Describe Yourself to the Netscrape
The UPG Edition

The physical

Your name: holly

Your online/nickname: hollyhollyholly

Web page URL: i keep getting coralled into doing them for other people, so i've avoided doing my own.

Age: 24

Birthday: 8.11

Gender: female. last time i checked.

Location: oxford.

Height/weight: five foot six and a half. (yes, the half is important). oh, and no one ever sees me shorter than about five feet eleven.

Current haircolour/style: pink dredlocks.
 

Natural hair colour: brown.

Eye colour: hazel

what, no category for piercings? in that case, i won't mention them.

Religion: as if.

Siblings: five half-siblings.

Children: not likely.

Relationship status: single.

Occupation: student.

Pets: ever since my roommate's cat destroyed half my computer, ate her mouse and my telephone, and caused the neighbour's. celing to collapse on them, i've been wary.

Computer you're on: macintosh g3.

Favorites

Books: night and day, by virginia woolf. neuromancer. henry james. joseph conrad. the wars, by timothy findley. alison bechdel. pride and prejudice.

Movies: point break. (yes, i know i'm the only one.) the pillow book. drowning by numbers.

Poems: following the trend, ts eliot.

Television shows: i don't, really.

Songs: "like a prayer," by bigod20. "ascend," by nitzer ebb. "tainted love," by coil.

Bands/musicians: skinny puppy. neubauten. poppies.

Board games: scrabble.

Computer games: i get addicted, so i avoid them.

Other games: uhm... no... won't say it.

Magazines: vogue. on our backs :).

Places to visit: san francisco. montreal.

Food: rasberries. blueberries. blackberries. cheshire cheese. brie. buffalo mozzarella. whole wheat pasta. back bacon. lamb. barbecue.

Colours: blue. (and one other .. now what was it again..?)

Drinks: guinness. cognac. espresso.

Miscellaneous questions

What other newsgroups do you read: none at the moment. i'm trying to be good.

To which mailing lists are you susbscribed: oxgoths.

How long have you been reading UPG: only since i was summoned by -bat.'s
  telling an anecdote about me. speak of the devil, and all that.

What are some of your hobbies: sewing. writing bits of code to do things
  that were more efficiently done by hand.

What's the motto you adhere to: be the object of your own desire.

What's is your personal stupid human trick: missing every ball when
  breaking in pool.

What do you want to be doing 10 years from now: clubbing.
  it's not going to happen, though, is it?

What is the one thing/skill that you do not have now that you wished you possessed: a stereo. (i hate moving.)

What do you think is your best asset: sequins.

What do you think is the worst thing about you: everything?

What do you value most in a friend: diverse interests.

Do you have another question: why isn't the z-component of V-nought zero?