Describe Yourself to the Netscrape
The UPG 2003 Edition

The Physical:

Your name: David Osama Antonio Gardner (the very definition of mongeral)

Your nickname/online name: Grave

Age: 30

Birthday: 30 of them so far

Gender: Male

Location: Glasgow'ish

Height/weight: about this tall and this heavy

Current hair colour/style: black / conservative

Natural hair colour: black

Eye colour: brown

Body mods: several inks / tongue & nose piercings (currently unworn)

Religion: Islam

Siblings: 4 sisters 1 brother

Children: 11 year old son, Kris

Relationship status: she'll come round, eventually

Occupation: sign technician by day, political agitator by night

Pets: 2 kitties called Kat & Kitten


Favourites:

Books: most stuff by edward said & anne rice. parzival (wolfram von eschenbach), pity the nation (robert fisk, the belgariod series (david eddings), dude wheres my country, mein kampf, lucifer rising & the hiram key. (a mixed bag you might say)

Movies: tromeo & juliet, return of the living dead part 3, american werewolf in london, birth of a nation, nightmare before christmas, blood (the last vampire), schindlers list, life of brian, house of 1000 corpses, godfather trilogy (another mixed bag)

Poems: the prophet by kahlil gibran & rime of the ancient mariner by coleridge

Television shows: have i got news for you, coupling, farscape, al manar/channel 4/fox news

Songs: constantly changes but currently favouring - blood milk & sky by white zombie, i put a spell on you by natacha atlas, kashmir by led zeppelin, summoning of the muse by dead can dance (i think) & al quds by fairouz

Bands/musicians: currently favouring - adam & the ants , von thronstahl, natacha atlas

Club: havent visited any in over a year

Dj (n.b. you can't name yourself): sublevel 3

Board games: risk (the arabic version)

Computer games: quake, soul reaver, final fantasy 7, elite

Places to visit: Palestine, berlin, baalbeck, roslyn chapel (edinburgh), glencoe

Food: pizza hut, falafel, chilli wraps

Colours: black, green

Drinks: irn bru, sage tea


Net.existence:

Computer you're on now: custom built. not sure what since i didnt build it but it does the job.

Web page url: www.spmediawatch.co.uk

Reading upg since: cant remember, but the following whitby had sputnick on the bill. mind you, havent been here for at least a year

Favourite thread on upg: cant remember what it was but it ended up in me throwing a wobbler at a right-wing muppet called morgoths cat

How you picture upg: decaying

Other newsgroups read: anything with 'freedom' or 'patriot' in the title

Electronic mailing lists: dozens, mainly from news channels like al jazeera & al manar

Irc channels: no. i have a life


Miscellaneous Questions:

What are some of your hobbies: writing articles for various palestinian sources, collecting useless rubbish & leading a campaign to denounce socialism (which isnt going very well)

What's the motto you adhere to: i didnt do it

What is your personal stupid human trick: drawing attention

What do you want to be doing 10 years from now: watching palestine play at home to israel in the world cup qualifiers

What is the one thing/skill that you do not have now that you wished you possessed: a clean passport

What do you think is your best asset: i dont, but i have several mediocre ones

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

What do you value most in a friend: honesty, charitable, looks good in black and doesnt point a gun at you. not having the surname 'sharon' would also be a bonus.

Do you have another question: yes. why have i put on weight despite walking to & from my car everyday?