Your name: Patrick Smith
Your online/nickname: Lorien Brimstone
Web page url: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/lorien/ (Not much there yet.) and http://www.thecalling.darkwave.org.uk/ (A bit more)
Age: 31
Birthday: 2nd December
Gender: Male impersonator
Location: Cambridge
Height/weight: 6'2", 11 stone.
Current hair colour/style: Long, black, wavy.
Natural hair colour: Dark brown
Eye colour: Grey/Blue
Religion: Witch.
Siblings: Two sisters and a twin brother.
Children: None.
Relationship status: In love with my girlfriend.
Occupation: PhD Student, soon to be job-hunting.
Pets: None now sadly. I would love to have a dog again.
Computer you're on: AMD K2 400.
Books: Fantasy, SF, Theology, Physics, History, Witchcraft, Chemistry, Mythology, Angelcraft, loads and loads really. Recent favourites: The Chosen - Ricardo Pinto; Snow Crash - Neal Stephenson; A Dictionary of Angels - Gustav Davidson; Contacting the Spirit World - Linda Williamson.
Movies: Same in theme to my books really. Recent favourites are: Dune; Gladiator; Dangerous Liaisons; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; City of Angels; Chasing Amy and so on.
Poems: Byron, Keats, Shelley. Poe for a laugh.
Television shows: Babylon 5.
Songs: Changes constantly. Currently I like "Holocaust" - Chineseblack,"death time" - Converter, "The Peacock" - Controlled Bleeding. Next week it'll be something different.
Bands/musicians: Changes constantly. Currently Hocico, Sopor Aeternus, Funker Vogt, Will, Kirlian Camera, Gossamer, Shadowhouse, Swans, Assemblage
23, Velvet Acid Christ, Christian Death oh you know!
Club: The Calling. I haven't ventured anywhere else for a bit. 
Board games: Shogun! An excellent game!
Computer games: Age of Kings.
Other games: Pool.
Magazines: I don't read a regular magazine just at the moment. Used to be New Scientist, The Economist and Scientific American.
Places to visit: Europe and North America.
Food: Fried mushrooms & onions served with freshly baked bread with butter.
Colours: Purple to stare at. Black to wear. White to work in.
Drinks: Milk, warm milk with honey and nutmeg. Apple juice. Strong tea with honey. Alcoholic drinks: Absinthe, Snakebite & Black, a decent malt is welcome too. Red wines. Anything will do for oblivion though really.
What other newsgroups do you read: none.
To which mailing lists are you subscribed: CamGoth, Commune.
How long have you been reading upg: Four years.
What has been your favourite thread on upg: "START HERE" 
What are some of your hobbies: Writing, reading, witchcraft. DJ-ing on good nights. Cooking, baking and then eating. And SLEEPING!
What's the motto you adhere to: "You owe it to your readers to have a damn good autobiography!"
What is your personal stupid human trick: Wishing to be the centre of attention when really I'm much better off in the background.
What do you want to be doing 10 years from now: Smiling and looking forward to the next ten. Also to have increased my spiritual strength to an extent where I feel Icanreally help people.
What is the one thing/skill that you do not have now that you wished you possessed: Can't think of something.
What do you think is your best asset: Don't know.
What do you think is the worst thing about you: Laziness, insensitivity, lack of foresight, lack of ambition, intolerance and arrogance.
What do you value most in a friend: Their laughter and peace.
How do you picture upg: A good guide to what is happening.
Do you have another question: Favourite children's story?