Describe Yourself to the Netscrape
The UPG Edition

The physical

Your name: Pete

Your online/nickname: Mystra/Hesperus

Web page URL: http://www.mystra.clara.net

Age: 32

Birthday: 06/10

Gender: male

Location: Central Liverpool, not far from Toxteth/Anglican Cathedral

Height/weight: 1m75, approx. 60 kg

Current haircolour/style: Dark Brown, straight mid back length
 

Natural hair colour: light brown

Eye colour: brown

Religion: none really, probably would tend to Pagan if I was religious

Siblings: 1 sister

Children: none

Relationship status: attached

Occupation: Resource Assistant/IT Technician, would like to do web design

Pets: 1 cat, Jezebel, a right little snarler, but we love her, see http://www.mystra.clara.net/videoclips.html Plus Val's cats, Thomas and Purdey, see http://www.mystra.clara.net/archive/jezzie.html

Computer you're on: PC Cyrix P166+, Win95, 32MB RAM, 4MB S3 video card, Soundblaster AWE64 Gold soundcard

Favourites

Books: Dynamic HTML, A Primer - Simon St. Laurent

Movies: The Wicker Man, Excalibur, The Matrix, Bladerunner, Desperate Living, Plan 9 from Outer Space, Ed Wood, in General, good Sci-Fi, Cult and Arthouse

Poems: not really into it

Television shows: Emmerdale, Nature programmes

Songs: Please Don't Tear our Shithouse Down (Traditional)

Bands/musicians: Meat Beat Manifesto, Ultraviolence, Placebo, NIN, Prodigy, Cubanate, Chemical Brothers, KMFDM, Skunk Anansie, Matrix Soundtrack, Streem, Baby Fox, Lamb, Imogen Heap, Beth Orton

Board games: Jenga, Monopoly

Computer games: Too busy with email, UPG, web design

Other games: Not saying, not as unusual as I once thought, but I enjoy it.

Magazines: .net

Places to visit: The Egg Cafe, Liverpool. The Tap (Pier Bar), Eastham Ferry, Wirral. Red Squirrel Reserve, Freshfield

Food: Vegetarian,

Drinks: coffee, tea, cider, wine

Miscellaneous questions

What other newsgroups do you read: alt.gothic.announce, claranet.announce, uk.rec.audio, alt.minidisc, rec.music.mp3

To which mailing lists are you susbscribed: scousegoff@onelist.com, gothictimes@onelist.com, rosetta-stone-request@pghgoth.com, infest- news@onelist.com, mamboscope@egroups.com

How long have you been reading UPG: Aug 1997

What has been your favorite thread on UPG:

What are some of your hobbies: music, cult movies, cycling, cats, electronics, dancing, good food

What's the motto you adhere to: I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.

What's is your personal stupid human trick: touching my nose with my tongue, gurning, and doing Albert Steptoe impressions

What do you want to be doing 10 years from now: Living the life of Riley

What is the one thing/skill that you do not have now that you wished you possessed: More creative/artistic skills.

What do you think is your best asset: easy going attitude

What do you think is the worst thing about you: I'm too laid back

What do you value most in a friend: trust

How do you picture UPG: A good place to discuss things

Do you have another question: Why do we have to grow old?