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The Barrow-Wight

06-30-2003, 06:57 AM

The original All About You (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=14&t=000645&p=) thread got pretty big, so I decided to open another.

If you feel like sharing, please answer the questions if you have not done so previously on the first thread.

Also, don't comment on the entries of others. This topic is designed for everyone to share some personal information, but it's not the place to discuss them, even if they are Tolkien. We have the rest of the forum for Middle-earth talk.

Barrow-Downs members like to get to know one another, so I'll stick with the original questions. Here is the information everyone has been providing:

Name (that you go by):
Age:
Occupation:
Future Aspirations:
Goal in life:
Short term goals:
Passion:
Hobbies:
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself):

Fave book:
Fave movie:
Fave sport:
Fave store:
Fave music:

What you can't stand:
What you plain dislike:
Who you admire:
What you most love to do:
Your self-confessed flaws:
What intrigues/fascinates you:
What scares you:
Quotation to live by:

Additional comments:

Aeden

07-03-2003, 02:42 AM

Name (that you go by): Aeden.. or Todd

Age:17

Occupation: Student.

Future Aspirations: To be paid to surf, or Investigative Journalism.

Goal in life: To surf at the Pipeline masters in Hawaii, and own a concept car.

Short term goals: Survive high school

Passion: Surfing and acting.

Hobbies: uh, surfing and acting, i like watching the V8 Supercars as well.

Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): I got the second male lead opposite the lovely Everdawn in Guys and Dolls. (there, gave you a plug Eve.)
And surfing. I won the suncoast Grommits last year and am starting in the adult comp at the end of september.

Fave book: anything by Stephen King, and of course Tolkien.

Fave movie: Lotr, Gattaca, The Patriot, The Others, The Ring, Ned Kelly.

Fave sport: SURFING

Fave store: City Beach! all the way!

Fave music: Between Theories, Static X, Evanesence, Kittie, Deftones.

What you can't stand: My best friend Eve when she is in a bad mood. Racists, etc. Bodyboarders. (Who take our waves)

What you plain dislike: Dr. Pepper, it is so yuk eh!

Who you admire: Kate Daer. She is beautiful!
Taj Burrow, the master! all hail the king of the waves!

What you most love to do: Bungy Jump from the top of the Batman Building (in Brisbane)

Your self-confessed flaws: Im pretty not with it. And i dont finish anything.

What intrigues/fascinates you: The sea.

What scares you: Great White Sharks.

Quotation to live by: "Its always summer on the inside." O'Neal

Additional comments:
I enocourage everyone to skip a day and go surfing.
-Peace- Todd.

LePetitChoux

07-03-2003, 11:11 AM

Name (that you go by): Ana(stasia)

Age: 14

Occupation: Schoolgirl

Future Aspirations: To be a classicist

Goal in life: to fully decipher Linear A (an ancient language/script used by the Minoans)

Short term goals: to finish the Bible, to have a pleasant holiday

Passion: Ancient Greek (very recent), and classics in general. And Languages. And reading

Hobbies: Badminton

Famous for (okay this is where you get to
brag about yourself): I'm the daughter of the Fujifilm photographer for two years (2000 and 2002 I think...)

Fave book: The Lord of the Rings (obviously), Dvenatsat' Stul'ev, The Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy, numerous Agatha Christie novels, and lots of other books I can't remember right now.

Fave movie: Kin Dza-Dza

Fave sport: Badminton

Fave store: Whittards of Chelsea (because of free samples), Purves & Purves

Fave music: In no particular order: Myst 3: Exile Soundrack, Enya, LotR Soundtrack(s), Shocking Blue, Kino (Russian band), Nautilus Pompilius (I hope that's how you spell it!) (another Russian band), Yat-Kha (yet another Russian-well, Tuvan-band), Amélie Soundtrack, and the list goes on and on...

What you can't stand: People shouting and/or smoking in public transport

What you plain dislike: slugs

Who you admire: nobody that I can think of right now.

What you most love to do: read, surf the 'net, walk from my house to the Starbucks at Tower Bridge

Your self-confessed flaws: I have none, heh heh

What intrigues/fascinates you: ancient civilizations, cultures, languages etc.

What scares you: Revelation

Quotation to live by: "Vremya, kotoroye u nas est', eto den'gi, kotorih u nas net" (The time we have is the money we don't have), said by Ostap Bender in that wholly remarkable book, Dvenatsiat' Stuliev (12 Chairs), "Ku!" (from my favourite film)

Additional comments: I have none. smilies/smile.gif

Elennar Starfire

07-03-2003, 01:46 PM

Name (that you go by): I will answer to many names, including Poicale, Vendea, and Elf Girl.
Real name: Kathryn
Age: 14
Occupation: Student
Future Aspirations: Find the straight path to Valinor,or be an actress, or a writer or... oh to heck with it, I got no plans.
Goal in life: See above answer
Short term goals: Survive summer vacation with my best friend grounded
Passion: Anything Celtic or Elvish, languages.
Hobbies: Drawing anime and celtic knots, writing poetry and fantasy, dancing, singing, reading
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Being absolutely insane.

Fave book: I have too many to list, but a few are: LotR, The Belgariad, all of the books by R. A. Salvatore that I've read, Watership Down, The Chronicles of Narnia
Fave movie: LotR and Pirates of the Caribbean
Fave sport: Don't like sports much
Fave store: Wal-mart
Fave music: Tori Amos, REM, Oingo Boingo, Celtic music, 80's music, The Phantom of the Opera, Cats, Newsies, Les Miserables(sp?)

What you can't stand: my little sis
What you plain dislike: spiders
Who you admire: All the characters from LotR
What you most love to do: read
Your self-confessed flaws: I am very forgetful and tend to procrastinate.
What intrigues/fascinates you: Languages
What scares you: myself
Quotation to live by: "Those who walk in darkness may be looking to the sun" I came up with that one. smilies/cool.gif

Additional comments: The barrowdowns is the coolest website!!!

[ July 06, 2003: Message edited by: Elennar Starfire ]

[ July 09, 2003: Message edited by: Elennar Starfire ]

Tigerlily Gamgee

07-03-2003, 06:22 PM

Since my other post waaaay back in the first part is a little outdated now... here's a new one...

Name (that you go by): Melanie
Age: 23
Occupation: actress
Future Aspirations: to work in the acting business and be as successful as I can (I'd also like to travel to as many places as I can across the globe!)
Goal in life: To bring joy to as many people's lives as possible, and to not die knowing that I didn't accomplish everything that I had set out to do.
Short term goals: Pay off my debt and move out of my parent's house (again), get an agent, audition and get work, take more acting classes, find happiness in life.
Passion: Life, nature, love, my friends and family, art, expression, free will.
Hobbies: Drawing, painting, singing, composing, collecting memoribilia from lots of things, traveling, making mix cds, going to concerts.
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Singing (around my home town area), and being a big dork and loving it!

Fav book: The Lord of the Rings
Fav movie: The Lord of the Rings, Moulin Rouge, The Last Unicorn...
Fav sport: Horseback riding and fencing... and jousting!
Fav store: Dragon's Crossing (local store) and K-Bee Toys!
Fav music: Garage Rock (The White Stripes, The Von Bondies, The Stone Roses, Slumber Party, The Detroit Cobras, The Ramones...), Celtic/New Age (Enya, Loreena McKennit, Aeone, Adiemus...)

What you can't stand: Rude, selfish people... and sometimes, myself.
What you plain dislike: My current situation and knowing that I am trapped in it for a while.
Who you admire: My sister, My parents, Jack White, Viggo Mortensen...
What you most love to do: Acting on stage (or screen or anything that has to do with theatre in general), and being part of nature (taking walks, etc.)
Your self-confessed flaws:[b] Laziness, inability to focus when I really need to, and really bad self-esteem.
[b]What intrigues/fascinates you: The sky and world religions
What scares you: death, losing people I love, claymation!
Quotation to live by: "You can't have the happy ending in the middle of the story"

Lush

07-03-2003, 06:51 PM

Name (that you go by): Lush.
Age: Old enough to be tried as an adult.
Occupation: Dukie.
Future Aspirations: Sports-writer. Maybe novelist.
Goal in life: "Books, babies, and beef stew." Also, to not waste my life entirely.
Short term goals: To finish this without too many regrets.
Passion: I plead the 5th. Children might be reading.
Hobbies: Watching music videos and soccer games, aimlessly walking around Euroean cities, writng satiric short stories about my past conquests, blogging, singing drunkenly and dancing badly, flirting.
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Not yet. Maybe never. I don't really want to be famous.

Fave book: Still The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov. With a lot of others that come to mind. Like the LotR, as shocking as it may seem.
Fave movie: "American Beauty" still comes to mind. As do "Velvet Goldmine," "Clerks" and "The Princess Bride." And "Le Pacte des Loups." And a lot of others.
Fave sport: Futbol.
Fave store: Right now it's wherever I can find a good pair of Escada pants on sale. Maybe I should write that up as my "Passion." Yes, it's Escada, and nothing remotely inappropriate or immoral or...
Fave music: Drunk students singing outside my window. Also jazz, techno, and the Beatles (I don't care if certain minds link the Beatles with "the establishment") and whatever other random stuff that appeals to me. Like Manu Chao and In-Grid.

What you can't stand: My reflection in the mirror on Monday mornings.
What you plain dislike: Repetitive questions.
Who you admire: Anyone who reads this and doesn't think that I suck.
What you most love to do: Read and write. And...*ahem*
Your self-confessed flaws: I like to be the center of attention. Really. It's sickening. But so much fun.
What intrigues/fascinates you: I used to think it was men, but now it's mostly art. Though some men are like art. Then again, a painting or a book is never going to leave you because it doesn't want "emotional involvement." Then AGAIN, a painting can't...bring you breakfast in bed afterwards
What scares you: I scare myself.
Quotation to live by:

"A human being is an arrow loosed into eternity."

also,

"More beer!"

Additional comments: I must really like to talk about myself, since I filled this out twice. Anyway, this is the older, wiser, infinently more boring version.

[ July 03, 2003: Message edited by: Lush ]

[ July 21, 2003: Message edited by: Lush ]

Gorwingel

07-05-2003, 12:51 AM

Here is the updated version...

Name (that you go by):Ashley (that is it, that is all)

Age:17

Occupation: Student in high school, Senior, member of the William Winlock Miller High School graduating class of 2004 (Yeah!)

Future Aspirations: Go to college at the University of Washington, major in business and Interior Design or become a lawyer, and run a marathon. I would also love to go into Politics because I think they really need me. I would be very valuble to our country and government.

Goal in life: Be comfortable, wealthy, own a great shoe and clothing collection, own a Mercedes Benz 500 E-class sedan, and a condo in Vancouver BC. Meet every single actor from the film fellowship smilies/wink.gif. 2 down, 8 to go (or you could say that I have met 4, but the third and fourth ones I was really only in the presence of. I heard them speak)

Short term goals: Get through high school successfully, get up to varsity level in cross country or track. Sew a version of the white Eowyn dress.

Passion: clothing, LOTR, design, anything artistic, learning, travel, shopping, internet

Hobbies: Going on the Internet, shopping, cooking (desserts only though, my mother asks me "why can't you make dinner"), collecting, listening to music, going to cons smilies/smile.gif

Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Nothing right now, just being a great person, involved in some clubs, the biggest LOTR fan in my school (truely, I wear my elven brooch at school so they know I am a fan)

Fave book: I have too many to choose, my favorite of LOTR is The Two Towers, and a lot of historical fiction novels. The Lovely Bones by Alice Seabold (a kind of sad book but it is also very hopeful). The Redwall books (they were the first fantasy novels I was interested in)

Fave movie: Such a hard question (thinking ...) Duh! Fellowship of the Ring!, and Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Best in Show, Austin Powers, Wayne's World, Robin Hood: Men in tights, and historical movies with great costumes (I especially love for that Sleepy Hollow, Interview with the Vampire, and The Patriot)

Fave sport: running, walking, watching baseball and football (Go Mariners!)

Fave store: Nordstroms, J Crew, Gucci smilies/wink.gif (I only shopped there once), Louis Vutton (I only shopped there twice), Barnes and Noble, also any place that sells furnature and home stuff, Restoration Hardware, William Sonoma, Archabald Sisters (a really great store in my home town), oh and any place that sells LOTR related stuff. Additionally I am addicted to handbags.

Fave music: I enjoy calming music and stuff with a lot of emotion. My choices are very diverse. I love everything from country to alternative. Right now I am really enjoying Coldplay.

What you can't stand: School European group trips, cliques, mean people, and people who try to fit in even though they really don't.

What you plain dislike: School European group trips, coffee, myself in some ways

Who you admire: My parents, the founding fathers of the U.S., my teachers (because they do so much to help students succeed)

What you most love to do: travel (but not on School European group trips) I love especially to travel across the United States on Car trips, those are the best.
Riding Roller Coasters! smilies/biggrin.gif (Next year you will be able to find me working at Cedar Point, the greatest amusement park in the world!)

Your self-confessed flaws: I can be annoying, obsessive, I want everything to be perfect, I am kind of a loner, I don't seem to get along with anyone at my school

What intrigues/fascinates you: The universe, the meaning of life? History, I love history, government, Art (it is amazing what people can create with their own hands)

What scares you: Blood (that is why I cannot become a doctor) nuclear waste (that stuff scares the heck out of me because there is no way to get rid of it without it effecting something), nuclear war, haunted houses, and things that jump in the night.
Quotation to live by: Just Do it!

Additional comments: I tend to not like being with people my own age (I like people who talk about intelligent things), I am very mature for my age (well not too mature, but I just never seem to get along very well with people my own age. I always start talking to their parents). Oh and sometimes I sound very smart but I really don't do as well in school as I would like to.

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Aredhel Idril Telcontar

07-05-2003, 09:08 AM

Name (that you go by): Gabriele (Gaby)
Age: (almost) 14
Occupation: Schoolgirl, geek smilies/wink.gif
Future aspirations: to publish a fantasy novel and to prove that Elves are real to the masses
Goal in life: to become the Secretary General of the UN
Short term goals: to survive school, to be accepted in a good university
Passion: anything to do with Tolkien or fantasy in general, learning languages
Hobbies: Reading, writing, drawing, basketball, football, singing
Famous for (ok this is where you get to brag about yourself): Umm... being able to speak English better than my English teacher. Also being the smartest person and only Tolkien nerd in my class (yay!!)

Fave book: anything J.R.R. Tolkien is partly responsible for. Also Robert Jordan's series: The Wheel of Time and Steven Erikson's books.
Fave movie: Lord of the Rings, The Matrix, The Matrix: Reloaded, Robin Hood: Men in Tights smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif
Fave sport: basketball, like everyone else's in my country smilies/tongue.gif
Fave store: smilies/eek.gif hate stores smilies/eek.gif
Fave music: Rock, Rap and RnB

What you can't stand: people who think Elves are small and green, unhygenic-ness.
What you plain dislike: dishonesty, people who translate movies (the ones that do the voice-overs) smilies/mad.gif
What you admire: polyglots, honesty, bravery, intelligence, aesthetes
What you most love to do: read fantasy, surf the net, walking in forests smilies/tongue.gif, writing fantasy
Your self-confesed flaws: I'm a bit of an egotist. Also perfectionism (though that can be a virtue)
What intrigues/fascinates you: mysterious happenings, origins of languages/countries/peoples. History in general
What scares you: imprisonment
Quotation you live by: "Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from medicore minds" - Albert Einstein. Also,
"There's always room at the top"
"Nesvarbu kada mirsi, svarbu kaip" (Doesn't matter when you die, it's how you die that matters)
Aditional comments: I'd rather be dead at the Downs than anywhere else

Beren87

07-05-2003, 05:35 PM

Name (that you go by): Beren, Matt, Mattie, Mattie-TAH, and "hey you with your arm around my girlfriend!"

Age: 16 and positively loving it

Occupation: Part-time student, full-time enjoyier-of-life (and maker-uper-of-odd-words), and soon to be Subway employee

Future Aspirations: Not become an adult.

Goal in life:see above. Plus to never subcomb to peer pressure. to live by the Playboy philosophy of "You can do what you want as long as it doesn't hurt anyone else."

Short term goals: Get my summer assignments due (ack..2 days to send in book responses on a book I haven't started). Get the new site finished (we're using TikiWiki, it should be fun), get the band together for another practice/find a new band, get hired at Subway

Passion: Programming, webpage design, Music (making and hearing), books (both making and reading), spending money, driving, just basically living-it-up
Hobbies: all of above, playing games on every gaming system (I have 9 now)

Famous for: (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Wearing random clothes to school, Falling asleep during a Dr.Seitz lecture (he actually lectures at 70Db), Being able to sing at 6 different Octaves

Fave book(s): Contact, Calvin and Hobbes, The Far Side, All Tolkien books, Dracula, Sherlock Holmes, Every AH Harry Turtledove book (I'm not a big fan of his Fantasy), The Ender and Bean series by OSC and Pastwatch, HP, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy!, The Redwall series, The Indiana Jones series, anything by Asmiov, every Science Mag I can find, I'm a big fan of Graham Hancock, The Kurt Cobain Journals.., The Odyssey, All the Anne Rice books, anything by Arthur C. Clarke

Fave movie: FotR, TTT o'course, Spiderman, Every Monty Python, National Lampoon's Van Wilder (my role model), Interview with the Vampire, Space Balls (anything directed by Mel Brooks really), Rush Hour 1 and 2, The Matrix and reloaded, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, anything with Jet Li or Jackie Chan in it, Ten Things I Hate About You...(hey, it was a good movie..), and..bum bum bum, Ferris Bueller's Day Off!!

Fave sport: Rugby! oh, and of course Soccer (I'm a Yank, I'm going to call it soccer), and Football simply because I played it for 2 years. Girl-watching is also near the top of the list..but it tends to get dangerous

Fave store: Hot Topic, Barnes and Noble, Walden Books, FYE, Sam Goody's, Radio Shack, and of course Walmart

Fave music: Here we go: Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, ZZ Top, Nirvana, System of a Down, The White Stripes!, Green Day, Queen, The Doors, Hot Hot Heat, The Ataris, Linkin Park, Sublime, Weezer!, The Blues Brothers, Reel Big Fish, The Suicide Machines, The Get-up Kids, Thursday, Law Biting Citizens, Frank Sinatra, 30 seconds to Mars, Saves the Day, 3 Doors Down, AC/DC, Aerosmith, Blink-182, Coldplay, Drop Kick Murphy's, Hoobastank, Hootie and the Blowfish, Pearl Jam, Mettalica, Simple Plan, The Who, The Knack, Soundgarden, Hendrix, Audioslave, The Beatles, Fat Boy Slim, Godsmack, Guns n' Roses, Unwritten Law, Chevelle, Vertical Horizon, Cream, Dave Matthews Band, Eric Clapton, Creed, The Eagles, Evanescence, Disturbed, Eve 6, Marcy Playground, Matchbox 20, Queens of the Stone Age, Puddle of Mud, Rammstein, Foo Fighters, Sum 41, Sugarcult, The Hives, The Vines, Tool, Tom Petty, TRUSTcompany, Blues Traveler, Smashing Pumpkins, Zwan, Incubus, Black Sabbath, Ozzy, The Ramones, Phish, RHCP, Jimmy Eat World, The Clarks, Without Eyes, Creed, Cold, Finch, AFI, The Kinks, The Beach Boys, Deftones, Dido, Taking Back Sunday, The Verve, Deep Purple, Steppenwolf, The Distellers, Murray Head, Fuel, John Lennon, Dashboard Confessional, Everclear, Lynyrd Skynyrd, At the Drive-In, New Found Glory, Saves the Day, CKY, Good Charlotte, Korn, Lou Bega, MXPX, The Offspring, The Byrds, Pennywise!, The Sex Pistols, Styx, The All-American Rejects, Live, and my own as of yet unnamed band!

What you can't stand: People who despise music, Country Music, hypocrites, anyone who looks down on anyone else,

What you plain dislike: An incredible amount of food, being dumped (though I'm getting used to it), bigotry

Who you admire: My best friends, Van Wilder, Carl Sagan, Robert Plant,

What you most love to do: Just live life, it should be fun.

Your self-confessed flaws: I tend to not pay attention to things i consider worthless or that I already know. I don't have the patience to listen to stupid people.

What intrigues/fascinates you: Women, I just don't understand them, but, as Sophia says, they'd be less fun if I understood them

What scares you: Living without love, being handicapped...

Quotation to live by: "Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened"

"live life every day like you never know when it's going to end"

Additional comments:Yeah, these things happen when i get bored...

[ July 05, 2003: Message edited by: Beren87 ]

Gamja

07-05-2003, 08:05 PM

Name: sorry, I can't share that with you. :P
Age: 13
Occupation: student
Future Aspirations:... what's an aspiration?

Goal in life: none yet

Short term goals: none really

Passion:... also n/a

Hobbies smilies/tongue.giflaying the violin, reading manga/manwha, playing video games, discussing stuff on forums

Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): other than my violin kills, nothing.

Fave book: hmm... a hard one... probably the Ragnarok manwha series.

Fave movie:TTT

Fave sport:football/soccer

Fave store:none

Fave music:Carmen fantasy by... someone...

What you can't stand: incompetence and losing.

What you plain dislike:anything with more than four legs or less than 2 legs. in other words, bugs.

Who you admire:no one

What you most love to do: play video games

Your self-confessed flaws: I'm a bit dull and slow to realize stuff.

What intrigues/fascinates you: mysteries, especially stuff that have to do with black holes.

What scares you:the supernatural

Quotation to live by: none

Additional comments:none

Durelin

07-05-2003, 08:24 PM

I like waiting for 'Part 2' of these threads... smilies/biggrin.gif

Name: Rachel

Age: 14

Occupation: Student

Future Aspirations: Writer, Business: Managing?

Goal in life: To live life to its fullest!
Short term goals: Getting good grades in high school, finding a good but relaxed job for my summers!

Passion: Fantasy in general

Hobbies: Playing sports, collecting TCGs, RPing, writing, reading, foruming, playing clarinet (though I am pretty sick of it)

Famous for: People who don't really know me say that I never smile, but what do they know (and one idiot says I'm like Dharia); for merchandising (my friend gets all over me about that like it's a bad thing...); I'm also a perfectionist, for I was valedictorian of my eigth grade class (Catholic school, graduating eigth is a big deal); I am quoted for: "You are told that if you are given a lemon, you should make lemonade. As a pessimist, I am given a lemon, and I suck on it."

Fave book: LOTR, The Hobbit, WoT, Redwall series, Harry Potter, The Novels of Deverry and the Westlands

Fave movie: FOTR, TTT, Star Wars, Black Hawk Down, We Were Soldiers, Minority Report, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, X-men 1 and 2, Spiderman, Daredevil was pretty good, Mystery Men, Galaxy Quest, Judge Dredd, Harry Potter ones, a lot of John Wayne movies, most Cary Grant movies, the only musical I like is Singing in the Rain, It's A Wonderful Life, The Mummy, Gladiator, Patlabor 1 and 2, Jurrasic Park, The Patriot was pretty good, uh...I guess I really liked Dude Where's My Car, the 1st and 3rd Indiana Jones Movies, Tomb Raider, oh, and of course, Green Slime, which I'm betting close to (if not) no one has seen it. And there are probably some more I'm forgetting...

Fave sport: Softball

Fave store: my local comic shop

Fave music: rock/sorta 'punk'/classical/little bit o' country or pop

What you can't stand: Skimpy clothing, political correctness, whiners, 'goths', people who try to hard to be some way, MTV, egos, American Idol, Avril Lavigne. Yeah, there's a lot...

What you plain dislike: Mystery novels, classic literature, Shakespeare, math, The Matrix Reloaded, guidance couselors, green beans. You want to know more, PM me or something.

Who you admire: I'm at a loss, so I'll stick with my parents, Tolkien, and Robert Jordan. Easy way out...

What you most love to do: Read, write, and ride roller coasters!

Your self-confessed flaws: Pessimistic, perfectionist (can be flaw or 'edge'), mildly shy (off the computer, I guess), bad at making decisions (can't remember the word for it at the moment), bad temper...

What intrigues/fascinates you: Hmmmmmmm...literary symbolism and such is pretty cool...

What scares you: Tornadoes (though I've never seen one in real life), zombies, Samara, the devil, and, of course, life's real scare: psychoes!!!

Quotation to live by: I'll quote good ol' Gandalf. "All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us."

Additional comments: NA

EDIT: Yeah, I know, I added things and changed around a few things so I sounded cooler and smarter. Big deal. They are all still true though, of course.

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[ July 10, 2003: Message edited by: Durelin ]

The Only Real Estel

07-06-2003, 12:51 PM

Name (that you go by): Estel ( or Chris )
Age:15
Occupation: nothing really
Future Aspirations: NBA basketball player ( more like a dream ) or movie star ( ditto )
Goal in life: Act in remake of LOTR ( 20 years from now? ), other things
Short term goals: work on my basketball skills
Passion: basketball, LOTR
Hobbies: sports, LOTR, drawing LOTR stuff, chatting,..
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): To much to put here smilies/wink.gif

Fave book: FotR, TTT, or RotK
Fave movie: FotR or The Matrix
Fave sport: basketball
Fave store: 2 many
Fave music: Linkin Park

What you can't stand: biased refs
What you plain dislike: biased refs, tomatoes
Who you admire: Lots of people
What you most love to do: Play basketball/email people
Your self-confessed flaws: over-cirticalness
What intrigues/fascinates you: Gollum,
What scares you: Not much
Quotation to live by: "If you're going to do it, you might as well do it well."

Additional comments: I am not a man of many words to put on surveys, as you may've been able to tell...

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[ July 07, 2003: Message edited by: The Only Real Estel ]

Brinniel

07-06-2003, 10:00 PM

I have such a fun time filling this thing out that I'm doing it again! smilies/biggrin.gif

Name (that you go by): Erin, Brinniel, Brinn, or "that girl"
Age: 15
Occupation: the dreaded baby-sitter and soon to be house-sitter
Future Aspirations: to go to a good college and become a screenwriter or director (or something in the film industry)
Goal in life: to be part of a huge film production (bigger than LOTR)
Short term goals: to finish my summer homework (which I haven't even started) and to survive a year of dance team (6AM practices, conditioning, petty teammates)
Passion: dance
Hobbies: dance, writing, drawing, internet
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): my LOTR obsession

Fave book: LOTR, The Silmarillion, The Shannara Series, The Obsidian Chronicles, Harry Potter series, Holes
Fave movie: LOTR, X-Men, X2, Matrix, Matrix Reloaded, Moulin Rouge, Chicago, Rat Race, Bandits, Austin Powers: Goldmember, Liar Liar, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Monsters Inc, Finding Nemo, Terminator 2, Life is Beautiful, Where the Heart Is, Amelie, Men in Black 2, Ever After, Romeo and Juliet (modern), The 10th Kingdom, Sleepy Hollow, Urban Legend, The Sixth Sense, Mission Impossible 2, and (new addition) Terminator 3.
Fave sport: dance
Fave store: Barnes and Noble
Fave music: Aerosmith, Blink 182, Sheila Chandra, Kelly Clarkson, Destiny's Child, Enya, Evanescence, Nelly Furtado, Green Day, Norah Jones, Edwin McCain, Shakira, TLC, and U2. I also enjoy listening to soundtracks.

What you can't stand: cigarette smoke, brats
What you plain dislike: George W. Bush, being ignored
Who you admire: Johnny Depp. Ok, I only saw him in one movie, but I like him because he's eccentric. smilies/tongue.gif
What you most love to do: dance, sleep, eat, chill out at the BD, watch movies
Your self-confessed flaws: I'm extremely shy and obsessive and I'm a terrible procrastinator. I'm also a perfectionist, which makes me slow at completing tasks.
What intrigues/fascinates you: people
What scares you: spiders smilies/eek.gif
Quotation to live by: uhh...
Additional comments: I finished summer school (finally).

[ July 08, 2003: Message edited by: Brinniel ]

Earendil Halfelven

07-06-2003, 11:10 PM

What intrigues/fascinates you: Pirates, World & US History...

Maika-excellent choice I might add. If you have read mine, you see that we have something in common. smilies/cool.gif

Carrûn

07-07-2003, 02:52 PM

Name (that you go by): Jake

Age: 18

Occupation: Broke College Student

Future Aspirations: U.S. Army Officer, Writer

Goal in life: Write a novel, make a difference, graduate from Airborne and Ranger School.

Short term goals: Maintain Sanity/GPA, decrease two mile run time, get an Airborne School slot.

Passion: I'm a little too laid back to be passionate about anything.

Hobbies: Reading, ROTC-related activities, Computers, Writing, Intelligent Discussion, Sports.

Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Most recently, running 40 feet on a log blindfolded in 4.03 seconds.

Fave book: Too many; just about anything by: J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Ernest Hemmingway, George Orwell, Charles Dickens, James Web, Tom Clancy, Sun Tzu, most other "classic" authors.

Fave movie: (I Guess in Order) Band of Brothers, We Were Soldiers, LOTR, Black Hawk Down, Saving Private Ryan, The Patriot, Platoon, The Matrix (1&2), The Bourne Identity, Full Metal Jacket, Lethal Weapon 1-4, The Thin Red Line, Gladiator, The History Channel (Does that Count?), Counte of Monte Cristo, Braveheart, The Usual Suspects, & about 100 others or so.

Fave sport: Gymnastics, was actively involved for 14 years, travelled across the U.S., damaged every part of my body possible, permenately ruined.

Fave store: Hah! (No that's not a store)

Fave music: Rock 1970's-Present, Techno, etc. excluding country/bluegrass/trendy pop crap.

What you can't stand: Political Correctness, Hypocrisy from all sides, Brown-nosing, "Sensitivity."

What you plain dislike:

Who you admire:
Ghandi
Jesus Christ
J.R.R. Tolkien
C.S. Lewis
Thomas Jefferson
Martin Luther King Jr.
George Washington
James Madison
Sun Tzu
Any American KIA, MIA, POW.
Any American who served in some form or another.

What you most love to do: Nothing in particular.

Your self-confessed flaws: Sometimes too laid back.

What intrigues/fascinates you: People who say one thing and do another, HALO, Nature, The Afterlife.

What scares you: Overall stupidity and herdlike tendencies of a populace, people who have no desire to learn anything about History.

Quotation to live by: "Dic, hospes, Spartae, nos te hic vidisse iacentes
dum sanctis patriae legibus obsequimur." (Stranger, tell Sparta that you saw us lying here, as we obey the sacred laws of our fatherland).

Additional comments: !..!

[ July 07, 2003: Message edited by: Carrûn ]

The Only Real Estel

07-08-2003, 02:11 PM

LOTR, X-Men, X2, Matrix, Matrix Reloaded, Moulin Rouge, Chicago, Rat Race, Bandits, Austin Powers: Goldmember, Liar Liar, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Monsters Inc, Finding Nemo, Terminator 2, Life is Beautiful, Where the Heart Is, Amelie, Men in Black 2, Ever After, Romeo and Juliet (modern), The 10th Kingdom, Sleepy Hollow, Urban Legend, The Sixth Sense, and Mission Impossible 2
Brinniel: Wow you have a lot of favorite movies... smilies/cool.gif

[ July 08, 2003: Message edited by: The Only Real Estel ]

Horse-Maiden of the Shire

07-08-2003, 02:23 PM

Name (that you go by): Becka
Age: 14 (15 in October! smilies/smile.gif)
Occupation: Nothing
Future Aspirations: Move to Scotland
Goal in life: Become a horse trainer and train horses and live in Scotland
Short term goals: Get contact lenses and braces..woo hoo! Stupid Wal-Mart's 16-and-over policy...Finish RtR before the release of RotK in theatres
Passion: LotR..(duh!) horses
Hobbies: Horseback riding, reading, watching TV & movies, climbing on the school roof, coming on BD
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): My weird sense of humour... smilies/biggrin.gif

Fave book: Tolkien's works, Among the Hidden, Fingersmith, Count Karlstein
Fave movie: LotR, Young Frankenstein, The Life of Brian, The Meaning of Life (the last two are Monty Python. "Marching up and down the square!"), The Pianist, Legally Blonde, Willow
Fave sport: Equestrain events, badminton
Fave store: Spencers, le chateau, Suzy Shier...yes I sound like a total girly-girl...but I'm not!
Fave music: Hoo boy...Great Big Sea, Eric Idle Sings Monty Python, Moxy Fruvous, Korn, Mindless Self Indulgence, Stone Sour, Linkin Park, treble charger, Slipknot, Yakoo Boys, the LotR soundtracks, Bob Dylan, Pearl Jam, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Avril Lavigne. Not nearly as impressive as your list, Beren. smilies/wink.gif

What you can't stand: People who are ignorant and racist.
What you plain dislike: Immaturity and people who think they are cool but are really acting dumb.
Who you admire: Rosa Parks, for her courage in the Montgomery bus incident, and all the people that do small things that make big impact.
What you most love to do: Be around horses.
Your self-confessed flaws: I bite my nails, I fidget. A lot. I am the Fidgeting Queen!
What intrigues/fascinates you: Fire. Horses.
What scares you: Tornadoes, and being buried alive.
Quotation to live by: "Don't wait for your ship to come in. Row out and meet it." Said by my friend's older brother.
"I like fire!" Said by my math teacher.

Additional comments: Wow. This list has really changed since the last time I posted it. And yes, my math teacher DID say that. She's a pyro. No, just kidding.

Lily

07-08-2003, 02:47 PM

Name:Lily
Age:12
Occupation smilies/biggrin.gifirector (for my scool) and student
Future Aspirations:I would love to be either an author or a director for Broadway plays
Goal in Life:To finish writing my book
Short term Goals:To become better at math, and to finish my short story which I hope will go on FanFic
Passion:I love to role play and to write and (of course) act
Hobbies: I collect penguins I have about 65 or so
Famous for:I started a Drama Club at my scool that all my classmates love me for. I also directed 7 plays at my school and I've writen 6 of them. Also I do reanacting with my family. Reanacting is acting out the past. My family reanacts mostly the French and Indian War. But we also do the Civil War too. Since I love writing I do it a lot so I'm always writing stories. And usually when I have to write one for school my teacher always loves reading mine. I not also write plays but I act in them too ever year at summer time I always do a play which is presented at a park in my town. And I usually do musicals. (now this is kind of funny) I'm also famous for my tall family everyone in my entire family is at least 5' something or 6' something (of course not counting in the babies) I am the tallest one in my class and most of my classmates have to look up a bit to see me. Also I am a pretty good drawer I'm still learning but so far so good.

Fave book: LOTR, Dragon Lance, James and the Giant Peach
Fave movie:LOTR, Emperors New Groove, and almost all the Muppet movies
Fave sport:whats a sport?
Fave store:Hot Topic
Fave music:RAMMSTEIN!!also Neopacifica recordings, LOTR soundtrack, Reel Big Fish, Guttermouth, Weezer, System of a Down, Muse, Goldfinger, Pennywise, Me First and the Gimmie Gimmies, Metalica, Mong Hang, Nine inch Nails, NOFX, Cold, The Smashing Pumpkins, Transplant, Korn, Linkin Park and Rob Zombie

What you can't stand: Harry Potter, Avril Lavin, Brittany Spears, Back Street Boys, (etc. with those kind of groups)people with no sense of humor, people who think their better than everyone else, war, and probably a lot more stuff but I can't think right now so etc.

What you plain dislike: mystery stories!!
Who you admire: My mom, brothers, and dad
What you most love to do: Write, act, role play, be with my mom
Your self-confess flaws: I don't not want to share them
What intrigues/fascinates you: The Roman Empire and the Emperors that ruled at the time
What scares you smilies/biggrin.gifeath, spiders, and aliens
Quotation to live by:"You only have very little amount of fun in your, most of your life is work and stress deal with it!"
-My Mother

Additional comments:I hope to learn about other people here and make new friends!

peonydeepdelver

07-08-2003, 03:17 PM

Name: Elizabeth, or peony, or fighead
Age: 14.5
Occupation: starting as a freshman in Sept.
Future Aspirations: become a vet or Humane Society officer
Goal in life: uh... see above?
Short term goals: train my dog for agility or field trials
Passion: aminals!
Hobbies: horseback riding, drawing hobbits smilies/biggrin.gif
Famous for: being smart and quiet

Fave book: uh.... LOTR! LOL
Fave movie: LOTR and the Matrix and Finding Nemo
Fave sport: show jumping and racing
Fave store: Borders books
Fave music: the stuff in cartoons you watch online smilies/tongue.gif

What you can't stand: Ashley B. and her dreadful singing
What you plain dislike: The Ring (the movie), so many plotholes...
Who you admire: Sean Bean. He must have gotten made of for his name, and look at him now!
What you most love to do: ride Bearito at my lessons and walk my dog
Your self-confessed flaws: I'm too quiet
What intrigues/fascinates you: Middle-Earth and milk
What scares you: ticks and "yingyaifs": inside joke sorta...
Quotation to live by: Stupid is as stupid does.

Additional comments: It annoys me when I'm trying to type this, and my rabbit is eating my shirt and stepping on the keyboard at the same time.... smilies/rolleyes.gif

Helkahothion

07-11-2003, 05:42 AM

Mine was not really old, but I just like filling in forms smilies/biggrin.gif

Name (that you go by):Helka, André, fool, moron, you're in my way
Age:16 (9th of july smilies/biggrin.gif)
Occupation: Student and partime restocker in a mini-markt
Future Aspirations: Become a publsihed writer.
Goal in life: Don't die as long as possible
Short term goals: Get enough enough money to get some motorised wheels
Passion: Fantasy, partys and more of those
Hobbies: See above and add handball
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Writing battle posts and being totaly insane

Fave book: Lotr
Fave movie: Ditto
Fave sport: Handball, squash is coming close though
Fave store: Don't have it
Fave music: Ditto

What you can't stand: Gay haters, racists, trafficlights
What you plain dislike: Ditto
Who you admire: The Tolkiens
What you most love to do: Dance to the music
Your self-confessed flaws: Stubborn, weird, confusing, lasy, way away from a perfectionist, and too spontanious at times. Oh and I tend to forget who's boss. (me, duh!)
What intrigues/fascinates you: Death. Nah I'm not that morbid. I always wonder how my hair is always standing up when I wake up. Does that count?
What scares you: Durelin and Maikadilewen.
Quotation to live by: "Please come back tomorrow and remind me to care."

Additional comments: RPGing is the best way of improving your writing skills. Gondorian housecall in the shire seems to be forgotten, we need one more writer that has never particepated in an RPG ever before. This is a hint for those who are not the brightest ones around. smilies/wink.gif

Gilthalion

07-11-2003, 12:32 PM

Name (that you go by): Robert W. Gardner

Age: 1963 (Do the math...)

Occupation: Pastor

Future Aspirations: Perhaps the most pertinent to this site is my aspiration to write a novel based upon the end of the Millennial Kingdom. I would like one day to build and occupy a double-scale hobbit hole, having determined that earth-sheltered construction is the best stewardship of the resources the Maker entrusted us with.

Goal in life: To have people say, "He truly followed Jesus."

Short term goals: To be used to reestablish our church with a true New Testament structure.

Passion: The Mrs.

Hobbies: Writing. Tinkering.

Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself):
I'm locally known as a former radio talkshow host and as a citizen activist who helped stop both casino gambling and a lottery from corrupting our regional culture and economy. I resigned from the Christian Coalition upon finding it was not much of either at the top.

Fave book: THE LORD OF THE RINGS

Fave movie: THE LORD OF THE RINGS (tentatively)

Fave sport: Fencing. I used to be fairly good at swordplay, on stage and off, many years ago.

Fave store: I spend more time at WAL*MART than any other store. (I don't like shopping, though I do enjoy spending money!)

Fave music: Classical.

What you can't stand: Arrogant ignorance.

What you plain dislike: Pride.

Who you admire: Folk who are more Christ-like than myself.

What you most love to do: Write, tinker, act, and uh, ask the Mrs!

Your self-confessed flaws: Arrogance, ignorance, pride.

What intrigues/fascinates you: Humanity & Creation.

What scares you: The thought that I might be seduced into a life of meaningless conformity either to the culture of the world or to the culture of the traditional church. Either way is easier than following Jesus.

Quotation to live by: "To live is Christ, to die is gain."

Additional comments: I would admonish other Christian believers on this Forum and in the Barrow-Downs chatroom to conduct yourselves as such. "Not by might, and not by power, but by my Spirit," says the Lord! It is alright to discuss the faith of J.R.R. Tolkien and yourselves, but do it within threads that hash such things out. OF COURSE Tolkien was a Christian and saw LOTR as an essentially Christian work! But there are none so blind as those who will not see, despite the Professor's own words in his Letters and especially in the concluding notes of his essay on Fairy Stories. Advertise your faith, if you like, in your signatures. Private Message or email those who have an interest. Demonstrating love in a moment will do more than arguing theology for a lifetime.

Oh! And you will never persuade a troll! (I've tried.)

Tulkas the Mighty

07-11-2003, 04:11 PM

Name (that you go by): Marco
Age: 5,935 days (16 and then some)
Occupation: No thanks
Future Aspirations: I try not to aspire any futures. They make my teeth turn funny colors.
Hobbits: Don't have any
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Eating a chili dog that wasn't ummm really a chili dog... (You don't want to know)

Fave book: The Silmarillion
Fave movie: What's that?
Fave sport: Utimate Frisbee
Fave music: The kind I make

What you can't stand: Something that wants to sit.
What you plain dislike: I don't like plains or fields much either
Who you admire: C. BF(H)P (AA)
What you most love to do:
Your self-confessed flaws: I haven't confessed any of them so how could I tell you which ones I've confessed?
Quotation to live by:
I saw this one on the last thread.

"Never stop breathing." that's something to live by for sure.
Subtractional comments: yeah right

[ July 11, 2003: Message edited by: Tulkas the Mighty ]

Yavanna228

07-11-2003, 09:03 PM

Also, don't comment on the entries of others. This topic is designed for everyone to share some personal information, but it's not the place to discuss them, even if they are Tolkien. We have the rest of the forum for Middle-earth talk.
Just a reminder, guys. smilies/smile.gif It's part of what got the other thread closed.
Peace

Tarien Ithil

07-12-2003, 05:08 AM

Passion: Surfing

Surfing, Aeden? Me too!! Where do you like to surf?

*Sorry, off topic*

*gives a sheepish smile*

Arien

07-12-2003, 02:08 PM

Name (that you go by): Kathryn

Age:16

Occupation: Studying for my GCSE’s

Future Aspirations: To become a doctor or another medicine related, well paid job.

Goal in life: To survive

Short term goals: To pass through Year 11 and Sixth Form without having a nervous breakdown.

Passion: Dancing, reading, singing and Art. Oh and my closest friends: (here comes a list!) Teasa, Vicki, Craig, Tom, Dom, Chris, Rob, Peter, Sam, Fish, Calisse, Mona, Bex, Em, Georgie and Char....

Hobbies: Modern Jazz, Classical Ballet, Tap, Drama, Piano, Swimming, Choi Kwang Do and reading.

Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): For doing a damn good Mariah Carey impression. (Singing that is.)

Favourite books: Lord Of The Rings, Harry Potter and the…ect, To Kill a Mocking Bird, Macbeth and Anthony and Cleopatra…..(even though the latter are plays…)

Favourite movies: Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Shrek, Gladiator, Romeo and Juliet, Mulan and Pocohontas.

Favourite sports: Dance, swimming and shot.

Favourite stores: Miss Selfridges, Selfridges, Top Shop, Miss Sixty, Kookai, Hamleys, Ottakars, FCUK, Punky Fish, Morgan, Bloch, Sansha, Pinapple and Dance.

Favourite music: Anything that sounds good, including: The White Stripes, Evanescence, Beyonce, Kelly Rowland, Michelle Williams, Tracy Chapman, Aaliyah, R Kelly, Missy Elliot, Sean Paul, Bob Marley and The Wailers, Blu Cantrell, The Isley Brothers, Fabolous Mya, Kevin Lyttle, Wayne Wonder, Dido, Micheal Jackson, Sugababes, Usher, Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera, Linkin Park, Sum 41, Avril Lavinge, Michelle Branch, Lene Marlin, Simon and Garfunkel, Dire Straits, P.O.D, Muse, Placebo, Meat Loaf, Queen, Craig David, U2, The Eagels, Black Eyed Peas, Eminem, Dr Dre, Bryan Adams, Sting, Rod Stewart, The Darkness, Genuwine, AFI, Shard, Nickleback, Ashanti, Ja Rule, Wyclef Jean, Mary J, Mariah Carey, Whitney Huston, Stacie Orrico, Brandy, Monica, Blaque, Lilllix, Green Day, Puddle Of Mudd and various classical stuff.

What you can't stand: Meat and 50 Cent.

What you plain dislike: Gluttony.

Who you admire: Vicki.

What you most love to do: Dance, read and sing.

Your self-confessed flaws: Envy, pride and lust for things I want.

What intrigues/fascinates you: Space and Mythology.

What scares you: The Dark.

Quotation to live by: “You never know what another person is going through, until you step into their shoes and walk around in them.”

Additional comments: Thanks for taking the time to read this………

[ October 17, 2003: Message edited by: Arien ]

Elen Ilúvitauri

07-14-2003, 12:31 AM

Name (that you go by): Katiana

Age: 16 nearly 17

Occupation: Student

Future Aspirations: To become a fully active member of the Russian Mafia... or Captain on one of the Pirate Corp's ships.. Seriously? um, I want to be a Designer.

Goal in life: about the same as above.

Short term goals: Finish my outfit for a magazine company party i am going to in about a month... Do well in school.

Passion: Clothes and designing.

Hobbies: Making unique pieces, watching movies, looking after the calves in my backyard.

Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): I designed three of the dresses for a fashion show in Brisbane this year with help from my mother who is also a designer. Im probably most remembered for being the girl who will be talking and then stop and take out a sketchbook and start drawing.

Fave book: The Ballad of Lucy Whipple, Scarlett, Pandora, The Easter cat, LOTR, The Sil.

Fave movie: Y mama tu tambien, Lotr, Billy Madison, Snatch, The Godfather... any movie containing Russian Mafia, Ever After, The Ring, Big Wednesday, X-Men, Quills, Chicago, Moulin Rouge, Strictly Ballroom, Gladiator.

Fave sport: Rugby! and Surfing... and bodyboarding.

Fave store: Is there enough space on the page? smilies/biggrin.gif Malloute, Giordano, Colorado, David Jones, Pricoscia, Alamaston & Matrain, The Gucci Store on the Goldcoast, Dangerfield, One Teaspoon, Mallory, Aztec Rose, Billabong, Sass & Bide, Collette Dinigan, Lala, Samson Et, East Street, Dotti, Just Jeans, Jeans West. I could go one, but i wont.

Fave music: Uh, im into jazz, and slow piano singers, lounge music, i am a big fan of Norah Jones, and i have heard Viggo Mortensen's Jazz CD, its pretty good.

What you can't stand: Paris and Niki Hilton! ahhh! why are they models.

What you plain dislike: Models who complain to you too much, people who winge, Ignorance, selfishness, cheating.

Who you admire: Collette Dinigan, a truly great aussie! and my friends, Todd, Lana, Diedrie, Bridget, Sam, Dan, Rainey, Ross, Stweart, Eve, Donna, Sally, Lucy, I LOVE THEM!

What you most love to do: Return to Paris to begin my Designing career!

Your self-confessed flaws: I am quick to anger...lol.. and i never call my friends back right away.

What intrigues/fascinates you: The way the world percieves what people make of themselves.

What scares you: Frodo Baggins...hehe

Quotation to live by:
"The wonderful thing which is produces in a garment is essentially a visual representation of the inner workings of the designer's mind" - Collette Dinigan.

Additional comments:
Lord of the Rings has given me so much inspiration for my various pieces this season, and to Tolkien i am greatful!
Peace!

Tarien Ithil

07-21-2003, 11:13 AM

*Ahem* I think it’s time I redid my previous form……. smilies/smile.gif
Name (that you go by): Shannon

Age: 16 (17 in November!)

Occupation: Student and part-time surfing instructor

Future Aspirations: To be successful in all things!

Goal in life: To become an architect and live cheerfully

Short term goals: To win the surfing competition in Hawaii next month (I can’t wait!)

Passion: LOTR, surfing (what else?), art and reading

Hobbies: Surfing, Tolkien, art, shopping, gym

Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Ummm…I’m not a bragger. smilies/wink.gif
Fave book: The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Artemis Fowl (as you can see, fantasy is my favorite!)

Fave movie(s): The Lord of the Rings, Blue Crush, Lilo and Stitch, Moulin Rouge, Beauty and the Beast, What Lies Beneath, The Others, Mothman Prophecies.

Fave sport: Surfing, volleyball, pinball (is that a sport?)

Fave store: Surf’s Up, Marks and Spencers, Hamlie’s

Fave music: Eminem, J.LO, Celtic, Celine Dion, Enya, Shakira, Shania Twain

What you can't stand: Ignorance, snoring, pointless killing

What you plain dislike: Mess, the smell of glue and nail varnish

Who you admire: Tolkien, my mother, my boyfriend

What you most love to do: Surfing, reading quietly, dancing in the rain

Your self-confessed flaws: Impatience, disregarding of the rules ( smilies/frown.gif )

What intrigues/fascinates you: Fire, Helkahothion, flowers

What scares you: The dark, loneliness, roaches

Quotation to live by: We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give

Additional comments: LOTR IS THE BEST!!…YAY FOR LOTR!! YAY FOR- *stops* smilies/confused.gif

Meneltarmacil

07-22-2003, 09:13 PM

NAME (that you go by): Jamie or sometimes James.
AGE: 15
OCCUPATION: High school student
FUTURE ASPIRATIONS: I have absolutely no clue.
GOAL IN LIFE: To know God better.
SHORT TERM GOALS: Finish high school while still in one piece.
PASSION: Christianity
HOBBIES: LOTR *gasp!*
FAMOUS FOR (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Absolutely, positively nothing. smilies/frown.gif

FAVE BOOK: LOTR *huge gasp*
FAVE MOVIE: LOTR *another huge gasp*
FAVE SPORT: Baseball
FAVE STORE: Electronics Boutique (sp?)
FAVE MUSIC: None

WHAT YOU CAN'T STAND: People who think LOTR is stupid smilies/mad.gif
WHAT YOU PLAIN DISLIKE: People who think Christianity is more stupid than LOTR smilies/mad.gif smilies/mad.gif
WHO YOU ADMIRE: Jesus Christ
WHAT YOU MOST LOVE TO DO: Go to camp (which I will next week! smilies/biggrin.gif)
YOUR SELF-CONFESSED FLAWS: None! I am INVINCIBLE! (yeah, right... dream on... smilies/rolleyes.gif )
WHAT INTRIGUES/FASCINATES YOU: All the detail they put into LOTR with the scenery. It's just so cool. (though I don't like how PJ wrecked the entire storyline in TTT smilies/mad.gif )
WHAT SCARES YOU: Rabid Legolas fans smilies/eek.gif
QUOTATION TO LIVE BY: I can't say I really have one.

[ July 22, 2003: Message edited by: Meneltarmacil ]

Rochelle

07-24-2003, 07:12 PM

...well here goes!

Name (that you go by): Jenn
Age: 20 (21 on September 22nd!)
Occupation: Student
Future Aspirations: To graduate with at least a 3.5 GPA so I can easily get into vet school...fingers crossed
Goal in life: To compete on the US Olympic Equestrian Team
Short term goals: at least a 3.7 in my upcoming Chemistry class
Passion: I'm a very passionate person, so anything that sparks my interest, I'll go after. As far as an ongoing passion...it'd have to be horses.
Hobbies: Using my imagination, riding, being with people that make my time enjoyable.
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): The Jenn grin *lol* Umm...singing random Disney songs to cheer people up. Nothing like a round of "Yo Ho a Pirates Life For Me" to make someone laugh!

Fave book: I love Nicholas Sparks...and of course LOTR.
Fave movie: Armageddon, LOTR and recently Pirates of the Caribbean!
Fave sport: Equestrian, Soccer, Baseball, Football...
Fave store: Nothing particular, though I worked at Abercrombie for a spell...I'll never do that again :-\
Fave music: I love all sorts except heavy metal types...too many brain cells die smilies/wink.gif

What you can't stand: pessimists and selfishness
What you plain dislike: mushrooms, moths and the above.
Who you admire: Jesus Christ and anyone who takes their talent and puts it to good use.
What you most love to do: Jump horses...there's something about soaring over a 4'+ oxer that'll get to ya.
Your self-confessed flaws: Hmm...I'm too self-conscious for my own good
What intrigues/fascinates you: peoples interactions with the environment...especially when they think no one is watching!
What scares you: Finding what I've waited my whole life to find...and then not realizing I've found it.
Quotation to live by: I think Gandalf said it best: "It is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the succour of those years wherein we are set, uprooting the evil in the fields we know, so that those who live after may have clean earth to till. What weather they shall have is not ours to rule." Oh and Gimli: "Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens." Powerful stuff.

Additional comments: I'm usually around here someplace...feel free to IM me at CougarSavvy

elven maiden Earwen

07-28-2003, 12:12 PM

New and improved

Name (that you go by): Katie or Katherine Grant

Age: 12

Occupation: student

Future Aspirations: get though school and become famous. Like an actress or something (how typical)

Goal in life: get though it
Short-term goals:

Passion: music, books, movies

Hobbies: reading, writing, singing, talking, playing basketball, watching movies, J.R.R. Tolkien's books, computer

Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Nothing or being able to make by best friends mad at me and me mad at them

Fave book: ROTK, TTT, or Sil (all J.R.R Tolkien books) and The Sisterhood of the Taveling pants series

Fave movie: LOTR’s trilogy, Pirates of the Caribbean (so good!), Pearl Harbor, Mighty Joe Young

Fave sport: basketball

Fave store: Don’t really have one. Probably Target.

Fave music: I like Avril Lavinge, Good Charlotte, Evanescence, Stacie Orrico, Kelly Clarkson, and J. Lo

What you can't stand: annoying people
What you plain dislike: bugs, smoking, and snakes

Who you admire: J.R.R. Tolkien, Peter Jackson and of course the Barrow-Weight

What you most love to do: LIVE, LOVE, AND HAVE FUN, go on the barrow downs, play on the computer, hang with friends, dance

Your self-confessed flaws: I don’t respect myself as much as I should, Don’t love life even if things go bad

What intrigues/fascinates you: Elves, Arda, Life, and Love

What scares you: I’m afraid of time. "I mean, I'm afraid of not having enough time. Not enough time to understand people, how they really are, or to be understood myself. I’m afraid of quick judgments and mistakes everyone makes. You can’t fix them without time. I’m afraid of seeing snapshots instead of movies.

This is a quote from one of my favorite books.

I’m also afraid of not having enough time to say good buy to everyone I love before I die.

Quotation to live by: Just live life, get over it, and have as much fun as you can, because you only have one life to live

Additional comments: If I don’t get to say goodbye before I die than bye to everyone I love, and to everyone on this site. YOU guys are the best!

[ July 28, 2003: Message edited by: elven maiden Earwen ]

Lëowen

07-28-2003, 01:03 PM

Name (that you go by):I can't tell you
Age:13
Occupation: Student..bleh...
Future Aspirations:To make films or get a job where I get to work with animals
Goal in life: to take over the world with duct tape
Short term goals:convince my mom to get me a ferret
Passion:animals and LotR
Hobbies:reading, drawing, reading, LotR, reading, going on the 'Downs
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): um...

Fave book: anything Tolkien
Fave movie:FotR, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the Matrix, Pirates of the Caribbean
Fave sport: horse back riding (does that count as a sport?), archery
Fave store: Books a Million
Fave music: um...most kinds except for rap and country

What you can't stand: stupid people, people who are racist, animal haters
What you plain dislike: people who try to act 'cool'
Who you admire: Viggo Mortensen, J.R.R. Tolkien, quite a lot of people here
What you most love to do: read and come on the 'Downs
Your self-confessed flaws: What flaws? I have no flaws... smilies/wink.gif

What intrigues/fascinates you: everything
What scares you: Sharkû...
Quotation to live by: Anyone who has ever said that nothing is impossible has never tried to slam a revolving door.

Additional comments: DO THE WAVE FOR BOROMIR THE DISCO KING!!!

[ July 29, 2003: Message edited by: Lëowen ]

Genevieve

07-29-2003, 11:09 PM

Name (that you go by):sorry

Age: 14 (ALMOST 15)

Occupation:student

Future Aspirations: photography, movie making, violin

Goal in life: love God every minute

Short term goals: at least survive freshman year

Passion: God

Hobbies: collecting bottlecaps, making movies, reading, playing cards, walking/running

Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself):uhhhh.....being short (but getting taller FINALLY)

Fave book:umm. Fotr, The Great Gatsby, The Savage Damsel and the Dwarf, Feeling Sorry for Celia, Time Stops For No Mouse, The Amber Spyglass. (it goes on but I'll spare you)

Fave movie: Oh dear. The Matrix, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Pride and Prejudice, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Mel Brooks movies, Pirates of the Caribbean, and this one that I can't remember. Its going to bug me all night I know it!! smilies/mad.gif

Fave sport:running? soccer kind of. oh oh!! air hockey if that counts. smilies/smile.gif

Fave store: Barnes and Nobles, Origins, other stuff. im not a big store person

Fave music:Eek. Cake, COldplay, The Beatles, Nick Drake, Indigo Girls, The Eagles, Aretha Franklin, other oldies

What you can't stand: spiders, selfish people, tourists in our town (heh heh...evil face)

What you plain dislike:refer above

Who you admire:Jesus Christ, my mom, my friends, my sister.

What you most love to do smilies/tongue.gifhotograph, sleep, talk, walk, cook (sometimes)

Your self-confessed flaws:im a bit self absorbed and spoiled

What intrigues/fascinates you: other people, other countries

What scares you: spiders, ghosts, dark places, and I am EXTREMELY squemish around blood

Quotation to live by: don't really have one just yet. It's there somewhere....

Additional comments: The barrow downs is wonderful, I love it. All you guys are great. Sorry if my post about myself is boring.

[ July 30, 2003: Message edited by: Genevieve ]

Mithadan

07-30-2003, 03:04 PM

You only have a few years on me Snowdog and there are a few others here who also bear the wisdom of many years. smilies/wink.gif

[ July 30, 2003: Message edited by: Mithadan ]

Estelyn Telcontar

07-30-2003, 03:43 PM

Snowdog, have you had a look a the Tolkien Coming of Age Club (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=14&t=000840) thread? That's where the geezers hang out - you'll find that there are more than you might suspect! (It's for all who read Tolkien at least 18 years ago, thus the title.)

Faye Took

08-13-2003, 04:38 PM

Name (that you go by): Chelsea, Faye, Chels, Chelsaroo, and Chelsa

Age: 14 soon to be 15 smilies/biggrin.gif

Occupation: Student (very dedicated) and full time Lakepartier!

Future Aspirations: Go to college, get a degree, and get married! smilies/biggrin.gif

Goal in life: To be successful and have a good happy life.

Short term goals: Make the Vollyball team, and have a good year in Highschool.

Passion: Music, Writing Poetry (even if I'm not that good at it), Making people laugh and happy, Helping others smilies/smile.gif

Hobbies: The above plus Gaming, Computer, Role Playing, Reading, Singing, Acting, and so much more.

Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Pointing out my discovery of the 'mini dipper', Being one of the few who actually knows how to have an intelligent conversation, Being someone who will listen, annoying my friend Drew by reminding him that it wasn’t Dr. Pepper (really hilarious inside joke), and being one of the only ones out of my friends to actually get excited about buying books. smilies/biggrin.gif

Fave book: All of Tolkiens books (of course), Song of Albion, Anything by Stephen Lawhead, The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky, Night by Elie Wiesel, Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison (really funny book!), Harry Potter, Good Fairy/Bad Fairy by Brian Froud, and others..

Fave movie: Nightmare Before Christmas, FotR, TTT, Moulin Rouge, LXG, Halloween, Matrix 1 and 2, Rush Hour 1 and 2, Austin Powers, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, and some others..

Fave sport: Vollyball, Soccer, Football, Swimming, and Motocross.

Fave store: Its all about Hot Topic my friends, then comes Best Buy and Electronics Boutique for Video Games and CDs.

Fave music: Oh you just had to ask: AFI, The Used, The Ataris, Evanescence, Nirvana, Incubus, Coldplay, System of a Down, Weezer, The White Stripes, Jimmy Eat World, The Music, The Exies, Linkin Park, Dave Matthews Band, Sugarcult, Disturbed, The Starting Line, Rage Against the Machines, The All American Rejects, Sum 41, Simple Plan, Good Charlotte, Revis, Staind, Metallic (they’re okay), MxPx, Thrice, Janes Addiction, Rancid, Alien Ant Farm, Dashboard Confessional, Switchfoot, Billy Talent, Fountains of Wayne, Matchbox 20, Greenday, Powerman 5000, Creed, Sublime, Goo Goo Dolls, Queens of the Stoneage, Foo Fighters, Audioslave, Godsmack, Rammstien, Offspring, The Ramones, 3 Doors Down, Blink 182, Roxcar Racer, Limp Bizket, Taproot, Trapt, Fuel, Oasis, Counting Crows, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Puddle of Mud, Vendetta Red, New Found Glory, Slipknot, Smile Empty Soul, Die Trying, Eve 6, Smashing Pumpkins, Seether, Salive, Something Corperate, The Distillers, The Vines, Zwan, Less Than Jake, Hot Hot Heat, Marilyn Manson, Rob Zombie, Rob Dougan, Train, P.O.D, The Beetles, The Beach Boys, The Who, The Police, Brand New, Korn and oh so many more! smilies/biggrin.gif

What you can't stand: People who judge people on the way they dress, not doing well at something, being put on the spot, people who don’t know me that decide to dislike me, being broke, and no one talking to me (I love to talk! I can’t help it. But I’m not annoying so don’t worry smilies/wink.gif )

What you plain dislike: The above, Spiders, Balloons, and how expensive pants are at Hot Topic :P

Who you admire: Some of my friends, Stephen Lawhead, Nicole Kidman, and my mum smilies/biggrin.gif

What you most love to do: Spend all my money, go online, read, and learn.

Your self-confessed flaws: I have a tendency to get jealous sometimes and I am very very sensitive.

What intrigues/fascinates you: The World and people. I love to hear others opinions and everything about them. I love to listen. You may just learn something new from them.

What scares you: Spiders, and not being able to live.

Quotation to live by: "If you love someone, write their name in a circle, not a heart. A heart can be broken, but a circle goes on forever."

Additional comments: Hmm.. Don’t be afraid to take chances and umm… The Barrow Downs is awesome! smilies/wink.gif

Dain Ironfoot

08-23-2003, 07:36 PM

OK, here it is:

Name (that you go by): nope...
Age: 15
Occupation: high school student
Future Aspirations: maybe medicine or biology
Goal in life: Not sure. I'll figure it out later.
Short term goals: getting my driver's license
Passion: baseball
Hobbies: playstation 2, online videogames, being in school plays, reading, writing poetry, taking care of my cat and dog
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): getting some of my poems published in magazines and stuff

Fave book: books by Harry Turtledove; also Thomas Friedman
Fave movie: Monty Python, TTT, Braveheart
Fave sport: baseball, baseball, baseball
Fave store: Gamestop
Fave music: rap; anything I download off Kazaa

What you can't stand: when my younger sister goes nuts; when my mother hogs the computer
What you plain dislike: when my parents don't really listen to what I'm saying but decide things ahead of time
Who you admire: my parents; also people who have enough guts to stick by their beliefs and be different
What you most love to do: hang out with my friends and play videogames
Your self-confessed flaws: Who, me?
What scares you: Figuring out where I want to go to college and somehow getting myself into that school; figuring out what to do with my life

Tinuviel of Denton

08-28-2003, 01:06 AM

Name (that you go by): Tinuviel, believe it or not
Age: 17
Occupation: High-school student
Future Aspirations: Um...
Goal in life: Don't know that one either
Short term goals: Pass senior year (without getting lazy and getting a B again. shame on me for doing that last year)
Passion: There are several to choose from
Hobbies: Talking to my best friend Zel Ladrona, reading the Downs (don't hurt me ZL), writing stories that I never finish, acting, singing, and dancing
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Me, famous? Nah. *bows to cheering fans...oh, wait, I don't have any fans...*

Fave book: Three guesses
Fave movie: Dragonheart
Fave sport: Unless you count dance, I hate all sports
Fave store: Barnes & Noble
Fave music: Celtic, Contemporary Christian, and Classical

What you can't stand: Boys who think they're God's gift to women
What you plain dislike: I claim the 5th
Who you admire: My dad. Two majors in college, he programs computers, and he has a doctorate in law. Also Tolkien
What you most love to do: There are way too many answers to that question
Your self-confessed flaws: Pride
What intrigues/fascinates you: the dark side of human nature
What scares you: Men and the dark (very long painful story behind that...)
Quotation to live by: "Love is patient, love is kind, it does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. Love does not delight in evil, but rejoices in the truth. Love always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails."

Additional comments: I am blond, brown-eyed, 5'8 1/2", I wear jeans, T-shirts, little jewelry, no make-up, and elvencloaks. I have several sibs, two of which are registered here, the rest are too young. (Durlossiel and Who in all Felturn is That? if you care who they are.) I have had two cats, four parakeets, and six fish. All of them either died or disappeared. I'm no longer pushing for a horse, I decided it wouldn't be worth the trouble (and how would I bury it in my garden?)

Joy

08-29-2003, 10:44 PM

Name (that you go by): Joy (Maybe be legally adding Faith to my name)
Age: 25.4
Occupation: web designer, network consultant, youth minister

Future Aspirations:

Goal in life: To know Christ and to make Him Known - Matt 28:19

Short term goals: To get well, to lose 50 more lbs, and to get my first book published.

Passion: Serving Christ, helping youth and those less fortunate.

Hobbies: Writing, singing, playing the keyboard, reading.

Famous for: My Blueberry Cobler smilies/smile.gif, soon will be on TV (a Christian Talk Show).

Fave book: The Bible, Lord of the Rings, anything by Randy Alcorn, Frank Peretti, the classic epics.

Fave movie: LotR, Open Range, Casablanca, Gone with the Wind.

Fave sport: (plying) Voleyball (watching) baseball.

Fave store: Wal-Mart, Christian bookstores

Fave music: Praise and Worship, Some Country.

What you can't stand: hatred, pride,people who think they know everything.

What you plain dislike: Pride and arrogance.

Who you admire: Jesus Christ.

What you most love to do: read, write, minister to teens.

Your self-confessed flaws: Laziness

What intrigues/fascinates you: Languages, ancient cultures, astronomy.

What scares you: A Life unfulfilled.

Quotation to live by: "To live is Christ, to die is gain." Can't argue with Gil here.

Additional comments:

steve

09-03-2003, 10:31 PM

Name (that you go by): Steven, Steven Stevie, That wierd kid behind the timpani
Age:16
Occupation:student, full time pain in my dad's a**(he flips the bill for the tax on all my purchases)
Future Aspirations:To pay my adad back the millions of dollars I own him in back taxes
Goal in life:To become a world known percussionist
Short term goals:to get as much fun out of the last week of summer vacation as I possibly can
Passion:Music, Tolkien, The Downs, myself
Hobbies:Music, Tolkien, The Downs, Talking to myself, makeing typos
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): I AM THE ALL MIGHTY GOD OF TYPOS I am the section leader for the percussion section for orchestra and concert band

Fave book: TTT/War of the World
Fave movie: Monty Python quest for the Holy Grail
Fave sport: what is this word... sport? (hockey GO FLYERS, STANLEY CUP IN 04)
Fave store: fav store... I dont like stores... there allways saying, dont sniff the panties sir, and dont try on the bras sir, and you can go in there sir, and get off of the counter sir. (4Cs Card and collectables store (local owned by a friend))
Fave music smilies/redface.gifoohhhh ur gona get it now... Everyhting from all american rejects to Zappa, Frank (no rap or country, but folk all the way, GO NIEL YOUNG)

What you can't stand:my third personality (i hate her so much)
What you plain dislike: Smokers and drinkers (well not drinkers, there funny)
Who you admire: Niel Peart (Drummer for Rush, he inspired me to live my life to the fullest, he lost his wift to cancer and then his daughter died in a car accident not a month later)
What you most love to do: Talk to myself (I wanted to answer that one, To Bad I Answered It)
Your self-confessed flaws: I TALK TO MYSELF... NOT ENOUGH
What intrigues/fascinates you: the Normals
What scares you: Those little things that hold thr toys into the packages
Quotation to live by: Oh great, im talking to myself again"

Additional comments: These questions were answered by personalities 4,26,14, and 6-9

aragornreborn

09-11-2003, 01:19 PM

Name (that you go by): aragornreborn (well, here, anyway)
Age: 17
Occupation: Student. Thinking about employment/internship.
Future Aspirations: Too many to mention. First and foremost to obey and honor God. Second, to be the best husband and father I can be (when the time comes). Third, to treat everyone I come in contact with with love and respect. Fourth, to make a difference in the world for God. Fifth, to write.
Goal in life: See above
Short term goals: To get better at all of the above.
Passion: God. To get better at all of the above. Also, music, communication, family, friends, and truth.
Hobbies: Reading, writing, the outdoors, travel, and having fun with friends.
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself):

Fave book: Bible. Some things by JRR Tolkien. Some things by CS Lewis. All the classics.
Fave movie: FOTR, TTT, and ROTK (I know it will be in the list)
Fave sport: Soccer
Fave store: Don't have one
Fave music: Christian, easy listening, classical, country, pop, many movie soundtracks, and a hodge podge of others.

What you can't stand: I can stand anything lies and agression.
What you plain dislike: Nothing
Who you admire: Jesus, my parents, and a few friends.
What you most love to do: See Future Aspirations and Hobbies
Your self-confessed flaws: Pride, stubborness, lack of self-control, and laziness come to mind right away...
What intrigues/fascinates you: God and people
What scares you: the possibility for me to dishonor God and for hurt to befall those I care for
Quotation to live by: "And these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest is love."

Additional comments: Take care of yourself, take care of others, always seek the truth, and have fun!

[ September 16, 2003: Message edited by: aragornreborn ]

Ilánya

09-20-2003, 02:16 AM

Name (that you go by): Katie
Age: 16

Occupation: Studnet, but i work part time at Myers.

Future Aspirations: Ha! The youngest prittiest Prime Minister of Australia... only in my head.. NOTE: I would never go into politics unless i were headless.

Goal in life: To many to put here, Id love to be a pilates instructor, but probably id love to be a publicist for anyone! Or their Pilates instructor smilies/smile.gif.

Short term goals: To get through the end of year exams which are in 6 weeks. (ok we work different years in Australia.)Try not to turn muself inside out at Pilates, Pass my ballet exam.

Passion: Watching entertainment programmes, reading every magazine i can get my hands on.

Hobbies: Collecting Vintage pieces, Jewelery, clothes (i LOVE shopping)

Famous for: Useless facts. Sad but true, some of my frineds say im a little obsessed with olden day movies, since im the only one in my grade that has seen the stuff! All in all, The chick who tries to hold pilates classes during lunch.

Fave book: Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice.
Fave movie: Gone with the wind, Breakfast at Tiffany's, No man of her own, The rainmaker (Katharine Hepburn one) Sabrina (audrey Hepburn one) High Society, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Niagra, Calamity jane, Morning Glory, Cleopatra, Lord of the rings, Chicago, Cabaret.

Fave sport: Pilates (did ya guess?) Ballet NOT RUGBY LEAGUE.
Fave store: Zuu Zuu, Canterbury Lace Sampson Et, Lola Molleni, Anything that sells clothing of the modern/vintage variety.

Fave music: Jazz, i LOVE Jazz, lately, the Chicago soundtrack.

What you can't stand: Like Finwe, people who are constantly preaching to me. ( i cant stand people who force religion on others)

What you plain dislike: The footy boys being given lockers at school, while the rest of us have to suffer carrying around all our textbooks and breaking our backs.

Who you admire: My pilates instructor Autumn, Catherine Zeta Jones, Greta Garbo, Audrey Hepburn, Jean Harlowe, Marilyn Monroe, My sister Haley who dealt with two broken legs and danced again! My awesome friends, the delai lama for his book "The guide to happiness" Sister Mary Teresa.

What you most love to do: Go an explore ruins in Cambodia.
Your self-confessed flaws: I am a little to "out of it" sometimes, i take nothing seriously.
What intrigues/fascinates you: Goldfish, they just swim around and around and around and around all day...

What scares you: Gollum and world leaders (apparently they apeak for all of us whether we like it or not...)

Quotation to live by: "A life without risk is not a life worth living" - Marilyn Monroe.

Additional comments:
Hey look! a distraction..!

Alatariel Telemnar

09-24-2003, 08:21 PM

Well, here goes...

Name (that you go by): Alatariel

Age:13,502 years have I lived in this world

Occupation:prisoner in one of the worst prisons in the world... -.- school...

Future Aspirations: To steal Agent Lofty's tie and the popcorn award in his fride

Goal in life: the forementioned

Short term goals:To get out of the prison (school)

Passion:Lord of the Rings, Rolepleying (Inns atleast, which I consider RP)

Hobbies: Roleplaying, chatting on my forum (and here)

Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): brag? Im not the one to brag... I do think I am a good writer, but I wouldnt brag about it... Im not really famous for anything...

Fave book: The Hobbit

Fave movie: The Lord of The Rings Trilogy (of course!)

Fave sport: RPGing (if that counts...)

Fave store: umm tolkientown.com? I guess...

Fave music: A wide variaty... mainly LoTR soundtracks and stuff of that sort

What you can't stand:Preps, HP fans, HP its self!!!, peeps that dis LOTR, rude peeps, peeps that think they are better then everyone else... so on so forth

What you plain dislike: Harry Potter

Who you admire: Tolkein, my best friend (yes I do if you are reading this),Agent Lofty

What you most love to do: Read, chat online, post on wonderful forums like this, post in the inns, yeah...

Your self-confessed flaws: There is lots, but I dont really feel like listing them...
What intrigues/fascinates you: Lord of the Rings, someone that is as passionate over it as I, people who live life without worrying about silly and stupid things

What scares you: living a life where you can't live it. Having no life, no fun. Being sufficated of my need to be on such places as here, expressing my feelings, not being able to talk to my friend who lives thousands of miles away in Morder, being in hell for eternity, knowing that some of your friends may be there, being unable to enjoy all the riches life has to offer, having to be tied down with all the stress, I could go on and on but I wont...

Quotation to live by:
Éowyn:
The women of this country learned long ago that those without swords may still die upon them. I fear neither death nor pain.
Aragorn:
What do you fear my lady?
Éowyn:
A cage. To stay behind bars until use and old age accept them. And all chance of valor has gone beyond recall or desire.
Aragorn:
You are a daughter of kings. A shieldmaiden of Rohan. I do not think that will be your fate. (yeah... mostly the stuff Eowyn said...

Additional comments: Lord of the Rings RULES!!! umm yeah *hids behind the nearest bush* A reflex from all the squeaky objects! To all you on my forum...

[ September 25, 2003: Message edited by: Alatariel Telemnar ]

Imirie Edhel

10-04-2003, 09:47 AM

Name (that you go by): just call me Imirie

Age: 14.8

Occupation: I am still at school so that would make me a student

Future Aspirations: I haven’t decided on a specific profession but I would like to have something to do with Law or Journalism.

Goal in life: to make a difference in at least one person’s life!

Short term goals: to finish this years exams with a high mark

Passion: I have a passion for reading, socialising & playing on my guitar

Hobbies: singing, writing, playing guitar, reading & swimming

Famous for: being a complete perfectionist & for being really impatient

Fave book: Lord of the Rings, CS Lewis, the classic epics.

Fave movie: LotR, Gone with the Wind, Sound of Music and Alice in Wonderland

Fave sport: badminton and swimming.

Fave store: Exclusive Books, Musica & Woolworths

Fave music: everything and anything

What you can't stand: people who fidget and who hold grudges

What you plainly dislike: ‘fidgeters’ & unforgiving people

Who you admire: my mother and my best friend.

What you most love to do: read, sing and play on my guitar.

Your self-confessed flaws: laziness

What intrigues/fascinates you: Middle-earth, people, languages & cultures

What scares you: spiders, snakes puppets, clowns & having peanut butter stuck on my pallet.

Quotation to live by: I don’t have one

Araathwen

10-06-2003, 08:00 PM

Name (that you go by): Araathwen

Age: not telling precious...

Occupation: Dog obedience instructor

Future Aspirations: To move to a warmer climate in Oz

Goal in life: to travel to New Zealand and the United States.

Short term goals: finish painting my house.

Passion: Good movies, books and this PC I'm superglued to.

Hobbies: Training my dogs and horses.

Famous for: being bulldog determined to succeed at everything I undertake.

Fave book: All Tolkein books and those of David Eddings.

Fave movie: Lord of the Rings, Ever After and George of the Jungle smilies/biggrin.gif

Fave sport: Dog Agility (you need to be able to run) smilies/rolleyes.gif

Fave store: Anyone that has fantasy things in it.

Fave music: everything except hard rock and rap.

What you can't stand: obnoxious know-it-all people

What you plainly dislike: liars and cheats

Who you admire: my best friend, Carol

What you most love to do: browse the web for interesting sites

Your self-confessed flaws: laziness

What intrigues/fascinates you: great movies and their locations

What scares you: poisonous snakes

Quotation to live by: All good things come to those who wait.

Arwen1858

10-08-2003, 01:23 AM

Name (that you go by): Well, I'm known as Arwen on the internet
Age: 18

Occupation: aspiring writer

Future Aspirations: To be a great writer, guitarist, and to get married and have kids

Goal in life: to fulfill my future aspirations!

Short term goals: to get a lot better at guitar

Passion: being a Christian, reading, writing, and playing my guitar

Hobbies: reading, writing, guitar

Famous for: being a LotR fan smilies/smile.gif wanting to play the guitar

Fave book: Lord of the Rings, Chronicles of Narnia

Fave movie: LotR, Pirates of the Caribbean,

Fave sport: baseball and football

Fave store: Books-a-Million, FYE

Fave music: Bluegrass, soundtracks to my fave movies

What you can't stand: people who try to manipulate me, waiting for the next LotR movie to come out

What you plainly dislike: snobs & unforgiving people

Who you admire: one of my friends, Arwen, Aragorn, Frodo, Tolkien

What you most love to do: read, write, go out with my friends, and play on my guitar.

Your self-confessed flaws: being too perfectionistic, and letting my mind wander when I should be listening to someone

What intrigues/fascinates you: Middle-earth, people, Ireland, Scotland

What scares you: spiders, scorpians, deep water

Quotation to live by: All that is gold does not glitter.

[ October 18, 2003: Message edited by: Arwen1858 ]

Earendil Halfelven

10-11-2003, 01:07 AM

Hello everyone! I'm bored so I think I shall do this again and its been awhile so I have more junk to add.
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Name (that you go by):Kenny(by my friends), Ken(by others), or Kenneth(when my mom is yelling at me).

Age:18

Occupation: student that is about to graduate. Actually, I could graduate at the end of December but I want to take European History AP, just because I like history, so I'm doing the full year. Oh well...

Future Aspirations: A man with a good wife, good family, good job, and an Army Reserve officer, maybe. First there's college but before that, my mission... smilies/wink.gif

Goal in life: To live, not merely exist.

Short term goals: Get a job to pay for that mission next year and after that, college.

Passion: Ahhhh, American history! smilies/cool.gif Especially the American Revolution, Civil War, WWI, WWII. The CW is my best area though.

Hobbies: CW reenacting, sports, reading, computer gaming with my uncle, writing "stuff"(poetry just sounds kind of wimpy to me, but hey, thats what it is), my violin...

Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Having the weird nickname of "nogs." Please, don't ask...

Fave book: Stephen King's "Misery" and "Salem's Lot." (Pet Cememtary was just plain scary and I never finished it. There's just something about a 3 year old boy zombie stabbing his mother to death with a scalpel that just freaks me out.) Also, To Kill A Mockingbird(where did all those "Atticus" t-shirts come from that all the punks and goth kids are wearing? I bet they haven't even read the book), Frankenstein, Withering Heights, Gods and Generals, The Last Full Measure, Jurassic Park and Jurassic Park:The Lost World. And many others...

Fave movie: HBO's Band of Brothers, Saving Private Ryan, The Patriot, Frailty, Gettysburg, Les Miserables, The Count of Monte Cristo, A Beautiful Mind, Dumb and Dumber, Ace Ventura(both of them), K-Pax, LOTR, The Lost Battalion, Dragonfly, Dances With Wolves, Gods and Generals, Henry V, Hamlet...the list can go on and on and on.

Fave sport: Football, Basketball, you know, the usual.

Fave store: Wherever I decide to go at the moment.

Fave music: INCUBUS RULES!!!! AND SO DOES TOOL!!! Chevelle, Linkin Park, Our Lady Peace, Disturbed, Amethystium, Enya, and Beethoven's violin concerto, especially the one in Band of Brothers. I think its Op.131.

What you can't stand: People hating others because of who they are. And people who don't use their stinkin' brains to think things through.

What you plain dislike: Liberals smilies/evil.gif

I'm going to add "What you think is weird" so that you can put stuff you think is weird but you don't dislike or can't stand: Truthfully, I think the "New Silmarillion" section on the forum is kind of weird with all the translating of elvish and canonizing stuff and the philosophical discussion of LOTR, but hey, people think CW reenacting is weird too. Whatever floats your boat...

Who you admire: Pres. Bush for believing in doing the right thing even if most of Europe is doomed to repeat the mistakes it made during the 1930's leading up to WWII. France, Germany, and Russia should just be thankful that I'M not president...too bad. smilies/evil.gif

What you most love to do: Argue about politics, listen to Michael Savage, and all the hobby stuff.

Your self-confessed flaws: Hmmmm, there must be some flaws here somewhere... smilies/biggrin.gif

What intrigues/fascinates you: People's opinion and point of view. Does that sound weird to you?

What scares you: I don't know. Not death at least because we only get to die once so I'm making sure my death is a good one.

Quotation to live by: Don't follow in other people's footsteps. Just make your own.

Additional comments: Why are you reading this?
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MLD-Grounds-Keeper-Willie

10-17-2003, 04:56 AM

Name (that you go by): Can't say, sorry...but it isn't Willie smilies/wink.gif
Age: Older than I look
Occupation: Student
Future Aspirations: Graduate from college, get a job, get married, and start a family.
Goal in life: To be happy and to make others happy, never to forget who I am, and to live.
Short term goals: Get a job, and schedule my time better
Passion: Thinking, drinking, counter-strike, reading good books, music, skateboarding, and friends and family.
Hobbies: Videogames, particulary counter-strike, listening to music, hangin out with my friends
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Drinking 5 forties in one night, and my nickname.

Fave book: The Lord of the Rings....or to be exact, The Fellowship of the Ring, Angela's Ashes, The Dubliners, The Calvin and Hobbes series, Watership Down, The Plague Dogs, Dracula, White Fang, The Call of the Wild, The Silmarillion.
Fave movie: Quite a few here and not in any order- TLotR: TFotR, Scarface, Brother, Enemy at the Gates, The Man Without a Face, Braveheart, Boondock Saints, Confidence, Modus Operandi, Snatch, All quiet on the Western Front, The War of the Buttons, Congo, The Wilderness Family (A pretty corny movie, but me and my brother love to watch it and luagh), The animated LotR, The Professional (I think it goes by another name in Europe...starts with a C I think), The Good the Bad and the Ugly, The Sundance Kid and Butch Cassidy, Gladiator, Saving Silverman, The Dirty Harry series, A Fistful of Dollars, Hang Em High, Full Metal Jacket, Menace 2 Society, Black Hawk Down, American History X, From Hell, and I know there's other movies, I just can't remember at the time.
Fave sport: Hurling, Gaelic Footbal, skatebaording, and basketball.
Fave store: Copelands, Glass and Bottle or Wiley's, Borders, Electronics Botique, Costco, and Gamestop.
Fave music: A lot here....rock- Alice in Chains, Black Sabbath, Metallica, Joe Satriani, Van Halen, Lynard Skynard, Boston, Rush, Dio, Janes Addiction, Soundgarder, Stone Temple Pilots, Jimi Hendrix, and many many more.

Rap- Andre Nickatina (Dre Dog), Brotha Lynch Hung, X-Raided, C-Bo, Tray D, Tec-9 Equipto, I.M.P., Bone Thugs N' Harmony, Kurupt, Snoop Dogg, Tupac, Luniz, Westside Connections, Mac Dre, Cougnut, Saafir, Cellski, and Richie Rich.

What you can't stand: In counter-strike- spawn killers, team stackers, team blockers, admin abuse, and especially people who say I hack; bad luck; muggers; bullies; and other things I'm sure.
What you plain dislike: Coconut, ketchup, jerks, and protestors.
Who you admire: Andre Nickatina, my Father and Mother, my Godfather, my Uncle's, my Aunt, my Grandfathers, Barry Bonds, Frank McCourt, Kevin Barry, Layne Staley, Jerry Cantrell, a certain teacher, [LAPD]#2, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Andrew Jackson, Bill Waterson, JRR Tolkien, and more.
What you most love to do: relax and think or listen to music.
Your self-confessed flaws: Jealousy, and not admitting I'm wrong.
What intrigues/fascinates you: Outer space, Catholocism, history, the mind, Middle-earth, life and death, animals, and technology.
What scares you: death and lonliness
Quotation to live by: Time is a marathon, so live in the present, because if you fall behind you may never catch up.

Additional comments: There was no question that asked your favorite TV show. My favorite show is The Simpsons. The new episodes are different from the others, but I still love it, and it has always cheered me up when I was down.

dancing spawn of ungoliant

10-26-2003, 02:04 AM

Name (that you go by): Anna, dancing spawn
Age: 19
Occupation: Well, I'm heading for extended studies but currently I have a summer job as a cashier (yeah.)
Future Aspirations: Plenty. I also exhale.
Goal in life: To be happy.
Short term goals: Do you want a list?
Passion: LotR (as books, movies, music, art and B-D discussion board) and music
Hobbies: playing the violin and the piano, singing... I hope I can take up fencing again next fall
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): stick-with-it-ness

Fave book: LotR, His Dark Materials trilogy, HPs
Fave movie: LotR, Moulin Rouge, The Matrix
Fave sport: Pesäpallo, a Finnish ball game resembling American baseball! I just love it.
Fave music: I listen to almost anything from heavy to classic. For example, I like Apocalyptica and Sonata Arctica but then again, Dvorak's Symphony from the New World and Rodrigo's Aranjuez just rock!

What you can't stand: spiders... big hairy spiders
What you plain dislike: see above
What you most love to do: There's a tie between doing things I have never done before and watching a good movie for umpteenth time...
Your self-confessed flaws: I'm a really annoying perfectionist at times or then I'm too careless. Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be anything between those two traits. I guess I'm a bit feisty, too.
What intrigues/fascinates you: Clear nightly sky and thunderstorms
What scares you: Things that are too big for me like the Milky Way and whales. They look cool, though.

Additional comments: This post was edited in June 2005. Though I'm such an interesting character that you can't get enough of me, I settled for updating this post instead of posting a new one... :p

Everdawn

11-02-2003, 04:18 AM

Did the same as Maika, her is my replacement.

Name: Eve the terrible... or lately, "Hey stop her! She's trying to kill the prefects!"

Age: 16

Occupation: student...

Future Aspirations: I want to be an entertainment journalist or a Psychological prophiler . But what i would love above anything is to be in musical theatre.

Goal(s) in life: To go to Machu Picchu in Peru. Play Velma Kelly in Chicago, or be in Carmen one day. Surf at as many places around the world as I can. Do something truly wonderful...

Short term goals: To get the best O.P (I odnt know what the rest of the world calls them Sat's?) i can get so i can do whatever i want at uni. Get to N.I.D.A before im 21.

Passion: Drama.

Hobbies: Horse Riding, surfing, going to concerts, Magazine reading,Acting, Watching as many movies as I can.

Famous for: Being the nutcase of the school! I also have gotten one of the leads in 3 school musicals, most know me as the nutter with the Drama group. But i am now the "peoples" person, upholding the student's say as an Executive of the Student Council.

Fave book: other than Lotr? Petals on the wind by Virginia Andrews and Gone with the wind, Margaret Mitchell. Anne Rice. To Kill a mocking Bird

Fave movie: The Lion King, Moulin Rouge, Interview with the Vampire, Chicago, Lord of the rings, Ronin, The Patriot, Two Hands, Birthday Girl, THE RING. Gone with the wind, Charlie's Angels, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, Quills, G.I. Jane, Dogma, Onegin, Portrait of a Lady, SNATCH, Legends of the Fall, 10 things i hate about you, Y mama Tu Tambien, Vulévant, Breakfast at Tiffanys, Little Women, The Crucible, Blurred, Femme Fatale, Sade, Mullholland Dr., The Gift, House on Haunted Hill, THE CASTLE.

Fave sport: Basketball, Horse Sports, Surfing, Rugby Union. (The Queensland Reds and Wallabies)

Fave store: Valley Girl, Sass&Bide, Cruise, Supré, Red Earth, Tree of Life, MYER, David Jones, Canterbury Lace, Cosmetics Plus, Aamies, Loot. The christmas dept. in any store... (shiny things make me happy)

Fave music: The Kidneythieves, Between Theories, Orgy, Hole, Marilyn Manson, Good Charlotte, swing music and anything 20's. BLONDIE!, Evansecence, Linkin Park, Deftones, Static X, The Donnas. Anything alternative, Jazz, Something for Kate, The ever grand POWDERFINGER! (Bernard Fanning- seriously, A Johnnie Depp double)as well as Deep Purple, Patti Smith, and LED ZEPPELIN!!

What you can't stand: Really good dreams being interupted by waking up! Pop music, Prefects... apparently im too much of a rebel to be one... "To disruptive" they said... well i showed them.. I became A Student Council Executive, making me higher in the pecking order than the prefects!! Muhaaaa!!! ( No offence to other prefects out there,im sure you are very nice...)

What you plain dislike: Girls who are as young as 12 and 13 dressing like 18 year olds, and girls who dont have respect for themselves. I really really dislike Prefects... I really really wish they would all jump into Mount Doom... (Yet again, really no offence to you other prefects out there, I really should no go by the stereotypes and im sure id love you all)

Who you admire: Nicole Kidman, i love her! she is my idol and i will tolerate no badness of Nicole around me! lol, and Catherine Zeta Jones.. i love her! And Kate Daer, a very brilliant actress, but mostly Nicole.

What you most love to do: Go on a world trip with my friends and visit every elevator along the way.. Go to Arabia and walk around saying "Ya Allah! Bi fass bi rassi!" (My god theres an axe in my head) and laugh my head off... Meet as many famous people as I can.

Your self-confessed flaws: In over the top sometimes.. and i scare foriegn students who come to visit..oops! And i have a real Diva streak in me... as much as i hate saying so, and i am not good at saving money...

What intrigues/fascinates you: History, world history, languages, The Ancient Civilisations. Horse Racing...

What scares you: Uh... in a few words? SAMARA MORGAN. The state the school will be in by next year with myself and my two other "non prefect" friends in charge of out part of the school.. hehe, no seriously it will be fine...

Quotation to live by:

"We are all connected in the great circle of life." -Mufasa, the lion king.

Comments:

*MY FRIEND IS IN A MOVIE!... ha! i had to say that, ive told everyone ive run into, its called PETER PAN and is out at Christmas, get it into ya!.

*To everyone who is here at this forum, CONGRATZ! You people are an honour to know and converse with.

*To the Aussies, G'DAY! and go the Wallabies!

*Grasshoppers are dangerous and trying to kill me... (Really)

** And finally..
Pulius Maximus (Ancient History Teacher) defeated Kenius Barbius (Ken Doll)... Never to be seen again...

[ November 03, 2003: Message edited by: Everdawn ]

[ 3:18 AM November 28, 2003: Message edited by: Everdawn ]

Neferchoirwen

11-03-2003, 03:37 AM

Did this almost 6 months ago, and so it's high time...

Age: 22

Occupation: student...

Future Aspirations: I want to be a vocal bombshell of a theater actress who teaches literature at her former university...all of that after I finish my music degree in another university.

Goal(s) in life: To travel with whoever I'll marry, write a novel about about my crazy family, to play Elen in Miss Saigon and Eponine in Les Miz, to learn Elvish, to develop my voice into that of both a Celtic maiden and that of an AfricaN priestess.

Short term goals: To get a GOLD for my thesis. To kick-@$$ in an upcoming alumni concert (which is reminiscent of the Les Miz 10th anniv concert...) ----> I get the Eponine part.

Passion: Music and literature. Spirituality.

Hobbies: Reading, singing, origami...I colect bottles and use them to put my paper stars in them. Cute thing.

Famous for: being the one hit wonder in high school (not bad for an outsider who has something to prove, being the one who dresses very cool, for acing a paper about a play I only got to watch half of....

Fave book: Genesis, To Kill a Mockingbird, She's Come Undone, I Know Why the Caged bird Sings, How the Irish Saved Civilisation,

Fave movie: The Lion King, The Rundown, Magdalene Sisters, Gladiator, Beautiful Mind

Fave sport: I watch soccer (heh)

Fave store: bookstores, Body Shop, Tower Records, Amazon.com

Fave music: Dave Matthews is playing in my head right now! Dreamtheater, Yes, Jewel, Counting Crows, Hans Zimmerman, old school alternative (where've they all gone?), Yanni, Loreena McKennit, Tony Levin, Nora Jones

What you can't stand: bad stage management, tardiness, being told what to do, an off key in the distance...

What you plain dislike: wannabees who can't prove anything, karaoke/videoke, the smell of beer on my friends

Who you admire: Nora Jones, Benigno Aquino Jr, Martin Luther King, my bro--the music whiz kid, Bituin Escalante

What you most love to do: Yoga before dinner!

Your self-confessed flaws: I'm an insomniac, and it sucks. procrastination is so me, it makes me rot at dreaming!

What intrigues/fascinates you: vulnerable men (heh), history, Celtic spirituality, Genesis studies, Philippine folklore, the concept of time as the essence of imperfection....

What scares you: not going out and being with friends. not having to say what i want to say. not buying cds for two months! The thought of never ever getting a hug from anyone!

Quotation to live by: If God is for me, then who is against me?

Comments:
I often find myself caught between two pages of a thick book, or vocalizing to some Celtic tune. People say I rock. People say I'm beautiful. People say I'm loosing weight. People say I'm crazy...and I'm a sucker not to believe them. I'm a person who determines to reinvent herself and at the same time discover who I really am beneath this shell of a displaced Fil-Am. I am an older sister to many out of wisdom, a younger sister to some who have no one to have a laugh with. I'm really generally pensive, bordering on sad, but heck. Once I break into a few four-letter words out of outragous prayer, I'm fine. (it's between God and me, so if you don't mind...) I'd rather be called spiritual. If there's a bit of truth in this world, I can't find in myself because I tend to lie to myself, and it certainly can't be found in this world. I hate to follow the crowd, and so there you might find me: wearing orange when everyone else is in blue or black.

that's me.

[ November 03, 2003: Message edited by: Neferchoirwen ]

Galadrie1

11-10-2003, 06:47 PM

It's been a while, and I know you all care a lot about me, so here I go....

Name (that you go by): That's for me to know and you to [possibly] find out. I'll give you a hint: It starts with an 'S' and ends with an 'A' and is and American name with an Indian spelling.
Age: 15
Occupation: Student
Future Aspirations: Get into a good university and become an opera singer (that's right: opera)
Goal in life: To do something worth being remembered for.
Short term goals: Live until closing night of the play I'm directing.
Passion: Singing, being on stage.
Hobbies: Acting, dancing, playing the French horn and the recorder (not at the same time, though)
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Being loud and crazy. Being angry all the time. Doing and saying bizarre things with my best friend. Getting really good marks on really bad essays.

Fave book: Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie
Fave movie: Aladdin, Drop Dead Fred, The Princess Bride, West Side Story, Moulin Rouge, The Matrix, Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Fave sport: Football (the horrible American kind, that is)
Fave store: Smart Set and Walmart
Fave music: The White Stripes, The Strokes, Weezer, Our Lady Peace, The Beatles.

What you can't stand: People who won't shut up when I'm trying to direct an angry mob who all want to break for lunch.
What you plain dislike: Cherries.
Who you admire: Theatre directors, really good opera singers.
What you most love to do: Be outside with my three best friends on warm summer nights -- whether we're sitting on someone's back steps talking or running through the huge sprinklers at the golf course in our pajamas.
Your self-confessed flaws: I'm evil.
What intrigues/fascinates you: The fact that I'm evil and still have friends who love me.
What scares you: Sharp knives.
Quotation to live by: "Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and have their shoes."

Additional comments: I'm sure that was terribly interesting for you all, but, alas, that's all you get to hear about me. I know it's sad, but I'm sure you'll get over it somehow.

[ November 10, 2003: Message edited by: Galadrie1 ]

Blue Griffin Friday

11-13-2003, 03:21 AM

Name (that you go by): Blue the Griffin
Age: very old...
Occupation: Im A Griffin for crying out loud! Who would hire a griffin, apart from one of those Harry Potter lunatics?

Future Aspirations: To be a really great ballroom dancer...

Goal in life: Id like to be able to get a plane ticket without having to file down my claws upon boarding it.. NOt too much to ask!

Short term goals: To speand a peaceful christmas with all my Griffin friends.

Passion: I like reading, so i guess, my passion is reading... But i have this problem with my eyes... and its made worse by the fact that no one will make glasses which fit over the bridge of my beak...

Hobbies: Flying, Singing, eating pesants which stray into my field..

Famous for: Bing the most intelligent Griffin in the universe, also being the only Griffin able to use a computer..

Fave book: Alice in Wonderland

Fave movie: Kill Bill Vol 1

Fave sport: Water skiiing

Fave store: any store which sells wallpaper. I am really fond of wallpaper.

Fave music: something by the Deftones.

What you can't stand: People who persecute my kind for what we are.. half lion and half eagle..

What you plain dislike: Girffin Hunters who are after my blood.

Who you admire: Sean Connery

What you most love to do: Ballroom dance

Your self-confessed flaws: My talons are a little too long, and my feathers are starting to malt a little

What intrigues/fascinates you: lots of things...

What scares you: Lara Flynn Boyle

Quotation to live by: "More Tea" - The mad hatter

Additional comments:

Griffins are people too!

Lotessa

11-13-2003, 11:40 AM

Name (that you go by): Amy, Amz, Lotssa, Tess, Tessie

Age: Not to young, not too old

Occupation: Student, Tolkien-fanatic!

Future Aspirations: Either law or film producing

Goal in life: Hmmm…collecting lip-gloss? Nah, see the above

Short term goals: Conquer high-school

Passion: Tolkien, art, music (includes guitar, band, singing)

Hobbies: Art, forums, reading, shopping, listening to raucous music, practicing my smile

Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Hmm….probably for my obsession with lip-gloss and Tolkien (No, I don’t mean Tolkien himself, I mean his work smilies/smile.gif)

Fave book: Lord of the Rings, Artemis Fowl, Little Chief of the Gaspe, The Last Battle, The Magician’s Nephew, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

Fave movie: Lord of the Rings, What Lies Beneath, Catch Me If You Can, View from the Top, Legally Blonde 1 (NOT the second one!!!), Pirates of the Caribbean, The Count of Monte Cristo

Fave sport: Badmington

Fave store: X-ccessorize, Young Designers Emporium, Marks and Spencer’s, Space Station

Fave music: T.a.T.u, Shakira, Jamirouquai, Linkin Park, Celine Dion, Gollum’s Song (Emiliana Torrini)

What you can't stand: Racism, idiotic behavior, immaturity, tomatoes, the smell of car exhausts

What you plain dislike: The sound of the vacuum cleaner when I’m watching TV, people who spit on the streets,

Who you admire: Tolkien, Jesus Christ, my mom

What you most love to do: Surf forums, take early-morning walks, paint, shop

Your self-confessed flaws: I’m a bit stubborn and impatient and like to do things my way

What intrigues/fascinates you: Fireworks, waterfalls, calligraphy,

What scares you: Heights, cockroaches, small spaces, my face on Monday mornings

Quotation to live by: There’s a time and a place for everything (OK, when am I going to win the lottery?)
Additional comments: I’m speechless smilies/smile.gif

Alexus Varus

11-16-2003, 01:19 AM

Name (that you go by): Besephone
Age: 19
Occupation: The Poor Uni Student who works part time at a dept. store.

Future Aspirations: To get out of Uni, finish my degree and go to another country..

Goal in life: To Make a difference, design a fragrence, something similar, own a really cool car.

Short term goals: 1) To Stop swearing, 2) Not say anything bad about anyone 3) To learn more french.

Passion: I suppose looking after my horses. If that can be classified, oh, and dance.

Hobbies: PLaying the Piano, reading, watching movies, riding my horses, chatting, ballet, going to the rugby, being a rugby hooligan.

Famous for: Playing sombre songs on the piano.. Oh, and my friends and i were on the big screen at The Rugby last night!

Fave book: Lord Of The rings, Portrait of Dorian Gray, Rebecca.

Fave movie: The Professional, The Big Chill, Lord of the Rings, Oceans 11, Legally Bonde, Dude where's my car?, Billy Madison, Little Women, Mr Deeds, Anger Management, School of Rock, La Divorce, Monty Python's The Holy Grail, Legends of the Fall.

Fave sport: Rugby!

Fave store: The Rugby Store! Earthborn, Delila's, Collette Dinniagn.

Fave music: Piano classical, Norah Jones, Christina, Delta, Static-X, Slipnot, Guy Sebastian.

What you can't stand: People who ruin a good time.

What you plain dislike: EXAMS!

Who you admire: George Greegan, (Wallabies captain) Nicole Kidman, Naomi Watts, Liv Tyler, Mia Tyler and Sophie Dahl.

What you most love to do: Watch Movies wiht my mates.

Your self-confessed flaws: Im Hyper, vain, out of control.. but i like it... Who cares if i take pride in my reflection? lol.

What intrigues/fascinates you: Antique weapons.

What scares you: Lightening

Quotation to live by: "Cattle running into the sunset... horrible moooos are heard... Damn the eletric fence.."

Additional comments:
Go Wallabies! We LOVE you! As well... Gandalf for Pres!

Nehani

11-16-2003, 09:19 PM

Name (that you go by): Call me Moriko (Japanese class name)
Age: 14
Occupation: being myself (school)
Future Aspirations: biology
Goal in life: see my favorite symphony played live, swim with seals/whales/dolphines/cool stuff
Short term goals: do good in school
Passion: the arts, animals, being outdoors, LOTR, Japanese stuff
Hobbies:scuba diving, playing in symphonies
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): uhhhhh... I can read some Japanese, I won 2cd place for Holloween costume this year

Fave books: LOTR, His Dark Materials, The Immortals, Redwall
Fave movie: The Pirncess Mononoke
Fave sport: tennis, raquet ball
Fave store: book store, outfitting stores
Fave music: J-pop, classical, jazz

What you can't stand: ignorant people
What you plain dislike: being late and wet
Who you admire: my friend, (Alaruid)
What you most love to do: think, stare into space (I do it VERY often)
Your self-confessed flaws: I have two selfs
What intrigues/fascinates you: animals, life
What scares you: being alone in public
Quotation to live by: It's a simple state of mind over matter, if you don't mind it don't matter

Additional comments: I live in the Land of the Midnight sun, though where I live, it still sets at midnight

Linaeve

11-27-2003, 11:02 AM

Name (that you go by): Lina or Linaeve
Age: 17
Occupation: Student
Future Aspirations: I'm not sure what I want to be yet, but I'll probably end up being a doctor as both my parents are doctors and that's the profession I know the most about
Goal in life: To be the best person I can possibly be
Short term goals: To get into the college of my choice (Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts)
Passion: Music, especially classical
Hobbies: Reading, writing, singing, playing piano, talking philosophy, talking in general, cooking, traveling, etc.
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): being short (5 ft tall) and being a good listener (I've suddenly become the senior class's therapist! smilies/rolleyes.gif And playing piano. And arguing smilies/wink.gif

Fave book: Lord of the Rings and Stranger in a Strange Land
Fave movie: A Man for All Seasons
Fave sport: Fencing and figure skating
Fave store: Any bookstore
Fave music: Classical

What you can't stand: Repetitive, screechy noises. Punk rock. Anything loud and high-pitched. Squealing girls. Also, chat abbreviations.
What you plain dislike: People who try to be stupid just to be funny, or are mean to others just to try to impress their friends, or talk about others behind their backs. Also, being late and messy rooms- I compulsively clean my room about every week- it drives me insane! smilies/tongue.gif.
Who you admire: my mother, for her perserverance and love of learning
What you most love to do: sing or play piano
Your self-confessed flaws: some arrogance, a short temper, and a tendency to be very impatient.
What intrigues/fascinates you: the human mind (did you know we only use about 10% of our brain's full capacity?)
What scares you: The human mind
Quotation to live by: See my sig

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Ainaserkewen

11-27-2003, 03:45 PM

Name (that you go by): Shannon

Age:17

Occupation: Martyr, survivor.

Future Aspirations: Orchestral brass player(aka pro. Musician)

Goal in life: To publish a book, poem or short story.

Short term goals: I need to find some way of moving to Victoria before I go crazy.

Passion:Music

Hobbies: Trumpet playing, singing, composing, music listening, Musicals, writing,
reading, movie watching.

Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Solo's at local concerts.

Fave book: Cry to Heaven -Anne Rice
Yu Gi Oh! Manga.

Fave movie: In no particular order: Drum Line, Keeping the Faith, Animatrix, Return of the King

Fave sport: Volleyball (veteran)

Fave store: A quaint little book store that has no name downtown.

Fave music: Music eats up a lot of my life, and I'm not talking about rock, rap, punk or any of the other "hard core" kinds of music people obsess over and think their feelings are more real because their tastes are "different". I've got news for those people, especially those who don't read music, the guitar playing, tuque wearing wannabes I see all over my highschool hallways: You're just part of a fad now, good job! When I say music, I talk about Baroque, Bach, Vivaldi, Italien Opera, Aria's that are sung by Castrati with names ending in "O"s and prima donnas that your not sure are even women, Massive choirs and full symphony and philharmonic orchestras, piano trios, brass quintets, concertos by other famous dead guys. Throw in a little Euro tech to mix it up every once in while and you've very nearly got my CD collection. Add in every movie soundtrack that I've ever liked, music you can really sink your teeth in, not cluttered with "meaningful" lyrics, but sounds perfected by the voice. It's all about the sound, the feel and the emotion.

What you can't stand: People who who have nothing interesting or original to say.

What you plain dislike: Ignorance.

Who you admire: Dustin Matheson(a local composer who I admire)

What you most love to do: Listend to classical music by candlelight.

Your self-confessed flaws: I'm a know-it-all, and I can have a bit of an acid
tongue if I'm upset. Plus I can have a wicked temper if someone really cheeses me off.

What intrigues/fascinates you: Computers. the internet specifically, you can find literally anthing and everything on it. Ever try to Yahoo! your own name?

What scares you: I have a phobia for men in dark cloaks, hense the only nightmares I ever had include "Darkness falls" toothfairy and the 9 ringwraiths coming to get me.

Quotation to live by: "Damn you for opening my eyes."

seremela

12-16-2003, 11:40 PM

Name (that you go by):Tiffany
Age:18
Occupation:Student/mom
Future Aspirations:
Goal in life:to be a famous singer
Short term goals:go to college and get married
Passion:singing and music
Hobbies:I'm a sci fi nerd lol
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself):my sing abilities for being able to sin a octive higher than almost every one i know

Fave book: the outsiders
Fave movie:too many favs
Fave sport:flag team
Fave store:Ross dress for less, India emporium, debs, walmart, kmart, spencers,dollar store
Fave music:anything I can SING to. that does away with most rap

What you can't stand:cheaters,homework, harry potter books (they put me to sleep) and pork
What you plain dislike:self-riteous religious nuts. I am christian but I am not religious, I am spiritual.
Who you admire:Celine Dion,and Mariah Carey
What you most love to do:sing,watch star wars and/or stargate SG-1
Your self-confessed flaws: too many to count
What intrigues/fascinates you:space and anything that has to do with the univers and stars and stuff.
What scares you:Losing my baby
Quotation to live by: I am not a *****, I am the ***** and I'm miss ***** to you. lol

Additional comments: if you wanna know more ask me.

lord_of_rohan2003

12-18-2003, 12:55 PM

Name (that you go by):Hey you didint pay for that get back here,but sometimes people call me Nate
Age:24
Occupation:Looking for a occupation
Future Aspirations:
Goal in life:Live a peacfull and quiet life
Short term goals:Finish my last 2 months of school
Passion:
Hobbies:Reading,games,music,and some other stuff
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself):Nothing really

Fave book:Besides Tolkien-Terry Goodkinds Sword of Truth Series
Fave movie:Besides LOTR the orginal Star Wars movies
Fave sport:Hockey(Go Blues!)
Fave store:I shop online
Fave music:Metal,Old School Metal,some Country,Classical,Classic Rock

What you can't stand:The real world
What you plain dislike:Fake people,Gredy people,and sell outs
Who you admire:My Family
What you most love to do:Being out in the wilds
Your self-confessed flaws:Judging people to quick
What intrigues/fascinates you:What lyes beyound are world and the stars
What scares you:Are courpt government
Quotation to live by:It's better to regret something you have done rather regret something you haven't done

Additional comments:Hi...

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Aredhel Ar-Feiniel

12-22-2003, 09:01 PM

Name (that you go by): Isobel, Aredhel take your pick

Age:16

Occupation: Student

Future Aspirations:To look half as good as Karen does at her age, (Will & Grace)And to have a massive house with a fountain in whihc all my friends can live.

Goal in life:I want to be a flight attendant! hurrah for me!

Short term goals: To get through christmas so i can see RETURN OF THE KING FOR WHEN IT OPENS ON BOXING DAY!!!!!!

Passion: Tap, Elves, reading about history.

Hobbies:watching movies, watching entertainment news shows, and Tap dancing!

Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself):When in school i the one who will start Tap dancing in the hallways, what gets me is people arent annoyed by it at all, i guess it doesnt help that im sarcastic all the time.

Fave book:Tolkien.... um, Oh, Anything by Bryce Courtnay and John Grisham, (crime novels)

Fave movie:LOTR, LOTR EE, um, The Hours, Cold Mountain, Peter Pan, CHICAGO, ALL THAT JAZZ, CABARET, Evita, From Hell, Monty Python, Stir of Echos, The Ring

Fave TV: WILL & GRACE

Fave sport: IM really into Soccer, (Go Chelsea!)

Fave store:the one and only..'my store, "Myer"'

Fave music: Classical: "Moonlight Sonata" Jazz music, Marilyn Monroe, Swing music, Death metal- Slipknot, Korn, Orgy, Disturbed and the kidneythieves... Quite a mix i know..

What you can't stand: Suck-up's i hate Suck-ups.

What you plain dislike: Spiders, snakes i can stand, but spiders, oh and Shark warnings at the beach.

Who you admire: Daniel Johns from Silver Chair, Delta Goodrem, Antonia Kidman, My best friends and my sister.

What you most love to do: Tap dance and play Delta Goodrem on the piano whilst doing an impression of her when my friends come over.

Your self-confessed flaws: I am reckless, i make decisions too quickly.

What intrigues/fascinates you: The subconscious mind. Its freaky man!

What scares you:The computer guys who hang out in the computer room, seriously, they are soo nasty! I said hello to them one day and all yelled at me!

Quotation to live by: "Here's lookiing at you kid."

COMMENTS: Ye who ventures here,
Spare a thought for thoes
Who come form the land below
Who linger and wait for the 26th
For only then they shall see,
The Return of the King.
Their faces are fell,
They have little hope,
Yet the day approaches
When they too shall see his glory
Elessar, the Return of the King.

As was said by one of my kindred,
Alas! The fell deeds of New Line Cinema!

Lhunardawen

12-27-2003, 05:32 AM

Name (that you go by): Abby to most people, Mel to a few that I have convinced to call me so (I wish I could get them to call me Melatariel), and Lhunardawen to the Downers (if any know me, that is smilies/frown.gif )
Age: 14 or 8713, turning 15 or 8714 on Narvinyë 4
Occupation: 3rd year high school student (Yay! One last year to go!)
Future Aspirations: be a missionary doctor, portray Éowyn in a remake of LotR smilies/biggrin.gif
Goal in life: to find out my purpose in this world, why God created me, and carry out that purpose
Short term goals: to finish this post without lying about myself
Passion: LotR, acting
Hobbies: reading and re-reading LotR and the Sil, reading other books, writing nonsense, listening to music, lying around doing nothing, thinking about nothing in particular (as long as it does not confuse me)
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): speaking in a teeny weeny bit Quenya (but I'm studying now), being the biggest Tolkien freak in our school, and being silly (I could hope that I'm famous smilies/frown.gif )

Fave book: LotR, Sil, The End of the Age, The Chronicles of Narnia
Fave movie: LotR (for now), The Matrix, Parent Trap, Legally Blonde
Fave sport: gymnastics
Fave store: bookstores
Fave music: quite varied. Ranges to Evanescence, Michelle Branch, Lifehouse, Nickelback, The Calling, The Corrs, Stacie Orrico, Matchbox 20, The All-American Rejects, Hillsongs (contemporary Christian music)

What you can't stand: flying cockroaches, nails scratching on blackboard
What you plain dislike: too much schoolwork
Who you admire: mods of the Downs smilies/smile.gif , understanding teachers, my parents, Jesus Christ (who deserves so much more than my admiration)
What you most love to do: go to the Downs, read books, watch movies, attend our church's youth service
Your self-confessed flaws: being a procrastinator and a crammer, short-tempered and impatient, moody, and more
What intrigues/fascinates you: facts about LotR actors, Biology, Ambar itself
What scares you: rejection, others hating me, committing mistakes and being shamed for them
Quotation to live by: James 1:12 (it's too long, and it's not exactly a quotation, but I try to live by it)

Additional comments:
Thanks for everything, Downs! Inyë tye-mela!
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DarkRose

12-27-2003, 10:12 PM

Name (that you go by): Corinne, which is my real name. Alot of people call me Cori, though. smilies/smile.gif
Age: 15
Occupation: Student
Future Aspirations: To write and actually finish a novel. Soon.
Goal in life: To find true happiness and recognize it when I find it.
Short term goals: To beat my brother at chess.
Passion: Writing. Reading. Dancing.
Hobbies: All of the above ^. Also drawing, painting, "internetting", creating websites, being with true friends.
Famous for: Histrionic facial expressions (which I simply can't control), being the sugar plum fairy in the "nuttycracker suite".

Fave book: LOTR, The Hobbit, Cujo by Stephen King, Song of the Lioness series by Tamora Pierce, Les Miserables, Meg Cabot's books.
Fave movie: All three installments of LOTR, Rain Man, Pirates of the Caribbean, Jurassic Park.
Fave sport: Cabbageball was always a blast.
Fave store: Target is my friend. Also, I enjoy Frames.
Fave music: Practically anything and everything. AFI is the newest addition to my list. I hate country and most rap, though.

What you can't stand: Arrogant males, when people touch/eat/lick/disturb my food and drink.
What you plain dislike: Creepy crawlie things, tight spaces, submarines, black and white films.
Who you admire: My parents, my older brother.
What you most love to do: Write. It is truly my passion.
Your self-confessed flaws: I'm horribly lazy. I lie. I am easily made jealous. I put on different facades for different types of people.
What intrigues/fascinates you: Greek mythology, Ancient Egyptian culture, stigmata.
What scares you: Being lonely, never knowing true love.
Quotation to live by: "Pain is weakness leaving the body." -Unknown

Additional comments: I'm..me? smilies/biggrin.gif Make of it what you will, I say.

StarJewel

12-30-2003, 02:07 PM

It's time I update this puppy.

Name (that you go by): Mereneth, Star/StarJewel, Elf Maiden
Age: 17
Occupation: High school junior. (one more year, only one more year)
Future Aspirations: Become a vet, or an Elf
Goal in life: Get to Valinor, eventually
Short term goals: Learn Sindarin, pass my classes
Passion: Tolkien, Elves
Hobbies: See above, and try to finish my novel
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): I get A's in my classes without even trying(would someone help me figure out how I got an A on a final I was certain that I utterly failed?), looking and acting more and more like an Elf

Fave book: Silmarillion, LotR, and the Dark Elf books by R.A. Salvatore
Fave movie: Fellowship, Two Towers, and Return of the King
Fave sport: Bowling and sword fighting
Fave store: Sancuary Crystals, a nice little occult shop near my home
Fave music: Celtic stuff, anything that sounds Elvish, and metal to a degree

What you can't stand: Anybody who bashes Tolkien or Elves.
What you plain dislike: People in general
Who you admire: Here we go: Maedhros, Beleg Cuthalion, Fingon, Finrod, Fingolfin, Aredhel, Luthien, Turgon, Feanor, Finwe, Gwindor. Notice that they are all Elves.
What you most love to do: Act like an Elf, and play DnD when I can
Your self-confessed flaws: I hate to admit, but I have a temper that would scare the pants right off of Feanor.
What intrigues/fascinates you: Elves
What scares you: Very little, really
Quotation to live by: Feanor: Seven sons, none of whom killed each other. What are the odds of that?

Additional comments: Yes, I am obsessed with Elves. So wise, so handsome, so strong... I will find a way to meet one.
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Rouroni

12-30-2003, 04:42 PM

Name (that you go by): Kiwi
Age: 16
Occupation: Writer
Future Aspirations: Give the world a good kick in the seat of the pants
Goal in life: see above
Short term goals: finish my required education
Passion: reading, writing
Hobbies: playing Final Fantasy, and many more excellent, well thought out games
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): nothing yet.
Fave book: Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion
Fave movie: Dogma
Fave sport: sword fighting (with Kenji sticks)
Fave store: Barnes and Noble
Fave music: Tool, A Perfect Circle, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nine Inch Nails, Kingdom Hearts Soundtrack, LotR soundtracks, generally whatever sounds good.
What you can't stand: people who wear belts and don’t need them. (i.e. whos pants are either too tight for a belt to be of any use, or too loose, yet the belt remains at their knees.)
What you plain dislike: People who hit their kids, then blame the media when the kids grow up to be angry individuals
Who you admire: anyone who is real to the world
What you most love to do: open people’s minds
Your self-confessed flaws: obliviousness
What intrigues/fascinates you: Ancient, foreign languages
What scares you: large groups of strange teenagers
Quotation to live by: “The unexamined life is not worth living” - Socrates

The Elusive Spirit

03-11-2004, 05:54 PM

Name (that you go by):Katy, Kate, Elanor- only a few, ok, one person calls me that.
Age: 17
Occupation: Secretary at my church on Sat. mornings and of course trying to survive high school!
Future Aspirations: Travel the world and get out of this town! Going to college is a good start, so that’s definitely one.
Goal in life: To not regret my decisions.
Short term goals: Get a C in Pre Calc *cross fingers*, pass my AP History test with at least a 3, do decently on the SAT’s, survive teaching preschool CCD, and learn to write in Elvish *wooot*
Passion: I have a lack of it recently! On second thought, all things Tolkien.

Hobbies: playing hand bells at my church, reading, and making fun collages on walls, doors, notebooks, ect.
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Hmmm, I’m generally pretty quiet so nothing.
Fave book: LOTR, Ferenhight 451 (In my opinion a must read for everyone, along with 1984, because it has a good message.)
Fave movies: LOTR all, Space Balls, Saint, Knight’s Tale, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, POTC, Underworld, Sound of Music, Ten Things I Hate About You
Fave sport: Ultimate Frisbee! Gym class is a good time!
Fave store: Target. It rocks!
Fave music: I don’t have a fave, I listen to it all, classical, rock, techno... - check out the Clarks, good stuff and their from “the Burgh” (Pittsburgh for all you who don’t know)
What you can't stand: When people don’t put their turn signals on or put them on as their turning, that dosen’t help! A turn signal is an indicator, please use it as such!
What you plain dislike: Ditto on the 12 year olds acting like their some hot 20 year old, and people (guys) who are immature and inconsiderate.
Who you admire: My mom, Aunts, grandparents and my 5th grade teacher
What you most love to do: Hang out with my sister, and two friends (Beanimer and her sister). We have the most fun together cuz we can just be our selves and we have tones of inside jokes about LOTR.
Your self-confessed flaws: You don’t want to hear them all but a few are: I’m a huge procrastinator, I have very little drive to do anything, and I rarely give 100%.
What intrigues/fascinates you: People, sometimes I hate them but their soooo interesting. I like to listen to different opinions.
What scares you: “A cage. To be behind bars until use and old age accept them, and all chance of valor has gone beyond recall or desire."
Quotation to live by: “Some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end, life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it without knowing what’s going to happen next. delicious ambiguity” -Gilda Rander

Additional comments: I got silver arrows for my birthday and I feel the need to tell everyone. Kiric is prince of the haflings! And finally, randomness is fun!

Galadel Vinorel

03-12-2004, 10:17 AM

Name (that you go by): Galadel Vinorel
Age: 16
Occupation: full-time student
Future Aspirations: to join the American Navy as an engineer
Goal in life: to be happy
Short term goals: to pass chemistry
Passion: Drill Team
Hobbies: Rollerblading and reading
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): spelling, writing (especially poetry and memoirs) and thinking up fun things to do. (I suppose.....my friends would know this more than I would)

Fave book(s): LOTR: Two Towers and The Greenwitch (in the Dark Time is Rising Series)
Fave movie: LOTR ROTK and Charades (so ingenious!)
Fave sport: Volleyball
Fave store: Barnes and Nobles
Fave music: TYPE is Christian Rock; not sure of my fave band, though, I like most of them

What you can't stand: Bullying
What you plain dislike: Bullies, Gossip, and brussel sprouts
Who you admire: my parents and all of my catholic role models (God, pope, saints, etc.)
What you most love to do: read and drill with my ROTC Drill Team
Your self-confessed flaws: can't say what I want to sometimes, and have a hard time standing up for myself
What intrigues/fascinates you: how some writers can write so well, such as Tolkien and Lowry (wish I could *sigh)
What scares you: heights (hate stairs!) and my family dying :(
Quotation to live by: "Never be afraid to dream, for those who don't are never really alive"

Additional comments: Everyone should be in ROTC... it's the best thing since....OREOS!! :D

Finwe

03-13-2004, 11:34 AM

I've had so many new things going on, that I think it's time for an update:

Name (that you go by): Finwë, Neeti, Kitten
Age: 16
Occupation: full-time student
Future Aspirations: become a child/adolescent psychiatrist, Tolkienologist, and an award-winning archer
Goal in life: to show the rest of the world that I'm just as good as them, if not better
Short term goals: win my next archery tournament (or at least get second place)
Passion: Archery, Writing, Middle-earth
Hobbies: Reading, Writing, Archery, Weapons, Fantasy, Archaeology, Medieval Esoterica, and Historical Fiction
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): inspiring poetry, being rather strong (for a girl, that is), being an arcer, being able to write extremely good essays in fifteen minutes, being able to talk my way out of anything

Fave book(s): LOTR, The Dark Is Rising, The Belgariad, anything by Judith Tarr
Fave movie: RotK, The Passion, Pirates of the Caribbean, Braveheart, Dogma, The Scorpion King, The 13th Warrior
Fave sport: Archery
Fave store: Barnes and Noble, Hot Topic
Fave music: Soundtracks to LotR

What you can't stand: Bullying, Bigotry, not being able to accept that you're wrong and that someone else is right
What you plain dislike: see above
Who you admire: Alexander the Great, Caesar, Attila the Hun, Fëanor, Galadriel, Aragorn
What you most love to do: read, practice archery, write poetry,
Your self-confessed flaws: arrogance, stubbornness, a tendency to take things seriously, an intense dislike of defeat (I can't stand to lose anything, even a game)
What intrigues/fascinates you: the human psyche (especially the minds of people like Alexander and Caesar), ancient history, weapons
What scares you: to be honest, not really anything. I'm not emotionally attached to much in this life. I'm not afraid of death any more, thanks to this Viking prayer that I found in The 13th Warrior and thanks to Lord of the Rings
Quotation to live by: "Lo, there do I see my father. Lo, there do I see my mother and my sisters and my brothers. Lo, there do I see the line of my people, back to the beginning. Lo, they do call to me. They bid me take my place among them. In the Halls of Valhalla, where the brave may live, forever."

Additional comments: No one should be afraid of death. A heroic death is the climax of a heroic life. A goal worth working towards.

Mad Baggins

03-13-2004, 12:23 PM

Name (that you go by): Becka, the Funky Hobbit, and RE-BECCA DAWN when you get really mad.
Age: 15
Occupation: Student.
Future Aspirations: To go to college and learn to be a horse trainer, then to move somewhere and get a job at a stable.
Goal in life: To work with horses.
Short term goals: Get better at Pre-Calculus!
Passion: Reading, walking outside, listening to my music.
Hobbies: Reading, walking outside, spending time on the Internet, Air Cadets, listening to music.
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): My craziness. And I can type really fast.

Fave book: The LotR trilogy, The Hobbit, some Stephen King books. Actually, most Stephen King books. Also Dragon Tears and Voice of the Night by Dean Koontz and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson.
Fave movie: The LotR trilogy, Pirates of the Caribbean, Brotherhood of the Wolf, Empire Records, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, and Cry Baby.
Fave sport: Don't really have one.
Fave store: Spencers, Kustom Kulture.
Fave music Mostly rock, i.e. Metallica, Jet, Three days Grace, Billy Talent, etc. Also Great Big Sea.

What you can't stand: Racist bigots.
What you plain dislike: Racist bigots.
Who you admire: John Ritter, and others that I can't think of right now.
What you most love to do: Work around horses and animals in general.
Your self-confessed flaws: Lazy, I bite my nails, and sometiems I get too crazy for my own good.
What intrigues/fascinates you: The supernatural, i.e. ghosts, unexplained things.
What scares you: Tornadoes and the possibility of my loved ones getting hurt.
Quotation to live by: Adapt and overcome.

Additional comments: When life hands you lemons, throw them at life's head and yell, "I don't want your damn lemons!"

*Varda*

03-13-2004, 12:28 PM

About time that this got updated. I’m going to have to find my older posts, since I think I made a dogs dinner of this one.

Name (that you go by): Varda, Lindsay, Lindz
Age: 17
Occupation: full-time student/”catering assistant” as Tesco kindly dubs me.
Future Aspirations: Oh, blah. *tries to think of a few*
Goal in life: Must I have a goal? I’m just a drifter at heart…oh well, I suppose it would be to be happy, and all that stuff.
Short term goals: Survive the last six weeks of secondary school without too many hangovers from endless parties/rollickings from teachers/going to too many classes. Pass Advanced Higher English. Convince Dad to fork out the money for me going to Edinburgh for uni. That’ll do for now.
Hobbies: Reading, writing, singing, chatting, seeing my friends.
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Am I famous for anything…? Fine then, my ability to skip numerous classes and go to Italian only once out of six classes every week, without ever getting pulled up about it.
Fave book(s): LOTR, Sil, His Dark Materials, Chronicles of Narnia. I love loads others, but I’ll always love those ones.
Fave movie: RotK, FotR, TT, Big Fish, Shrek, Moulin Rouge…
Fave sport: …I don’t do sport. Blah.
Fave store: Waterstones, Accessorize, Topshop, H&M
Fave music: LotR soundtracks, Travis, Evanescence, Feeder

What you can't stand: Stubborness to the point of stupidity, prejudice, and really bratty children you can tell are going to cause the world hell in 10 years time.
What you plain dislike: As above.
Who you admire: *frowns* I don’t really do admiration or idolising that much, I don’t think. At least, no one instantly springs to mind.
What you most love to do: read, chat, listen to music
Your self-confessed flaws: I can be stubborn…(but not to the point that I can’t stand myself, can get fed up with people quite easily
What intrigues/fascinates you: These questions are hard…I find it interesting how history can be looked at from so many different viewpoints…and how twisted the truth can get over the years.
What scares you: It used to be death, but I think I’ve come to some kind of acceptance of that…so I suppose it’s spiders.
Quotation to live by: I think I have too many quotations to dig through and find an appropriate one. If you desperately need a Varda quote, consult Gayahithwen. :p
Additional comments: Live life as you actually want to live it…don’t listen to your parents. :smokin:

Thorongil

03-15-2004, 04:41 AM

Name: Morten
Age: 17
Occupation: Student
Future Aspirations: Becoming a space technician at ESA
Goal in life: Make lots of money
Short term goals: get a good average at school
Passion: Final Fantasy
Hobbies: Taekwon-do
Famous for: Nothing that I can think of.

Fave book: Kind of obvious...Lord of the Rings
Fave movie: I'm repeating myself...Lord of the Rings
Fave sport: Taekwon-do
Fave store: The local candy store
Fave music: I like a bit of everything

What you can't stand: my sister in her bothering mood
What you plain dislike: Poeple who critizise others
Who you admire: myself
What you most love to do: Relaxing, doing nothing.
Your self-confessed flaws: I'm too lazy
What intrigues/fascinates you: A good RPG game
What scares you: Doctors with sharp things
Quotation to live by: Why do today what you can do tomorrow!

Additional comments: Well, this is me. Nice to meet you all.

Miriel Undomiel

03-16-2004, 12:33 PM

Name (that you go by): Lene
Age: 15
Occupation: student
Future Aspirations: Not much...
Goal in life: Get paid for doing something I love (watch movies..)
Short term goals: survive through the exam
Passion: Movies!!! and LotR
Hobbies: spending time with friends and having a good time
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): my friends call me Queen Sarcasm (I'm a queen!) besides from that, I'm not very famous.

Fave book: Return of the King, Silmarillion, Order of the Phenix
Fave movie: all of LotR, Pirates of the Caribbean, Sleepy Hollow, Star Wars, Big Fish, From Hell, Edward Scissorhands and many more...
Fave sport: I don't like sports... maybe football (soccer)
Fave store: Avalon
Fave music: I listen to almost everything. not opera..

What you can't stand: superficial people and blondes (oops... I'm blonde...)
What you plain dislike: school and homework
Who you admire: my mum
What you most love to do: nothing... just hang out with friends
Your self-confessed flaws: too lazy and a bit bossy
What intrigues/fascinates you: computers and other machines. How the heck do they work? I dont get it... how do they make so small machines?
What scares you: spiders and clownes.
Quotation to live by: Why do something when you can watch someone elde do it?

Additional comments: I love BD and LotR...:)

Nilpaurion Felagund

03-17-2004, 12:42 AM

Name (that you go by): Louis Ortal, Elenrod Felagund, and Nilpaurion Felagund. Plus half a dozen aliases.

Age: 17 years, 6 months and a day.

Occupation: A failing college student, a writer, and a Barrow-downer.

Future Aspirations: To finish my novels, collect enough Lego to rival the US Navy, and finish college - crawl through it, if I have to.

Goal in life: To be a better Christian, which includes being a good child, a good friend, and a good neighbour. Which currently I am not. I mean I have my days, but...never mind.

Short-term Goals: Survive this semester...or stop making impossible goals. :rolleyes:

Passion: is a fruit. See Hobbies.

Hobbies: Reading, writing, watching TV and playing Lego. And a newfangled hobby called "loafing."

Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Making a 20" Lego model of the Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate. I was supposed to say high scorer at Minesweeper until I realised people can finish it in at least 1/4 the time I take to finish one. *sigh*

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Favorites

Books
In order...

1. All Sherlock Holmes story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
2. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas.
3. All tales of Middle-earth by J.R.R. Tolkien.
4. All Jack Ryan story by Tom Clancy.
5. The works of Philip Yancey.
6. The Little Prince by A.S. Exupery.

I also read comics, particularly enjoying Calvin and Hobbes and Archie comics.

Movies: Let's see...The best trilogy ever - I hope you all know which is that, all Star Wars, The Matrix(only), Lilo and Stitch, The Hunt for Red October, The Sum of All Fears, Independence Day, The Rock, Armageddon, Men in Black - both, Anger Management, The Mummy, The Mummy Returns, and Kate and Leopold - the odd one out. Guess why.

Sports Association Football, Basketball, Chess, Scrabble, Fencing, and Archery.

Store: Anything that sells food, Lego, and books. Especially PowerBooks bookstore.

Music: Mostly alternative stuff, a smattering of everything else.

Wait, here's the list: Clay Aiken, All-American Rejects, Blink 182, Michelle Branch, The Cardigans, Vanessa Carlton, Coldplay, The Corrs, Dido, Evan and Jaron, Fra Lippo Lippi, Goo Goo Dolls, Green Day, Natalie Imbruglia, Incubus, Lifehouse, Linkin Park, Lisa Loeb, Matchbox 20, New Radicals, Nickelback, Nickelcreek, Nine Days, The Offspring, Outkast, Papa Roach, Duncan Sheik, Simple Plan, Sixpence None the Richer, Smash Mouth, Splendor, System of a Down, Third Eye Blind, Three Doors Down, Toad Wet the Sprocket, Train, Vertical Horizon, and Wheatus. Whew!

Wait...there might be more.

TV Shows: OK...Gilmore Girls, the dearly departed The Weekenders, Will and Grace, Alias, The Practice, 24, The Amazing Race, and a growing respect for Survivor.

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What you can't stand: Backstabbing "friends", smokers who care not where they spout their smoke, mass transport.

Who you plain dislike: School and homework. ( :) Miriel Undomiel)

Who do you admire: Jesus Christ...the only perfect person...and he wasn't a perfectionist.

Your self-confessed flaws: I am a procrastinator, a liar, a loudmouth, and a sloth. And I have a mean capacity to retaliate against my enemies.

What intrigues or fascinates you: Everything I do not know.

What scares me: Seeing myself a few years from now. And Saucepan. :)

Quotations to live by:

Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you. James 1:21

When I'm not in the news, I win.

I'm trying to live a normal life, which is always hard given what I do.

Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, but socially dead.

Early to bed, early to rise - might as well be dead.

Patience is not only a virtue - it's a job description.

and...

Must...have...personal space...

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Additional comments: This is an almost-ripoff of my profile on my homepage, but who cares?

Oh, and if anyone is interested, my Minesweeper records are:
Beginner: 9 seconds.
Intermediate: 46 seconds.
Expert: 162 seconds.

Thorongil

03-17-2004, 01:57 AM

I got 8 seconds on beginner:D
Muhahahaha(where is that evil smiley!?!?)

Bill

03-19-2004, 07:49 AM

Well, the chances of my piece getting read is damn low in this chaos of replies, but I will still try. :D

My real name is William and I am a 14 year old schoolboy. I know I gotta be a fiction writer. I just wanna be one - even though thousands of other boys and girls also do and never make it. Yeah, maybe my love for reading and writing is escapism, but who cares? I just luv it!! :cool:

I luv playin soccer, adventuring, play acting, play script writing, hanging around with my friends and talk nonsense, reading & writing esp. fantasy, talk about the book I've read, tell stories I've written, listening to music esp. hip hop & rap & R&B, singing and rapping nonsense, and acting cool to get out of awkward situation.

:D

Elennar Starfire

07-12-2004, 09:37 AM

My old one's way inaccurate anymore, so I shall do it again!

Name (that you go by): Elennar, Weird Chick, Dreamerlass...
Age: 15
Occupation: Student
Future Aspirations: Learn to play Uilleann pipes
Goal in life: Be a film director
Short term goals: Get really good at playing Irish whistle
Passion: Anything entertaining
Hobbies: Music, dance, writing, drawing, making bad puns
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Well, nothing yet...

Fave book: The Last Book in the Universe. That's just my current favourite though.
Fave movie: LotR, what else?
Fave sport: Still don't like sports much.
Fave store: Any bookstore
Fave music: Irish, 80s

What you can't stand: Flamers
What you plain dislike: Spiders. They be creepy!
Who you admire: Oh, far to many people to list!
What you most love to do: Talk to people on forums, and make new friends from all over the world.
Your self-confessed flaws: I'm a dreadful procrastinator, and talk far too much sometimes.
What intrigues/fascinates you: Anything complicated!
What scares you: Laugh if you will, but my greatest fear is to be eaten by ants.
Quotation to live by: "To imagine is everything, to know is nothing at all."
"Possibility has enormous power, sometimes more than actuality."

Additional comments: Umm...

Saraphim

07-12-2004, 04:20 PM

Yeesh. I've been on the BD forums for alost a year and I havn't done this. Here we go:
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Name (that you go by):Kiwi (I'm serious. But I don't know how I got this
nickname)
Age: 16
Occupation: Student/Writer
Future Aspirations: Finish my book!
Goal in life: see above and get it published
Short term goals: Not to get mauled by bears
Passion: Anything to do with history/literature/Lord of the Rings/The Silmarillion/ect.
Hobbies:Reading, writing, the Downs, running, philology
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself):I have recieved first prize in my region for Uber-Geekiness

Fave book: The Silmarillion
Fave movie: Dogma, Bandits, Lord of the Rings (not nesessarily in that order)
Fave sport: Stick fighting *What? That's not really a sport? Just me and my brother beating the tar out of each other with sticks? Well frankly, I am astounded*
Fave store: Any Bookstore
Fave music: Anything Good (I'm partial to Franz Ferdinand, Tool, and not to mention the soundtracks to LotR)

What you can't stand: Imbiciles and liars. If you're both, I cant stand you to the second power.
What you plain dislike: Lying Imbiciles
Who you admire: Anyone who does something worth admiring
What you most love to do: study obscure things
Your self-confessed flaws: I'm indecisive and I freeze under pressure
What intrigues/fascinates you: languages and the people and history behind them
What scares you: Not sure. Anything with more than four legs, I think, (Excepting Sliepnir)
Quotation to live by: "What is life but a story told only to you, the writer of the greatest tale? Then why not create a story worth remembering?"

Nilpaurion Felagund

12-09-2004, 12:48 AM

Name (that you go by):
Birth Name: Louis Allen Ortal
Elven Name: Elenrod Felagund
BD Handle: Nilpaurion Felagund
Age: 18 . . . if you’re lucky you’ll make it just in time to see me arrested as an adult.

For espionage. Doesn’t that carry the death penalty?

Occupation: Freelance foreign policy analyst and sole employee of Wacky Entertainment Studios (I do writing and cartooning and programming and more writing . . . hey, how come I still have no profit?)

Being a student is no longer an occupation. It’s such a burden.

It wouldn’t be much of one if you study every now and then . . .

But when will I write?

Future Aspirations: To finish my novels. All of them.

Goal in life: To be a better Christian, which includes being a good child, a good friend, and a good neighbour. Which I currently am not.

Short term goals: To get that degree in German and Russian, and to collect enough Lego to build enough ships to rival the US Navy.

Hobbies: In no particular order: loafing, reading, writing, watching TV, Downing, analysing foreign policy and playing Lego.

Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Being quoted once in a while on national FM radio stations, almost making it to the finals of a televised quiz show, appearing on national TV six times for said quiz show, and being the only son of Finrod. Mom and her Vanyar friends spoil me.

~*~

Fave book: Still . . .

All Sherlock Holmes story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas.
All tales of Middle-earth by J.R.R. Tolkien.
All Jack Ryan stories, Red Storm Rising, and the Op-Center series by Tom Clancy.
The works of Philip Yancey.
The Little Prince by A.S. Exupery.
I also read comics, particularly enjoying Calvin and Hobbes and Archie comics.

Fave movie: Let's see . . . The best trilogy ever--I hope you all know which is that, all Star Wars, The Matrix--only, Lilo and Stitch, The Hunt for Red October, The Sum of All Fears, Independence Day, The Rock, Armageddon, Men in Black--both, Anger Management, The Mummy, The Mummy Returns, Wild Wild West, and Kate and Leopold.

Fave sport: These are the sports I play and/or watch. Favourite teams in parentheses.

Association Football (Real Madrid, until Zidane retires or switches teams, and Arsenal. Deutschland for Euro and World Cup), Basketball (San Antonio Spurs, although I did root for the Lithuanians during the 2004 Olympics), Chess, Scrabble, Fencing (even though I still haven’t won), and Archery.

Fave store: National Bookstore (for various needs, not only books), Book Sale (for really cheap books), and Gift Gate (the only halfway decent shop that sells Lego in this country).

Fave music: I’ve decided to list twenty of my most loved songs. Here goes (in no particular order) . . .

Iris by Goo Goo Dolls
What Can I Do by The Corrs
Brick by Ben Folds 5
If You’re Gone by Matchbox 20
Time Stands Still by The All-American Rejects
If I Am by Nine Days
Come Around by Rhett Miller
In My Place by Coldplay
Sick Cycle Carousel by Lifehouse
All You Wanted by Michelle Branch
Loneliest Person by Splender
Toxicity!!! by System of a Down
The Freshmen by Verve Pipe
Stay by Lisa Loeb
Semi Charmed Life by Third Eye Blind
Misery by The Moffats
Crave by Marc Dorsey
Best I Ever Had by Vertical Horizon
A Thousand Miles by Vanessa Carlton
Everybody's Changing by Keane
~*~

What you can't stand: Backstabbing "friends", smokers who care not where they spout their smoke, and the fact that I am both lazy and a perfectionist - as if being a perfectionist isn’t hard enough . . .

What you plain dislike: Mass transportation (must . . . have . . . personal space . . . ) and polar co-ordinates. Oh, and vector-valued functions . . . you pretty much get the picture.

Who you admire: Still Jesus Christ . . . still the only perfect person . . . and he still isn't a perfectionist. Else I would have long burned in perdition.

What you most love to do: I guess my hobbies.

Your self-confessed flaws: I am a procrastinator, a liar, a loudmouth, a perfectionist (which gets in the way of many things), and a sloth.

What intrigues/fascinates you: Many things I do not know. One time I read the Encyclopædia Britannica article on Metaphysics just because.

What scares you: Seeing myself a few years from now. I hope I’m just being paranoid. Oh, and centipedes.

Quotation to live by:

Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you. [James 1:21]

I'm trying to live a normal life, which is always hard given what I am.

Early to bed, early to rise--can anyone do that and not go crazy?

Patience is not only a virtue--it's a job description.

Additional comments: Adam is one of my alter-egos. He tried to kill me back in high school, but I made him realise killing me would kill him too. Now he torments my life.

Alice is another of my alter-ego. She rarely appears on this forum, although if you see one sentence in italics after another, one of them is bound to be her. Or if you see any writing in italics that doesn't disparage me.

Mithalwen

12-15-2004, 02:43 PM

Name (that you go by): Mithalwen (real name translates into Sindarin as Adanverieth!!!!
Age: *cough* - what kind of question is that to ask a lady?
Occupation: bean-counter / ex-teacher
Future Aspirations: A more rewarding career,
Goal in life:fulfilment
Short term goals: to learn a new skill or a new language in the new year
Passion:Middle Earth
Hobbies:Psychology, surfing (net only !)
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Being possibly the only person in the world to have run themselves over with a car.
Fave book: Brewer's,
Fave movie: Amelie, Priscilla
Fave sport: Swimming, Rugby
Fave store: Blackwells in Oxford, TK Maxx,
Fave music: Handel, Bach, Beethoven

What you can't stand: hypocrisy, bigotry, intolerance
What you plain dislike: milk
Who you admire: All the unknown, unsung people, who make a difference to an individual or their community. My mother and grandmother.
What you most love to do: Travel and take photographs.
Your self-confessed flaws: Sloth, procrastination,anxiety, hyper-sensitivity, flippancy
What intrigues/fascinates you: The stars
What scares you: The nature of the politicians who rule us
Quotation to live by: See the sig :)

Additional comments:

Lhunardawen

01-08-2005, 01:19 AM

Name (that you go by): Abby; Lhunardawen and its derivatives to BDers; Mel to Nilp, my junior year English teacher, and senior year Econ teacher

Age: turned 16 just 4 days ago!!! or some thousand years (I was born in the Year of Lamentation, First Age 473)

Occupation: BDer, part-time striving soon-to-be college student, full-time striving Christian

Future Aspirations: receive my inheritance and live eternally!

Goal in life: to put a smile on His face

Short-term goals: (in chronological order) live through the nightmares of my birthday, survive the even worse horrors of the upcoming prom, become a Ghost Prince(ss) on or before my second deathday, graduate from high school with honors (requires an average of at least 1.500...guess I have to pass Physics and Calculus first), get into the only university I applied for and once again be Nilp's schoolmate

Hobbies: reading anything worth reading, thinking about nothing in particular until I confuse myself with so much thoughts, scribbling furiously in my notebook, crawling on the floor laughing guts out and having a heart attack (or COFLGOHAHA), cuddling my stuffed harp seal Patty and my stuffed iridescent bunny Squishy (with the participation of Nilp, who creates the sounds), gathering weird stares (only when I'm with Nilp), Downs-ing

Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): baffling a few BDers with the man behind the *sheepish grin*, too much Aragorn-swooning in the CbC threads...soon to be transferred to Faramir *evil laughter*

Fave books: Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth (the manual of life and the greatest love story of all), Tolkien's works on Middle Earth, books by Joshua Harris and Barbara Johnson, Tom Clancy's Op-Center (his only book I've read so far...thanks once again to Nilp), the Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer, The Little Prince by A. S. Exupery, ..., and my Biology textbook. Believe it or not. I also looove Calvin and Hobbes. Witty little kid...plus Hobbes looks a lot like my stuffed tiger.

Fave movies: LotR, The Matrix, Lilo & Stitch, Finding Nemo, Shrek 1 & 2, Kate and Leopold, Anger Management, the Star Wars series, 50 First Dates...

Fave sports: It depends. If I'm playing: volleyball, badminton, softball (I love playing catcher), and table tennis (this one's actually quite addictive). If I'm merely a spectator: still volleyball, gymnastics (though I wish I weren't merely a spectator :( ), and synchronized swimming (how they do this is still beyond me).

Fave stores: National Bookstore for school supplies, Powerbooks (because I get to sit comfortably while reading a book...and yes, this is a store.), Blue Magic (where I get to cuddle and converse with more stuffed toys, provided I don't get kicked out of the store), Gift Gate (and watch Nilp build a T4 bacteriophage out of Lego), Watson's (where I can be all girly...somehow)

Fave music: Contemporary Christian, anytime! And those recommended by my auditory nerves.

What you can't stand: flying cockroaches, high-pitched scratching sounds, cigarette smoke, car fresheners and other nausea-inducing odors

What you plain dislike: having to endure endless teasing, senseless teachers, being left out

Who you admire: Jesus Christ (who still deserves so much more than my admiration), my parents, some BDers (the mods, Nil, Helen, HI, Finwe, and symestreem, to name a few)

What you most love to do: my hobbies, debating with teachers to get extra points in tests *evil grin*. Respectfully, of course (or at least I try). *more evil grin*

Your self-confessed flaws: procrastination, cramming, lack of self-confidence, and the thing HerenIstarion once ranted about here (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showpost.php?p=365718&postcount=384)

What intrigues/fascinates you: Genetics, Biotechnology, Astronomy, Dave Marley :D

What scares you: the unknown

Quotation to live by:
"In this life, your glasses belong to your nose. Take it from someone who knows." Patsy Clairmont, Normal is Just a Setting On Your Dryer

Additional comment: I wonder how many times I've mentioned the Scion of The Faithful in this post... :)

Encaitare

01-08-2005, 10:16 AM

Name (that you go by): I am required to put "Jamie" at the top of my test papers, although on things that are unlikely to be collected I must of course write Encaitare

Age: young enough to still be in high school; old enough to remember when there was actually music on MTV

Occupation: student

Future Aspirations: to be a published author, distinguished flautist, perhaps an illustrator as well; to learn Quenya, finish HoME; ... ah, hell, I just want to do everything!

Goal in life: to find true happiness

Short term goals: learn to play the piano/clarinet/guitar

Passion: dorkiness

Hobbies: music, cartooning, reading/writing

Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): umm... I'm a pretty smart girl, I suppose. And I'm second chair flute in our wind ensemble. And I'm one of the few people in the school who can write in Tengwar -- the other being my best friend and co-dork.

Fave book: Guess. Go on, guess.

Fave movie: LotR, Ed Wood, the Matrix, Plan 9 From Outer Space, Tommy, Hero
Fave sport: what is this sport thing of which you speak? Actually, I play a mean badminton.
Fave store: Hot Topic, Spencers, Utopia
Fave music: the Who, Pink Floyd, Children of Bodom, Nightwish, Smashing Pumpkins, Soundgarden, Beethoven, Pachelbel

What you can't stand: those who are intolerant/closed-minded; Jerry Falwell
What you plain dislike: seafood
Who you admire: all the great composers and musicians... I wish I could be like them someday
What you most love to do: play flute and piccolo until my lips fall off, and then go online for three hours; write angsty fanfiction; draw creepy pictures
Your self-confessed flaws: I'm arrogant and have a foul mouth. Not around here, of course. Also, I spend far too much time on the computer.
What intrigues/fascinates you: nature, various belief systems, death, morbidness. Great, now you all think I'm a freak. :p
What scares you: being totally alone.
Quotation to live by: "Dream as though you'll live forever; live as though you'll die tomorrow."

Additional Comments: I'm a Cancer with Scorpio rising, I resent dumb blonde jokes, I'm a raging Grima fangirl, and today is my one-year anniversary with my boyfriend! Yay!

Evisse the Blue

01-08-2005, 07:55 PM

Name (that you go by): Evisse is good enough
Age: 23 very soon
Occupation: teacher, school counsellor
Future Aspirations: loads. I'll just say the Tolkien-related ones: I want to read all the books (including HoME, of which I don't have all the volumes), I want to learn Elvish, I want to visit Oxford, and the place where Tolkien spent his childhood, I want to place a flower and a little gift at his grave, and finally I want sometime in my life to be able to write a piece of poetry or prose that is written in his style.
Goal in life: No specific goal, just to make the most of all opportunities that present themselves to me.
Short term goals: To get a new job
Passion: See hobbies.
Hobbies: reading, surfing (the net), hiking, ice skating, music, games
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Everyone who knows me well tells me I'm the most weird person they know, so this could be something...
Fave book: LOTR, and others
Fave movie: LOTR, Harry Potter, X Files the Movie, Matrix 1, Tarkovski's movies (though one must find the right disposition for those, but once you're in...'there's no going out'), Casablanca, South Park, Seinfeld, Home Alone, Finding Nemo, Disney's Snow White, The Aristocats
Fave sport: ice skating
Fave store: Like a have so many choices... :rolleyes:
Fave music: loads! But the band of the moment - of the year, that is, even better said of the past few years, is Nightwish.
What you can't stand: too many things, unfortunately.
What you plain dislike: Isn't it the same as above? For me it is.
Who you admire: Tolkien. Chris Carter. After I saw extended ROTK, Peter Jackson and company. ; D
What you most love to do: see hobbies.
Your self-confessed flaws: I'm the most undecided and whimsical person ever (though I realize there are some serious competitors out there :D). Plus I guess I'm pretty shallow at times, and too obstinate at other times.
What intrigues/fascinates you: life, death, religion, Tolkien's world, X Files, Nightwish lyrics lately, the weird coincidences of life (ever had one of those?) Apparently I'm easily intrigued/fascinated. :p
What scares you: violence
Quotation to live by: "I'll think of it tomorrow"

Mad Baggins

01-10-2005, 11:27 AM

Name (that you go by): Becka, Cherry to my camp buddies

Age: 16

Occupation: High school student looking for an occupation

Future Aspirations: Become a veterinarian and invent edible earmuffs

Goal in life: Save a lot of animals

Short-term goals: Get a job at the Motor Inn, pass my exams, graduate from high school, get into Brandon University

Hobbies: Reading, dancing, listening to music, watching the tube, going on the computer

Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Unwrapping a Starburst in my mouth and that magic trick with the pencil

Fave books: Tolkien's works, Chronicles of Narnia, Count Karlstein, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (see sig), Among the Hidden, The Rum Diary

Fave movies: LotR, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Meaning of Life (MP), Mean Girls, Edward Scissorhands, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Fave sports: Hockey as a spectator, pocket protector softball as a player

Fave stores: The Crypt is good, and I love thrift stores

Fave music: Some rock, Great Big Sea, any good dancing stuff

What you can't stand: The feeling of wet wool, stupid people

What you plain dislike: Racists and blueberries

Who you admire: My mom, lots of others

What you most love to do: Hobbies, go walking

Your self-confessed flaws: Biting my fingernails, fidgeting, ruining books

What intrigues/fascinates you: Paranormal events

What scares you: Tornadoes

Quotation to live by: "Reality has its limits, but imagination is endless."

Additional comment: Run for your lives! It's the Pillsbury Doughboy!

Finwe-89

01-10-2005, 03:38 PM

Name:Jim
Age:15
Occupation: Student
Future Aspirations: Going to university
Goal in life: Enjoy life
Short term goals: Enjoy life even more when it gets hard
Passion: Dunno
Hobbies:Nature, Soccer, LOTR, animals, video games
Famous for: Being one of the best in HALO PC

Fave book:The Return of The King
Fave movie:The Return of The King
Fave sport: Soccer
Fave store:Gameshop
Fave music:Everything

What you can't stand: People who think that they can take on the world
What you plain dislike: Dunno
Who you admire: People who give their lives for others
What you most love to do: Reading
Your self-confessed flaws: No idea
What intrigues/fascinates you: Tolkien
What scares you: That people won't enjoy life
Quotation to live by: Don't know, but ENJOY LIVE :P

Argonath

01-13-2005, 08:46 PM

Name (that you go by): Ryan Buckley
Age: 16
Occupation: Working on it ;). (No seriously, I just handed in an application.)
Future Aspirations: Live a succesful life, marry a beautiful woman and have children.
Goal in life: Basically the same as my future aspirations, but also I would like to publish book.
Short term goals: Finish my book, get 200 on flat bench.
Passion: Reading, watching movies, gaming.
Hobbies: Reading, gaming, writing, web-design, all things computer related, and weight lifting.
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): I guess you could say I'm famous because my dad published a book, but I'm mainly popular around my school due to the fact I'm the "guy with the long hair."

Fave book: Lord of the Rings, Shannara Series,
Fave movie: The whole LoTR Trilogy, Saving Private Ryan, Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Road to Perdition, Band of Brothers, Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, Forrest Gump, True Grit, Pulp Fiction, Starship Troopers, Napolean Dynamite, The Village, The Falcon and the Snowman, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, and Rudy
Fave sport: Baseball, Football
Fave store: EB Games, Best Buy, Any book store :)
Fave music: The Grateful Dead and Led Zeppelin

What you can't stand: People who are ignorant or are hypocritacal.
What you plain dislike: Bad music.
Who you admire: J.R.R. Tolkien, John F. Kennedy, Abraham Lincoln, Richard Winters, Jerry Garcia, Jimmy Paige.
What you most love to do: Same as my hobbies or passion.
Your self-confessed flaws: Absolutely eccentric.
What intrigues/fascinates you: Life, space, etc...
What scares you: Just thinking of the uncomprehensible vastness of space.
Quotation to live by: Anything in Tolkien's works is really an inspiration.

Additional comments:

I just thought I'd throw in a few pictures of me so everyone knows who they're dealing with.

Karaoke on New Year's Eve
http://img105.exs.cx/img105/6214/kareoke8id.jpg

Blow-drying the hair.
http://img130.exs.cx/img130/592/blowdry24yk.jpg
Added this for the humor, you have to admit it's funny. :D

Also, here is a website I designed for my father's book.
http://www.curvefromheaven.com

ElementFire

02-26-2005, 12:07 PM

Name: Rachel
Age: 17
Future Plan: Pianist (I'm not that bad) XD
Occupation: student
Short term goals: Get a purple belt!
Passion: I love karate, piano, and drawing anime
Hobbies: role playing, karate, and computer :P
Famous for: um... nothing? well I was on tv once, for a swimming program...
Fave Book: Talking to Dragons
Fave movie: RotK
Fave music: heck, I like em' all
Fave store: Target (it has everything)
Fave Sport: Karate
Can't stand: snobs
Plain dislike: preppy giggly girls
Who I admire: my P.E. coach and my sensei (not that you know who they are....)
Flaws: anger, >.<
What intrigues you: Lab chemistry and human science
What scares you: spiders
Additional comments: I don't have any pictures the right pixel amount, so no pics of drying my hair.... XD

Hookbill the Goomba

04-12-2005, 12:06 AM

Here goes nothing...

Name (that you go by):
Joel Kristofer Cornah. (Or J.K.Cornah as I write on all written peaces of work)

Age: 17

Occupation:
Student / Part time Author.
Future Aspirations:
Ministry, and to be an Author.

Goal in life:
to be an Author, mainly of Children fantasy.

Short-term goals:
To finish College and then University.

Passion:
Tolkien :D

Hobbies:
Reading, writing, going to the Downs ;)

Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself):
Writing a Book. Tis true you know. It's going to be (hopefully) published some time in the next two years. 'I know a guy who knows a guy' if you know what I mean.

Fave book:
Duh! The Lord of the Rings!

Fave Film:
Not sure... probably The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. (Mind you, I'm not much of a Movie Gower.)

Fave sport:
Tennis.

Fave store:
Hum... Probably Waterstones Book store. For obvious reasons.

Fave music:
Jethro Tull

What you can't stand:
Arrogance and being patronised.

What you plain dislike:
Down right arrogant people really.

Who you admire:
The Proff! (Tolkien that is!)

What you most love to do:
Write fiction.

Your self-confessed flaws:
Probably my inability to stop rambling when I get onto certain subjects.

What intrigues/fascinates you:
Space, and Dragons.

What scares you:
Erm... the end of the world...?

Quotation to live by:
I saw some one on the Downs use it, "When you are speaking, no one can tell if you're spelling the words rite."

Additional comments:

I am Dyslexic, which means I spend most of my wiring time correcting errors..., which is annoying.

Snowdog

04-12-2005, 03:00 PM

Since this was on page one and was a couple years old, I deleted that post and copied it here and updated...

Name: Rich
Age: 47
Occupation: Medical Electronics
Future Aspirations: Retire
Goal in life: Climb Mt Rainier (but I will settle for Mt Adams)
Short term goals: Have enough money to retire
Passion: Hiking, Mountain climbing, Middle Earth
Hobbies: Hiking, Posting on messageboards. Writing Middle-Earth fantasy stories.
Famous for: um... getting banned from Tolkienonline?

Favorite books: The Black Company (ten books), Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Favorite movie: Kelly's Heroes
Favorite sport: Auto racing, Hockey
Favorite store: Used record stores, used book stores, garage sales, etc.
Favorite music: Classic rock, blues, classical, jazz

What you most love to do: Hike, fish, listen to music, write stories
Who you admire: My high school auto shop teacher

Additional comments: Reading the ages in this thread explains alot to me. I'm hanging out on a messageboard where it seems most folk are the same age as my kids. ;) :p :D

Tinuviel of Denton

04-12-2005, 05:52 PM

Well... Since I haven't been here in over a year--I think I stopped getting on sometime the summer before last. o.O--I figure it's about time I reupdate this thing. I can't even remember if I did one on the original.

Name (that you go by): Depends on where I am. Kiki, Aki, and Sammie are the most common.
Age: 18
Occupation: College student. w00t!
Future Aspirations: To graduate, not lose my mind, and I'm debating between law and a career in theatre. Yes. I know.
Goal in life: To live.
Short term goals: To pass my American Heritage class. Where I am hanging by a thread. (Probably a bad time to renew my interest in the Downs, but what can ya do?)
Passion: *ponderponder* Probably my boyfriend, my best friend, and the rest of my dear friends. Also fantasy. And writing.
Hobbies: Roleplaying, admin on Citrine, writing, drawing, reading, and being alternately philosophical and silly.
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Teasing my English professor... and getting away with it. Also for Alexander. (If you're really curious about that, feel free to ask.)

Fave book: Anything by Tolkien, Lawhead, Hans Bemman, C.S. Lewis, Diana Gabaldon (all right, so I like well-written romance, so what?), um... more authors who I cannot think of at the moment, butyeah. I think Hans Bemman probably tops the list, so The Stone and the Flute.
Fave movie: The Lord of the Rings, the original Star Wars trilogies, Dark Crystal, the Phantom of the Opera, and a few classic Disney movies I'm embarrassed to name.
Fave sport: Unless ballet counts, none.
Fave store: Either Recycled Books at home, or World Market, or some hobby store. I like crafts.
Fave music: At the moment, anime soundtracks, Voltaire (*hums The Headless Waltz*), Hayley Westenra, Maire Brennan, and assorted movie/musical soundtracks.

What you can't stand: Certain people. Who are traitors. But, ahem. Also, I can't stand Mary-Sues, people who are stupid, and people who can't take hints when bashed over the head with them.
What you plain dislike: Spelling/grammar errors (but watch me make at least one in this post and miss it entirely), bureaucracy, and getting up early for my eight o clock class.
Who you admire: Um... Cluu, Jackamy, Reist, Cat, Seth, Twiet... (Yes, I am aware that none of you know these people.)
What you most love to do: Read, write, and roleplay. Also other things, but I'm pretty sure you don't want to hear about those.
Your self-confessed flaws: I'm lazy, I procrastinate, and I have a mean sense of humor.
What intrigues/fascinates you: Human nature. And that just covers everything, doesn't it?
What scares you: Dark, men, dying/not dying, not living, and my GPA.
Quotation to live by: "What went before was only a faint dream of the beginning.
not all,
no,
very far from all."

Additional comments: Well, I'm back.

We'll see if I stick around this time.

Lindolirian

04-12-2005, 07:05 PM

Name: Benjamin Goller
Age: 18 at the moment... Apr. 1987
Occupation: Student... soon at college
Future Aspirations: Become a teacher of either history, or literature, etc.
Goal in life: Enjoy my work, get (and stay) married, and end up being that old guy all the kids love to play with. :D
Short term goals: Stave off senioritis as long as possible (okay okay, so I've failed already) Get my leg healed so I can walk again... Rar
Passions: Jesus, Tolkien, History (primarily WWII)
Hobbies: Hmm see above and include bicycling and card-playing
Famous for: Marching in the Fiesta Bowl with the most devastating flu and a temp of 106. :eek:
Favorite books: the Bible, naturally anything by Tolkien, anything by Ernie Pyle, true WWII stories (Great Escape, Band of Brothers), and historical fiction
Favorite movie: Dead Poets Society and/or Lawrence of Arabia
Favorite sport: Bicycling and frisbee
Favorite store: Good q... No idea
Favorite music: Contemporary Christian, 70s and 80s rock, random spatterings of modern alternative

What you can't stand: Grudges, people who aren't in control of themselves. And bad teachers
Your self-confessed flaws: Procrastinator, liar, actually a really good liar.:(
What intrigues/fascinates you: Somebody said it well: "Whatever I don't already know." Yeah...
What you most love to do: Talk with friends, especially when in extreme moods whether it's delirously happy or ponderously serious.
What scares you: Spiders when they leave my sight. If I can see them, they die: if I know they're there and I can't see them... You'd better watch out, cause I'm flippin' out. EDIT: I just noticed this, but it's really odd how this fits in with my quote below.
Quotation to live by: Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.
Who you admire: Jesus, my grandfather, my favorite teachers, the infantry (thanks to Ernie Pyle), and all those crazy-awesome people with more green boxes than me.

Additional comments: I can't believe I haven't seen or posted in this thread until now. I mean it's been around long enough... sheesh.

Formendacil

04-12-2005, 07:08 PM

Name: Michael. Or, to some, Mike.
Age: 18
Occupation: Student/Library Page
Future Aspirations: Depends on the month, but the most constant of my goals is to become a Priest. If not, then a Dad. Dunno about the day job...
Goal in life: Write and publish a book.
Short term goals: Finish Grade 12
Passion: LEGO, Tolkien, Church
Hobbies: Reading, writing, posting online, playing with LEGO...
Famous for (okay, this is where you get to brag about yourself): Being the smart kid. I've always been known as the smart, or mature kid. The sooner I shed that image, the better. Also known about town as "the boy who wants to become a priest". Great way to avoid matchmaking old ladies, I might add....

Favorite books: The Lord of the Rings, obviously. Anything by Tolkien, for that matter (excepting maybe his "real" scholarly works). Actually like the Harry Potter series as well. Anything well-written and historical tends to fascinate me.
Favorite movie: Don't really have a permanent one. Loved the new Peter Pan!
Favorite sport: Bunnock That's right, you've never heard of it before...
Favorite store: Toys 'r Us, or possibly any Mens' Wear store.
Favorite music: Classical, Country

What you most love to do: Hanging out with friends, go to church, acting, reading, writing, vegetating, sleeping...
Who you admire: John Paul II, J.R.R. Tolkien, Alec Guiness, and a plethora of others...

Gil-Galad

04-19-2005, 08:29 AM

Name (that you go by):Gil-Galad, Glen, The Glenster, Glennard(perferred) GlenGlen, Vilad, Professor Tor Coolguy and many more
Age:15
Occupation:student
Future Aspirations:vivid love of history...hope to travel europe
Goal in life:be successful
Short term goals:get 80 average in school
Passion:history, books, lego
Hobbies:games i guess...
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself):

Fave book:LOTR, history books
Fave movie:Spaceballs and Monty Python and the search for the Holy Grail
Fave sport:Hockey
Fave store:
Fave music:U2(once and awhile0

What you can't stand:teachers that don't care
What you plain dislike: people who shut you down trying to make themselves look better
Who you admire:nobody really comes too mind...
What you most love to do:make people laugh(on and off the downs)
Your self-confessed flaws:i care too much
What intrigues/fascinates you:
What scares you:nothing cause i am the mighting Gil-Galadster!hey another name to go by!
Quotation to live by: "One day a man has everything, the next day he blows up a 400-billion dollar space station, and the next day nothing, it makes you think"

Additional comments: a personal thanks to all downers, this is quite literally like my second home...

cheers

G.G.Meister(another name!)

Bywaters

04-24-2005, 03:00 PM

Name (that you go by): Denis
Age: 26
Occupation: Piping Engineer (paper pusher)
Future Aspirations: Buy a house/To be truly happy and fulfilled
Goal in life: To not have to get up at 05:20 in the morning
Short term goals: Give up the cigs, run another 10K, get a better job, play another gig
Passion: Wycombe Wanderers FC
Hobbies: Playing guitar bass guitar in a band (I also play six-string), playing 5-a-side football
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): I have played two gigs at the Cavern Club Liverpool with my old band the Valla. www.thevalla.com NB: I played lead in that band

Fave book: It has to be The fellowship of ring
Fave movie: Probably the above or The Holy Grail or Goldmember
Fave sport: I play football as mention above, I also play some tennis (both very badly). I also try to go running and mountain biking regularly (though there are no mountains near by).
Fave store: www.amazon.co.uk
Fave music: Tricky one! I've got quite a diverse taste, the bands I have made an effort to go and see are Bootleg Beatles, Fear Factory, Oasis/The Verve, The Who, 21st Centuary Doors and a band called the Hamsters who gig all around the country and play Jimi Hendrix/ZZ Top stuff amongst others. I also went to Classic FM live once a couple of years ago when going though my classical stage. Currently listening to Jefferson Airplane.

What you can't stand: People who are always late
What you plain dislike: Fruit salad and chav culture (not necessarily together)
What you most love to do: Play full time in a band and live the rock n roll lifestyle. :D
Your self-confessed flaws: Lack of confidence, motivation and ambition. Too much time spent in the local tavern
What intrigues/fascinates you: Other people, Tolkien, British history (esp AD 400 – AD 1603)
What scares you: The ghost in the library at the beginning of Ghostbusters :eek:
Quotation to live by: Don’t have one but I like to do as much as I can with my time

Additional Comments: Comments Comments Comments… oh dear

Garen LiLorian

04-24-2005, 04:39 PM

Name (that you go by): Garen, generally, but when I hand in papers it says Brendan
Age:21
Occupation:Student / Monk. No, really
Future Aspirations: Make money, be happy, enjoy life
Goal in life: Enlightenment. And kids
Short term goals: A degree. To learn Japanese
Passion: Reading, writing, chivalry
Hobbies: See above and add Karate and meditation
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Singing, theater, thinking chivalry isn't dead, traveling everywhere at the drop of a hat, being a huge dork

Fave book: Don Quixote, LotR (go figure, right?) Three Musketeers, etc. You see the theme
Fave movie: Princess Bride is the greatest movie of all time! Secondarily, Moulin Rouge, Man of La Mancha
Fave sport: Football! (american) Karate, fencing, kendo. And Baseball.
Fave store: Any bookstore that has armchairs and stays open long hours. If it has a fireplace, that's just lovely
Fave music:Man of La Mancha, Les Miserables, pretty much anything I can sing along to. And DMB

What you can't stand: Self-righteousness
What you plain dislike: Snakes. *shivers*
Who you admire: Don Quixote
What you most love to do: be chivalrous. Be nice to people when they aren't expecting it. Play sports. Meditate.
Your self-confessed flaws: Self-righteousness (sometimes) difficulty sticking with something that's difficult
What intrigues/fascinates you: Foreign languages and cultures, the mystic
What scares you: Snakes.
Quotation to live by: Everyone sucks, and it's just dumb. Not bad, just dumb.
Also, see my sig

Additional comments:

Shelob

04-24-2005, 06:02 PM

Name (that you go by): Kristin, though online I'm often Caladre
Age: 17
Occupation: Highschool Student
Future Aspirations: To go to college, to study the brain, to travel
Goal in life: To travel and see as much of the world as possible
Short term goals: To live in a cave (I'm doing that this summer) To return to England (I'm doing that this summer) To go to Africa (I could have done that this summer)
Passion: Reading (Poetry, Mythology, Science Fiction, 'Classics'), Travel, Brain sciences, Genetics/DNA, Seeing Plays/Musicals, Trying to prove some unprovable Math problem my mom gave me.
Hobbies: Fencing, Pottery, Reading, Kayaking, Listening to Music, Teaching myself how to use Photoshop
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Being unable to brag about myself.

Fave book: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Hobbit, The Princess Bride, The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, Macbeth (I can't narrow it down to one, but those five usually compete for the top of the list)
Fave movie: The Princess Bride, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, October Sky, Much Ado About Nothing, Lord of the Rings (Same Condition as with the Books)
Fave sport: Fencing, Kayaking/Canoeing, Backpacking
Fave store: Any Book store with a decent Selection.
Fave music: Show Tunes, Celtic/Folksongs, Classical and the band Moxy Fruvous

What you can't stand: Rude People (which is unfortunatly many people at my school)
What you plain dislike: Donuts, Being treated unfairly, Star Wars
Who you admire: No one really, I admire aspects of people but no specific people.
What you most love to do: Read, Listen to Music, Spend Time with my friends, Travel/see new Places
Your self-confessed flaws: I'm shy, I usually won't do something unless I know I have support, I'm a horrible terrible rotten speller who likes to use words I can't spell (the upside to this being that I'm kinda like a thesaurus)
What intrigues/fascinates you: The Mind within this I often ask myself questions like "what makes us who we are?" "Why do we do what we do?" "How do I see the world?" "How do others see the world?"
What scares you: Spiders (They remain the only thing that can get me into a state of screaming helplessness), Snakes (But I've mostly overcome this fear), Hights (But I've mostly overcome this fear)
Quotation to live by: "They called me mad, and I called them mad, and d**n them they outvoted me." Nathan Lee (1653-92)
"If you build your life on dreams it's prudent to recall a man with moonlight in his hand has nothing there at all"

Additional comments:
Sometimes we wish for things gone past,
For things we've lost, for things to last,
But lasting means we can't recall,
With fondness, anything at all.
~Caladre

Holbytlass

05-08-2005, 01:09 PM

Name (that you go by): Beck
Age:32
Occupation:homemaker
Future Aspirations: more self-sufficient, live off land
Goal in life:most famous extra in movies
Short term goals:be on 'Survivor' T.V. show
Passion:Chocolate, reading
Hobbies:reading, photography, scrapbooking, sewing
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself):making babies, climbing trees bare-foot

Fave book:LotR, Little house series
Fave movie:Lotr, Titanic, Sleepy Hollow
Fave sport:baseball (to play)
Fave store:Wal-mart
Fave music:Led Zeppelin, Dave Mathews

What you can't stand:ketchup on peas
What you plain dislike, people who put family people down
Who you admire, Duggar family of Arkansas (they have 15 children!)
What you most love to do:read, swim, walk in woods
Your self-confessed flaws:major nail-biter
What intrigues/fascinates you:tall people (they are just so tall)
What scares you:Portugese-man-of-war (it's a real nasty kind of jellyfish)
Quotation to live by:'No other success can compensate for failure in the home'-S.W.K.

Additional comments: I'm a simple kind of person with some huge pipe dreams!!

Celuien

05-14-2005, 06:12 PM

Name (that you go by): Celuien, Nichole, "you, over there with the laptop."
Age: 21
Occupation: Med student (third year as of yesterday!)
Future Aspirations: Graduate, figure out what I want to be when I grow up (I like too many specialties).
Goal in life: What, just one???
Short term goals: I want to do well on Step 1 of the USMLE.
Passion: The Three "M"s: Medicine, Middle Earth, and Music.
Hobbies: Playing music, reading, nature walks, programming web sites.
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Being the youngest person in my class, being inseparable from my computer, bringing 20-gallon buckets and Super Soakers to the end-of-the-year picnic.
Fave book: Pride and Prejudice, anything by Thomas Hardy, LOTR (obviously), The Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat.
Fave movie: Casablanca, Bringing up Baby
Fave sport: Bowling.
Fave store: Boscov's
Fave music: Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Schubert

What you can't stand: Hypocrisy
What you plain dislike: Red tape, overly long student council meetings.
Who you admire: People who stand by their convictions.
What you most love to do: Solve puzzles, play music.
Your self-confessed flaws: Procrastination, tendency to over-react to things.
What intrigues/fascinates you: The human mind.
What scares you: Crazy drivers in the city.
Quotation to live by: "Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this, so far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb." - Winston Churchill

Kitanna

05-16-2005, 05:42 PM

Name (that you go by): Katie or KT
Age: 18
Occupation: Full time student, part time roller rink employee
Future Aspirations: Become a world history teacher
Goal in life: After becoming a teacher I want to become Master of the Universe
Short term goals: Learn to play tenor sax and switch back to playing baritone
Passion: Music and biking
Hobbies: Playing tuba and bassoon
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Nothing really, I'm kind of a wallflower in all the clubs and stuff I'm in

Fave book: LOTR (clearly), Black Beauty
Fave movie: Monty Python and the Holy Grail, LOTR, Star Wars
Fave sport: Well, I was in track and field, but I don't really like it, I'm a fan of baseball
Fave store: Hot Topic and Suncoast
Fave music: Classical, John Williams, Weird Al, and Paul Simon

What you can't stand: Michael Moore, annoying and close-minded people
What you plain dislike: celery...
Who you admire: Intelligent and funny people
What you most love to do: My dog, my family, and a good book
Your self-confessed flaws: I can be pretty arrogant and stupid sometimes
What intrigues/fascinates you: Everything
What scares you: snakes, more then anything else!
Quotation to live by: "There’s only one thing that I know how to do well
And I’ve often been told that you only can do
What you know how to do well
And that’s be you,
Be what you’re like,
Be like yourself,
And so I’m having a wonderful time
But I’d rather be whistling in the dark"~They Might be Giants

VanimaEdhel

06-12-2005, 02:56 PM

Name (that you go by): Rachel
Age: 18 (as of today!)
Occupation: student - going to Wellesley College next year
Future Aspirations: Oh...gee...yeah...that's the question isn't it? Well, I'm interested in either being a diplomat/ambassador, something along those lines, working for the UN or the government and with other nations...or acting.
Goal in life: To make at least one person's life a little better than it currently is.
Short term goals: To make it through the summer and get to college
Passion: dreams - okay, I'm sorry, but it's true...and not just sleeping dreams, but the ideas in your head - the thoughts and stories that just pass through 24/7 that make you just run to your computer, open Microsoft Word and just type. I love those - they make me feel serene.
Hobbies: horseback riding, reading, writing, art, piano, singing, the TV show Deadwood, learning
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): being "cute" according to my friends...that's the word I've heard the most lately; and for wearing short skirts in the winter

Fave book: Gotta say Unfinished Tales and The Lord of the Rings...also like The Princess Bride (better than the movie, though the movie's a favorite too)...don't hit me for this one...if you look, the Harry Potter books are beautifully written - I'm a complete sucker for those books and the language JK employs: she has a humor behind them that's as sharp as a hunting knife.
Fave movie: Always up for watching anything remotely connected with Quentin Tarantino, Sideways, Fight Club, Snatch, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, couldn't watch it to many times, but House of Sand and Fog was beautiful, Breakfast at Tiffany's (anything Audrey Hepburn), Finding Neverland, Life of David Gale, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Princess Bride, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, History of the World Part I, Whale Rider...I could go on and on...
Fave sport: baseball to watch, horseback riding and softball to participate in
Fave store: any spiritist/new age store
Fave music: The Killers, JET, Seven Nations, Green Day (at times)

What you can't stand: intolerance...that's pretty hypocritical, isn't it? No, I can "stand" it, I just feel stronger than "dislike" in regards intolerance
What you plain dislike: the stress this society has on youthfulness - the fact that it's not "en vogue" to age, the stress it puts on "perfection," not just physical, mind you
Who you admire: Hill, though a lot of people don't like her (going to her Alma Mater); a lot of people in my personal life...qualities I admire would be disregard to other people's opinions, trueness to oneself, strength to go against the mold, individuality, creativity, inner strength - the strength to lead but follow if need be
What you most love to do: sit at my computer and write for hours
Your self-confessed flaws: I can be a bit of a narcissist - need to hear that I'm attractive or intelligent, I'm very manipulative at times, I have a great self-worth (asset and flaw at the same time), almost unceasing personal motivation (ditto for that)
What intrigues/fascinates you: language, culture, evolution of societies, words, writing, emotions evoked by words
What scares you: the fact that the world seems to be spiralling down a hole of inevitability - culminating in a horrific I-don't-know-what, helplessness, futility, uselessness...I'm a bit of a control freak
Quotation to live by:
Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak!
No, just kidding, I have another by Dumbledore...
To the well organised mind, death is but the next great adventure

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. - Henry David Thoreau

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them. - Thoreau again

Some keep the Sabbath going to Church,
I keep it staying at Home -
With a bobolink for a Chorister,
And an Orchard, for a Dome.
- Emily Dickinson

The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference.
The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference.
The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference.
And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.
- Elie Wiesel

Additional comments:
Ummm...look both ways before you cross the street? I don't know...

Amanaduial the archer

06-12-2005, 04:07 PM

Happy birthday, Vanima :) And hey, it's good to see you 'making a comeback' so to speak, and I apologise if that is a little belated - I have been hiding behind my chemistry books, yay....not.

Wellesley, eh? *golf clap* Good show, old girl, good show indeed...

VanimaEdhel

06-13-2005, 09:38 AM

Happy birthday, Vanima :) And hey, it's good to see you 'making a comeback' so to speak, and I apologise if that is a little belated - I have been hiding behind my chemistry books, yay....not.

Wellesley, eh? *golf clap* Good show, old girl, good show indeed...

Oh, seeing as yesterday was my "comeback" (not to be confused with the horrible new HBO faux reality show with Lisa Kudrow), you haven't really missed a beat.

And thank you! I'm so excited about Wellesley - gorgeous college...and the girls I met at the Open House when I stayed overnight are great.

Eomer of the Rohirrim

06-13-2005, 01:44 PM

Name that you go by: Neil, Nelus, Stelios, Ciro Orlando, King Cynical, King Whatever, etc...
Location: Aberdeen, Scotland.
Age: 21
Future Aspirations: To cause mischief throughout the lands.
Goal in life: To complete my book. And to find the Queen of Elves.
Short term goals: The theft of precious jewels which will fund my further skullduggery.
Passion: It's brilliant, isn't it? Passion rocks.
Hobbies: Jamming with my fellow art-stars.
Famous for: Making a completely unfashionable haircut cool. Also, for inventing the concept of honour and for rebelling against religion.

Fave books: Apart from Tolkers, I'll pick Nineteen Eighty-Four by Orwell, Hitchhikers' trilogy of five by Adams, and His Dark Materials trilogy by Pullman. O, and Descartes' Meditations.......because dualism lives, baby! :D
Fave movie: Memento
Fave sport: Football; despite the woeful condition of Scotland's team, I cannot help myself but watch. Still, Aberdeen are slowly getting better!
Fave music: Some of my favourites are Sigur Ros, Interpol, The Raveonettes and British Sea Power. And, of course, the Lord of Music Andrew WK.

What you can't stand: Misplaced hatred, I guess.
What you plain dislike: Mobile phones.
Who you admire: Andrew WK, and Nick Malbasa the Rightful King of Belgium.
What intrigues you: Atoms and the cosmos
What scares you: Being trapped in a cage with several ferocious tigers.
Quotation to live by: Don't live by a quotation, it's too narrow and it will fight you and knock you off the edge of the galaxy. (that's not my quotation, it's just a thought)

Additional comments: If I'm ever stranded on an island somewhere, I may need you guys to help me out. So if anyone wants to be a partner-in-honour, I'd love to take an oath with ye. Hark!

Oddwen

06-13-2005, 08:15 PM

Name (that you go by): Alice, Alice Marie, All-Ice, Lettuce, "Hey, that was mean!" and "Was that your lovely voice I just heard?"

Age: 20 +

Occupation: Working at Burger King, being a lampwright, Barrow-downer, and humor admin over at CoE.

Future Aspirations: I'd like to get married and have lot'sa kids, someday have my own jewelery making business. I'd love to do some voicework, somewhere.

Goal in life: To get off of my behind. Someday.

Short term goals: I'd like to leave Burger King, again.

Passion: Hmm...being lazy, I guess.

Hobbies: Drumming, beading, computer-ing, reading, laughing to myself evilly, and drawing my co-workers in hilarious comic situations.

Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): My sense of humor - being deathly quiet. Being crazy - and having a good speaking voice.

Fave book: LotR, the Hobbit, Sherlock Holmes, 101 Dalmations, Hitchhiker's Guide (the whole trilogy), the Discworld series, the Narnia series, the Wizard of Earthsea trilogy, the Thesaurus, the Dictionary, and others.

Fave movie: Errrr...LotR, Hitchhiker's Guide, Napoleon Dynamite, original Star Wars trilogy, original Matrix, ehm...for tv series, I like Twilight Zone, Andy Griffith Show, Green Acres, MST3K & what little South Parks I've seen.

Fave sport: None. At all.

Fave store: Bah...well, book/electronic stores, I guess. Okay, any store as long as it's not exclusively devoted to clothing.

Fave music: Chevelle, Breaking Benjamin, Queens of the Stone Age, A Perfect Circle, PFR, Enya, 12 Stones, The Beatles, Wings, Moody Blues, 64 The Tribute, lostprophets, Evanescence, Joel Hanson, The Rutles, Rich Mullins, Switchfoot, Steve Camp, Disturbed.
I like very few artists, but name a band/artist and I'll like some work of theirs. Except Weezer. And hair bands.

What you can't stand: People who think that there's no God, thus, no consequences and no meaning or reasons.

What you plain dislike: Burger King. And the customers thereof.

Who you admire: That vision of beauty that I see in the mirror every day...as well as my drum teacher, Rivka and The Barrow Wight.

What you most love to do: Eat junk food, read, sleep, and Barrow-down (if that wasn't a verb before, it is now!)

Your self-confessed flaws: I am devious and lazy.

What intrigues/fascinates you: Shiny things. The orange glow of clear glass that is caused by the flame reflecting within it as it melts. The words "insipid", "spiffy", "incredulous", "devious". I like to watch people play instruments, but not sing. Music videos don't count.
Things that count down seconds, and things that count up the seconds. Those fiber-optical centerpieces. Bumper stickers. Strong Bad. Tetris. The Talking Moose. 733t. Car neons. Baby ducks under two days old.

What scares you: SW Episode II. Truly insipid. *shudder*

Quotation to live by: "Comfort the disturbed, disturb the comfortable"

Also :"Appreciate me now and avoid the rush"
"Excuse me while I change into something more formidable"
"You never cease to mildly amuse me"
"Chaos, panic, and disorder. My work here is done."
"Don't make me angry, I am running out of places to hide bodies."
"I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed person!"
"Brain damage? No thanks, already got some."

Additional comments: I like to talk about myself. I also like to mock everything and everyone.

Current favorite songs:
1. Skeptic by Chevelle
2. Better Living Through Chemistry by QotSA
3. Stupify by Disturbed
4. Home by Breaking Benjamin
5. Carribean Blue by Enya
6. 3 Libras by A Perfect Circle
7. Sober by Tool (Also the String Quartet's version)
8. Hysteria by Muse
9. Born Too Slow by The Crystal Method
10. I Stay Away by Alice in Chains

wilwarin538

06-15-2005, 02:53 PM

Name (that you go by):Wilwa, Wil, Willy, Van, Vanes, Ness, and Nessi(my most used)
Age: 14 almost 15
Occupation: student, with a part time job at a movie rental place
Future Aspirations: Math Professor
Goal in life: To get into Waterloo U
Short term goals: pass gym class
Passion: math, reading and music
Hobbies: playing violin and guitar, and coming here, oh and reading of course
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): my unnaturally small ears, and never being heard due to my equally unnaturally small voice(that's not bragging its just what im known for) ;)

Fave book: LotR, A Series of Unfortunate Events, Heartland, Leftbehind and Im scared to say.......harrry potter(please dont hurt me) :eek:
Fave movie: LotR, Pirates of the Caribbean, any movies involving the three musketeers, any movies involving Johnny Depp, Princess Bride, Saw(with the dude from PB), and again last answer to the above question
Fave sport: badminton, soccer
Fave store: Smart Set, Chapters
Fave music: John Mayer, Def Leppard, Toto, Journey, Chicago, Newsboys, ZOEgirl, Eagles, Timothy Schmite from the eagles, Matchbox 20, MXPX, Bon Jovi, Brian Adams

What you can't stand: my science teacher
What you plain dislike: my science teacher
Who you admire: my mom
What you most love to do: make music
Your self-confessed flaws: I worry to much
What intrigues/fascinates you: love
What scares you: losing someone I love, not having enough time
Additional Comments: I LOVE you guys! :D

dancing spawn of ungoliant

06-21-2005, 09:53 AM

In case some stalkers (for example) should be interested, I've edited my post on page two up to date.

ps. what is it with all people stating that LotR is their favourite book? You could think this is some fansite or something... :p

Volo

08-20-2006, 12:19 PM

Name (that you go by): Well, that is Volo... My real name (in English something like Volodymyr Borisovich Mykhalevych) is waaay too long (and nobody can pronounce it right).

Age: 15,5

Occupation: student, 9th grade

Future Aspirations: Don't know yet... Some boring office work I guess... Who knows. Architect maybe... just maybe.

Goal in life: Get this advertised life™. Be a good person, meaning not to do evil things and die with a good conscience. Have a nice family.

Short term goals: Do well is school, to get into a better high school then.

Passion: Hmm... Music and books! And friends.

Hobbies: Reading all day long while listening to music. Ashtanga yoga. Architect school. Writing things, mostly for myself... stories and something somebody wierd would call poems...

Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): For nearly burning down a forest... :rolleyes: For trying to be a strange guy. For having really unpopular hair.

Fave book(s): From Tolkien it must be The Silmarillion. Robin Hobb: all books. Philip Pullman: His Dark Materials trilogy. Walter Moers: The 13½ lives of Captain Bluebear. Jonathan Stroud: Bartimeus trilogy. Mariya Semyonova: Volkodav (something like "Wolfhound" (thanks HerenIstarion, wasn't carefull and wrote bear instead of wolf... anyway wrote wrong) in English...) And others...

Fave movie: Hmmm... From the western world in must be Monty Python and the Holy Grail. I also love nearly every Soviet film that has survived to this day.

Fave sport: I'm not really into sports... But if count ashtanga yoga as a sport... Well, fencing was fun when it was still possible for me.

Fave store: Store? :/ Any store they have good and rare rock and metal music... for cheap.

Fave music: Most of this (http://www.last.fm/user/Volo/) ????????? is for Russian music like Kino, Aria, Kipelov, Arteria, Alisa, Master and Epidemia (not that you know any of those)...

What you can't stand: Rap, violent people, greedy people, my class... I guess this list could go on and on... Hate I hate!

What you plain dislike: Too much sun (what a gloomy fellow I am...). Most meat. And so on...

Who you admire: The writers I listed there. Some musicians. Nice teachers. People of great self-control, like Mahatma Gandhi. And most of all, my few but great friends!

What you most love to do: This: telling about myself :o... Looking into the sky beside a lake listening to music and thinking strange things...

Your self-confessed flaws: I feel really lazy, though I find many even lazier... :( I'm really thin... but I don't feel weak, no. I sleep badly. My sometimes (often) idiotic humour... My "trying to be stranger than I really am"-attitude. Talking of myself from a third person. Pessimism.

What intrigues/fascinates you: Many things. Human (and not only) mind most of all at this moment.

What scares you: Underwater world, for not being "cleaned" for humans. Evil people. Earth dying... Going to work.

Quotation to live by: If trying to get someone else to do their job is harder than doing it yourself, do it yourself. If you have to do something, do it well.

Additional comments: I moved from Ukraine to Finland at the age of seven with my mother. My mom married a half Finnish half Irish man and now I live here in Helsinki with my mom, her husband, an au pair (however you write that) and my two half-brothers of age two and eight. I think of myself as a really lucky person and wish this "luck" also to every other person on our little planet!

Valier

08-21-2006, 11:57 AM

Name (that you go by): Katt, or Harry (don't ask :rolleyes: )
Age:25
Occupation:Unemployed...(sigh)
Future Aspirations:To be a Mom
Goal in life:To always be happy
Short term goals:To get a wicked job
Passion:LOTR, anything to do with art
Hobbies:Artsy stuff and of course LOTR
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself):I Talk and Giggle way too much for others own good... Very people friendly...everyone likes me... : :rolleyes:

Fave book:The Mammoth hunters by Jean M. Auel
Fave movie: The fifth element
Fave sport:Baseball
Fave store: Walmart
Fave music:Anything good/stuff I can dance to.

What you can't stand:Spiders
What you plain dislike:Peas
Who you admire: no one
What you most love to do:Eat
Your self-confessed flaws: ugly feet
What intrigues/fascinates you: Accents
What scares you:Spiders and crowded places
Quotation to live by: I live life how I want, not by someone elses words.

Glirdan

08-21-2006, 12:48 PM

Name (that you go by): Glirdan, Glirdy, Dev, Devin, Crazy (yah...)
Age: 16
Occupation: Babysitter (for now)
Future Aspirations: To do something art related.
Goal in life: To travel the world
Short term goals: To start a WW game again! :D Oh, and pass my first semester courses
Passion: LotR, anything with Drama and Music
Hobbies: Reading, The Downs ( :rolleyes: ), listening to music and playing music.
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): A music major at my school and other such things (I actually don't really know but hey...)

Fave book: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Macbeth
Fave movie: PIRATES!!! And Rent and High School Musical and....ahhh too many!
Fave sport: Bowling, Football and Soccer
Fave store: International
Fave music: Almost anything

What you can't stand: People who think they're better than everyone
What you plain dislike:P TOMATOES! :mad:
Who you admire: My grandma and my friends
What you most love to do: Listen to music
Your self-confessed flaws: wanting to see the good in everyone and being let down
What intrigues/fascinates you: Other cultures
What scares you: being murdered in the middle of the night and losing my friends
Quotation to live by: Honesty is the best policy, but insanity is the best deffense.

Brinniel

08-21-2006, 01:27 PM

I have changed in the past three years *gasp* so I thought I should update.

Name (that you go by): Erin, Brinniel, Brinn, Rin
Age: 18
Occupation: an employee at the local movie theatre- not really an occupation, but just a summer job
Future Aspirations: to go into film production (editor, sound...something like that)
Goal in life: to not only be successful in my career, but to be happy
Short term goals: to finish packing in time, fly to Boston without any problems, and to survive my first year of college
Passion: dance and writing
Hobbies: painting, reading, BD, blogging (http://www.xanga.com/Brinniel), watching and appreciating movies
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): umm....I guess being on my high school dance team for three years.

Fave book: LotR, The DaVinci Code, The Shannara Series, The Chronicles of Narnia
Fave movie: LotR, Kill Bill (Pt 1&2), V for Vendetta, Poseidon, Everything is Illuminated, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Chronicles of Narnia, Rent, Sin City, Pirates of the Caribbean (Pt 1&2).....the list goes on (ok I'm a movie buff- that's why I'm majoring in film production)
Fave sport: I don't really watch sports, except for when the Olympics are on (then I'm glued to the TV)
Fave store: Barnes and Noble, Best Buy
Fave music: a variety of stuff- Black Eyed Peas, Evanescence, Medieval Baebes, Green Day, Damien Rice.....there's more

What you can't stand: right now, this country (US) and the people running it (sorry, but you did ask)
What you plain dislike: smell of cigarette smoke (which I'm learning to tolerate since most of my co-workers are smokers), waking up early
Who you admire: uhh......my dog ;)
What you most love to do: sleep
Your self-confessed flaws: procrastinator, perfectionist (and those two don't exactly mix too well)
What intrigues/fascinates you: stars
What scares you: spiders (my house is filled with them)
Quotation to live by: umm...I don't exactly live by quotes, but here's one:

"To learn is to live, to live is to love, and to love is to have lost."

Additional comments: Twelve more days until I fly across the country to college! *squeal*

Feanor of the Peredhil

08-21-2006, 04:06 PM

Who could have expected things to change so much in two years?

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Name (that you go by): Laura.

Age: 19

Occupation: over-achieving student/waitress/librarian/free-lance photographer. Plus whatever else comes up. If I don't keep busy, I get myself into trouble.

Future Aspirations: Let's stick with the foreseeable future, eh? I've got three, maybe four more years before I get my first degree. Those will be spent in NY and maybe in Ontario. Then I plan to acquire a city apartment with a few friends, all of us teachers-in-progress, and get my master's while working whatever job seems like a good idea at the time. I will struggle to pay rent, utilities, and college loans in the same month. I will sit in a window with a notebook and pen and write and wonder if life this way is worth it. I will sleep hours as odd as those I keep currently. I may have a cat.

Goal in life: become a college professor. Write the sort of novel that can be read over and over again. Become one with everything.

Short term goals: Get the financial end of yet another school year sorted out; pack for school; buy new flipflops; get my room clean. Figure out if I can handle a lab science this semester; check out classes with which to maybe replace it.

Passion: telling stories through whichever medium is handed to me.

Hobbies: writing; photography; discussion.

Famous for: Nobody ever believing me when I tell them that I'm shy. Hanging out with professors outside of class. Having friends of all ages from a lot of different places. Taking chances.

Fave books: The Return of the King; A Child Called It; Silence; Night; The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down; Tuck Everlasting; Macbeth; All-American Girl; Matilda; Jane Eyre; White Oleander

Fave movies: LotR; Donnie Darko; The Boondock Saints; V for Vendetta; Stepmom; White Oleander; Mulan; Ladder 49; History of the World, Part I; The Great Escape

Fave sport: curling

Fave store: Powell's City of Books

Fave music: Bright Eyes; Blind Guardian; The Decemberists; Florida Sessions; The Fray; Green Day; Jack Johnson; Lacuna Coil; Theatre of Tragedy; Metallica; Matchbook Romance; Modest Mouse; The Pax Cecelia; Phantom Planet; Ben Folds; Eisley; Rilo Kiley

What you can't stand: malicious dishonesty

What you plain dislike: lima beans

Who you admire: His Holiness, the Dalai Lama

What you most love to do: exist

Your self-confessed flaws: I don't trust people.

What intrigues/fascinates you: the question "Why?".

What scares you: snakes.

Quotation to live by: Wheresoever you go, go with all of your heart. -Confucious

Nogrod

08-22-2006, 03:47 PM

Name (that you go by): Nogrod, Noggy, Nog, Noggins... Ukri (in RL)
Age: 38
Occupation: Teacher (senior secondary high school - occasional lecturer in the University).
Future Aspirations: To not lose the grasp of life and turn to conformism (so easy at this age).
Goal in life: That my life has had some influence for the better in this world, to even one person; being a decent human being.
Short term goals: Getting back to the rhythm of the school year.
Passion: My children, philosophy, music, slow-food.
Hobbies: Thinking too much, following world affairs on several channels, making & listening to music; esp. singing in a choir, cooking.
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Being the talk-machine to whom anything human or non-human is a familiar subject followed by a more or less weighed opinion, being the over positive person who never loses his temper.

Fave book: Some weird books by Scandinavian authors probably no one of you knows (Sandemose, Vesaas, Kyrklund etc.). Most of the things Franz Kafka, Thomas Mann, Nikolai Gogol, Samuel Beckett, Eugène Ionesco or T.S. Eliot have written. Iain (M.) Banks has not written so many bad books either. And the Professor has made some good ones too...
Fave movie: Just to spell out a few (the names probably aren't correct everytime as I have had to come up with an English name for most of them by myself). Lawsuit (the original book is Der Prozess by F. Kafka, dir. by O. Wells), Starlighted night (Taviani brothers), Dr. Strangelove & Clockwork Orange (Kubrick) No-man's land (Tanovic), Songs from the second floor (Andersson), Happiness (Solondz), surely Casablanca is sweet and both the Life of Brian and The Holy Grail by Monty Python are hilarious time after time... The world is full of good movies.
Fave sport: Ssoccer, icehockey, basketball...
Fave store: The Market Hall in Hakaniemi, Helsinki (you can occasionally get fresh rabbit or wild-boar from there...).
Fave music: Just a few; this is really challenging as music from almost any genre can be good when it's made with passion and skill. Bach, Beethoven, Mahler, Shostakovits, Satie, Fauré, Debussy... Led Zeppelin, Jethro Tull, the Beatles... Massive Attack, Radiohead, Björk, Suede... Radio Tarifa, Camaron, Fairuz, Anouar Brahem... and Kate Bush is the Goddess! (And lots of Finnish stuff is good as well...)

What you can't stand: Conformism or spinelessness of any sort in general, stupidity when it acquires a mass-form (political populism including nazism and facism and some trends of neo-conservatism, intellectual laziness of any sort that bans people of making a difference in the world)
What you plain dislike: Everything fashionable (movies, music, clothes, celebrities...) :)
Who you admire: People who do believe in good and are ready to do something for it.
What you most love to do: Spending time with my children, cooking, making music, listening to "speaking-programs" from the radio, thinking, sitting down with friends, writing to the Barrow-Downs rpg's...
Your self-confessed flaws: When I'm not interested in something I can be more than lazy and never get the things done. Too ready to open my mouth before I think what I'm going to say (thinking out loud: a requirement for a teacher but not necessarily so good in private life... :p )
What intrigues/fascinates you: All things or actions that reveal love and caring, all things beautiful, all things that are not self-evident.
What scares you: That something bad happens to my children, that the world goes crazy (it's that already, but unfortunately it can go crazier)
Quotation to live by: "Peace, flowers, freedom, happiness" or "Make love, not war" - and old hippie can't change his fur. :rolleyes:
Additional Comments: Reducing one's life and values in these kind of questionnaires is painful and everytime twists the reality. But as it's so nice to read what you others have written, I thought I needed to write my own to claim my right to read yours...

Macalaure

08-22-2006, 04:18 PM

Name (that you go by): Christian
Age: 27
Occupation: PhD student
Future Aspirations: yup...
Goal in life: exactly! sigh...
Short term goals: Finishing my degree, finally ( :rolleyes: ) find out what to do with my life, post more in Books, get my most recent fanfiction done, get more exercise
Passion: Middle-earth, old history
Hobbies: Middle-earth, writing, devising stories I never get to write down
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Making laziness an art

Fave book: Fave book not by Tolkien: Fight Club
Fave movie: LotR, Seven, Leon, Alien, Interview with the Vampire, American Beauty, Dead Poets Society, many others
Fave sport: Football (not American Football), Basketball (both more watching than actually playing)
Fave store: None, I hate shopping
Fave music: Nine Inch Nails, Garbage, Björk, Marilyn Manson, Placebo, Auf der Maur, Portishead, the LotR Soundtrack, many others

What you can't stand: Hectic people, people who drive slowly - figure out how that fits together...
What you plain dislike: Brussels sprouts and carrots
Who you admire: Many people, for various things
What you most love to do: Daydreaming
Your self-confessed flaws: Procrastinating
What intrigues/fascinates you: Truth, because it's very rare
What scares you: Moths! Wasps are predictable, moths are just mad. And don't tell me they don't hurt you! They do! I'm sure!!
Quotation to live by: "It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations." ~ Winston Churchill *ducks*

Additional comments: I think it's incredibly difficult to characterise yourself. I feel if I did this questionnaire again in one week it will read like it's from a complete different human being.

Oh, and Nilp: 8/32/97 :p

*Varda*

08-22-2006, 07:09 PM

Name (that you go by): Lindsay
Age: 19
Occupation: Student
Future Aspirations: Teaching, maybe
Goal in life: To know who I am
Short term goals: Get through 3rd year of my degree, keep doing well at work, etc etc
Passion: The student that I am, hobbies are mostly drinking and going out
Hobbies: Writing, my diary, Tolkien is still one of my favourite authors, sadly on the back burner though since I’ve read so much for my degree (Eng Lit & History)
Famous for not much.
Fave book: Any Jasper Fforde book, and Tolkien
Fave movie: LotR (all 3), Moulin Rouge, Shrek, Requiem for a Dream, many others
Fave sport: Rugby
Fave store: H&M
Fave music: Blondie, Snow Patrol, Belle & Sebastian, Isobel Campbell, Rogue Traders, Pink, Beth Orton, The Feeling, many others.

What you can't stand: People who have no patience or tolerance.
What you plain dislike: Intolerant (esp. homophobic or racist people)
Who you admire: My grandad, for building such a good life despite leaving school at 14 because of WW2
What you most love to do: Daydreaming
Your self-confessed flaws: Procrastinating
What intrigues/fascinates you: History, stories, and knowledge
What scares you: spiders, death
Quotation to live by: My sig: 'It must often be so, Sam, when things are in danger: someone has to give them up, lose them, so that others may keep them' ~Frodo
"Life is hard. After all, it kills you." - Katharine Hepburn

Additional comments: I’ve definitely changed since I last filled this out (over a year ago, at least)

shieldmaiden4xsword

08-22-2006, 07:30 PM

Name (that you go by): not telling

Age: i dun want to tell you.....i'm a teenager, though.

Occupation: Student. yeah..... :P

Future Aspirations: MASTER OF DIVINITY......you know....i want to get married (and stay married) and raise a family.

Goal in life: I want to help people more.....lead people to Christ. And friends.....

Short term goals: do whatever i'm supposed to do and do it well.

Passion: God, the Bible, others, writing letters.......you know i have lots of things....helping others is a biggie

Hobbies: Reading my Bible for fun. LOTR. I love LOTR. And reading, writing letters, debating on discussion forums. I make jewelry and i occasionally design stationery. I write a lot of notebooks....journals...

Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Being my youth pastor's tormentor. He deserves it. (haha)

Fave book: Bible, LOTR, Chronicles of Narnia, sci fi/fantasy is cool, too.

Fave movie: Chronicles of Narnia, it's the only one i've ever watched.

Fave sport: Is running a sport? hehe

Fave store: Barnes and Nobles, Wal mart....

Fave music: I LOVE LOVE LOVE Christian rock. Classical music, too.

What you can't stand: People who need help but are too proud to accept it. They just throw their lives away and they couldn't care less. I wish i could help them but they don't want any. The least i could help is offer them friendship.

What you plain dislike: Eggplant and spinach.....

Who you admire: God, the pastors of my church. my parents.....

What you most love to do: Read and chat with people

Your self-confessed flaws: Procrastinating. Sadly.

What intrigues/fascinates you: Truth, cuz it's a beautiful thing.....and it's fascinating that the Bible is soooo interesting and still applies to today.

What scares you: Skeletons jumping out at you. They're annoying......
I'm not afraid of death.

Quotation to live by: I don't know. I have a lot, actually. Get back later on that.

comments: i love this forum, so far.

Thinlómien

08-26-2006, 03:59 AM

Name (that you go by): Thinlómien, Lommy, Thin, Thinlo and that boring RL one, Hanni.

Age: 16

Occupation: student

Future Aspirations: To write a book. To see more of the world. And hopefully, to become wiser. (And no, I don't belong to a hobbit family called the Bagginses...)

Goal in life: To survive through it.

Short term goals: To find out why my ear hurts. To eat breakfast. To read and comment through what has happened in the BD in past five days. To answer to a pm and to an e-mail that have waited for too long. To hug Noggie when he next comes to stalk what I am doing. To change to normal day clothing. To drink something. To make Noggie bring me painkillers from the apothecary. To write a Mead Hall post.

Passion: Penguins. Arda and the books that tell its tale.

Hobbies: Reading, BD, drawing, "art club", roleplaying...

Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Reading the Lord of The Rings on second grade (8 year old) while other people read children's books of about 20 pages...

Fave book: The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion. The Farseer, Liveship Traders and The Golden Fool -series by Robin Hobb. Tigana, Lions of Al-Rassan and A Song for Arbonne by Guy Gavriel Kay. Earthsea books by Ursula Le Guin.

Fave movie: Hair, Edward Scissorhands, Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.

Fave sport: Sport? Never! :p Well, if having long walks in parks, swimming in the sea and in lakes in summer or skating in winter count, then... But I don't count them as "sport". I count them as "having fun"... (Two words very far from each other for me...)

Fave store: Akateeminen kirjakauppa (It's a big bookshop, though there are still too few books in there.)

Fave music: I'm expected to make a list? Though from most of the following artists I really love only a few albums, not all... Here it comes... Kate Bush, Gjallarhorn, Sonata Arctica, Nightwish, Dido, Blackmore's Night, Art of Noise, Natacha Atlas, Anouar Brahem, Radio Tarifa... I'm sure I forgot something. Oh, it was Nawal and Fröbelin palikat... ;)

What you can't stand: Cleaning. Maths. Health education. Computer problems. Being in a hurry. Seeing dead animals and eating food that looks living. Religious (and other) fanatics.

What you plain dislike: Greedy humans who are going to destroy the world (and, I might be one of them :rolleyes: ).

Who you admire: The Prof. (Who else?)

What you most love to do: Walking the silent city streets by night, after the rain, and smelling wet grass and asphalt. Wading to the sea and letting the waves splash against me and feel the wind in my hair. Sitting inside in a warm and soft place reading a book and listening to the rain (or storm) outside. Going to a park or a forest and climbing to a tree and sitting there (possibly with a book).

Your self-confessed flaws: Being lazy. I could also qualify for the BD procrastination club.

What intrigues/fascinates you: Old languages, plum jam, human evolution, how people lived in history, how the mind of my silly tortoise works, making little songs for different food products (or dictators), Arda.

What scares you: Mankind and what horrible it will next come up with. The future of the world. Having a responsible role in ww. Helplessness.

Quotation to live by: Live and let live.

Additional comments: Err... Penguins are cute.

Cúchulainn

09-02-2006, 09:14 AM

Name (that you go by): Cúchulainn, The Hound of Ulster, Conor (Anglicized), Conchobar (Irish Gaelic).

Age: 17

Occupation: Full Time layabout. (A student)

Future Aspirations: Get rich or die trying! Maybe Journalism.

Goal in life: Family, security and a nice house somewhere in the country to retire to.

Short term goals: Passing my A-Levels and getting a job.

Passion: Irish History and politics as well as reading.

Hobbies: Reading, listening to music, surfing the net, drinking, chatting with my muckers and uhmm the odd bit of sport.

Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): My drunken antics on the Walls and my politics.

Fave book: Hard one, my favourite fantasy book (So far) is definitely The Lord of the Rings (Including the hobbit). The Fellowship of the Ring would be my favourite out of that. Non fantasy would be maybe Star of the Sea by Joseph O'Connor or The Year of the French by Thomas Flanaghan, both are works of Historical Fiction, my favourite genre.

Fave movie: Mmm, again very difficult. The LOTR and Star War's trilogys are up there, but I have to say that my favourite movie would probably be....... The Wind that Shakes the Barley, at the moment anyway.

Fave sport: Pool, Football, Gaelic and Hurling (sometimes).

Fave store: Amazon.co.uk :)

Fave music: Irish traditional, classic rock and abit of everything really EXCEPT rap.

What you can't stand: Rap, chavs, bigots, self-righteous people, snobs, most kinds of vegetables.

What you plain dislike: See above ^^ :D

Who you admire: Humanitarians (Ghandi, Mother Teresa, Bob Geldolf lol, etc etc). Also, the whole pantheon of Irish patriots.

What you most love to do: Travel the world, see new places, achieve change through politics, write a book, have a family and a well paying job.

Your self-confessed flaws: Tempermental when provoked, often stubborn with maybe too much pride, and fairly lazy.

What intrigues/fascinates you: History, morality and the unknown...

What scares you: Blind nationalism, nuclear war.

Quotation to live by: "Life is what happens, while you are busy making plans." - John Lennon

Elmo

04-15-2007, 01:48 PM

Name (that you go by): hewhoariiiiiiiifalls asleep while type ridiculously vast name
Age: 18
Occupation: student
Future Aspirations: Maybe move to Australia
Goal in life:earn lots do little
Short term goals: finish this post
Passion: women
Hobbies: women
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Having a stupid Irish name noone can spell or pronounce

Fave book: Cosa Nostra: history of the Sicilian Mafia and oh I don't know.. maybe a little book containing Elves, Dwarves and the like
Fave movie: Trainspotting
Fave sport: fitba
Fave store: ma wee corner shop
Fave music: Oasis, The Libertines...

What you can't stand: Old firm fans not from Glasgow
What you plain dislike: Scotland's winter
Who you admire: David Brent
What you most love to do: sleep
Your self-confessed flaws: where do I start.. cowardice, inarticulateness, hypocrisy, arrogance...'
What intrigues/fascinates you: women
What scares you: women
Quotation to live by: 'I drink therefore I am'

The Might

04-15-2007, 02:46 PM

Name (that you go by): Sabin
Age: 18 on July 23rd
Occupation: Student in the 11th grade
Future Aspirations: study, not sure very sure what yet
Goal in life: Enjoy it
Short term goals: To finish a paper for which I still have 2 weeks time, on a bit longer term to finish the grade well
Passion: Tolkien, skiing in winter and football
Hobbies: Sports (just about anything), spending quality with my friends, with my fraternity "brothers" as well
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): good marks though I spend little time learning (yes, it is possible), pretty long hair, jokes

Fave book: Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
Fave movie: LotR - RotK
Fave sport: Football
Fave store: A skateshop in Prague, only been there once and I fell in love with it
Fave music: Hard to say, it depends on the situation, I can't say I have a favourite genre...about anything except too old music and gangsta rap

What you can't stand: people talking bad things behind your back, hypocrisy, stupid jokes
What you plain dislike: Vegetarian food, people without manners
Who you admire: Well, depends...hard to answer
What you most love to do: Travel around the world, meet new people, have fun
Your self-confessed flaws: If I ever move out I'm afraid of eating too much, I sometimes am too straight forward, lazy sometimes
What intrigues/fascinates you: At the time...why some girls still are together with guys who treat them badly...sometimes I think they actually enjoy it
What scares you: The idea of losing my friends
Quotation to live by: Non scholae sed vitae discimus (Don't learn for school, but for life)

Additional comments: Nice thread :)

littlemanpoet

04-15-2007, 03:54 PM

Name (that you go by): littlemanpoet or LMP or Elempi
Age: 47 (and counting)
Occupation: shipping clerk
Future Aspirations: to be a better paid shipping clerk
Goal in life: to get it all together
Short term goals: to be a better paid shipping clerk
Passion: Tolkien, worldbuilding, writing
Hobbies: Tolkien, worldbuilding, writing
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): nothing. Really. Unless you're talking about here; then maybe I'm famous for starting certain threads like "What do you assign to Mordor", etc.

Fave book: Anything Tolkien
Fave movie: Wow, that's hard; uh.... Dead Poet's Society?
Fave sport: to watch: college football; to play: biking (if that counts)
Fave store: anywhere that serves up Guinness and other such wonderful fare.... oh! you mean NOT restaurants? Sorry, none.
Fave music: Peter Gabriel, old Genesis, U2, Loreena McKennitt, and October Project.

What you can't stand: not being trusted. Just as SPM regarding werewolf. :rolleyes:
What you plain dislike: liver. anchovies. twangy country music.
Who you admire: a certain friend who sticks to the truth, no matter what, better than I.
What you most love to do: travel.
Your self-confessed flaws: failing to consistently stand up for what I believe.
What intrigues/fascinates you: how societies, teams, you name it, works.
What scares you: infinity
Quotation to live by: "Don't fret, be still."

Additional comments: I'm hooked on this place. :p

Nogrod

04-15-2007, 04:58 PM

Name (that you go by): Nogrod, or Ukri
Age: 39 (funny how fast the time goes...)
Occupation: Teacher (philosophy for Senior Secondary High School (?) - 16-19 year olds)
Future Aspirations: To learn to appreciate the here and now even better. To find new things to appreciate.
Goal in life: To see my children finding themselves and what they might be - and maybe to find that myself too. Hoping to make my life something that has an effect for good on even some tiny little things in this huge universe we live in.
Short term goals: Better time-management, quitting smoking & losing weight (an impossible equation? :) )
Passion: Other people, music
Hobbies: Thinking, listening, talking, playing music, singing, listening to the music, all the silly but fun games we do with Lommy & her sis.
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): My classes in the school I'm in - some of the most unrelated people seem to know of them... "Motormuzzle" (Finnish idiom) when I get into the feeling. Happily I've learned to be silent too when required.

Fave book: I wouldn't like to point to individual books, but Kafka, Gogol, Banks, Borges, Broch, Mann, Holdstock, Sandemose, Kyrklund, Saramago... and surely Tolkien. Just to name a few writers.
Fave movie: So different movies have moved or entertained me and made their mark in different phases of my life, but at least Hair, The Wall, Clockwork Orange, Erasurehead, Andrei Rublev, Stalker (by Tarkovski the two last ones), Monty Python movies...
Fave sport to watch: Football and Ice Hockey go when the game and the stakes are high. Otherwise I'm not so much of a sports fan. Occasionally I may jam in front of the tv with snooker or curling on Eurosport...
Fave store: My corner Czech-pub Hadanka. The Academic Bookstore in Helsinki (the only real bookstore here).
Fave music: Anything made with a heart and soul present be it classic or punk: from Bach, Beethoven and Satie to Louis Armrstrong, Led Zeppelin, Massive Attack and Radio Tarifa.

What you can't stand: consults, effectivity, bussiness-as-usual, dishonesty and faking in general.
What you plain dislike: open and concealed egoism, going with the flow thinking...
Who you admire: All people with integrity. Thoughtful and autonomous people notwithstanding whether I agree with them or not.
What you most love to do: Spending time with my children, discussing things in earnest with friends or students, listening to thoughtful or entertaining speech (in radio), making music or listening to it. Cooking.
Your self-confessed flaws: Laziness when there are no dead-lines. Many bad habits: smokin, drinking, too much fat in the diet... pleasures are not always good to oneself...
What intrigues/fascinates you: Life, the Universe and Everything.
What scares you: The possible stupidity of us humans: we're not bad by birth but we may end up short-sighted and easily swayed from our common and shared goodness and the things that actually matter.
Quotation to live by: Don't do as I do, but as I say...

Additional comments: How hard it is to fill in these questionnaires... :confused:
Let the sunshine in!

Rikae

04-15-2007, 05:33 PM

Name (that you go by): Rikae
Age: Old enough to know better, too immature to act on it.
Occupation: Student - literature major, to be specific.
Future Aspirations: Lots of 'em.
Goal in life: Only having one goal in life sounds depressing.
Short term goals: Finish my degree; see the world (or at least a little more of it.)
Passion: Learning, exploring, adventure.
Hobbies: Writing short stories & poetry, painting, gardening, camping, wasting time and money.
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): I should be famous for writing a paper that was, in theory, about Borges, but took the form of interdimensional epistles about Andy Serkis found on Blather.com, and getting an A+ on it.

Fave book: Non Tolkien? Pale Fire.
Fave movie: La Strada, Monty Python movies, Fight Club, Brazil, Being There, LOTR, Last Year at Marienbad, Donnie Darko...
Fave sport: Skinny-dipping
Fave store: Ebay
Fave music: Radiohead, Portishead, Muse, Within Temptation, This Mortal Coil...

What you can't stand: The sound of chalk on a blackboard, or the (similar) sound of squeaking styrofoam.
What you plain dislike: Daytime TV.
Who you admire: Intelligent and creative people, people who don't take life too seriously.
What you most love to do: Waste time.
Your self-confessed flaws: Excess in all things (except housework...)
What intrigues/fascinates you: People. Psychology, philosophy, literature, art, religion, history...
What scares you: Butterflies. They just freak me out...
Quotation to live by:
"Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow."

Additional comments:

All your base are belong to Serious Cat.

Precioussss

04-16-2007, 09:49 AM

Name: Fallon
Age: 20
Occupation: is student an occupation?
Future Aspirations: to be a teacher
Goal in life: I don't have goals
Short term goals: see above
Passion: music
Hobbies: knitting, playing music
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): being the one who works 3 jobs while going to school...and having zero life

Fave book:Catch-22
Fave movie:The Graduate
Fave sport: HOCKEY!
Fave store: Frenchy's Thrift Boutique
Fave music: Everything before 1991

What you can't stand: current music
What you plain dislike: school, working
Who you admire: my best friend Anne
What you most love to do: lie down and listen to music
Your self-confessed flaws: I'm a dreamer
What intrigues/fascinates you: how people can think that wearing spandek leggings with a skirt over it looks nice.
What scares you: not very much
Quotation to live by: "Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existance" --> this was one of my friend's favourite quotes

Additional comments: how many roads must a man walk down before you can call him a man?

Farael

04-16-2007, 08:06 PM

Name: Farael, Che... also known as Matias by some =P but Mati by my firends ;)
Age: 21... I feel old
Occupation: Student, super-hero... but only when I'm not studying. Sadly, it hasn't happened yet.
Future Aspirations: Maybe to get into Med School... but not too sure about that anymore. It's taken too much of a toll on me
Goal in life: Be happy, maybe find Ms. Farael, find a job I like... oh! and go to Europe
Short term goals: EUROTRIP though it might take a while
Passion: Ranting!! There is nothing like a good, passionate, spontaneous rant.
Hobbies: Read above
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): My passion in life... or rather, the fact that I can get easily excited when something really interests (or upsets) me

Fave book:I've got to say it's LoTR, but I had to think about it... there are so many other great ones, like "Arabian Nights" (I think that's the name in English) and "La Gesta del Marrano" (sorry, can't translate that one and be fair to its meaning)
Fave movie:Again, so many... but I recently watched "La Historia Oficial" (old argentine movie) and I must say I'm quite impressed... it definitely hits a nerve in me, but that's why I'd say it's up there. LoTR (again?) is also good... I don't know, hard to say
Fave sport:To watch: Football (NFL, I know ,I'm a bad Canuck) To play: Football or Volleyball (no, not soccer)
Fave store: Does Subway count? if not, probably McNally Robinson and Chapters (two biggest bookstores around here)
Fave music: Pink Floyd!

What you can't stand: Bimbos and jocks. Really, if all you do with your life is look good and "talk, you know, all like this, *click tounge* you know? it's sooo in" there is just something not right!!
What you plain dislike: The feeling of despair that can overcome you when you find out that growing old does not mean more freedom but just different (yet still very real) boundaries
Who you admire: My dad.. what can I say? he makes mistakes just like anyone else, but I've never seen someone so determined to make things right
What you most love to do: Right now, sleep... but when I'm better rested, staying up late at night reading a good book... or camping... or listening to good music... or being in good company.. I don't know, I can't pick ONE thing.
Your self-confessed flaws: I'm too rational. Sometimes I wish I could cry and just tell myself "I'm sad" and not try to dissect the feeling. Maybe it'd help letting some things out.
What intrigues/fascinates you: Biology (yes, I'm a geek) and the creative process... what leads a man to create something new? specially if it's something artistic, as otherwise the answer might just be "need" (or greed in some cases)
What scares you: Other than any insect bigger than my thumb? Realizing some day that I am "boxed in" on a life path I do not want for myself and yet that I cannot leave.
Quotation to live by: "Love is more than a bunch of hormones running loose and a short-circuit on my synapses"

Additional comments: I 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!

Valier

11-20-2007, 11:16 AM

Name: Valier, or Val
Occupation: Hair stylist/Barber
Future Aspirations: Hmmmm to make more money, and get married and have some kids.
Goal in life: to be happy (i know it's not much but it's what counts right?)
Short term goals: To not work so much and to have a good Christmas
Passion: I love art, of all sorts and I like to write.
Famous for: Talking way too much

Fave book:Hmmmm I would have to say The return of the King and a new one...The last Harry Potter
Fave movie: The fifth Element
Fave sport: Not to big on sports, but I like to play baseball
Fave store: Lol Wal-mart
Fave music: I like a little bit of everything

What you can't stand: Waiting. I'm very impatient
What you plain dislike: Rude, selfish people
Who you admire: Hmmm that's a hard one...I'll have to think more about it
Your self-confessed flaws: I'm a little to forward at times and I talk too much.
What intrigues/fascinates you: Ummm I would have to say accents and different cultures also the Ocean...it's just so mysterious
Quotation to live by: "Don't worry be happy."

Additional comments: I thought I would post on this thread seeing as there are so many new members.:D

Brinniel

07-03-2008, 12:51 AM

Name (that you go by): Brinniel, Brinn, Erin
Age: 20
Occupation: college student
Future Aspirations: to have a successful career in filmmaking...particularly post-production
Goal in life: see the world, be happy in whatever I do
Short term goals: find a summer job to get some money, get an internship, graduate, return to Europe, meet even more BDers
Passion: traveling
Hobbies: dance, writing, drawing, wwing, watching films
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): having the wonderful opportunity to study abroad. Among other students in the same program, I was famous for going to different countries to meet random strangers (aka BDers) :D

Fave book: LotR, The Silmarillion, Narnia, His Dark Materials, Snow Falling on Cedars
Fave movie: LotR, Little Miss Sunshine, Sweeney Todd, V for Vendetta, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Juno, Prince Caspian, Amelie, Shaun of the Dead, the list goes on....
Fave sport: dance...I also like to watch the Olympics
Fave store: Best Buy, Barnes and Noble, Hot Topic, H&M (which sadly doesn't exist in Boise)
Fave music: Medieval Baebes, Fiona Apple, Alphabeat, Damien Rice, Imogen Heap, Dido, Kimya Dawson, Apocalyptica...I also love soundtracks of all sorts

What you can't stand: close-minded people
What you plain dislike: bad drivers, Americans who live up to the negative stereotypes that the world gives us (such as loud and ignorant)
Who you admire: Umm...I don't know...my pets? ;)
What you most love to do: sleep, be lazy, go on the computer....on the less lazy side, travel
Your self-confessed flaws: procrastinator, perfectionist, I get easily frustrated, sensitive
What intrigues/fascinates you: culture, astrology
What scares you: spiders
Quotation to live by: Hmmm...I have no idea

Additional comments: It's always interesting to see how much you've changed over the last couple years. For me, a lot has happened since I last filled this out.

TheGreatElvenWarrior

07-03-2008, 01:40 AM

Name (that you go by): Tabitha, Tabby, Tutu, You
Age:14
Occupation:High-school student
Future Aspirations:hmmm...
Goal in life:Get a good education, get a job that I really love, Fall in love, get married, and have lots of kids and grandkids!
Short term goals:Go to Oxonmoot, meet Hookbill, and get the Downer... I would also like to meet other BDers that I consider my friends and talk to them in real life!!!
Passion:I suppose you can say that I don't really have one passion...
Hobbies:Reading, writing, hiking, rock climbing, going barefooted down the road, doing stuff on the computer, running around the house in my bathrobe, sleeping, going out with my friends, shopping...
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Being the crazy one at school. (But aren't we all?)

Fave book: LotR, TH, The Sil, Chronicles of Narnia, The Sonrise (yes, I did spell that correctly)Farm Series, my diary...
Fave movie:LotR, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, Titanic, The Notebook, Juno, The Lion King, and Spaceballs...
Fave sport:The invisible kind.
Fave store:Fred Meyers and Nordstrom and the wonderful little tea shop called The Kobuk!
Fave music:I like music from pretty much all genres except for rap and hip hop...

What you can't stand:Annoying kids who think they are the only ones who matter in the world because of the clothes that they wear, especially the ones who want to be your best friend one day out of the school year because you wear clothes they like and the rest of the time they can't go anywhere closer than ten feet away from you... They might catch something!
What you plain dislike:When people don't answer your e-mails even though you really need them to.
Who you admire:I don't really have someone that I just admire I suppose, I'm just not that cool I guess...
What you most love to do:Wouldn't this go under hobbies? But anyway, I like to go on the Barrow-Downs and talk to my best friend(s) about personal stuff.
Your self-confessed flaws:I am a messy perfectionist... if that makes any sense, I procrastinate and I'm a really sarcastic person which comes with flaws of it's own, I over talk. I am the kind of person who would share their life story in an elevator...
What intrigues/fascinates you:The forest and how the trees grow, rain, earthquakes, and other things too, I just can't name them off right now...
What scares you: Very deep water, fish that are not dead, snakes, barnacles (yeah, I know I'm weird), and things that may be prowling in the dark...
Quotation to live by:Never judge a person by his handwriting.

Additional comments:I don't like dogs that much, they drool all over you and beg for attention even when you don't want them there. I really love cats, I suppose I have a passion for cats, they are wonderful, intelligent, beautiful creatures.
I am a Seventh Day Adventist (if you don't know what that is, look it up) and I like to sing. I have been in two musicals and five or six plays. I love English accents, they are much better sounding than American accents...
In sculpture class I made a wonderful little clay model of the Barrow-Downs, complete with sign, everybody in art hated my constant Tolkien related talk, except for Laurinque, which I dragged her butt on here.
Laurinque and I want to travel the world once we graduate from high-school, which probably means we will be going to Oxonmoot....

satansaloser2005

07-03-2008, 02:16 AM

Name (that you go by): Kayla, although it's surprising how many things I answer to (e.g. Sally of course, Shayla (my evil twin from VBS skits we did a few years ago), Midget, Hey You, etc.)
Age: 21, and proud to be one of the few constantly sober overagers on campus
Occupation: student, as well as my actual job which really sucks so I'll just not mention it
Future Aspirations: to become a writer (in particular to write for a Christian theater group, although I don't know how likely that is, so I'll take anything that lets me get the gray cells going)
Goal in life: to serve God with all my life and make an impact for Him, and to make people smile as much as possible in the down time
Short term goals: amusement of others and myself, my "read as much as possible over the summer" regimen, and to graduate from my ruddy college
Passion: my Savior. :) Also, books of course, anything musical or theatrical or otherwise artstastic (except for art itself, as I'm not terribly coordinated drawing or painting-wise). I'm also easily amused, so I'll do anything even remotely entertaining.
Hobbies: reading, making dorky movies, WW (I spend more time on here than I do with my homework during the school year), working with teens at my church and the summer camp I'm staffed at, providing occasional comic relief (aka being annoying but hopefully in an endearing way....heh) to my friends
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): erm. I've got nothing. In my town, everyone's semi-famous, so nothing really counts. I used to be a dang good clarinet player, but that's gone by the wayside so I'm pretty ordinary. And my dad used to always brag to his friends that I was reading Reader's Digest at the age of three or four. But really, isn't that normal? Maybe I'm just weird. Alternatively, everyone knew me as the little kid who got mad if the teachers misspelled anything. Boy, did I get in trouble for that. Hehe, funny story. They put me in the, erm, the "special class" (sorry, don't mean to sound rude, but you all know what I mean) because I never paid attention (I was always reading ahead and got bored) and couldn't talk right (again, YOU try getting your head cracked wide open and functioning normally. Heh). I got kicked out of the special class after about a week of constantly telling the teacher that she wasn't constructing her sentences correctly and that she had to finish the books we were assigned before she could properly pass judgement on them, and that I didn't want to comment on the book discussion because I had finished the book and didn't want to spoil it for the rest of the class. They hated me. *grins broadly*
Oh....heh. My theater professor always introduces me to student prospects as "the nice bouncing girl", as I'm really perky and apparently bounce up and down all jumpy and perky-like when I walk. Actually, for some reason that's how almost everyone introduces me. Weird.

Fave book: Man, that's difficult. I love anything by Ted Dekker, but even among his works....I guess a brief list of my favorites would include all Ted Dekker novels , Princess Bride, Harry Potter (except for....erm, never mind, spoilers), the CSI novelizations (just because I run out of things to read and get desperate), Appearance of Evil, Sherlock Holmes, all the Grimm fairy tales (if you count that as reading), about any devotional book I can get my hands on. Oh, and the Bible. But that should be a given.
Fave movie: Princess Bride. Also, National Treasure (and it's CLEAN!!!!! well, mostly), Chronicles of Narnia, Thr3e, Harry Potter, Pirates of the Caribbean (Care-a-be-an, not Cur-i-bean, just for the record), Back to the Future, pretty much every musical ever (except the Sound of Music), Galaxy Quest, the Prestige, a bunch of old Disney movies, A Knight's Tale, etc. I'll shut up about movies now. I have like 150 of them, so enough said.
Fave TV show (not in the original, but I added it for kicks): Doctor Who. Also, most shows that are now on TV Land
Fave sport: Hate them all. no further discussion needed.
Fave store: Barnes and Noble. Duh. (Alternatively: Voldemart (Walmart). Everyday evil at low prices. ;))
Fave music: Stellar Kart, Relient K, dc Talk, almost any Christian rock. 50's, 60's, soundtracks to anything good

What you can't stand: The people I deal with at work. Erm, I mean....Sorry. Couldn't resist. When people are completely oblivious to other's feelings, especially after being confronted about it. Alternatively, people *cough* Fred Phelps....(can I say that on here? Meh.) *cough* who are "Christians" but either act like the world or choose to ignore the trouble that the world is in and turn their backs/treat people like crap because of their mistakes. People, people, please. Everyone needs Jesus, and just because you've figured that out doesn't mean you're better than those who haven't. So don't pretend otherwise.
What you plain dislike: Bananas, coconut (actually, I think I may be allergic to coconut, but that's beside the point), anything spicy, and my now-obvious fixation with food. Also, Nebraska weather and crappy phone batteries. Oh, and Russell T. Davies. Fellow Doctor Who fans, I feel your pain. Heh. People who don't close their parentheses. Seriously. I got detention in elementary school for correcting a note from my teacher.
Who you admire: Jesus. A few of my friends who hold me accountable for all my crap and live up to their own advice. My father, who managed to be a really awesome guy even when he was dying.
What you most love to do: sleep. Curse of the narcoleptic. And multitask. Curse of the ADD/IQ>130 woman with the urge to get done as much as possible as soon as possible. :p
Your self-confessed flaws: I'm kind of....well, I'm easily offended in a way, too much of a girl I suppose. That and my mouth gets away from me. A lot. Which I hate, because then I feel crappy about it for like ever. Pretty much I make dumb jokes or get all weird when I'm nervous or upset. Meh.
What intrigues/fascinates you: Hmmmm. Shiny objects? Hehe. Pretty much everything I've mentioned before.
What scares you: "Well, almost every species has an irrational fear of the dark. But they're wrong. It's not irrational." (Double points for the reference, yes? Yes.) Ummmm, I'm clumsy, so I don't like sharp objects. And heights. Too many head traumas from me going "Oh, look! What's tha....*splat!*". And my mother wonders why I'm an idiot.
Quotation to live by:"My heart always cowers in the defense of my wit." --Cyrano--
Additional comments: "I just wasted ten seconds of your life." --Relient K--
Heh. Thanks for humoring me. I couldn't sleep and figured this was more productive than anything else I could be doing at 3am.

~~Sally~~

Eomer of the Rohirrim

07-03-2008, 03:28 AM

Name that you go by: Neil. All my other nicknames have been out of use for a while now.
Location: Not Aberdeen, Scotland any more. Utrecht, the Netherlands. Both beautiful cities.
Age: 24
Future Aspirations: To marry Eva/Cailín. To get a job I enjoy, to play in a band and to play lots and lots of computer games! Also to learn a few more languages. And visit places, including Iceland, Faroes, Norway and Greenland.
Goal in life: Much like Bilbo, to finish my book.
Short term goals: Keep improving my Dutch. Het gaat al heel goed, hoor. Read more books and find more great music.
Passion: Aberdeen Football Club and Mediaeval Icelandic history.
Hobbies: Playing Championship Manager 2001/2, the greatest game ever.
Famous for: Emigrating, and immigrating. Also scoring the first ever goal for Forehill Primary seven-a-side fitba team. :D

Fave books: Tolkien, Iceland sagas, history, war, philosophy. And my book. :)
Fave movie: The Godfather.
Fave TV show: The Simpsons. Nothing else comes close.
Fave sport: Fitba. Aberdeen and Scotland, STAND FREE!
Fave music: Metal. Moonsorrow, Ensiferum, Týr, Finntroll, and lots of others. Also love Sigur Rós and classical. Satan-praising black metal is a big favourite, as is so-called Viking metal.

What you can't stand: Peas and broccoli. Business-talk (particularly misuse of 'concept' and 'philosophy' and chat-speak.
What you plain dislike: Closed minds.
Who you admire: Eirik the Red.
Self-confessed flaws: Lazy. Good for nothing. Thinks of good things to say/do after the event.
What intrigues you: Concepts (the real kind (that's a philosophy joke)). Also, the question of how many boar would be required to conquer London, and thence the world -- keep in mind they will be assisted by no fewer than ten Black Dragons. Countless hours have been spent discussing boar in Archie's (my spiritual home) over drinks as varied as the delightful pear cider of Kopparberg, whose beauty is without equal in the beverage world, and mighty Herold Black.
What scares you: The thought of wasting my time doing things I don't want to. Also: the wrath of Odin.
Quotation to live by: Obey the Warg.

Additional comments: Edited to add some things that needed adding. Though here I must give thanks to our guinea pigs, Fiona the Demoniac, Mephala, Rhea and Fand. Also, thanks to the Warg and Warg Rider Appreciation Thread.

Lhunardawen

07-03-2008, 08:43 AM

Isn't it Mephala the Ranger? ;)

Eomer of the Rohirrim

07-03-2008, 11:15 AM

It's funny that. Cailín thinks her full name is Mephala the Ranger. I will have nothing to do with 'Rangers' (see 'Passion' in my post) and thus she is Mephala to me. If nothing else, Elmo will understand what I mean.

This, incidentally, also explains my complete hatred of Aragorn. ;)

Edit: that will be unclear to most of you. It's a football thing.

Aganzir

07-03-2008, 03:48 PM

Name (that you go by): Maria; Pixie Dick to some Downers.
Age: 20. I was born on the winter solstice shortly after midnight.
Occupation: English literature major with art history, gender studies & Hungarian as minors. On my spare time I do things for Amnesty International.
Future Aspirations: Move into a city called Jyväskylä with my three closest friends and live together in a happy platonic polyamorous relationship that involves staying up late roleplaying.
Goal in life: Enjoy myself.
Short term goals: Paint my Seven Deadly Sins series that I've been contemplating for a couple of years already.
Passion: Homoerotic art, lions, Ancient Rome, fictional villains and the human body.
Hobbies: Artsy things, tabletop RPGs, books, Linux and writing letters to dictators.
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): I'm the assertive girl with the freakish long nails and a thing for Scar.

Fave book: The Etched City (Bishop), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Hugo), the Moomin books (Jansson), A Song of Ice and Fire series (Martin), Iron Council (Miéville), Blindness (Saramago), The Lord of the Rings (Tolkien), Orlando (Woolf).
Fave movie: The Lion King (Disney) & J'ai tué ma mère (Dolan).
Fave sport: Mounted archery.
Fave store: Tea shops.
Fave music: Anouar Brahem, Leonard Cohen, Patrick Wolf, Orplid, Nicholas Lens, Pink Floyd, The Art of Noise, BWO.

What you can't stand: Circular reasoning, bigotry and homophobia.
What you plain dislike: People who make promises they can't keep. Alternatively, people who don't know what a promise means.
Who you admire: Everyone who accepts being a tabula rasa and picks up a pencil instead of letting others write their life for them.
What you most love to do: Learn absurd obscenities in obscure languages. Jsem šílená čarodějnice, lízej moje boty! Egy hupikék törpike vagyok és az agyádat eszem.
Your self-confessed flaws: I am controlling and short-tempered.
What intrigues/fascinates you: Blood, fire and power relationships.
What scares you: Someone putting a hand blender into my eye.
Quotation to live by: The sleep of reason produces monsters.

Formendacil

07-03-2008, 08:30 PM

Retaining three year old answers, let's see what's changed...

Name: Michael. Or, to some, Mike. -Still true, except many now habitually call me "Joosten."
Age: 18 +3=21
Occupation: Student/Library Page -Well, I'm still a student, and I still work with written materials, but I'm in university now and I'm an assistant archivist in the summer.
Future Aspirations: Depends on the month, but the most constant of my goals is to become a Priest. If not, then a Dad. Dunno about the day job... -I appear to have totally settled on priest, barring (pun intended) an act of God.
Goal in life: Write and publish a book. -Still would be nice, but right now I'd rather aim to not be monolingual... which will be difficult, given that I'm lazy.
Short term goals: Finish Grade 12 -Finish my BA (one more year...)
Passion: LEGO, Tolkien, Church -And one could probably add "the Barrow-downs"
Hobbies: Reading, writing, posting online, playing with LEGO... -except that I don't have time for all of the above anymore...
Famous for (okay, this is where you get to brag about yourself): Being the smart kid. I've always been known as the smart, or mature kid. The sooner I shed that image, the better. Also known about town as "the boy who wants to become a priest". Great way to avoid matchmaking old ladies, I might add.... -Still known as the smart kid, still known as "wants to be a priest." Also known as "the" Catholic in a couple circles.

Favorite books: The Lord of the Rings, obviously. Anything by Tolkien, for that matter (excepting maybe his "real" scholarly works). Actually like the Harry Potter series as well. Also anything well-written and historical tends to fascinate me. -Haven't read much fiction these past couple years... nothing new anyway. I've read a lot of Philosophy, and enjoyed it... but more the ideas than the actual reading thereof.
Favorite movie: Don't really have a permanent one. Loved the new Peter Pan! -Still nothing permanent, but I would probably pick the Chronicles of Narnia.
Favorite sport: Bunnock That's right, you've never heard of it before... -No change.
Favorite store: Toys 'r Us, or possibly any Mens' Wear store. -TRU is still a big hit, but my idea of good clothes leans ever closer to cassock and surplice.
Favorite music: Classical, Country -And anything liturgical with Latin &/or an Organ.

What you most love to do: Hanging out with friends, go to church, acting, reading, writing, vegetating, sleeping... -same, except I haven't acted in years...
Who you admire: John Paul II, J.R.R. Tolkien, Alec Guiness, and a plethora of others... -most notably including Papa Benedetto, St. Thomas Aquinas, and quite a number of other Catholics.

Oddwen

07-03-2008, 09:30 PM

Name (that you go by): Alice, Evil Alice, Malice and Oddwen are the usuals.

Age: Haa, I actually had to think about it... less than 24.

Occupation: Full-time thrift store, part-time radio.

Future Aspirations: I'd love to raise a family. I'd also like to someday get off my computer and pick up my drumsticks again. And take guitar lessons. And own a car again, so I can sing loudly. Oh heck, let's be honest, I wanna be a rock star.

Goal in life: To be married. To a better rock star than I.

Short term goals: To start a Barrow-Downs rock band. Man, that would be schweet. To get through each day.

Passion: Eating candy, listening to music, reading. I am not an actively passionate person.

Hobbies: Reading, the Sims2, random surfing of the 'net, wasting time.

Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Being the weirdest in a crowd of weirdos.

Fave book: LotR, Pratchett, Sherlock Holmes, most of the Narnia series, Last Unicorn, quite a bit of fantasy.

Fave movie: Ummmm, not so much...The Day the Earth Stood Still, A Tree Grows In Brooklyn, Stargate (original).

Fave sport: Random acts of violence. Having pun.

Fave store: Secondhand stores. Book & music stores, Hot Topic once in a while.

Fave music: Fair to Midland. Muse. Chevelle. A Perfect Circle. Not country, not rap, not girls. My last.fm username is Oddwen.

What you can't stand: Filthiness. Giant, flesh-eating bugs. Being found fault with. Too much silence. Most current female singers.

What you plain dislike: Swearing & vulgarity. Seeing my friends hurting. CGI in a starring role. Being without candy.

Who you admire: People who can do things I like to do better than I can. This does not apply to surfing the 'net. The Chapman Brothers.

What you most love to do: See 'hobbits' (a typo, but I'll keep it)

Your self-confessed flaws: Too often I am content with what I am and not with what I have, when it should be the other way around. I'm also too sneaky for my own good.

What intrigues/fascinates you: Creating/ed little things. The inconsequential intricacies. Symmetry. Asymmetry. Straight lines. Other people. The secrets deep underneath the mountain that no-one else knows. Shopping.

What scares you: The fact that I have to be me for the rest of my life.

Quotation to live by:

"Comfort the Disturbed, Disturb the Comfortable"

"Common sense won't pay the rent and doesn't grow on trees / But splitting hairs will get you anything you need"

Additional comments: Homeschooled and awesome.

Volo

08-18-2008, 12:45 PM

Name (that you go by): You can call me Volo

Age: 17,5

Occupation: high school student

Future Aspirations: Nothing as such. I'll see what happens and where I end up and then decide whether it was good or bad. The current joke is that I'll study every science in universities for the rest of my life.

Goal in life: As for now, nothing much. Not to create too much havoc and keep to my ideals.

Short term goals: Fall asleep in 45 minutes (22:00 I'm doomed to fail) so I could be more awake tomorrow than today.

Passion: For the past year, nothing. I guess a slight passion for learning, creating weird ideals and sticking to them.

Hobbies: Hard one too. I don't have hobbies as such, but as I and a friend decided to call them, some manners of living. Reading books, listening to music, carrying a camera with me, eating, complaining to new friends, trying not to waste my time by playing computer games (notice self-irony). A passive lifestyle, I've become to like it.

Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): ...once being a very active person in Protu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secular_coming_of_age_ceremony#Prometheus_Camp)-circles. I constantly wonder about that, because the truth is that I never did do anything. I'm pretty sure I have a general reputation of being "that weird guy".

Fave book(s): Mostly high fantasy. I prefer dark art.

Fave movie: I have a special, nearly patriotic, loving for 70/80s Soviet films. I enjoy slightly artsy or weird films more than the basic Hollywood stuff. On the other hand, I'm not that strict with my likes and dislikes.

Fave sport: Sports can be enjoyable if the goal is to have fun. I don't do any kind of sports myself and pretty much dislike all serious compeditive sports. The whole idea feels so utterly wrong.

Fave store: The only category I have a favourite store from is music, and cheese (that's from the market). Clothes and books I very rarelly buy.

Fave music: Also waried. Nothing too poppy, rappy, hiphoppy or generally happy (because sad is the happy for deep people ;)), but otherwise pretty much anything goes. I've heard good and bad songs from every genre, currently have 8873 songs on my computer (bless the state libraries) and am listening to Sibelius at the moment. The most I like experimental music, something that no other band does, a distinctive sound.

What you can't stand: I can stand it, but the badly thought sentimental or conservative attitudes people have do drive me mad sometimes. For my own reasons I try to be arrogant myself quite a lot, but that's also something I'm very annoyed by. Surely, greed the most.

What you plain dislike: Travelling, being spoken over...

Who you admire: People who have a goal in their life; who are good in something but don't think less of others who aren't; who have similar thoughts compared to mine.

What you most love to do: Being with friends, doesn't matter much which friends as long as they aren't too sentimental, but somewhat melancholic. Feeling good about being honest. Diving into a good book or hearing some very good song. Feeling beauty in surprising things.

Your self-confessed flaws: A certain lack of feelings and understanding the way people want it. A self-destructive wish to know everything.

What intrigues/fascinates you: Two years ago I wrote "many things", nowadays "nothing really" ...especially much. I'm quite fascinated by most things, but not to a high extend.

What scares you: That one day I might either lose my ideals or become too strong in them. Generally that I or people close to me will become sad or start thinking "wrong". I have an irrational (probably) fear for snakes and the underwater world. Somewhat that my closest friend will go to the States as an exchange student for a year.

Quotation to live by: I have a bad memory for words and sentences so nothing comes to my mind at the moment. And anyway, I've always liked sarcastic, self-ironic, dark, destructive quotations more than those by which I'd like to live by. "Oh well..."

Additional comments: I'm hairier than you.

Groin Redbeard

08-18-2008, 06:03 PM

I'm glad that you posted in this thread, Volo, otherwise I wouldn't have found it. Already I've learned a lot about the Downers and what their characteristics are. :)

Name (that you go by): Zach and known to all my Boy Scout friends as The Ent Man.
Age: 17
Occupation: Highschool Student. I work with my dad and the ranch hands on the family ranch.
Future Aspirations: To find someone that I can confide my every thoughts to. Finding the girl of my dreams. Become stronger!
Goal in life: Join the Military when I finish law school and become a JAG (military lawyer) so that I may defend them against frivolous law suits. Find a wife and raise a family in the country.
Short term goals: Laugh more, spend time with my siblings, read more about he Medieval Ages; become a better leader.
Passion: I love being in the Boy Scouts, spreading my love for Tolkien, history, and John Wayne. My duty to God and my country will always come first in my life.
Hobbies: Reading about history, archery, going on hiking treks, and The Barrow Downs of course. :D
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): For being so tall, I have the reputation for reaching things that others can't get. Being too shy to talk to girls and when I do I stutter so much that my cheeks get red and I lose my breath.
I get comments all the time that I'm a hard worker, which I try to be. For being a ghost: most people don't even know I'm in the room if they're talking about something I don't know; that means I'm either shy, quiet, or observant, you decide I still don't know.

Fave book: All things that are written by Tolkien. I am also a big fan of David MCullough, Jeff Shaara, and Stephen E. Ambrose. All of them noted historians with McCullough focusing on America's founders, Shaara on the American Civil War, and Ambrose on WWII. Liberalism Is A Mental Disorder, My Grandfathers Son, and
Fave movie: Lord of the Rings, Gettysburg, Rambo IV, The Patriot, True Grit, Rooster Cogburn, The Longest Day, Amazing Grace, and Master and Commander
Fave sport: Archery and wrestling with my brother. I enjoy shooting guns and going hunting with my friends, it's one of the few places that I can talk with confidence to them.
Fave store: An outdoor outfitting store called Bass Pro. It's got everything from guns and bows to tents and footwear.
Fave music: I like anything that stirs my emotions, so anything patriotic. I like Classical music and country (they make the best patriotic songs). I can't stand hip-hop or rap! My favorite songs are Heartland, Where the Stars and Stripes and the Eagle flies, and The Battle Hymn of the Republic.

What you can't stand: A know it all who can't stop talking about what he knows and how much you don't know. Inconsiderate people who take you for granted. Protesters, they should just get a life. Superficial relationships with friends, it's just too uncomfortable.
What you plain dislike: People wining about how things aren't fare, pacifists, people who talk to much about nothing, protesters trying to take my guns from me.
Who you admire: A leader can walk the walk and talk the talk and can inspire people. My dad comes to mind, but my true role-models are George Washington, Winston Churchill, Ronald Reagan, and Theodore Roosevelt.
What you most love to do: Be to myself, wherever it might be and read a good book. Being alone with my friends, which aren't all that many, and talking to them about personal things that trouble me. Living in the country where things don't change!
Your self-confessed flaws: I am very anti social and can draw hasty conclusions about people. Things sometimes irritate me when they don't go my way. Can be very stubborn when I am mad and when my temper is at its highest I say things that I immediately regret after I say it.
What intrigues/fascinates you: Great leaders always fascinate me along with the times that they were in. God and his infinite wisdom. All things Tolkien! Where Hookbill gets his news source.:rolleyes:
What scares you: People know more than me always makes me jittery. I also get scared when I meet someone that I like and want to impress, but don't know how. The Scarlet Plague (Communism/Marxism). Girls!!!
Quotation to live by:" If you want something to get done ask a friend to do it for you, but if you want it to get done right do it yourself."

Lindale

08-19-2008, 12:51 AM

Name (that you go by): Consuelo, sometimes Elo

Age: 17

Occupation: 3rd year college student and my cousins' math tutor; add dishwashing fairy and laundry empress to that list.

Future Aspirations: to get a scholarship in Germany. And open a law firm with my Troll.

Goal in life: to get filthy rich. And have a lovely little girl of my own some day.

Short term goals: pass my third year with as little failing grades as possible.

Passion: good food. my biggest passion.

Hobbies: bumming in front of a good book, gardening, cooking the traditional Filipino way (not with those instant mixes), window-shopping in first-class malls and looking for the stuff's cheap counterparts in Quiapo or Divisoria

Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): 17 and already in third year college! :Merisu: and yeah. I am the best cook of nilagang baka you can ever find.

Fave book: apart from Tolkien, it's any nick Nick Joaquin novel or collection of short stories(never heard of him, huh?)

Fave movie: My Big Fat Greek Wedding (yes I do love love stories)

Fave sport: archery (incidentally, the only sport I can play)

Fave store: National Bookstore and Meg (a clothing store, the only place where I buy clothes for more than three hundred pesos)

Fave music: old Filipino kundimans (love songs) played on the piano or the violin. or Nightwish.

What you can't stand:unreasonable course requirements, religious intolerance, people who use Shakespearean English or French in this time and place, and the MCR-inspired contemporary music scene in this country. And instant-mixes and bouillon cubes. Makes the Filipino brain go mush--the young ones don't know how to cook anymore. Sad.

What you plain dislike:nasty little preachers who can't take a hint that you want them to leave and won't leave you alone if they find out you're Catholic (for some reason, they love bugging and trying to convert Catholics), MCR and most "rock bands" in this country

Who you admire: Nick Joaquin--amazing writer. and of course, my dad. and come to think of it, the philo prof who gave me an INC last sem--the first one I'd ever failed--and calmly explained to me why.

What you most love to do: take a deep breath and walk around in the Academic Oval of my school, or go to Baguio City and relax. And fall asleep on my terrace while being serenaded by my mom's playing kundimans on the violin.

Your self-confessed flaws: hubris and religious stereotyping. and a very very nasty temper.

What intrigues/fascinates you: good conversationalists. those who know that Marxism is a dream and yet keep believing in it--I just can't but admire their political stances.

What scares you: big nasty flying cockroaches and rats. DOMs. and suddenly waking up without my dad's magical credit card.

Quotation to live by: now this is something I can't answer at all.

Additional comments: My hair is surely darker than yours. :D

Durelin

08-19-2008, 02:58 PM

Name: Rachel

Age: 19

Occupation: Classics Major (a bum who knows some Latin)

Future Aspirations: Marry my love and have a family, write a novel or something, have a job I enjoy.

Goal in Life: Live as happily ever after as possible.

Short term goals: Get through this next semester.

Passion: Yes, good food. Reading, writing. Roleplaying.

Hobbies: See above + play Lord of the Rings Online

Famous for: Being 'smart', 'unique', or somewhat evil.

Fave book: Til We Have Faces

Fave movie: The Empire Strikes Back, The Fellowship of the Ring

Fave store: ThinkGeek

Fave music: The Cure

What you can't stand: Egos. Monkeys. Bananas.

What you plain dislike: See above + white chocolate. It's not chocolate.

Who you admire: My parents, my Alex, my brother, my friends...many of the people I interact with here on BD.

What you most love to do: Spend time with people I love, read, write, play video games.

Your self-confessed flaws: A certain amount of laziness. Hypocritical-ness. Having a pretty good temper. Finding it easy to 'hate'. Pessimism. Being a worrier. Being socially awkward. Being too 'stiff' sometimes. I could go on.

What intrigues/fascinates you: History, particulalry ancient and medieval history. Dead languages. Archaeology. Fantasy. Arthurian legends. Animals.

What scares you: Lots of things! Failure, evil, ghosts, zombies, spiders (really most 'bugs'), most natural disasters, death.

Quotation to Live by: "Even while a thing is in the act of coming into existence, some part of it has already ceased to be." -Marcus Aurelius

Feanor of the Peredhil

08-20-2008, 02:28 PM

Name (that you go by): Laura

Age: 22

Occupation: graduate student and freelancer.

Future Aspirations: I want to teach the college kids who carry knives and emotional baggage and think they can't write. I also want to sell art without having to take part in the NYC art scene ever again; and publishing books is on my list of significant things to do shortly.

Goal in life: contentment, with regular tea parties.

Short-term goals: beat the odds in this Recession and find a job I like that pays well.

Passion: yes, please.

Hobbies: Amusing others. Coloring. Researching vampirism worldwide.

Famous for: being the youngest person amongst most of my 'groups.'

Fave book: Recently, Angela Carter's 'The Bloody Chamber.'

Fave film: It's just like any other film, only more so.

Fave sport: yoga

Fave store: quiet bookstores and thrift stores.

Fave music: currently pop punk, Middle Eastern, and Eastern European.

What you can't stand: lima beans

What you plain dislike: saurkraut

Who you admire: anybody who is afraid and doesn't let it stop them

What you most love to do: be with the people I love

Your self-confessed flaws: Sometimes I need somebody to be brutally honest with me or I'll keep on ignoring what's right in front of me.

What intrigues/fascinates you: Fossils.

What scares you: crocs. Both footwear and man-eating dino-critter.

Quotation to live by: someday you're going to die.

Additional comments: No comment.

Beregond

12-20-2008, 01:01 AM

Name (that you go by): I go by many names: Ara, Bere, Dez... but I am called Derek by those who know my name.
Age: 21 in 2008.
Occupation: Online student, tech support/webmaster/computer person for family business.
Future Aspirations: To be decently rich but more importantly married, settled, and in a position of security with a job that it better than tolerable.
Goal in life: See above.
Short term goals: Finish schooling. Constantly improve artistic abilities, archery marksmanship, and swordplay. Travel to Europe again.
Passion: Tolkien, travel, art, hockey.
Hobbies: Art, reading, archery, geography, sports (hockey, karate, and football [soccer], ping pong).
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Famous for being humble, hehe. Umm... I've designed some decent websites over the years and run a forum (Rohan). No, I'm not famous. I'll update in a few years. :p

Fave book: Lord of the Rings (with the Silmarillion getting a consideration and The Hobbit running close, along with Narnia and ASoIaF).
Fave movie: Lord of the Rings - yes, as much as I hate parts of it, tis my favourite.
Fave sport: Hockey. I'm Canadian. Love to play it, love to watch it. Go Sens Go!
Fave store: Amazon.com
Fave music: Too many and varied. Howard Shore/Hans Zimmer/Yanni/Weezer/Queen/Hayley Westenra; a very small sample.

What you can't stand: When people get unreasonably upset for little reason. When people in power do selfish acts. Movie stars. 95% of musicians. About 20 scenes/lines in LotR movies. Hypocrisy by political/religious leaders.
What you plain dislike: Debilitating computer errors. The education system. Toronto Maple Leafs.
Who you admire: Winston Churchill, JRR Tolkien, soldiers.
What you most love to do: Travel.
Your self-confessed flaws: Hastiness. Procrastination. Ofttimes lack of self-control. Overemotional. Looking to the past and not the future.
What intrigues/fascinates you: Historical places and things - "some guy built this 2000 years ago - COOL!"; Languages. Geography. The ability to create realistic art.
What scares you: Spiders. Loneliness. Deep water (can't swim). Heights. Orcs, and unstable people with loaded guns.
Quotation to live by: " All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."

Additional comments: Soylent green is people!

Ilya

12-21-2008, 01:39 AM

Even when I have no work I find ways to procrastinate...

Name (that you go by): Sarah
Age: 19
Occupation: Student
Future Aspirations: To make it in the profession that captures my attention.
Short term goals: Make some money so I can study abroad, enjoy college life, get into the major I want, keep pushing my writing
Passion: writing, film, history, tea
Hobbies: fandom, music, fencing, kendo, futzing around photoshop, reading
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): My s'more pie (aka the cardiac attack).
Fave book: Lord of the Rings.
Fave movie: I actually don't have one. I love so many movies for different reasons that I'm incapable picking only one. Gun to my head I might say Empire Strikes Back.
Fave sport: American Football. Geaux Saints!
Fave store: Barnes and Noble
Fave music: I go through phases. Right now I'm really digging Old Crow Medicine Show and The Wailin' Jennys.

What you can't stand: Closemindedness and willful ignorance.
What you plain dislike: Mosquitoes, anchovies, spiders.
Who you admire: My brother
What you most love to do: Watch films/tv with friends, read, write
What scares you: Being left behind
Your self-confessed flaws: Laziness (though I'm getting better), self-doubt, overly shy, very anxiety-ridden.
What intrigues/fascinates you: History, places and worlds not my own
Quotation to live by: Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new at all.

Andsigil

12-21-2008, 04:34 AM

My God, everyone here is so young.

Lalwendë

12-21-2008, 04:38 AM

My God, everyone here is so young.

Oh no they aren't!

*in best pantomime tradition*

There are a lot of 'more mature' people on this site, in contrast to many Tolkien sites! :cool:

Ibrîniðilpathânezel

12-21-2008, 08:56 AM

Name (that you go by): Where? Here? Ibrin, or Ibri. In real life, Mary Jean (though I answer to MJ)

Age: 55

Occupation: at the moment, Life. At other times, composer, freelance musician, writer, artist, designer, seamstress, milliner... bunch of other stuff

Future Aspirations: getting beyond my PTSD

Goal in life: finding a real symphony orchestra to play my symphonies

Short term goals: winning the lottery would be nice, but I’ll settle for finishing a few unfinished projects

Passion: music, astronomy, most of the arts

Hobbies: same as passions, plus gardening, reading, studying odd languages, quilting, other weird crafts

Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Ai. “Famous,” hm? Well, I was once a filksinger and songwriter of some note (partial pun intended), I published a fairly well respected fanzine for some 15 years or so, I had the good fortune to become friends with three out of four of my favorite authors (Tolkien’s the one I missed, drat), and did some beta reading for Anne McCaffrey. I’ve owned several successful businesses of my own, have gotten within a hair’s breadth of having one of my original novels published (I have actually written 39), and have managed to complete six symphonies and four suites inspired by Tolkien’s writings. And I always thought I’d never be more than a song writer. I am also very proud of my father, who headed up one of the divisions of GM that designed subsystems for NASA’s Project Apollo.

Fave book: That’s actually quite difficult to say. LotR is one, but not the only, though it probably had the greatest influence on my life. I have enjoyed many, many books, but my four favorite authors have been Tolkien, Anne McCaffrey, Katherine Kurtz, and Gordon R. Dickson.

Fave movie: Again, impossible to say. The list would be ridiculously long, because what I enjoy changes with my mood.

Fave sport: None. I used to be an avid bicyclist and hiker, but injuries have put an end to those pastimes. And as I prefer to participate rather than observe, I don’t much care for watching sports. Though my family, having its roots in Green Bay, used to worship at the Church of St. Vincent of Lombardi every Sunday when I was a kid.

Fave store: None.

Fave music: Also impossible to say. There is no genre of music or composer thereof that I entirely like or dislike. My greatest influences have probably been Debussy, Ralph Vaughn Williams, Tchaikovsky, Bernard Hermann, Alan Hovhaness, John Williams, George Gershwin, myriad varieties of folk music, music of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, and Gregorian Chant.

What you can't stand: Bullies, hypocrites, control freaks, liars, bigots, narcissists... well, what do you expect for someone trying to recover from PTSD?

What you plain dislike: Mushrooms, beets, insects, and anything else I’m allergic to, anything pickled and anything with mayonnaise.

Who you admire: My voice and composition instructors from my college days. And my Dad.

What you most love to do: Compose music, or sing. Playing instruments is not so easy anymore, alas, because of damage from many severe injuries. Write, draw, bake.

Your self-confessed flaws: I’m a worry-wart, tend to be overly critical of myself, and have a rather explosive temper (the necessary control of which tends to make people think I’m hypersensitive, or emotionally detached. If they only knew...). My self-esteem stinks, and I have abandonment issues from childhood that manifest in very odd ways. I want others to be happy at the expense of my own happiness and self-esteem.

What intrigues/fascinates you: Life, the universe, and myriad things both in and beyond it. Which explains why in Tolkien's world I as most fascinated by the Ainur.

What scares you: Can’t easily be summarized.

Quotation to live by: “If you put your mind to it, you can accomplish anything.” (Doc Brown in Back to the Future).

Additional comments: Who said everyone here is young? Then again, what is “young”? As was said by, of all people, Douglas MacArthur: “Youth is not entirely a time of life: it is a state of mind. It is not wholly a matter of ripe cheeks, red lips, or supple knees. It is a temper of the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions – nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear; as young as your hope, as old as your despair.”

Mithalwen

12-23-2008, 12:44 PM

Oh no they aren't!

*in best pantomime tradition*

There are a lot of 'more mature' people on this site, in contrast to many Tolkien sites! :cool:

I think you will find that a lot of us are in our prime...:Merisu:

Lhunardawen

12-23-2008, 12:59 PM

I think you will find that a lot of us are in our prime...:Merisu:

Perhaps even prematurely, in the case of others. :D

Lhunardawen

12-23-2008, 01:47 PM

Name (that you go by): Lhuna, the Lhunatic, or Abby
Age: turning 20 in eleven days
Occupation: part-time Biology major (graduating in four months!), full-time princess
Future Aspirations: Get into the medical school of my choice, specialise in Infectious Diseases, be a missionary doctor eventually. And maybe meet my husband and start a family along the way.
Goal in life: Hear the words, "Well done, good and faithful servant."
Short term goals: Finish my thesis (and I'm not even halfway through my data gathering *sob*) and graduate on time, as well as not screw up my interview for the med school mentioned above.
Passion: Isn't a self-confessed nerd essentially passionate about learning?
Hobbies: Reading books, writing semi-autobiographical short stories, Downs-ing. Sadly there's not as much time for these as there used to be.
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Getting a 99+ (perfect standard score) in the NMAT. It's an exam pre-med students have to take before they can get into any med school in the Philippines, our counterpart to the MCAT. And I took the exam with practically no study, eight days after my finals 'week' (three days during which I had 7 exams and a paper). I left around ten items in the NMAT blank, completely shotgunned more items, and guessed the answers for even more items. The result I got is not something I brag of bringing about myself, really. Maybe it's a confirmation that the medical field really is for me.

Fave book: I haven't even read it yet, but I already know The Time Traveler's Wife will be a favourite of mine.
Fave movie: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe is still fascinating. The Dark Knight was...highly disturbing. In a not-so-negative way.
Fave sport: volleyball, whether I play it or watch it
Fave store: Powerbooks and Fully Booked - can you tell I'm a fan of bookstores?
Fave music: I'm loving Dave Matthews Band now. I'll always love Goo Goo Dolls.

What you can't stand: the innate anti-crying mechanism I seem to have - it's awful not to be able to cry no matter how hard you try when you really need to
What you plain dislike: the smell of formalin
Who you admire: people who can really, excellently multitask, well-rounded people
What you most love to do: Discuss. Books, love lives, ecological concepts, terror profs, the comical biochemistry employed in Heroes (you need a catalyst to drive an enzyme to function???), whether or not Twilight is too cheesy for anyone's good. Anything interesting to which I can contribute.
Your self-confessed flaws: self-centredness, to an unbelievable extent
What intrigues/fascinates you: structure-function relationships
What scares you: failure, the unknown
Quotation to live by: But there's just too much. I can't quote an entire Book.

Additional comments: It's funny reading your own post to this thread from almost four years ago.

Mithalwen

12-29-2008, 09:23 AM

Perhaps even prematurely, in the case of others. :D

I think it is more a state of mind than an age, my darling neglected girl.

The Might

12-29-2008, 09:44 AM

Btw, does it make sense to update the profile after 1,5 years? :D

Strongbow

12-29-2008, 10:31 AM

Name (that you go by): (Apparently) Bowie
Age: 18 in July
Occupation: Student
Future Aspirations: B.S. in Astrophysics, Physics, and perhaps pick up a B.A. in French while I'm at it
Goal in life: I'd like to be the youngest winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics
Short term goals: complete my IB stuff on time and to the best of my ability
Passion: Knowledge
Hobbies: Watching movies, reading, listening to music, watching sports (hockey, rugby, football, and baseball mostly)
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): making incredibly grades on tests without studying/doing homework
Fave book: One Hundred Years of Solitude, Trinity, and Lord of the Rings
Fave movie: Apocalypse Now, Dune, Star Wars, Gangs of New York
Fave sport: Hockey
Fave store: music stores
Fave music: Grunge, punk (legitimate punk, which means barely anything nowadays, mostly old school and 80s hardcore), rap (mostly nerd rap, but some mainstream rap is bearable), classic rock, funk

What you can't stand: People who are so committed to a viewpoint they can't see past it, but claim they're being self-righteous

What you plain dislike: Waiting in airports, ignorance, and ignorant people who believe themselves to have a lick of substance
Who you admire: My mother, Irish republicans
What you most love to do: Think
Your self-confessed flaws: Too much anger, overuse of irrational dialectic
What intrigues/fascinates you: The universe as a whole, especially black holes and Gamma Ray Bursts
What scares you: Heights
Quotation to live by: "Do not go gentle into that good night/Rage, rage against the dying of the light."- Dylan Thomas

Additional comments:

Valesse

12-29-2008, 09:20 PM

Name: Andrea
Age: 21
Occupation: Student
Future Aspirations: Doctor of Archaeology
Goal in life: To make at least someone else's day brighter every single day.
Short term goals: Run a popular webcomic
Passion: Art, Theater, Archaeology, Anthropology, MMO, online, or Table-top RPGs
Hobbies: Webcomics, Doodling
Famous for: Top High School theaterical make-up designer in the State of Texas (2005)!! I also take part in nasty one liners, and atrocious puns.

Fave book: The Ghost Map.
Fave movie: Star Wars Episode One... because it was pretty.
Fave sport: Frisbee!
Fave store: Bookstores with a good selection.
Fave music: Celtic, 90s Ballads, Old English Ballads

What you can't stand: Constant, unending complaining.
What you plain dislike: Carelessness when it counts.
Who you admire: People from the Greatest Generation.
What you most love to do: Draw, paint, make sets, plan costumes, archaeology, learn about archaeology, language evolution.
Your self-confessed flaws: Lazy and periodically I'm ridiculously apathetic. Other times I say "I'm sorry" waaaay too often.
What intrigues/fascinates you: Archaeology, Plauges... heh...
What scares you: Needing help without having aid; Change.
Quotation to live by: "Treat others how you wish to be treated."

Additional comments:
- I have an identical twin sister
- I'm almost always on MSN, feel free to add me to your list. davaina@hotmail.com (it should appear like (li) spooooky fred (li) )

Laurinquë

10-25-2009, 05:43 AM

Name (that you go by): Robyn, though some people call me Lauri, Robyna, Bunny, or even Woeback.
Age: 17.
Occupation: Bored high school senior.
Future Aspirations: To graduate from high school, have enough time/chaperones/money to go to the British Isles with TheGreatElvenWarrior next summer, and to study botany at a university in the UK next year.
Goal in life: To be happy. To get an education, a job as a horticulturist, and to travel and travel and travel. And maybe to get married and have a child. Who knows.
Short term goals: Getting up in the morning and finishing my homework. And also to get a time machine.
Passion: TGEW knows! But for the rest of you: travel, flowers, being an anglophile, reading, internetting, and imagining.
Hobbies: Internetting! And other things like: reading, gardening, learning words, being outside when there is something other than snow to see, and being a nassty Paul McCartney fan girl!
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Being eccentric, for knowing 'all' about the natural sciences, and for being an intolerable Tolkien fan and anglophile.

Fave book: Ah hem. Why am I on this website? Also: The Red Tent, Siddhartha, and historical fiction in general.
Fave movie: I'm really rather fond of the Beatles film Help! as well as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and Across the Universe.
Fave sport: I did some fencing last year. It was great fun pretending to battle the Nazgûl!
Fave store: Barnes & Noble bookstore. Why? I'm not sure, after all it takes all of my money anway. :(
Fave music: The Beatles (if you hadn't noticed already!), Dido, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Coldplay, and *ducks* ABBA.

What you can't stand: Close-minded people, violence, cold and darkness, those who don't like reading, proofs, and people who value development over the preservation of nature.
What you plain dislike: Writing non-fiction rubbish for school, interacting with people who I don't know, falling into bottomless pits, maths, my spontaneous combustion on the second Tuesday in May, etc.
Who you admire: Lommy! :D And anyone who has the courage to stand up and do what they think is right, whatever it is.
What you most love to do: Be outside on a nice day with my best friend.
Your self-confessed flaws: Procrastination in the extreme and sloth.
What intrigues/fascinates you: Everything! But to be more concrete: evolution, geology, botany, genetics, psychology, and the past.
What scares you: Icebergs, they give me panic attacks. Things in deep water, thinking about the passage of time, the London Underground, and the Empty Child.
Quotation to live by: "Be yourself, whoever you are."

Additional comments: I'm incredibly brilliant only not really. Also that it's 3:30 AM and I have to get up to work as a barrista tomorrow.

wilwarin538

10-25-2009, 08:10 AM

Oh my, I did this back in 2005, hehe, definitely needs some updating (interesting to see how much I've changed)...

Name (that you go by): Vanessa
Age: 19
Occupation: university sophomore in Psychology, and I work at an awesome book store named Chapters
Future Aspirations: to gradute university either from teachers college or with a Child Development Masters
Goal in life: to be a mom
Short term goals: get rid of this flu, and do some homework maybe aswell
Passion: music and I'm gradually getting more and more passionate about working with kids
Hobbies: music, reading, violin, guitar, and WW of course
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): for being a really dumb smart person, no really, I get good grades and am one of the only people most of my friends know who can understand Shakepeare and knows the Greek alphabet, but I say some really dumb stuff

Fave book: well, LOTR (obviously), then Time Traveler's Wife, The Historian, Jennifer Government, Elegance of the Hedgehog, Merchant of Venice, and many others
Fave movie: LOTR, Star Trek, Much Ado About Nothing, Princess Bride, Monty Python, The Incredibles, any and all Johnny Depp films (mainly Sweeney Todd, Benny & Joon, Edward Scissorhands and POTC)
Fave sport: not big on sports, but soccer isn't so bad
Fave store: Chapters, books books books <3
Fave music: Coldplay, The Fray, Lifehouse, Colbie Caillat, John Mayer, Math Nathanson, Eagles, Paramore

What you can't stand: unecassary changes, people who are too afraid to discipline they're children and have obviously never heard of Pavlov, people who don't consider Psychology a ligitimate field of study, and closed-minded evolutionists (open minded ones aren't so bad)
What you plain dislike: talking to people I went to highschool with who's names I can't remember, the colour yellow
Who you admire: my mom
What you most love to do: listen to music loudly while driving at night, best thing ever
Your self-confessed flaws: procrastination, and maybe a bit too stubborn
What intrigues/fascinates you: music, haha, uhm, Psychology and Greek/Roman History/Myths
What scares you: deep water, creepy sounds in the dark, being on the second level of my house when I'm the only one home (first floor is just fine, don't even ask me why)
Quotation to live by: "Be yourself, whoever you are." (Laurinque's, I'll keep it)

Additional comments: uhm, you guys are the coolest!!! haha :D

Hakon

10-25-2009, 09:20 AM

Name: Alexander although I go by Alex. I do have some friends who call me Prince Ali, there is a long story behind that. My health teacher calls me by my last name.
Age: 15
Occupation: Sophomore in highschool
Future Aspirations: Right now just to graduate high school and then college. I am still not sure where I want to go with my life.
Goal in life: To succeed and maybe one day actually be happy.
Passion: Learning, writing, reading, watching great films and tv series and expressing my opinions.
Hobbies:Same as above.
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Being the man with all the answers and opinions. I am also famous for being cynical and always looking angry.

Fave book: I don't have one. I will just say the current book I am reading which I love. After the War by Frederic Raphael.
Fave movie: I am not sure. There are some movies I like a lot but not enough for the title of favorite.
Fave sport: My best sport of course, archery. I also like fencing but I am not as good as I would like to be at that.
Fave store: None.
Fave music: Don't have any. It depends entirely on my mood well not really my mood but what I feel like listening to. I will shut up now.

What you can't stand: Close minded people, obese people, religious nut jobs, my mother, our current school system, my sister, certain songs, George W. Bush and the current way the world is heading.
What you plain dislike: The same as above and a few more things which I am listing in the next sentence. People who think they know everything about relationships and people who are obsessed with a certain food.
Who you admire: My father, my fathers father, Rod Serling, William James Sidis, Daniel Tammet, Tolkien, Lovecraft and many many more.
What you most love to do: Look at hobbies and sports.
Your self-confessed flaws: Not really sure what they are as in I am not sure if I want to post about my flaws.
What intrigues/fascinates you: Everything to an extent. Pretty much everything except for stuff I don't care about such as celebrities and all of that stuff.
What scares you: Spiders, snakes, anything in the deep sea which is why I love to write about sea monsters and other stuff like that and finally my greatest fear of all ladybugs.
Quotation to live by: Look at my signature.
Additional comments: I have none.

skip spence

10-25-2009, 10:20 AM

Name (that you go by): Peter
Age: I was so much older then I'm younger than that now
Occupation: Selling my body and time to afford the things I like to do
Future Aspirations: Trying to combine the things I like to do with work or committing the perfect crime so I need not work for money
Goal in life: Be as happy as I can without making anyone else unhappy
Short term goals: Finish and publish a book I'm working on
Passion: Music, Literature, other physical and aesthetic pleasures
Hobbies: Music, writing, sports, out-doors activities like fishing and hiking, seeing the world (but I don't care for actual travelling)
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Not much for bragging

Fave book: Oh there are many... Everything by Tolkien obvioulsy, Naked Lunch by Burroughs, Heart of Darkness by Conrad, Dispatches by Herr, Master and Margarita by Bulgakov, Lolita by Nakobov, A Clockwork Orange by A Burgess, The Sheltering Sky by Bowles. a few Scandinavian books you wouldn't know of (well maybe the other Scandinavians would...er I could I could go on and on.
Fave movie: Not much of a movie-buff but I'll go for Clint Eastwood's The Unforgiven
Fave sport: Football, playing tennis and shooting pool
Fave store: A certain second hand books and vinyl store
Fave music: Most (but far from all) of what I like was recorded before I was even born. I like music from a lot of genres and at the moment I've a thing for fusion and jazzy rock like The Soft Machine, Steely Dan, Zappa, Miles Davies etc. I'm a big Dylan fan and feel that the Kinks could do no wrong 1966-71.
What you can't stand: Intolerance, Hypocrisy, Bureaucracy, modern society's craze for security and control
What you plain dislike: Most of what is played on radio or shown on regular cable TV
Who you admire: My parents, Leonard Cohen
What you most love to do: ******* **** and then ******* **** while spinning great tunes on the turntable. Spending quality time out in the nature, especially in Norwegian fjords
Your self-confessed flaws: Procrastination, mood driven social ineptitude
What intrigues/fascinates you: Existance, space and time
What scares you: The dark side of group mentality, the truth
Quotation to live by: Hm. how about: Deserve's got noting to do with it, spoken by Eastwood's character as he shoots Gene Hackman in the above mentioned film

Additional comments: Interesting to read what other members have written, but you're rarely surprised, are you? You get a pretty good feel for who someone is by reading what they post on a forum like this I think. Sometimes ever better than people you meet almost every day in real life...

Loslote

10-25-2009, 06:55 PM

Name (that you go by): Here, Lottie or Loslote; in RL, Kristen
Age: 15
Occupation: Student
Future Aspirations: Physics professor...eventually.
Goal in life: to die in my sleep.
Short term goals: not to have cold feet in the morning.
Passion: Tolkien (um....possibly didn't need to include that)
Hobbies: reading, writing (humorous fanfics and poems), drawing (mostly elves), eating (usually food), sleeping (as often as possible)
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Being way to o nice. So are pretty much all of my friends. If two of us get to a door at the same time, we'll wait for the other to go in first until the end of the world. Also, in my house, food goes to waste really often because we don't like to eat the last of anything in case someone else wants it. Also, I'm famous for my memory. I can remember anything I read. Not exactly photographic, but similar. And for my randomness.

Fave book: Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen
Fave movie: The Importance of Being Ernest by Oscar Wilde
Fave sport: Can reading count?
Fave store: Um...Amazon?
Fave music: Country

What you can't stand: the cold.
What you plain dislike: Improper grammer. (and yet, look at all of my responses. :rolleyes: )
Who you admire: My mom.
What you most love to do: read/write/draw
Your self-confessed flaws: I am far too trusting; I am seldom serious; and I depend far too much on the good opinion of others, which leads me to try to please everyone way too often; I can never say no to anything.
What intrigues/fascinates you: trivial knowledge.
What scares you: disapproval.
Quotation to live by: "I never put off till tomorrow what I can possibly do the day after."

Additional comments: Thinking...thinking...nope. I got nothing.

TheGreatElvenWarrior

11-01-2009, 07:37 PM

What you can't stand: the cold.

I think you might have a little problem here.:p

Lush

11-04-2009, 05:54 PM

Awww, what a great thread this is. Glad to see it was revived.

It's odd, I filled this thing out over 6 years ago, and I don't think I've changed a whole lot. I still listen to Manu Chao and even write about sports occasionally. Maybe I stopped evolving and am now slowly becoming a degenerate. (Or was I always a degenerate? Hm, yeah, don't answer that...)

The Saucepan Man

11-21-2009, 07:25 PM

My original response was on the first thread, which seems to have been lost in the mists of time. So here we go again ...

Name (that you go by): There are some who call me ... Tim
Age: 42
Occupation: Korprat-Loyer
Future Aspirations: I am pretty much contented with my life - so more of the same, I suppose.
Goal in life: To see my children grow up happy, healthy and successful in whatever they choose to do.
Short term goals: To finish this questionnaire.
Passion: My family.
Hobbies: Board games, Sport (as a spectator, natch), Internet browsing, Making Playlists on my I-Pod.
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): At the moment, giving up smoking after 22 years on 20+ a day. 7 months and still struggling (but still going).

Fave book: Difficult to pick out one. Other than The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit etc, probably The Magus and Wuthering Heights. I recently enjoyed Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Northern Lights and Cloud Atlas, and have been working my through Terry Pratchett's Discworld series. Currently reading Bad Science.
Fave movie: Again, difficult to pick out one. So here's a huge list instead: Alien, Blade Runner, Brazil, A Bridge Too Far, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Cloverfield, ET the Extra-Terrestrial, Ghostbusters, Jurassic Park, King Kong, The Lord of the Rings, Life of Brian, Lost in Translation, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Pan's Labyrinth, Shaun of the Dead, Star Wars, The Terminator, The Thing, Toy Story, 12 Angry Men, 28 Days Later.
Fave sport: Football (England and Chelski), Cricket (England) and F1 (Button and Hamilton).
Fave store: The Game Shop in Aldershot. And anywhere else that sells board games.
Fave music: Once again, it is impossible to pick out any one style or group, so it has to be another huge list: Air, The Arcade Fire, The Beatles, Blur, David Bowie, Kate Bush, The Charlatans, The Chemical Brothers, Coldplay, The Cure, The Divine Comedy, Dodgy, Doves, Elbow, Feeder, The Feeling, The Fratellis, Goldfrapp, Gomez, Gorillaz, Kasabian, The Kinks, Lemon Jelly, Madness, Mansun, Oasis, Pink Floyd, REM, Radiohead, The Rolling Stones, Scouting for Girls, The Specials, The Stone Roses, The White Stripes, The Who, Robbie Williams. And much much more. I love music me.

What you can't stand: People who dawdle. Wherever - whether shuffling in the tube, bumbling around on the pavement, or pootling along on the motorway. I hate dawdlers.
What you plain dislike: Those who demand their rights without acknowledging their responsibilities.
Who you admire: The wonderful Mrs S.
What you most love to do: Listen to Music. Drink wine. Play board games with Mrs S. Preferably all three at the same time.
Your self-confessed flaws: Laziness and perfectionism. Which is an appalling combination. I want things to be perfect, but I'm generally too lazy to make them so myself ... :rolleyes:
What intrigues/fascinates you: Mysteries. Although I am a lot less credulous and superstitious than I was in my younger days.
What scares you: Spiders. I am a pathetic arachnophobe. As are the rest of the family. Which makes dealing with spiders in the house rather tricky.
Quotation to live by: Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

Additional comments: Do I get the job?

HerenIstarion

11-22-2009, 02:21 AM

Hello Saucepan Man, nice to make your acquaintance anew :) Rushing off right at the moment, but I guess I'll follow your lead and will make an update too when I get back home this evening

Lush, pity there is no smile for a :kiss: in here :rolleyes:

skip spence

11-24-2009, 11:23 AM

Quotation to live by: Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
That is a good quote. Nice to see a fellow Kinks-fan on the board by the way :)

Lindale

11-24-2009, 09:19 PM

I wrote mine a year ago, and while not much has changed, I'm bored. :Merisu:

Name (that you go by): Consuelo or Elo
Age: 19
Occupation: *still* a student
Future Aspirations: be rich within the confines of my morality, I suppose.
Goal in life: erm... pass.
Short term goals: To graduate on time.
Passion: good food!
Hobbies: sleeping.
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): I get to graduate before 20? Is that a good thing?

Fave book: Apart from Tolkien... it's mostly obscure Filipino writers other Filipino kids my age don't even know (unless they're my classmates). Like NVM Gonzales and Nick Joaquin.
Fave movie: Daddy Day Care, and then rom-coms like Love Actually and My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Fave sport: gave up on sports a long time ago.
Fave store: anything that sells good shoes, good books at good prices, and good clothes.
Fave music: Filipino kundimans (love songs with a heavy classical influence)

What you can't stand: People who yank their horns on the street all day long.
What you plain dislike: Contradicting instructions by government agencies.
Who you admire: the people who stick with me. :D
What you most love to do: Listening to music while reading a good book or trying out a new dish
Your self-confessed flaws: The most arrogant person I'll ever meet.
What intrigues/fascinates you: Philosophy.
What scares you: Flying insects, crawling insects, snakes, and the like. Also heights--you can never take me to rappel or wall-climb, although I have nothing against planes.
Quotation to live by:

Additional comments: I'm really bored at the moment. Sorry for the inconvenience :(

Mithalwen

11-25-2009, 06:27 AM

I have a growing list of Downers to avoid contact with because I already fall into their can't stand categories...

The Saucepan Man

11-27-2009, 10:23 AM

That is a good quote.Benjamin Franklin, I believe, and still relevant today. In fact, particularly so at present.

Nice to see a fellow Kinks-fan on the board by the wayWaterloo Sunset is one of my top songs of all time. :)

I have a growing list of Downers to avoid contact with because I already fall into their can't stand categories...Ah well, exceptions can always be made for friends and family. After all, my children can be terrible dawdlers, but it won't really do for me not to stand them for it ... :D

Nerwen

11-29-2009, 03:45 AM

I have a growing list of Downers to avoid contact with because I already fall into their can't stand categories...

Ah, so you're a dawdling, intolerant, horn-blowing flesh-eating bug who is also Hakon's sister? Well, well.

Lush

11-29-2009, 06:14 AM

I have a growing list of Downers to avoid contact with because I already fall into their can't stand categories...

You're my reflection in the mirror on Monday mornings?!?!?!?! This is so Alice in Wonderland-esque...

:D

Mithalwen

11-30-2009, 05:21 AM

If Monday mornings tend to make you look about 15 years older with a drastically increased BMI and going grey... could be.... though I didn't look as good as you alas when I was younger, thinner etc

I do have vivid memories of being told not to dawdle but I think that is the fate of a youngest child... but I have protested in my time and anyone too keen on the possession of firearms scares the bejasus out of me.:(

Isabellkya

12-29-2009, 03:17 AM

Name (that you go by): Christina or Tina
Age: twenties
Occupation: Assistant and occasional watcher of niece and nephews
Future Aspirations: To own/live on a few acres out in the country/hills.
Goal in life: I've always wanted a pet cow.
Short term goals: For it to snow before spring time.
Passion: The Outdoors
Hobbies: Anything involved with being outdoors.... hiking, treasure hunting, camping... etc. Cooking, taking pictures, drawing, and painting.
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Nickname: Incognito, because I always wear sunglasses.

Fave book: Russian short stories
Fave movie: Princess Bride, The Goonies
Fave sport: When I played - volleyball and track.
Fave store: Any bookstore. Antique stores.
Fave music: Rock, metal, alternative, Frank Sinatra - almost a little bit of everything.

What you can't stand: Intolerance
What you plain dislike: meat
Who you admire: My mother
What you most love to do: Be outside
Your self-confessed flaws: I'm quiet and cold
What intrigues/fascinates you: History, languages, bugs, animals..
What scares you: Insanity
Quotation to live by: "Smile!"

Additional comments: It is hard to choose just one favorite..

....edit... ~ twelve hours later and... SNOW! xD

mark12_30

03-02-2010, 08:45 PM

Name (that you go by): Helen, Lindolonde
Age: pushing fifty
Occupation: Systems analyst
Future Aspirations: Publish an album... and get to heaven... see my sons enter college, or the military of their choice.
Goal in life: Oh. See above.
Short term goals: Jsut started a Masters Program.
Passion: Ummm... I guess it's telling that I can't think of one. I think that is not good.
Hobbies: Stamping; music; Tolkien.
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Guitar & vocals, on a small scale...
Fave book: Right now? "Bolco Returns to the Shire".
Fave movie: Secondhand Lions; LOTR trilogy; ...
Fave sport: biking to the bus stop. I used to Mountain Bike.
Fave store: Stamping stores....
Fave music: Hobbitons (Tra la la lally), Starlit Jewel (Elvish Lullabye, I sang of Leaves), a Stephen Oliver's BBC Tolkien (Gil Galad was an elven King) and (his mannish stuff was very mannish) and a little TOlkien Ensemble (Love their Galadriel and their Aragorn) (and their Ent and Entwife).

What you can't stand: Politics, cruelty, arrogance.
What you plain dislike: perfectionism
Who you admire: My mother and my aunt and my dad
What you most love to do: This sounds wierd but right now I'm rereading some of my old fanfics. I've forgotten most of it so it's like reading someone else's stuff.
Your self-confessed flaws: Easily distra-- what was that?
What intrigues/fascinates you: Today? Nothing. Stress is probably causing that.
What scares you: a to-do list that is wayyyyy too long.
Quotation to live by: "I would have despaired, unless I had believed I would see the goodness of God in the land of the living."

Additional comments: Looking for Lorien around every corner...

TheGreatElvenWarrior

06-24-2010, 04:05 AM

Updated 17 January 2013

Name (that you go by): Tabitha, Tabby, Tutu, Baroness Tabitha of Sealand, Lady Great, and pretty much anything that is not 'Ickletabithakins' or any variation thereof.

Age: Almost nineteen.

Occupation: Baroness, Small business owner. I run a shop on Etsy. So far nothing has sold, but I've got time.

Future Aspirations: Own a tea shop (I am thinking that it would be interesting to run a health spa/resort type of place with a focus on tea). I would love to work in a tea plantation for a year or two. Travel the world. Go to a ball. Design evening gowns. Own an English manor house. Travel back in time. Marry someone obscenely rich so I don't have to work if I don't want to. :p

Goal in life: To find a place in life where I am happy with myself and my surroundings, where I have close friends and trust. Where I don't have to worry about money.

Short term goals: Attend university, travel to Finland (which could turn into the same goal, who knows). Make some money sounds good too. Add to my wardrobe so I can dress up in styles from all of my favourite periods of history. Garden, and grow organic food. Have the ability to start composting.

Passion: Everyone knows that I love tea, Britain, Alaska, Tolkien, and Doctor Who. I also have an interest in fashion (mostly historical), food, history, and writing (mostly the act itself. I love calligraphy).

Hobbies: Dressing up (currently searching for a Downton Abbey-esque ensemble), making tea, drinking tea, Downsing, gaming, not shopping, going out to eat, ballroom dancing.

Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Knowing about tea. Being the loudest and most jubilant. Knowing more Bealtes songs (and general Beatles trivia) than many other people. Being obsessed with this weird website called the Barrow-Downs. <-- Apparently not much has changed.

Fave book: The Lord of the Rings, the Slimarillion, the Hobbit, the Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy, the Great Gatsby, Harry Potter, The Guernsey LIterary and Potato Peel Pie Society, The Harney and Sons Guide to Tea. Currently I am enjoying For All the Tea in China and My Life in France by Julia Child.

Fave movie: Help!, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the Lord of the Rings, The Holiday, The Adventures of Tintin.

Fave sport: Ballroom dancing.

Fave store: The Kobuk, Summit Spice and Tea, Barnes and Noble, Waterstones, the Twinings shop on the Strand, Etsy.

Fave music: My current favourites: The Beatles, Ella Fitzgerald, Simon and Garfunkel, music one can swing dance to, and KLEF (a classical radio station in Anchorage).

What you can't stand: Insanity (is not insanity doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result?), girls who over bleach their hair and over tan (it looks trashy, so would they kindly stop?), frustration, injustice (oh, so many things can go under this category), abuse, prejudice against the environment.

What you plain dislike: Peanut butter, and jam.

Who you admire: My grandmother, J.R.R. Tolkien, Winston Churchill, my mum, Prince Albert (he was almost revolutionary for his time, and that's why no-on liked him besides his wife).

What you most love to do: Dress up and have tea parties. I guess I am just a little girl inside.

Your self-confessed flaws: My ignorance about most everything, my closemindedness, my tendency to get overly attached to my friends. <- Not much has changed here either.

What intrigues/fascinates you: Earthquakes, the history of tea, history in general, women's studies.

What scares you: Barnacles, the threat of moving away, the deep ocean, the thought of eternity and there not being a definite stopping point, the haunting notion that I am useless/worthless as a human being.

Quotation to live by:

"Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so." - Ford Prefect

Additional comments:
I have no sense of personal space, unless it comes to creepers on buses who look like Fidel Castro that try to smell my hair (that has seriously happened before). And I will tell anything to almost anyone who I have talked to at least once; I am overly trusting with my secrets, which is why I don't have any. I will talk on and on for hours and ramble about a few certain subjects, quite like I am doing here. :o

NerdyNylah8D

06-24-2010, 05:18 PM

Name (that you go by): Nylah, Nylah-La-La, Ny, etc etc
Age:Teenyearsfool (: I is 15
Occupation:Student//Future Best-Selling-Author <33
Future Aspirations:....whaaaaaa?
Goal in life:Go to college, Get my degree, marraige, my 7 kids (yes 7 :Merisu: ), And become an author
Short term goals: Be the best me, and practice that clarinet giiiirl :)
Passion:Writting&&Music<33
Hobbies:Music, Drawing, Writting, Fun,etc etc
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Being awesome :)

Fave book: Either "The Outsiders," "Percy Jackson," or "The Fellowship of the Ring":cool:
Fave movie: OoOoOoOoOoOo- Harry Potter, LotR, Percy Jackson, StarWars....yea I'm that cool :D
Fave sport:BASEBALL <33
Fave store:hmmm....Hot Topic
Fave music: ALL OF IT <33 Music is my liiiiiiife <3 But....Country would probably be it.

What you can't stand: stupid people lol jk
What you plain dislike: Justin Biber and Miley Cyrus
Who you admire: Elijah Wood <333333 <333 (Frodo's mine chickas! ALL MINE :))
What you most love to do: Write and make Music
Your self-confessed flaws: Stuff...
What intrigues/fascinates you: Sci-Fi
What scares you:Orcs....lol jk jk
Quotation to live by: I have like a MILLION quotes

Additional comments: I'm awesome so yea add me :D

NerdyNylah8D

06-24-2010, 05:22 PM

Name (that you go by): Nylah, Nylah-La-La, Ny, etc etc
Age:Teenyearsfool I is 15
Occupation:Student//Future Best-Selling-Author <33
Future Aspirations:....whaaaaaa?
Goal in life:Go to college, Get my degree, marraige, my 7 kids (yes 7 :Merisu: ), And become an author
Short term goals: Be the best me, and practice that clarinet giiiirl
Passion:Writting&&Music<33
Hobbies:Music, Drawing, Writting, Fun,etc etc
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Being awesome

Fave book: Either "The Outsiders," "Percy Jackson," or "The Fellowship of the Ring":cool:
Fave movie: OoOoOoOoOoOo- Harry Potter, LotR, Percy Jackson, StarWars....yea I'm that cool
Fave sport:BASEBALL <33
Fave store:hmmm....Hot Topic
Fave music: ALL OF IT <33 Music is my liiiiiiife <3 But....Country would probably be it.

What you can't stand: stupid people lol jk
What you plain dislike: Justin Biber and Miley Cyrus
Who you admire: Elijah Wood <333333 <333 (Frodo's mine chickas! ALL MINE :))
What you most love to do: Write and make Music
Your self-confessed flaws: Stuff...
What intrigues/fascinates you: Sci-Fi
What scares you:Orcs....lol jk jk
Quotation to live by: I have like a MILLION quotes

Additional comments: I'm awesome so yea add me

Snowdog

08-31-2010, 04:48 PM

Wow... 5 years ago seems like a lifetime ago, and that was the one I updated!

A few things have changed since page 3... maybe I'll update it sometime.

Galadriel55

06-17-2011, 01:07 PM

Name (that you go by): It's unpronouncible in English, so writing it here will only achieve a "paper telephone" effect. But if you call me G55 in RL, I'll respond.
Age: 14 and a half
Occupation: Grade ten student
Future Aspirations: meet as many Downers as possible
Goal in life: to find one
Short term goals: too long a list.
Passion: also a very long list, to be topped by (in no particular order): Downsing, reading, playing piano, climbing trees, climbing anything, snowball fights, chocolate, geography, and a bunch of other things that I don't remember at the moment.
Hobbies: Downsing, playing piano, reading, bicycling, algebra, something else...
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): that depends on where I am. At home I'm known for sitting in my room all day. At camp - for always being hungry and for eating apples off some wild crab-apple tree that grows near the campus. At school - for being in love with algebra. Here - I dunno, you say yourself.

Fave book: I classify books into 3 categories: unworthy of my time and attention, excellent, and above and beyond. The last categoty is overflowing with books in both English and Russian. But I need one book... uhhh.. aside from Tolkien's... Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Fave movie: My favourite English movie is Love Story
Fave sport: Probably volleyball and pioneerball
Fave store: Dollarama :p
Fave music: What I call the "previous generations' music", some classical, very little modern stuff

What you can't stand: people who try to English-ise my name, and turn it into Eugenia or Jane or something of that sort.
What you plain dislike: homework
Who you admire: My mother and great-grandmother, JRRT, Jack London
What you most love to do: nothing. :)
Your self-confessed flaws: I exaggerate, I talk too much, I don't know what I want, I'm ridicuously lazy; I could go on for another page...
What intrigues/fascinates you: just about everything.
What scares you: responsibility and the unknown
Quotation to live by: I have many, and they change with my mood, but if I had to choose one, it would be:

Life is but a story. Make sure your own story is worth telling.

Additional comments: I am weird.

Aganzir

11-19-2011, 01:42 PM

Three years is a very long time. I updated mine (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showthread.php?p=561447#post561447).

Galadriel55

01-13-2013, 06:42 PM

Name (that you go by): Still unpronouncable in English. :p
Age: 16
Occupation: Grade 11 student, tutor, sports coach (for very little kids...)
Future Aspirations: meet as many Downers as possible
Goal in life: travel the world
Short term goals: finish my English assignment. Slightly more long-term... decide on approximately what I want to do in Uni and beyond
Passion: climbing. Chocolate. Stuff.
Hobbies: Downsing, playing piano, reading, trumpet, short-lived artsy inspirations...
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Being PessiMistic (yes, it has 2 capital letters), complaining, folding paper plates into origami, semi-falling from a 2-ish storey height and scaring everyone (but it was quite fun)...

Fave book: a Russian book callef A Zori Zdes' Tihiye (The Dawns Are Quiet Here)
Fave movie: A Russian movie called Ofitsery (Officers)
Fave sport: Probably volleyball and pioneerball. Also love silks (the aerial ones - but what's the sport for them?).
Fave store: Dollarama (still).
Fave music: Russian Bard genre

What you can't stand: still, people who try to English-ise my name, and turn it into Eugenia or Jane or something of that sort.
What you plain dislike: popular things, if I don't see anything good in them
Who you admire: My mother and great-grandmother, JRRT, Jack London
What you most love to do: nothing. :D
Your self-confessed flaws: I exaggerate, I complain too much, I rant, I'm sometimes (read: often) hypocritical... I leave things half-finished.
What intrigues/fascinates you: mythologies, ancient history, etymology, languages, infinity and related things (time, space, universe, etc), the World Wars (the history, not... the other stuff :eek:).
What scares you: University, and the prospect of studying for half my life.
Quotation to live by:

Life is but a story. Make sure your own story is worth telling.

There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want - so true!!

Additional comments: I am weird. That summs it up.

Rikae

01-13-2013, 11:26 PM

It's been... six years? :eek: Guess I could get away with updating.

Name (that you go by): Mom? Mom? Mom? Moooom!
Age: Just came of age (as a hobbit).
Occupation: Scholar, teacher, maker of pretty pictures.
Future Aspirations: Grow 1000 potatoes.
Goal in life: My own Wikipedia page.
Short term goals: Download the misty mountains theme.
Passion: Tolkien, music, trees, coffee.
Hobbies: Reading, gardening, camping, trolling.
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Impersonating the seer in every game.
Fave book: LoTR. 25 years and a master's in literature didn't manage to knock it off its pedestal.
Fave movie: Pan's Labyrinth
Fave sport: Skyrim
Fave store: Etsy
Fave music: Radiohead, Mogwai, Lindsey Stirling, Smashing Pumpkins, Florence + The Machine, Godspeed you Black Emperor.
What you can't stand: The sound of chalk on a blackboard, or the (similar) sound of squeaking styrofoam. <- has not changed.
What you plain dislike: Beer, small talk, and all TV.
Who you admire: Several 'downers. :D
What you most love to do: Paint.
Your self-confessed flaws: Some might say I have a bit of a temper. :rolleyes:
What intrigues/fascinates you: Other cultures, the arts, mythology, language, the human mind.
What scares you: Decapitation is rather nasty. Also butterflies.
Quotation to live by:
"Make good art."
http://zenpencils.com/comic/50-neil-gaiman-make-good-art/

Additional comments:
Mith, you aren't made of styrofoam, are you?

Mithalwen

01-16-2013, 06:23 AM

Oh dear have I been squeaking annoyingly or is this a cunning ploy to discover if I weigh the same as a duck so you have an excuse to burn me? :(

Rikae

01-16-2013, 02:02 PM

:D

Just replying to your post at the top of the page - which I now realize is four years old!

Mithalwen

01-17-2013, 05:15 AM

Oh that is a relief. Had forgotten after so long. Not made of polystyrene but still a Shakespeare loving francophone who is freaked by gun obsession, dawdles and protests.

Lovely to see that a few out the young folk have achieved some of their ambitions.

TheGreatElvenWarrior

01-17-2013, 01:43 PM

Three years is a very long time. I updated mine (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showthread.php?p=561447#post561447).

I updated mine (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showpost.php?p=632731&postcount=168) as well. I have reached the point where many of these All About Yous are no longer helpful because I know a few Downers so well. :)

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