5 months exactly
Height: 5'8"
Fav Band: Underworld
Fav Movie: Andrei Rublev
Fav TV Show: Twin Peaks
Fav Book: Pale Fire, a popular choice.
Fav Actor: Buster Keaton
Fav Actress: the Falconetti
Fav Food: Mushroom Mataar
Fav Sport: Soccer
Fav Athlete: Ruud Gullit
Drink of Choice: Whiskey and Coke, Gin and Tonic (seasonal)
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): weeeeeed
Smoker? : Not for a year and a few months.
Occupation : Social work, music.
Do you work out? : Hiking and swimming.
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : 20
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : 2

○◙i shine cuz i genital grind◙○ (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 22 October 2008 16:51 (seventeen years ago)

Fav Athlete: Ruud Gullit

ha ha wtf

Annoying Display Name (blueski), Wednesday, 22 October 2008 16:53 (seventeen years ago)


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