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!)

I cannot be bothered to answer everything in order cos I am idle but here are an assortment of answers, see if you can guess which question they go with:

Emma, 5' 5'', 27, 10, 10, coke, white wine / vodka, Evil Dead II or the Slipper and the Rose (I WANT A SWING WITH FLOWERS GODDAMMIT), Marlboro lights mmmmm, Eastenders, very expensive food.

Name: nta / nabisco
Age: 24
Height: 5'8"
Fav Band: for the next 10 minutes it's Interpol
Fav Movie: Surviving Desire
Fav TV Show: Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
Fav Book: Italo Calvino, Cosmicomics
Fav Actor: Martin Donovan
Fav Actress: Anna Paquin
Fav Food: minchet abish
Fav Sport: soccer
Fav Athlete: corrupt cricketers
Drink of Choice: gin and tonic
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): weed
Smoker?: unfortunately
Occupation: book publicist
Do you work out?: hahahaha
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks?: 14
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality?: 38.7

Name: Ned Raggett. No, really.
Age: 31
Height: A hair under six foot
Fav Band: Will I never not say My Bloody Valentine? NO I WON'T!
Fav Movie: I don't think I have one anymore.
Fav TV Show: Mystery Science Theater 3000, source of life and light
Fav Book: The Lord of the Rings, oh yes.
Fav Actor/Fav Actress: Eh.
Fav Food: Any number of fried rice variations. Num.
Fav Sport: Football (non-American variety) -- just so fun to watch.
Fav Athlete: Any athlete who came out and didn't give a shit, thus causing heart attacks among many PE coaches nationwide.
Drink of Choice: Moet et Chandon, when indulging.
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): Never interested.
Smoker? : A horrifying prospect (literally, I've had relatives die early from it)
Occupation : Library worker, writer, general goof.
Do you work out? : Walking, that's about it.
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : i
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : Unknown, really.

n****h i dont think somethin can be your favourite game if you dont even know the correct name

Name: assumed name Maria

Age: 17 in nine days

Height: 5'1" (officially the shortest person on this thread)

Fav Band: Today I was listening to Momus and Rimsky-Korsakov. Neither qualifies as a band. I listen to Belle & Sebastian more than any other band, though.

Fav Movie: The Princess Bride, Velvet Goldmine

Fav TV Show: I don't have one, but last week I watched Mole and Buffy and they were entertaining.

Fav Book: This is worse than the favorite band question. I really love fairy tales: The Once and Future King (and whatever other King Arthur books I can find), Oscar Wilde's fairy tales, Diana Wynne Jones books, and The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery.

Fav Actor: currently Jude Law

Fav Actress: still Julie Andrews

Fav Food: whatever tastes good

Fav Sport: biking or canoeing or kayaking

Fav Athlete: i don't watch sports

Drink of Choice: i don't drink either

Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): or do drugs

Smoker? : nope

Occupation : unemployed high school student

Do you work out? : once every couple of months i go on a long run. then i remember that I HATE RUNNING and stop.

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : 5. i'm not good- looking by any means, but i need room to get uglier as i get older.

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : maybe a 7 when i'm given time to just sit around alone, a 2 when i'm around people.

(I just want to point out that I was picked on for saying "flatmate" and now I'm being picked on for saying "soccer" -- there is no fucking winning around these parts.)

Name: Gale Age:54 Height:short eyes: dark Hair: silver/dark Fave drink: cola Fav. athelete: Curt Browning/Elvis S. Fave foods: Italian/ Chinese. Fave band/singer: C de B. (Natch!) Fav show on t.v.: Crockodile Hunter.

Name: Dan
Age: 29
Height: 5'7"
Fav Band: The Cure, Prince
Fav Movie: Jacob's Ladder
Fav TV Show: South Park
Fav Book: _The Diamond Age_ by Neil Stephenson
Fav Actor: Tim Roth
Fav Actress: Halle Berry
Fav Food: THAI
Fav Sport: Right now? Tennis
Fav Athlete: Serena Williams
Drink of Choice: gin martini, straight up with olives
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): Nope.
Smoker? : Nope.
Occupation : Software geek.
Do you work out? : No, but I should. *sigh*
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : Going by what people have said to me, I'd say 8. Going by how I feel, 4.
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : 9, except for the whole modesty thing.

Most of this will change tomorrow. Except for my name, which likely won't change until after the 'accident':

Name: Hello, Mark Pytlik. We have recommendations for you. (If you're not Mark Pytlik, click here.) Age: 24 Height: 6 feet of skinny Fav Band: Boards Of Canada, Eno, Radiohead (don't shoot!) Fav Movie: Waking Life? Rushmore? Fav TV Show: Simpsons (old eps obv) Fav Book: Sadly, I've not read a book in months. Everything else, I've forgotten. Fav Actor: Lately, Luke Wilson makes me laugh like a drugged loon. Fav Actress: Toni Collette is cool. Fav Food: Italian. Carbs + cheese == Mm. Fav Sport: Hockey. Fav Athlete: What a silly question. Drink of Choice: Anything with vodke. Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): There's lots. Smoker? : In denial. Occupation : 'Music' 'writer' Do you work out? : On and off. On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : Judging from the girls who seem to date me, about an eight or nine. Otherwise, I'd say sevenish. On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : If I don't like you or have just met you, two. Otherwise, eightish, with points off for compulsive, geeky behaviour and for my tendency to lapse into complete fuckwaddishness from time to time.

Bloody HELL. You'd think I was new. Most of this will change tomorrow. Except for my name, which likely won't change until after the 'accident':

Name: Hello, Mark Pytlik. We have recommendations for you. (If you're not Mark Pytlik, click here.)
Age: 24 Height: 6 feet of skinny
Fav Band: Boards Of Canada, Eno, Radiohead (don't shoot!)
Fav Movie: Waking Life? Rushmore?
Fav TV Show: Simpsons (old eps obv)
Fav Book: Sadly, I've not read a book in months. Everything else, I've forgotten.
Fav Actor: Lately, Luke Wilson makes me laugh like a drugged loon.
Fav Actress: Toni Collette is cool. Fav Food: Italian. Carbs + cheese == Mm.
Fav Sport: Hockey.
Fav Athlete: What a silly question.
Drink of Choice: Anything with vodka.
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): There's lots.
Smoker? : In denial.
Occupation : 'Music' 'writer'
Do you work out? : On and off.
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : Judging from the girls who seem to date me, about an eight or nine. Otherwise, I'd say sevenish.
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : If I don't like you or have just met you, two. Otherwise, eightish, with points off for compulsive, geeky behaviour and for my tendency to lapse into complete fuckwaddishness from time to time.

Name: Kris
Age: 25
Height: 5'11"

Fav Band: Sabbath, Zeppelin, T. Rex, Angry Samoans, CCR, The Raincoats, Ornette Coleman, Turbonegro

Fav Movie: Revue Um Mitternacht

Fav TV Show: The Cosby Show

Fav Book: Notes From Underground

Fav Actor: don't really have one

Fav Actress: Reese Witherspoon, easily

Fav Food: Steak & Eggs, pretty much everything else too

Fav Sport: Baseball

Fav Athlete: Albert Belle

Drink of Choice: bourbon

Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): Alcohol. I've never done speed or heroin or any real drugs like that

Smoker? : sometimes

Occupation : grad student

Do you work out? : I get plenty of exercise without "working out"

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? : 11 to me, but to others it definitely is a mood dependent thing

Name: Spencer
Age: 29
Height: 6'1"
Fav Band: My Bloody Valentine, New Order, Pulp, Roxy Music
Fav Movie: It's a Wonderful Life, 8 1/2, Last Year at Marienbad, The Night Porter, 2001, In the Mood for Love
Fav TV Show: Family Guy (RIP), Conan O'Brien
Fav Book: Ecrits, American Psycho, London Fields
Fav Actor: James Spader
Fav Actress: Anouk Aimee
Fav Food: Steak
Fav Sport: (American) Football
Fav Athlete: none really
Drink of Choice: Stoli martini, dry, twist
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): over it
Smoker? : I average about one cigarette a day
Occupation : Graphic Designer/Web Producer - branching out into Glitchy home audio recording, screenwriting and acting (moving back to LA puts all sorts of wacky ideas in my head).
Do you work out? : sometimes
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : 9
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : 8

Name: Owen Hatherley Age: 20 Height: 6 ft Fave Bands etc: Joy Division, Pulp, The Fall, The Slits, Magnetic Fields, The Cramps, Keith Hudson, Outkast, Kraftwerk Fave Movies: Naked, A Matter of Life and Death, Eraserhead, The Man Who Fell To Earth, Suddenly Last Summer TV Shows: Buffy, Twin Peaks, Jaaaaam Books: Peculiar Memories of Thomas Penman by Bruce Robinson, I Knew I Was Right by Julie Burchill, The Letters of Rosa Luxemburg Actor: none in particular Actress: Elizabeth Taylor Food: Dumplings and Stew Sport is evil Athlete: Matt Le Tissier Drink: Red wine or Newcastle Brown Drug of Choice: collie Smoker: yup Occupation: part time assistant to takeaway owner Do you work out? certainly not Looks: 7 on a good day Personality: not for me to say Actor:

Name: Michael Bourke
Age: 25
Height: 5 foot 8 Fav Band: Pavement Fav Movie: One flew over the cuckoos nest, Wild strawberries Fav TV Show: The Simpsons,futurama, Oz Fav Book:Catch-22, Trainspotting Fav Actor:Paul Newman Fav Actress:Jodie Foster Fav Food:Junk food Fav Sport:Soccer Fav Athlete: dont have one Drink of Choice:Heineken, Miller Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): Hash and the odd E Smoker? : yeah, I smoke Benson and Hedges Occupation :None Do you work out? :Yeah, i go to the gym but only about once a week On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : ehh 6 or 7 On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : dunno

nitsuh don't listen to that bitch, if you like soccer you say 'soccer'. except that, what a lameass sport to like. what country do you think this is, anyway?

Name: Sir Paul McCartney Age: Officially, I am ageless.
Height: Bigger than Jesus Christ.
Fav Band: Wingz was very underrated, in my opinion.
Fav Movie: Help!
Fav TV Show: Magical Mystery Tour was pretty good. Not great, but pretty good, considering.
Fav Actor: After me? Maybe Ringo Starr. Maybe.
Fav Actress: Linda was very underrated, in my opinion.
Fav Food: Honey pie!
Fav Athlete: Pele
Drink of Choice: My publicist says all that is behind me now.
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): My publicist says all that is behind me now.
Smoker? : Please speak with my publicist.
Occupation : Soaking up public adulation.
Do you work out? : We can work it out.
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : I'm the cute one.
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : I told you already, I'm the cute one.
Add anything you want people to know: Yes. Emphatically! People must know that, even though the credit says "Lennon-McCartney", it was me who wrote Yesterday. Me. Just me. All me.

i forgot to say that sapphire and steel, the prisoner, bad girls, buffy, that 70s show are also my fave programmes, and i'm sure JEM will be too when i visit andrew and elisabeth in auckland. liz forgot to mention that she is at least a 9/10 in the looks department. i bet elisabeth and andrew are real spunky too tho i have not seen them and its about time they started plastering their photos all over the net!

Name:ron
Age:30
Height:6'3"
Fav Band:acetone, x, the gits, cat power, breeders
Fav Movie:buffalo 66, rushmore, run lola run, box of moonlight, waiting for guffman
Fav Book: the journey to the east? not sure
Fav Actor:ossie davis, jean reno, pruitt taylor vince, john cusack, m. emmet walsh
Fav Actress: amanda plummer, lili taylor, martha plimpton, jane adams, catherine keener
Fav Food:pizza, thai
Drink of Choice: sapphire tonic but i had a vodka tonic last night and i think i might switch over
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): not doing it for me anymore
Smoker? : ex- (4+yrs)
Occupation :furniture maker
Do you work out? : no
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 (i am very nice but have serious flaws)

Anyone who lists Gang of Four in their favorite bands is alright by me (FYI).

Name: Damian Age: 23 Height: 5' 8" or so Fav Band: Eno, Faust, Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, Idaho, Kraftwerk, My Bloody Valentine, Radiohead, Stereolab Fav Movie: 2001 Fav TV Show: Seinfeld, Father Ted, The Young Ones, The Simpsons Fav Book: A Clockwork Orange, Head On Fav Actor: maybe Bruno S Fav Food: Custard Fav Sport: Soccer! Fav Athlete: Vala Flossadottir Drink Of Choice: Wave, iced coffee flavour Occupation: Music retail slut Do you work out?: I walk lots, and that's about it On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks?: Round up to 7 On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality?: 3.5

Name: jack
Age: 24
Height: 5' 4" 115 lbs..it's ok, i'm asian
Fav Band: wilco, fugazi
Fav Movie: vertigo, roman holiday, ran, deuce bigalo male gigalo
Fav TV Show: simpsons, three's company
Fav Book: i tend to enjoy magazines much more...comparitively, reading a book makes me feel like i'm in a long term relationship
Fav Actor: steve buscemi
Fav Actress: kirsten dunst
Fav Food: anything served at dim sum, especially pot stickers and marinated chicken's feet (mmmmmm), sashimi, porkchops
Fav Sport: sports are a waste of time
Fav Athlete: what did i just say?
Drink of Choice: cherry coke, chinese chrysanthemum tea
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): nyquil
Smoker? : haha, no way
Occupation : chemical engineer working for a government contracted company building "defensive" weaponary
Do you work out? : does jogging count?
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : 10...though i was asked for an id while purchasing tickets to [i]road to perdition [/i] which was a horrendous movie
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : 10...charm, beauty, and intelligence...please please, take a number ladies

Name: Douglas

Age: 31

Height: 5'8"

Fav Band: James Brown's touring band, early 1970-early 1971. Either that or Wire.

Fav Movie: What's Up, Doc?

Fav TV Show: The Prisoner

Fav Book: Infinite Jest

Fav Actor: Toshiro Mifune

Fav Actress: Sherilyn Fenn

Fav Photograph of an Actor/Actress: the one of Zero Mostel where he's turning himself into a rhinoceros using only his facial expression and body language

Fav Food: marzipan

Fav Sport: competitive interactive fiction design

Fav Athlete: n/a

Drink of Choice: peach Vitamin Water

Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): it isn't at all

Smoker?: nope!

Occupation : writer

Do you work out? : At least a few times a week.

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : "I don't get high on my own supply"

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : "No credit will be given for plagiarized work"

I've posted like three times total on ILE, but I can't resist self-description.

Brad Luen, 22 years in Manukau City, 1.73m (go metric).

OK Jazz... nah, who am I kidding, the Beatles.

As of last Thursday, Laurent Cantet's Time Out.

Simpsons, Sound and the Fury, Denzel, Maggie Cheung.

Tikka masala, cricket, "Canadian Crippler" Chris Benoit.

Penfolds Rawson's Retreat, not right now, never.

Student/teaching assistant, purely cardiovascular.

10, 10 - anything lower would suggest some form of modesty, which would just be wrong.

Perhaps unlike most (young) people, I would've given much the same answers a year ago.

OMG Petra you are the NZ Rattail Jim/Bob!!! *faints*

err...who? is that a good thing? i bet elisabeth and andrew are real spunky too tho i have not seen them

too right they are! 10s all round. what is it about ILE that attracts such foxxy foxes? and short-arses?

i am not short, i am vertically challenged.

nitsuh don't listen to that bitch, if you like soccer you say 'soccer'. except that, what a lameass sport to like. what country do you think this is, anyway?

Haha josh, that's a bit rich coming from someone who uses "'inverted commas'" for quotation marks. At least nitsuh knows that it's "soccer" and not 'soccer'.

Name: Vinnie
Age: 20
Height: 5'11"ish
Fav Band: Depeche Mode, XTC, PSB
Fav Movie: Goonies, Princess Bride
Fav TV Show: Simpsons, Seinfeld, Kids in the Hall
Fav Book: Foundation's Edge
Fav Actor: John Cusack
Fav Actress: Julia Stiles
Fav Food: Mashed potatoes
Fav Sport: Soccer
Fav Athlete: bah
Drink of Choice: anything sour
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): not mine
Smoker? : nope
Occupation : Student, eventually something with programming
Do you work out? : nope
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : 5. This quiz suddenly got a lot tougher.
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : 8. I like people, honest!

Name: Justyn
Age: 20
Height: 5'11'
Fav Band: Manics, Sex Pistols, Le Tigre, Kenickie, White Stripes, Sleater-Kinney, Rolling Stones, The Who, Sly and the Family Stone, Bikini Kill, Stone Roses.
Fav Movie: Rushmore, Ghost World, 8 1/2, The King of Comedy, Blue Velvet, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Mr. Smith Goes To Washington, Almost Famous, The Graduate, Heathers, Being There, and Only Angels Have Wings.
Fav TV Show: The Simpsons of course.
Fav Book: Where to begin? Lipstick Traces, Catcher In The Rye, Junky, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Cat's Cradle, Less Than Zero, The Stranger, and whatever I've read last by Gore Vidal.
Fav Actor: Peter Sellers, Cary Grant, Jack Nicholson.
Fav Actress: Audrey Hepburn, Winona Ryder, Thora Birch.
Fav Food: None, really. I like different things at different times.
Fav Sport: Kicking the crap out of a chair for no particular reason.
Fav Athlete: Muhammed Ali
Drink of Choice: Coke
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): Opium (well, it would be if it was)
Smoker? : No
Occupation : Student
Do you work out? : Haphazardly.
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : Depends. On a good day maybe an 8, on a bad day a 4.
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : 5

'shut up' 'felicity'

Jeff and Graham, shut UP, you know you both look and are better than those pathetic marks you gave yerselves.

Kodanshi's back? I need to get my act together and spend more time behind my screen again. hahahaah Sorry. Life's been a bit too hectic the last couple of weeks. hah

Oh Lek, Kodanshi. *duh*

Name:Dave

Age: 25

Height:6'2"

Fav Band: Changes every day this morning I would have to say Parliment.

Fav Movie: Again changes all the time at the moment it is All About My Mother because I saw it again at the weekend, although it will be different tommorrow.

Fav TV Show: 24 at the moment Fav Book: Down and Out in Paris and London

Fav Actor: Robert De Nero

Fav Actress: Audrey Hepburn

Fav Food: Lobster

Fav Sport: Football

Fav Athlete: Phil "The Power" Taylor

Drink of Choice: Exotic continental Larger

Smoker? : I am a lapsed reformed smoker.

Do you work out? : Oh yeah!! (Sometimes up to once a month)

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : Not sure I leave that to other people to judge, Oh fuck it 10!

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : Not sure I leave that to other people to judge, Oh fuck it 10!

BE THAT WAY, "Kortbein".

Alan, 32, 5' 10", Pad Thai, vodka-tonic / hoppy bitter, gravity's rainbow, Spaced, sport is rubbish, E, i run for an hour or so each week, 6/10 twice. i like pictures of odd looking cats, and kittens, and odd looking kittens and my favourite colour is auburn (not ginger)

least fave band: most brit pop, quite a few dance type groups
least fave film: pulp fiction, harry potter
least fave TV show: southbank show
least fave actors: richard gere, judi dench, kate winslet
least fave book: ?
least fave food: bananas
least fave sport: golf, tennis
least fave drink: beer

I thought it was important to provide some contrasting information about myself.

Tom, 29, about six foot, let's say ABBA, let's say It's A Wonderful Life, recently Big Brother, let's say The Marriage of Cadmus And Harmony by Roberto Calasso, don't care about actors, ditto actresses, let's say steak (cooked rare), to play none; to watch football, don't care about athletes, gin and tonic, none but there are a few i'd like to try, no, 'internet analyst', no, 2-4, 7-9.

Name: Sundar Subramanian

Age: 23

Height: 5'9" - 5'10"

Fav Band: Led Zeppelin/Sonic Youth

Fav Composer: La Monte Young

Fav Movie: Annie Hall

Fav TV Show: Haven't had TV for about 3 years

Fav Book: Notes From Underground

Fav Actor: d/k

Fav Actress: d/k

Fav Food: tacos

Fav Sport: Tae Kwon Do

Fav Athlete: d/k

Drink of Choice: gin and grapefruit juice

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

Smoker? : no

Occupation : guitar teacher/phone surveys, will be grad student soon

Do you work out? : Yeah, but it's been too hot to move

Colin, 33, 195cm, Mission of Burma/Joseph Holbrooke Trio/Booker T & the MGs, Ran/Die Ehe von Maria Braun/Godfather Part II, ZiB II, Lolita, Klaus Kinski, Lili Taylor, fried softshell blue crab sandwich, croquet/rally (doing/watching), Rick Dempsey, Wieselburger Stammbräu/mojito, it's not my thing, no, lawyer/musician, yes but not enough, between 3 and 8, between 1 and 10.

Name: Steve
Age: 28
Height: um, not sure, 5' 10 ish, certainly less than 6'
Fav Band: b&s
Fav Movie: Spinal Tap, Pretty in Pink, Breakfast Club, Mary Poppins, Casablanca
Fav TV Show: south park, newsnight, west wing
Fav Book: possibly hitchhikers, i just like reading any old junk really, although i don't seem to have read any fiction since the motley crue biog...
Fav Actor: Andrew McCarthy, James Stewart
Fav Actress: um, dunno
Fav Food: oh, loads of stuff, possibly the knuckle of lamb from gallipoli on upper street, numnumnum
Fav Sport: long distance running and football (association) although I will sit and watch absolutely any sport on the telly (cf curling at the winter olympics, and probably bowls at the commonwealth) ooh and darts is great also...
Fav Athlete: Bosman
Drink of Choice: Guinness
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): not really, apart from above and below
Smoker? : mmm, mayfair, fag of kings and only £3.50 for 20
Occupation : database monkey at futher education college (not university)
Do you work out? : no
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : i don't think i would
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : or this either...

Name: Archel
Age: 24
Height: Dunno, about 5'6" in old money
Fav Band: Belle & Sebastian, Buck 65 (ok, technically he's not a band) and others
Fav Movie: Gregory's Girl, Breakfast At Tiffanys, Funny Face, Les Parapluies de Cherbourg, Pretty In Pink, The Princess Bride, um loads more
Fav TV Show: Simpsons
Fav Book: The Princess Bride, Watchmen (if counts), Persuasion
Fav Actor: John Cusack
Fav Actress: Audrey Hepburn
Fav Food: CHEESE!
Fav Sport: Football or tennis
Fav Athlete: Anyone who's WINNING
Drink of Choice: GUINNESS mmmmmm
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): Just alcohol and caffeine
Smoker? : No
Occupation : Library assistant
Do you work out? : Haha that's a good one
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: (if anyone wants to put the above numbers higher, I'll happily defer to your judgement...)

Name: Gavin Age: 29 Height: 6 ft 1

Fav Band: Palace/Will Oldham/Bonnie Prince Billy

Fav Movie: Life is Sweet

Fav TV Show: The Simpsons

Fav Book: The Man Who Was Thursday

Fav Actor: John Cusack or Timothy Spall

Fav Actress: v. specifically Julie Christie in Billy Liar

Fav Food: Artichokes. Sea food. Crisps. All of them at the same time

Fav Sport: To watch, football. To play, golf.

Fav Athlete: Don't have one

Drink of Choice: Wray and Nephew's Overproof Rum. and Coke

Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): Other people's cocaine and the odd pill. Definitely not weed.

Smoker? : No.

Occupation : I do the odd bit of freelance journalism, mainly books and music orientated, but I graft in Uni admin but I am shortly moving to my friend's landscape charcter use firm where I will continue blazing new trails in quality and excellence and best value. And admin.

Do you work out? : Only hard sums, I'm afraid.

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : 8 on a good day. 4 on a bad day.

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

Name:nalini Age: 25 Height: 5 ft 4'

Fav Band: lamb, lucious jackson, massive attack, bjork,

Fav Movie: wings of desire, crouching tiger hidden dragon, lord of the rings , orlando , star trek: first contact, anything with: carrie grant, audrey hepburn, marilyn monroe

Fav TV Show: buffy, angel, will and grace, star treck the next generation

Fav Book: classics ( jane autstin) si fi , and fantasy Fav Actor: heath leader, russel crowe, brad pitt (yum)

Fav Actress:audry hepburne

Fav Food: cherris, strwaberries, melon, chocolate ice cream , the list gos on and on Fav Sport: none

Fav Athlete: non

Drink of Choice: gin and tonic, cowboy (biterscotch schnapps and bailys) strawberry daquri ( yes i am an alchoholic)

Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): I would never do such a things ( i am using work email)

Smoker? :no

clubber: yes (trance/hardhouse) I am australian its compulsary for us to love hardhouse, and carry glow sticks at all times

Occupation : customer services . i have a degree in applied arts

Do you work out? :no, never set foot inside a gym

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : thats in the eye of the beholder

On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : I don't know about raiting, but i am a big softy, I cried when the lion cubs dad dies in the Lion King. and when bambi's mum died and when leon dies in the professional etc fave color: blue

next project: sort out my life: i really want t o find a job I enjoy, customer services is slowly killing me

Chris Nofunintended - I'll fight you for Milla Jovovich! She = my dream woman.

Sundar, is that gin + grapefruit juice, or the two separately? I am curious because my consumption of non-water liquids is about 40% gin/tonic and 50% grapefruit juice (10% Guinness -- I only drink things that start with G?), so your answer struck me as in very good taste.

Gin + grapefruit juice. Like vodka + orange juice. Better for you than tonic, you know.

I guess Orlando might rival Notes From Underground as my favourite book.

Name: Dave
Age: 22
Height: 6' when not slouching
Fav Band: Elvis Costello, Richard Hell, Ornette Coleman
Fav Movie: When Harry Met Sally, Trainspotting (thus eliminating all hipster points scored on the last question)
Fav TV Show: movies on TV
Fav Book: The Rules of Attraction (yeah petra jane!), The Liar, The Cantos, Naked Lunch
Fav Actor: John Cusack
Fav Actress: Fav Food: Proscuitto & Mozza Panini Sandwich
Fav Sport: bleh
Fav Athlete: bleeah
Drink of Choice: Molson Export
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): not really anymore
Smoker? : Marlboro Lights as well...ps i am a gurl
Occupation : Student
Do you work out? : I have before, probably will again
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : Alpha
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : Xenon

I'm desparately stalling on homework so will answer this long, silly thread.

• Name:ssssssssss. . .like a snake hiss
• Age: 29
• Height: 5,4
• Fav Band: pbbt. . .how about music i like? ruth brown, hank williams, the deadly snakes, the dishes, the forty fives (from atlanta), some others. . .
• Fav Movie: Giant, Fargo, other one-word titles
• Fav TV Show: Six Feet Under, The Simpsons
• Fav Book: currently the His Dark Materials series, the lemony snicket series, Bastard Out of Carolina
• Fav Actor: Steve Buscemi
• Fav Actress: Jodie Foster
• Fav Food: salsa
• Fav Sport: ?
• Drink of Choice: barley pop
• Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): drugs? well I never! *wink*
• Smoker? : *cough* no
• Occupation : teacher
• Do you work out? : when my man's around
• On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : 7 i think
• On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : i'm bipolar, it depends
• Add anything you want people to know: i hate you all. (i'm trying to be ally. ha ha)

Name: Dan
Age: 40
Height: 5'10"
Fav Band: Kinks, Buzzcocks, Go-Betweens, Loud Family
Fav Movie: Hana-Bi, Crimes and Misdemeanors
Fav TV Show: nope
Fav Book: Revolutionary Road, Oscar and Lucinda, Frank O'Hara anthology, Mary Oliver anthology
Fav Actor: Albert Finney
Fav Actress: Christina Ricci
Fav Food: Japanese or maybe something involving risotto
Fav Sport: Basketball to watch, tennis to play
Fav Athlete: Nick Van Exel
Drink of Choice: Diet Dr. Pepper
Drug of Choice (if that's your thing): not my thing
Smoker? : not something I'm proud of
Occupation : magazine circulation
Do you work out? : lately yes
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your looks? : 7 on a good day
On a scale from 1-10 how would you rate your personality? : between 2 and 6

how come so many of you went with the actor/actress division (funny how actress is 2nd)...I want you to justify or explain why you did this if you did: lazyness? you actually separate people who act by their sex??

Speaking only for myself, I did it to piss you off.