Describe Yourself to the Netscrape
The UPG Edition

The physical

Your name: Jodi

Your online/nickname: Jodi (real creative, huh?)

Web page URL: one of these days.

Age: 30

Birthday: 14.08

Gender: female

Location: Bedminster, Bristol

Height/weight: 5'5", about 9 stone.

Current haircolour/style: Red, bob
 

Natural hair colour: It hasn't been seen since 1985. Probably grey.

Eye colour: blue/grey

Religion: none

Siblings: 1 brother. If he still admits to it.

Children: none

Relationship status: Cohabitating, I think they call it

Occupation: Medical secretary

Pets: 1 rabbit(Snuffles), 1 guinea pig (Gordon), 2 rats (Buffy and Willow) Thinking about getting a cat and more rats. And if someone gave me some chinchillas I wouldn't say no...

Computer you're on: Some PC running windows 98

Favorites

Books: Lots. The Secret History by Donna Tartt, Possession by A.S. Byatt, The Crow Road (iain banks), Weaveworld (Clive Barker) anything by Joe Donnelly and Oscar Wilde.

Movies: Wings of Desire, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Night of the Hunter, Velvet Goldmine, How to Steal a Million, anything with Bette Davis.

Poems: Blake's apocalyptic stuff, Byron's oriental tales, Baudelaire.

Television shows: ER, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Daria, X-files, Millennium, Father Ted

Songs: Time for the rest of your life - Strangelove, Life on Mars - David Bowie, Tesla Girls - OMD, Regodles - Sunshine Blind

Bands/musicians: David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Bauhaus, JD, Nick Cave, Puressence, Suede, Auteurs, Pulp, Dead can Dance, Coocteau Twins, Switchblade Symphony, Strangelove, Tindersticks, Dream City Film Club, Chameleons

Board games: Don't do them

Computer games: or them..

Other games: or them...

Magazines: Private eye, my partner's new scientist when I get bored...

Places to visit: We are saving for a trip to South America - particularly Peru.

Food: Curry, ice cream, Mexican food. (all veggie)

Colours: black, royal blue, emerald green, burgundy, purple

Drinks: coffee

Miscellaneous questions

What other newsgroups do you read: uk.people.support.cfs-me, sci.archaeology.mesoamerican, soc.history.early.modern, alt.southampton.goth.commandos.

To which mailing lists are you susbscribed: None any more.

How long have you been reading UPG: 3 or 4 years

What has been your favorite thread on UPG: No threads as such but many individual posts have made my day

What are some of your hobbies: reading, jigsaw puzzles, tapestry, pets

What's the motto you adhere to: If it can go wrong, it will.

What's is your personal stupid human trick: My life

What do you want to be doing 10 years from now: Supporting myself by my writing and have an animal sanctuary. Oh, and not have ME. Realistically - NHS management :(

What is the one thing/skill that you do not have now that you wished you possessed: A cure for ME would be nice

What do you think is your best asset: good question

What do you think is the worst thing about you: lack of confidence

What do you value most in a friend: being there

How do you picture UPG: My window on the outside world (I don't get out much, OK!)

Do you have another question: