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My names Sam i live in Nottinghamshire ... the most violent shire in England go figure according to the BBC . I'm 18 at uni doing Games Development degree hopefully going in to games design. I used to play bass but left my band and haven't played much since. I still love music Hip hop such as Jurassic 5.

I play all games and its my main interest but i also read alot of gothic science fiction mainly because it originated from Nottingham and its brilliant. My other main interest is parachuting alot and love the buzz and plan to go to new Zealand and do it at least once there this year.

My job at the moment is a dessert chief just to pay the bills its hard stressful work glad im not doing it for a career i must admit. Political affiliation = really pissed off at everyone.

Last edited by Recoil555 (2007-02-09 15:19:25)

Ben
26
Lived in Salt Lake City, UT for most of my life.  Have also lived in Rio de Janiero for 2 and a half years, and spent a year traveling through Europe.  I truly love traveling in general and have been to 30-some countries.  I just finished my Bachelors degree at the University of Utah, and will start looking for a new job in the next couple of months.  My job right now is a bit boring, but it is a good job.  I inspect Aerospace parts for Quality Assurance.

Politically, I dont know exactly what I am.  50 years ago I would have been a Democrat here in America, and 20 years ago I would have been a Republican.  Today I can only say that I am mostly just Conservitive (traditional conservative that believes in LESS government).

I am a Mormon.  While some Mormons here dont see me as a very good Mormon, I try to be a good person and follow Christ's example.  I swear a bit much, and love horrible movies, but I try to make sure that I show my gratitude for Christ's sacrifice whenever I can.  I try to treat others well and maintain balance in my life.

Most of my friends are Athiests.  Athiests dont offend me at all.  I love that in todays world people can beleive whatever they want.  I just wish athiests would be as respectful of my beliefs as I am of thiers.

I love the USA, and am proud to live here, but our food sucks.  I love food and wish I could spend more time in Europe and Asia.

Hobbies: No-holds-barred fighting, computer gaming, camping, eating, reading and most of all, my family (I have a hot wife, a daughter, and a son on the way).

Life is good.

Name is Eric, friends call me deez.
28 years old and happily married to Victoria with a 2 year old son named Aaron. Another on the way.
Republican.
I live in South Windsor, Connecticut
I love music: I play guitar and saxophone, a little percussion.
I drive a 2006 Chevy 2500 quad cab
My hobby is music and my boat. I love to fish and hunt and I am very much into lifting weights.
Sports teams- Yankees and the Patriots
Very proud Marine Corps Veteran
I have a BS in Criminal Justice
I like to travel but that was in my single days, been to 27 different countries.
I suck at video games but I am good at guitar so I am happy with my finger skills, and so is my wife.
I used to go to parties only to take craps in the top part of the toilet, its called an "upper decker".

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K, I'll bite.

I'm Robin. 20 years old, currently a code monkey in training for a startup IT company, and an office temp. I'm 6'2", skinny, but I cycle enough to keep a decent amount of muscle definition and 6-pack abs. I live in Twyford, in south-east England, which is next to Reading on the Great Western main line, the old London-to-Bath road, the A4, and the M4, and also right under the approach path to Heathrow.
My hobbies are as follows:
Wargaming (warhammer 40K mainly)
Roleplaying (DnD, Shadowrun, Inquisitor in various forms, and online freeform)
Gaming (BF2, trying to break Deus Ex, UT, Dawn of War, and G-mod)
Cycling
Reading (sci-fi novels for the most part, but branching out into techno-thriller, cyberpunk, and millitary non-fiction stuff)
Travelling
Karate (a new aquisition, started last week)

I fall into the 'alternative' subculture (metalhead, specifically), with a heavy helping of 'nerd' as well. As such, I wear the black clothing, chains, spikes, and heavy boots, but do so while playing DnD with the guys I went to school with, or playing Halo with my gaming buddies. I'm also an atheist, so don't bombard me with religious crap because you'll either get ignored or I'll get pissy.
I have dyspraxia and asberger syndrome, which means I have issues with balance and coordination, while being autistic at the same time. This leads to many problems, most importantly my tendency to walk into things, extra-sensitive senses, wierd mental wiring, and volatile personality. The latter two are the most prominent online, due to there being no doorframes on the internet, and only text. But I still tend to misunderstand things, have encyclopaedic knowledge of some subjects while being completely ignorant of others, and my habit of exploding into violent rage without warning if someone pisses me off.

Politically, I vote Conservative because they're the only ones that do things right, but consider my views to be pretty much fascist.
I believe the only kind of government that gets things done right is a dictatorship. However, I don't trust anyone else to get things right, so I fully believe I should be in charge of the world. I have a rough plan for acheiving this involving a large coilgun situated in Siberia.

Most recent usable pic I have:

Last edited by Skorpy-chan (2007-02-10 09:46:49)

Guess I will play the lemming...

    My name is Shaun. I'm 31, live near Greenville, SC. I have been married for 9 years this may. Have 4 kids, 3 girls, 1 boy. I word for a food equipment service company, (ie.. Dishwashers, ovens, grills, scales, stuff you find in resturants and grocery stores.) Been doing this job for 7.5 years. I consider myself a conservative, perhaps a bit too conservative at times, but thats just me. I am a Roman Catholic. I enjoy reading and posting on this forum, playing PC Games, and golfing when I have the time and money. Anything else, just ask.

Anders here, 26. Born in June 1980, raised and currently living in Turku, Finland, a town of ~170 000 people in the Southwest of Finland.

BBA in Marketing Communication. During weekdays I'm an export manager for a small company in the automotive industry (see Motor Show pics of me with hawt chicks in Moscow in the appropriate thread). Music is a passion to me; both listening and playing. During the weekends I'm a rhythm-guitarist in a 4 member band playing something you could call pseudo-progressive-post-grunge-metal. Politically I'm a leftie and a member of the Social Democrat party in Finland.

As my connection in Seattle (Downy), I too enjoy cheese. As for D&ST I stay out of the most fiery discussions regarding conflicts in the Middle East. I google-debate only when I already know a fact, but need sources to back it up.

Ya, I thinks that's good for now..

Great thread ghetto! +1 D&ST needed something like this...

I'm Andreas, 25. I've studied English Literature at the University of Athens, where I live. I also speak a little French. At the moment I teach English and translate various stuff on the side, but nothing is permanent. My job barely pays for my share of the rent, so I'm currently looking for something else (when I'm not bored that is)... preferably in some other country, because I'm getting a bit tired of living in the same place for so long.

Passions include soccer, snowboard (whenever that is possible around here) and traveling. Despite the economic difficulties, (from what I've read till now I must be the poorest person on these forums ) I've had the chance to visit quite a few places in my time, and I must confess that these journeys have had a major eye-opening effect on me. In fact, I've come to believe that one cannot draw safe conclusions for a certain place or culture without having first hand experience of it.

Oddly enough for a Greek person, smoking is not my thing, but I'm a major fan of the drink.

Gaming-wise: Back in the day I used to have an Amstrad CPC 6128, but that doesn't really count as gaming...
I guess I first got addicted to CS, the next logical step being bf2 of course!

Music: I'm pretty open to all kinds of stuff, and I like songs from all kinds of music. My all time favorite band has to be the Doors. Lately I mostly listen to Queens of the Stone Age, Kyuss, Audioslave and similar stuff. And, I absolutely love the blues.

I don't read as much as I'd like, and I have the bad habit of not finishing books I start if they're not so good... Now I'm going through Eric Hobsbaum's "Age of Extremes" and I'm determined to finish this one!

http://forums.bf2s.com/viewtopic.php?id=1897&p=1

Pictures are there. Although it needs updating.

OK, here's a pic of me... I'm in the brown shirt on the left, that's my little one on the horse, my brother-in-law is a fire fighter, and his supervisor had us all over when we went to visit and let our girls ride his horses.  It's the most recent pic I have since I started shaving the dome:

http://a774.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/im … bd6ea23275

It's also my "myspace" page (which I never really look at anymore).

John here, I am 40. Married with 2 sons 9 and 10. living in Georgia.
I was raised an Army brat living all over the US and parts of the Far East. I love the travel. My entire adult life has been spent in aviation as an A&P mechanic, ( airframe and powerplant ). I have, for the most part, seen or done it all in this field, from watching a friend get sucked up an engine, to loosing friends in plane crashes, to watching a plane get cut in half when he just didn't quite make it off the runway in time. I have been involved in some pretty scary episodes of my own. I also am a private pilot which is one of my passions, the other is my sons interests. I support them with whatever they want to explore, then I try and do it with them. They are pretty much my life now.


Did I mention that I am a conservative?

I'm stealing Poe's format

Name: Mark

Age: 31

From: Grew up Catholic in Iowa and then in Minnesota. (When I was little, I wanted to be Alex P. Keaton. Dad loved Rush Limbaugh. I was crushed when Clinton was elected.)

Reside: Los Angeles (Things have changed.)

Profession: Consulting in Chicago, at a dotcom in San Francisco, as a stock market analyst in Seoul, then as the VP of North America corporate development for a Korean-based content producer. The major investor pulled out and my good pals in Seoul kicked me to the curb. Currently an independent consultant researching digital distribution for one of the big Hollywood movie houses.

Languages: English, Korean (fluency), Spanish (not well)

Instruments: saxophone (fluency), piano (block chords for composition purposes), guitar (not well), drums

Interests: old cars (my 65 T-bird Special Landau), American whiskey, British pale ales, American football, politics/current affairs, ancient Roman history, World War II history, philosophy, music

Political Leanings: conservative w/r to fiscal policy, liberal w/r to social policy

Religion: atheist

Music: Fionn Regan, Donny Hathaway, Electric Soul Parade, Mansun, Sinatra, Debussy, Bach

Video: Koyaanisqatsi trilogy, Man vs Wild, Deadwood, Lost, Mr Show, Daily Show, Colbert, Sarah Silverman Show

Hero: Hiroo Onoda

Favorite youtube videos: Spare me my life, neverending zit pop, Japanese sauna prank

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I'm alsostealing Poe's format

Name: Bradley

Age: 24

From: St. Louis, Missouri

Reside: Little Rock, Arkansas. And yes, I do know Kilgore. He's sitting right next to me at the moment.

Profession: Inbetween jobs at the moment, but am a Paramedic. And video editor.

Languages: English, French (fluent), Spanglish (I can survive in Mexico if I have to)

Instruments: cello, trained classical singer in college

Interests: shooting things with my firearms, drinking, gaming, sleeping, saving lives, going to see live music, dive bars, sailing, SCUBA, rafting, camping, canoeing, fishing, and occassionally I just lay around and read books.

Political Leanings: soft libtertarian... I like the approach, but am not opposed to things like public schools... that's a little far out there for me. I would describe myself as a practical skeptic.

Religion: catholic

Music: hmmmm...atm and in no paticular order: Incubus, Panic! at the disco, The Hush Sound, The Police, The Eagles, Aerosmith, Sister Hazel, Journey, OK Go, Bowling for Soup, AC-DC, Cake, CSNY, Alison Krauss, HelloGoodby, Keane, Coldplay, Snow Patrol, MeWithoutYou, Nora Jones, Corin Bailey Ray, Joss Stone, The Killers, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ludo.... the list goes on and on.

Video: I watch lots of TV, time delayed thanks to torrents. Love me some House.

Hero: My dad.

Favorite youtube videos: seriously, who cares?

(Stealing Marconius format)

Name: Sergio
Age: 34
Married, since 2001

From: Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Reside: Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Profession: Travel Agency Owner and Expo/Impo Trader.

Education: College Degree in Business and Administration and MBA.

Languages: Spanish, English, some Italian and Portuguese.

Instruments: none.

Interests: Soccer, videogames, rugby, anime, cars.

Political Leanings: Socialist, euro style.

Religion: Agnostic

Music: mostly grunge and heavy metal.  Pantera, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, SOAD, Metallica, Megadeth, etc.

Movies: my favorite one would be Black Hawk Down.  I'm a DVD collector, but that is my favorite.

Magazines: National Geographic

Hero: Ozzy Osbourne

Books: my favorite book is The Journeyer, by Gary Jennings.  There's a few hundreds books I have read, but that one is my favorite.