Describe Yourself to the Netscrape
The UPG Edition

The Physical:

Your name: CJ Brown

Your online/nickname: CJ, cj_goth, jaegerfiend (occasionally)

Web page url: http://www.geocities.com/cj_goth/ (needs work)

Age: 32

Birthday: 11th October

Gender: M

Location: London, should be NYC in ~12 weeks

Height/weight: 5'8", about 12 stone (workin' on that)

Current hair colour/style: Dark Brown, Shoulder length, usually tied back

Natural hair colour: Dark Brown

Eye colour: Greyish

Religion: Atheist

Siblings: Little bro, 2 little sisters

Children: Maybe one day, but not soon

Relationship status: Poly. In a few poly relationships, primary partner in NYC

Occupation: Financial Internet

Pets: 6 talking South Park dolls

Computer you're on: Work PC, PIII 600MHz, NT, yuck

Favourites:

Books: Iain Banks, Alasdair Gray, Tristan Hawkins (miss you, RIP). Plus Sin City and other graphic novels/comics.

Movies: Matrix, Aliens, Graduate, Withnail & I, Mr Vampire, lots more

Poems: John Cooper Clark, Burns, "The Toad Poem" by A E Housman

Television shows: South Park, Aeon Flux, Father Tedd, Lexx, Prisoner, Avengers, WWF (if Chyna is on )

Songs: "Kerosene" Big Black; "I'm a Believer" Anita Lane; "Sick Man" Foetus; "Yashar" CV; "Hey Goth Fuck Off" Chaotic Dischord (joke)

Bands/musicians: Big Black, Foetus, Rollins, RLYL, Cave, Bauhaus, 3 Johns, Pig, Bunnymen, other (mostly) 1st wave stuff.

Club: Blackbird - oh, current ones? Slimes, Tenebrae. Absolution, LBV and Xorvia in NYC. Anywhere Graham is spinning, as we have similar tastes.

Board games: Star Fleet Battles (haven't played in years)

Computer games: Civ (all versions) - way too addictive. Joust at shockwave.com. Homeworld.

Other games: Pub: Pinball, Bar billiards. Arcade: Gauntlet I & II, Pengo, Battlezone. Other: BDSM, fetish power games.

Magazines: Private Eye. The Economist. 2600. Time Out (Ldn & NYC). Various fetishy ones.

Places to visit: NYC, Edinburgh, Whitby, Newquay, Swiss Alps

Food: Haggis or Black Pudding suppers at 3am. Pizza (dbl pepperoni, dbl cheese and jalapenos). Porterhouse steak (>18 oz)

Colours: Black, black, black, even blacker. And a little purple.

Drinks: Jaegermeister, Islay malts, other malts, Chateauneuf du Pape, strong cider

Miscellaneous Questions:

What other newsgroups do you read: uk.people.bdsm, uk.rec.bodybuilding

To which mailing lists are you subscribed: sluts, tarts, buca list (soon, anyway), NYCgoth-L, seem to be getting CE spamblasts too now

How long have you been reading upg: lurkin' ~6yrs off & on (mainly off), postin' ~9 months

What has been your favourite thread on upg: prob. the rivethead soap opera thingy

What are some of your hobbies: surfing, snowboarding, collecting domains

What's the motto you adhere to: Beware false certainties

What is your personal stupid human trick: I should ignore this. But probably something to do with getting under ppls feet in the Spa at Whitters.

What do you want to be doing 10 years from now: Stem cell research/cybergenetics.

What is the one thing/skill that you do not have now that you wished you possessed: The ability to focus 100% day-in, day-out

What do you think is your best asset: The grey stuff between me ears

What do you think is the worst thing about you: Lazy, far too lazy.

What do you value most in a friend: Honesty, integrity

How do you picture upg: A dingy 'East Village' basement bar. Theres a bunch of folk fighting over what to play on the jukebox. Theres another bunch trying to convince the doorman that we need a dress-code. Still more are slumped at the bar, supping their drinks, and looking at the other groups despairingly.

Do you have another question: Fancy a pint?