Describe Yourself to the Netscrape
The UPG 2000 Edition

The Physical:

Your name: Phil

Your online/nickname: Philifledermaus

Web page url: http://freespace.virgin.net/philip_j_e.smith/ (in need of an update)

Age: 21

Birthday/birthplace: 3rd May, Wrexham!

Gender: Male

Location: In a perpetual state of flux between Cardiff (Uni) and E. Yorkshire (home)

Height/weight: 6'2"ish, no idea but skinny-average

Current haircolour/style: Longish, black with blue-turquoise streaks

Natural hair colour: brown pants left in wash

Eye colour: green?

Piercings/tattoos: nope

Religion: irreligion, and the appreciation of beauty in people and things

Siblings: je suis unique!

Children: nope, but many plants

Relationship status: far too single

Occupation: student, and freelance conservator

Pets: 2 cats (at home), innumerable fish (home)

Computer you are on: PC PII333

Favourites:

Books/authors/type of literature: Vaila "Shapes in the Fire" / M.R. James / Victorian paranoid lit. Recent material - Head On and Repossessed, the autobiographies of Julian Cope.

Magazines: Sky and Telescope, Future Music, Kerrang (on occasion)

Movies/directors/actors...: Schindler's List, Dogma, Event Horizon / none / Al Pacino, Sean Connery

Poems/poets: Dust (Rupert Brooke?) / none in particular

Television shows: Simpsons!

Radios/radio shows: Radio 1 to work to.

Songs: Black Celebration (Depeche Mode), Heresy (NIN)

Bands/musicians: DM, NIN, Apoptygma, Delerium, Switchblade Symphony, Mazzy Star, Aphex Twin, Sneaky Bat Machine

Paintings/artists/work of art...: Pre-raphaelite (esp. Leighton), Surrealists (esp. Tanguy)

Games(board, computer, others): RISK, Settlers of Catan, Perudo, Worms Armageddon

Places to visit: Chartres Cathedral, Yosemite, San Francisco, Woodland in general

Food and drinks: Mushrooms, coffee, biscuits, Benedictine.

Colours: deep rich colours

Miscellaneous Questions:

What other newsgroups do you read: alt.gothic.fashion, rec.crafts.jewelry, rec.crafts.glass, sci.archaeology, uk.sci.astronomy, rec.sport.archery, others that come and go....

To which mailing lists are you susbscribed: CymGothic, Northern Goths (now deceased?)

How long have you been reading upg: 1.2 years

What has been your favorite thread on upg: I have no clear favourite, I just enjoy the general babble

What are some of your hobbies: photography, archaeology, music creation, creative writing, archery, arboriculture, church architecture

What's the motto you adhere to: "Argus mortus est!"

What's is your personal stupid human trick: ?? Using fictitious words as if they are commonplace

What do you want to be doing 10 years from now: being happy and contented doing a job I like, having time to do groovy things and loving someone who loved me back

What is the one thing/skill that you do not have now that you wished you possessed: clarity of thought

What do you think is your best asset: intellegence and a tendency to be a fluffy person

What do you think is the worst thing about you: I have negative aggression

What do you value most in a friend: a hug when it's needed and genuine (ie - not the same old cliche) advice

What do you hate most in others: being shallow, cliches!

How do you picture upg: like a flailing many limbed animal

Any question you would like added: