Describe Yourself to the Netscrape
The UPG 2000 Edition

The Physical:

Your name: Ben

Your online/nickname: Ben (Metropolis)

Web page url: http://connect.to/metropolis

Age: 22

Birthday/birthplace: 02/08, Winchester

Gender: male

Location: home in West Hounslow (London), work on Bolsover Street

Height/weight: 5'9" 9st

Current haircolour/style: long and blonde

Natural hair colour: light brownish

Eye colour: greeny grey

Piercings/tattoos: ear and nose piercings

Religion: none

Siblings: 1 brother

Children: none

Relationship status: single and very depressed about it

Occupation: Computer journalist (full time for PC Pro magazine)

Pets: 1 hamster

Computer you are on: PC Celeron 333, 128Mb Win98

Favourites:

Books/authors/type of literature: Mervyn Peake, Frank Herbert, Franz Kafka

Magazines: Metal Hammer, PC Zone, PC Pro

Movies/directors/actors...: Brazil, Lost Highway, Metropolis, Nosferatu, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, The Nightmare Before Christmas..... all the usual stuff. Terry Gilliam, David Lynch & Tim Burton Johnny Depp, Diana Rigg

Poems/poets: don't like poetry much

Television shows: Stoppit & Tidyup & The Avengers

Radios/radio shows: none

Songs: Goldilox, Run Like Hell, Face to Face, Window Licker

Bands/musicians: Pink Floyd, Circle of Dust, Einsturzende Neubauten, Haujobb, Aphex Twin, Nine Inch Nails, Future Sound Of London, Orbital, Tom Waits, Trouble, King's X

Paintings/artists/work of art...: Rodney Matthews

Games(board, computer, others): Half Life, Unreal, Dune 2

Places to visit: Isle of Mull - Scotland

Food and drinks: vegetarian and allergic to eggs and aubergines...so not much really! I like Indian and Mexcian food best

Colours: black and orange

Miscellaneous Questions:

What other newsgroups do you read: rec.music.industrial

To which mailing lists are you susbscribed: none

How long have you been reading upg: started about 4 years ago and got pissed off and left for about 3 years, and have just started to come on again

What has been your favorite thread on upg: Metropolis need a new singer! - Are we sexist etc. - absolutely ridiculous

What are some of your hobbies: writing music, reading, building stuff

What's the motto you adhere to: Every swan is a different shade of brown

What's is your personal stupid human trick: I can do an impression of a Casio Keyboard demo - English Country Garden with tune and drum beat at the same time with drum rolls and everything.

What do you want to be doing 10 years from now: Being a famous rock star with lots of screaming girlies

What is the one thing/skill that you do not have now that you wished you possessed: The ability to talk to people easily and be outgoing

What do you think is your best asset: my imagination

What do you think is the worst thing about you: shyness

What do you value most in a friend: not lying to me

What do you hate most in others: Being judgmental

How do you picture upg: in black and white

Any question you would like added: