Describe Yourself to the Netscrape
The UPG Edition

The physical

Your name: Dave H

Your online/nickname: dave h (Carpet Boy, Lorian, etc.)

Web page URL: http://www.darkwave.org.uk/~lorian/

Age: 24

Birthday: Not saying

Gender: Male

Location: Innsmouth

Height/weight: 6'/11 stone

Current haircolour/style: in need of help
 

Natural hair colour: brown

Eye colour: brown

Religion: none, but looking out for any good millennium cults

Siblings: younger sister, twin brother

Children: none

Relationship status: single

Occupation: computer geek

Pets: 2 pretend jellyfish

Computer you're on: PC

Favorites

Books: Right now I have a huge backlog. I have a friend who thinks I'm slowly reading his copy of The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson, but doesn't realise I dropped it in the bath. I was brought up on The Hitchhiker's Guide, and Mission Earth, the author of which went on to start one of the most successful religious cults in the US.

Movies: Ooh, I don't know. Recently The Matrix was fun. Brazil and Bladerunner both caught my attention, as did the John Hurt version of Nineteen Eighty-Four. I'm also training to be a Jedi Knight, like my father before me.

Poems: My whole life is poetry

Television shows: South Park

Songs: Presently comes down to Atari Teenage Riot II, Christian Says (Tones On Tail), That'a All (KMFDM - for the poptastic chorus) and the Rhys Fulber remix of Worlock (Skinny Puppy). If I had to choose my present favourite music video, though, it'd undoubtably go to Blur.

Bands/musicians: Skinny Puppy, LPD, Rosetta Stone, Newt, Neubauten, PWEI, Placebo, Switchblade Symphony, Curve, bit of Evils Toy, and most of the obvious g/i stuff I guess. Oh yeah, I recently dusted off some Faith No More. :o)

Board games: No idea. I used to do a lot of the Games Workshop stuff.

Computer games: I played NetHack/GNOMEHack the other week. The last PC game I really got into was Quake II.

Other games: Hmm... occasional role-playing game, though I've not done any this year.

Magazines: Computing, Anthony Johnston Monthly, etc. Probably resubscribe to Tomb Raver soon. Sometimes buy Fortean Times, Bizarre, Alternative Press, NME, MM, Rock Sound. Anything intellectshull.

Places to visit: I'm going to the pub tonight.

Food: Cheese. Pineapple. Cheese with pineapple. Cajun style aubergines. More cheese.

Colours: infra-red

Drinks: Tea, coke, Red Bull, Hooch, any half-decent lager. Recently discovered Blavod black vodka for bonus Goth Points (tm).

Miscellaneous questions

What other newsgroups do you read: Presently lurking on various, including uk.comp.os.linux, alt.conspiracy.coventry.morph, alt.music.skinny-puppy, rec.aquaria.marine.misc and rec.humor.oracle.

To which mailing lists are you susbscribed: None. (Ex-Contaminatii.)

How long have you been reading UPG: since it started, on & off

What has been your favorite thread on UPG: Can't remember. I just want Mel to reproduce his amusing .sigs again.

What are some of your hobbies: Making little rockets that shoot up into the sky.

What's the motto you adhere to: "It's not safe to hope for the best, without preparing for the worst."

What's is your personal stupid human trick: The last party I was at I managed to escape from a straight jacket. I don't think it counts as a 'personal trick' though until I prove I can repeat it.

What do you want to be doing 10 years from now: Hidden away from the rat race, tending after two jellyfish (Jello and Chud) in their own custom- built tank.

What is the one thing/skill that you do not have now that you wished you possessed: A car I saw in an Iron Man comic, where you press a button and the wheels flip over and turn into jets, allowing you to fly over any traffic. Pretty cool, huh?

What do you think is your best asset: I'm a Team Player. :o)

What do you think is the worst thing about you: Existential uncertainty.

What do you value most in a friend: Forgiving me for dropping their copy of The Diamond Age in the bath. That, and honesty.

How do you picture UPG: Best left unsaid.

Do you have another question: Why did I type all this in?