Your name: Howard
Your online/nickname: id. (don't have one)
Web page URL: one day hopefully
Age: 32
Birthday: 28/05
Gender: male (I hope)
Location: home in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, work in Milton Keynes
Height/weight: 5ft 10in, about 13 stone 7lbs and falling (slowly)
Current haircolour/style: dark red/ long (shoulder length) and wavey
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Natural hair colour: dark brown
Eye colour: brown
Religion: Wicca (but I've let it lapse recently)
Siblings: 1 brother
Children: none
Relationship status: single (and not happy with it)
Occupation: Software Engineer
Pets: none (but parents have 2 stupid Golden Retrievers)
Computer you're on: PC P233 with Win95 OSR2.1
Books: Terry Pratchett (any), Robert Jordan (Wheel Of Time), Tom Clancy
Movies: Bladerunner (Directors Cut), Matrix, Aliens, Empire Strikes Back etc
Poems: can't think of any right now.
Television shows: Blackadder, Friends, Frasier, Star Trek (sorry!)
Songs: Shine On You Crazy Diamond - Pink Floyd (or maybe Comfortably Numb), Fallen Angel - Poison, What Kind Of Fool - All About Eve
Bands/musicians: quite a lot, dunno really where to start... All About Eve, Pink Floyd, Rush, Dream Theater, Motley Crue, The Mission, Aeromsith, Skid Row, Shadow Gallery, Black Sabbath, Queen, (early)Metallica, Megadeth, Kate Bush, Clannad and many, many more
Board games: Star Wars Monopoly
Computer games: Lucasarts Monkey Island series, Quake II, Unreal, Half-Life
Other games: like what? bedroom games? ;o) Never mind
Magazines: PC Pro, SFX
Places to visit: Abroad : Sydney/Melbourne; Home: Lake District/Cornwall
Food: Chinese
Colours: black, red
Drinks: tea, water, lager and the odd Bacardi or two on occasion.
What other newsgroups do you read: alt.music.bootlegs, uk.music.guitar, uk.religion.pagan, alt.gothic.fashion (occasionally).....dip into a few others sometimes
To which mailing lists are you susbscribed: All About Eve, DAT-Heads
How long have you been reading UPG: about 5 months
What has been your favorite thread on UPG: there was one about comments overheard at Whitby that was rather amusing.
What are some of your hobbies: playing guitar in a covers band, reading, watching films on DVD or the cinema, answering things like this!!?
What's the motto you adhere to:
What's is your personal stupid human trick:
What do you want to be doing 10 years from now: Be in a job I like, financially secure and not still be single.
What is the one thing/skill that you do not have now that you wished you possessed: To be able to talk to complete strangers (especially women).
What do you think is your best asset: ability to listen to people when they need it.
What do you think is the worst thing about you: shyness (definitely) and general lack of self-confidence
What do you value most in a friend: being there......couldn't have put it better
How do you picture UPG: a big amorphous blob floating in the ether :o) strange question.
Do you have another question: not at the moment