Your name: James White (James/Jay/whatever)
Your online/nickname: Morph.
Web page URL: None yet. One of these days....
Age: 27
Birthday: April 25th. Perfect timing for the easter Whitby.
Gender: Male.
Location: The hell that is Coventry.
Height/weight: 6'2", about 12-13 stone.
Current haircolour/style: Long brown hair, with no noticeable sense of
style.
Natural hair colour: Dark brown. Or light brown in summer.
Eye colour: brown.
Religion: No thanks, I never touch the stuff.
Siblings: 1 sister
Children: none
Relationship status: Single.
Occupation: Multipurpose canine corpse, currently working for a bunch who design and build handheld computers...
Pets: The Jessicat (currently sprawled over my mouse) and a timeshare small mad Spaniel-thing
Computer you're on: PC
Books: The Pyrates, Last Call, V for Vendetta, Diamond Age, Snow Crash, Zodiac, Voice of the Fire, Sandman, Thieves & Kings, Whit, Princess Bride, anything by G.K.Chesterton or Robert Anton Wilson. Inu-Yasha and Kimagure Orange Road. And absolutely nothing by Thomas Hardy!
Movies: Brazil, Heathers, Grosse Point Blank, 12 Monkeys, Yojimbo, Usual Suspects, Fisher King, M, Wings of Desire, lots of Hong Kong action stuff. Nightmare Before Christmas.
Poems: Walt Whitman. Maybe. Otherwise, no.
Television shows: Nothing they're still showing, I'm afraid. Babylon 5. Sapphire & Steel. House of Cards. Drop the Dead Donkey, Chelmsford 123, Father Ted. Plus *lots* of anime stuff - Evangelion, El Hazard, Ranma, Slayers, Dragon Half...
Songs: Wash It All Off (Foetus, Inc?), Gunning for the Buddha, Fading Flowers (both Shriekback), Murder Inc, Non-stop Violence (Apoptygma), One of our submarines... (Thomas Dolby), Kelly's Blues (Triffids), Big in Japan (Tom Waits). And the Dragon Half theme tune.
Bands/musicians: Rosetta, Project Pitchfork, Dead Can Dance, Switchblade Symphony, Faith & the Muse, Dream Disciples, Adam Ant, Virgin Prunes, March Violets, Nick Cave, Lacrimosa. Shriekback
Board games: History of the World, Nuclear War, Twister
Computer games: Hexen II, Soulblade, FFVII, Alundra, Angband, Civ II
Other games: Ars Magica, Deadlands, SLA Industries, loads of older RPG stuff that I never use these days. V:TM. Galthea.
Magazines: um... not a lot, really. An occasional New Scientist, Scientific American or Comics International.
Places to visit: Anywhere but Basingstoke. The current plan is to get to Kyoto before 2001.
Food: Vegetarian. Aubergines need not apply.
Colours: Black and red, black and gold, grey and/or lots of green when I can't get away with wearing black...
Drinks: Strongbow, Somerset Red, decent bitter when I can get it, Worthingtons when I can't. Alcopops. Coffee!
What other newsgroups do you read: as of this morning... alt.fan.kay-dekker, alt.comics.2000ad, alt.fan.nutella, alt.name.newsgroups.like.yoda.i.do, alt.tv.martial-law, soc.bi, miscrosoft.public.windowsce, uk.games.roleplay
To which mailing lists are you susbscribed: HAL, Contaminatii, VRML
How long have you been reading UPG: On and off since it arrived. I (briefly) lurked on alt.gothic before that.
What has been your favorite thread on UPG:
What are some of your hobbies: Writing, RPG, avoiding gardening
What's the motto you adhere to: Always have a plan B.
What's is your personal stupid human trick:
What do you want to be doing 10 years from now: Something different from what I'm doing now.
What is the one thing/skill that you do not have now that you wished you possessed: A driving license would be useful - so would a car.
What do you think is your best asset: Reasonably sociable. Sharp tongue.
What do you think is the worst thing about you: Terrier syndrome - I'm unwilling to let things drop until they're completely resolved. Sharp tongue.
What do you value most in a friend: Putting up with me.
How do you picture UPG: 250 not-quite-sober anarchists locked in a coal cellar.
Do you have another question: Nope.