Your name: Alex Page
Your online/nickname: Grimoire (Quake), PerfDrug (IRC)
Web page URL: http://www.gothicdreams.net/grimoire
Age: 20
Birthday: 29th June
Gender: Male
Location: Currently Oxford, Uni @ Manchester, home @ Salisbury
Height/weight: 6 foot 2, about 16 stones.
Current haircolour/style: Long blonde ponytail
Natural hair colour: Blonde
Eye colour: Bluey green
Religion: Cynical atheist
Siblings: 2 older sisters
Children: None
Relationship status: Totally enamoured and v. happy with it
Occupation: Student, database whizzkid, programmer, RPG designer
Pets: None.
Computer you're on: Currently, girlfriend's thing (higher spec than mine but not sure what).
Books: "Elidor" - Alan Garner, "Soul Music" - Terry Pratchett, "The Crow Road" - Iain Banks, "Dune" - Frank Herbert
Movies: "Strange Days", "Withnail and I"
Poems: "Jabberwocky".
Television shows: Buffy, Simpsons
Songs: "Ruiner" - NIN, "Teenage Angst" - Placebo, "One Second" - Paradise Lost, "Everyday is Halloween" - Ministry
Bands/musicians: Ministry, Nine Inch Nails, Marilyn Manson, The Horatii, Manuskript, man(i)kin, Inertia, Birmingham 6, Placebo, Radiohead, MSP, Paradise Lost, White | Rob Zombie, Type O Negative, Sisters of Mercy, others (can't be bothered)
Board games: The Business Game
Computer games: Quake Generations (sob), Half-Life Teamfortress, Aliens vs predator, alpha centauri, ufo: Enemy Unknown
Other games: Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, GURPS
Magazines: Bizzare, Fortean Times, PC Format
Places to visit: The Moot (Victorian garden near my house)
Food: Mum's cooking :)
Colours: Green
Drinks: Coffee, Summer Lightning, sundry ales, Cold Guinness.
What other newsgroups do you read: alt.books.iain-banks, alt.music.placebo, sci.nanotech, sci.numerology, alt.southampton.goth.commandoes, uk.games.computer.quake, uk.media.radio.radcliffe, alt.fan.pratchett[.announce], alt.books.pratchett, alt.talk.mended-drum.
To which mailing lists are you susbscribed: Normally Mancgoff, Oxgoths, GothUK, Sheffgoths, Atuin (Discworld RPG), UKGoths, lots of announce lists, occasionally Dominion and Manics
How long have you been reading UPG: 1yr 9 months
What has been your favorite thread on UPG: The me / ViRTUE "who's a bigger slut" contest, some of the more productive religion or gothness wibblings.
What are some of your hobbies: Roleplaying, bass guitar, deathmatching, being soppy with girlfriend.
What's the motto you adhere to: F**k 'em if they can't take a joke.
What's is your personal stupid human trick: Being able to fit my size 14 feet in my mouth on a regular basis.
What do you want to be doing 10 years from now: Something I enjoy and get paid well for.
What is the one thin/skill that you do not have now that you wished you possessed: Musical talent
What do you think is your best asset: Honesty and discretion.
What do you think is the worst thing about you: Short temper, distinct lack of subtlety when honesty isn't the best policy.
What do you value most in a friend: Hugs. Being there when you need them, being someone you can talk to.
How do you picture UPG: As a series of text messages, linked to each other by the Message-ID and References headers, transmitted using the Usenet and NNTP protocols.
Do you have another question: Is anyone collecting and archiving this thread?