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: 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.