Describe Yourself to the Netscrape
The UPG 2003 Edition

The Physical:

Your name: H, Dave (Mr)

Your nickname/online name: Dave H

Age: 28

Birthday: May

Gender: Male

Location: Pe*******gh, Cambs, UK

Height/weight: 6'0"/Very little

Current hair colour/style: Yes/No

Natural hair colour: Brown

Eye colour: Brown

Body mods: 

Religion: Jedi

Siblings: Twin brother, younger sister

Children: No

Relationship status: Single

Occupation: Web app dev

Pets: A small plastic duck named Quincy


Favourites:

Books: William Gibson, Phillip K. Dick, William Burroughs. Reading Gormenghast at the moment.

Movies: Star Wars. Kevin Smith films. Kevin Smith films with references to Star Wars. Opressive films like Nineteen Eighty-Four and Brazil. Bladerunner, because one of the skylines has a hidden reference to Star Wars. Recently I liked Pirates of the Carribean and The Ring (US version), and of course Lord of the Rings.

Poems: John Hegley

Television shows: The Simpsons, South Park, nothing too challenging. I quite liked that wargaming thing that was on Thursday nights but I can't remember what it's called now...

Songs: I've dug up some Foetus CDs recently; Nothin Man, Might Whity and The Throne of Agony all rock my socks ATM. I saw Monster Magnet quite recently and had Powertrip going through my head for a few weeks...

Bands/musicians: Sisters, Puppy, The Legendary Pink Dots, Einstuerzende Neubauten, Rosetta Stone, Curve, Haujobb, Queen Adreena and Meg Lee Chin.

Club: The Calling, but I think they need a smoke machine. :o)

Dj (n.b. you can't name yourself): Sarah at the Calling because she played the Jesus Complex song I like last night!

Board games: Board games? Bored games!

Computer games: PlanetSide <http://www.planetside.com/>. It's an online game, and I fight on the side of the Vanu Sovereignty, because we have such natty purple outfits.

Other games: Illuminatii. The Orange Game (as played by Blode).

Magazines: Meltdown.

Places to visit: Prague would be nice one day.

Food: Hash browns.

Colours: Infra-red.

Drinks: Czech lager, Belgian fruit beers, vodka and Red Bull, chocolate milkshake.


Net.existence:

Computer you're on now: Athlon XP 2000+. CPU runs a bit hot.

Web page url: http://www.dmh.org.uk/

Reading upg since: Since the beginning; occasional poster to alt.gothic prior to that.

Favourite thread on upg: Don't know, there were some pretty interesting ones about the music industry and their stance on MP3s not that long ago.

How you picture upg: A hive of scum and villainy.

Other newsgroups read: Just a few comp.lang.* groups right now.

Electronic mailing lists: Commune, Lexgoff, Heretics, Posse.

Irc channels: #uk_goffs, #angband.


Miscellaneous Questions:

What are some of your hobbies: Breaking things. In the last day or two I've broken my car, a computer chair and a vacuum cleaner (don't ask)!

What's the motto you adhere to: It's a bit stupid going around breaking things.

What is your personal stupid human trick: Waking up in contact lenses.

What do you want to be doing 10 years from now: Not breaking things.

What is the one thing/skill that you do not have now that you wished you possessed: Right now, some superglue, some welding equipment and a thorough knowledge of car mechanics. Except that's three things.

What do you think is your best asset: Patience.

What do you think is the worst thing about you: Paranoia, Paranoia lalalalala.

What do you value most in a friend: Being there.

Do you have another question: Have you noticed how many different versions of Optimus Prime you can get these days? I must say I was quite shocked whilst Christmas shopping...