Describe Yourself to the Netscrape
The UPG 2001 Edition

The Physical:

Your name: Fiona

Your online/nickname: Fiona/ZooMusicGirl sometimes.

Web page url: www.niceboots.org.uk/fiona (Very under construction)

Age: 29

Birthday: 27/6

Gender: Female

Location: London

Height/weight: 5'9, about 10 stone

Current hair colour/style: Chin length, sort of dark reddish burgundy

Natural hair colour: Dark Brown

Eye colour: Blue

Religion: Devout atheist

Siblings: One brother

Children: No thanks, I've already eaten.

Relationship status: Still kissing frogs apparently...

Occupation: PA to an IT director at an investment bank

Pets: A Fluffy thing and The Tufty One

Computer you're on: PC Celeron, 128MB RAM, 17GB HD

Favourites:

Books: Christopher Brookmyre, Iain (M) Banks, William Gibson and a fair amount of comics

Movies: Blade, The Matrix, Near Dark, Wings of Desire.

Poems: The Flea by John Donne

Television shows: I don't watch tv anymore. Buffy on video though.

Songs: Lots. Black JuJu, Lydia Lunch; Undone, Rowland S Howard; Kerosene, Big Black; Death Valley '69, Sonic Youth & Lydia; Gimme Danger, Stooges

Bands/musicians: Birthday Party; Lydia Lunch; Rowland S Howard; Einsturzende Neubauten; Nick Cave; Queen Adreena

Club: Tenebrae, Slimes

Board games: None.

Computer games: None.

Other games: None.

Magazines: None.

Places to visit: Far East, Barcelona (soon!)

Food: Dark chocolate Violet creams.

Colours: Black and lilac

Drinks: Water, Earl Grey Tea, vodka

Miscellaneous Questions:

What other newsgroups do you read: lurk r.m.i

To which mailing lists are you subscribed: sluts, a few others

How long have you been reading upg: About 2 1/2 years altogether

What has been your favourite thread on upg: Don't know about favourite but the concept of TPO as an evil bastard amused me greatly. boggle

What are some of your hobbies: Comics, clubbing

What's the motto you adhere to: If you can't be good, be good at it... ;)

What do you want to be doing 10 years from now: Dunno. Quite happy with my lot atm, more of the same.

What is the one thing/skill that you do not have now that you wished you possessed: Longer weekends.

What do you think is your best asset: Confidence.

What do you think is the worst thing about you: Overuse of ellipses... (Oh of course there are worse things than that, but not on Usenet, eh?)

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

How do you picture upg: Kieran said something one year about a room full of monkeys with typewriters, and look for the ones with the funny hair colours. I still like that image.