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!)

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.