Getting to Know You : A Survey ......... (please contribute if you are as eager to talk about yourselves as I am to know about you all!)

Fav Band Names ever: Buggles, Hot Butter, Disco Tex and The Sex-O-Lets

Last Movie Seen: Last Orders

Fav TV Show: Match of The Day

Fav Book: The Grapes of Wrath

Fav Actor: Phil Davis

Fav Actress: Anna Friel

Fav Food: Fish and Chips

Fav Sport: Rugby Union + soccer

Fav Athlete: Hazeley Crawford

Drink of Choice: Bitter

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

Smoker? : Part-time

Occupation : Marketing, sadly.

Do you work out? : Yes.

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : 5 On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : 4

Age: 39

Height: i don't know

Fav Band: i don't know

Fav Movie: "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls"

Fav TV Show: "Just Shoot Me"

Fav Book: i don't know

Fav Actor: nobody

Fav Actress: same

Fav Food: i don't know

Fav Sport: i hate sports

Fav Athlete: ditto

Drink of Choice: beer i guess

Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): i'm trying to quit. yeah, right, i know.

Smoker? : nope

Occupation : "unemployed musician"

Do you work out? : oh god no. i went swimming today tho

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : i don't know

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : i don't know

Looks: 4?
Personality: 5

Age: 20-something

Height: Taller than me

Fav Band: The fucking Verve, Muse, etc. etc. etc.

Fav Movie: Lock Stock

Fav TV Show: Hollyoaks

Fav Book: Sara George - Robert Persig "Zen and the Art . . ."

Fav Actor: Johnny Vaughan

Fav Actress: any

Fav Food: MacDonalds

Fav Sport: Footie

Fav Athlete:

Drink of Choice: Lager

Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): Bit of weed, makes me feel queasy though

Smoker? : Yeah. 10 Marlboro Lights when I go out

Occupation : Sports Science student

Do you work out? : Yes (No)

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : 11!

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : 12!

Add anything you want people to know: Last night my mate Dazza got really fucked and threw up all over his mum's sofa. It was so funny . . .

Age: 23

Height: 6 feet

Fav Band: Modest Mouse

Fav Movie: Magnolia, Pulp Fiction, Spinal Tap, Requiem for a dream

Fav TV Show: Seinfeld

Fav Book: Some Discworld

Fav Actor: Don't know

Fav Actress: Don't know

Fav Food: Pizza

Fav Sport: None

Fav Athlete: None

Drink of Choice: Coca COla

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

Smoker? : No

Occupation : Secret

Do you work out? : No

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : At best 7

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : Can't say, not that high though

Age: 26. 27 on Christmas Eve

Height: 5 foot 3 and-a-half inches. Despite my age I can't think in metres.

Fav Band: Fushitsusha

Fav Movie: Ladri Di Biciclette

Fav TV Show: Quantum Leap

Fav Book: Finnegans Wake by James Joyce

Fav Actor: Ian McKellan

Fav Actress: Milla Jovovich

Fav Food: Fresh brain

Fav Sport: What does "sport" mean?

Fav Athlete: Huh???

Drink of Choice: Irn-Bru

Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): I usd to smoke cannabis. Now it gives me The Fear.

Smoker?: No

Occupation: Dole scum / Hello jobseekers

Do you work out?: I used to. I can't bother doing owt these days.

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks?: 0 - yes I know you scaled it from 1 to 10.

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality?: How in fuck's name do you rate a personality???

Add anything you want people to know: I suffer from asthma which has stopped me joining Britain's Royal Marines. Arse!

Fav Band: Sun Ra Arkestra, The Dead C, Barbara Manning, Unrest

Fav Movie: Meet The Feebles, Putney Swope

Fav TV Show: The Simpsons, The Prisoner

Fav Book: Anything by Gertrude Stein or Harry Crews

Fav Actor: Dennis Hopper, Harvey Keitel

Fav Actress: Joan Crawford, Lucy Lawless

Fav Food: Eggplant Parmesan, Peanut Butter

Fav Sport: Miniature Golf

Fav Athlete: Doc Ellis

Drink of Choice: Anchor Steam Porter, Yuengling Black and Tan, Rasberry Italian Soda

Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): A combination of 40% procrastination and 60% alcohol

Smoker? : I tried menthols but I quit after a few days when I started coughing up blood

Occupation : subversion from within aka professional temp, possible Grad Student

Do you work out? : Does clicking a mouse or hoisting a pint count??

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : 4?? I'm not that ugly

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? :5?? I'm not that boring

Age: 21 & 3 quarter's

Height: 6"3

Fav Band: captain beefheart, bobby conn, and bauhaus at the moment

Fav Movie: lost highway

Fav TV Show: only fools and horses,

Fav Book: "Art Crazy Nation" Matthew Collings "Slow Down Arthur Stick to Thirty" Harland Miller "Selected writings" Antonin Artaud Fav Actor: Clint Eastwood

Fav Actress: Milla Jololovich (or something)

Fav Food: Yogurt/ and vegetables

Fav Sport: horseshoes

Fav Athelete: serge gainsberg

Drink of Choice: Water, coca-cola, tea, Kronenberg or Bacardi

Drug of Choice: trouble ain't no place to be

Smoker: Yes

Occupation: Stu'dent

Do you work out: I walk, dont take the car; i do, i do, i do!

On a scale of 1-10 how would you rate your looks: atchoo..... On a scale of 1-10 how would you rate your personality: i cant find my self'o'meter

Height: 174 cm, or 5'8".

Fav Band: The Stone Roses, Spiritualized, Wilco, Orbital...

Fav Movie: Jaws, Magnolia, Seven, A Matter Of Life And Death...

Fav TV Show: The Simpsons is about the only thing I watch.

Fav Book: Winnie The Pooh, Wind In The Willows, Nausea by Sartre, fuck knows, I don't read enough. 1984 or something.

Fav Actor: ??? I prefer films.

Fav Actress: Layla Jade. *wink* I went to school with her. Google her.

Fav Food: Italian, Chinese, Mexican

Fav Sport: Football

Fav Athlete: Ronaldo

Drink of Choice: Guinness, red wine, real ale, posh bottled lager, water.

Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): Not touched drugs in about 2 years.

Smoker? : Nope. never was.

Occupation : Barman, graduate, writer, potential librarian.

Do you work out? : I play football and I cycle.

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : 7 I guess. My girlfriend likes me.

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : 8. I'm too argumentative and pig-headed to get anymore, but I'm clever and funny and unfortunately generous so that gets me marks.

Fav Band: I love Sky Saxon and the Seeds, the 13th Floor Elevators, the Cars, Kraftwerk, The Rainy Days, Little Stevie McCabe, Yoko Ono, I guess that's too many

Fav Movie: Fear Eats the Soul, The Blues Brothers actually that was my favourite movie when I was 9

Fav TV Show: The Brady Bunch - not so much the later episodes where they sang - Get Smart, The League of Gentlemen, Black Books, Hancocks Half Hour, Freaks and Geeks, Grosse Point etc

Fav Book: The Idiot, Whatever, Hunger, Wuthering Heights, Ordeal

Fav Actor: My favourite actor is Kathy Burke. My favourite actor is maybe Charlie Chaplin, Tony Hancock or John Cleese in Fawlty Towers - not in any movie - I've only seen Fawlty Towers once. I love Kathy Burke so much, including her comedy routines and herself in person. I love Rainer Werner Fassbinder as an actor too. I also like Ric Ocasek.

Fav Food: roasted nuts

Fav Sport: gymnastics

Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): no

Smoker? : no

Do you work out? : no

Now stop it, please.

do you think he's sexy? I don't know if it matters, it's just that I often see him described in disparaging terms on his appearance whereas I think he is very beautiful and sexy. Di you might like him sexynesswise, check out Fox and his friends if you get the chance.

Fav Band: Roxy Music

Fav Movie: Suspiria

Fav TV Show: I'll skip this

Fav Book: Robert Christgau's Rock Records of the 70s

Fav Actor: Jeremy Irons

Fav Actress: Shelley Duvall

Fav Food: Italian

Fav Sport: none

Fav Athlete:

Drink of Choice: Almost anything

Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): I'm not sure

Smoker? : no cigarettes

Occupation : graphic designer

Do you work out? : never

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : 7.5

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : this is a tough one. I think I appeal to a cult audience. Maybe this is a key misconception of my own personality though.

It is probably fitting that I left my fave foods lists with a comma because there are so many foods that are so so so so good
I could also go on about my fave actors - I meant William Hurt not John Hurt but I guess I don't rate him that highly now that I think about it.

Fave Artists: Kandinsky; Miro; Rauchenberg; Redon; Chagall

Thanks Di :)!!

Name: Sarah. Some people call me Starry.
Age: 21
Height: small? 5'2 I think.
Fav Band: The Aislers Set! The Corpo! Gang of Four! The Human League! Vic Godard (and his Subway Sect)! Them Buzzcocks! Kate Bush (okay she is not a band but so wot). New Order!
Fav Movie: pervy hobbit fancying Lord of the Rings hur hur.
Fav TV Show: Buffy and Pokémon
Fav Book: right now the SPUFFORD book roxx0r
Fav Actor: I never find this question interesting. James Marsters? Herb?
Fav Actress: Kiki.
Fav Food: curry/cheese/chocolate biscuits/toast/DUCK GYOZA currently Wagamamas summer special, oh my DAYS they are bluddy nice, and for that matter, sushi and noodles and all kind of Japanese foodstuffs.
Fav Sport: Boooo-ring
Fav Athlete: The swim team in BUFFY who turned into sharkZoRs!
Drink of Choice: fine beer/GIN/vodka/RHUM/water/coffee/tea/apple juice
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): YAWN!
Smoker? : No, what does that say about my personality anyway!
Occupation : Drone in a government department
Do you work out? : I am a member of a gym and sometimes I go running, but now I've moved it's kinda out of my way so I don't go as much as I should, I are BAD
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : 3? (munter ha ha)
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : 6?

Also after CWM mentioned it, I haf the Gareth Gates song stuck in my head!

Age: 23

Height: 5'2" (although I swear you're taller than me Sarah)

Fav Band: Oh erm, New Order, Blondie, The Smiths, Joni Mitchell, Miss Kitten, The Beach Boys, Orbital, Television, Joy Division (I can never answer this question fully or properly)

Fav Movie: Breakfast at Tiffanys, Stealing Beauty, Before Sunrise, The Last Picture Show, Casablanca, Blade Runner, the Star Wars trilogy.

Fav TV Show: Twin Peaks, Northern Exposure, Sex and the City.

Fav Book: An Artist of The Floating World, Generation X, The Great Gatsby, The New Journalism, Atomised, can't think, can't think, and some others.

Fav Food: Cheese

Fav Sport: No, no a thousand times no.

Fav Athlete: A blank zone in my mind

Drink of Choice: Red wine, JD and coke, poncey cocktails I can't afford, tea, champange.

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

Smoker? : Yup, Camel Lights

Occupation : Journalist

Do you work out? : Hmm, I try to. Swimming occassionaly, roller blading when I think there will be no small children to laugh, sit ups when I am feeling fat.

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : Depending on mood between 2 and 8.

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : Oh God, I think I'm quite nice to people, but I'm bloody boring when drunk, I don't bitch, but I do make snap judgements, I can be amusing, but I can also be shallow at times. Cross and neurotic vs quite thoughtful. Um, 6/7?

I want to play!

Name: David
Age: 31
Height: 6'0"
Fav Band: Neil Young, Kinks, Steely Dan, Go Betweens, and many more.
Fav Movie: Fargo, Dr. Strangelove, High & Low
Fav TV Show: The Office, 30 Rock, The Wire
Fav Book: Sorekara (I suck at remembering books I've read, even ones I loved)
Fav Actor: Steve Buscemi
Fav Actress: Gong Li
Fav Food: pizza, sushi, mango, avocado
Fav Sport: American football
Fav Athlete: Sean Taylor, RIP
Drink of Choice: Red wine
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): Nope
Smoker? : Nope
Occupation : High school history teacher
Do you work out? : Bicycle commuter
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? : 7.5

Name: blah
Age: 23.991780822 :(
Height: 5'10"
Fav Band: don't know anymore
Fav Movie: any fassbinder, harlan county usa, etc.
Fav TV Show: COPS
Fav Book: native son, a lot of other boring books
Fav Actor: none
Fav Actress: none
Fav Food: tacos, ethiopian food
Fav Sport: running, swimming, sports you do by yourself
Fav Athlete: none
Drink of Choice: beer, apple cider
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): nah
Smoker? : no
Occupation : future lawyer
Do you work out? : i guess
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

Name: Carl (definitely) not_goodwin
Age: 35
Height: 6’4
Fav Band: used to be the stone roses now it’s radiomuse, but then I’m leaving zep, the beatles and the smiths out, oh and even the wedding present.
Fav Movie: Amalie, Poltergeist or Jaws
Fav TV Show: brass eye/ the day to day
Fav Book: usually the one I’m reading when this question comes up. At the moment it’s Iain Banks Raw Spirit.
Fav Actor: will get back to you on that.
Fav Actress: ditto
Fav Food: love a proper Sunday roast, preferably after a walk or hike somewhere
Fav Sport: To do; cycling, pool & swimming. To watch; none!
Fav Athlete: don’t follow sport
Drink of Choice: Nice wheat beer or red wine
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): not dabbled for ages, an old fave’ was ketamine, but coke’s always nice to have, oh and you can’t forget weed.
Smoker? : no, can’t stand it, but strangely enough I can smoke weed ok.
Occupation : lost job a week ago :(
Do you work out? : I did once
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : like I’ve said before, I’ll let others decide.
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : see above
Add anything you want people to know: I’ve pretty much wasted my life.

Name: Libby Crypt
Age: 40
Height: 6 feet
Fav Band or Musical Artist: Pussy Galore or John Coltrane or Black Sabbath or Bobby Bland or ...
Fav Movie: Cool Hand Luke
Fav TV Show: Davey & Goliath
Fav Book: The Foundations of Arithmetic
Fav Actor: Paul Newman
Fav Actress: Grace Kelly
Fav Food: (Vegetarian) chili, my recipe
Fav Sport: Curling
Fav Asslete: Andy Warhol
Drink of Choice: Good scotch, hold the Talisker pls
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): What d'you got? Look, let's talk, K?
Smoker? No, never
Occupation: Overpaid computer dude
How do you work it out? With a pencil
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? Don't be such a shallow cunt.
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? I said fuck off, you messageboard-hookup-trolling loser.

Name: 3vander 5kowlyfi3ld
Age: 27
Height: 5'7
Fav Band or Musical Artist: uh, Neil Young? Trane? I don't even know any more.
Fav Movie: Jackie Brown
Fav TV Show: The Wire
Fav Book: can't read
Fav Actor: I guess I'll homo down for Paul Rudd
Fav Actress: I don't know!
Fav Food: curry!
Fav Sport: the rock climbing
Fav Athlete: Peter Croft?
Drink of Choice: beerzo
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): JAH
Smoker? DURNK
Occupation: unpaid medical student
How do you work it out? I like to do fun stuff outside
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? smashable
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? a billion

Name: mark
Age: 27
Height: 6'1"
Fav Band: The byrds
Fav Movie: a fistful of dollars
Fav TV Show: twin peaks
Fav Book: don't know
Fav Actor: ?
Fav Actress: isabelle huppert
Fav Food: palak paneer
Fav Sport: cycling, rugby league
Fav Athlete: richard virenque
Drink of Choice: scotchhh
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): weed sometimes
Smoker? : quit after uni.
Occupation : accountant (quit current job on friday!! new one starting mid nov)
Do you work out? : irregular cycling (more regular soonish hopefully)
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : sdfgsdfgdfgdfgdfgdfgfdgdfgdfgdfg
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : dfgdfgsdfgdfgdfgdfgdfgdfgdfg

Name: jim, latino surname.
Age: 24
Height: 6'3"
Fav Band: Dunno.
Fav Movie: Pierrot le fou, Ladri di biciclette, Commando
Fav TV Show: The Wire, 30 rock, Seinfeld, Sopranos, Twin peaks
Fav Book: The Fall by Camus or La Ciudad y los Perros by Vargas Llosa.
Fav Actor: Jean-Pierre Léaud
Fav Actress: ?
Fav Food: Char sui cheung fun, Chilean hot dog.
Fav Sport: Football.
Fav Athlete: Henrik Larsson.
Drink of Choice: Guinness, whisky.
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): Ecstasy.
Smoker? : No.
Occupation : Unemployed.
Do you work out? : No.
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : 6 (moderately handsome, bad skin).
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : 5 (good sense of humour but a bit of a dick and lacking in social graces).

Name: Abb-i-e
Age: 329 minus 304
Height: five foot nine inches

Fav Band: Maybe Kate Bush or Peter Gabriel or Sleepytime Gorilla Museum...

Fav Movie: Newsies & Fantastic Planet

Fav TV Show: Star Trek: TNG

Fav Book: fiction: Demolished Man by Alfred Bester ; non-fiction: Parasite Rex by Carl Zimmer

Fav Actor: Buster Keaton

Fav Actress: Lily Tomlin

Fav Food: Curry, shrimps, rice, potatoes, ice cream w/Kahlua

Fav Sport: croquet

Fav Athlete: Jackie Robinson

Drink of Choice: Dark & Stormy

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

Smoker? : yes

Occupation : Pretend Professor

Do you work out? : No.

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

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

I do not know how to rank and evaluate myself.

Add anything you want people to know: No sense of smell! Which was one of the best parts of "Walk Hard."

Name: you all know my name
Age: 21
Height: 5'10"
Fav Band: Cardiacs
Fav Movie: Oldboy
Fav TV Show: Arrested Development
Fav Book: An "Objectivists" Anthology
Fav Actor: wtf
Fav Actress: wtf
Fav Food: Cypriot meze tbh
Fav Sport: Cricket
Fav Athlete: Torbjorn Blomdahl (Youtube him!)
Drink of Choice: OJ for sober, some sort of cranberry/amaretto girly thing for soused.
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): it ain't tbh
Smoker? : Never, unless there's wacky stuff in there too, and even then probably <30 times ever.
Occupation : Unsure, but some tutoring is likely to figure in the near future.
Do you work out? : Play cricket and football regularly.
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : Viking, North Utsire, South Utsire
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : Rockall, Malin, Hebrides

latebloomer –

<3 make way for ducklings

I need to finally make yr chili, libs.

This thread is reminding me.

Of many
thing.

Seriously, if there's one thing I want to leave ILX with before I'm suggest banned, it's a burning inquisitivity with regards Torbjorn Blomdahl, the sport of Carom Billiards, and Youtube.

You do, Abbs. You do.

Thanks for giving me what is Youtube!

Semih Sayginer is also totally the awes.

make way for ducklings, A+++

Name: oliver
Age: 22
Height: 5'9"
Fav Band: Mekons.
Fav Movie: Repo Man, Aguirre, Holiday
Fav TV Show: Rocky and Bullwinkle, Doctor Who, The Prisoner
Fav Book: The Master and Margarita
Fav Actor: Roger Livesey, Robert Mitchum
Fav Actress: Katharine Hepburn
Fav Food: chicken saag, or some real good peanut curry
Fav Sport: baseball
Fav Athlete: i dunno, Bill Lee was a cool dude.
Drink of Choice: ginger bourbon, gin and tonic
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): weeed
Smoker? : No excepting ^
Occupation : grumble grumble
Do you work out? : No.
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : 6-7 on a good day
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : 7 on a good day, 5 on a bad one (don't think I usually have a shitty personality, just sometime fade into the background and leave no impression)

Name: justin or hoos grande alias conductor of the steen
Age: 22
Height: 5'3

Fav Band: right now black sabbath

Fav Movie: double indemnity

Fav TV Show: buffy or the wire

Fav Book: the sun also rises

Fav Actor: cusack

Fav Actress: cusack

Fav Food: thai or my mom's rice n beans

Fav Sport: football in front yard w/little bro

Fav Athlete: srsly though i'm not really a sports dude

Drink of Choice: vodka + anything, really

Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): does BIG HOOS smoke WEED

Smoker? : socially

Occupation : "front desk manager" in name only

Do you work out? : morning calesthenics type shit pushups and crunches etc

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : i will not lose.

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

Add anything you want people to know: fucka.

Name: Oskar
Age: 22
Height: would write in centimeters but no one would understand

Fav Band: CAN

Fav Movie: blade runner

Fav TV Show: at the moment; Arrested development AND buffy (not just to fit in with above posters I swear)

Fav Book: catch 22

Fav Actor: paul newman

Fav Actress: sarah michelle gellar

Fav Food: any italian

Fav Sport: football

Fav Athlete: francesco totti

Drink of Choice: newcastle

Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): if it is weeds

Smoker? : only among ladies who smoke

Occupation : student of analytic philosophy

Do you work out? : not really

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? : 3

Add anything you want people to know: a bit drunk right now

i'm rewatching buffy from the beginning for gf's benefit and i'd forgotten how awesome giles gets in latter seasons

I'm watching season 4 right now and yes he is totally cool, all unemployed and having sleep overs, a hero of sorts

yeah we're halfway through 3 and bitter bored giles is incredible

Fav Athlete: francesco totti

Good choice. Though almost can't belive his autobiog is Tutto Totti: Mo je faccio er cucchiaio

well...
http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/7889/cucchiao7kw.gif

Name: justine
Age: 28
Height: 5'6" i think
Fav Band: smashing pumpkins, faith no more, frank black, neko case
Fav Movie: paris, texas; dead man; pi; donnie darko; bagdad cafe; northfork; best in show; city of god; city of the lost children; and a ton of others, plus a bunch of documentaries like: capturing the friedmans; dark days; unknown white male
Fav TV Show: weeds, grey's anatomy
Fav Book: jesus' son (denis johnson); weep not, my wanton (maggie dubris); anything by bukowski, raymond carver, alice munro, carson mccullers, truman capote, tobias wolff. and a few more.
Fav Actor: phillip seymour hoffman, william h. macy, thomas c. reilly
Fav Actress: not sure
Fav Food: potatoes, in almost any form. and lamb. oh god i miss lamb. mee goreng.
Fav Sport: i'm learning to enjoy hiking
Fav Athleteartist: ray caesar, blaine fontana, robert and shana parkeharrison, giotto, luke chueh, joe vaux, luigi serafini, joel-peter witkin, jim woodring.
Drink of Choice: tea
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): tried a few things in my youth, but no
Smoker? : kind of - have cut down drastically since moving to the US, from about 15-20 p/day to 1-2 p/day.
Occupation : retail bitch / CEO of a small press with one other employee
Do you work out? : walk every day
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : with some effort, 5-7. i have fat knees.
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : pretty much the same as sunny - close friends would say an 8, strangers a 7, acquaintances a 2. people make me nervous

Add anything you want people to know: i love books, book design, making books. finally am doing something about it and am producing a poetry anthology which has already sold out (before it's even been made!).

Fav Food: potatoes, in almost any form. and lamb. oh god i miss lamb. mee goreng.

Yeah, this country is not exactly Lamb Central like NZ. :-(((((

p/day means PER day and not PACKS a day? I hope?

btw what three books cost $1500?!???!?

PER day!!

ahhh the books... well, one is a publisher's copy of a bukowski book ($400), the other is a limited edition letterpressed book of celine's first manuscript chapter, followed by the published first chapter, from journey to the end of the night (450 euros), and the limited edition, collector's edition of ray caesar's first art book ($650).

that episode where they have the huge fight and Giles gets drunk and cracks up at the mention of Fort Dix = good times

Name: jeff
Age: one year more than jesus
Height: 6 feet
Fav Band: pixies, de la soul, pavement, old country dudes
Fav Movie: goodfellas, probably.
Fav TV Show: the wire, this old house, jeopardy, mythbusters
Fav Book: never really read things more than once - too many other things
Fav Actor: nobody I seek out necessarily
Fav Actress: same as above
Fav Food: indian, vienamese, mexican/spanish/thai/japanese/french/italian/chinese
Fav Sport: american football
Fav Athlete: ray barbee, natas kaupas, the gonz, ed templeton
Drink of Choice: belgians, IPAs, wine, bourbon
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): the boring one at times
Smoker? : depends
Occupation : designer / programmer
Do you work out? : biking, gym, should do more
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : who knows, not terrible, not HOTT
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : I think I'm alright, sometimes too talkative, sometimes too sullen. A 7, maybe?

5'8
aliens
tv is the new movies is the new internet
we have found a better way
monkeys should have never been allowed in space it just made them seem better than they actually are; we will transcribe our desires onto anything out of fear
five million years
cary grant
anything raw
LOUDER AND WEIRDER
sonic youth neil boredoms zeppelin sabbath who can really make these choices, i question their reality
scotch that's the truth
biking walking fucking running away heart-pounding intellect
33
fields inside cities

Clotpoll rocks this thread.

Name:Edward T. Rifle III
Age: 44
Height: 5'8"
Fav Band: Joy Division/New Order
Fav Movie: Local Hero
Fav TV Show: Seinfeld
Fav Book: Microserfs
Fav Actor:
Fav Actress: Glenda Jackson
Fav Food: Methi Chicken
Fav Sport:Table tennis
Fav Athlete: Maradona
Drink of Choice: Laphroaig
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing):Syndol
Smoker? : No
Occupation : Housekeeper/part time treasurer
Do you work out? :No
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : 2
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? Between 1 and 10

Name: Helga
Age: 24
Height: 5'4''

Fav Band: TISM

Fav Movie: Women on the verge of a nervous breakdown

Fav TV Show: Seinfeld/ Ab Fab/ Kids in the Hall (thanks J0n)

Fav Food: pizza, caviar

Fav Sport: bzbl

Fav Athlete: Joba Chamberlain

Drink of Choice: dirty vodka martini

smoker? : only when drunk

Occupation : stewdent

Do you work out? : I'm an avid jogger

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? : 3

Name: Dave, unless you're related to me or communicating formally with me, then David
Age: 29
Height: 6'2" (187cm)

Fav Band: (extant?) Spoon (ever? uh, too many)
Fav Movie: A Thousand Clowns
Fav TV Show: (on now?) 30 Rock, Mad Men
Fav Book: Invisible Man, The Ghost Writer, Lolita

Fav Actor: John Cusack? Jason Robards? Philip Seymour Hoffman? Campbell Scott?
Fav Actress: Katharine Hepburn? Dianne Wiest? Hope Davis?
Fav Food: My mom's lasagna, but only if I'm eleven years old
Fav Sport: Baseball
Fav Athlete: Manny Ramirez ;_;

Drink of Choice: Scotch on ice, beer, red wine, vodka tonic
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): Weed I guess, though I think it's been years
Smoker? : Smoke-free since March!
Occupation : Out-of-work Philip Roth 'expert'
Do you work out? : Nah. Tennis tho.

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? : 10, obvs.

Fav Band: TISM

ha awesome.

Name: Sharon
Age:32
Height: about 5'6"?
Fav Band: Pearl Jam, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, etc
Fav Movie: Down By Law
Fav TV Show: ever? Buffy, Sopranos, Deadwood. now? Friday Night Lights, Chuck, Heroes
Fav Book: Franny And Zooey, JD Salinger; American Gods, Neil Gaiman; Dark Tower series
Fav Actor: Johnny Depp, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr
Fav Actress: Laura Linney, Uma Thurman, Cate Blanchett
Fav Food: Thai, lamb, steak, bbq
Fav Sport: football (NFL mainly, but still love a bit of Aussie Rules)
Fav Athlete: As a kid: Steve Silvagni (AFL, Carlton). Now? Asomugha or Fargas, I guess, but it's slim pickings on my craptastic Oakland Raiders. I still miss Zack Crockett. He was a good hammer.
Drink of Choice: alcoholic? Gin & tonic. sober? latte.
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): i love nyquil when I'm sick but that's about it.
Smoker? : tourist. only when drinking.
Occupation : sales.
Do you work out? : hell no.
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : 3
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : 8

my answers from 2002 are predictably annoying. why did i say I am 5'7" -- i have been 5'8" since 1996.

yeah, im glad i didnt answer these originally

also: I love Uma, acting abilities notwithstanding

oh this sounds fun.. the internet is boring me today

Name: Lex
Age: 25 (26 in three weeks' time)
Height: 6'1"
Fav Band: Modest Mouse, Yoko Ono, Jay-Z, the Andrews Sisters, Belle & Sebastian
Fav Movie: Anchorman, Old School,
Fav TV Show: The Office, 30 Rock, The Wire
Fav Book: Blindness by Saramago; The Catcher in the Rye; God of Small Things by Roy; just read & Loved The Road by Cormack McCarthy.
Fav Actor: Jason Segal
Fav Actress: Tina Fey
Fav Food: pizza, chicken breasts, pickles, banana peppers, macaroons.
Fav Sport: poker
Fav Athlete: Terry Fox
Drink of Choice: Zywiec, Steamwhistle or red wine.
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): ...I forget.
Smoker? : Unfortunately and obsessively. I love smoking, I hate smelling bad.
Occupation : Administrative assistant
Do you work out? : I used to, but then I started smoking again. Now I am too wheezy. Next time I quit though, promise.
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : 7 (Very tall and nice cheekbones, but heavier than I have been in the past. Blah.)
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : 6 (I am very quiet and avoid conversations whenever possible. I'm sure this makes me boring. Luckily I've been told I'm also pretty funny.)

Name: Ioannis (or John, duh!)
Age: 43
Height: 5’11”

Fav Band: Sex Pistols

Fav Movie: Rashomon

Fav TV Show: Star Trek

Fav Book: Barabbas – Par Lagerkvist

Fav Actor: Toshiro Mifune

Fav Actress: Katharine Hepburn

Fav Food: …anything good…

Fav Sport: Swimming

Fav Athlete: Me

Drink of Choice: Vodka + OJ or JD

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

Smoker? : No

Occupation : Retired

Do you work out? : Occasionally

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

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

Add anything you want people to know: you gotta stay fly… till you die!

its weird to me that people say "chicken breasts" as their favorite food!

pickles?

no its just me, emily

har!

the good ol days

Nineteen years later ......

Name: Alex in NYC
Age: 53
Height: 6'1"

Fav Band: Killing Joke (duh!), Cop Shoot Cop

Fav Movie: "After Hours"

Fav TV Show: Ah, who cares? I'm looking forward to the return of "Succession."

Fav Book: "Please Kill Me" by Legs McNeil & Gillian McCain

Fav Actor: Don't know that I have one.

Fav Actress: I think Hayley Atwell is quite striking.

Fav Food: Depends on the mood, but I'm a sucker for a good Caprese.

Fav Sport: Fuck sports.

Fav Athlete: Fuck athletes

Drink of Choice: Beer and lots of it, thank you.

Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): Not anymore.

Smoker? : Never my thing.

Occupation : I was a journalist for many years, but now work in corporate communications for a performing rights organization.

Do you work out? : I used to.

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

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

Glad I never did this. I can only imagine how embarrassing my 2002 answers would have been.