Describe Yourself to the Netscrape
The UPG Edition

The physical

Your name: Ian

Your online/nickname: id. The Painted One

Web page URL: On its way

Age: 26

Birthday: 15/06

Gender: Male

Location: home in Essex, work in Romford

Height/weight: 6ft 4" (without boots), about 11-12 Stone (Depends on lunches)

Current haircolour/style: mid Brown / unstyled
 

Natural hair colour: mid brown

Eye colour: Blue/Green

Religion: personal (As in I have one, but its my own)

Siblings: 1 brother

Children: none

Relationship status: living with an alien (I'll leave that in, but it'll hurt)

Occupation: I.T manager for a freight forwarding company

Pets: an Evil kitten (That'll hurt too)

Computer you're on: PC PII333 with W95 OSR2.1

Favorites

Books: Sci Fi, technothriller and a bit of fantasy.

Movies: Matrix, Blade, Aliens, Blade Runner, that kind of thing

Poems: There was a young man from tyrone......

Television shows: Sci Fi, Babylon 5, Dr Who, bit of Star Trek if I'm in the mood

Songs: Favorite is Sweet Emotion by Aerosmith, but I'll listen to anything with a tune and a beat.

Bands/musicians: quite a lot, dunno really where to start... ditto. Er try, aerosmith, NIN, MM (duck and Cover), Rob Zombie, lots of other struff

Board games: Not any more, used to play Battletech and WH40k

Computer games: Warzone 2100. Half Life, Motorhead, Aliens Vs Predator, Civ 2

Other games: Used to play a lot of D&D, etc

Magazines: FHM, PC Zone, Top Gear, DVD Review, Total DVD, Home Cinema Choice, PC Plus, Computer Weekly, SFX, What HiFi, I think thats about it.

Places to visit: Gibraltar

Food: Pizza, Chinese, good Steak, anything not too spicy hot.

Colours: black, purple, red

Drinks: coffee, beer, wine

Miscellaneous questions

What other newsgroups do you read: Uk.Media.Home-Cinema, Uk.Media.DVD and occationally alt.gothic.fasion

To which mailing lists are you susbscribed: none

How long have you been reading UPG: about eight or nine months

What has been your favorite thread on UPG: any of the lighthearted ones.

What are some of your hobbies: Computers, Home Cinema, Clubbing, Driving.

What's the motto you adhere to: Ohhh, quite a few really. If I had to pick two. Do unto others.... and Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.

What's is your personal stupid human trick: I am a stupid human trick

What do you want to be doing 10 years from now: Running my own business

What is the one thing/skill that you do not have now that you wished you possessed: My own home (as in owning it rather than renting, I'm not homeless)

What do you think is your best asset: Abillity to understand things (given a bit of time :-) )

What do you think is the worst thing about you: Take your pick! How about lack of perseverance and dicipline. (not to mention spelling!)

What do you value most in a friend: being there. Cant argue with that

How do you picture UPG: Err. Its a window in my newsreader. Hmm never really thought about it.

Do you have another question: How silly will I feel if no-one else answers this?