― di, Sunday, 21 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
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 . . .
― Lynskey, Sunday, 21 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Chupa-Cabras, Sunday, 21 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Chris, Sunday, 21 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
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
― Marc, Sunday, 21 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
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!
― Lek Dukagjin, Sunday, 21 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
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
― brg30, Sunday, 21 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
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
― chris, Sunday, 21 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― anthony, Sunday, 21 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― maryann, Sunday, 21 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Lady Wolf, Sunday, 21 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
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.
― Nick Southall, Sunday, 21 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ally, Sunday, 21 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Matt, Sunday, 21 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Graham, Sunday, 21 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Leee, Sunday, 21 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― j.lu, Sunday, 21 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― halo halo, Sunday, 21 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
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.
― Chris Sallis, Sunday, 21 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Chris Sallis, PhD., Sunday, 21 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― C. Sallis, Esq., Sunday, 21 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
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.
― Andrew, Sunday, 21 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― halo halo, Monday, 22 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
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
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.
― Sean, Monday, 22 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
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 :)!!
― jel --, Monday, 22 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Sam, Monday, 22 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
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!
― Sarah, Monday, 22 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― RickyT, Monday, 22 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Billy Dods, Monday, 22 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
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?
― Anna, Monday, 22 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Nathan Barley, Monday, 22 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
Name: Jeff W Age: 37 Height: 1m70 (I think) Fav composers: Bach, Mozart, Berio, Howells, Lutoslawski Fav Records: "Good Vibrations", "Heard it through the Grapevine" (Marvin), "Tiger Feet", Close To The Edge, anything by Stereolab Fav Movie: Once Upon A Time In The West (possibly) Fav movie trilogies: The Godfather Parts I-III; Antoine et Colette/Baisers volées/Domicile conjugal; Alien//s/³ Fav TV Show: The Simpsons, Buffy, UFO Fav Book: The Wrench (Primo Levi) Fav Actors (m/f): Jack Nicholson, Cameron Diaz, Christinna Ricci, Reese Witherspoon, Kirsten Dunst, Winona Ryder, Drew Barrymore. Fav Sport: Baseball Fav Food: Roast beef and Yorkshire pudding Drink of Choice: Chimay Bleu or Leffe Blonde (when in Belgium), Bass or London Pride (when in UK) Drug of Choice: N/A Smoker? : Nope Occupation : Brussels Bureaucrat Do you work out? : hahahahahahahahahahahaha 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? : 3
― Jeff W, Monday, 22 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
Name: petra jane XXXXXXX Age: eleventeen Height: six foot exactly. i've been measured like 4 times this month. i dunno what they're expecting yeknow... Fav Band: wire, hugo montenegro and his orchestra [does that count?], the fall, nancy + lee, the surfaris, johnny cash, the datsuns, sleater-kinney, stereolab, deep purple, neil young, sonic youth, the kinks, whoever did the macguyver, speed racer and knightrider theme tunes...oh, lots ok. Fav Movie: Amelie, Ring, Gattaca, War Games, The Exorcist, 2001, Brazil, To Kill A Mockingbird, Battleship Potemkin Fav TV Show: Simpsons, an' i always try to watch family guy and buffy. Fav Book: On The Road, The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With The See, The Outsider, The Long Goodbye, The Rules Of Attraction, Lolita, Breakfast At Tiffanys, the Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon, Brecht's Parables of the Theatre...books are choice. Fav Actor: um...maybe Gregory Peck, maybe. Fav Actress: Ally Sheedy circa 'war games' Fav Food: sushi, bagels, stonefruits. Fav Sport: none Fav Athlete: see above Drink of Choice: Vodka + cranberry, monteiths, bloody marys Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): caffeine, alcohol, rock n roll Smoker?: passive Occupation: stalker Do you work out? : no, walk lots though. apparently i have a good arse. oh, and i'm not gonna rank my looks/personality on a scale cause i think the idea's silly. though let's say 3 when i wake up in the morning, peaking abt 7.4, 8 on a good hair day.
whose job is it to enter this in a big ol mainframe DATE-O-MATIC matchmaking computer then, huh?
― petra jane, Monday, 22 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Caitlin, Monday, 22 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
Height: dont know
Fav Bands/artists:Jon Carter, Basement Jaxx, Fatboy Slim, Orbital, loads more that noone cares or knows about, mainly house.
Fav Movie: meh.
Fav TV Show: match of the day probably.
Fav Book: If This is a Man by Primo Levi
Fav Actor: no preference
Fav Actress: no preference
Fav Food: Chinese.
Fav Sport: Soccer
Fav Athlete: Michael Owen (FA Cup two goals against Arsenal; for a L'pool supporter too young to remember them winning anything this was the best moment ever)
Drink of Choice: beer, coca cola, vodka.
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): ALCOHOL, "club drugs".
Smoker? :yep marlboro lights.
Occupation : I don't know whether to say Journalist (student) or Student (Journalist)
Do you work out? :Christ no.
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : It's up to other people, what I think doesn't really matter. What number is a healthy "I don't care too much either way".
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : Hmmm dunno, I bitch constantly and am irritable and cranky and dislike lots of people, so TEN! no I don't know, again I can't really do this sort of thing, judge for yourself.
Add anything you want people to know: I left the Chicken Tikka in the oven ok? It's set to come on at 6 so if you get in before then just make sure it's ok? There's also some fried rice ok? Thanks.
― Ronan, Monday, 22 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
Age:25 Height:6'2"
Fav Band: band: LOVE, RUN DMC, FUNCADELIC, DEXY'S, THE WHO, ERIC B AND RAKIM, X-RAY SPECS Artist: MARVIN GAYE, PRINCE, DIONNE WARWICK, CAROLE KING
Fav Movie: Apocalypse now
Fav TV Show: anything Chris Morris/ Armando iannuci linked (probably "im Alan PArtridge")
Fav Book: Catcher in the rye
Fav Actor: Bobbie De Niro / jay and silent bob
Fav Actress: joey lauren adams (i dig her squeky voice)
Fav Food: crisps
Fav Sport: football
Fav Athlete: Harry Kewel
Drink of Choice: lager (red stripe or stella)
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): not so now
Smoker? : most def
Occupation : hmmm computer monkey sums up how i feel
Do you work out? : yeah im buffed - ha shit no - i play footie once a week and moan fro the next three days
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : def not ugly but not about to rate myself (screw it im an 8)
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : personality is different tho - im a great person to be around - im hitting the high 9's
Add anything you want people to know: currently very much in love - great feeling, just moved in with my girlfriend and things are about as perfect as i can ever expect them to be.
i am also a compulsive buyer of trainers - i think it is a mental problem i have
― born clippy, Monday, 22 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― zebedee, Monday, 22 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
Fav Band: erm right now, belle and sebastian, Flaming lips and Yo La Tengo and Mogwai
Fav Movie: Ferris Bueller's day off, Bring it on, Amelie (although I need a couple more watches of it to be sure )
Fav TV Show: Simpsons and Jackass equal tie
Fav Book: generation X, Real Food, Mediterranean cookery by Elizabeth David
Fav Actor: De Niro
Fav Actress:Emily Watson
Fav Food: impossible to narrow down
Fav Sport: Association Football
Fav Athlete: Kenny Dalglish, Brian Jacks, Steven Gerrard, Alan Hansen, Ian Botham
Drink of Choice: proper bitter, with a head on it
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): Dope I suppose
Smoker? :nah
Occupation :unwaged
Do you work out? :I should
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? :6
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? :6
― chris, Monday, 22 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
latebloomer –
<3 make way for ducklings
― Abbott, Sunday, 26 October 2008 00:49 (fifteen years ago) link
I need to finally make yr chili, libs.
― Abbott, Sunday, 26 October 2008 00:52 (fifteen years ago) link
This thread is reminding me.
Of manything.
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.
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Sunday, 26 October 2008 00:57 (fifteen years ago) link
You do, Abbs. You do.
― № 1 (libcrypt), Sunday, 26 October 2008 01:05 (fifteen years ago) link
Thanks for giving me what is Youtube!
― Abbott, Sunday, 26 October 2008 01:06 (fifteen years ago) link
Semih Sayginer is also totally the awes.
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Sunday, 26 October 2008 01:27 (fifteen years ago) link
make way for ducklings, A+++
Name: oliverAge: 22Height: 5'9"Fav Band: Mekons.Fav Movie: Repo Man, Aguirre, HolidayFav TV Show: Rocky and Bullwinkle, Doctor Who, The PrisonerFav Book: The Master and MargaritaFav Actor: Roger Livesey, Robert MitchumFav Actress: Katharine HepburnFav Food: chicken saag, or some real good peanut curryFav Sport: baseballFav Athlete: i dunno, Bill Lee was a cool dude.Drink of Choice: ginger bourbon, gin and tonicDrug of Choice (if that's your thing): weeedSmoker? : No excepting ^Occupation : grumble grumbleDo you work out? : No.On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : 6-7 on a good dayOn 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)
― clotpoll, Sunday, 26 October 2008 01:47 (fifteen years ago) link
Name: justin or hoos grande alias conductor of the steenAge: 22Height: 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.
― 8 HOOS Dog (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Sunday, 26 October 2008 02:08 (fifteen years ago) link
Name: OskarAge: 22Height: 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 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
― sonderangerbot, Sunday, 26 October 2008 02:21 (fifteen years ago) link
i'm rewatching buffy from the beginning for gf's benefit and i'd forgotten how awesome giles gets in latter seasons
― 8 HOOS Dog (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Sunday, 26 October 2008 02:23 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm watching season 4 right now and yes he is totally cool, all unemployed and having sleep overs, a hero of sorts
― sonderangerbot, Sunday, 26 October 2008 02:25 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah we're halfway through 3 and bitter bored giles is incredible
― 8 HOOS Dog (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Sunday, 26 October 2008 02:26 (fifteen years ago) link
Good choice. Though almost can't belive his autobiog is Tutto Totti: Mo je faccio er cucchiaio
― what U cry 4 (jim), Sunday, 26 October 2008 02:28 (fifteen years ago) link
well...http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/7889/cucchiao7kw.gif
― sonderangerbot, Sunday, 26 October 2008 02:43 (fifteen years ago) link
Name: justineAge: 28Height: 5'6" i thinkFav Band: smashing pumpkins, faith no more, frank black, neko caseFav 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 maleFav TV Show: weeds, grey's anatomyFav 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. reillyFav Actress: not sureFav Food: potatoes, in almost any form. and lamb. oh god i miss lamb. mee goreng.Fav Sport: i'm learning to enjoy hikingFav 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 noSmoker? : 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 employeeDo you work out? : walk every dayOn 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!).
― undiscovered cuntry (Rubyredd), Sunday, 26 October 2008 03:19 (fifteen years ago) link
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. :-(((((
― Joe the C.R.E.E.P. Operative (Rock Hardy), Sunday, 26 October 2008 03:24 (fifteen years ago) link
p/day means PER day and not PACKS a day? I hope?
― Abbott, Sunday, 26 October 2008 04:00 (fifteen years ago) link
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).
― undiscovered cuntry (Rubyredd), Sunday, 26 October 2008 04:32 (fifteen years ago) link
that episode where they have the huge fight and Giles gets drunk and cracks up at the mention of Fort Dix = good times
― clotpoll, Sunday, 26 October 2008 05:09 (fifteen years ago) link
Name: jeffAge: one year more than jesusHeight: 6 feetFav Band: pixies, de la soul, pavement, old country dudesFav Movie: goodfellas, probably. Fav TV Show: the wire, this old house, jeopardy, mythbustersFav Book: never really read things more than once - too many other thingsFav Actor: nobody I seek out necessarilyFav Actress: same as aboveFav Food: indian, vienamese, mexican/spanish/thai/japanese/french/italian/chineseFav Sport: american footballFav Athlete: ray barbee, natas kaupas, the gonz, ed templetonDrink of Choice: belgians, IPAs, wine, bourbonDrug of Choice (if that's your thing): the boring one at timesSmoker? : dependsOccupation : designer / programmerDo you work out? : biking, gym, should do moreOn a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : who knows, not terrible, not HOTTOn 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?
― a better command of the mummy language (joygoat), Sunday, 26 October 2008 07:45 (fifteen years ago) link
5'8alienstv is the new movies is the new internetwe have found a better waymonkeys 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 fearfive million yearscary grantanything rawLOUDER AND WEIRDERsonic youth neil boredoms zeppelin sabbath who can really make these choices, i question their realityscotch that's the truthbiking walking fucking running away heart-pounding intellect33fields inside cities
― i am not an idle hunter-gatherer, i am a scientist (rrrobyn), Sunday, 26 October 2008 08:42 (fifteen years ago) link
Clotpoll rocks this thread.
― stevienixed, Sunday, 26 October 2008 08:55 (fifteen years ago) link
Name:Edward T. Rifle IIIAge: 44Height: 5'8"Fav Band: Joy Division/New Order Fav Movie: Local HeroFav TV Show: SeinfeldFav Book: MicroserfsFav Actor:Fav Actress: Glenda JacksonFav Food: Methi ChickenFav Sport:Table tennisFav Athlete: MaradonaDrink of Choice: LaphroaigDrug of Choice (if that's your thing):SyndolSmoker? : NoOccupation : Housekeeper/part time treasurerDo you work out? :NoOn a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : 2On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? Between 1 and 10
― A country only rich people know (Ned Trifle II), Sunday, 26 October 2008 15:38 (fifteen years ago) link
Name: HelgaAge: 24Height: 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
― warmsherry, Sunday, 26 October 2008 17:23 (fifteen years ago) link
Name: Dave, unless you're related to me or communicating formally with me, then DavidAge: 29Height: 6'2" (187cm)
Fav Band: (extant?) Spoon (ever? uh, too many)Fav Movie: A Thousand ClownsFav TV Show: (on now?) 30 Rock, Mad MenFav 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 oldFav Sport: BaseballFav Athlete: Manny Ramirez ;_;
Drink of Choice: Scotch on ice, beer, red wine, vodka tonicDrug of Choice (if that's your thing): Weed I guess, though I think it's been yearsSmoker? : 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?: 6On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : 10, obvs.
― Sir, are you calling 911 to complain about traffic? (G00blar), Sunday, 26 October 2008 17:55 (fifteen years ago) link
ha awesome.
― wilter, Sunday, 26 October 2008 20:53 (fifteen years ago) link
Name: Sharon Age:32Height: about 5'6"?Fav Band: Pearl Jam, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, etcFav Movie: Down By LawFav TV Show: ever? Buffy, Sopranos, Deadwood. now? Friday Night Lights, Chuck, HeroesFav Book: Franny And Zooey, JD Salinger; American Gods, Neil Gaiman; Dark Tower seriesFav Actor: Johnny Depp, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey JrFav Actress: Laura Linney, Uma Thurman, Cate BlanchettFav Food: Thai, lamb, steak, bbqFav 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? : 3On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : 8
― VegemiteGrrrl, Monday, 27 October 2008 05:04 (fifteen years ago) link
my answers from 2002 are predictably annoying. why did i say I am 5'7" -- i have been 5'8" since 1996.
― homosexual II, Monday, 27 October 2008 05:12 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah, im glad i didnt answer these originally
― ○◙i shine cuz i genital grind◙○ (roxymuzak), Monday, 27 October 2008 13:11 (fifteen years ago) link
also: I love Uma, acting abilities notwithstanding
― warmsherry, Monday, 27 October 2008 16:27 (fifteen years ago) link
oh this sounds fun.. the internet is boring me today
Name: LexAge: 25 (26 in three weeks' time)Height: 6'1"Fav Band: Modest Mouse, Yoko Ono, Jay-Z, the Andrews Sisters, Belle & SebastianFav Movie: Anchorman, Old School, Fav TV Show: The Office, 30 Rock, The WireFav 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 SegalFav Actress: Tina FeyFav Food: pizza, chicken breasts, pickles, banana peppers, macaroons.Fav Sport: pokerFav Athlete: Terry FoxDrink 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 assistantDo 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.)
― skeletal lexing (Finefinemusic), Monday, 27 October 2008 16:55 (fifteen years ago) link
Name: Ioannis (or John, duh!)Age: 43Height: 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
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!
― Ioannis, Thursday, 6 November 2008 07:34 (fifteen years ago) link
its weird to me that people say "chicken breasts" as their favorite food!
― corrie ham (roxymuzak), Thursday, 6 November 2008 07:36 (fifteen years ago) link
pickles?
― Ioannis, Thursday, 6 November 2008 07:48 (fifteen years ago) link
no its just me, emily
― corrie ham (roxymuzak), Thursday, 6 November 2008 07:49 (fifteen years ago) link
har!
― Ioannis, Thursday, 6 November 2008 07:56 (fifteen years ago) link
the good ol days
― i n f i n i t y (∞), Friday, 30 June 2017 21:52 (six years ago) link
Nineteen years later ......
Name: Alex in NYC Age: 53Height: 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.
― Alex in NYC, Tuesday, 8 June 2021 14:49 (two years ago) link
Glad I never did this. I can only imagine how embarrassing my 2002 answers would have been.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 8 June 2021 16:20 (two years ago) link