Ummm... how long has it been NETSCRAPE
erin
Netscrape has changed over the years. It looks like the last one on a.g.
was about 4 months ago, I say it's high time:
_Part 1: Let's Get Physical!_
NAME: Erin Grooms
NICK: d.rat, aran, that one chick from gossamer, that one guy from gossamer
BIRTHDAY: 7/16
GENDER: Toughie. Currently Female, and hoping to get even more so.
LOCATION: ohio
HAIR STYLE: longish, unkempt and straight
HAIR COLOR: red mixed with blonde
EYE COLOR: blue-grey
BODY MODS: a lot
SIBLINGS: 1 sis, 1 bro
AVAILABLE: newly available.
CHILDREN: I ate them
OCCUPATION: Bum
SECRET TALENT: able to bring anyone in proximity to a state of utmost
depression
_Part 2: Just Checked In to See What Condition Your Condition Was In_
PHYSICAL HEALTH: kinda hungry
MENTAL HEALTH: 302.85 SAB
EMOTIONAL HEALTH: worse than ever
WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR: sugar daddy
_Part 3: Let's Get Digital!_
COMPUTER: WinME - Athlon 2000+/512mb/70gb or so/ATI card of some
kind/SBLive/WinME
WEB PAGE: www.geocities.com/humandramafan
READING A.G. SINCE: (Yes, how big is *your* dick?): around 94 or 95
FAVORITE CONVERGENCE: I've only been to covergence 2.
DID YOU GET SOME?: who didn't.
ARE YOU GOING TO C8?: no
ARE YOU WAITING FOR C9?: no
FAVORITE THREADS: my satan spaghetti strap t shirt
WHY ARE YOU HERE?: because I am
OTHER GROUPS READ: alt.sex.stories, alt.support.srs
GAF MAILING LISTS: gossamer, human drama, ohiogoth, black rose, tons more.
ALT.GOTHIC IS: in the air
_Part 4: Let's Get Musical!_
FAVE NEW BAND: Elemath!
FAVE OLD BAND: Human Drama right now
NOW PLAYING: Death in June
FAVE MUSIC: prog, goth, gangsta rap, gay disco, britpop, irish drinking
songs
HATE MUSIC: it remains hippies, although Phish does a kick ass version of
Gin and Juice
HAPPY SONG: Lovergirl by Teena Marie or Double team by tenacious D
MOPEY SONG: Beloved by VNV nation. fucking asshole
INSTRUMENT: bass, guitar, keyboards, some drums, other crap
_Part 5: Let's Get Uhhhh *Other Stuff*!_
HOBBIES: lately, hanging out in chat rooms looking for some sugar
TIME SUCK: lately, hanging out in chat rooms looking for some sugar
FAVE ART: Kitsch Erotica
FAVE TV SHOW: Buffy
FAVE BOOK THIS YEAR: haven't even opened one
FAVE BOOK EVER: haven't read it in years, but i liked nana by emile zola a
lot.
FAVE MOVIE THIS YEAR: I haven't been to a single movie this year. last year
it was 24 hour party people
FAVE MOVIE EVER: arrakis, dune, desert planet
FAVE COMIC: Dave Chappell
FAVE BOARD/CARD GAME: Girl Talk
FAVE ELECTRONIC GAME: my vibrator
FAVE SPORT: pocket pool
_Part 6: Let's Get Psychological!_
WHAT SORT OF ELDERLY PERSON WILL YOU BE?: cranky
WHERE DO YOU WISH YOU LIVED?: I'm gonna be one of those old ladies in Ft.
Lauderdale. Literally, I might be moving in a few months down there.
shhhh, don't tell the band.
WHAT IS YOUR DREAM JOB?: debutante
WHAT DO YOU WANT CONVERGENCE TO BECOME?: a memory
ABORTION: just once, I needed the money
GUNS: kill everybody
GOT FAITH: yeah, right, I lost that with my virginity.
DOGMA: I just sold it, along with all of my DVDs
YOUR BEST QUALITY: I'm Me
YOUR BIGGEST FLAW: I'm Me
_Part 7: Pendulum Swings Like the Pendulum Do_
MONO POLY CELIBATE: poly
HETRO BI GAY CONFUSED: other
FAVORITE FLAVOR: dark chocolate
TOYS: not if you got the goods
_Part 8: None of the Above!_
FAVORITE QUOTE: My body is not a democracy, you don't get a vote
ANYTHING ELSE LEFT TO SAY TO THE PEOPLE AT HOME?: Buy my shit
Matthew King
<snip>
Gee, is it rogue netscrape season already?
Get out your netscrape guns, kids! We're goin' rogue netscrape huntin'!
Matthew
Matthew-King---Toronto---Canada---Have-you-come-here-to-play-Jesus-
----------------------------------to-the-lepers-in-your-head?--U2--
Kat
>
> NICK: Kat, Tigger (Net), that girl in black
> BIRTHDAY: July 27
> GENDER: Physically, female. Mentally, tomboy.
> LOCATION: Halfway between Raleigh/Durham and Greensboro, NC
> HAIR STYLE: Haven't cut it since 8th grade
> HAIR COLOR: dark blonde
> EYE COLOR: blue w/ gold flecks
> BODY MODS: one peircing in each ear, playing w/ the idea of a tattoo
> SIBLINGS: a brother
> AVAILABLE: mating
> CHILDREN: want'em, but don't have'em
> OCCUPATION: paper-pusher
> SECRET TALENT: can get the most unreasonable person to be nice to me (I
swear every client my co-workers complain about is able to work with me)
>
>
> _Part 2: Just Checked In to See What Condition Your Condition Was In_
>
> MENTAL HEALTH: stable
> EMOTIONAL HEALTH: not depressed, not totally happy
> WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR: more money
>
> _Part 3: Let's Get Digital!_
>
> WEB PAGE: www.sabbatjustice.net/kat/
> READING A.G. SINCE: (Yes, how big is *your* dick?): about 98
> FAVORITE CONVERGENCE: haven't been to one
> DID YOU GET SOME?: see above
> ARE YOU GOING TO C8?: no
> ARE YOU WAITING FOR C9?: no
> WHY ARE YOU HERE?: killing time
> OTHER GROUPS READ: alt.martial-arts.tae.kwon.do,
alt.religion.wicca.moderated, rec.sport.pro-wrestling.fantasy
> GAF MAILING LISTS: none
> ALT.GOTHIC IS: a good way to kill boredom
>
> _Part 4: Let's Get Musical!_
>
> FAVE OLD BAND: Beatles
> NOW PLAYING: nothing, watching CSI right now
> FAVE MUSIC: anything not for teenyboppers
> HATE MUSIC: teenybopper music
> HAPPY SONG: Whenever by Shakira
> MOPEY SONG: Pictures of You by the Cure
> INSTRUMENT: guitar, keyboard, voice
>
>
> _Part 5: Let's Get Uhhhh *Other Stuff*!_
>
> TIME SUCK: video games
> FAVE ART: Luis Royo, Brom
> FAVE TV SHOW: CSI and Wanda!
> FAVE BOOK THIS YEAR: Any from Pratchett's Rincewind series
> FAVE BOOK EVER: Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl
> FAVE MOVIE THIS YEAR: So far, Basic
> FAVE MOVIE EVER: The Last Unicorn
> FAVE COMIC: X-Men, I guess. It's been awhile since I picked up a comic
book
> FAVE BOARD/CARD GAME: The Great Brain Robbery, currently
> FAVE ELECTRONIC GAME: Pokemon Ruby
> FAVE SPORT: martial arts
>
> _Part 6: Let's Get Psychological!_
>
house that children dare each other to touch
> WHERE DO YOU WISH YOU LIVED?: Ireland
> WHAT IS YOUR DREAM JOB?: pro wrestler
> WHAT DO YOU WANT CONVERGENCE TO BECOME?: dunno
> ABORTION: up to the woman
> GUNS: coward's weapon
> GOT FAITH: yep
> DOGMA: can do without
> YOUR BEST QUALITY: honesty
> YOUR BIGGEST FLAW: no tact
>
> _Part 7: Pendulum Swings Like the Pendulum Do_
> HETRO BI GAY CONFUSED: hetero
> FAVORITE FLAVOR: chocolate
> TOYS: don't have any
>
> _Part 8: None of the Above!_
> ANYTHING ELSE LEFT TO SAY TO THE PEOPLE AT HOME?: no
--
Katherine Dunn
kdh...@earthlink.net
http://www.sabbatjustice.net
"What did I ever do to deserve this as my fate? Other than all the sinning."
-- The Black Mage, _8-Bit Theater_ (http://www.nuklearpower.com)
Jennie
> I'm back. Wierd, looking through google's news archives, and how my
> Netscrape has changed over the years. It looks like the last one on a.g.
> was about 4 months ago, I say it's high time
Rogue netscrapes often lead to trouble, but I agree that it's about
time for one (it was technically due in February but the place was a lot
quieter then; it makes more sense now). I have a couple of questions which I
want to add, so I'll go with this one.
_Part 1: Let's Get Physical!_
>
> NAME: Jennie Kermode
> NICK: Erith calls me all sorts of strange things, but I don't have a
nickname which I use online. ;)
> BIRTHDAY: The 14th of July, which is Basteille Day and Iraqi National Day.
AGE: 29 (Please fill this one in, people - I need it for the records!)
> GENDER: 'Intersexed woman', according to the textbooks.
> LOCATION: The House of Kadath, Glasgow, Scotland.
> HAIR STYLE: Tediously straight and down past my hips. Donald is currently
making me brush it a hundred times each day, because he says I need to take
better care of it. I put it in different styles occasionally, but I'm
allergic to hairdressers, so can't easily make longer-lasting changes.
> HAIR COLOR: Dark blonde. Gold in the sun, but when am I ever in the sun?
> EYE COLOR: Grey, sometimes tending toward blue or green, mostly obscured by
great black holes of pupils.
> BODY MODS: Assorted calcium protruberances and subdermal armour. Collagen
in joints. Lots of different peculiar scars.
> SIBLINGS: One brother, Tom, 27, living in London with an Austrian woman
and working as a computer game designer. It must be eight years since I last
saw him.
> AVAILABLE: Not very. That is, theoretically I'm free to fuck other people,
but practically I'd find it hard to find the time, and emotionally I don't
feel I have room for another relationship, which means I'll avoid any
encounters with people whom seem likely to get attached. Of late, I have been
known to snog cute women who have thrown themselves into my arms, but
otherwise I'm really quite happy and settled with Donald and Erith.
> CHILDREN: None. My first ante-natal appointment is scheduled for next
month; then I'll find out if it's safe for me to try.
> OCCUPATION: Freelance writer, researcher and editor. I also run my own
business, Incarnadine Ltd., designing gothy clothes, but that's strictly a
sideline now, as I don't have the staff to keep it running on a large scale.
I am a carer for Donald, who is recovering from a bone marrow transplant, but
hopefully he won't need my assistance for much longer, as he's been doing
very well.
EDUCATION: Masters degree in English (honours), wide ranging A-levels and GCSEs.
> SECRET TALENT: I don't have enough secrets to give one away every six
months.
_Part 2: Just Checked In to See What Condition Your Condition Was In_
> PHYSICAL HEALTH: Generally speaking, not too bad just now, but
immunosuppression means I'm always theoretically at more risk from infectious
illnesses than is the average person. I'm figuring Whitby will be okay, since
traditionally its infections originate in Scotland, and we carry them down to
smite the English. ;) I have mixed connective tissue disorder, and lots of
related problems. Some days I can hardly walk at all, but on others I can
walk twenty miles. I get by.
> MENTAL HEALTH: A professional told me "You're one of the sanest people I've
met. All those odd experiences are just symptoms of stress, which is to be
expected." An ex boyfriend, who collected psychologically unusual friends,
told me "You're really quite balanced, and that's weird."
> EMOTIONAL HEALTH: I'm very rarely depressed these days. I smile an awful
lot. These things are always precarious, but I've a feeling it's going to get
better and better.
> WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR: I wish for other people's happiness, safety and
success. For myself, I only wish that things can keep on going the way they
are. I wish for a child, but that's part of it. I don't waste my time wishing
for impossible things.
> _Part 3: Let's Get Digital!_
> COMPUTER: This one here is Penelope, made from lots of old bits but pretty
capable, running Linux Mandrake with pine and slrn.
> WEB PAGE: http://www.triffid.demon.co.uk/jennie
> READING A.G. SINCE: Mid 1994.
> FAVORITE CONVERGENCE: The Whitby Gothic Weekends. :p
> DID YOU GET SOME?: At some of them, aye; aside from which, I always take my
own. ;)
> ARE YOU GOING TO C8?: No. I'm going to Whitby tomorrow.
> FAVORITE THREADS: Discussions of science, art, literature and sociological
theory. Sex threads. Mopey threads.
> WHY ARE YOU HERE?: It's a fairly reliable source of intelligent
conversation, and a lot of people whom I care about very much are here.
> OTHER GROUPS READ: None, these days. I don't have time.
> GAF MAILING LISTS: Hell, no! Ime, thery're all populated by hysterics with
no clue about netiquette; my inbox gets plump enough as it is.
> ALT.GOTHIC IS: underrated. But that's good. :) Heaven forfend it might
become popular again.
_Part 4: Let's Get Musical!_
> FAVE NEW BAND: I don't hear much in the way of new bands, so I couldn't
rightly say. The singer out of Fuzz Light Years is cute, though.
> FAVE OLD BAND: Today, it's the Jesus and Mary Chain.
> NOW PLAYING: Nothing. I like quiet in my study; I'm listening to the faint
sounds of traffic, water pumping through my fishtank, and flirtatious pigeons.
> FAVE MUSIC: I'm bored of almost all music at the moment.
> HATE MUSIC: Bleepy shite.
> HAPPY SONG: Siouxsie's version of 'Dear Prudence'.
> MOPEY SONG: 'Song of Joy', Nick Cave. This music conveniently turns
miserable thoughts into muderous ones.
> INSTRUMENT: Keyboards, a little, but I don't really have the reach anymore.
I sing.
> _Part 5: Let's Get Uhhhh *Other Stuff*!_
> HOBBIES: alt.gothic; socialising at events or in the pub; dancing; fucking;
lego; reading; going to the cinema (sometimes four times a day); parties;
fetish stuff; going to dinner; learning languages; drawing; playing cunning
board games and card games... Most of my other hobbies have been subsumed by
my professional activities.
> TIME SUCK: Work, really. In that there are times when I should stop to do
important things like eating, but I don't.
> FAVE ART: Gunther von Haagens.
> FAVE TV SHOW: I see TV a bit more often now than I used to, but I still
only really watch the news, and I don't think much of (most of) that.
> FAVE BOOK THIS YEAR: I don't read new books; I'd rather buy twelve old ones
for the same money.
> FAVE BOOK EVER: James Hogg's 'The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a
Justified Sinner'.
PUBLICATIONS YOU SUBSCRIBE TO: 'New Scientist', 'Interzone'.
> FAVE MOVIE THIS YEAR: So far in 2003? Probably 'The Hours', actually,
though there's been a lot of good stuff. I thought 'Punch Drunk Love' was
brilliantly innovative and very brave; I was relieved and much pleased by the
final version of 'Equilibrium'; 'L.I.E' and 'The Good Girl' would also be
strong contenders.
> FAVE MOVIE EVER: That changes with the weather. Today, let's say 'Picnic at
Hanging Rock'.
> FAVE COMIC: I have no time for comedians, so I'll say 'Watchmen'.
> FAVE BOARD/CARD GAME: The Great Khan Game
> FAVE ELECTRONIC GAME: I play Civ II, but it bores me. I can't really be
arsed with that sort of thing.
> FAVE SPORT: Swimming.
_Part 6: Let's Get Psychological!_
> WHAT SORT OF ELDERLY PERSON WILL YOU BE?: A lucky one, if I make it.
> WHERE DO YOU WISH YOU LIVED?: I'm happy here.
> WHAT IS YOUR DREAM JOB?: Exactly what I'm doing now, but with less hassle
and more pay.
> WHAT DO YOU WANT CONVERGENCE TO BECOME?: Less ubiquitous.
> ABORTION: Single issue politics? I'm anti abortion but pro choice.
> GUNS: Only under sensible controls.
> GOT FAITH: Sure, but no religion.
> DOGMA: One of the very worst films ever made.
> YOUR BEST QUALITY: Green triangles.
> YOUR BIGGEST FLAW: Obfuscation? :)
_Part 7: Pendulum Swings Like the Pendulum Do_
> MONO POLY CELIBATE: Poly, but, as I said, sort of settled.
> HETRO BI GAY CONFUSED: Bisexual, but mostly only attracted to people in
between.
> FAVORITE FLAVOR: Cherry. (And I do mean the fruit).
> TOYS: Is this a kinderthread, or a sex thread? I already mentioned my lego.
Otherwise, um, well, whips, chains, you know, the usual.
> _Part 8: None of the Above!_
> FAVORITE QUOTE: If I have something to say, I'll say it myself, in my own
words. I won't reduce life to t-shirt sales tactics.
> ANYTHING ELSE LEFT TO SAY TO THE PEOPLE AT HOME?: Boo.
Jennie
--
Jennie Kermode jen...@innocent.com
http://www.triffid.demon.co.uk/jennie
MC
> _Part 1: Let's Get Physical!_
NAME: Mikael Cardell
NICK: MC, sometimes also known as comrade Stavrogin. Spot the
reference. 1 point.
BIRTHDAY: August 11.
AGE: 30.
GENDER: Male, last I checked, but to quote Miromi from the Future
Culture mailing list "If men are from Mars and women are from Venus,
then I'm from a small potatoe shaped meteorite in the vicinity of
Jupiter."
LOCATION: Downtown Linköping, Sweden. I used to live in a collective
known as Area 41, but we split up.
HAIR STYLE: Shaved head.
HAIR COLOR: Pale blonde.
EYE COLOR: Pale blue.
BODY MODS: Large peculiar scars in many different places. Used to have
piercing jewelry, but my body didn't seem to like them too much.
SIBLINGS: Three real ones dead, four plastic ones still alive.
AVAILABLE: For what? For hire? Sure, see *shameless plug*
http://hack.org/~mc/cv.html. For fucking? Theoretically, maybe, but
not very interested.
CHILDREN: Two sons, aged eight and ten.
OCCUPATION: Programmer, computer scientist, writer.
EDUCATION: BA in Literature and Linguistics, believe it or not.
SECRET TALENT: I can dance on my knees while my legs are held in lotus
position. Buy me enough beer and it's likely I'll show you.
> _Part 2: Just Checked In to See What Condition Your Condition Was In_
PHYSICAL HEALTH: Not bad, although I have been a bit on the lazy side
for the last couple of years. I tried running last week and came back
30 minutes later and almost fell down on the floor when I came
back. And I used to be a long distance runner. Bah!
MENTAL HEALTH: A bit on the dark and moody side, I'm afraid (but hey,
this is alt.gothic, right?). But I've been on medication for years, so
it's fairly safe at the moment.
A professional once wrote in my medical journal while I was
hospitalized:
I find the patient almost bizarre!
His senior later wrote, perhaps to comment on his words:
The patient has a very unusual personality.
EMOTIONAL HEALTH: I smile a lot nowadays. I credit my SO.
WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR: I wish that suffering would end.
_Part 3: Let's Get Digital!_
COMPUTER: The one I'm typing on is fuckup, an IBM Thinkpad 570
notebook running FreeBSD. In the room next to this there is a Sun
Ultra 1. I keep two Alphas and a couple of Intel Pentium II in a
closet. There are various sorts of old hardware lying around, mostly
for spare parts. I'm afraid I had to donate much of my earlier
collection including, for instance, a DEC PDP-11 and a Diab DS90.
WEB PAGE: http://hack.org/~mc/
READING A.G. SINCE: Can't remember. Most likely I've been visiting
from time to time, but mostly lurking.
FAVORITE CONVERGENCE: 1) Arvikafestivalen, Arvika, Sweden. 2) SAMA,
Swedish Alternative Music Awards, Gothenburg, Sweden.
DID YOU GET SOME?: No comment.
ARE YOU GOING TO C8?: Pardon?
FAVORITE THREADS: Computers, science, sociological theory.
WHY ARE YOU HERE?: I'm trying to convince myself that my goth
lifestyle is not some lingering teenage angst.
OTHER GROUPS READ: Do you really want to know? OK, you asked for it.
BIG8:
alt.folklore.computers
alt.gothic.fashion
alt.gothic.nightclubs
alt.gothic
alt.gothic.parenting
alt.hackers
alt.os.development
alt.sys.pdp10
comp.arch: 67
comp.compilers
comp.distributed
comp.lang.forth
comp.lang.lisp
comp.lang.modula3
comp.os.research
comp.parallel
comp.society.folklore
comp.sys.super
comp.unix.advocacy
comp.unix.bsd.misc
comp.unix.cray
comp.unix.internals
gnu.emacs.bug
gnu.emacs.help
gnu.emacs.sources
gnu.gcc.announce
gnu.misc.discuss
net.computers.datacom
sci.space.news
sci.space.science
sci.space.tech
se.dator.sakerhet
se.dator.sys.unix
Freshmeat:
fm.announce
fm.articles
GMANE (See http://www.gmane.org/ --- it's the best thing since Gnus):
gmane.announce
gmane.comp.djb.cdb
gmane.comp.djb.checkpassword
gmane.comp.emulators.hercules390.general
gmane.comp.emulators.hercules390.vm
gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.announce
gmane.comp.encryption.kerberos.announce
gmane.comp.encryption.kerberos.devel
gmane.comp.file-systems.arla.general
gmane.comp.gnu.medical.announce
gmane.comp.gnu.medical.devel
gmane.comp.gnu.medical.update
gmane.comp.web.dillo.devel
gmane.culture.internet.history
gmane.emacs.bbdb.user
gmane.emacs.bugs
gmane.emacs.devel
gmane.emacs.gnus.announce
gmane.emacs.gnus.general
gmane.ietf.beep
gmane.ietf.calendar
gmane.ietf.dnsext
gmane.ietf.dnsop
gmane.ietf.general
gmane.ietf.idwg
gmane.ietf.impp
gmane.ietf.ipv6
gmane.ietf.mobileip
gmane.ietf.nntp
gmane.ietf.nntpext
gmane.ietf.sasl
gmane.ietf.smtp
gmane.ietf.usenet.format
gmane.ietf.zeroconf
gmane.linux.fbdev.announce
gmane.network.beep.roadrunner.general
gmane.network.dhcp.isc.dhcp-client
gmane.network.dhcp.isc.dhcp-server
gmane.network.inn
gmane.os.freebsd.advocacy
gmane.os.freebsd.announce
gmane.os.freebsd.architechture
gmane.os.freebsd.current
gmane.os.freebsd.devel.file-systems
gmane.os.freebsd.devel.hackers
gmane.os.freebsd.devel.mobile
gmane.os.freebsd.devel.net
gmane.os.freebsd.devel.sparc
gmane.os.freebsd.jobs
gmane.os.freebsd.security.announce
gmane.os.freebsd.security.general
gmane.os.freebsd.stable
Mailing lists:
Future Culture
ctwm
...and a few private lists.
And, of course, I read some 200 conferences in the local conference
system LysKOM at the Lysator academic computing society.
GAF MAILING LISTS: Pardon?
ALT.GOTHIC IS: Full of interesting people.
_Part 4: Let's Get Musical!_
FAVE NEW BAND: Define "new". I like Funker Vogt a lot.
FAVE OLD BAND: Joy Division.
NOW PLAYING: Nothing. A few minutes ago, I listened to The Cure.
FAVE MUSIC: Um... Hard to say at the moment. Einsturzende Neubauten,
perhaps.
HATE MUSIC: What you can find at the mall.
HAPPY SONG: Starfighter F-104G by Welle: Erdball.
MOPEY SONG: Tomaso Albinoni's Adagio in D minor.
INSTRUMENT: Ha!
>> _Part 5: Let's Get Uhhhh *Other Stuff*!_
HOBBIES: Computer programming. Writing.
TIME SUCK: Reading.
FAVE ART: Max Ernst.
FAVE TV SHOW: None, really. I don't watch TV. I used to like a British
SF show called /Red Dwarf/, though.
FAVE BOOK THIS YEAR: So far? A book on cryptography during WWII.
FAVE BOOK EVER: Camus' /L'Etranger/.
PUBLICATIONS YOU SUBSCRIBE TO: None. Used to be /;login:/ and
/Communications of the ACM/.
FAVE MOVIE THIS YEAR: None.
FAVE MOVIE EVER: Oh... Really hard. /A Clockwork Orange/, perhaps? Or,
wait, I know, Luc Besson's /The Last Battle/.
FAVE COMIC: Anything by Charlie Christensen, especially /Arne Anka/.
FAVE BOARD/CARD GAME: You're joking, right? I really don't like
games. Ok, then, Go or Wei-Chi, possibly.
FAVE ELECTRONIC GAME: None. I don't like computer games.
FAVE SPORT: Running. Aikido. I wonder if that counts as a sport?
_Part 6: Let's Get Psychological!_
WHAT SORT OF ELDERLY PERSON WILL YOU BE?: A grumpy old professor.
WHERE DO YOU WISH YOU LIVED?: Pass.
WHAT IS YOUR DREAM JOB?: Drinking lots of tea, reading lots of
interesting books, writing interesting texts and beutiful computer
programs.
WHAT DO YOU WANT CONVERGENCE TO BECOME?: Pardon?
ABORTION: I'm too old.
GUNS: Yes, please.
GOT FAITH: Sure. I believe in suffering.
DOGMA: Pass.
YOUR BEST QUALITY: Yes.
YOUR BIGGEST FLAW: Oh, yes.
_Part 7: Pendulum Swings Like the Pendulum Do_
MONO POLY CELIBATE: Poly, but settled.
HETRO BI GAY CONFUSED: Confused.
FAVORITE FLAVOR: Tar and smoke.
TOYS: Computers! Computers everywhere!
_Part 8: None of the Above!_
FAVORITE QUOTE: "Sometimes it just doesn't feel worth it to gnaw
through the leather straps in the morning."
ANYTHING ELSE LEFT TO SAY TO THE PEOPLE AT HOME?: Schooo!
Endymion
>
> _Part 1: Let's Get Physical!_
> >
> > NICK: Endymion, Endymion the Unfair!, You fascist pig
> > BIRTHDAY: January 7. I missed Elvis' birthday by a few hours :-(
> > AGE: 37
> > SEX: Male. I have a sex. My noun has a gender.
> > LOCATION: Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
> > HAIR STYLE: Short, boring, corporate
> > HAIR COLOR: Dark brown, a few stray grays
> > EYE COLOR: Gray-green
> > BODY MODS: One tattoo of GrimJack's demonstar, upper right arm
> > SIBLINGS: Older brother
> > AVAILABLE: Can I echo Jennie's answer? Except I'm not involved with
Donald or Erith. Well, Erith says I'm his bitch, but my wife is liable to
kick his ass if he keeps saying that, and is small and cute but very fierce
when provoked.
> > CHILDREN: I can tolerate other people's for entire minutes at a time!
> > OCCUPATION: Editorial manager for a giant, soulless corporation
> > EDUCATION: J.D. (that's an American postgraduate law degree for you
furriners)
> > SECRET TALENT: I make a damn fine cuppa Joe
>
>
> _Part 2: Just Checked In to See What Condition Your Condition Was In_
>
ailments
> > MENTAL HEALTH: Probably suffering from chronic depression
> > EMOTIONAL HEALTH: If you can't tell, I'm not going to tell you
> > WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR: I wish I had more to wish for
>
> > _Part 3: Let's Get Digital!_
>
> > WEB PAGE: Not telling
> > READING A.G. SINCE: I honestly don't know anymore. A long-ass time.
> > FAVORITE CONVERGENCE: Never been.
> > DID YOU GET SOME?: Yes. I'm that good.
> > ARE YOU GOING TO C9?: Yes, against my better judgment. I'd better get
some.
> > FAVORITE THREADS: Anything non-technical.
> > WHY ARE YOU HERE?: Bah.
> > OTHER GROUPS READ: None.
> > GAF MAILING LISTS: RichmondGoth
> > ALT.GOTHIC IS: my personal litter box.
>
> _Part 4: Let's Get Musical!_
>
band, but they're the last band I recall discovering and really liking.
> > FAVE OLD BAND: Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds (with Blixa, dammit!)
> > NOW PLAYING: Sandy Denny, The North Star Grassman and the Ravens
> > FAVE MUSIC: Too many to pick one
> > HATE MUSIC: DOOFDOOFDOOFDOOF.
> > HAPPY SONG: They make them in happy?
> > MOPEY SONG: "Farewell, Farewell", Fairport Convention; "Far From Me",
Nick Cave
> > INSTRUMENT: H-bomb
>
> > _Part 5: Let's Get Uhhhh *Other Stuff*!_
>
shooting, Cowboy Action Shooting, reading, wargames, mouthing off on
alt.gothic
> > TIME SUCK: mouthing off on alt.gothic, wargames
> > FAVE ART: don't know that I could narrow that down
> > FAVE TV SHOW: Fox News' war coverage
> > FAVE BOOK THIS YEAR: Peter Hopkirk, _The Great Game: The Struggle for
Empire in Central Asia_
> > FAVE BOOK EVER: Lord of the Rings
> > PUBLICATIONS YOU SUBSCRIBE TO: local newspaper, and I glomm lots of
magazines whenever I visit my parents
> > FAVE MOVIE THIS YEAR: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
> > FAVE MOVIE EVER: Blade Runner
> > FAVE COMIC: swore'em all off a decade ago, and I can't stand them now
> > FAVE BOARD/CARD GAME: Advanced Squad Leader
> > FAVE ELECTRONIC GAME: Medieval: Total War
> > FAVE SPORT: Um, - shooting? American football is the only spectator
sport I watch.
>
> _Part 6: Let's Get Psychological!_
>
> > WHERE DO YOU WISH YOU LIVED?: In a big house on a mountaintop
> > WHAT IS YOUR DREAM JOB?: Eccentric nobleman or early retirement
> > WHAT DO YOU WANT CONVERGENCE TO BECOME?: Don't care
> > ABORTION: Never had one
> > GUNS: I have nearly two dozen - want one?
> > GOT FAITH: It isn't milk, you know
> > DOGMA: Keep your Greek words away from my tidy Latin mind!
> > YOUR BEST QUALITY: Clarity of vision and purpose, when needed
> > YOUR BIGGEST FLAW: Indiscipline, when the need for discipline isn't
apparent
>
> _Part 7: Pendulum Swings Like the Pendulum Do_
> > HETRO BI GAY CONFUSED: I reject labels
> > FAVORITE FLAVOR: Leather
> > TOYS: Leather
>
> > _Part 8: None of the Above!_
civilization. Upon it depends our own British life, and the long continuity
of our institutions and our Empire. The whole fury and might of the enemy
must very soon be turned on us. Hitler knows that he will have to break us
in this Island or lose the war. If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be
free and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sunlit uplands.
But if we fail, then the whole world, including the United States, including
all that we have known and cared for, will sink into the abyss of a new Dark
Age made more sinister, and perhaps more protracted, by the lights of
perverted science. Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so
bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a
thousand years, men will still say, "This was their finest hour."
> > ANYTHING ELSE LEFT TO SAY TO THE PEOPLE AT HOME?: I absolutely,
positively promise to catch up on the e-mail I owe you very soon now.
--
Endymion
disinte...@mindspring.com
"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like;
and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve."
Weeble
NAME: "Weeble"
NICK: "Andrew John Wilson" on paper and to my family
"Weeble" to pretty much everyone
"Paper Ninja" when playing computer games
BIRTHDAY: 1980-11-16
AGE: 22
GENDER: Male
LOCATION: Kelvinbridge, Glasgow, Scotland.
HAIR STYLE: Straight, a few inches longer than enough to reach my
shoulders. Normally tied back.
HAIR COLOR: Dark brown.
EYE COLOR: Dull green at the outside with brown bits in the middle.
BODY MODS: {}
SIBLINGS: { (Martin, 14), (Stephen, 21) }
AVAILABLE: Yes. Just shy.
CHILDREN: {}
OCCUPATION: Postgraduate student - studying for an MSc in
Games Technology.
EDUCATION: BSc (Hons, 1st) in Software Engineering, University of Glasgow;
3 Certificates of Sixth Year Studies (all "A"),
5 SQA "Highers" (all "A") and
8 SQA "Standard Grades" (all "1").
SECRET TALENT: Good knack for board games. (Sadly no patience to master them.)
_Part 2: Just Checked In to See What Condition Your Condition Was In_
PHYSICAL HEALTH: Afflicted with hayfever, and a mild unspecified skin
complaint, possibly eczema. Prone to being laid low
for some time when I catch a virus. Otherwise not too
bad.
MENTAL HEALTH: Good.
EMOTIONAL HEALTH: Easily stressed at the moment. Got quite upset over
my course recently, but that's subsided. Mostly quite
good.
WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR: I make selfish wishes. I wish I could meet a
nice female mathematician/computer geek/game player who understands
the things that excite me. Hell, I wish a few more of my friends
would understand me when I talk about functional programming, or
what I found out about really big numbers today.
_Part 3: Let's Get Digital!_
COMPUTER: This is Orac:
AMD Athlon 1.2 GHz
512 MiB RAM
NVidia GeForce 4 MX440 w/128 MiB Video RAM
Since last netscrape Orac got a new low-noise power-supply, a low
-noise processor fan, a USB 2.0 hub and a new video card to replace
the ATI one with a faulty fan.
Windows 2000, Litestep, SLRN, Mozilla (also trying Phoenix),
Pegasus, Trillian. (Also Linux, but as always I've lost my
boot-disk.)
WEB PAGE: http://www.velvet.net/~weeble/
READING A.G. SINCE: Err... '99? Check older netscrapes.
FAVORITE CONVERGENCE: The Whitby Gothic Weekend.
DID YOU GET SOME?: No. Despite being at an orgy. Eeeww.
ARE YOU GOING TO C8?: No.
FAVORITE THREADS: Science and sci-fi. Belief. Advice and instruction.
WHY ARE YOU HERE?: If I'm not here I'll just end up talking about the
the threads and posters here anyway, but then I'll sound much less
informed. There's clever people here.
OTHER GROUPS READ: Occasionally comp.text.xml if I need some advice on
XML. I've read uk.games.roleplay a bit, but I don't think I'll hang
aout there.
GAF MAILING LISTS: {}
ALT.GOTHIC IS: at hand. Repent!
_Part 4: Let's Get Musical!_
FAVE NEW BAND: Errr...
FAVE OLD BAND: I listened to some songs by The Cure recently. I liked
them. Am I supposed to?
NOW PLAYING: Nothing. I've never gotten around to getting a good setup
on Orac for listening to music, nor put any quantity of it
in him.
FAVE MUSIC: I quite like Nobuo Uematsu's work in various "Square"
computer role-playing games, like the Final Fantasy series.
HATE MUSIC: Ummm...
HAPPY SONG: Hmmm...
MOPEY SONG: Ehhh...
INSTRUMENT: I used to play percussion. Never really had the patience
for anything tuned. Maybe I'll learn something for the fun
of it some day, but music lessons were a real turn-off.
_Part 5: Let's Get Uhhhh *Other Stuff*!_
HOBBIES: Games (computer, board and role-playing); drawing; any
interesting maths I come across that doesn't depend on heavy
calculus or algebra; computer construction; Litestep (shell
replacement for Windows) theming; cinema-going (rather less
often than I should to merit my subscription); reading (though
I'm getting very bad at getting round to it recently);
dancing.
TIME SUCK: Playing Starcraft, strangely enough. I just can't get the
hang of Warcraft III, so I keep gravitating back to
Starcraft. Also falling asleep in front of 24 hour news.
FAVE ART: Hrmm...
FAVE TV SHOW: Futurama? That or BBC News 24.
FAVE BOOK THIS YEAR: I can't remember what happened in any of the books
I've read. I'm not even sure which books I read
this year.
FAVE BOOK EVER: I think I liked "A Canticle for Leibowitz," but I
can't remember the details.
PUBLICATIONS YOU SUBSCRIBE TO: {}
FAVE MOVIE THIS YEAR: Probably "Equilibrium". I saw "The Ninth Gate"
this year, and I really liked that too.
FAVE MOVIE EVER: I can't remember.
FAVE COMIC: Perhaps the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
FAVE BOARD/CARD GAME: "Settlers of Catan," though I'm intrigued by
"Espionage" and slowly learning "Go."
FAVE ELECTRONIC GAME: By time played, Starcraft. By time played within
a single week, Decker[1]. Three of notable mention
are Rescue[2], Carrier Command[3] and UFO: Enemy
Unknown[4].
FAVE SPORT: Dancing.
_Part 6: Let's Get Psychological!_
WHAT SORT OF ELDERLY PERSON WILL YOU BE?: Can I defer on this one for
a while?
WHERE DO YOU WISH YOU LIVED?: Here's good.
WHAT IS YOUR DREAM JOB?: World-renowned computer games designer, and
general games expert.
WHAT DO YOU WANT CONVERGENCE TO BECOME?: Doesn't matter to me.
ABORTION: for some, miniature American flags for others! I don't think
it's a good thing, but I think it's a lot better than the
alternatives in certain circumstances.
GUNS: Oddly enough, Michael Moore's "Bowling for Columbine" rather
lessened my anti-gun sentiments. I don't think that's what he
intended. Still, I'm not happy with the idea of citizens having to
take arms to defend themselves against a criminal threat. I don't
think we (in the UK) are in a position yet where we cannot rely on
the police to defend us.
GOT FAITH: Of sorts.
DOGMA: Not really.
YOUR BEST QUALITY: Intelligence, maybe.
YOUR BIGGEST FLAW: An allergy to facts.
_Part 7: Pendulum Swings Like the Pendulum Do_
MONO POLY CELIBATE: Mono.
HETRO BI GAY CONFUSED: Hetero.
FAVORITE FLAVOR: ?
TOYS: ??
_Part 8: None of the Above!_
FAVORITE QUOTE: I have no memory for these things, so I'll just cheat:
"If I have something to say, I'll say it myself, in my own
words. I won't reduce life to t-shirt sales tactics." Jennie Kermode
Say, maybe I should put that on a T-shirt... :p
ANYTHING ELSE LEFT TO SAY TO THE PEOPLE AT HOME?: Sorry, this has been
exceptionally dry and boring. I'm not feeling very inspired this
evening. Go and play "Rescue".
Weeble.
[1] Overcash, S. (2001) 'Decker'
http://www.caro.net/dsi/decker/
[2] Cork, S. (1987) 'Rescue', Mastertronic
http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi?regexp=^Rescue$&pub=^Mastertronic+Ltd$
[3] (?) (1988) 'Carrier Command', Firebird
[4] Gollop, J. (1994) 'UFO: Enemy Unknown', Microprose
http://www.codogames.com/gameography.htm
IHCOYC XPICTOC
NAME: Steve
NICK: IHCOYC XPICTOC, holy_roman_emperor, IX
BIRTHDAY: June 7
AGE: 43
GENDER: . . . that pisseth against the wall. (I Samuel XXV:22)
(N.B. I don't have a gender; I have a sex)
LOCATION: On the banks of the O-hi-o; Indiana
HAIR STYLE: None to speak of. Goateed
HAIR COLOR: Greying
EYE COLOR: Blue
BODY MODS: Only scars
SIBLINGS: A sister
AVAILABLE: To those with few emotional needs
CHILDREN: None, thank God
OCCUPATION: Freedom's last defender: your appellate lawyer
EDUCATION: I am, among other things, a Juris Doctor. . . .
SECRET TALENT: I can fix a broken clock.
_Part 2: Just Checked In to See What Condition Your Condition Was In_
PHYSICAL HEALTH: Not as good as it should be. No major complaints other
than gout.
MENTAL HEALTH: No florid psychoses
EMOTIONAL HEALTH: On a good day, I am free from emotions.
WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR: Vengeance --- horrible vengeance upon those who
dared laugh at my theories!
_Part 3: Let's Get Digital!_
COMPUTER: Built it myself out of bibs and bobs. Right now, I'm getting the
Usenet binaries, so it's running the Win98 side. Also runs Red Hat Linux.
WEB PAGE: http://members.iglou.com/gustavus
READING A.G. SINCE: 1998 or thereabouts
FAVORITE CONVERGENCE: I am not gregarious.
DID YOU GET SOME?: n/a
ARE YOU GOING TO C8?: No.
FAVORITE THREADS: history and language threads
WHY ARE YOU HERE?: I wuv you guys. . .
OTHER GROUPS READ: binaries groups, alt.corel.graphics
GAF MAILING LISTS: FolkieGoth, IndyGoth, Mozart Cafe
ALT.GOTHIC IS: the only place I can get people to listen to some of the
oddments I spout.
_Part 4: Let's Get Musical!_
FAVE NEW BAND: Is Belisha still new?
FAVE OLD BAND: 13th Floor Elevators
NOW PLAYING: Alex Harvey, "Temptation of St. Anthony"
FAVE MUSIC: Psychedelia and all its children
HATE MUSIC: All that disco hath begotten
HAPPY SONG: -Garden of Earthly Delights- by the United States of America
MOPEY SONG: -Genesis Hall- by Fairport Convention; -Hurt- by Johnny Cash
INSTRUMENT: Keyboards, recorder, some guitar, sequencing
_Part 5: Let's Get Uhhhh *Other Stuff*!_
HOBBIES: drawing, composing/sequencing, writing (not as much as I should
but it feels too much like work anymore)
TIME SUCK: blogs, Wikipedia
FAVE ART: Gustave Moreau
FAVE TV SHOW: Justice League
FAVE BOOK THIS YEAR: -Reading the Maya Glyphs- by Michael Coe
FAVE BOOK EVER: -Holy Living and Holy Dying- by Jeremy Taylor
PUBLICATIONS YOU SUBSCRIBE TO: none
FAVE MOVIE THIS YEAR: This year? Daredevil (isn't saying much)
FAVE MOVIE EVER: -Barbarella-, in French
FAVE COMIC: currently -Sojourn-
FAVE BOARD/CARD GAME: Risk
FAVE ELECTRONIC GAME: Unlimited Adventures
FAVE SPORT: All sports ultimately aspire to the status of professional
wrestling.
_Part 6: Let's Get Psychological!_
WHAT SORT OF ELDERLY PERSON WILL YOU BE?: writing cranky letters to the
editor
WHERE DO YOU WISH YOU LIVED?: "N'importe ou, hors du monde."
WHAT IS YOUR DREAM JOB?: Hanging judge
WHAT DO YOU WANT CONVERGENCE TO BECOME?: Local
ABORTION: is the sacrament that wipes away the stain of original sin
GUNS: Happy to let other people keep their toys if they'll let me keep mine.
GOT FAITH: but prefer Degeneration
DOGMA: Total Depravity; Double Predestination
YOUR BEST QUALITY: Loyalty. I can keep your secrets.
YOUR BIGGEST FLAW: I am indeed a pompous ass.
_Part 7: Pendulum Swings Like the Pendulum Do_
MONO POLY CELIBATE: Mostly celibate
HETRO BI GAY CONFUSED: Hetero but confused
FAVORITE FLAVOR: Green
TOYS: Anything that squeaks.
_Part 8: None of the Above!_
FAVORITE QUOTE: "Sumus autem nos omnes corporibus et rebus subjecti
Diabolo, et hospites sumus in mundo, cujus ipse princeps et Deus est. Ideo
panis, quem edimus, potus, quem bibimus, vestes, quibus utimur, imo aer et
totum quo vivimus in carne, sub ipsius imperio est." -- Martin Luther,
Commentary on Galatians, ch. 3
(For we are all the Devil's subjects in our bodies and things, and we are
guests in a world whose prince and God is that very Devil. So the bread we
eat, the drink we drink, the clothes we wear, and indeed the air and all by
which we live in the flesh are under the Devil's command.)
ANYTHING ELSE LEFT TO SAY TO THE PEOPLE AT HOME?: Let loose the four angels
bound in the river Euphrates. . . .
--
IHCOYC XPICTOC D. G. IMP. LAVRASIAE & GONDWANALANDIAE
http://members.iglou.com/gustavus
Truth is the successful effort to think impersonally and inhumanly.
--- Robert Musil
Peter H. Coffin
NAME: Peter H. Coffin
NICK: hellsop
BIRTHDAY: 8-Jan
GENDER: Male
LOCATION: Wisconsin
HAIR STYLE: Long and fluffy
HAIR COLOR: Dark redbrown
EYE COLOR: "Hazel"
BODY MODS: Does circumscion count?
SIBLINGS: 1 each
AVAILABLE: By arrangement
CHILDREN: None. I'd have to share my toys.
OCCUPATION: Computer programmer
SECRET TALENT: No clue
_Part 2: Just Checked In to See What Condition Your Condition Was In_
PHYSICAL HEALTH: Moderate
MENTAL HEALTH: Varies, mostly pragmatic
EMOTIONAL HEALTH: Eh.
WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR: gack
_Part 3: Let's Get Digital!_
COMPUTER: StinkPad R31, Whitebox PII system for the server, Newton 2100
WEB PAGE: http://www.ninehells.com/~hellsop
READING A.G. SINCE: (Yes, how big is *your* dick?): 1994ish
FAVORITE CONVERGENCE: C5 or C6
DID YOU GET SOME?: Not at those
ARE YOU GOING TO C8?: Uhm, you mean C9?
ARE YOU WAITING FOR C9?: Yesh.
FAVORITE THREADS: Black jeans, C4 shirt.
WHY ARE YOU HERE?: To argue with Girl and Nyx
OTHER GROUPS READ: The Monastery, The Other Place, alt.polyamory,
sci.geo.satellite-nav, comp.mail.mutt, comp.mail.postfix, a.g.f
GAF MAILING LISTS: corpgoth, milgoth
ALT.GOTHIC IS: undead, undead...
_Part 4: Let's Get Musical!_
FAVE NEW BAND: Die Krupps
FAVE OLD BAND: Marillion
NOW PLAYING: Daria
FAVE MUSIC: Industrial, cutups, goth, old New Wave, opera, cheesy covers
HATE MUSIC: New country.
HAPPY SONG: The Gourds' cover of 'Gin and Juice'
MOPEY SONG: The whole Misplaced Childhood album
INSTRUMENT: Steel guitar
_Part 5: Let's Get Uhhhh *Other Stuff*!_
HOBBIES: Hacking on old hardware
TIME SUCK: Working. System admin on ninehells.com
FAVE ART: 3d photog
FAVE TV SHOW: Buffy, Daria
FAVE BOOK THIS YEAR: Elizabeth Moon's _Colors_ series
FAVE BOOK EVER: Donna Tartt's _The Secret History_
FAVE MOVIE THIS YEAR: _Spirited Away_
FAVE MOVIE EVER: _The Fifth Element_ maybe...
FAVE COMIC: _Cloak and Dagger_
FAVE BOARD/CARD GAME: Fluxx
FAVE ELECTRONIC GAME: just about any MahJong game
FAVE SPORT: Uhm... Pinball?
_Part 6: Let's Get Psychological!_
WHAT SORT OF ELDERLY PERSON WILL YOU BE?: The sour old man that chases
sparrows out of the yard with a broom
WHERE DO YOU WISH YOU LIVED?: Taliesin
WHAT IS YOUR DREAM JOB?: Development Lead for a speciality ISP
WHAT DO YOU WANT CONVERGENCE TO BECOME?: permenant
ABORTION: haven't had one
GUNS: Don't have one. Like the flashybangs though
GOT FAITH: Agnostic Deist
DOGMA: pragmatism
YOUR BEST QUALITY: I plead the Fifth
YOUR BIGGEST FLAW: Lack of patience
_Part 7: Pendulum Swings Like the Pendulum Do_
MONO POLY CELIBATE: Poly
HETRO BI GAY CONFUSED: Het
FAVORITE FLAVOR: brandy
TOYS: Sometimes.
_Part 8: None of the Above!_
FAVORITE QUOTE: anything in the .sig file
ANYTHING ELSE LEFT TO SAY TO THE PEOPLE AT HOME?: When do we get ice
cream?
--
40. I will be neither chivalrous nor sporting. If I have an unstoppable
superweapon, I will use it as early and as often as possible instead of
keeping it in reserve.
--Peter Anspach's list of things to do as an Evil Overlord
Joshua Brooks
having ever been here in the first place, dare I be a narcissist and share?
You're damn right I dare.
_Part 1: Let's Get Physical!_
NAME: Joshua Brooks
NICK: the zero god, corpus noctem, Keeper, Longtooth, The Naked Bone, Sir
BIRTHDAY: March 15
AGE: 22
GENDER: Male
LOCATION: Peterborough, ON, Canada
HAIR STYLE: None until it's cut, then jarhead
HAIR COLOR: Black
EYE COLOR: Green
BODY MODS: None
SIBLINGS: One male 20.
AVAILABLE: No
CHILDREN: Never, got clipped
OCCUPATION: Student, King of the World, Ass-Stomper Extraordinaire
EDUCATION: Finishing a B.A.(Hon.) next year
SECRET TALENT: If it ain't broken, I *will* break it... then fix it... then
break it again to be spiteful. Also, quantum logic.
_Part 2: Just Checked In to See What Condition Your Condition Was In_
PHYSICAL HEALTH: I have nothing that leaves scabs, scars, or pustules
MENTAL HEALTH: No
EMOTIONAL HEALTH: None of that here, either
WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR: I dont look up, if I can help it
_Part 3: Let's Get Digital!_
COMPUTER: AMD XP 2100+ 512MB DDRRam 50GB HDD 16x10x40 CDR/RW 32x CD-ROM 2
red LED fans 3 tri-light LED fans 1 red cold cathode in a big black case. No
special sauce required.
WEB PAGE: http://www.geocities.com/thezerogod/ don't look it makes me cringe
but I refuse to take it down so there.
READING A.G. SINCE: Dunno. Off and on forever, very very rarely posting
FAVORITE CONVERGENCE: Never been
DID YOU GET SOME?: No
ARE YOU GOING TO C8?: No, and not C9 either.
FAVORITE THREADS: I like ferrets right now, also sex. I like sex threads.
*shrug*
WHY ARE YOU HERE?: Sex threads and because nowhere else is quite as shiny a
place to be.
OTHER GROUPS READ: None
GAF MAILING LISTS: None
ALT.GOTHIC IS: A room with 1000 corners and bad fluorescent lighting
_Part 4: Let's Get Musical!_
FAVE NEW BAND: How new is new? Umm... nope, can't think of anything.
FAVE OLD BAND: The one that played behind Frank Sinatra
NOW PLAYING: The silence of spinning drives. Also Metallica.
FAVE MUSIC: The Glorious Ninth
HATE MUSIC: Anything a Gap kid listens to makes me want to smash their
headphones and rend them limb from limb... but that could just be the kids.
HAPPY SONG: "Fuel"
MOPEY SONG: "Dead Bodies Everywhere"
INSTRUMENT: Squier Jagmaster, caveman-tuned.
_Part 5: Let's Get Uhhhh *Other Stuff*!_
HOBBIES: Gaming, dee-un-dee, hitting things as hard as I can
TIME SUCK: "Empire Earth", reading, getting wired on caffeine and jumping
around like a lunatic.
FAVE ART: Giger or Escher, depending on the day.
FAVE TV SHOW: Clone High
FAVE BOOK THIS YEAR: "History of Fascism"
FAVE BOOK EVER: "The Two Towers"
PUBLICATIONS YOU SUBSCRIBE TO: None
FAVE MOVIE THIS YEAR: HAHHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHA... seriously, there have been
movies worth this question?
FAVE MOVIE EVER: Hannibal or Boondock Saints
FAVE COMIC: JTHM
FAVE BOARD/CARD GAME: Shot Monopoly. :D
FAVE ELECTRONIC GAME: Final Fantasy III, North American scale.
FAVE SPORT: Favourite what now?
_Part 6: Let's Get Psychological!_
WHAT SORT OF ELDERLY PERSON WILL YOU BE?: The kind with a cane for hitting,
not walking.
WHERE DO YOU WISH YOU LIVED?: Arizona. Hot, dry. Fine by me.
WHAT IS YOUR DREAM JOB?: Wealthy lecher.
WHAT DO YOU WANT CONVERGENCE TO BECOME?: *shrug*
ABORTION: Whatever suits you.
GUNS: Only if you keep reminding yourself that I'll point one right back
at'cha...
GOT FAITH: No.
DOGMA: Catwoman?
YOUR BEST QUALITY: I am brutally honest
YOUR BIGGEST FLAW: I am a pathological liar
_Part 7: Pendulum Swings Like the Pendulum Do_
MONO POLY CELIBATE: Mono
HETRO BI GAY CONFUSED: Hetero
FAVORITE FLAVOR: Whatever hurts
TOYS: 4 whips, a crop, 3 kinds of handcuffs, a slapper, a paddle, and a
couple of good old belts. Yum.
_Part 8: None of the Above!_
FAVORITE QUOTE: "NyQuil, we love you, you giant fucking Q!"
ANYTHING ELSE LEFT TO SAY TO THE PEOPLE AT HOME?: I can make anything hurt
as much as I want, trust me.
No .sig! So there! - Joshua Brooks
Joe Brenner
reserving my right to plead the 666th ammendment.
_Part 1: Let's Get Physical!_
NAME: Joseph M. Brenner (as y'all more or less know... I
lost interest in monkeying with my From: field before
the net became "inter"nd).
NICK: "Doom" for short, "The Voice of Doom" as a
radio air-name, "The Machinery of Doom" in my
live industrial/sound-art act (which someone
actually paid me $50 bucks to do last year: I'm
a pro). I've also been known to answer to
"Doctor Doom", "The Doomster" and "Doomy" (which
is sometimes mis-heard as "Do me").
The "doom" schtick had always been fairly silly (and
started seeming even sillier after that damn computer
game) and I've made efforts to change my name in the past,
e.g. I really like "Mr. Inbetween", and I may use it
again some day.
BIRTHDAY: 2/22/60, George Washington's Birthday
AGE: 43
GENDER: male
LOCATION: 29th & Sanchez, San Francisco
HAIR STYLE: A few inches short of my waist-band.
Slightly unkempt, wavy, with untrimmed ends.
HAIR COLOR: brown-blond, depending on sun exposure...
unlike Jennie I get a fair amount of sun depending
on what I'm up to, e.g. commuting to work by bike
to computer jobs where no one minds if I get there at
noon.
EYE COLOR: Blue
BODY MODS: The Dangerbabe and I have matching ring
tattoos on the usual finger. It's a simple design
that she came up with... I liked it because it reminded
me of a capacitor symbol, and when I explained what
capacitors were we were definitely stuck with it
("Well, they're electrical devices with a physical
gap in them that current can flow across because
the two plates are so close together that the gap
is bridged by an electric field. But it has to be
a moving reciprocating current, a one-way
current will just charge up one side and
quickly choke off the current...")
SIBLINGS: I'm one of a set of six. The rest of 'em
live on the east coast, where they're busy raising
a massive crop of nieces and nephews for me, except
for my younger sister, who (a) moved to San Francisco
(b) moved to Hawaii, but continued telecommuting to
her old job in San Francisco. She flies around a lot
now.
AVAILABLE: Nah, Dangerbabe's got an exclusive on me.
CHILDREN: No. I'd probably have to keep their
computers running, too.
OCCUPATION: I tell people I'm a Software Engineer, and am
sometimes overpaid to do something or other like that.
EDUCATION: Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering, Master's
in Materials Science.
SECRET TALENT: I have talents?
_Part 2: Just Checked In to See What Condition Your Condition Was In_
PHYSICAL HEALTH: Damn good, as far as I know.
MENTAL HEALTH: Pretty good for a programmer.
EMOTIONAL HEALTH: Almost soley connected to whether I'm
programming or doing system administration, which I think
is pretty odd in itself. Roll back the clock a few
decades, and imagine trying to explain to someone what
the difference is and why someone would like one and
hate the other.
WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR: My main hope at the moment
is that the American republic isn't about to destroy
itself by turning itself into the American Empire.
(The problem, by the way, is not that many people are
pro-Iraq war and I'm not, but that they appear to be
pro-war for irrational reasons and that they're
letting a patriotical madness blind them to the need
to preserve the things that they claim to be fighting
for. I find thinking about this stuff almost as
depressing as systems administration.)
_Part 3: Let's Get Digital!_
COMPUTER: I am currently on "crack" (aka "the crack
of doom"). The box to my left is called "latveria".
Both are pretty basic intel boxes (Pentium IIIs)
which I continue to slap more memory and disk into.
E.g. just picked up a 73Gb scsi hard drive on sale.
Installed Reiser FS on it.
Crack is running what was once Redhat 8.0 Linux, but
is slowly mutating into something else as I hand
compile more components of it (e.g recently ended up
going back to rolling my own kernels again, after
horking the system with a kernel security erratta
RPM).
"Latveria" is slated to become a "Debian GNU/Linux"
box shortly. I'm determined to get out of RPM hell.
WEB PAGE: http://www.grin.net/~mirthless
READING A.G. SINCE: 1993 or 4.
FAVORITE CONVERGENCE: Convergences are cursed for me.
the few I've made it to at all have had major personal
problems running interference on them, I might as well
not have been there.
DID YOU GET SOME?: 666
ARE YOU GOING TO C8?: Nah. Off to New York again for me.
FAVORITE THREADS: alt.gothic.bookworms
WHY ARE YOU HERE?: Diverse range of intelligent
folks who haven't fallen into the hierarchial topic
subdivision trap.
(I feel like I answer this question every day.
Message to alt.gothic: please get over this
inferiority complex. You're even sexier without
the boys of summer yanking your pigtails all the
time.)
OTHER GROUPS READ: alt.religion.emacs
GAF MAILING LISTS: I like the sf-goth mailing list, it
has almost zero traffic.
ALT.GOTHIC IS: Like a big sausage dipped in Bosco!
_Part 4: Let's Get Musical!_
FAVE NEW BAND: Well, maybe the "The Metal Quan
Yin" group (C.J Reaven/Rent Romus "Lords of
Outland"):
http://www.edgetonerecords.com/catalog/4011.html
FAVE OLD BAND: Richard Hell and the Voidoids...
No, Leonard Cohen --
No, Sun Ra.
NOW PLAYING: some shrieking computer electronics
which I am muting with earplugs. I haven't been
listening to recorded music as much as I used
to. I think the last thing was "Purple Wind"
earlier today, a release featuring performers
like Philip Gelb (ace shakuhaci player).
FAVE MUSIC: Psychedelic free jazz industrial folk.
You don't often run into it.
HATE MUSIC: Disco, metal, xydeco, plastic manufactured 90s pop
(before the 90s, platic manufactured pop was actually
often pretty good... the music industry likes to claim
it's being killed by mp3s, actually it's committing suicide.)
HAPPY SONG: The Thirteenth Floor Elevators, "Dr. Doom"
MOPEY SONG: Had a Brian Eno tune running through my head
a lot lately "Hear it comes...". Not exactly mopey.
I dunno, can't think of anything particularly mopey...
I don't do mopey... sometimes I do somber, rarefied, contemplative.
Chopin. John Cage.
INSTRUMENT: My lead instrument tends to be the "spring
harp cage", a tall, slim, metal structure with large
springs in a conical layout, so that a dangling metal
disc can bounce around inside of them. I put a plastic
sail on the line that supports the disk, so I can point a
sweep fan at it and put it in continuous random
mode. With guitar pick-up and amp, it makes
endless, echoey thundering metal noises like
mailed fists banging on the gates of hell.
_Part 5: Let's Get Uhhhh *Other Stuff*!_
HOBBIES: I guess I said my profession was code, so my
hobbies are the other stuff: words, sound, images,
sculpture.
I'm seriously thinking about doing some t-shirt silk
screening soon, but if I try and sell them I may blow
my amateur status there.
TIME SUCK: The net and San Francisco.
FAVE ART: Picasso.
FAVE TV SHOW: Been watching video tapes of the Honor
Blackman Avengers. That's almost the only TV I've been
watching in the last year.
FAVE BOOK THIS YEAR: I guess, Robert Ehrlich's "Nine Crazy Ideas
in Science".
FAVE BOOK EVER: Uh. Tolstoy's "War and Peace"?
John Dickson Carr's "Castle Skull"? Zelazny's
"Doorways in the Sand"? Gregory Benford's
"Across the Sea of Suns"? Jane Jacobs' "Life
and Death of Great American Cities"? Paul
Goodman's "Five Years: Thoughts During a Useless
Time"? Heinlein's "Have Spacesuit, Will
Travel?"
Something like that.
PUBLICATIONS YOU SUBSCRIBE TO: "The Wire" (not "Wired",
which I've dropped). "The Economist". "Science
News". "The Linux Journal", "SysAdmin" (which I may drop).
"Giant Robot". "Liberty".
I need to subscribe to "The Comics Journal" and "The
Skeptical Inquirer" and possibly "Asimov's"
FAVE MOVIE THIS YEAR: "Persona" by Ingmar Bergman.
Oh, did it have to be released this year? Uh...
I saw "Candy Von Dewd and the Girls of Latexploitia"
recently. It was everything I expected it to be
and less.
FAVE MOVIE EVER: "His Girl Friday"
FAVE COMIC: I find I re-read the collected
volumes of "Modesty Blaise" constantly.... but
I might say "Corto Maltese".
FAVE BOARD/CARD GAME: Chess? Risk? Don't play anything
like this much these days.
FAVE ELECTRONIC GAME: I play the first level of xboing
occasionally, going for time (less than a minute to
complete is a win, any froofy random wildcards
invalidates the game, e.g if the walls are shutoff).
That's the sum total of my electronic gaming.
FAVE SPORT: Rock climbing, though I don't do it much.
Main "sport like" activity these days is urban cycling.
_Part 6: Let's Get Psychological!_
WHAT SORT OF ELDERLY PERSON WILL YOU BE?: cranky,
excessively serious, eccentric. I don't expect to
change.
WHERE DO YOU WISH YOU LIVED?: San Francisco.
WHAT IS YOUR DREAM JOB?: I would like one of my mildly
wonky computer projects to pay just enough that I can
afford to hire someone else to suffer through the set-up
hassles.
WHAT DO YOU WANT CONVERGENCE TO BECOME?: I want to
see lots of petty in-group infighting and factionalism.
ABORTION: Pro. We need more of them.
GUNS: Can't be any worse that SUVs. (And hey, they
might be the solution to SUVs... The world
needs more armed pedestrians.)
GOT FAITH: In reason, god knows why.
DOGMA: Perl.
Really I'm a neo-existentialist lapsed
libertarian flirting with new urbanism.
(And I thought it was a decent movie myself.)
YOUR BEST FEATURE: 32K of RAM.
YOUR BEST QUALITY: A superb ability for uncompromising,
honest, analytical self-appraisal, that provides an
awe-inspiring degree of humility.
YOUR BIGGEST FLAW: No sense of humor.
_Part 7: Pendulum Swings Like the Pendulum Do_
MONO POLY CELIBATE: "Mono" by agreement. Possibly
"Mono" by temperament (most women are best kept
on the far side of the room, where you can see them
without getting stuck talking to them).
HETRO BI GAY CONFUSED: Hetero I think, but there's
no point in being fussy about these things.
FAVORITE FLAVOR: pumpernickle
TOYS: Currently I've been playing with my "Gear-o-matic":
Wooden build-em yourself gear trains. A toy designed by
a friend of mine, the late "William Sheffield".
_Part 8: None of the Above!_
FAVORITE QUOTE:
Well, maybe:
Tis called perseverance in a good cause, and
obstinacy in a bad one.
-- Lawrence Sterne, "Tristram Shandy"
Or maybe:
A: No.
Q: Should I reply above the quote?
-- Nick Moffit
ANYTHING ELSE LEFT TO SAY TO THE PEOPLE AT HOME?:
I would like to thank all the little people for
staying the fuck out of my life. But could they
please try and not be quite so small in the future?
Karen
> Jennie <jen...@penelope.triffid.demon.co.uk> writes:
NAME: Karen
NICK: Nope, Karen does just fine, thanks.
BIRTHDAY: September 21
AGE: 40
SEX: Female <checks>, yup, female.
LOCATION: Denver, CO
HAIR STYLE: Mid-shoulder blades, wavy.
HAIR COLOR: Very dark brown (has been mistaken for black on more than
one occasion).
EYE COLOR: Brown
BODY MODS: 3 ear piercings. I had 1 nipple piercing, but when
confronted with the "Tube-o-flesh" for the 4th time in 6 months, I took
it out. May have another go at both nipples soon.
SIBLINGS: 1, married with twins.
AVAILABLE: Nope, not for the past 14 1/2 years
CHILDREN: 1, aged 13 months 2 weeks.
OCCUPATION: Music teacher, flutist, mum.
EDUCATION: BFA in music performance, MA in Special Education
(LD/BD/EMH)
SECRET TALENT: Can sight read music pretty well.
> > _Part 2: Just Checked In to See What Condition Your Condition Was In_
PHYSICAL HEALTH: Thanks to my "secret weapon" (a 24lb infant strapped
to my chest during my morning walks), I am probably in the best health
of my life so far.
MENTAL HEALTH: A little depressed today, but nothing severe.
EMOTIONAL HEALTH: All dependent on levels of sleep. Today, for
example, I feel almost perky.
WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR: I wish that every child was safe and cared
for.
> _Part 3: Let's Get Digital!_
COMPUTER: It doesn't have a name, but it *is* an iMac running OS9.2 (I
think). Right now we're having a "discussion" about the wisdom of
either extending the RAM on this computer for OS10X, or just getting
something new - a laptop perhaps.
WEB PAGE: N/A
READING A.G. SINCE: 1999 - I think. Yes, I think so - it's been a
little over 4 years now.
FAVORITE CONVERGENCE: Never been.
DID YOU GET SOME: Nope.
ARE YOU GOING TO C9: Nah. We could drive to Vegas, but the ticket
cost is a little out of our means right now.
FAVORITE THREADS: Politics, books, silly stuff.
WHY ARE YOU HERE? After being in the house with a little one for
almost a year now, it's nice to talk to adults for a change. Even if
it is over a computer cable.
OTHER GROUPS READ:
Hmmm...
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.gothic
alt.binaries.sounds.mp3.gothic
alt.gothic.parenting
alt.fan.penn-n-teller
alt.flute
sci.archaeology.moderated
GAF MAILING LISTS: Divine Decadence, Gothic Gardening
ALT.GOTHIC IS: Interesting reading.
> _Part 4: Let's Get Musical!_
FAVE NEW BAND: for me, Skinny Puppy and Nitzer Ebb qualify as "new" :(
FAVE OLD BAND: A tie between Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and The
Birthday Party.
NOW PLAYING: _The Moon and the Melodies_; it looks like a side project
of people from the Cocteau Twins (not This Mortal Coil though)
FAVE MUSIC: It used to be loud and fast, now it's just anything w/o
"lullaby" in the title.
HATE MUSIC: Elevator/Dr's Office/Dentist/you get the picture.
HAPPY SONG: "Itchy Globo Blow" by the Cocteau Twins
MOPEY SONG: "As I Sat Softly by Her Side" by Nick Cave
INSTRUMENT: Piano, flute, harp.
> >> _Part 5: Let's Get Uhhhh *Other Stuff*!_
HOBBIES: Reading, handspinning
TIME SUCK: Reading
FAVE ART: Rene Magritte
FAVE TV SHOW: Don't really have one anymore; it's been a while since
I've had a chance to watch a program either uninterrupted or awake.
FAVE BOOK THIS YEAR: Killing Time by Caleb Carr- the one I just
finished reading.
FAVE BOOK EVER: Alice in Wonderland
PUBLICATIONS YOU SUBSCRIBE TO: Spin-Off, Archaeology
FAVE MOVIE THIS YEAR: none
FAVE MOVIE EVER: A tie between Monty Python and the Holy Grail and
Suspiria
FAVE COMIC: none
FAVE BOARD GAME/CARD GAME: Scrabble
FAVE ELECTRONIC GAME: Don't really have a favorite. American McGee's
Alice is pretty good.
FAVE SPORT: Mountain biking
> _Part 6: Let's Get Psychological!_
WHAT SORT OF ELDERLY PERSON WILL YOU BE?: Grumpy
WHERE DO YOU WISH YOU LIVED: The mountains of northern New Mexico.
WHAT IS YOUR DREAM JOB?: Getting paid huge amounts of money for
playing music in an orchestra.
WHAT DO YOU WANT CONVERGENCE TO BECOME?: I don't feel qualified to
answer, as I've never been.
ABORTION: It would be nice if abortion was unnessary. I'm all for it
as an available choice in the meantime.
GUNS: Not too crazy about them in any other context than hunting.
GOT FAITH: Nope.
DOGMA: Pass.
YOUR BEST QUALITY: Decisiveness :P
YOUR BIGGEST FLAW: I'm very stubborn.
> _Part 7: Pendulum Swings Like the Pendulum Do_
MONO POLY CELIBATE: Mono.
HETERO BI GAY CONFUSED: Bi.
FAVORITE FLAVOR: Dark chocolate.
TOYS: What kind? Umm... floggers, pinwheels, rope, the usual stuff.
> _Part 8: None of the Above!_
>
FAVORITE QUOTE: Don't really have one. Sorry.
ANYTHING LEFT TO SAY TO THE PEOPLE AT HOME: Move along now; nothing to
see here...
--
To reply, remove the clever spam trap
No no, honey! Wait until it's dead to play with it!
ScaryLadyS
NAME: Sarah
NICK: Scary Lady Sarah
BIRTHDAY: 26 August
GENDER: Female
LOCATION: Chicago/soon to be internationally situated...
HAIR STYLE: Crimped, long, big, GAF.
HAIR COLOR: Purple & black.
EYE COLOR: Brown.
BODY MODS: Tattoos on back & arms; nostril, tongue, & multiple ear piercings.
SIBLINGS: One younger sister.
AVAILABLE: No way & thrilled about it!
CHILDREN: No, never!!!
OCCUPATION: DJ/promoter. Soon to add record label co-owner.
SECRET TALENT: Can stay awake for days without the use of drugs (other than
caffeine!)
_Part 2: Just Checked In to See What Condition Your Condition Was In_
PHYSICAL HEALTH: A-OK!
MENTAL HEALTH: Generally (& recently) very good!
EMOTIONAL HEALTH: Wonderful!
WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR: The world would stop murdering animals.
_Part 3: Let's Get Digital!_
COMPUTER: A bad one, apparently. <shrug> I dunno. JV is fixing it.
WEB PAGE: http://www.AmericanGothicProd.com
READING A.G. SINCE: (Yes, how big is *your* dick?): 1996, IIRC.
FAVORITE CONVERGENCE: C4 (though all I've been to have been fun.)
DID YOU GET SOME?: Indeed.
ARE YOU GOING TO C8?: I did!
ARE YOU WAITING FOR C9?: I'll be there!
FAVORITE THREADS: On ag: music related; to wear: black velvet.
WHY ARE YOU HERE?: Theoretically, to keep in touch with other Goths on-line...
OTHER GROUPS READ: alt.gothic.music, alt.gothic.pretensions, agf, upg.
GAF MAILING LISTS: ChiGoth, AGP-List (mine) & many band/d.j. lists.
ALT.GOTHIC IS: Sporadically on-topic yet still addictive...
_Part 4: Let's Get Musical!_
FAVE NEW BAND: Pretentious, Moi?
FAVE OLD BAND: Cocteau Twins
NOW PLAYING: "The Garden of Proserpine" by Mephisto Walz
FAVE MUSIC: Goth and "ethereal bollocks". :)
HATE MUSIC: Most "jazzy" stuff.
HAPPY SONG: "Second Skin", The Chameleons.
MOPEY SONG: "Queen of My Heart", New Model Army.
INSTRUMENT:Guitar.
_Part 5: Let's Get Uhhhh *Other Stuff*!_
HOBBIES: Travelling with my beau!
TIME SUCK: Currently, "watching the war". :(
FAVE ART: Pre-Raphaelites.
FAVE TV SHOW: The Simpsons/Conan O'Brien (tie).
FAVE BOOK THIS YEAR: "American Gods", Neil Gaiman.
FAVE BOOK EVER: "A Room of One's Own", Virginia Woolf.
FAVE MOVIE THIS YEAR: Bowling for Columbine.
FAVE MOVIE EVER: Blade Runner.
FAVE COMIC: The Sandman/The Dreaming & related Vertigo titles.
FAVE BOARD/CARD GAME: Boggle/Scrabble.
FAVE ELECTRONIC GAME: None.
FAVE SPORT: To play, softball; to watch, the occasional NBA game
_Part 6: Let's Get Psychological!_
WHAT SORT OF ELDERLY PERSON WILL YOU BE?: High spirited & very active..
WHERE DO YOU WISH YOU LIVED?: I'm nearly there (dually in Chicago/Germany!)
WHAT IS YOUR DREAM JOB?: I have it, but it would be nice if the pay was better
& it maybe came with health insurance!
WHAT DO YOU WANT CONVERGENCE TO BECOME?: Bigger!
ABORTION: Should remain legal & safe.
GUNS: Not for me.
GOT FAITH: Nature-loving atheist.
DOGMA: Be undaunted & prevail.
YOUR BEST QUALITY: Strongly loyal & honest.
YOUR BIGGEST FLAW: Perpetually unpunctual. :(
_Part 7: Pendulum Swings Like the Pendulum Do_
MONO POLY CELIBATE: Mono!
HETRO BI GAY CONFUSED: Hetro.
FAVORITE FLAVOR: Dark chocolate.
TOYS: Hmm....
_Part 8: None of the Above!_
FAVORITE QUOTE: "Where there's a will, there's a way."
ANYTHING ELSE LEFT TO SAY TO THE PEOPLE AT HOME?: Gothgothgothgothgoth....(just
to stay on-topic...hee hee..)
x,
~SLS~
Tetsab
> Rogue netscrapes often lead to trouble,
Bah. This is only the 2nd Rouge Netscrape [thus getting beyond
pesky Rouge Netscrape growing pains] and, as we can now see, it
functions perfectly well returned to the The Wild. Thus, the
Netscrape /should/ be in the hands of The People which promptly
illustrates the validity of GtBI's anarchistic model...
... and I can stop looking for someone to take it off my hands. ;P
... How Tidy!
* * *
_Part 1: Let's Get Physical!_
NAME: Louise
NICK: Tetsab.
BIRTHDAY: January 30th 1980. 23.
GENDER:
I love little pussy,
Her coat is so warm,
And if I don't hurt her,
She'll do me no harm.
So I'll not pull her tail,
Nor drive her away,
But pussy and I,
Very gently will play.
[One can always rely on The Classics].
LOCATION: ["... I think it means the village, the people"]
HAIR STYLE: Straight. Long.
HAIR COLOR: Brown. Copper if I leave it in the sun. Which I don't.
EYE COLOR: Blue with grey white flecky things.
BODY MODS: Rat bite on my left index finger.
SIBLINGS: Emma the Younger.
AVAILABLE: All appointments must be made through Matthew King;
who has been instructed not to let calls through.
CHILDREN: Mine chinchilla and mine fishy.
OCCUPATION: Dealer of Fate in the form of a Scratch Card.
EDUCATION:
1983-1990: Bushes Primary School.
1991 Highbush Elementary.
1992-1993: Glengrove Public School.
1994-1999: Pine Ridge Highschool.
1999- : York University [DMaj. Sociology/Religion]
- Various past gymnastics and flute lessons.
- The School of Life [hardeeharhar].
SECRET TALENT: I have no secret talents, for mine master art an
austere man and I feareth him.
_Part 2: Just Checked In to See What Condition Your Condition Was In_
PHYSICAL HEALTH: I think I broke a nail.
MENTAL HEALTH: I don't want to kill myself & voices are external.
EMOTIONAL HEALTH: Peachy.
WISH UPON A STAR: It's wrong to wish on space hardware.
_Part 3: Let's Get Digital!_
COMPUTER: Dead Frankenputer
Aptiva
Compaq
Thinkpad
Undead Frankenputer
[To Think, I remember when I filled this in w/ one].
WEB PAGE: http://www.students.yorku.ca/~yu248922/
A.G. SINCE: Early '97.
FAV CONVER: C4.
GOING TO C8?: Er. I *went* to C8.
AWAITING C9?: I only do even numbered Convergi.
THREADS: Slice of life bits & Hot!Intelligent!Discussion!
WHY HERE?: Classes are finally over for the year.
GROUPS READ: a.g.pre
GAF MAILING: Cabal lists I & II.
ALT.GOTHIC IS: Death [without walls].
_Part 4: Let's Get Musical!_
FAVE NEW BAND: Bah.
FAVE OLD BAND: NMA.
NOW PLAYING: Dead Kennedy's - Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death!
FAVE MUSIC: Goth, alt, punk, [nooo not alt.punk!], classical.
HATE MUSIC: "Easy Listening"
HAPPY SONG: The 1st track off of Xorcist's Nomad, just for summer.
MOPEY SONG: Someone Like Jesus.
INSTRUMENT: Flute. Piano. Tin whistle.
_Part 5: Let's Get Uhhhh *Other Stuff*!_
HOBBIES: Ancient Greek.
TIME SUCK: Ancient Greek.
FAVE ART: Black, White & Pointed.
FAVE TV SHOW: The (early) Simpsons.
BOOK THIS YEAR: The Epic of Gilgamesh. :P
FAVE BOOK EVER: The collected diaries of Adrian Mole.
SUBed PUBLICAT: Not a one.
MOV. THIS YEAR: The newest movie I've seen was Donnie Darko.
FAVE MOV. EVER: Trainspotting. :P
FAVE COMIC: Sandman. :P
FAV BOARD GAME: Trivial Pursuit.
ELECTRONICGAME: Solitaire. :P
FAVE SPORT: Duck Hunt by Nintendo.
_Part 6: Let's Get Psychological!_
ELDERLY PERSON: A sweet crazy one.
WISH YOU LIVED: Back the UK or the rainy side of Canada.
DREAM JOB?: Ancient Greek video game programmer.
CONVER. TO BE: A BBQ in Albatross' backyard w/ the MGB.
ABORTION: ... If you want to talk about media distortion.
GUNS: ... GUNS! GUNS! GUNS! FIRE! FIRE! FIRE! OH!
GOT FAITH: Yes. But only on cassette.
DOGMA: It gets you in the end.
BEST QUALITY: My Very, Very Serious lack of seriousness.
BIGGEST FLAW: I never post the netscrape on time. Tsk.
_Part 7: Pendulum Swings Like the Pendulum Do_
MONO POLY CELIBATE: Mono-poly-syllabic sounds more interesting.
HOMO BI GAY CONFUSED: Defensive.
FAVORITE FLAVOR: Vanilla.
TOYS: "I have no toys *wail*"
_Part 8: None of the Above!_
FAVORITE QUOTE: These -> " " are better than these: ''
LEFT TO SAY:
If you've got something left to say
You'd better say it now
Anything but "stay"
Just say it now
We know we've reached the end
We just don't know how
"Well at least we'll still be friends"
Yeah one last useless vow...
"There are different ways to live"
Yeah i know that stuff
"Other ways to give"
Yeah all that stuff
But holding onto used to be
Is not enough
Memory's not life
And it's not love
[*Ba-doom-tish*]
* * *
Paul Soth
NICK: Paul Soth (Formerly 'Lord' Rev. Dr. Paul Soth)
BIRTHDAY: 9/30/77
GENDER: Male
LOCATION: Columbus
HAIR STYLE: Bushy with a tail (Fun Fact: Undo my tail, and I end up
with 80's action hero mullet)
HAIR COLOR: Auburn
EYE COLOR: Hazel
BODY MODS: None
SIBLINGS: Brother, sister, three stepbrothers.
AVAILABLE: Oh, quite.
CHILDREN: Never
OCCUPATION: Rouge Technican (Ok, I start my new job on the 21st)
SECRET TALENT: Latching on to goofy web trends.
_Part 2: Just Checked In to See What Condition Your Condition Was In_
MENTAL HEALTH: Oh please
EMOTIONAL HEALTH: That too.
WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR: You can't seem to get very far...
_Part 3: Let's Get Digital!_
GeForce4 MX 440 64mb
WEB PAGE: http://angelfire.com/sc/sephagsf/
READING A.G. SINCE: (Yes, how big is *your* dick?): About 96
FAVORITE CONVERGENCE: Haven't gone.
DID YOU GET SOME?: That'd be hard.
ARE YOU GOING TO C8?: Dobut it.
ARE YOU WAITING FOR C9?: Don't think I can make it.
FAVORITE THREADS: Any that arn't crossposted or involved politics
(golly, that doesn't leave much nowadays, does it?)
WHY ARE YOU HERE?: Why not.
OTHER GROUPS READ: None, reading with Google is a pain.
GAF MAILING LISTS: Ohiogoth
ALT.GOTHIC IS: In the need of it's elders.
_Part 4: Let's Get Musical!_
seen)
FAVE OLD BAND: Oh, must I pick one...
NOW PLAYING: Johnny Cash
FAVE MUSIC: Older goth, 80's industral, soundtracks (movie, anime,
game...)
HATE MUSIC: Top 40
HAPPY SONG: Happy music...?
MOPEY SONG: Johnny Cash's cover of Hurt at the moment.
INSTRUMENT: Nope
_Part 5: Let's Get Uhhhh *Other Stuff*!_
TIME SUCK: lately, hanging out in chat rooms looking for some sugar
FAVE ART: Kitsch Erotica
FAVE TV SHOW: Buffy
FAVE BOOK THIS YEAR: haven't even opened one
FAVE MOVIE THIS YEAR: I just got time for myself just now, fuck!
FAVE MOVIE EVER: Amadeus
FAVE COMIC: Animerica Extra and Shonen Jump (much manga goodness)
FAVE BOARD/CARD GAME: God, it's been so long...
FAVE ELECTRONIC GAME: Currently running through Deus Ex again
FAVE SPORT: Oh please
_Part 6: Let's Get Psychological!_
have this when you were old enough..."
WHERE DO YOU WISH YOU LIVED?: Alone
WHAT IS YOUR DREAM JOB?: With a chair and climate controll... hey,
I'm getting that!
WHAT DO YOU WANT CONVERGENCE TO BECOME?: Somewhere near here.
ABORTION: I'm a man, I should't say anything.
GUNS: Make killing easier.
GOT FAITH: Nope, Agnostic Atheist
DOGMA: Uh, no.
YOUR BEST QUALITY: The one eyed man in the land of the blind.
YOUR BIGGEST FLAW: Never get anything done, no anger controll
_Part 7: Pendulum Swings Like the Pendulum Do_
HETRO BI GAY CONFUSED: Hedro
FAVORITE FLAVOR: Eel!
TOYS: Oh, plenty.
_Part 8: None of the Above!_
Bill Hicks
ANYTHING ELSE LEFT TO SAY TO THE PEOPLE AT HOME?: Don't count me out.
Paul Soth
_Part 1: Let's Get Physical!_
NAME: Paul Kownacki
NICK: Paul Soth (Formerly 'Lord' Rev. Dr. Paul Soth)
BIRTHDAY: 9/30/77
GENDER: Male
LOCATION: Columbus
HAIR STYLE: Bushy with a tail (Fun Fact: Undo my tail, and I end up
with 80's action hero mullet)
HAIR COLOR: Auburn
EYE COLOR: Hazel
BODY MODS: None
SIBLINGS: Brother, sister, three stepbrothers.
AVAILABLE: Oh, quite.
CHILDREN: Never
OCCUPATION: Rouge Technican (Ok, I start my new job on the 21st)
SECRET TALENT: Latching on to goofy web trends.
_Part 2: Just Checked In to See What Condition Your Condition Was In_
PHYSICAL HEALTH: I need to start biking again
MENTAL HEALTH: Oh please
EMOTIONAL HEALTH: That too.
WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR: You can't seem to get very far...
_Part 3: Let's Get Digital!_
COMPUTER: Win XP P4 2.2 256mb (ooh, memory sale going on...) NVIDIA
GeForce4 MX 440 64mb
WEB PAGE: http://angelfire.com/sc/sephagsf/
READING A.G. SINCE: (Yes, how big is *your* dick?): About 96
FAVORITE CONVERGENCE: Haven't gone.
DID YOU GET SOME?: That'd be hard.
ARE YOU GOING TO C8?: Dobut it.
ARE YOU WAITING FOR C9?: Don't think I can make it.
FAVORITE THREADS: Any that arn't crossposted or involved politics
(golly, that doesn't leave much nowadays, does it?)
WHY ARE YOU HERE?: Why not.
OTHER GROUPS READ: None, reading with Google is a pain.
GAF MAILING LISTS: Ohiogoth
ALT.GOTHIC IS: In the need of it's elders.
_Part 4: Let's Get Musical!_
FAVE NEW BAND: Pressure:Penetration (Hey, only new band I've really
seen)
FAVE OLD BAND: Oh, must I pick one...
NOW PLAYING: Johnny Cash
FAVE MUSIC: Older goth, 80's industral, soundtracks (movie, anime,
game...)
HATE MUSIC: Top 40
HAPPY SONG: Happy music...?
MOPEY SONG: Johnny Cash's cover of Hurt at the moment.
INSTRUMENT: Nope
_Part 5: Let's Get Uhhhh *Other Stuff*!_
HOBBIES: Gaming (all kinds), goofy web stuff.
TIME SUCK: Deus Ex at the moment
FAVE ART: Vlad Damen should be sending me a picture I won...
FAVE TV SHOW: I just rediscovered TV...
FAVE BOOK THIS YEAR: I just got time for myself just now, fuck!
FAVE BOOK EVER: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
FAVE MOVIE THIS YEAR: Nothing stands out...
FAVE MOVIE EVER: Amadeus
FAVE COMIC: Animerica Extra and Shonen Jump (much manga goodness)
FAVE BOARD/CARD GAME: God, it's been so long...
FAVE ELECTRONIC GAME: Currently running through Deus Ex again
FAVE SPORT: Oh please
_Part 6: Let's Get Psychological!_
WHAT SORT OF ELDERLY PERSON WILL YOU BE?: "Your father wanted you to
have this when you were old enough..."
WHERE DO YOU WISH YOU LIVED?: Alone
WHAT IS YOUR DREAM JOB?: With a chair and climate controll... hey,
I'm getting that!
WHAT DO YOU WANT CONVERGENCE TO BECOME?: Somewhere near here.
ABORTION: I'm a man, I should't say anything.
GUNS: Make killing easier.
GOT FAITH: Nope, Agnostic Atheist
DOGMA: Uh, no.
YOUR BEST QUALITY: The one eyed man in the land of the blind.
YOUR BIGGEST FLAW: Never get anything done, no anger controll
_Part 7: Pendulum Swings Like the Pendulum Do_
MONO POLY CELIBATE: None, right now.
HETRO BI GAY CONFUSED: Hedro
FAVORITE FLAVOR: Eel!
TOYS: Oh, plenty.
_Part 8: None of the Above!_
Rachael
NAME: -
NICK: Rachael, R.S
BIRTHDAY: 16 November 1976
SEX: male
LOCATION: both Tübingen, SW Germany and Terenure, Dublin, Éire
HAIR STYLE: very long (till the small of the back), wavy, usually tied
back tightly using up to four hair-bands; but it is soon to be cut
HAIR COLOR: dark blonde, brownish, depending on the light level
EYE COLOR: grey-blue w/ green splinters
BODY MODS: none, apart from some (unintentional) scars
SIBLINGS: none
AVAILABLE: formally yes, but I'm difficult and challenging
CHILDREN: none, and no intent
OCCUPATION: teaching economic policy and political philosophy
at the university (special research on Kantian ethics)
EDUCATION: diploma in economics, graduating in philosophy and
political science (main research on international relations)
SECRET TALENT: dialectics
_Part 2: Just Checked In to See What Condition Your Condition Was In_
PHYSICAL HEALTH: I'm still a diabetic (diabetes mellitus type I)
MENTAL HEALTH: on the edge
EMOTIONAL HEALTH: happier day by day (although I fear it is a form
of escapism)
WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR: I wish people dared to question their beliefs
_Part 3: Let's Get Digital!_
COMPUTER: two are left now and linked via Ethernet LAN;
this one is an AMD Duron 2100 XP w/ Win2k, 512 MB DDR and 80 GB, age 3
months, the other one is a Pentium II 200 w/ Win95, 32 MB SD and 3.2
GB, age 6 and a half years
WEB PAGE: none (maybe, though, Quisquilia may be rebuilt sometime)
READING A.G. SINCE: the end of 1998 IIRC
FAVORITE CONVERGENCE: musicwise it is Maschinenfest 2001, Electronic
Lounge 2001 and Whitehouse LA 100 on 30.03.2003 in Berlin (w/ Merzbow,
Autechre and Aphex Twin); otherwise NMUN 2000, NYC and MUN 2000, Geneva
DID YOU GET SOME?: I got a lot of CDs, yes
ARE YOU GOING TO C8?: C9, you mean? nope
FAVORITE THREADS: music and political/economic ones may invoke me;
in general I enjoy multilingual trolling w/ Alain and am amused by the
geek-talk of klaatu, --ns-- and such
WHY ARE YOU HERE?: procrastinating
OTHER GROUPS READ: rec.music.industrial, rarely r.m.experimental
GAF MAILING LISTS: none
ALT.GOTHIC IS: entertaining and sometimes instructive
_Part 4: Let's Get Musical!_
FAVE NEW BANDs: Cdatakill; Axiome; the collaboration of Philip Jeck &
Jacob Kirkegaard; the collaboration of Masami Akita & Russell Haswell
FAVE OLD BANDs: Einstürzende Neubauten; SPK; Joy Division
NOW PLAYING: Muslimgauze's "Sikh Needle"
FAVE MUSIC: atonal/modern classic; experimental electronic music
HATE MUSIC: goth rock and its derivatives
HAPPY SONGs: currently Gabba Front Berlin's "Lacrima" which tells the
story of a man falling from the 50th floor of a skyscraper at 240 bpm
and John Zorn's "Simen Tov/Mazel Tov"
MOPEY SONGs: Haus Arafna's "Swastika Kommando" if I need to vent anger,
Toshinori Kondo's "Dry Throat" and "Invisible Man", JD's "24 Hours";
else various pieces by Modest Mussorgsky, Antonin Dvorák & Arvo Pärt
INSTRUMENT: violin
_Part 5: Let's Get Uhhhh *Other Stuff*!_
HOBBIES: reading, bicycling, writing, languages (so far it is Deutsch,
English, Francais, Norsk fluently; Gaeilge, Nederlands, Dansk, Svenska,
Latin and Old Greek on various levels)
TIME SUCK: PC (e.g. a.g) and music
FAVE ART: fauvism, German expressionism, futurism as epochs;
Marina Abramovica and Joseph Kosuth so far as I know them
FAVE TV SHOW: news, Kulturzeit; I did enjoy "Buffy" some time ago
FAVE BOOK THIS YEAR: B. Russell's "A History of Western Philosophy"
FAVE BOOK EVER: Thomas Mann's "Der Zauberberg (The Magic Mountain)"
PUBLICATIONS YOU SUBSCRIBE TO: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
FAVE MOVIE THIS YEAR: I've been rarely to cinema this year; so far it's
been "Bowling Columbine" despite its deficits; on TV "Fucking Ålmå"
or maybe "La Haine"
FAVE MOVIE EVER: Ingmar Bergman's "The Seventh Seal"
FAVE COMIC: none
FAVE BOARD/CARD GAME: chess, I need to play it more often, though
FAVE ELECTRONIC GAME: Ultima Underworld 2 and Might & Magic 3 - 5; it
was "Loderunner" that introduced me to electronic games
FAVE SPORT: bicycling
_Part 6: Let's Get Psychological!_
WHAT SORT OF ELDERLY PERSON WILL YOU BE?: I fear a lonesome misanthropic
WHERE DO YOU WISH YOU LIVED?: Paris, New York City, Tokyo as stages of
my career; Inis Mór, Co. Galway or Sherkin Island, Baltimore, Co. Cork
at the end of my life
WHAT IS YOUR DREAM JOB?: an academic career, a writing profession
WHAT DO YOU WANT CONVERGENCE TO BECOME?: don't care
ABORTION: is only justified in case of a rape or due to medical
indication; else people want to enjoy sex w/o being responsible
GUNS: should not be available freely
GOT FAITH: I enjoy Kierkegaard's writings and recognise some of my
experiences in regard to religiosity and faith; I do defend Christian
beliefs on a regular basis w/o being devout myself; if I should ever
feel inclined again towards church I'll most probably choose
Catholicism; so far though I remain agnostic
DOGMA: "Do ut des."
YOUR BEST QUALITY: intelligence
YOUR BIGGEST FLAW: I often lack humanity; impatience
_Part 7: Pendulum Swings Like the Pendulum Do_
MONO POLY CELIBATE: mono
HETRO BI GAY CONFUSED: hetero
FAVORITE FLAVOR: Pepsi coke
TOYS: computers, CDs
_Part 8: None of the Above!_
FAVORITE QUOTEs: "Gnothi seauton." & "Panta rhei."
ANYTHING ELSE LEFT TO SAY TO THE PEOPLE AT HOME?: Tiocfaidh ár lá.
Rachael
listening now to Zoviet*France
--
"Suavia musae... me delectant, me deiciunt, me consolantur."
Rachael...@gmx.net
Alain Cislaghi
wrote:
>_Part 1: Let's Get Physical!_
>
>NAME: -
>NICK: Rachael, R.S
>BIRTHDAY: 16 November 1976
>SEX: male
Moi je me demande combien il y avait encore de ces types qui te
croyaient une fille, a cause de ton nom, et sont maintenant plutot
depites apres avoir lu ce netscrape ;)
>LOCATION: both Tübingen, SW Germany and Terenure, Dublin, Éire
So, you're so fat, one of yout buttcheeks is in germany and the other
one is in ireland? I'm just trying to understand... ;)
>FAVORITE THREADS: music and political/economic ones may invoke me;
> in general I enjoy multilingual trolling w/ Alain and am amused by the
> geek-talk of klaatu, --ns-- and such
*clin d'oeil-wink-guina*
>FAVE ART: fauvism, German expressionism, futurism as epochs;
> Marina Abramovica and Joseph Kosuth so far as I know them
>FAVE SPORT: bicycling
Ah not'nuff folks dig bicycling and german expressionism.
FaerieEm (Emily W.)
in June.
NICK: My fiancé calls me EmilyAna. My mum calls me Emalisa. I am
less often than I used to be floaty enough to be faerieEm, but it is
still who I am.
BIRTHDAY: 22-11
AGE: 24
GENDER: F
LOCATION: Nashville, Tennessee, by the river.
HAIR STYLE: straight, shoulder-length, and mostly sloppily held back
with an elastic.
HAIR COLOR: faded auburnish right now. I was born with brown hair.
EYE COLOR: Green. With orange & yellow splotches.
BODY MODS: 9 holes in my ears. I am too indecisive for tattoos & too
cheap for further piercing.
SIBLINGS: 2 sisters, 32 and married, 22 and single. 1
brother-in-law, one ex-brother-in-law
AVAILABLE: No. After 14 June, I will be legally unavailable.
CHILDREN: We have two fish.
OCCUPATION: land protection researcher, step-and-go-fetch-it
EDUCATION: B.A. English. I am still bitter about being turned down
for the doctorate program this year.
SECRET TALENT: My friend Heather says my particular form of bad
driving is a talent.
_Part 2: Just Checked In to See What Condition Your Condition Was In_
PHYSICAL HEALTH: I have ten hobgoblins: 6 adult, 4 quick-growing
youths. They live in my joints. And this season, I have allergies.
But I jog & do sit-ups. And I get by.
MENTAL HEALTH: Acceptable. My brain has dimmed since school.
EMOTIONAL HEALTH: Mostly just fine. I rarely want to cry for no
reason. But it comes & goes, y'know.
WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR: Well, I never found that wishing for
things I wasn't willing to work for did any good. But I would like
health insurance. And for the people in war-torn areas to have a
peaceful night to sleep.
_Part 3: Let's Get Digital!_
COMPUTER: Athlon 900, Windows XP. That's all.
WEB PAGE: inexcusably poor & I won't share it.
READING A.G. SINCE: Lurking since a while past. But I only pop up
every now and then and only for about 1.5 years?
FAVORITE CONVERGENCE: I only went to c7. It was fine.
DID YOU GET SOME?: pffft.
ARE YOU GOING TO C9?: no. I wouldn't mind, but I can't afford it.
FAVORITE THREADS: netscrape. Things that are fluffier than tulle.
Threads about breakfast foods with agendas.
WHY ARE YOU HERE?: Because I'm cozy.
OTHER GROUPS READ: Nope. rarely.
GAF MAILING LISTS: LA-goth & related local lists with low traffic.
ALT.GOTHIC IS: Manifest & amorphous.
_Part 4: Let's Get Musical!_
FAVE NEW BAND: Yikes! My friend Sarah has played lots of new things
at work, mostly bluegrass & folk music, and I like some of it quite a
bit. And we've really liked Idlewild these last three years.
FAVE OLD BAND: Pet Shop Boys.
NOW PLAYING: Julie Lee, who plays here in Nashville, and is quite a
sweet person.
FAVE MUSIC: oh, really, now. I like good southern rock-and-roll. I
like synthpop above & beyond understanding. I like ethereal chanty
stuff. I like thump-thump occasionally.
HATE MUSIC: I'm not crazy about some rap, most music put out by
people under 17, and ICP.
HAPPY SONG: "Ecstasy" by Strawberry Switchblade.
MOPEY SONG: "When Love Breaks Down" by Prefab Sprout
INSTRUMENT: I particularly like the sound of strings. I play the
piano & keep a harmonica at my desk for emergencies.
_Part 5: Let's Get Uhhhh *Other Stuff*!_
HOBBIES: I read. Most of the time. Sometimes, I take pictures &
garden.
TIME SUCK: Reading. I read while I brush my teeth.
FAVE ART: Remedios Varo. Magritte. We have a Chagall print newly
hung over the bed and I'm so happy with it.
FAVE TV SHOW: oh. hmm. We really liked this show called Hidden
Hills that NBC stopped showing.
FAVE BOOK THIS YEAR: I have read so many but no recent ones. I just
ordered the new Jasper Fforde with my tax refund.
FAVE BOOK EVER: Jane Eyre. Tam Lin. Madeline's Ghost.
PUBLICATIONS YOU SUBSCRIBE TO: I do not intentionally subscribe to
this, but I get Bloomberg's Financial Manager every month at work.
FAVE MOVIE THIS YEAR: I have only seen one this year: The Two Towers.
FAVE MOVIE EVER: Leaving Las Vegas.
FAVE COMIC: I have quite a crush on Chevy Chase.
FAVE BOARD/CARD GAME: Scrabble.
FAVE ELECTRONIC GAME: I am playing King's Quest VIII right now. It's
fine.
FAVE SPORT: Oh, I just learned I don't hate basketball. But I'm not
much for sports.
_Part 6: Let's Get Psychological!_
WHAT SORT OF ELDERLY PERSON WILL YOU BE?: My best friend Amy & I
will have rocking chairs on wide porches of old farmhouses in North
Carolina. We will put up vegetables in the fall, and I will still
make pictures & travel.
WHERE DO YOU WISH YOU LIVED?: I wish my friends would all congregate
in one place. I'll be there.
WHAT IS YOUR DREAM JOB?: What Jennie does.
WHAT DO YOU WANT CONVERGENCE TO BECOME?: Conveniently located with
flights donated by air travel companies.
ABORTION: Personally opposed, but I won't tell you what to do.
GUNS: Opposed to no restraints on them.
GOT FAITH: Yes.
DOGMA: Anglican.
YOUR BEST QUALITY: I understand the comma.
YOUR BIGGEST FLAW: extreme self-absorption, which is why I like these
so much.
_Part 7: Pendulum Swings Like the Pendulum Do_
MONO POLY CELIBATE: Mono.
HETRO BI GAY CONFUSED: Hetero.
FAVORITE FLAVOR: Raspberry.
TOYS: I have a squeezie bat atop my monitor who sticks out a phallic
tongue. I also like my vibrator.
_Part 8: None of the Above!_
FAVORITE QUOTE: "Defy Mediocrity" Can we do a quotescrape, too??
ANYTHING ELSE LEFT TO SAY TO THE PEOPLE AT HOME?: Quiet! I'm
reading.
--
emily elizabeth / faerieem.at.att.net
quoteless for days.
Rat Bastard
_Part 1: Let's Get Physical!_
NAME: Will
NICK: Rat Bastard
BIRTHDAY: December 7 (The day that lives in infamy!)
AGE: 26
SEX: male
LOCATION: Richmond, Virginia, USA
HAIR STYLE: shaved on sides and back, about 5" of outgrowth on top
HAIR COLOR: (natural) black
EYE COLOR: dark brown
BODY MODS: a couple of holes in one ear
SIBLINGS: none
AVAILABLE: as always
CHILDREN: are good for stew (so I am told)
OCCUPATION: part-time corporate slave/full-time student
EDUCATION: BA (major in Philosophy, minor in Sociology)
SECRET TALENT: For me to know and for you to (probably never) find out.
_Part 2: Just Checked In to See What Condition Your Condition Was In_
PHYSICAL HEALTH: more or less in good shape, with ant-size bladder, and
occasional sinus/throat problems
MENTAL HEALTH: full of existential angst
EMOTIONAL HEALTH: full of other angst (but I hide it well)
WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR: You feed the aforementioned angst.
_Part 3: Let's Get Digital!_
COMPUTER: Athlon 800mhz
WEB PAGE: hasn't been updated in 3-4 years
READING A.G. SINCE: late '96
FAVORITE CONVERGENCE: C5
DID YOU GET SOME?: Actually, I was a good boy (or just a really shy one)...
but I got an excellent headrub. Does that count?.
ARE YOU GOING TO C9?: Nope. Just cannot justify the expense this year, given
current circumstances.
FAVORITE THREADS: music-related
WHY ARE YOU HERE?: habit
OTHER GROUPS READ: agp, upg
GAF MAILING LISTS: RichmondGoth, CvilleScene, Killing Miranda's
Fanclubthing, NorVAGoth, NCgothic
ALT.GOTHIC IS: a seething cauldron of conflict and chaos. or a desolate
wasteland. sometimes both.
_Part 4: Let's Get Musical!_
FAVE NEW BAND: The Faint
FAVE OLD BAND: New Model Army
NOW PLAYING: The Boys Next Door
FAVE MUSIC: lots, but my CD collection is heavily centered around varous
postpunk/goth/industrial genres
HATE MUSIC: most top 40
HAPPY SONG: "Engineering" by Stiffs Inc.
MOPEY SONG: "Fall Apart" by Death in June
INSTRUMENT: guitar, bass, software synths/sequencers
_Part 5: Let's Get Uhhhh *Other Stuff*!_
HOBBIES: gaming, writing music, collecting music, (far too much) thinking
TIME SUCK: reading webcomics, keeping up w/ people on LiveJournal, finding
other ways to waste time online
FAVE ART: surrealist
FAVE TV SHOW: I don't really watch TV with any notable frequency
FAVE BOOK THIS YEAR: Top Ten (vols I and II)
FAVE BOOK EVER: 'The Diamond Age' by Neil Stephenson
PUBLICATIONS YOU SUBSCRIBE TO: none
FAVE MOVIE THIS YEAR: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
FAVE MOVIE EVER: Can't pick just one.
FAVE COMIC: Sandman
FAVE BOARD/CARD GAME: Twilight Imperium
FAVE ELECTRONIC GAME: Planescape: Torment
FAVE SPORT: verbal sparring
_Part 6: Let's Get Psychological!_
WHAT SORT OF ELDERLY PERSON WILL YOU BE?: Hopefully, I'll discover a
youth/immortality serum before I get to that point.
WHERE DO YOU WISH YOU LIVED?: In an obsidian citadel deep in the mountains
of another world.
WHAT IS YOUR DREAM JOB?: professional adventurer
WHAT DO YOU WANT CONVERGENCE TO BECOME?: whatever it wants
ABORTION: is legal, and should be kept that way.
GUNS: provide an easier method of suicide than toothpicks.
GOT FAITH: I maintain a certain amount, but it's highly individualized, and
may not at all resemble yours.
DOGMA: isn't the worst movie ever made, but I don't think that it was
particularly good either.
YOUR BEST QUALITY: imaginative, passionate, adaptive
YOUR BIGGEST FLAW: overanalyzes, does not fail to find new and different
ways to be a complete fool regardless of how much experience is acquired
_Part 7: Pendulum Swings Like the Pendulum Do_
MONO POLY CELIBATE: Stuck in a period of unwanted celibacy. Undecided on the
other two (but leaning towards mono at the moment)
HETRO BI GAY CONFUSED: guys are icky.
FAVORITE FLAVOR: strawberries, skin
TOYS: all neccessary components included, no assembly neccessary, batteries
not required.
_Part 8: None of the Above!_
FAVORITE QUOTE: I don't have a *favorite* one in mind at the moment, but the
one that just popped into my head is "No good deed ever goes unpunished"
ANYTHING ELSE LEFT TO SAY TO THE PEOPLE AT HOME?: I'm going back to sleep
now. Hopefully, I will awaken somewhere else. But I probably won't.
Rat Bastard
--
_ /|_|\ _ Rat Bastard: Neither a Rat, nor a Bastard? Discuss.
\X x/ ICQ#39637373 AIM: NeitherRnorB
/\o/\ LJ: rat_bastard
^^==^^= "Being HERE is a lot like being lost.." -The Tick
Rachael
> _Part 3: Let's Get Digital!_
>
> COMPUTER: two are left now and linked via Ethernet LAN;
> this one is an AMD Duron 2100 XP w/ Win2k, 512 MB DDR and 80 GB, age 3
This is of course wrong. It's an Athlon XP.
> months, the other one is a Pentium II 200 w/ Win95, 32 MB SD and 3.2
> GB, age 6 and a half years
And I need to add that this one emulates a C64, too, and is a fany of
mine. Despite freezing every fifteen minutes. Really.
Rachael
listening to Rapoon
Rachael
> On Thu, 10 Apr 2003 02:59:46 +0200, Rachael <moi> wrote:
>
> Moi je me demande combien il y avait encore de ces types qui te
> croyaient une fille, a cause de ton nom, et sont maintenant plutot
> depites apres avoir lu ce netscrape ;)
There is nobody, der sich nach mir verzehrt, pas ici og også ikke
in real life. :)
>> LOCATION: both Tübingen, SW Germany and Terenure, Dublin, Éire
>
> So, you're so fat, one of yout buttcheeks is in germany and the other
> one is in ireland? I'm just trying to understand... ;)
No, I travel twice a year since I work here in Germany, yet have my
family and still some friends over there.
>>FAVORITE THREADS: music and political/economic ones may invoke me;
>> in general I enjoy multilingual trolling w/ Alain and am amused by the
>> geek-talk of klaatu, --ns-- and such
>
> *clin d'oeil-wink-guina*
Hva gjør du? Du skal ikke kommunisere en plus de deux langues parce
que nobody will understand, was Du hier schreibst. See?
> Ah not'nuff folks dig bicycling and german expressionism.
Unfortunately there are a lot of people pretending to bicycle, and
they do it all wrong.
Expressionism is an art that still irritates people - about ninety
years after its inception:
"Mais toutes les couleurs ne sont pas justes. Un arbre n'est pas
jaune. Et je peux faire un portrait d'une fille plus naturel, sans
doutes." (I quote visitors at an exhibition of "August Macke und
die Rheinischen Expressionisten".)
Rachael
listening to Rapoon
Joe Brenner
>Unfortunately there are a lot of people pretending to
>bicycle, and they do it all wrong.
Uh oh, a cyclist snob. What's the correct method you're
referring to?
My take on the correct method is:
(1) Stay out of the door zone and take the lane if you
have to.
(2) If you're not going to pretend you're a car (as is legally
required), at least treat reds as stops and stops as yields.
(3) Don't buzz the pedestrians.
Joe Brenner
>HETRO BI GAY CONFUSED: guys are icky.
Yeah, that's a problem isn't it?
`Una
NAME: Tina (but online it's always Una please)
NICK: `Una
I have specific nicknames that were granted by specific people,
but nobody else has the privilege of using them.
BIRTHDAY: November 16
AGE: 28 but everyone still thinks I'm 20.
GENDER: Female
LOCATION: westbumblefuck, washington state
HAIR STYLE: shoulder length, layered, boring (I'm going to shoot my
hairdresser if she gives me bangs again because I've got one hell of a
cowlick that makes bangs curl and stick out in a most unattractive way.)
HAIR COLOR: plain old dark brown
EYE COLOR: brown with gold and green highlights. I've been told
they are hazel.
BODY MODS: pierced ears that see earrings one day out of every three
years or so, variouse scars, no appendix, two fillings, two root canals,
no wisdom teeth.
SIBLINGS: one younger brother
AVAILABLE: no, not in a relationship, just don't want to be right now.
I'm actually quite content with the decision.
CHILDREN: not if I can help it
OCCUPATION: student at a junior college, about to receive a
two-year technical degree in Networking Engineering.
EDUCATION: three years of English at a University, an Associate of Arts
degree (worthless two year transfer degree), three months away from
an associate of applied sciences in network engineering which will
also yeild an MCSE certification and an A+ certification if I can get
enough money to take the tests.
SECRET TALENT: if I told you it wouldn't be a secret (and frankly,
it isn't coming readily to mind.)
_Part 2: Just Checked In to See What Condition Your Condition Was In_
PHYSICAL HEALTH: I have minor personal complaints, like tennis elbow,
but nothing serious.
MENTAL HEALTH:
EMOTIONAL HEALTH: I'm not sure how those two are supposed to differ.
I'm pretty cranky, frustrated, and cynical these days. Surprisingly,
I'm more relaxed and happy than I've been in over a year. Oddly enough
I seem to be alot happier when I'm alone than I am when I'm surrounded
by people.
WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR: a job that doesn't break down my body and
pays enough to meet my needs, eradicate my debts, and leave just enough
for me to travel even a short distance once in awhile; healing for my
relationship with my best friend and to be able to share my life
with him and even grow old with him; plenty of good books to read
_Part 3: Let's Get Digital!_
COMPUTER: this ancient Supermac C500: 2 GB HD, 80 MB RAM, 120 MHz processor
the Powerbook G3 Lombard (bronze keyboard) with a dead battery and no
power adapter...yup, I killed it
the Athlon 1.4 GHz, 20 GB HD, 512 MB RAM, 56K modem
And I still use the Supermac 10 times more often than the PC
WEB PAGE: http://www.velvet.net/~una/
READING A.G. SINCE: October 1997 (shit, where did the time go?)
FAVORITE CONVERGENCE: C6 because I was actually there
DID YOU GET SOME?: I got to rub lots of feet.
ARE YOU GOING TO C9?: I thought I was, but the need for a printer
went from optional to urgently necessary thanks to new homework
rules and my fucked up schedule. I was really looking forward to it.
FAVORITE THREADS: duh, sex threads. But overall I read for the posts
that make me laugh or think no matter which thread they are in.
WHY ARE YOU HERE?: because there are lots of nifty people here and they
don't seem to mind me too much.
OTHER GROUPS READ: my LJ friends list ;)
GAF MAILING LISTS: I'm subscribed to three that haven't seen new messages
in over a year (maybe two)
ALT.GOTHIC IS: my morning cup of coffee, my evening cup of herbal tea,
my escape from the ignorance and pettiness of this town. Sure a.g is
petty, but it's intelligent about it's pettiness ;)
_Part 4: Let's Get Musical!_
FAVE NEW BAND: there are new bands?!
FAVE OLD BAND: there are lots I like, but no favorites (but Bif Naked's first
album always makes me feel good.)
NOW PLAYING: Aqua (shut up, it's BOUNCY)
FAVE MUSIC: whatever fits my mood
HATE MUSIC: poppy bleepy rappy country shite
HAPPY SONG: just one?!
MOPEY SONG: Bother by Stone Sour
INSTRUMENT: I can sing when I'm alone, but lack the confidence to hold
a tune if someone else can hear it.
_Part 5: Let's Get Uhhhh *Other Stuff*!_
HOBBIES: reading, walking for my health/fitness classes, alt.gothic...
I've dabbled in alot of things like crochet, crossstitch, sewing, golf,
bird watching, writing, and listening to weird music, but I don't have
time and resources enough to pursue anything on a regular basis. I'm not
a sports fan, but I certainly won't pass up an opportunity to see a
Canucks game or watch competetive figure skating.
TIME SUCK: alt.gothic, LJ, Spaceward Ho!
FAVE ART: Renoir, Escher, Dali
FAVE TV SHOW: my best friend finally got me to watch Buffy the Vampire
Slayer last week. I LIKE IT! Maybe someday I'll be able to get it on
DVD so I can watch it.
FAVE BOOK THIS YEAR: A Study In Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
FAVE BOOK EVER: Yeah, right. There are too many good books to choose from.
PUBLICATIONS YOU SUBSCRIBE TO: I don't.
FAVE MOVIE THIS YEAR: Ringu was fucking CREEPY (the American version
just wasn't.) I guess I enjoyed the Two Towers the most so far.
As in all things I don't have an easy time choosing favorites.
FAVE MOVIE EVER: Real Genius, it's the only movie I get a craving for
on a regular basis.
FAVE COMIC: X-men circa the mid '80's and Green Arrow
FAVE BOARD/CARD GAME: chess, but I don't generally play board games
FAVE ELECTRONIC GAME: Spaceward Ho! after all these years I still dig it.
FAVE SPORT: I like to play golf and go swimming. I like to watch hockey
and figure skating.
_Part 6: Let's Get Psychological!_
WHAT SORT OF ELDERLY PERSON WILL YOU BE?: I'm already a bitter old spinster,
I'll just be happier about it by then. It's a good position to take
advantage of :)
WHERE DO YOU WISH YOU LIVED?: Vancouver, BC, Canada
WHAT IS YOUR DREAM JOB?: I described that earlier. If I knew exactly
what job I wanted to do I'd be doing it. I just want something that
gets me the things I want.
ABORTION: if necessary, but I'd rather not have to worry about it.
GUNS: as long as it isn't aimed at me, I don't care.
GOT FAITH: sometimes
DOGMA: KARMA
YOUR BEST QUALITY: forgiveness/appreciation
YOUR BIGGEST FLAW: forgiveness/whining
_Part 7: Pendulum Swings Like the Pendulum Do_
MONO POLY CELIBATE: mono-celibate
HETRO BI GAY CONFUSED: if I had more in common with her I would totally
get with the lesbian who's into me. She's cute, but ten years younger
than me and we don't have much in common besides a sense of humor
and interest in anime.
FAVORITE FLAVOR: there are so many good ones!!! right now I'm digging
English toffee...mmmm...candy.
TOYS: yo yo, hot wheels, bubbles, paddle ball, stuffed animals...
or did you mean the other kind?
_Part 8: None of the Above!_
FAVORITE QUOTE: PENIS! (I said it, but you don't get context this time ;)
ANYTHING ELSE LEFT TO SAY TO THE PEOPLE AT HOME?: wow, did you really read
this whole thing?
`Una - the love platypus
I have a betta fish named Holmes
--
Gothae Una Verus, The Young Locust
http://www.velvet.net/~una
Chastity
NAME: Beth
NICK: Chastity / Gothic Chastity
BIRTHDAY: May 1
AGE: Almost 21
SEX: *looks down pants* Female
LOCATION: Vancouver, BC, Canada
HAIR STYLE: Loooong Curly Wavy Mess ... soon to be chopped down into a
bob.
HAIR COLOR: Dark brown with a slight purplish-red tint ... soon to be
dyed the ever so cliche black
EYE COLOR: Gray-green
BODY MODS: Ears pierced 7 times each
SIBLINGS: 2 younger half sisters
AVAILABLE: No.
CHILDREN: They're cute as long as they're not mine (and are behaving)
... I'll stick with cats for now.
OCCUPATION: Estate Accounting Clerk (I'm so goth, I prepare tax
returns for dead people.
EDUCATION: Highschool Graduate ... I have no idea how I landed and
kept the job I'm in.
SECRET TALENT: Cooking ... I can cook almost anything and make it
taste good.
_Part 2: Just Checked In to See What Condition Your Condition Was In_
PHYSICAL HEALTH: Bad knees ... but otherwise quite fine.
MENTAL HEALTH: Good
EMOTIONAL HEALTH: Perky! but Depressed approximately once a month.
WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR: I wish for ... uhh ... some really good
lasagna ... man I'm hungry ...
_Part 3: Let's Get Digital!_
COMPUTER: some Dell thing ... running Windows XP
WEB PAGE: bah.
READING A.G. SINCE: A couple of years ago ... it's been off and on ...
FAVORITE CONVERGENCE: 8 ... that's the only one I've been to so far.
DID YOU GET SOME?: uh ... no
ARE YOU GOING TO C9?: No ... it's right during crunch-time at work ...
no vacation allowed =(
FAVORITE THREADS: fluff stuff ... I'm terrible at debates ... I don't
think I'd last a minute in here.
WHY ARE YOU HERE?: err ... Why are YOU here?
OTHER GROUPS READ: alt.gothic.fashion
GAF MAILING LISTS: Van-Goth and GothicBC
ALT.GOTHIC IS: pretty darn nifty.
_Part 4: Let's Get Musical!_
FAVE NEW BAND: Evanescense ... they're pretty good.
FAVE OLD BAND: hmm ... so hard to choose ...
NOW PLAYING: Wench
FAVE MUSIC: I like at least one or two songs out of every genre I've
heard so far ...
HATE MUSIC: Janis Joplin ... I blame my dad, that's all he listened to
(well, her, elton john and the beatles ... but she's the only one I
really can't stand)
HAPPY SONG: hmm ... Voltaire's "The Vampire Club"
MOPEY SONG: "Sally's Pigeons" by Cyndi Lauper, and "Die of Shame" by
Tilt (theme: girls dying from coat-hanger abortions)
INSTRUMENT: Violin
_Part 5: Let's Get Uhhhh *Other Stuff*!_
HOBBIES: Drawing, Colouring, Reading, cooking, playing video games,
slothing around the 'net.
TIME SUCK: Video Games
FAVE ART: I currently really like Brian Froud, and Edward Gorey (well,
I've liked it since I was a kid, and my mom watched that "mystery"
show on PBS where he did the animation for the opening theme ... I
just didn't realize that it was him) ... I like a lot of other art
too, I just can't really narrow it down.
FAVE TV SHOW: That 70's Show, Buffy The Vampire Slayer and The
Simpsons.
FAVE BOOK THIS YEAR: I honestly don't know ... I've been reading the
Mists of Avalon (and it's prequels) ...
FAVE BOOK EVER: Harold and the Purple Crayon ... I loved it as a
child, and recently came across it again, and still thought it was a
cute story.
PUBLICATIONS YOU SUBSCRIBE TO: None ... I'm too cheap.
FAVE MOVIE THIS YEAR: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
FAVE MOVIE EVER: Can't pick one
FAVE COMIC: Can't pick one ... I currently like Harley Quinn,
Strangers In Paradise, Courtney Crumrin, and Gloom Cookie.
FAVE BOARD/CARD GAME: Card Game: Gother Than Thou ... hee hee.
FAVE ELECTRONIC GAME: The Sims, Anything Legend of Zelda, Super Mario
Bros. 3, Pharaoh, Arcanum ...
FAVE SPORT: Hockey ... it's the only one I was ever good at. (I was a
kick-ass defence player)
_Part 6: Let's Get Psychological!_
WHAT SORT OF ELDERLY PERSON WILL YOU BE?: I'd like to be a crazy old
cat-lady
WHERE DO YOU WISH YOU LIVED?: In a nice cozy house somewhere in the
area ... preferrably far enough away from my dad so he'll stop asking
to "borrow" money.
WHAT IS YOUR DREAM JOB?: Owner of either a Metaphysical shop or a Goth
clothing / accessory shop ... or a Makeup Artist
WHAT DO YOU WANT CONVERGENCE TO BECOME?: It seems spiffy the way it
is.
ABORTION: Not to be used as birth control ... but should be a legal
option for women. (because if it weren't there would be /more/
situations like in the sad songs I mentioned)
GUNS: I won't touch one unless my life depends on it ... but other
people can have 'em if they want (and aren't insane or criminal)
GOT FAITH: Celtic.
DOGMA: good movie ;)
YOUR BEST QUALITY: I listen well.
YOUR BIGGEST FLAW: I never talk.
_Part 7: Pendulum Swings Like the Pendulum Do_
MONO POLY CELIBATE: Mono
HETRO BI GAY CONFUSED: Hetero
FAVORITE FLAVOR: meh
TOYS: meh
_Part 8: None of the Above!_
FAVORITE QUOTE: I honestly don't know.
ANYTHING ELSE LEFT TO SAY TO THE PEOPLE AT HOME?: *looks around
nervously* err ... no ... I think I'll go back into hiding now.
Rachael
> Rachael <moi> writes:
>
>> Unfortunately there are a lot of people pretending to
>> bicycle, and they do it all wrong.
>
> Uh oh, a cyclist snob. What's the correct method you're
> referring to?
Get going! Don't block the lane just because you need to check
your tires on the road or need to talk to a friend or need to
take a breath after 250 meters. You get the picture.
Dare to drive at a speed higher than walking pace unless in a
pedestrian precinct. (In that case, wheel the bike.)
Don't get confused or anxious just because someone riding a
faster bike than you rings the bell - it is required by the law.
It indicates the overtaking manoeuvre. Do not suddenly stop!
Yes, respect the traffic regulations such as outlined below.
And do not attempt to ride the bicycle w/o holding on. It won't
get you sexxy chyx if you cause an accident. Don't use the mobile
phone while you're in the midst of traffic. Etc.
> My take on the correct method is:
>
> (1) Stay out of the door zone and take the lane if you
> have to.
>
> (2) If you're not going to pretend you're a car (as is legally
> required), at least treat reds as stops and stops as yields.
>
> (3) Don't buzz the pedestrians.
Agreed.
Rachael
who lives at a road resembling a steep escarpment, & it tempts
too many bikers to drive at 60 km/h who shouldn't do so [1]
& is listening to Caspar Brötzmann
[1] A cynic might call this Darwin-at-work.
Joe Brenner
>Joe Brenner scripsit:
>> Rachael <moi> writes:
>>> Unfortunately there are a lot of people pretending to
>>> bicycle, and they do it all wrong.
>> Uh oh, a cyclist snob. What's the correct method you're
>> referring to?
>Get going! Don't block the lane just because you need to check
>your tires on the road or need to talk to a friend or need to
>take a breath after 250 meters. You get the picture.
Ah, okay. I was afraid you were some sort of sporty snob
(like: "What a silly fad those mountain bikes are, *snort*
you can barely do 60 mph on them").
You should try visiting Stanford in September some time.
Thousands of undergrads on bikes completely without a clue
as to what they're doing, but out their doing it anyway,
because hey, everyone knows how to ride a bike, don't they?
Soon after I got to Stanford I got into a bike collision
with a female undergrad. I turned a corner, then realized
on was on a head-on collison course with her, we danced
back and forth, and then both went of the same side of the
path, and I hit her rear fork, actually bending it a bit.
I felt guilty for a minute ("Was I going too fast? Should
I have run off on to the grass sooner to make sure we wouldn't
hit?")... then she mentioned it was her 6th bike accident.
Arius
_Part 1: Let's Get Physical!_
NAME: Chris Lynch
NICK: Arius
BIRTHDAY: Feb. 3
AGE: 20
GENDER: Male
LOCATION: North-ish of Atlanta GA
HAIR STYLE: Getting long, still unkempt
HAIR COLOR: Dark reddish-blonde
EYE COLOR: Grey/Blue, Green from odd angles
BODY MODS: Not as such, no.
SIBLINGS: None of which I am aware
AVAILABLE: YES. Too much so. *hand-staple-forehead*
CHILDREN: I've got a cat, does that count?
OCCUPATION: Student, musician, writer/editor, cook.
EDUCATION: Working on college
SECRET TALENT: Saint-like patience
_Part 2: Just Checked In to See What Condition Your Condition Was In_
PHYSICAL HEALTH: Pretty decent.
MENTAL HEALTH: Quietly holding on.
EMOTIONAL HEALTH: Burnt out.
WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR: World peace, or a good fuck.
_Part 3: Let's Get Digital!_
COMPUTER: Gateway laptop, Windows XP. Specs are a bit inadequite
WEB PAGE: http://www.angelfire.com/ma3/gothpoet7
READING A.G. SINCE: On and off lurking since 99-00, really reading since
01, and posting since Sept 02
FAVORITE CONVERGENCE: Havn't made it to one yet.
DID YOU GET SOME?: Not as such, no.
ARE YOU GOING TO C8?: C10
FAVORITE THREADS: the good ones.
WHY ARE YOU HERE?: Good conversation, always informative.
OTHER GROUPS READ: alt.music.thecure, SlackersInc ('cause I write for it)
GAF MAILING LISTS: ATLGoth, agp
ALT.GOTHIC IS: Obscure, arcane, and oh-so-GAF
_Part 4: Let's Get Musical!_
FAVE NEW BAND: Unto Ashes
FAVE OLD BAND: The Cure
NOW PLAYING: Dream Disciples - Room 57
FAVE MUSIC: Anything that is pleasant to hear.
HATE MUSIC: (so called) music that has no merit, value, or point. Most pop.
HAPPY SONG: Simon and Garfunkel - 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)
MOPEY SONG: either "Teach Me How to Drown" by Unto Ashes, or "Same Deep
Water as You" by The Cure
INSTRUMENT: Guitar, Bass, Keys, Tuba
_Part 5: Let's Get Uhhhh *Other Stuff*!_
HOBBIES: Collecting records and books, thrift store searches. Computer
games occasioally.
TIME SUCK: Books and records. The 'net in all its glory.
FAVE ART: Monet, M.C. Escher
FAVE TV SHOW: M*A*S*H, Magnum P.I., Without a Trace/Dragnet
FAVE BOOK THIS YEAR: The Gormenghast trilogy, by Peake
FAVE BOOK EVER: "Catcher in the Rye"
PUBLICATIONS YOU SUBSCRIBE TO: None.
FAVE MOVIE THIS YEAR: I've only seen 'Chicago' this year. I expected more.
FAVE MOVIE EVER: Depends on the genre.
FAVE COMIC: Alas
FAVE BOARD/CARD GAME: Gin, Egyptian Rat Screw (or Slaps for the more
curtious)
FAVE ELECTRONIC GAME: Pong!
FAVE SPORT: Archery
_Part 6: Let's Get Psychological!_
WHAT SORT OF ELDERLY PERSON WILL YOU BE?: Eccentric, in an old house full of
music and books.
WHERE DO YOU WISH YOU LIVED?: Seattle or London.
WHAT IS YOUR DREAM JOB?: Villiage idiot, plus salary.
WHAT DO YOU WANT CONVERGENCE TO BECOME?: A trip to Atlanta.
ABORTION: Usually against, but depends on the situation.
GUNS: Since duelling isn't done anymore, uncivilized.
GOT FAITH: Mostly.
DOGMA: Clerks was funnier!
YOUR BEST QUALITY: I am calm.
YOUR BIGGEST FLAW: I babble when highly caffeinated.
_Part 7: Pendulum Swings Like the Pendulum Do_
MONO POLY CELIBATE: Celibateoly by circumstance.
HETRO BI GAY CONFUSED: Hetro
FAVORITE FLAVOR: Strawberries, Hazelnut coffee
TOYS: my Commodore 64
_Part 8: None of the Above!_
FAVORITE QUOTE: Why is it called tourist season if we can't hunt them?
ANYTHING ELSE LEFT TO SAY TO THE PEOPLE AT HOME?: Uh......don't take any
wooden nickels.
--
-Arius
"I never laugh until I've had my coffee." ---Clark Gable
http://www.angelfire.com/ma3/gothpoet7
http://www.livejournal.com/users/von_arius/
Alain Cislaghi
NICK: that's a secret
BIRTHDAY: 06/21/74
AGE: 28
GENDER: masculine
LOCATION: Mtl, in the hochelaga district
HAIR STYLE: english garden style
HAIR COLOR: dark brown
EYE COLOR:green or brown
BODY MODS:premeditated stuff includes a few tats and ear piercings
and accidental shit comes under the form of many scars resulting of
burns, abrasions, cuts, fucked bones and cartilage and probably some
other things.
SIBLINGS:half a bro
AVAILABLE: nah Well, yeah, but nah... Bitches are too often annoying
and dudes have fucking dicks and too much hair.
CHILDREN: are pretty allright, past eight, provided they're not mines.
OCCUPATION: I occupy my slacker time being the greatest guitarist of
all times, a major dent in literature's ass, a master of photography,
graphic deity, champion killer and the greatest master beater of the
universe. But now I'm busy getting ready to leave shortly after
attending that gybe show at the rialto.
EDUCATION: Mine is vast and too often intimidating to most of my
fellow intellectuals... heh.
SECRET TALENT:it's a secret
_Part 2: Just Checked In to See What Condition Your Condition Was In_
PHYSICAL HEALTH: It's top notch, really. I have odd panick/anxiety
attacks, mostly during night, occasionally and it feels like I'm truly
dying and all, but I tend to survive and that's all.. And I'm led to
believe a large part of it is due to:
MENTAL HEALTH: I think I'm mentally fucked. Quite lucid, but I get
out of tune more often that I like.
EMOTIONAL HEALTH: I'm down, I'm high, I'm down... I can go up and
down quite a few times in the same day. Sometimes I'm stuck in a grove
for a few days, good or bad, but that's about it for the variation
aspect. I'm like mtl's weather.
WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR: it's always a new thing, even tho I don't
believe sincerely that fairy santa claus will hear my prayer in
olympia and send the seven winged dwarves with a pot of belgian mayo
or sumthin'.
_Part 3: Let's Get Digital!_
COMPUTER:it's an athlon xp clocking safely at 1800mhz
WEB PAGE: that's temporary... http://www24.brinkster.com/alaincis/
READING A.G. SINCE: Mid 1996-7?
FAVORITE CONVERGENCE: Nola. Because I got to enjoy my friends, in a
town I really dig. Lots of drama, but nonelessly good memories. In
fact, the only thing I regret is having been cynical and frankly
arrogant towards this nice dork who made fangs for one of my friends
in that otherwise lovely derelict loft.
DID YOU GET SOME?:Nah. Nobody hit on me and I was lucky'nuff to have
friends hovering around and kinda depending on me as an excuse to not
hit on people.
ARE YOU GOING TO C8?: It's a tad late to ask that one, isn't? C'mon,
man... Arrive in town, baby.
FAVORITE THREADS: Hmm.. Those in which I'm advantageously featured.
You know... In which people talk about my coolness or in which I shine
with my sharp wit'n shit.
WHY ARE YOU HERE?: I'm too lazy to train hard before that trip, even
if I know it feel comfier to travel when your clothes are really loose
and that I won't have that many occasion to train conveniently while
out in the wild world.
OTHER GROUPS READ: --
GAF MAILING LISTS: --
ALT.GOTHIC IS:bof. most interesting characters are gone. Too many
amorphous clones of clones, now. Even old regulars feel like that, as
if they had been completely stripped of their originality, singularity
juice.
_Part 4: Let's Get Musical!_
FAVE NEW BAND:Vandermark 5 is the latest band to hit me right.
FAVE OLD BAND: Hmm... rightnow, it's the haunted, even if I can't
understand the singin'.
NOW PLAYING:nuthin' Not that it's too late or anything-I use
headphones, since it's the only good way to listen to music if you
don't have a 20k hifi sound system-but I'm tired and about to hit the
sack.
FAVE MUSIC: most
HATE MUSIC: I can't really think of something. I could say britney
spears, randomly, knowing I find that sort of shit annoying... But
that wouldn't fit the "hate" label with'nuff strenght to be accurate.
HAPPY SONG:well, there's this triumphant gybe tune, it's on skinny
fists.. I can never remember the title and am too lazy to erm..
Anyways, in that studio version, they add trumpet and it sounds like
hyper joy triomphant, you'd cry, at times.
MOPEY SONG:sparrow fall 1 or 2 by brian eno
INSTRUMENT: quite modified, yet respected and well treated jaguar. I
can make some horrible noises with a violin, too. And I burp and fart
aswell.
_Part 5: Let's Get Uhhhh *Other Stuff*!_
HOBBIES: traveling, playing guitar, boxe, masturbating, eating,
reading, drawing, photo, writing shit down (especially my name in the
snow), bicycling, music, running, swimming and hmm.. probably a
shitload of other things.
TIME SUCK:life
FAVE ART:stuff I see in the st.
FAVE TV SHOW: in french, it's called the griffin. In the original
english version, I seem to remember it's family guy.. Anyway, the fat
dude has this laff, in the french version, which is halfway between
the yell of a goat and a sheep and I really dig the show's particular
humour.
FAVE BOOK THIS YEAR: right now, I have to say it's that really tiny
kerouac book about the black chick.
FAVE BOOK EVER: I'm tempted to say kafka's metamorphosis, but there's
also the castle coming up to my mind as I type this and more and
more.. Nah, there's no all time fave this or that for me.
PUBLICATIONS YOU SUBSCRIBE TO:--
FAVE MOVIE THIS YEAR:I forgot. Flicks didn't leave a big mark on me,
this year.
FAVE MOVIE EVER: Metropolis. I'm prolly wrong, but... read what I said
at fave book ever about all time faves.
FAVE COMIC:that tall skinny weirdo from rock et belles oreilles was
really funny while he kept being credible with that weird factor.
FAVE BOARD/CARD GAME:UNO Nah, I don't find it that great-hell I don't
even remember what it's all about-but I had good times with friends,
while playing that game.
FAVE ELECTRONIC GAME: It's crazy how I lost that passion I had for
good games. Prolly cos good games are so fucking rare, lately and when
they're good, they're bugged as hell, such as operation flashpoint,
the best 1st person shooter ever.
FAVE SPORT: boxe
_Part 6: Let's Get Psychological!_
WHAT SORT OF ELDERLY PERSON WILL YOU BE?: probably immature but
reasonably agreable.
WHERE DO YOU WISH YOU LIVED?: While I really dig traveling and seeing
new or just different old places, for a change, there's no better
place than where I live.
WHAT IS YOUR DREAM JOB?: Well, being paid to perform above mentioned
hobbies.
WHAT DO YOU WANT CONVERGENCE TO BECOME?: more like a convergence, for
what I care.
ABORTION:is about having a baby ripped out of your gut cos you don't
wanna have it.
GUNS: are really cool.
GOT FAITH:uh0a8j?
DOGMA:nyahnyablablapretentiousshitnyahblablablah
YOUR BEST QUALITY:let's pick a good one:when I really dig some goal, I
can show an uncommon level of determination.
YOUR BIGGEST FLAW:A good one to oppose to the above quality is that
one: when I'm about to reach my goals, when I can touch'em and feel
how it'll be once I'm there, I give up, satisfied and bored, looking
for something else, thus never really finishing anything.
_Part 7: Pendulum Swings Like the Pendulum Do_
MONO POLY CELIBATE: completely celibate
HETRO BI GAY CONFUSED: as hetero as one gets. I think.
FAVORITE FLAVOR:-good- coffee or exquisite black choco, somewhere
between 72 and 86% (not lower nor higher).
TOYS:are nifty, even when crappy fragile.
_Part 8: None of the Above!_
FAVORITE QUOTE:-- heh.
ANYTHING ELSE LEFT TO SAY TO THE PEOPLE AT HOME?: J'veux du gouda,
moman.
Oh yeah and if anything I'm supposed to have typed in this post might
feel embarassingly trite, to me, in the future, I must warn you and
myself that I didn't really type any of this: it was one of my many
personalities taking the relay for a bit.
Alain Cislaghi
wrote:
>Alain Cislaghi har skrevet:
>
>> On Thu, 10 Apr 2003 02:59:46 +0200, Rachael <moi> wrote:
>>
>> Moi je me demande combien il y avait encore de ces types qui te
>> croyaient une fille, a cause de ton nom, et sont maintenant plutot
>> depites apres avoir lu ce netscrape ;)
>
>There is nobody, der sich nach mir verzehrt, pas ici og også ikke
>in real life. :)
Dude, speak human (ce qui veux dire francais ou, a la limite,
angliche), for I'm tired and don't even have a good translator at
hand.
>>> LOCATION: both Tübingen, SW Germany and Terenure, Dublin, Éire
>>
>> So, you're so fat, one of yout buttcheeks is in germany and the other
>> one is in ireland? I'm just trying to understand... ;)
>
>No, I travel twice a year since I work here in Germany, yet have my
>family and still some friends over there.
So you're not all that fat, nor are you simulteanously in germany and
ireland! In fact, you're currently in...? Is it germany or ireland?
(yes, I consider this a form of humour... I'm a hopeless case.)
>>>FAVORITE THREADS: music and political/economic ones may invoke me;
>>> in general I enjoy multilingual trolling w/ Alain and am amused by the
>>> geek-talk of klaatu, --ns-- and such
>>
>> *clin d'oeil-wink-guina*
>
>Hva gjør du? Du skal ikke kommunisere en plus de deux langues parce
>que nobody will understand, was Du hier schreibst. See?
Allright, allrigth.. N'empeche, I'm impressed you go thru the hassle
of punchin'in les lettres speciales while I can't even be bothered to
type un alt-137 pour rendre un peu de clartE a my french.
>> Ah not'nuff folks dig bicycling and german expressionism.
>
>Unfortunately there are a lot of people pretending to bicycle, and
>they do it all wrong.
To me, it's all about going fast, killing as many folks as possible
and leaving my personal sig on every cars.
>Expressionism is an art that still irritates people - about ninety
>years after its inception:
>
>"Mais toutes les couleurs ne sont pas justes. Un arbre n'est pas
>jaune. Et je peux faire un portrait d'une fille plus naturel, sans
>doutes." (I quote visitors at an exhibition of "August Macke und
>die Rheinischen Expressionisten".)
It's the sort of comments I've heard in RL, too, so I can believe you.
Of course, this was happening in a retarded backward little town I
couldn't even remember if I was dragged in the middle of it.
However, I must say that I much prefer black and white stuff. I can
find interest in colours, especially the odd, interesting textures,
but when I think "durability"-for my eyes-I think black'n white.
Joe Brenner
> FAVE BOOK THIS YEAR: right now, I have to say it's that really tiny
>kerouac book about the black chick.
Yes, "The Subterraneans". That's one of his better ones,
even if it does lead off with some embarrassing remarks
about how his freinds are "very christ-like".
That and "The Dharma Bums" strike me as Kerouac's two best
books... they're a lot tighter (spontaneous improvisational
wordspew is a cool idea and all, but it does tend to ramble
and sprawl a bit much without a well-defined subject to
keep things focused).
Bit of trivia: "The Subterraneans" was actually a group
of people in New York. For some reason, in the book,
Kerouac claimed that the setting was San Francisco.
This comes to mind because when Gregory Corso died it
struck me that *every* newspaper obituary that I read
had some major or minor factual screw-ups in it, and
that was one of them: they thought The Subterraneans
was a circle of people in San Francisco.
Brazen Angel
>_Part 1: Let's Get Physical!_
>
>NAME:
Jennifer
>NICK:
Brazen Angel, of which the diminutive is Brazen and not Angel.
>BIRTHDAY:
October 30.
>AGE:
Damn you for making me say it. 30.
>GENDER:
Woman.
>LOCATION:
Brooklyn, New York.
>HAIR STYLE:
Somewhere between chin and shoulder length and tously/wavy/curly and
sexy, if I do say so myself. :P Due to be re-permed very shortly.
>HAIR COLOR:
Dark brown with black ends. GROW, dammit, GROWWWW!
>EYE COLOR:
Hazel. Greenish/Greyish with some brown.
>BODY MODS:
Seven tattoos. And pierced ears. Had a pierced tongue for three
months but hated it. Hoping to get three more tattoos by summer's end
too.
>SIBLINGS:
Two brothers. One older, one younger.
>AVAILABLE:
I have no bloody idea how to answer that. In love but not loved yet
involved sort of is about as succinct as it gets, I suppose.
>CHILDREN:
I'll take a pass.
>OCCUPATION:
Customer Service Representative. Blech.
>EDUCATION:
Finished high school and attempted college twice but I can't bloody
well stand it enough to complete classes.
>SECRET TALENT:
The ability to deny making noise during sex? :P (Only one person
would find that amusing and that's if he were around to read it.)
>_Part 2: Just Checked In to See What Condition Your Condition Was In_
>
>PHYSICAL HEALTH:
Well enough. Don't excercise and really need to start. Possibly PCOS
but I'm thinking not.
>MENTAL HEALTH:
Alien concept. :P Actually, not hideous though I could be much
better, of course.
>EMOTIONAL HEALTH:
Battered and bruised but unbroken.
>WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR:
Money enough to pay my debts off, quit my job and move somewhere else
and that he'd love me. Hell, right now I'd take just getting to fuck
him. It takes so little to make me happy. :P
>_Part 3: Let's Get Digital!_
>
>COMPUTER:
Dell. Pretty! Pentium 4, 2.4 GHZ, 512 MB RDRAM, 80 GB HD. Gorgeous,
lovely black flat panel 18.1" monitor. Swear to christ I'd marry this
thing if I could.
>WEB PAGE:
http://heartless.org
(Photo gallery that hasn't beed added to since June of last year. I'm
an amateur photographer. And a fucking lazy one at that.)
>READING A.G. SINCE:
March of 1998.
>FAVORITE CONVERGENCE:
C8.
>DID YOU GET SOME?:
Not even a kiss. *sulk* I did get my ass grabbed though, if that
counts.
>ARE YOU GOING TO C9?:
Nope. Bought my computer instead.
>FAVORITE THREADS:
I don't have favorite threads anymore. I have favorite posters that I
will follow around and read whatever they write.
>WHY ARE YOU HERE?:
I don't know. Can't seem to leave.
>OTHER GROUPS READ:
alt.tv.gilmoregirls, alt.tv.west-wing, alt.tv buffy-v-slayer.
Everything else is LJ or websites these days.
>GAF MAILING LISTS:
None. Never have read any.
>ALT.GOTHIC IS:
Still home. And I'm not even a goth. :P
> _Part 4: Let's Get Musical!_
>
>FAVE NEW BAND:
New or new to me? I'm digging The Whitlams and Bright Eyes lately.
>
>FAVE OLD BAND:
Depeche Mode.
>NOW PLAYING:
Some fun punkish cover of "I Remember You" originally done by Skid Row
when I was younger. I don't know who they are. Everything is always
mislabeled.
>FAVE MUSIC:
80's pop and synth-pop.
>HATE MUSIC:
Most trance and the like.
>HAPPY SONG:
Lately? Punkish cover of "Mandy" :P
>
>MOPEY SONG:
Again, this is lately: Beth Orton - "I Wish I Never Saw The Sunshine"
>
>INSTRUMENT:
I play myself rather well.
>_Part 5: Let's Get Uhhhh *Other Stuff*!_
>
>HOBBIES:
Photography, reading, online comic reading, trying to start drawing,
watching tv and movies, going to start walking around outside *gasp*,
and other things that can be done on this computer.
Oh and getting fucked over by fate.
>TIME SUCK:
LiveJournal. BitTorrent. IRC.
>FAVE ART:
Anything that resonates.
>FAVE TV SHOW:
Buffy, Gilmore Girls and The West Wing.
>
>FAVE BOOK THIS YEAR:
"American Gods" by Neil Gaiman was pretty damned good.
>FAVE BOOK EVER:
"A Little Princess" always pops in my head, but I don't know if it's
true or not.
>PUBLICATIONS YOU SUBSCRIBE TO:
A photography magazine.
>FAVE MOVIE THIS YEAR:
Chicago was pretty great. Two Towers was amazing.
>
>FAVE MOVIE EVER:
I have too many. But I did just spend around $30 to get "White
Palace" on DVD.
>FAVE COMIC:
Currently there are two online comics I'm way into.
http://glamourlust.keenspace.com - Glamour Lust.
http://www.arborwin.com/artbox/gpages.html - Grayling.
>FAVE BOARD/CARD GAME:
Gin Rummy.
>FAVE ELECTRONIC GAME:
Diablo II. Shut up! I hardly play it anymore.
>FAVE SPORT:
Hockey. Can't watch though as I get too riled up and scream at the
tv. Tennis is good too.
>_Part 6: Let's Get Psychological!_
>
>WHAT SORT OF ELDERLY PERSON WILL YOU BE?:
Weird and interesting, I hope. Mischievous.
>WHERE DO YOU WISH YOU LIVED?:
Somewhere quaint where I could walk to work every day and be peaceful.
I want a little house with a swing too.
>WHAT IS YOUR DREAM JOB?:
Anything with a flexible schedule that pays well and that doesn't suck
the soul, heart and/or mind out of me.
>ABORTION:
I don't need one right now but thanks for offering.
>GUNS:
No problem so long as they handled responsibly and judiciously.
>GOT FAITH:
Not usually.
>DOGMA:
Hodge podge.
>YOUR BEST QUALITY:
Passion.
>YOUR BIGGEST FLAW:
Control freak, fear
>_Part 7: Pendulum Swings Like the Pendulum Do_
>
>MONO POLY CELIBATE:
Preferred serial mono. But able to be poly. (Surprised me too.)
>HETRO BI GAY CONFUSED:
Hetero
>FAVORITE FLAVOR:
Dark chocolate is the current one.
>TOYS:
Men. :P
>_Part 8: None of the Above!_
>
>FAVORITE QUOTE:
Mine? = "You are so suck!"
Famous type person? = "The world breaks everyone and afterward many
are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it
kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave
impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure that it will
kill you too but there will be no special hurry."
- Ernest Hemingway
>ANYTHING ELSE LEFT TO SAY TO THE PEOPLE AT HOME?:
I'm all talked out.
- Brazen
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"It's no good to need someone more than you want them."
kest
@crushed.velvet.net:
> * * *
>
> _Part 1: Let's Get Physical!_
>
> NAME:
kest
> NICK:
kest
> BIRTHDAY:
9/23/78
> GENDER:
tomboy
> LOCATION:
Jersey City
> HAIR STYLE:
Style? I have style?
> HAIR COLOR:
Naturally goth.
> EYE COLOR:
Tannish
> BODY MODS:
Ear piercings.
> SIBLINGS:
No
> AVAILABLE:
In a meeting.
> CHILDREN:
Like 'em. Don't have any.
> OCCUPATION:
Freelance lighting technician. Eh, who am I kidding, I'm unemployed.
> EDUCATION:
Is important. And interesting. And frequently useless.
> SECRET TALENT:
Small Worldness
> _Part 2: Just Checked In to See What Condition Your Condition Was In_
>
> PHYSICAL HEALTH:
Seems ok at the moment
> MENTAL HEALTH:
Surprisingly well adjusted
> EMOTIONAL HEALTH:
Utterly miserable, but I'm hoping it's temporary
> WISH UPON A STAR:
Light my way home.
> _Part 3: Let's Get Digital!_
>
> COMPUTER:
Yep, I got one. And I can pick it up and move it around the room or even
the country with ease.
>
> WEB PAGE:
Look, I've got one, but it hasn't been straightened up in years, ok? It's
just my place to stick things for my own nefarious purposes.
> A.G. SINCE:
Late 96
> FAV CONVER:
Haven't met one yet I didn't like
> GOING TO C9:
Yes
> FAVORITE THREADS:
Ones with funny bits
> WHY HERE?:
It's changed my life, man. *sob*
> GROUPS READ:
a.g., rasfc
> GAF MAILING:
Not a one.
> ALT.GOTHIC IS:
Mine. All mine. Mwahahahaha.
>
> _Part 4: Let's Get Musical!_
>
> FAVE NEW BAND:
Garmarna
> FAVE OLD BAND:
How old is old? VAST, Nick Cave, Oingo Boingo
> NOW PLAYING:
London Symphony Orchestra, Paint It Black
> FAVE MUSIC:
Stuff with a beat and singable lyrics
> HATE MUSIC:
Rap
> HAPPY SONG:
Vast, River
> MOPEY SONG:
Pogues, Lorelei
> INSTRUMENT:
Pen.
> _Part 5: Let's Get Uhhhh *Other Stuff*!_
>
> HOBBIES:
the net, writing, making things, learning things
> TIME SUCK:
Livejournal, usenet
> FAVE ART:
Public
> FAVE TV SHOW:
Buffy
> BOOK THIS YEAR:
Kelly Link, Stranger Things Happen
> FAVE BOOK EVER:
ShyEAH. Right.
> SUBed PUBLICAT:
Nope. (You know they asked me this question at a job interview the other
day?)
> MOV. THIS YEAR:
Lilo and Stitch!!
> FAVE MOV. EVER:
Fight Club.
> FAVE COMIC:
Something positive
> FAV BOARD GAME:
Chess
> ELECTRONICGAME:
I stopped playing games when they went 3D
> FAVE SPORT:
None of my favorite activities can be classified as sport.
>
> _Part 6: Let's Get Psychological!_
>
> ELDERLY PERSON:
Death before senility!
> WISH YOU LIVED:
On tour. Failing that, on a boat in the Berkeley marina. With a cat.
> DREAM JOB?:
Wish I knew, right now.
> WHAT DO YOU WANT CONVERGENCE TO BECOME?:
More frequent. Cheaper.
> ABORTION:
Wouldn't have one. Against making it illegal for other people to have
them. In favor of sex ed.
> GUNS:
See above.
> GOT FAITH:
Yup.
> DOGMA:
Nope.
> BEST QUALITY:
My resume says I'm creative, responsible, and attentive to detail.
> BIGGEST FLAW:
Social anxiety.
>
> _Part 7: Pendulum Swings Like the Pendulum Do_
>
> MONO POLY CELIBATE:
poly
> HOMO BI GAY CONFUSED:
Straight
> FAVORITE FLAVOR:
cinnamon
> TOYS:
lots. you can't have 'em.
>
> _Part 8: None of the Above!_
>
> FAVORITE QUOTE:
"Painting is not an aesthetic operation, it's a form of magic designed as
a mediator between the strange, hostile world and us, a way of seizing
power by giving form to our terrors as well as desires." -Picasso
> LEFT TO SAY:
I think Tetsab shortened some things.
FaerieEm (Emily W.)
wrote:
>> FAVE NEW BAND:
>Garmarna
I've been on a moderate Garmarna kick for ehhh, nearly a year now.
They make some good music.
I like swedish bands.
*some* swedish bands.
Seo
_Part 1: Let's Get Physical!_
NICK: Seo, which is what I go by in all non-legal things.
BIRTHDAY: August 21st.
AGE: No longer jail bait.
GENDER: Female.
LOCATION: Tempe, AZ. College town 'burb of Phoenix.
HAIR STYLE: The remnants of an eyelash cut. Shaggy and in bad need of a
dye.
HAIR COLOR: Dye it black. SpooOooky.
EYE COLOR: Rust brown.
BODY MODS: Pierced ears, one in each. Obnoxious tattoo.
SIBLINGS: Two half brothers, both old enough to be my father.
AVAILABLE: Nope.
CHILDREN: Never and none. My cats live with my mother now.
OCCUPATION: Starving artist.
EDUCATION: Highschool drop-out, going for the GED this year.
SECRET TALENT: Super villian cackle.
_Part 2: Just Checked In to See What Condition Your Condition Was In_
PHYSICAL HEALTH: Improving from abyssmal.
MENTAL HEALTH: Varies with caffiene consumption.
EMOTIONAL HEALTH: Up and down, violently and often.
WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR: Some fucking honesty.
_Part 3: Let's Get Digital!_
COMPUTER: The rusty little eMachines shame-machine as always. Win98, have
slightly upgraded ram and a big storage harddrive now. But still, it chokes
on all I want to do like the cheap whore it is.
WEB PAGE: http://www.angelfire.com/az/seo/intro.html
READING A.G. SINCE: Lurking off and on since late '96-ish. Dedicated as of
a couple years ago.
FAVORITE CONVERGENCE: Never been.
DID YOU GET SOME?: Not yet.
ARE YOU GOING TO C8?: Going to 9.
FAVORITE THREADS: Dramatic meltdowns, petty fights, political threads,
fluff.
WHY ARE YOU HERE?: The chicks.
OTHER GROUPS READ: uk.people.gothic, occasionally agf.
GAF MAILING LISTS: None.
ALT.GOTHIC IS: A big family of interesting weirdos...
_Part 4: Let's Get Musical!_
FAVE NEW BAND: I kinda dig the White Stripes.
FAVE OLD BAND: Somewhere between Wall of Voodoo and Alien Sex Fiend. The
even present staples of the Fields of Nephilim and the Damned.
NOW PLAYING: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. Murder Ballads, O'Malley's Bar.
FAVE MUSIC: Spooky music for equally spooky arse shaking.
HATE MUSIC: Plastic pop.
HAPPY SONG: Mr. Clarinet - the Birthday Party.
MOPEY SONG: Life Goes On - The Damned.
INSTRUMENT: Harpsicord.
_Part 5: Let's Get Uhhhh *Other Stuff*!_
HOBBIES: Being a lame fantasy geek. Working on the "portfolio" to make
myself feel busy.
TIME SUCK: Video games.
FAVE ART: Howard Schatz.
FAVE TV SHOW: None of note.
FAVE BOOK THIS YEAR: Catch 22.
FAVE BOOK EVER: Jane Eyre.
PUBLICATIONS YOU SUBSCRIBE TO: None. Victoria's Secret catalogue count?
FAVE MOVIE THIS YEAR: Nothing really stood out. Saw the LOTR: Two Towers
way too many times like a good geek.
FAVE MOVIE EVER: Withnail and I. I even got the man to watch it and like
it.
FAVE COMIC: Sucker for the new Ultimates lines from Marvel. The new Batgirl
is nifty, Birds of Prey is off and on.
FAVE BOARD/CARD GAME: Risk or Monopoly.
FAVE ELECTRONIC GAME: Diablo 2, newly sucked into Dark Ages of Camelot by a
"friend", bastard. Always have a place in my heart for Grand Theft Auto:
Vice City.
FAVE SPORT: Soccer.
_Part 6: Let's Get Psychological!_
WHAT SORT OF ELDERLY PERSON WILL YOU BE?: A loony, verbally surreal cat-
lady.
WHERE DO YOU WISH YOU LIVED?: Somewhere non-hot and non-snowy.
WHAT IS YOUR DREAM JOB?: Getting paid to sit at home creating bad fantasy
art while in my underwear. Or travling around with a spooky band, having
all the misadventures of the road and living the desperate life of a
struggling musician.
WHAT DO YOU WANT CONVERGENCE TO BECOME?: Can't make that call until I get
to one. Then I will use my meager experiance to start Convergence flame
wars with the old schoolers. ;P
ABORTION: It's a choice, keep it that way.
GUNS: Sure, just don't be a fuckhead.
GOT FAITH: Kinda, I hang out with the local Reform Jews.
DOGMA: None.
YOUR BEST QUALITY: Tenacious stupidity?
YOUR BIGGEST FLAW: Short attention span.
_Part 7: Pendulum Swings Like the Pendulum Do_
MONO POLY CELIBATE: Mono.
HETRO BI GAY CONFUSED: Bi.
FAVORITE FLAVOR: Hot, smooth, milky, spicy tea.
TOYS: Things that make obnoxious noises.
_Part 8: None of the Above!_
FAVORITE QUOTE: Y'aaarr.
ANYTHING ELSE LEFT TO SAY TO THE PEOPLE AT HOME?: Ignore me, I am but a
lurker.
Joe Brenner
>ANYTHING ELSE LEFT TO SAY TO THE PEOPLE AT HOME?: Ignore
>me, I am but a lurker.
Sorry, our current policy is to extend a friendly welcome
to all lurkers, and invite them to hang around for
awhile... untill it's too late.
Matthew King
_Part 1: Let's Get Physical!_
NAME: My name is Loretta
NICK: I prefer Lottie
BIRTHDAY: I'm closing in on my fifteenth year
EYE COLOR: If you think you have seen a pair of eyes more green then you
sure didn't see them around here
HAIR COLOR: My hair is yellow
HAIR STYLE: I'm always a-combing
LOCATION: I live in a town called Millhaven
GENDER: I'm a wicked young lady
BODY MODS: A blank, the void, the sore in my soul, the mark in my heart
SIBLINGS: The Messiah is my sister
AVAILABLE: Please stop loving me, I am none of these things
CHILDREN: Children on stun
OCCUPATION: Working on the pipeline
EDUCATION: Blew my family clean away, going to university
SECRET TALENT: I'm very good in the woods
_Part 2: Just Checked In to See What Condition Your Condition Was In_
PHYSICAL HEALTH: I hurt myself today
EMOTIONAL HEALTH: I am one of those muh-luh-druh-matic fools
MENTAL HEALTH: Neurotic to the bone, no doubt about it
WISH UPON A STAR: I wish, I wish, I wish you'd care
_Part 3: Let's Get Digital!_
COMPUTER: I program my own computer
WEB PAGE: Gotta hit the sites because I'm always surfin'
A.G. SINCE: I've been around for a long, long year
FAV CONVER: We all helped make it, it's called the death of the West
GOING TO C8?: Didn't you see me, didn't you hear me, didn't you see me
standing there?
AWAITING C9?: Nine while nine and I'm waiting
THREADS: We speak of things that matter with words that must be said
WHY HERE?: I really don't know what I'm doing here, I really think I
should've gone to bed tonight
GROUPS READ: You're the one for me, fatty
GAF MAILING: Did I thank you for those items that you sent me, the monkey
and the plywood violin?
ALT.GOTHIC IS: Looking for family, searching for tribe
_Part 4: Let's Get Musical!_
FAVE NEW BAND: KMFDM, doing it again
FAVE OLD BAND: KMFDM, better than the best
NOW PLAYING: a world of deceit, open your eyes
FAVE MUSIC: KMFDM, one world one nation
HATE MUSIC: KMFDM sucks
HAPPY SONG: KMFDM light
MOPEY SONG: Sex on the flag, crack down and cry for me
INSTRUMENT: machines, 'cause they don't make mistakes
_Part 5: Let's Get Uhhhh *Other Stuff*!_
HOBBIES: Every morning I walk toward the edge and throw things off, like
car parts, bottles and cutlery, or whatever I find lying around
TIME SUCK: Time has a numbing effect, I weep and I have wept
FAVE ART: If I got my way those idle rich would pay when the discussion
starts on the lively arts
FAVE TV SHOW: Hey Matthew what do you see, hey Matthew when you're
watching TV?
BOOK THIS YEAR: Girlfriend in a coma, I know, I know
FAVE BOOK EVER: I'm alive, I'm dead, I'm the Stranger
SUBed PUBLICAT: I read the news today, oh boy
MOV. THIS YEAR: I saw a film today, oh boy--the English army had just won
the war
FAVE MOV. EVER: Strangelove, strange highs and strange lows
FAVE COMIC: Superman never made any money saving the world from Solomon
Grundy
FAV BOARD GAME: I'm sorry, so sorry, so sorry, so sorry
ELECTRONICGAME: Once I laughed when I heard you saying I'd be playing
Solitaire, uneasy in my easy chair
FAVE SPORT: You've got a diamond, and you've got nine men, you've got a
hat, and a bat, and that's not all, you've got the bleachers, got 'em from
spring 'til fall, you got a dog, and a drink, and the umpire's call
_Part 6: Let's Get Psychological!_
ELDERLY PERSON: O come with me my little one, we will find that farm, and
grow us grass and apples there and keep all the animals warm, and if by
chance I wake at night and I ask you who I am, O take me to the
slaughterhouse, I will wait there with the lamb.
WISH YOU LIVED: Under the sea, in an octopus's garden in a cave
DREAM JOB?: A brave explorer holding court or a really famous astronaut
CONVER. TO BE: Everybody having a good time except you, you were talking
like it was the end of the world
ABORTION: She's havin' my baby, what a wonderful way to say how much she
loves me
GUNS: I am a big man, yes I am, and I got a big gun
GOT FAITH: dare to die stand and fight show faith
DOGMA: You who build these altars now to sacrifice these children, you
must not do it anymore. A scheme is not a vision and you never have been
tempted by a demon or a god. You who stand above them now, your hatchets
blunt and bloody, you were not there before, when I lay upon the mountain
and my father's hand was trembling with the beauty of the word
BEST QUALITY: I am the resurrection and I am the life
BIGGEST FLAW: I couldn't ever bring myself to hate you as I'd like
_Part 7: Pendulum Swings Like the Pendulum Do_
MONO POLY CELIBATE: Sexuality, your laws do not apply to me
HOMO BI GAY CONFUSED: Just because you're gay, I won't turn you away
FAVORITE FLAVOR: Your love is better than ice cream, better than anything
I've ever tried
TOYS: They hate it when you lock them away
_Part 8: None of the Above!_
FAVORITE QUOTE: They say they want the kingdom but they don't want God in
it
LEFT TO SAY: I got nothing to say I ain't said before
Seo
news:b7df3f$cdk$1...@news.Stanford.EDU:
What the fuck? Friendliness to lurkers? Times are truly desperate. ;)
By too late do ya mean until the politics/fighting/torrid love affairs
overcome their real lives and wrangle them into the newsgroup's workings
for eeevvvver?
Sounds like a plan.
-Seo
Trizia
<disinte...@mindspring.com> wrote:
>"Jennie" <jen...@penelope.triffid.demon.co.uk> wrote
>>
>> _Part 1: Let's Get Physical!_
>> >
>> > NAME: Bruce
>> > NICK: Endymion, Endymion the Unfair!, You fascist pig
>> > GUNS: I have nearly two dozen - want one?
Yes please!!!!
-----
Trizia
The pretty ones hide in flowers
http:www.livejournal.com/users/trizia
http://portadownnews.com/index.htm
Endymion
> >> > GUNS: I have nearly two dozen - want one?
>
> Yes please!!!!
You'll have to work that out with your government - or move to more
sensible nation.
But you're welcome to come out shooting if you're ever in the neighborhood.
Hmm, someone should organize a machine gun shoot for C9 - there are lots of
ranges in the desert around Vegas.
--
Endymion
disinte...@mindspring.com
"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like;
and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve."
Cavalorn
ti...@mindspring.com> writes
>You'll have to work that out with your government - or move to more
>sensible nation.
The gun control thread riseth, even as the sex thread doth descend; TSM
appeareth once again to flame in the heavens of alt.gothic; a great
congregation doth prepare to muster in the land of Vega's starry
influence. Bread, yea, bread hath been flung.
The hour of the birth of the mortal avatar of the MGB is surely at hand.
Cav
--
Give me a woman who's taken her knocks,
Who's tasted both gutter and stars.
Give me a lady with holes in her socks.
Give me a princess with scars.
Alain Cislaghi
Brenner) wrote:
>alai...@videotron.ca (Alain Cislaghi) writes:
>
>> FAVE BOOK THIS YEAR: right now, I have to say it's that really tiny
>>kerouac book about the black chick.
>
>Yes, "The Subterraneans". That's one of his better ones,
>even if it does lead off with some embarrassing remarks
>about how his freinds are "very christ-like".
>
>That and "The Dharma Bums" strike me as Kerouac's two best
>books... they're a lot tighter (spontaneous improvisational
>wordspew is a cool idea and all, but it does tend to ramble
>and sprawl a bit much without a well-defined subject to
>keep things focused).
Yeah, but some folks just don't need a focused, tight line that picks
you at a beginning and drops your at the end to be hmm letsay happy. I
like that sort of things off which you could grab a handful of pages
and rip'em off and still have a whole book in hand. It's like eating
good food disorderly. A big bowl of caesar salad, followed with a
handful of strawberries, followed with a steak and some good blood
pudding, followed with some more berries, and chinese sausages and so
on till you're full and satisfied! There's no real end, beginning or
end! Barp ;)
>Bit of trivia: "The Subterraneans" was actually a group
>of people in New York. For some reason, in the book,
>Kerouac claimed that the setting was San Francisco.
>
>This comes to mind because when Gregory Corso died it
>struck me that *every* newspaper obituary that I read
>had some major or minor factual screw-ups in it, and
>that was one of them: they thought The Subterraneans
>was a circle of people in San Francisco.
I must say that I was under the impression that it was a category of
people found in both towns, perhaps due to similarly conflicting
readings. I didn't pay attention'nuff to be sure.
Trizia
<disinte...@mindspring.com> wrote:
>"Trizia" <ir...@ntlworld.com> wrote
>> On Tue, 8 Apr 2003 18:54:06 -0400, "Endymion"
>> <disinte...@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
>> >> > GUNS: I have nearly two dozen - want one?
>>
>> Yes please!!!!
>
>You'll have to work that out with your government - or move to more
>sensible nation.
>
Mmm, and my Irish accent probably wouldn't help! When i moved to
England I wanted to join a gun club but thought they might be
reluctant to sign up a small mad Irish woman :-)
>But you're welcome to come out shooting if you're ever in the neighborhood.
>
Have you _any_ idea how tempting that idea is???
Endymion
> >But you're welcome to come out shooting if you're ever in the
neighborhood.
> >
> Have you _any_ idea how tempting that idea is???
There's still time to make plans for Convergence - and we're right on the
way! Kill two birds with one - er, perhaps I'd better use a different
analogy given the context.
Endymion
> The gun control thread riseth, even as the sex thread doth descend;
Wait - I missed a sex thread?
Trizia
<disinte...@mindspring.com> wrote:
>"Trizia" <ir...@ntlworld.com> wrote
>> On Mon, 14 Apr 2003 12:26:29 -0400, "Endymion"
>> <disinte...@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
>> >But you're welcome to come out shooting if you're ever in the
>neighborhood.
>> >
>> Have you _any_ idea how tempting that idea is???
>
>There's still time to make plans for Convergence - and we're right on the
>way!
Not after how much money I spent at Whitby. Ouchy!!! :-)
>Kill two birds with one - er, perhaps I'd better use a different
>analogy given the context.
*giggle*
Oh, I wouldn't want to kill anything anyway :-)
Endymion
> >There's still time to make plans for Convergence - and we're right on the
> >way!
> Not after how much money I spent at Whitby. Ouchy!!! :-)
April and I are still kicking ourselves after discovering how low airfares
to Europe have gotten. Do you know it's more expensive for us to do
Convergence this year than it would have been for Whitby?
Speaking of Whitby, wasn't someone promising pics? Preferably
blackmail-worthy ones? Did you by any chance get any good blackmail material
on the Glaswegian contingent?
> Oh, I wouldn't want to kill anything anyway :-)
I'd better tell everyone to duck, then. ;-p
Trizia
<disinte...@mindspring.com> wrote:
>"Trizia" <ir...@ntlworld.com> wrote
>April and I are still kicking ourselves after discovering how low airfares
>to Europe have gotten. Do you know it's more expensive for us to do
>Convergence this year than it would have been for Whitby?
>
That's just silly! There doesn't seem to be any logic in travel costs
anymore.
>Speaking of Whitby, wasn't someone promising pics? Preferably
>blackmail-worthy ones? Did you by any chance get any good blackmail material
>on the Glaswegian contingent?
>
Well, there should be pictures of me in the shinyshiny boots of doom -
when the film gets developed.
Unfortunately I didn't get any good blackmail shots of the Glasgow lot
:-(
>> Oh, I wouldn't want to kill anything anyway :-)
>
>I'd better tell everyone to duck, then. ;-p
Cheeky!
Trizia
<jen...@penelope.triffid.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> _Part 1: Let's Get Physical!_
>>
>> NAME: Rachel Patricia 'Trizia' Walsh
>> NICK: Trizia
>> BIRTHDAY: 8th January
>AGE: 34
>> GENDER: Girly
>> LOCATION: Leicester
>> HAIR STYLE: Just below my ears ... trying to grow it.
>> HAIR COLOR: Mousey, dyed blackred
>> EYE COLOR: Blue-grey
>> BODY MODS: Ears peirced three times each. Left nostril peirced. One tatt. Various scars.
>> SIBLINGS: Sister (52) Two brothers (48 & 43)
>> AVAILABLE: Not since Saturday :-)
>> CHILDREN: 1 and 3 cats
>> OCCUPATION: Recovering professional lunatic.
>> EDUCATION: Degree in English
>> SECRET TALENT: I can bite my own toes
>
>
> _Part 2: Just Checked In to See What Condition Your Condition Was In_
>
>> PHYSICAL HEALTH: Ok, but not fit.
>> MENTAL HEALTH: Recovering lunatic.
>> EMOTIONAL HEALTH: Happier than I thought I would ever be again.
>> WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR: I wish for good stuff for everybody.
>
>> _Part 3: Let's Get Digital!_
>
>> COMPUTER: Dell thingy.
>> WEB PAGE: I'll have one when I work it all out.
>> READING A.G. SINCE: August (?) 2002
>> FAVORITE CONVERGENCE: Never been
>> DID YOU GET SOME?: As I've never been , no.
>> ARE YOU GOING TO C8?: Nope.
>> FAVORITE THREADS: Most of them.
>> WHY ARE YOU HERE?: Because I like it.
>> OTHER GROUPS READ: AGF, UKPG
>> GAF MAILING LISTS: lexgoff, iegoth
>> ALT.GOTHIC IS: interesting
>
> _Part 4: Let's Get Musical!_
>
>> FAVE NEW BAND: Don't have one.
>> FAVE OLD BAND: Just one? David Bowie
>> NOW PLAYING: Nothing.
>> FAVE MUSIC: J-rock
>> HATE MUSIC: Bleepy shite.
>> HAPPY SONG:
>> MOPEY SONG:
>> INSTRUMENT: Never managed to learn anything :-(
>
>> _Part 5: Let's Get Uhhhh *Other Stuff*!_
>
>> HOBBIES: needlework, knitting, reading, shopping, hanging out drinking coffee.
>> TIME SUCK: Online
>> FAVE ART: Pre-Raphs
>> FAVE TV SHOW: Smallville
>> FAVE BOOK THIS YEAR: Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
>> FAVE BOOK EVER: LotR
>> PUBLICATIONS YOU SUBSCRIBE TO: Fool's Mate
>> FAVE MOVIE THIS YEAR: LotR Two Towers
>> FAVE MOVIE EVER: Can't pick just one
>> FAVE COMIC: Minami Ozaki's 'Bronze' series.
>> FAVE BOARD/CARD GAME: Scrabble
>> FAVE ELECTRONIC GAME: Silent Scope I & II in thew arcade
>> FAVE SPORT: Not for me
> _Part 6: Let's Get Psychological!_
>
>> WHAT SORT OF ELDERLY PERSON WILL YOU BE?: A mad old lady with cats
>> WHERE DO YOU WISH YOU LIVED?: Japan
>> WHAT IS YOUR DREAM JOB?: Writer/poet. Teacher
>> WHAT DO YOU WANT CONVERGENCE TO BECOME?: Don't know, never been.
>> DRUGS: Not for me
>> ABORTION: An unfortunate neccessity on occassion
>> GUNS: Yes please
>> GOT FAITH: Yes
>> DOGMA: None
>> YOUR BEST QUALITY: ?
>> YOUR BIGGEST FLAW: Self-doubt
>
> _Part 7: Pendulum Swings Like the Pendulum Do_
>> MONO POLY CELIBATE: Mono
>> HETRO BI GAY CONFUSED: Bi
>> FAVORITE FLAVOR: Strawberry.
>> TOYS: Cats
>> _Part 8: None of the Above!_
>> FAVORITE QUOTE: 'When I met you i didn't fall in love with you, I realised I'd always loved you'
>> ANYTHING ELSE LEFT TO SAY TO THE PEOPLE AT HOME?: It can't rain all the time.
fiona
> NAME: Fiona
> NICK: Fi; Fred, on occasion
> BIRTHDAY: 29th of July
> AGE: 22
> GENDER: Female
> LOCATION: Glasgow, Scotland.
> HAIR STYLE: I suppose it's 'long' - I keep getting it cut to somewhere
between my chin and my shoulders and then remember how annoying it is when I
can't tie it back. Right now I can, so I guess that makes it long.
> HAIR COLOR: Brunette, with a tendency to don a reddened sheen each time I
emerge from the hairdressers' shop (is hairdresser a person or the
establishment? I assume the former, but can anyone clarify?)
> EYE COLOR: Brown.
> BODY MODS: 2 piercings per ear, and a couple of tiny scars, but that's
all.
> SIBLINGS: Singular. She's 18.
> AVAILABLE: Yes, though I forget. I tend to form lovely friendships with
guys that then become rather like substitute relationships; wonderful to be
close to them, sure, but I sometimes wonder if I'm oblivious to other
opportunities as a result. Still, expect the unexpected, and all that.
> CHILDREN: I feel too young to even contemplate this. But someday, yes,
it'd be nice.
> OCCUPATION: Still a student, but only until September, when I shall start
on a Graduate Corporate Scheme with an insurance company. Some tell me I'm
selling out; I don't think so. I shall be sure to keep a firm grasp of my
soul. :)
> EDUCATION: Currently studying for an MSc in IT, having graduated last year
with an MA (Hons) in English Literature & Theatre Studies.
> SECRET TALENT: Gosh, I think it must be so well-kept that even I don't
know. I've often wondered (and I'm sure you guys must have discussed this)
what we might be gifted at if we only knew to try.
> _Part 2: Just Checked In to See What Condition Your Condition Was In_
> PHYSICAL HEALTH: Tip-top, though I could be much fitter. Still, I aim to
rectify that after my exams. Oh yes.
> MENTAL HEALTH: In fine condition, I'm pleased to say.
> EMOTIONAL HEALTH: All is dandy; I expect my move to London in September
will affect it somewhat, but just now everything is pretty good.
> WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR: I never wish for big things, because I feel I
can't really ask, and also because I don't want to be too disappointed if
they don't come true (you know, like in some scenarios when only either you
or your friend gets the wish, which is pretty rough)- or maybe I'm missing
the point of wishes? Are they meant to be the times when we _do_ ask for the
(almost?) unattainable? Are they meant to be trrue only ever in a reality
separate from our own? Is anything else just an "I quite fancy..."?
> _Part 3: Let's Get Digital!_
> COMPUTER: Jack: Athlon 1600(?), 384Mb RAM, 7.85+60Gb hard drives, XP - any
further information/clarification requires me right-clicking on 'My
Computer', and really, I suspect nobody cares that much?
> WEB PAGE: None.Well, no proper ones anyway.
> READING A.G. SINCE: Novermber 2001.
> FAVORITE CONVERGENCE: Haven't been.
> DID YOU GET SOME?: Em, no, surprisingly enough.
> ARE YOU GOING TO C8?: Nope.
> FAVORITE THREADS: Ones which are witty oo involve interesting takes on
things.
> WHY ARE YOU HERE?: I followed some friends here; I stayed because I enjoy
some of the conversations you guys have.
> OTHER GROUPS READ: None.
> GAF MAILING LISTS: None.
> ALT.GOTHIC IS: Best in the in-between. That makes sense to me, but
probably no-one else. Let's see. I guess I mean the tangents that spin off
main topics, and the fact that as people moan about its demise/the evil that
is LJ/why is no-one talking about x, etc, all the while some really
interesting threads are being woven.
> _Part 4: Let's Get Musical!_
> FAVE NEW BAND: I'm not very clued-in with the current music scene, save
for the boy-band/Britney tripe I am audience to courtesy of my sister,
sadly.
> FAVE OLD BAND: Maybe Simon & Garfunkel, but there are many.
> NOW PLAYING: _Right_ now, "I Wish [I Was a Little Bit Taller]" by Skee
Lo, for sheer amusement factor.
> FAVE MUSIC: Depends what I'm doing. Ambient, spacey stuff for falling
asleep (Air, Flaming Lips); fun songs with a good beat when I'm
driving/wallowing and needing to kick myself out of it sharpish (Ben Folds
(Five), The Divine Comedy); gentle, melodic stuff for background music when
chatting (Norah Jones, Josh Rouse, Jack Johnson).
> HATE MUSIC: TECHNO-TECHNO-TECHNO-TECHNO
> HAPPY SONG: The Hollies: Listen to Me.
> MOPEY SONG: The title of Jon Bon Jovi's "As my Guitar Lies Bleeding in my
Arms" is sad, though the song itself doesn't do much for me. I keep thinking
of songs which carry sad connotations for me but I don't think that's the
question. Mopey song, right - I guess maybe "I am a Rock", by Simon &
Garfunkel, in that it encourages hardening against emotions.
> INSTRUMENT: Cello, clarinet, a wee bit of saxophone, and voice.
> _Part 5: Let's Get Uhhhh *Other Stuff*!_
> HOBBIES: Stage managing theatre shows, singing, socialising, faffing about
on the computer/internet.
> TIME SUCK: Afore-mentioned faffing.
> FAVE ART: I'm not really big on art, or indeed knowledgeable about it in
the slightest - which is probably part of the problem.
> FAVE TV SHOW: Buffy & Angel are the only shows I watch religiously.
> FAVE BOOK THIS YEAR: It's been out a wee while, but I only bought it this
year, so I figure that counts: Frank Skinner by Frank Skinner.
> FAVE BOOK EVER: "I Never Promised You a Rose Garden" by Hannah Green.
> PUBLICATIONS YOU SUBSCRIBE TO: None.
> FAVE MOVIE THIS YEAR: Probably 'City of God'. Was that this year?
> FAVE MOVIE EVER: Oh who knows. I was impressed by "The Hudsucker Proxy", a
film I only saw last year and hadn't heard of beforehand.
> FAVE BOARD/CARD GAME: Scrabble/my friend Nina's special version of Rummy.
> FAVE ELECTRONIC GAME: Not really bothered with these, although I can get
quite caught up in Theme Hospital whenever I have exams looming.
> FAVE SPORT: Volleyball. I used to play lots, but now hardly ever.
> _Part 6: Let's Get Psychological!_
> WHAT SORT OF ELDERLY PERSON WILL YOU BE?: One with cats.
> WHERE DO YOU WISH YOU LIVED?: I'd like to have houses in different
countries, and live wherever I fancied at different times.
> WHAT IS YOUR DREAM JOB?: Being an Executive Producer, or some other
cool-sounding title, for a fabulous film/programme.
> WHAT DO YOU WANT CONVERGENCE TO BECOME?: It's of no bearing to me.
> ABORTION: Not an option I'm happy with, but it should remain an option.
> GUNS: Not a fan, unless within rifle clubs etc,
> GOT FAITH: Yes. Not sure I could define it, but it's present.
> DOGMA: Haven't seen it.
> YOUR BEST QUALITY: I'm left-handed. :) Seriously, that's a tough question,
but I do like being left-handed, so that's my answer.
> YOUR BIGGEST FLAW: I think I can be rather selfish, given the chance.
> _Part 7: Pendulum Swings Like the Pendulum Do_
> MONO POLY CELIBATE: Mono
> HETRO BI GAY CONFUSED: Hetro, at least so far.
> FAVORITE FLAVOR: Raspberry.
> TOYS: Lego. And gadgets. Plus I get an abnormal delight at purchasing cool
stationery.
> _Part 8: None of the Above!_
> FAVORITE QUOTE: For today, we'll go with:
"Nostalgia is like a grammar lesson: you find the present tense and the past
perfect."
--Anon.
> ANYTHING ELSE LEFT TO SAY TO THE PEOPLE AT HOME?:
No; I think I'm done.
fiona
"Television: A medium - so called because it is neither rare nor well done."
--Ernie Kovacs
Ruhiel
"Cavalorn" <cava...@newaeonbooks.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:UbeZV9Ci...@newaeonbooks.demon.co.uk...
> In article <b7enho$u6$1...@mailgate2.lexis-nexis.com>, Endymion <disintegra
> ti...@mindspring.com> writes
> appeareth once again to flame in the heavens of alt.gothic; a great
> congregation doth prepare to muster in the land of Vega's starry
> influence. Bread, yea, bread hath been flung.
>
> The hour of the birth of the mortal avatar of the MGB is surely at hand.
I think I was reading the exact same threads when i left. Nice to know
nothing has changed.
Ruhiel, not here either.
Jennie
>> > SEX: Male. I have a sex. My noun has a gender.
Heh. I thought about changing that bit of wording, knowing it would
distress you and IX, but didn't want to distort the spirit of the original
posting. Perhaps the next edition's questions should be 'Male, female or
other?' and 'Sex or gender'? ;) Or we could demand to know what case people
are. I'm nominative.
>> > AVAILABLE: Can I echo Jennie's answer? Except I'm not involved with
> Donald or Erith. Well, Erith says I'm his bitch, but my wife is liable to
> kick his ass if he keeps saying that, and is small and cute but very fierce
> when provoked.
See, your problem there is that the prospect of having his ass
kicked by small cute fierce women might not exactly _dissuade_ Erith...
>> > HAPPY SONG: They make them in happy?
A couple of months ago, when pondering the fact that I'm now in
stable comfortable relationships where no-one seems likely to randomly drop
dead, I tried to recall a song which would fit such a situation, and realised
I scarcely know any. All the songs I've ever liked have been about things
going horribly wrong. Except perhaps the ones which are about being able to
ignore how shitty life is because one is on heroin.
Jennie
--
Jennie Kermode jen...@innocent.com
http://www.triffid.demon.co.uk/jennie
Jennie
> FAVORITE CONVERGENCE: The Whitby Gothic Weekend.
Sometimes it seems that the Whitby experience has become one single
very long weekend, just interrupted, from time to time, by insignificant
phenomena like real life. Conversations easily pick up where they left off
six months or a year ago; interactions drift across the net, and Whitby
becomes a physical manifestation of that.
> FAVE OLD BAND: I listened to some songs by The Cure recently. I liked
> them. Am I supposed to?
The Cure are like Nick Cave and the Smiths and the Sisters of
Mercy, in that some people will claim they are the very essence of goth
whilst others will decry them as the anti-goth and order that they and their
works be burned. This controversy almost certainly means that they are goth;
and, furthermore, that liking them, since it will make some people despise
you, is gothic.
> FAVE COMIC: Perhaps the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
I shall have to see the film version as soon as it comes out, but I
fear what they've done to it. The trailers are appalling. And whilst their
reinvented Mina might potentially be interesting in her own way, I really
liked the concept behind Moore's.
> GUNS: Oddly enough, Michael Moore's "Bowling for Columbine" rather
> lessened my anti-gun sentiments. I don't think that's what he intended.
I think he did want to comment on a larger issue which the gun
debate often distracts from; he said that he's enjoyed using guns
recreationally himself. Unfortunately, the subtlety of his message often got
buried under the dirt kicked up by his patronising interview techniques.
> I don't think we (in the UK) are in a position yet where we cannot rely
> on the police to defend us.
Based on personal experience, I'm not convinced that we can ever
rely on the police to protect us; but I think the _idea_ that we can rely on
the police to protect us does a very good job of protecting us most of the
time.
Jennie
> Can I even do this? Dare I? Having been away for so long and not really
> having ever been here in the first place, dare I be a narcissist and share?
I remember you from the first time. Your posts were smart and fun.
And the Netscrape isn't about narcissism, damnit, it's about telling the rest
of us what we need to know! I want information. I don't want to have to use
Rover to get it... not just yet.
Joshua Brooks (the zero god)
news:slrnba11db...@penelope.triffid.demon.co.uk...
> In article <pRTka.4185$oJ2.6...@news20.bellglobal.com>, Joshua Brooks
wrote:
> > Can I even do this? Dare I? Having been away for so long and not really
> > having ever been here in the first place, dare I be a narcissist and
share?
>
> I remember you from the first time. Your posts were smart and
fun.
> And the Netscrape isn't about narcissism, damnit, it's about telling the
rest
> of us what we need to know! I want information. I don't want to have to
use
> Rover to get it... not just yet.
>
> Jennie
That I left an impression at all is unbelievable... but thank you. I'll
attempt to still be smart and fun, though I think a year or so of odd profs
babbling about random crap unrelated to my field of study may have caused
the total inversion of my synaptic impulses to the point where I can only
occasionally make any sense whatsoever.
Ha. Who says education is good for nothing?
Joshua Brooks
Bridie Przibram
> _Part 1: Let's Get Physical!_
>>
>> NICK: Bridie
>> BIRTHDAY: June 26
>AGE: 37
>> GENDER: Female
>> LOCATION: A windy hill in North Wales
>> HAIR STYLE: Armpit length bob, with eyebrow length fringe.
>> HAIR COLOR: Naturally, auberny brown, currently burgundy, cerise pink
and purple.
>> EYE COLOR: Dark brown
>> BODY MODS: Piercings: more than most, not as many as some; tattoos:
if I was a burns victim, I'd be dead.
>> SIBLINGS: One sister, 17 years older than me. We see each other
maybe once or twice a year.
>> AVAILABLE: Married, but open to suggestions.
>> CHILDREN: One boy, nearly 3 years old, but don't mention it on
a.g.f. Children are not considered a cool fashion accessory.
>> OCCUPATION: Mum, cook, cleaner, costume-maker, writer and part-time
bus driver. My car insurance document says I have "No Occupation". Ha!
>EDUCATION: HND Theatre Costume Design, bunch of mediocre O levels and
two poxy A levels. My proudest achievement to date is my PCV license.
>> SECRET TALENT: If I have one, I have yet to discover it for myself.
>
>
> _Part 2: Just Checked In to See What Condition Your Condition Was In_
>
> MENTAL HEALTH: Saner than most of my husband's previous partners,
which is not saying much.
>> WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR: I'll keep that to myself, thanks.
>
>> _Part 3: Let's Get Digital!_
>
> WEB PAGE: Haven't got one.
>> READING A.G. SINCE: Off and on since about 1997
>> FAVORITE CONVERGENCE: Never been
>> DID YOU GET SOME?: See above
>> ARE YOU GOING TO C8?: Arn't we on to C9 just now?
>> FAVORITE THREADS: Ones that my friends post to.
>> WHY ARE YOU HERE?: A.G.F got too bitchy, so I thought I'd pop back
here for a look-see.
>> OTHER GROUPS READ: u.p.g, uk.games.roleplay, alt.gothic.parenting.
>> GAF MAILING LISTS: a LRP list, couple of pagan lists
>> ALT.GOTHIC IS: Too full of trolls and spammers. Oh, sorry , that's
just the regulars ;)
> _Part 4: Let's Get Musical!_
>
these days. I quite like that new beat combo Queens of the Stone Age.
> FAVE OLD BAND: Neffs.
>> NOW PLAYING: The Cult, 'Sonic Temple'. See thread on u.p.g to
understand why.
>> FAVE MUSIC: Angry female vocal, like Hole and PJ Harvey.
>> HATE MUSIC: commercial pop pap.
>> HAPPY SONG: Madonna 'Ray of Light'
>> MOPEY SONG: 'Something I can never have' NIN
>> INSTRUMENT: I learned piano as a child, and did my O level Music
practical on the recorder. I can sing quite well.
>
>> _Part 5: Let's Get Uhhhh *Other Stuff*!_
>
>> HOBBIES: Baking, making costumes, writing dodgy fantasy, dog-walking,
sleeping, LRP, DnD
> TIME SUCK: Filling out questionnaires on newsgroups.
>> FAVE ART: Pre-Raphs, Goya
>> FAVE TV SHOW: Most of my fave shows have just come off - Farscape,
Buffy , Robot Wars.
>> FAVE BOOK THIS YEAR: Ursula le Guin 'The Other Wind'. I think that
was this year.
>> FAVE BOOK EVER: 'Snowcrash', 'Earthsea', 'The Owl Service'.
>PUBLICATIONS YOU SUBSCRIBE TO: 'New Scientist', 2000AD
>> FAVE MOVIE THIS YEAR: Don't get to the pictures as often as I would
like. I've only seen 3 movies so far, including The Two Towers, so I'd
have to go for that one, or 'Treasure Planet', which we took the little
'un to as his first ever trip to the cinema, but I crashed my car on the
way home so it was a bit of a downer really. The third, incidentally,
was 'Star Trek: Nemesis' Nuff said.
>> FAVE MOVIE EVER: Star Wars, or Wings of Desire
>> FAVE COMIC: Sandman.
>> FAVE BOARD/CARD GAME: Sorry, Snakes and Ladders
>> FAVE ELECTRONIC GAME: Never play them
>> FAVE SPORT: I hate sport, but some say LRP starts off as a game and
ends up as a sport, and that's when people get hurt, so I'll say LRP. If
I had more money I'd probably say skiing.
>
> _Part 6: Let's Get Psychological!_
>
>> WHAT SORT OF ELDERLY PERSON WILL YOU BE?: Like most people here,
slightly mad, with lots of cats.
>> WHERE DO YOU WISH YOU LIVED?: I like it here, but I'd quite like to
live in Vancouver or San Francisco.
>> WHAT IS YOUR DREAM JOB?: Freelance costumier with my own studio, or
fantasy fiction author.
>> WHAT DO YOU WANT CONVERGENCE TO BECOME?: Something I could afford to
go to.
>> ABORTION: Demonstratively pro-choice. Should be available on demand.
>> GUNS: Should be freely available, but heavily licensed.
>> GOT FAITH: Yes.
>> DOGMA:
>> YOUR BEST QUALITY: Ummm....
>> YOUR BIGGEST FLAW: Intolerance, selfishness, paranoia, lack of self-
esteem
>
> _Part 7: Pendulum Swings Like the Pendulum Do_
>> MONO POLY CELIBATE: My husband yells about polyamory a lot, so I
guess I must be too.
>> HETRO BI GAY CONFUSED: Mostly straight.
>> FAVORITE FLAVOR: Almond
>> TOYS: A Bagpuss toy that yawns when you press his mouth. Did I buy it
for me, or for my son?
>> _Part 8: None of the Above!_
>> FAVORITE QUOTE: 'Of Fustian weared he a gypoun, all besmottered with
his habergoun' the last remnant of two years studying Chaucer for A
level English.
> ANYTHING ELSE LEFT TO SAY TO THE PEOPLE AT HOME?: When the going gets
tough, the tough go shopping..
--
Bridie
mark
>>
>> NICK:
>> BIRTHDAY: 4/10/65
>AGE: 38
>> GENDER: male
>> LOCATION: NH
>> HAIR STYLE: short
>> HAIR COLOR: what is left is brown
>> EYE COLOR: mostly grey
>> BODY MODS: left ear pierced
>> SIBLINGS: 1 older sister, 2 younger brothers
>> AVAILABLE: seperated. it's been a year, so while technically not available,
clearly no longer spoken for.
>> CHILDREN: 3 boys, 2 girls.
>> OCCUPATION: Unix admin, occasional programmer and webpage coder.
>EDUCATION: BS CIS
>> SECRET TALENT: I am too boring for anything resembling talent
>_Part 2: Just Checked In to See What Condition Your Condition Was In_
>
>> PHYSICAL HEALTH: c-
>> MENTAL HEALTH: d-
>> EMOTIONAL HEALTH: d-
>> WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR:
>> _Part 3: Let's Get Digital!_
>> COMPUTER: compaq presario 1.2ghz. I have a new 40gb drive and a redhat 8.0
dvd waiting to get loaded. maybe after posting this, if I don't crack open
another killian's instead.
>> WEB PAGE: not for some time now
>> READING A.G. SINCE: off and on since 96
> FAVORITE CONVERGENCE: never been
>> DID YOU GET SOME?: n/a, and looking more n/a all the time
>> ARE YOU GOING TO C8? nope
>> FAVORITE THREADS: people, places, things
>> WHY ARE YOU HERE?: it keeps me off the streets
>> OTHER GROUPS READ: rec.collecting.coins, alt.fan.tori-amos when the mood
hits, various computer related crap during work
>> GAF MAILING LISTS: none
> ALT.GOTHIC IS: so very different
> _Part 4: Let's Get Musical!_
>
>> FAVE NEW BAND: I've been listening to Evanescence a lot. Someone please
shoot me now.
>> FAVE OLD BAND: depeche mode
>> NOW PLAYING: soundtrack to Daredevil (which lead to aquiring the cd
mentioned above)
> FAVE MUSIC: what suits the mood at the moment
>> HATE MUSIC: rap, pop, country
>> HAPPY SONG: Seven Nations and other indie stuff
>> MOPEY SONG: depeche mode. ultra. all of it. over and over and over and over
and over
>> INSTRUMENT: radio
>> _Part 5: Let's Get Uhhhh *Other Stuff*!_
>
>> HOBBIES: numismatics, reading, movies, and other boring stuff
>> TIME SUCK: work, hobbies
>> FAVE ART: monet (which is very unlike the rest of me)
>> FAVE TV SHOW: MNF
>> FAVE BOOK THIS YEAR: Tales from Earthsea, LeGuin
>> FAVE BOOK EVER: No Parachute, Arthur Gould Lee
>PUBLICATIONS YOU SUBSCRIBE TO: Numismatist
> FAVE MOVIE THIS YEAR: LOTR:TTT
>> FAVE MOVIE EVER: depends on the genre. Saving Private Ryan, Aliens, The
Great Race, Matrix, and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest are all fav's.
>> FAVE COMIC: X-Men of the Austin/Byrne era. Yet another reason to wish to be
back in high school.
>> FAVE BOARD/CARD GAME: chess
>> FAVE ELECTRONIC GAME: tron. the stand-up arcade one.
>> FAVE SPORT: football
> _Part 6: Let's Get Psychological!_
>
>> WHAT SORT OF ELDERLY PERSON WILL YOU BE?: lonely
>> WHERE DO YOU WISH YOU LIVED?: San Fransico in 1848
>> WHAT IS YOUR DREAM JOB?: day trader
>> WHAT DO YOU WANT CONVERGENCE TO BECOME?: back to Boston
>> ABORTION: do I hafta?
>> GUNS: no thanks, I have little kids in the house
>> GOT FAITH: I think I'm about to lose that in the divorce
>> DOGMA: see above
>> YOUR BEST QUALITY: sarcastic
>> YOUR BIGGEST FLAW: sarcastic
> _Part 7: Pendulum Swings Like the Pendulum Do_
>> MONO POLY CELIBATE: mono
>> HETRO BI GAY CONFUSED: hetro
>> FAVORITE FLAVOR: beef, it's what's for dinner
>> TOYS: none really unless you count my books, cds, dvds, and coin collection
>> _Part 8: None of the Above!_
>> FAVORITE QUOTE:
Do what thy manhood bids thee do
From none but self expect applause.
Noblest lives and noblest dies
Who makes and keeps his selfmade laws.
-- sir richard burton
(the explorer, not the actor)
>> ANYTHING ELSE LEFT TO SAY TO THE PEOPLE AT HOME?:
feh.
--
mark
magdalene
infection.
And nothing else better to do.
No, I'm not back.
>> NAME: Tara-Love Maguire
>> NICK: magdalene
>> BIRTHDAY: 10/05/74
>>AGE: 28
>> GENDER: girly
>> LOCATION: Southern New Jersey
>> HAIR STYLE: getting quite long, almost to the middle of my back. Usually
in pigtails or transmitters.
>> HAIR COLOR: naturally, dishwater blonde. currently, blue-black.
>> EYE COLOR: grey-blue
>> BODY MODS: 16 tattoos in various locales. two facial piercings. six ear
piercings.
>> SIBLINGS: 2 brothers, both older.
>> AVAILABLE: no.
>> CHILDREN: 5 cats, a ferret, a hairless rat, and a betta.
>> OCCUPATION: I deal in the brokering of hearts and souls. I.E. the
mortgage business.
>>EDUCATION: up to one year of college, though much of that was lost in a
drug haze.
I plan on going back sooner or later for mortuary science.
>> SECRET TALENT: I am so goddamn cute that you'll never even see the knife
until it's sticking out of your gut.
>
>
> >_Part 2: Just Checked In to See What Condition Your Condition Was In_
> >
>> PHYSICAL HEALTH: not very good lately. Hence the sinus infection
reference.
>> MENTAL HEALTH: Better then usual, I would reckon. Which brings it up to
'shitty'.
>> EMOTIONAL HEALTH: see above.
>> WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR: I'd like a reset button, please.
>
>
>> _Part 3: Let's Get Digital!_
>
>> COMPUTER: umm. It's a Gateway something or other. I've stopped caring,
really.
It works when I want it to. And it holds many, many MP3s.
>> WEB PAGE: http://home.earthlink.net/~dellamortedellamore
>> READING A.G. SINCE: errm. 1999? 1998?
> > FAVORITE CONVERGENCE: I've only been to one and wasn't even an offical
attendee.
>> DID YOU GET SOME?: I got very, very drunk and talked a LOT of shit.
>> ARE YOU GOING TO C8? no money available to do so.
>> FAVORITE THREADS: nothing as of late has piqued my interest.
>> WHY ARE YOU HERE?: It used to be something I quite enjoyed and had an
immense of loyalty to. However, now it's more like running into an
ex-boyfriend from
many years ago who you don't really have anything to say to and spend the
entire meeting
shuffling your feet and wondering what the hell you saw in him in the first
place.
>> OTHER GROUPS READ: AGF, alt.fan.crispin.glover, childfree (when I have
the time).
>> GAF MAILING LISTS: none.
>> ALT.GOTHIC IS: a pale shadow of its past. Never thought I'd say that.
>
>
> > _Part 4: Let's Get Musical!_
> >
>> FAVE NEW BAND: Stellastarr*
>> FAVE OLD BAND: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
>> NOW PLAYING: some dodgy movie on cable that I'm not watching.
>> FAVE MUSIC: trance, trip-hop
>> HATE MUSIC: music to hate to? Babes in Toyland or Diamanda Galas. They
always get
the blood pumping.
>> HAPPY SONG: "Red Rain" by Peter Gabriel.
>> MOPEY SONG: "Straight to you" by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
>> INSTRUMENT: cello
>
>
>> _Part 5: Let's Get Uhhhh *Other Stuff*!_
> >
>> HOBBIES: sewing dolls, reading, music, writing
>> TIME SUCK: www.artconspiracy.com , work, talking shit with Carrie.
>> FAVE ART: Duchamp and Manray.
>> FAVE TV SHOW: Six Feet Under, shark week on the Discovery Channel
>> FAVE BOOK THIS YEAR: That came out this year? errrr. Not sure.
>> FAVE BOOK EVER: "The Tooth Fairy", by Graham Joyce
>>PUBLICATIONS YOU SUBSCRIBE TO: none
> > FAVE MOVIE THIS YEAR: House of 1000 Corpses
>> FAVE MOVIE EVER: Cemetary Man
>> FAVE COMIC: Meatcake
>> FAVE BOARD/CARD GAME: Othello
>> FAVE ELECTRONIC GAME: Othello
>> FAVE SPORT: overhanded scissor chuck.
>
> > _Part 6: Let's Get Psychological!_
> >
>> WHAT SORT OF ELDERLY PERSON WILL YOU BE?: I don't plan on ever being
elderly.
>> WHERE DO YOU WISH YOU LIVED?: Halloween Town.
>> WHAT IS YOUR DREAM JOB?: mortician.
>> WHAT DO YOU WANT CONVERGENCE TO BECOME?: n/a
>> ABORTION: mandatory
>> GUNS: they're shiny. Sometimes.
>> GOT FAITH: I'm in service. If you know what I'm talking about, then
you know what I'm talking about.
>> DOGMA: would have been a better movie without Alanis Morrissette as God.
>> YOUR BEST QUALITY: I can verbally rip you a new asshole and make it sound
like poetry.
>> YOUR BIGGEST FLAW: Trusting the wrong people.
>
>
> > _Part 7: Pendulum Swings Like the Pendulum Do_
>> MONO POLY CELIBATE: mono.
>> HETRO BI GAY CONFUSED: Hetro with a healthy appreciation for boobies.
>> FAVORITE FLAVOR: dark chocolate.
>> TOYS: One. It's blue.
>
>
>> _Part 8: None of the Above!_
>> FAVORITE QUOTE: "To understand the living, you gots to commune with the
dead.
Now go. And don't even think about looking back."
>
>> ANYTHING ELSE LEFT TO SAY TO THE PEOPLE AT HOME?:
Believe in the bunny.
~magdalene
---
http://home.earthlink.net/~dellamortedellamore
"My mouth tastes like burning!"
moonglow minnow
i'm late... what i get for marking all read.
_Part 1: Let's Get Physical!_
NAME: Maeve. not getting my real name, nuh-uh. you can google for it if
you're really ambitious. i've filled these out before as an elf.
NICK: Anna, Anastasia, Maeve, Mauve, Paige, glow, elf, glowing elf
child, minnow...
BIRTHDAY: 3-18-84
GENDER: femmebot
LOCATION: about 5 feet away from a sleeping cat
HAIR STYLE: long, wavy, usually brushed, sometimes twisted up and
secured with a barrette, sometimes up in pigtails, sometimes in a braid
or braids, usually just left down to tangle in the back of the chair.
HAIR COLOR: red with dark brown roots and about an inch of orangeyness
between the roots and the red. may be trying strawberry blonde for the
summer.
EYE COLOR: bluegreen
BODY MODS: 3 piercings, all on the ears, 1 (soon to be 2) extracted
wisdom tooth, many many scars.
SIBLINGS: 2 sisters
AVAILABLE: when my cats let me out of the house
CHILDREN: are a wonderful part of a blanced breakfast
OCCUPATION: student
SECRET TALENT: can put anxious critters and kids at ease while
disturbing adult humans
_Part 2: Just Checked In to See What Condition Your Condition Was In_
PHYSICAL HEALTH: ill, in pain, living on ibuprofin and applesauce,
swollen gums around left lower wisdom tooth. seeing dentist ASAP.
MENTAL HEALTH: currently stable
EMOTIONAL HEALTH: currently stable
WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR: just make these fscking wisdom teeth go away
_Part 3: Let's Get Digital!_
COMPUTER: piece-o-crap ebay machine that i didn't have to pay for, win2k
WEB PAGE: see .sig
READING A.G. SINCE: (Yes, how big is *your* dick?): '98-ish?
FAVORITE CONVERGENCE: i don't socialise in person
DID YOU GET SOME?: see above
ARE YOU GOING TO C8?: no
ARE YOU WAITING FOR C9?: no
FAVORITE THREADS: kitty-cat thong. and the sex threads.
WHY ARE YOU HERE?: nothing better to do without getting sunburn
OTHER GROUPS READ: too many
GAF MAILING LISTS: none
more. ALT.GOTHIC IS: crack
_Part 4: Let's Get Musical!_
FAVE NEW BAND: bah
FAVE OLD BAND: bah
NOW PLAYING: the hum of computer fans
FAVE MUSIC: cheezy 80s crap, goth crap, depressing bluegrass crap...
HATE MUSIC: most pop music that's made the top 40 since 1990
HAPPY SONG: you will be adored, bros. creeggan
MOPEY SONG: grey, bros. creeggan
INSTRUMENT: guitar, piano
_Part 5: Let's Get Uhhhh *Other Stuff*!_
HOBBIES: social observation
TIME SUCK: insanely frustrating online games, usenet
FAVE ART: kitty napping
FAVE TV SHOW: Scrubs
FAVE BOOK THIS YEAR: pass
FAVE BOOK EVER: pass
FAVE MOVIE THIS YEAR: movie? what is this that you speak of?
FAVE MOVIE EVER: pass
FAVE COMIC: megatokyo
FAVE BOARD/CARD GAME: scrabble
FAVE ELECTRONIC GAME: neoquest
FAVE SPORT: turtle racing
_Part 6: Let's Get Psychological!_
WHAT SORT OF ELDERLY PERSON WILL YOU BE?: the crazy old cat lady
WHERE DO YOU WISH YOU LIVED?: new zealand
WHAT IS YOUR DREAM JOB?: musician
WHAT DO YOU WANT CONVERGENCE TO BECOME?: something i can actually go to
ABORTION: aborted foetus football!
GUNS: great for population control
GOT FAITH: feline divinity
DOGMA: freelance paganism, thanks
YOUR BEST QUALITY: i'm the least judgemental person most people know
YOUR BIGGEST FLAW: not half judgemental enough for my own good
_Part 7: Pendulum Swings Like the Pendulum Do_
MONO POLY CELIBATE: poly
HETRO BI GAY CONFUSED: bi
FAVORITE FLAVOR: green tea
TOYS: homemade
_Part 8: None of the Above!_
FAVORITE QUOTE: "i saw your shine, tried to make it mine, but your star
is not for one..."
ANYTHING ELSE LEFT TO SAY TO THE PEOPLE AT HOME?: shouldn't you be
asleep right now?
Maeve
--
throw the baby out with the bathwater to reply by e-mail
~*~ http://www.xentrik.net/home/volatile ~*~
Fife. n. Small shrill instrument that rhymes with wife.
Erin Nelson
whoops, i missed:
> EDUCATION: BA in English and Theatre. MFA in Stage Management
> PUBLICATIONS YOU SUBSCRIBE TO: Scuba Diving, Artsearch, SMA
> FAVE COMIC: sinfest.net
> FAVE BOARD/CARD GAME: Pounce
> ABORTION: Every woman's individual choice. Should be a safe medical
procedure.
> GUNS: Should be freely available, but heavily licensed and documented.
> TOYS: are good fun!
Matthew King
> The Cure are like Nick Cave and the Smiths and the Sisters of
> Mercy, in that some people will claim they are the very essence of goth
The Smiths?
You know of some people who will claim that the Smiths are the very
essence of goth?
Matthew
Matthew-King---Toronto---Canada---Have-you-come-here-to-play-Jesus-
----------------------------------to-the-lepers-in-your-head?--U2--
erithromycin
NAME: Andrew George Robertson
NICK: erith(romycin), shopgenius
BIRTHDAY: 26/10
AGE: 22
GENDER: girly man
LOCATION: Suburban East Renfrewshire, Scotland.
HAIR STYLE: Postpunkpowerpopshortbackandsidesquiff. Fabulous 80s Hair!
HAIR COLOR: Intermittently black on dark brown.
EYE COLOR: Sea grey, variously more grey, green or blue. I can't remember
which one means trouble and which one means I'm driving. Dark grey means my
blood sugar is low, however, or that I'm half asleep. Both, sometimes.
BODY MODS: Scars, rightforearm, rightupperarm, smallofback, isotretinoin
informed complexion, numerous accidental scars, primarily knees, hands.
SIBLINGS: Three, sisters, younger, descending in age by two years
sequentially, most with earlier birthdays than mine in the year.
AVAILABLE: About as available as I was before I found myself going out with
jennie, really. Oblivious to anything that might be going on elsewhere, and
more worried about having another cup of tea.
CHILDREN:
OCCUPATION: Slacker. Currently employed in the Security Industry, where I am
underpaid and underappreciated. Currently underemployed in writing, where I
could be underpaid and underappreciated at more reasonable times of the day.
Currently unemployed as an event manager, where I could be underpaid,
underappreciated, and overworked for months at a time.
EDUCATION: Dropped out of the University of Glasgow, SYS English, Higher
Chemistry, Computing, English, French, Maths, Physics, 8 Standard Grades
[but one of them was a '3' - Curse you Weeble!].
SECRET TALENT: I have enough secrets to give one away every six months.
_Part 2: Just Checked In to See What Condition Your Condition Was In_
PHYSICAL HEALTH: Well. I have no real mucous membranes to speak of, but I'm
as well as can be expected without frontline defences.
MENTAL HEALTH: Prone to depression, but can cope well without medication.
EMOTIONAL HEALTH: Prone to fits of anger, but cope well around others.
WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR: Someone pays me to do something I enjoy.
_Part 3: Let's Get Digital!_
COMPUTER: Leviathan - he runs XP, but works well nonetheless.
WEB PAGE: some day. honest.
READING A.G. SINCE: 1998?
FAVORITE CONVERGENCE: The Thirteenth Note, Thursday 17th May 2003. Eight
net.goths around one table, because it, like, happened that way. Neat.
DID YOU GET SOME?: No. I went home instead, and fed my cat in the morning.
ARE YOU GOING TO C8?: No. It's in the past, isn't it?
FAVORITE THREADS: All.
WHY ARE YOU HERE?: Otherwise I would be lonely.
OTHER GROUPS READ: alt.gothic.convergence, alt.gothic.pretentions,
alt.usage.english.neologism [dead], aus.culture.gothic, rec.games.design,
alt.comics.2000ad, rec.games.frp.advocacy, uk.games.roleplay,
uk.music.alternative, uk.people.gothic, The Forge [www.indie-rpgs.com],
RPG.net [www.rpg.net], Sunset: Glasgow
GAF MAILING LISTS: Station-Analysis, wherethemonkeysleeps
ALT.GOTHIC IS: Yes, that's right.
_Part 4: Let's Get Musical!_
FAVE NEW BAND: Pass.
FAVE OLD BAND: Pass.
NOW PLAYING: Ladytron.
FAVE MUSIC: Endless Electro Eighties.
HATE MUSIC: Music inappropriate to the location.
HAPPY SONG: Pass.
MOPEY SONG: Pass.
INSTRUMENT: Tuneless humming, stairwells, fluid-tuned hammered dulcimers.
_Part 5: Let's Get Uhhhh *Other Stuff*!_
HOBBIES: Yes.
TIME SUCK: Hobbies.
FAVE ART: Anshelm Kiefer's "Lilith"
FAVE TV SHOW: Pass.
FAVE BOOK THIS YEAR: Pass.
FAVE BOOK EVER: Pass.
PUBLICATIONS YOU SUBSCRIBE TO: 'New Scientist', 'Interzone' [well, I steal
'em from jennie], The Economist, Private Eye, Fortune, PC Computing World,
2000ad, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Volume II, Powers, Judge
Dredd: The Megazine, National Geographic, and I might as well have subs to
Dragon, Edge, The Herald, The Financial Times, and teletext.
FAVE MOVIE THIS YEAR: Pass.
FAVE MOVIE EVER: Pass.
FAVE COMIC: Pass.
FAVE BOARD/CARD GAME: Pass.
FAVE ELECTRONIC GAME: In terms of time spent, GTAIII, but otherwise, pass.
FAVE SPORT: Pass. In case you hadn't guessed, I don't like favourites.
_Part 6: Let's Get Psychological!_
WHAT SORT OF ELDERLY PERSON WILL YOU BE?: Excusably absent-minded.
WHERE DO YOU WISH YOU LIVED?: Somewhere more convienient.
WHAT IS YOUR DREAM JOB?: Earnings would be nice.
WHAT DO YOU WANT CONVERGENCE TO BECOME?: Europe-bound.
ABORTION: Anti-Life.
GUNS: Anti-Life.
GOT FAITH: Not really.
DOGMA: Anti-life.
YOUR BEST QUALITY: I'm nice.
YOUR BIGGEST FLAW: I'm nasty.
_Part 7: Pendulum Swings Like the Pendulum Do_
MONO POLY CELIBATE: Bumbling.
HETERO BI GAY CONFUSED: Het. An odd het, but het. Hip?
FAVOURITE FLAVOUR: Appropriate.
TOYS: Appropriate.
_Part 8: None of the Above!_
FAVORITE QUOTE: I can't think of an aphorism at the moment.
ANYTHING ELSE LEFT TO SAY TO THE PEOPLE AT HOME?: Buy me cake.
--
erith - .sig
crow jane.
I'm not back either. I just copy everything tara does, because I want to be
just like her.
>>> NAME: Carrie
>>> NICK: Lately, I've been called a whole lotta "pansy." Crow Jane suits me
well, tho'. You may know me by such titles as slut, skerry, hocakes, and fuzzy
pink satan.
>>> BIRTHDAY: 01.14.79
>>>AGE: 24
>>> GENDER: QUEEN.
>>> LOCATION: South-Eastern Wisconsin, my bed chambah; home of fornication and
Hello Kitty.
>>> HAIR STYLE: Brastrap length, cleopatra bangs.
>>> HAIR COLOR: Thee Mum(TM) says it's "black like crow feathers." She's a-ok
sometimes.
>>> EYE COLOR: EYES LIKE TEH SEA AFTER A STR0M.
>>> BODY MODS: Oh, those. Some.
>>> SIBLINGS: 1 brother, younger.
>>> AVAILABLE: Oh HELL no. >:D Unless you are Crispin Glover. ...Maybe.
>>> CHILDREN: 3 rittie-roos and a dawg.
>>> OCCUPATION: I am a full time student and in a few short months, I will be a
fully licensed and certified phlebotomist.
>>>EDUCATION: K is for Kollidge. Taking a long break before mortuary school.
I dislike school.
>>> SECRET TALENT: Dilating veins? Making the boy convulse with pleasure from
feathery strokes to the wrists and forearms. We're chaste. :x
>> >_Part 2: Just Checked In to See What Condition Your Condition Was In_
>> >
>>> PHYSICAL HEALTH: Wonderful. Eating right, cycling, and running does a body
good.
>>> MENTAL HEALTH: Very stressed (semester ends in one month), but otherwise
kosher.
>>> EMOTIONAL HEALTH: Um, I'm okay. Really. Back off.
>>> WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR: I wish it was warmer. I'd like to run without a
hat.
>>
>>
>>> _Part 3: Let's Get Digital!_
>>
>>> COMPUTER: A fabulous Dell that I love very much. Broadband-y goodness. A
real shame about that whole router configuration bullshit, otherwise I'd be
using a real news server to post. No big deal, though; it's only alt.gothic!
>>> WEB PAGE: Nope. I'm going to be making a Diary of Dreams fanpage very
soon, though. :9
>>> READING A.G. SINCE: 1997.
>> > FAVORITE CONVERGENCE: No.
>>> DID YOU GET SOME?: I fucked Wayne long and hard.
>>> ARE YOU GOING TO C8? Wasn't C8 last year? I guess not, then.
>>> FAVORITE THREADS: I love the posts about DPNs and hand-dyed yarn. But
that's on LiveJournal, so.
>>> WHY ARE YOU HERE?: I shall gently press my bum to Wayne's lips.
>>> OTHER GROUPS READ: knitting, punk_knitters, knittingpretty, silenthill.
LiveJournal again! I don't have any interest in Usenet anymore.
>>> GAF MAILING LISTS: Nah.
>>> ALT.GOTHIC IS: not very goth.
>>
>>
>> > _Part 4: Let's Get Musical!_
>> >
>>> FAVE NEW BAND: Interpol are nice, and I really dig Ladytron. Akira Yamaoka
is a wonderful artist, too. He composed the musical scores for Silent Hill 1 &
2, for the Playstation, Playstation 2, and X-Box.
>>> FAVE OLD BAND: JOURNEY and THE MOODY BLUES!
>>> NOW PLAYING: Akira Yamaoka - Silent Hill 2 OST - Laura's Theme (Reprise)
>>> FAVE MUSIC: Hi, I like everything. Pretty big on "deep" house music,
classical, and sludgy rap right now.
>>> HATE MUSIC: "Worst Of Me" by You're Pretty. Or, anything off of "Broken".
>>> HAPPY SONG: "The Curse of Millhaven" by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. Whee.
>>> MOPEY SONG: I won't call it mopey, because it isn't. It's gloriously
melancholy and inspires me to paint. See: NOW PLAYING.
>>> INSTRUMENT: Piano, or perhaps the viola. Preferably, together.
>>
>>
>>> _Part 5: Let's Get Uhhhh *Other Stuff*!_
>> >
>>> HOBBIES: Knitting, running.
>>> TIME SUCK: e-mailing Tara at work, das boy, SCHOOL.
>>> FAVE ART: Shag, no doubt.
>>> FAVE TV SHOW: That 70's Show
>>> FAVE BOOK THIS YEAR: I'm sure that the new Harry Potter will be the winner.
>>> FAVE BOOK EVER: Oh, boy. Very likely, _The Princess and The Goblin_. Or
maybe it's _The Wild Swans_. Or, is it _Thumbelina_? I desperately love
princess stories. Or maybe it is _The Letter, The Witch, and The Ring_. Then
again, it's quite possibly the famous L'Engle trilogy.
>>>PUBLICATIONS YOU SUBSCRIBE TO: I do not.
>> > FAVE MOVIE THIS YEAR: Mmm... 25th Hour was swell.
>>> FAVE MOVIE EVER: Princess Mononoke.
>>> FAVE COMIC: Sinfest, Dieselsweeties
>>> FAVE BOARD/CARD GAME: MAD.
>>> FAVE ELECTRONIC GAME: Morrowind.
>>> FAVE SPORT:
Pin-tha-bitch-to-tha-wall-wit-da-scalpel-from-1912-that-I-won-on-eBay
>>
>> > _Part 6: Let's Get Psychological!_
>> >
>>> WHAT SORT OF ELDERLY PERSON WILL YOU BE?: Children will draw straws to see
who will jump my wrought-iron fence to retrieve their fucking frisbee.
>>> WHERE DO YOU WISH YOU LIVED?: Berlin.
>>> WHAT IS YOUR DREAM JOB?: Mortician.
>>> WHAT DO YOU WANT CONVERGENCE TO BECOME?: A mushroom cloud? I don't know.
>>> ABORTION: Tara and I hope to have one someday. Together!
>>> GUNS: blam.
>>> GOT FAITH: I am non-religious, and in the delightful process of having my
name removed from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Haha.
Hello, Hell.
>>> DOGMA: Yay :)
>>> YOUR BEST QUALITY: I will be loyal until the end of time if you not a
retard k thx.
>>> YOUR BIGGEST FLAW: I am a retard magnet.
>>
>>
>> > _Part 7: Pendulum Swings Like the Pendulum Do_
>>> MONO POLY CELIBATE: I don't share.
>>> HETRO BI GAY CONFUSED: Het, but love the boobs.
>>> FAVORITE FLAVOR: Orange Kool-Aid.
>>> TOYS: Dong Robinson is iridescent lilac, and Benicio is a very lurid pink.
>>
>>
>>> _Part 8: None of the Above!_
>>> FAVORITE QUOTE: "If you can not run, walk; if you can not walk, crawl; but
by all means, keep moving." --Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
>>> ANYTHING ELSE LEFT TO SAY TO THE PEOPLE AT HOME?: Rob Zombie has a hot
girlfriend.
Carrie
--
uh... straight outta compton.
Jennie
> EYE COLOR: Sea grey, variously more grey, green or blue. I can't remember
> which one means trouble and which one means I'm driving. Dark grey means my
> blood sugar is low, however, or that I'm half asleep. Both, sometimes.
Green when you're concentrating, e.g. for driving. Dark green
when you're likely to get into a fight, but any shade of green can
potentially mean trouble for me. Blue when you're relaxed and happy, oo
hoping to be in trouble yourself. Clear grey as default. Fuzzy grey when
you need to sleep or eat some sugar.
> BODY MODS: Scars, rightforearm, rightupperarm, smallofback, isotretinoin
> informed complexion, numerous accidental scars, primarily knees, hands.
I think you win all the scar counting competitions, no matter
who's playing. This has helped me to feel less self-conscious about my own
accumulating deformities. I was really pretty paranoid about them in the
past, expecting them to squick people. Much less shy about them being
visible when I'm out doing goth stuff, however; punks were always expected
to bear the marks of a few injuries.
> SECRET TALENT: I have enough secrets to give one away every six months.
But you're not going to?
> ARE YOU GOING TO C8?: No. It's in the past, isn't it?
I thought you were the chrononaut.
> FAVE SPORT: Pass. In case you hadn't guessed, I don't like favourites.
These lists aren't just about you picking favourites (mine never
last more than a day at a time), they're your chance to recommend things
to a wider audience. I'm sure I'm not the only one who takes music, book
and film recommendations from a.g.
> ANYTHING ELSE LEFT TO SAY TO THE PEOPLE AT HOME?: Buy me cake.
Cheesecake on Thursday?
Jennie
> FAVE BOARD/CARD GAME: Fluxx
Cool - somebody else who likes that. :) Most people won't
keep playing for as many games as I want to [1]. Donald claims it's all
about luck, but I think there's plenty of room for cunning besides, and I
think he only says that because it's one of the few games at which he
cannot regularly beat me.
Jennie
[1] Story of my life, really. <hsf>
Jennie
W.) wrote:
> FAVORITE THREADS: Threads about breakfast foods with agendas.
This intrigues me...
> WHAT IS YOUR DREAM JOB?: What Jennie does.
Reliable pay is nice, you know. ;)
> FAVORITE QUOTE: "Defy Mediocrity" Can we do a quotescrape, too??
If you want one, why not start one?
Jennie
FaerieEm (Emily W.)
<jen...@penelope.triffid.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>> FAVORITE THREADS: Threads about breakfast foods with agendas.
> This intrigues me...
scones. Muffins of Mass Destruction. :)
>> WHAT IS YOUR DREAM JOB?: What Jennie does.
> Reliable pay is nice, you know. ;)
I know. But I want to take unpaid holidays without the guilt instead
of with!
>> FAVORITE QUOTE: "Defy Mediocrity" Can we do a quotescrape, too??
> If you want one, why not start one?
I will, if Magdalene won't object....
--
emily elizabeth / faerieem.at.att.net
quoteless for days.
Endymion
> In article <b6vk09$1s4$1...@mailgate2.lexis-nexis.com>, Endymion wrote:
> >> > SEX: Male. I have a sex. My noun has a gender.
>
> Heh. I thought about changing that bit of wording, knowing it
would
> distress you and IX, but didn't want to distort the spirit of the original
> posting.
Distress? Heavens, no. Having nothing to bitch about, now THAT would
distress me.
> Perhaps the next edition's questions should be 'Male, female or
> other?' and 'Sex or gender'? ;)
To which I'd answer: "Sex, please. Gender is a bore."
> Or we could demand to know what case people are. I'm nominative.
Accusatory.
> >> > AVAILABLE: Can I echo Jennie's answer? Except I'm not involved with
> > Donald or Erith. Well, Erith says I'm his bitch, but my wife is liable
to
> > kick his ass if he keeps saying that, and is small and cute but very
fierce
> > when provoked.
>
> See, your problem there is that the prospect of having his ass
> kicked by small cute fierce women might not exactly _dissuade_ Erith...
Okay, then, she'll pout and power mope in a corner until he feels absolutely
awful. She can do that like you wouldn't believe.
> >> > HAPPY SONG: They make them in happy?
>
> A couple of months ago, when pondering the fact that I'm now in
> stable comfortable relationships where no-one seems likely to randomly
drop
> dead, I tried to recall a song which would fit such a situation, and
realised
> I scarcely know any. All the songs I've ever liked have been about things
> going horribly wrong. Except perhaps the ones which are about being able
to
> ignore how shitty life is because one is on heroin.
Can one really? You always suggest the worst temptations to me! But I have
the nagging suspicion that it wouldn't be enough for me; body-highs have
never really done it for me, however intense they may be.
I do know some nice songs that aren't exactly about things going horribly
wrong, though, at least for the singer; they're about things going horribly
wrong for people who get in the singer's way. Those always cheer me up.
--
Endymion
disinte...@mindspring.com
"I'm a bad muthafucka don't you know,
An' I'll crawl over fifty good pussies just to get to one fat boy's
asshole."
Brazen Angel
<ns_de_cybax_yahoo...@microsoft.com> wrote:
>SECRET TALENT: i'll bore the socks off ya
You haven't managed it yet and it's been... 5 years or so that I've
been reading. So, I don't believe it's likely at all. :)
- BA
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"It's no good to need someone more than you want them."
MC
>> FAVE NEW BAND:
> Garmarna
Wow! I didn't realize they had spread outside of Sweden. I've talked
to Emma, the singer, a few times, but I really know her brother, Tore,
more.
MC
> I like swedish bands.
> *some* swedish bands.
Cool! Name a few! Ever heard The Leather Nun?
Jennie
> "FaerieEm (Emily W.)" <faer...@nospam.att.net> writes:
> Cool! Name a few! Ever heard The Leather Nun?
I like Leather Nun, but they hardly ever get played over here
these days (except occasionally at Delerium 7). I suspect they're too
gothy for most goth club playlists now. Too mopey and melodic and stuff.
Ian Sturrock
>
>_Part 1: Let's Get Physical!_
>NAME: Ian Sturrock
>NICK: -
>BIRTHDAY: 19700102
>GENDER: Bloke
>LOCATION: North Wales
>HAIR STYLE: Shaved
>HAIR COLOR: Shaved
>EYE COLOR: Very brown
>BODY MODS: Tattooed head, back, sides, neck, arm, chest. Six
piercings, most of which are below the neck.
>SIBLINGS: Groovy sister
>AVAILABLE: If you ask nicely
>CHILDREN: Yes, Kyle, nearly 3
>OCCUPATION: Staff writer & games designer for Mongoose Publishing
>SECRET TALENT: I boast loudly about all my many talents, so no
>
>
>_Part 2: Just Checked In to See What Condition Your Condition Was In_
>
>PHYSICAL HEALTH: Running every day, eating well, so I'd
say good right now.
>MENTAL HEALTH: Lovely if a bit stressed
>EMOTIONAL HEALTH: Spot on
>WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR: I am that star
>
>_Part 3: Let's Get Digital!_
>
>COMPUTER: Athlon 2000+
IBM ThinkPad PII 266
Psion Revo
>WEB PAGE: Nope
>READING A.G. SINCE: 1997
>FAVORITE CONVERGENCE: The one I will one day attend
>DID YOU GET SOME?: Probably
>ARE YOU GOING TO C8?: No
>ARE YOU WAITING FOR C9?: No
>FAVORITE THREADS: What is goth?
>WHY ARE YOU HERE?: Work avoidance technique
>OTHER GROUPS READ: upg, rec.games.frp.dnd
>GAF MAILING LISTS: Loads of mailing lists, most not so very
goth
>ALT.GOTHIC IS: dull
>
>_Part 6: Let's Get Psychological!_
>
>WHAT SORT OF ELDERLY PERSON WILL YOU BE?: Legal heroin addict
>WHERE DO YOU WISH YOU LIVED?: Canada sounds nice, apart
from the SARS -- otherwise
Strathconon or Donegal
>WHAT IS YOUR DREAM JOB?: Idle rich
>WHAT DO YOU WANT CONVERGENCE TO BECOME?: Affordable
>ABORTION: On demand
>GUNS: It starts off as a game, then
ends up as a sport -- and
that's when people get hurt.
>GOT FAITH: As necessary (only)
>DOGMA: Had a good anal sex gag
>YOUR BEST QUALITY: All of them!
>YOUR BIGGEST FLAW: I can sometimes be a bit too
much of a perfectionist
y'know?
>
>_Part 7: Pendulum Swings Like the Pendulum Do_
>MONO POLY CELIBATE: Poly
>HETRO BI GAY CONFUSED: Hetero
>FAVORITE FLAVOR: Chocolate
>TOYS: Rubber swords
>
>_Part 8: None of the Above!_
>FAVORITE QUOTE: It's not rocket surgery
>ANYTHING ELSE LEFT TO SAY TO THE PEOPLE AT HOME?: Get a geek, you
life!
--
"Every winner is a villain, every loser is a hero. Just put on your two step
shoes and lose the blues. . . and dance like it's year zero. . ." (Alabama 3)
Joshua Brooks (the zero god)
"--nightshade--" <ns_de_cybax_yahoo...@microsoft.com> wrote
in message
news:ns_de_cybax_yahoo.com_not.re...@news.comcast.giganews.com...
> Brazen Angel wrote:
> > --nightshade-- wrote:
>
> > >SECRET TALENT: i'll bore the socks off ya
>
> > You haven't managed it yet and it's been... 5 years or so that I've
> > been reading. So, I don't believe it's likely at all. :)
>
>
> no fair. you know i can't handle a compliment. i've no idea what to do
with
> them.
>
>
> --nightshade--
>
> --
> --nightshade--
> 'whoever said it was a small world
> was either a liar or a fool' --concrete blonde
I highly recommend wrapping them in cellophane and bashing them against good
solid brick walls. Seems to make them quiet down a bit.
Joshua Brooks
siani evans
>
> In article <slrnb97abi....@othin.ninehells.com>, Peter H. Coffin wrote:
> > FAVE BOARD/CARD GAME: Fluxx
>
> Cool - somebody else who likes that. :) Most people won't
> keep playing for as many games as I want to [1]. Donald claims it's all
> about luck, but I think there's plenty of room for cunning besides, and I
> think he only says that because it's one of the few games at which he
> cannot regularly beat me.
i **loved** it. can we play when we do zombies??? it was just about
the best card game ever.
siani (not dead yet)
CJ
goes ...
_Part 1: Let's Get Physical!_
NAME: CJ
NICK: CJ, bootpunk
BIRTHDAY: 11 Oct
GENDER: Laddie
LOCATION: NYC, soon to be London
HAIR STYLE: short/medium, sometimes mohawked
HAIR COLOR: brown
EYE COLOR: greyish
BODY MODS: none
SIBLINGS: 1 little bro, 2 little sis
AVAILABLE: for about 3 years now
CHILDREN: not anytime soon
OCCUPATION: sometime financial bod
SECRET TALENT: hardly any of them are secret - extensive knowledge of
Pogues songs might count
_Part 2: Just Checked In to See What Condition Your Condition Was In_
PHYSICAL HEALTH: pretty damn good, considering the battering this
shell takes
MENTAL HEALTH: generally OK, occasional bouts of stress and depression
EMOTIONAL HEALTH: train-wreck, still coming to terms with 3 year old
break-up
WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR: live the last 15 years over again
_Part 3: Let's Get Digital!_
COMPUTER: this one is an PIII NT4 box - there are about 7 others
including a server lying around
WEB PAGE: www.geocities.com/cj_goth ; www.mindspring.com/~cj_goth
READING A.G. SINCE: about once every 6 months since 96 or so (ie not
much) - I've only ever posted here before as cross-posts from upg.
FAVORITE CONVERGENCE: C7 has been my only one
DID YOU GET SOME?: too stressed and drunk at that one
ARE YOU GOING TO C8?: for C9: I didn't go
ARE YOU WAITING FOR C9?: for C10 - I hope to be there
FAVORITE THREADS: ones that offer up interesting new music to explore
WHY ARE YOU HERE?: looking at post-C9 reports
OTHER GROUPS READ: upg, uk.people.bdsm
GAF MAILING LISTS: sluts, buca, a few band mailing lists, I've given
up on nycgoth
ALT.GOTHIC IS: looking far more appealing with its reduced bandwidth
_Part 4: Let's Get Musical!_
FAVE NEW BAND: Anathema Device/DUST (tie)
FAVE OLD BAND: used to be Bauhaus, but probably Red Lorry Yellow
Lorry atm
NOW PLAYING: no music on while DB hacking (2NF? arse!)
FAVE MUSIC: old-school 80s goth, and what we called "alternative"
(Foetus, Big Black, RLYL)
HATE MUSIC: bubble-gum pap pop, (C)Rap, hip-hop, house, the usual crap
HAPPY SONG: Therapy?: Loose
MOPEY SONG: Any/all off Radiohead's OK Computer
INSTRUMENT: guitar and synth that I can't really play, plus I can't
really sing too
_Part 5: Let's Get Uhhhh *Other Stuff*!_
HOBBIES: surfing, snowboarding, pinball plus I'm a news whore/info
freako
TIME SUCK: #uk_goffs, LJ, Drudge+Slashdot+other news sites
FAVE ART: BDSM erotic drawings
FAVE TV SHOW: Father Ted
FAVE BOOK THIS YEAR: Last Exit To Brooklyn
FAVE BOOK EVER: tricky, I'll cheat and say Watchmen graphic novel.
FAVE MOVIE THIS YEAR: Bowling for Columbine, but it'll be Xmen2 or
Matrix2 in a couple of weeks
FAVE MOVIE EVER: Aliens, The Graduate or Withnail & I, depending on
mood
FAVE COMIC: Bill Hicks
FAVE BOARD/CARD GAME: Star Fleet Battles (1000 pages of rules? rah!)
FAVE ELECTRONIC GAME: Civ series - the heroin of computer games
FAVE SPORT: to watch: football (as in soccer); to play: surfing
_Part 6: Let's Get Psychological!_
WHAT SORT OF ELDERLY PERSON WILL YOU BE?: selectively deaf, prankster
WHERE DO YOU WISH YOU LIVED?: only place I would want to but haven't
is Hawaii
WHAT IS YOUR DREAM JOB?: CEO of a large but ethical multi-national
WHAT DO YOU WANT CONVERGENCE TO BECOME?: more like Whitby: bigger,
better with more continuity in the organisation
ABORTION: on demand
GUNS: I'm with Chris Rock: make bullets cost $5000 each
GOT FAITH: ultra-rationalist, (sometimes militant) atheist
DOGMA: Occum's razor
YOUR BEST QUALITY: honest, good listener
YOUR BIGGEST FLAW: a bit too fond of the booze
_Part 7: Pendulum Swings Like the Pendulum Do_
MONO POLY CELIBATE: Poly (plus BDSMer and boot fetishist)
HETRO BI GAY CONFUSED: Bi
FAVORITE FLAVOR: any of the Islay single malts
TOYS: vicious spiked paddle is my favourite
_Part 8: None of the Above!_
FAVORITE QUOTE: Better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.
ANYTHING ELSE LEFT TO SAY TO THE PEOPLE AT HOME?: anyone interested
in marrying me so I can get a Green Card ;o)
CJ
--
cj underscore go...@SPAM.SUCKS.ASSmindspring.com (spam paranoia, eh?)
www.geocities.com/cj_goth/ [UK life]
www.mindspring.com/~cj_goth/ [US life]
ICQ: 74711517
~Fianna
some of you IRL.
K.
_Part 1: Let's Get Physical!_
NAME: Kat
NICK: ~Fianna, Aradia, FiannaAradia, Meredd
BIRTHDAY: Ugh, I hate this question... 01 april
GENDER: Gender? You decide. Sex? Female
LOCATION: Lovely Las Vegas, NV
HAIR STYLE: long, straight, short bangs.
HAIR COLOR: black
EYE COLOR: yellow brown
BODY MODS: ears only. used to have more, can't be bothered anymore.
SIBLINGS: 2 very little brothers
AVAILABLE: by arrangement.
CHILDREN: are the other white meat.
OCCUPATION: Currently interviewing. Send happy vibes this way.
SECRET TALENT: demonstrations available by arrangement.
_Part 2: Just Checked In to See What Condition Your Condition Was In_
PHYSICAL HEALTH: exhausted and still slightly hungover from C9
MENTAL HEALTH: Varies.
EMOTIONAL HEALTH: actually, quite good.
WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR: a non-moldy house.
_Part 3: Let's Get Digital!_
COMPUTER: WinXP - emachines. it's functional.
WEB PAGE: hasn't been updated in forever. LJ= Kat1031
READING A.G. SINCE: (Yes, how big is *your* dick?): lurking since 94
or 95
FAVORITE CONVERGENCE: I've only been to covergence 9.
DID YOU GET SOME?: disappointingly, no.
ARE YOU GOING TO C8?: Went to C9
ARE YOU WAITING FOR C9?: Going to C10
FAVORITE THREADS: Black corset. Obnoxious red pooufy skirt
WHY ARE YOU HERE?: Why not?
OTHER GROUPS READ: agp; agf; occasionally alt.sex.stories
GAF MAILING LISTS: vegasgoths.
ALT.GOTHIC IS: a newsgroup
_Part 4: Let's Get Musical!_
FAVE NEW BAND: ? I've been living under a rock lately. Suggestions,
anyone?
FAVE OLD BAND: Human Drama; Nephilim;
NOW PLAYING: Chamelions UK "Swamp Thing"
FAVE MUSIC: not much that I won't listen to in the right mood.
HATE MUSIC: folk.
HAPPY SONG: Depends on why I'm happy.
MOPEY SONG: Swamp Thing.
INSTRUMENT: harp; violin; good keyboards
_Part 5: Let's Get Uhhhh *Other Stuff*!_
HOBBIES: reading, writing, dancing, photography
TIME SUCK: LJ; school
FAVE ART: B/W Photo
FAVE TV SHOW: Buffy
FAVE BOOK THIS YEAR: Confessions of a Pagan Nun; Northanger Abbey
FAVE BOOK EVER: Wuthering Heights; Les Fleurs De Mal
FAVE MOVIE THIS YEAR: Don't really do movies.
FAVE MOVIE EVER: GWTW.
FAVE COMIC: Don't really have one.
FAVE BOARD/CARD GAME: Monopoly; Goth the Board Game (I shit you not.
Cheesy as hell, but really funny with the right crowd.); Fluxx
FAVE ELECTRONIC GAME: Civilization
FAVE SPORT: rugby; football
_Part 6: Let's Get Psychological!_
WHAT SORT OF ELDERLY PERSON WILL YOU BE?: A very crabby woman high on
a hill with a ton of cats and a poison garden
WHERE DO YOU WISH YOU LIVED?: ABV.
WHAT IS YOUR DREAM JOB?: Freelance Photographer
WHAT DO YOU WANT CONVERGENCE TO BECOME?: permanant.
ABORTION: Complicated issue.
GUNS: I was a Libertarian. That hasn't gone away totally.
GOT FAITH: Yes. Pagan.
DOGMA: If you wanna know, email me.
YOUR BEST QUALITY: Persistance.
YOUR BIGGEST FLAW: Persistance.
_Part 7: Pendulum Swings Like the Pendulum Do_
MONO POLY CELIBATE: poly
HETRO BI GAY CONFUSED: bi
FAVORITE FLAVOR: anything but vanilla.
TOYS: can be fun.
_Part 8: None of the Above!_
FAVORITE QUOTE: "Quod me nutrit me destruit." or "Sunt lacrima rerum"
ANYTHING ELSE LEFT TO SAY TO THE PEOPLE AT HOME?: Why?
Endymion
> BIRTHDAY: Ugh, I hate this question... 01 april
Who removed the "year born" question, or, alternately, why did every single
netscraper after about the second day decide to stop answering it? Is
everyone that embarassed about their age?
Not picking on you, I assume most folks just copied from a version that
didn't have it, but I'm often curious at least what decade folks were born
in - you know, so I can tell if they're geriatric old farts like me and
klaatu or diapered alternabrats like Seo.
> AVAILABLE: by arrangement.
What, you have a *pimp*? ;-p Alain, are you branching out?
--
Endymion
disinte...@mindspring.com
Raphrat
is well-timed...
> _Part 1: Let's Get Physical!_
>
> NAME: B. W. Zimmerman
> NICK: Raphrat, Boo, Lord of the Pants, Hot Piece of Ass, Sexy Bitch, Jackass, Kraut, Fag, Fauxmo, Cabana Boy
> BIRTHDAY: 7/14
> GENDER: outtie
> LOCATION: tucson at the moment
> HAIR STYLE: morrissey, the later years
> HAIR COLOR: dirty blonde
> EYE COLOR: blue
> BODY MODS: 10 inch tongue, breathe through my yadda yadda yadda...
> SIBLINGS: 1 sis, 1 bro
> AVAILABLE: newp
> CHILDREN: classic car
> OCCUPATION: disgruntled web developer, guerilla designer
> SECRET TALENT: often mistaken for gay. oh wait, that's not a secret
>
>
> _Part 2: Just Checked In to See What Condition Your Condition Was In_
>
> PHYSICAL HEALTH: getting better
> MENTAL HEALTH: mid/late 20s high-grade existential anxiety
> EMOTIONAL HEALTH: see above
> WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR: !!!!PONY!!!!! >=/
>
> _Part 3: Let's Get Digital!_
>
> COMPUTER: various outdated macs not running OSX
> WEB PAGE: adrenachrome-design.com (someday i'll release the update)
> READING A.G. SINCE: August '94. intermittantly since '98
> FAVORITE CONVERGENCE: C2, though if C9 had a few more faces....
> DID YOU GET SOME?: a gentlemen doesn't tell. however my platinum loser card is still damn shiny.
> ARE YOU GOING TO C8?: woah, wait a second, how old is this Netscrape?
> ARE YOU WAITING FOR C9?: sure. make it happen again in 2 months when i might have cash to reimburse people
> FAVORITE THREADS: Express low-rise boot-cut jeans.
> WHY ARE YOU HERE?: the sign outside said "Punch & Pie"
> OTHER GROUPS READ: NONE. unless they show up in my annual vanity search.
> GAF MAILING LISTS: exclusive lists where we old folks plot and control the rest of you. there is no c*b*l.
> ALT.GOTHIC IS: fag city.
>
> _Part 4: Let's Get Musical!_
>
> FAVE NEW BAND: i just gave AFI a second chance after deciding they sucked in '97. infinately better now.
> FAVE OLD BAND: Rites of Spring
> NOW PLAYING: Morrissey "Beethoven was Deaf"
> FAVE MUSIC: the sound of one hand clapping. (nosferatu)
> HATE MUSIC: new country. old c&w is still the apex of American Music.
> HAPPY SONG: "Slack Motherfucker" - Superchunk
> MOPEY SONG: "Unsatisfied" - The Replacements
> INSTRUMENT: guitar
>
>
> _Part 5: Let's Get Uhhhh *Other Stuff*!_
>
> HOBBIES: no time for love, doctor jones...
> TIME SUCK: work. really.
> FAVE ART: Rauschenberg, Basquiat.
> FAVE TV SHOW: was buffy, now back to South Park. Six Feet Under is amazing
> FAVE BOOK THIS YEAR: Our Band Could Be Your Life (Michael Azzerad)
> FAVE BOOK EVER: Better Than Sex (Hunter S. Thompson)
> FAVE MOVIE THIS YEAR: Sweet Home Alabama
> FAVE MOVIE EVER: huh. um. at the moment, either Boondock Saints or Can't Hardly Wait
> FAVE COMIC: John Waters (spoken word)
> FAVE BOARD/CARD GAME: Risk
> FAVE ELECTRONIC GAME: uh. on the rare occasion i play Unreal Tournament GOTY edition
> FAVE SPORT: WOO HOO!!! GO STEELERS!!!!!
>
>
> _Part 6: Let's Get Psychological!_
>
> WHAT SORT OF ELDERLY PERSON WILL YOU BE?: to be honest, dead and having left loads of cash to my family.
> WHERE DO YOU WISH YOU LIVED?: back in Pittsburgh.
> WHAT IS YOUR DREAM JOB?: self-employed designer. but one that makes lots of cash and has name-recognition.
> WHAT DO YOU WANT CONVERGENCE TO BECOME?: that's for us to know and yinz to find out.
> ABORTION: if you're against it, why don't you shut up and adopt them? and i mean the non-white ones too.
> GUNS: laws will only affect the law-abiding. ergo, everyone should be trained and armed.
> GOT FAITH: catholic. non-practicing, but it does dictate a lot of my actions.
> DOGMA: uh. huh?
> YOUR BEST QUALITY: modesty, or so i've been told.
> YOUR BIGGEST FLAW: insanely low self-opinion
>
> _Part 7: Pendulum Swings Like the Pendulum Do_
> MONO POLY CELIBATE: mono, but often confused w/ celibate
> HETRO BI GAY CONFUSED: i set off GayDar at 30paces, but dig the chix, yo.
> FAVORITE FLAVOR: coffee, cigarettes, and that certain spot where the neck meets the shoulder
> TOYS: giant robots. non-sexual.
>
> _Part 8: None of the Above!_
> FAVORITE QUOTE: "no d00d.... like... you have NO idea..."
> ANYTHING ELSE LEFT TO SAY TO THE PEOPLE AT HOME?: start using the word "hella" again so i don't feel like a weirdo.
--
Boo
Lord of the Pants
Seo
> Is everyone that embarassed about their age?
Yes. I am at least.[1]
You know what it's like to be the youngin' who gets to sit through
stories of the Good Ole Days bitterly wishing that they could have those
times? Unfortunately goth is dead so we're shit out of luck.
Everyone time we admit that we're under two decades of breathing time we
lose some credibility with old folks[2]. We haven't been there done that
and are puppies who need cluestick beatings.
Plus if we disclose the age thing there's a line of crusty perverts who
want to fuck something younger than their boots.
The only upside I've found is the people who want to contribute to the
cause of Seo's Antisobriety Fund. At least I don't need to leech o'so
spooky cloves off you people anymore.
<snip>
> so I can tell if they're geriatric old farts
> like me and klaatu or diapered alternabrats like Seo.
Diapered alternabrats? Hadn't heard that one before, gramps.
> --
> Endymion
> disinte...@mindspring.com
-Seo, the diapered alternabrat.
[1] Old enough to fuck and buy ciggarettes and shotguns, vote and hop the
border to Soviet Canuckistan for a drink, get married and do about
everything. Just not buy my own gin or carry a handgun in this lovely
state. Bitterness seeth!
[2] Not saying I'm a terribly mature or jaded invidual. Give some thought
to the kind of things someone could have trudged through by now.
PS
Ah... another thing... The phrase babybat. Kindergoth is a neat slur but
babybat!?
Sure I'm under age, but for god's sake but that doesn't mean you have to
be all cloyingly cute about it.
" Oooh! You're just a babybat! All your favourite bands broke up and got
fat before you were born! How cute!"
Endymion
> i prefer a modicum of ambiguity. it's best if people meet you on the
merits
> of your personality, not of your person.
But where's the fun in that? And how am I supposed to know who's younger'n
my boots?
--
Endymion
disinte...@mindspring.com
"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like;
and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve."
Trizia
> Plus if we disclose the age thing there's a line of crusty perverts who
>want to fuck something younger than their boots.
>
My oldest boots are 18.
-----
Trizia
Whatever tomorrow brings I'll be there with open arms
Endymion
>
> > Plus if we disclose the age thing there's a line of crusty perverts who
> >want to fuck something younger than their boots.
> >
> My oldest boots are 18.
So are mine! I guess that makes them legal everywhere now. Your boots and my
boots should get together sometime... I'll ship them over and we can have
little goth grandbooties!
~Fianna
> "~Fianna" <ka...@lvcm.com> wrote
>
> > BIRTHDAY: Ugh, I hate this question... 01 april
>
> Who removed the "year born" question, or, alternately, why did every single
> netscraper after about the second day decide to stop answering it? Is
> everyone that embarassed about their age?
Actually, it's the date that annoys me and not the year. The year is
'75. The date gave me more grief as a kid than just about anything
else (at least over a sustained period of time.) I don't actually
celebrate my birthday on the date of my birth. I celebrate it on
Halloween. I figure that if I'm stuck with a cheesy and annoying
holiday, it's going to be the cool cheesy and annoying holiday.
> Not picking on you, I assume most folks just copied from a version that
> didn't have it, but I'm often curious at least what decade folks were born
> in - you know, so I can tell if they're geriatric old farts like me and
> klaatu or diapered alternabrats like Seo.
Yeah, I didn't get the one with the date. But I'm definately
geriatric. I can often be found in the corner of clubs wondering
where all the spooky kids came from and why they'd want to do this to
my poor scene.
> > AVAILABLE: by arrangement.
>
> What, you have a *pimp*? ;-p Alain, are you branching out?
I live in Vegas after all.... *wicked grin*
K.
Trizia
<disinte...@mindspring.com> wrote:
>"Trizia" <ir...@ntlworld.com> wrote
>>
>> > Plus if we disclose the age thing there's a line of crusty perverts who
>> >want to fuck something younger than their boots.
>> >
>> My oldest boots are 18.
>
>
>So are mine! I guess that makes them legal everywhere now. Your boots and my
>boots should get together sometime... I'll ship them over and we can have
>little goth grandbooties!
Sounds like a plan. And I bet they'd be very nice :-)
Lets check they are compatible .....Mine are pointy toed, 3 inch
heels, with straps round them. Yours?
Edvamp
boots should get together sometime... >>
Nice human...wanna fuck?
Ever and Always
Edvamp
If it weren't for my horse, I wouldn't have spent that year in college.
www.insidecx.com
Endymion
> >So are mine! I guess that makes them legal everywhere now. Your boots and
my
> >boots should get together sometime... I'll ship them over and we can have
> >little goth grandbooties!
>
> Sounds like a plan. And I bet they'd be very nice :-)
Well... aside from being crusty perverts, anyway.
> Lets check they are compatible .....Mine are pointy toed, 3 inch
> heels, with straps round them. Yours?
Crusty, ancient U.S. Navy-issue combat boots with 18 years of polish and
grime worn down to a thin graying sludge, lots of scuffs and scrapes and
mysterious cuts and slashes, and amazingly durable soles with no tread at
all left on them. But they've been to a number of exotic foreign lands and
are *really* well broken in.
Trizia
<disinte...@mindspring.com> wrote:
>"Trizia" <ir...@ntlworld.com> wrote
>> On Thu, 1 May 2003 12:10:06 -0400, "Endymion"
>> <disinte...@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
>> >So are mine! I guess that makes them legal everywhere now. Your boots and
>my
>> >boots should get together sometime... I'll ship them over and we can have
>> >little goth grandbooties!
>>
>> Sounds like a plan. And I bet they'd be very nice :-)
>
>Well... aside from being crusty perverts, anyway.
>
>> Lets check they are compatible .....Mine are pointy toed, 3 inch
>> heels, with straps round them. Yours?
>
>Crusty, ancient U.S. Navy-issue combat boots with 18 years of polish and
>grime worn down to a thin graying sludge, lots of scuffs and scrapes and
>mysterious cuts and slashes, and amazingly durable soles with no tread at
>all left on them. But they've been to a number of exotic foreign lands and
>are *really* well broken in.
Sounds like they'd be perfect for each other :-)
Endymion
> "Endymion" wrote:
> > Is everyone that embarassed about their age?
>
> Yes. I am at least.[1]
But you were one of the ones who actually answered - roughly, anyway.
> You know what it's like to be the youngin' who gets to sit through
> stories of the Good Ole Days
Oh, fuck yeah! Only back then it was punk. Punk died arund '78 when I was 12
and too young to enjoy it.
> bitterly wishing that they could have those times?
You don't wish you could have those times. Those times sucked, they weren't
what they're cracked up to be, and you know it. They were bad scenes, bad
drugs, bad sound, bad venues, bad hair, bad breath, bad vibes, AIDS was all
around but no one had any idea how to avoid catching it, and for you young
socialists, if you think Bush'n'Blair are bad you'd have LOVED Reagan and
Thatcher.
The point is you don't have to have the good time of 1983 in 2003 to have a
good time in 2003. When you were being born in 1983 I was 17 and couldn't
buy a beer or a date and people would throw rocks at kids just for wearing
combat boots or having too short hair.
> Unfortunately goth is dead so we're shit out of luck.
Goth was always dead and you were born shit out of luck, that's why you're
here. Enjoy its lifeless rotting corpse for what it is, quitcherbitchin, and
find something else if you want to create something new and vital and
growing.
> Everyone time we admit that we're under two decades of breathing time we
> lose some credibility with old folks[2].
Nah. One loses credibiity when one *acts* like a kid. One actually loses
more when it turns out the clueless babybat is 37 years old. And no one
gains a bit of credibility with anyone sensible merely for having lived and
breathed and been through shit.
The main reason for asking the Netscrape question is just so the crusty old
pervs will know where to start lining up.
> We haven't been there done that
> and are puppies who need cluestick beatings.
Well, yes, but so are most of the older ones who *have* been there and
learned nothing from it.
> Plus if we disclose the age thing there's a line of crusty perverts
Are you sure that wasn't just for the men's room? Really, I must have been
in the wrong line then.
> who want to fuck something younger than their boots.
I think that's illegal, though maybe not in Nevada. Didn't Narnia have some
sort of site for that? Anyway, didn't we both agree that goth was all about
the chyxx?
> Diapered alternabrats? Hadn't heard that one before, gramps.
Hey, if the Pampers fit...
> [1] Old enough to fuck and buy ciggarettes and shotguns, vote and hop the
> border to Soviet Canuckistan for a drink, get married and do about
> everything.
Geez, yer gettin' me all... excited. Stop that while I'm at work, already!
> [2] Not saying I'm a terribly mature or jaded invidual. Give some thought
> to the kind of things someone could have trudged through by now.
Yeah, I heard about what the ladies had to trudge through Sunday night -
what, you expect scene cred for that?
If you haven't caught this by now, I detest the idea that "jaded" and
"mature" go together, or that maturity is a destination reached by diving
into and wading through shit as early and messily as possible.
> Ah... another thing... The phrase babybat. Kindergoth is a neat slur but
> babybat!?
> Sure I'm under age, but for god's sake but that doesn't mean you have to
> be all cloyingly cute about it.
Exactly.
Vixo Vee
_Part 1: Let's Get Physical!_
NAME: Andrea Lindsay W.
NICK: Vixo, Mark.
BIRTHDAY: 10/26/85...I hear the mumbling and vague laughter...
GENDER: Female, though when I was 10 I was convinced my parents had
given me a sex change as a child (they had not). I was also convinced
I was adopted, abducted, and a vampire. Did I mention I was ten at the
time?
LOCATION: MA.
HAIR STYLE: Ass-long and, at the moment, everywhere...
HAIR COLOR: Black.
EYE COLOR: Chocolate brown.
BODY MODS: One nose stud, waiting for 18 till I really get goin'.
SIBLINGS: Thank god, no.
AVAILABLE: Oh god, yes.
CHILDREN: Ugh.
OCCUPATION: Film maker.
SECRET TALENT: The amazing powers of getting every impossible disease
out there! Hoof and Mouth! Ciriosiss (sp?)!! Holes in my throat! Lyme
Disease! and I fall down stairs like there's no tommorrow. Wearing my
boots! (oh, wow, i've never used shift+1 that much before)
_Part 2: Just Checked In to See What Condition Your Condition Was In_
PHYSICAL HEALTH: hrm...tendonitis, cyriosis (maybe I'll get the
spelling right soon) on my knees, and currently, whiplash, a bruise on
my cheek and chin, and a slightly swollen brain, from tripping and
knocking myself out on a cement floor (second time this year I've
fallen and gotten hurt- Motherfucking boots...)
MENTAL HEALTH: I assume this is to be short, not a report, yes? I'll
leave this one alone...
EMOTIONAL HEALTH: Same.
WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR: I will get an actor for the main part in my
movie this summer...I will get an actor for the main part in my movie
this summer...I will get an actor for the main part in my movie this
summer...
_Part 3: Let's Get Digital!_
COMPUTER: Bucket of metal with a phone wire.
WEB PAGE: www.iamsmeagol.net/greed (warning, it's very dumb- I havn't
updated in weeks)
READING A.G. SINCE: Ugh....a couple months- I mostly stick to a.g.f
though...
FAVORITE CONVERGENCE: I'll tell you three years from now after some
experience, okay?
DID YOU GET SOME?: Fuck off.
ARE YOU GOING TO C8?: No.
ARE YOU WAITING FOR C9?: Too late...
FAVORITE THREADS: Me geisha bondage top.
WHY ARE YOU HERE?: Need contact with the outside
world....no....air....lungs collapasing...
OTHER GROUPS READ: This, one website, and countless fiction and
scripts keep me busy enough.
GAF MAILING LISTS: ...
ALT.GOTHIC IS: An eclectic mix of peanut butter and black tic tacs.
_Part 4: Let's Get Musical!_
FAVE NEW BAND: ...How new is new?
FAVE OLD BAND: Christian Death, Bauhaus.
NOW PLAYING: Johnny Cash American IV CD.
FAVE MUSIC: Everything. Try me.
HATE MUSIC: Hardly.
HAPPY SONG: Lola - the Kinks
MOPEY SONG: Sweetheart Come - Nick Cave, Origin of Love - Hedwig and
the Angry Inch
INSTRUMENT: Violin, piano. Used to know recorder, but then, who
didn't?
_Part 5: Let's Get Uhhhh *Other Stuff*!_
HOBBIES: Stress.
TIME SUCK: My art class final. I cleaned a 10x6 room today that was,
once, the photography studio (not proper ventilation which they
discovered by ME getting high of photography chemicals). It started
without anyone being able to get into it, and finished with a spotless
floor, ceiling, walls, etc.
FAVE ART: Matthew Barney, Cremaster Cycle. SO awesome.
FAVE TV SHOW: TV is a shithole....Simpsons, Family Guy, or Southpark,
though...
FAVE BOOK THIS YEAR: God. Like Water For Chocolate or the Ass saw the
Angel.
FAVE BOOK EVER: Impossible. Um...Mists of Avalon? The Weetzie Bat
Books? And the Ass saw the Angel?
FAVE MOVIE THIS YEAR: Happy Together - Wong Kar Wai
FAVE MOVIE EVER: Film Maker. I'm not allowed.
FAVE COMIC: Johnen Vasquez. Oh, yes, cliche, I know. I do great
imitations of Johnny's face though.
FAVE BOARD/CARD GAME: Spit. I kick ass at work (I work with kids).
FAVE ELECTRONIC GAME: Tasers.
FAVE SPORT: Power Napping!
_Part 6: Let's Get Psychological!_
WHAT SORT OF ELDERLY PERSON WILL YOU BE?: The one with magenta spiky
hair wearing a lot of vinyl over her wrinkly sagging- Oh, ew.
WHERE DO YOU WISH YOU LIVED?: Rome. Or Hamburg. Or Tokyo. Or Hong
Kong. Or Sydney. But Most of the time, New York.
WHAT IS YOUR DREAM JOB?: Whore. Or Curator for the Guggenheim.
WHAT DO YOU WANT CONVERGENCE TO BECOME?: A place I could say I went.
ABORTION: In my opinion, everyone is just a giant sperm. Or an egg, if
you're a feminist.
GUNS: My grandmother aimed a gun at me one time, and threatened to
shoot. Seriously.
GOT FAITH: Hell, I'll do anything for money.
DOGMA: Alan Rickman makes me nervous. That goes triple with his pants
down.
YOUR BEST QUALITY: Momma always taught me to be polite.
YOUR BIGGEST FLAW: Momma also taught me to swear. Loudly, Frequently,
and Creatively. Just like my spelling.
_Part 7: Pendulum Swings Like the Pendulum Do_
MONO POLY CELIBATE: At the mo'? Unwillingly celibate.
HETRO BI GAY CONFUSED: Pansexual.
FAVORITE FLAVOR: No matter what, a condom tastes like a condom.
the TOYS: are all mine.
_Part 8: None of the Above!_
FAVORITE QUOTE: My body is my temple, desecrate me. Sorry. I havn't
slept. Ever.
ANYTHING ELSE LEFT TO SAY TO THE PEOPLE AT HOME?: I am prettier then
this man.
My bed is looking mighty fine right now.
--Vixo Vee
Edward Scissorhands
NAME: Richard
NICK: EdwardS/Edward Scissorhands
BIRTHDAY: 12/27/74
GENDER: Bloke
LOCATION: Hoyk! (Spelled Hawick)
HAIR STYLE: Hair. I mean, that's all there is to it. Style? Pah!
HAIR COLOR: Dark brown fading to reddish brown.
EYE COLOR: Variable grey/green/blue naturally, though usually just black
pupils.
BODY MODS: Nothing, really.
SIBLINGS: 1 sister, at college now.
AVAILABLE: I'm not entirely sure I ever have been.
CHILDREN: Yah.
OCCUPATION: Media whore. Wannabe rockstar.
SECRET TALENT: Erm... Hmm. No. No talents here.
>_Part 2: Just Checked In to See What Condition Your Condition Was In_
>
PHYSICAL HEALTH: Steadfastly refusing to break down or die.
MENTAL HEALTH: Is something that happens to other people.
EMOTIONAL HEALTH: Highly variable. Always kept internal.
WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR: Give what I know now to me 10 years ago.
>_Part 3: Let's Get Digital!_
>
COMPUTER: Same old Dell PIII-450 Dual I've been using for nearly 5
years. Elsewhere, 800MHz iBook and 733 (upgrade to dual 1.2GHz ordered)
Quicksilver G4 used for recording/studio stuff, and around 30-ish old
computers of no note, and a Russian MSX2 system, and an Acorn Cambridge
Workstation.
WEB PAGE: www.dmc12.demon.co.uk - lovecraft has finally been killed!
READING A.G. SINCE: late 96 or early 97.
FAVORITE CONVERGENCE: Haven't been yet. Whitby!
DID YOU GET SOME?: :P
ARE YOU GOING TO C8?: No.
ARE YOU WAITING FOR C9?: Missed it, too.
FAVORITE THREADS: Anything posted by real people.
WHY ARE YOU HERE?: Someone called me because of the smell. I've tried
cleaning the pipes and checking for forgotten racoons, but I think it's
merely a nice healthy stench of death.
OTHER GROUPS READ: upg, a few computer and car related ones.
GAF MAILING LISTS: The Velvet server list? I don't know.
ALT.GOTHIC IS: twitching, and not dead yet. STAT! Or something. Maybe we
can breathe life into the old dog yet.
>_Part 4: Let's Get Musical!_
>
FAVE NEW BAND: Hmmm. DeathBoy was the last CD I bought.
FAVE OLD BAND: Marillion at the moment.
NOW PLAYING: In my head, for some unknown reason, Madonna's American
Dream song. I think I'm trying to find out what the hell makes it
suitable for release.
FAVE MUSIC: Hmmmmm. Synthpop? Looking for something new to rattle my
cage a little. Still into the usual suspects like Cave and such.
HATE MUSIC: R&B/Garage/misplaced ghetto music in the UK.
HAPPY SONG: Loads. Erm. A-Ha, Take On Me. Electric Dreams...
MOPEY SONG: Nick Cave, No More Shall We Part.
INSTRUMENT: Of torture? Basically, a 'project studio', consisting of
13ish synthesizers, sampler, outboard stuff, 24/48:8 desk, G4 running
Cubase and Logic, 2 Guitar Synthesizers, 1 Bass guitar synthesizer, 2
bass guitars. And some other stuff.
>_Part 5: Let's Get Uhhhh *Other Stuff*!_
>
HOBBIES: Music, messing around with old cars, Zombies, messing with the
house.
TIME SUCK: IRC (#uk_goffs on netgoth.org.uk:7000), dealing with old cars
when I have a perfectly good new(ish) one.
FAVE ART: Architecture.
FAVE TV SHOW: Most watched - Simpsons. Most anticipated - Osbournes!
FAVE BOOK THIS YEAR: Gone through so many... the last I read was Louise
Wener's "Goodnight Steve McQueen". Louise Wener was the lead
singer/powerhouse behind Britpop band Sleeper. Good 1st novel.
FAVE BOOK EVER: HHGTTG. Except Mostly Harmless, it stank.
FAVE MOVIE THIS YEAR: 8mile. The Harry Potter one wasn't bad, either.
FAVE MOVIE EVER: Electric Dreams? Probably Day of the Dead now.
FAVE COMIC: Denis Leary.
FAVE BOARD/CARD GAME: Give me the Brain!!! Though an encounter with Flux
has left me wanting more :D
FAVE ELECTRONIC GAME: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. Amongst the best
presents ever given to me, and makes me glad I got a replacement PS2 :D
FAVE SPORT: Anything that doesn't end up saturating the media. So not
Football, in the UK.
>_Part 6: Let's Get Psychological!_
WHAT SORT OF ELDERLY PERSON WILL YOU BE?: Cantankerous old pervert,
probably. But not dangerous.
WHERE DO YOU WISH YOU LIVED?: I don't know.
WHAT IS YOUR DREAM JOB?: To be part of a band; work with people to
actually get these songs out and into a cohesive unit.
WHAT DO YOU WANT CONVERGENCE TO BECOME?: Don't know, don't care.
ABORTION: Retrospectively.
GUNS: For me. Everyone else can't have one.
GOT FAITH: Lots of different things thrown together. It's like a deity
gumbo!
DOGMA: Good film, except for Alanis.
YOUR BEST QUALITY: Making an effort, trying to not fuck up too often.
YOUR BIGGEST FLAW: Fucking up more often than I should.
Feh.
I've done this too often to care....
EdwardS
--
EdwardS - Romero crossed with Tellytubbies.
What kind of Zombies like Living Flesh?
Fat zombies, skinny zombies, zombies who climb on rocks
Tough zombies, sissy zombies, even zombies with the pox love living flesh...
Alain Cislaghi
Well, on the road, I might need a few bucks, as my initial load will
be depleted. I'm not very experimented a pimp, but I'll have my boxing
gear and a black eye, to look menacing'n all tuff (What? I hit a door
with my face...).
~Fianna
> be depleted. I'm not very experimented a pimp, but I'll have my boxing
> gear and a black eye, to look menacing'n all tuff (What? I hit a door
> with my face...).
We've all said that at one time or another... but they have lots of
support groups now. You don't have to take that kind of violence.
Kat
~Fianna
>
>
> it's a good thing i'd preemptively decided to stop having birthdays, else
i'd
> be rather annoyed. on the positived side, if i'm still living in the US a
> couple decades hence, the complete lack of education will lead to the
majority
> of people not having the slightest idea that anything of note happened on
that
> date.
Okay, that sucks. You completely win on that issue.
My response to the stupid cheesy birth date was to just start celebrating my
un-birthday on Halloween. I figure that if I get a silly holiday, it's
going to be the *good* silly holiday.
Kat
Peter H. Coffin
> In article <slrnb97abi....@othin.ninehells.com>, Peter H. Coffin wrote:
>> FAVE BOARD/CARD GAME: Fluxx
>
> Cool - somebody else who likes that. :) Most people won't
> keep playing for as many games as I want to [1]. Donald claims it's all
> about luck, but I think there's plenty of room for cunning besides, and I
> think he only says that because it's one of the few games at which he
> cannot regularly beat me.
Oh, there's a lot of room for tactics at least, in Fluxx, and possibly
strategy as well. The first sign of someone actually beginning to learn
how to *play* the game is finding Keepers still in their hand when they
lose.
--
"This place is evil! We need weapons! Crossbows! Rocket Launchers!
Rent-a-zilla!"
-- L33t Master Largo www.megatokyo.com
Peter H. Coffin
Wow... Zombies is one of the other games that's been popping up at the
semi-monthly gatherings of people in the area. Fluxx, Chez Geek, Lord of
the Fries, and Zombies covers the gamut pretty well.
Peter H. Coffin
> "Endymion" wrote:
>> Is everyone that embarassed about their age?
>
> Yes. I am at least.[1]
> You know what it's like to be the youngin' who gets to sit through
> stories of the Good Ole Days bitterly wishing that they could have those
> times? Unfortunately goth is dead so we're shit out of luck.
Still, you're not the youngest we've got; or does kv not count anymore?
{1] NMF
--
If any foreign minister begins to defend to the death a "peace conference,"
you can be sure his government has already placed its orders for new
battleships and airplanes. -Joseph Stalin, Soviet Premier
Edward Scissorhands
>Wow... Zombies is one of the other games that's been popping up at the
>semi-monthly gatherings of people in the area. Fluxx, Chez Geek, Lord of
>the Fries, and Zombies covers the gamut pretty well.
Any Give Me The Brain in that?
EdwardS
(Give me the Brain. I have to update my music page again).