Name: Spike
Real name: daniel
E-mail address: d.milligan at chem.canterbury.ac.nz
Web page: none. Perhaps eventually if I ever get a life back.
Other newsgroups you frequent: alt.gothic, rec.games.frp.cyber but strictly in a lurking capacity
Length of time on the 'net: About 3 and a bit years now, though mostly silent.
Length of time as a net.goth: Well that would require being a goth first so nil, but  I've been lurking on a.c.g for about a year and a half.
Place of residence: Christchurch New Zealand.

APPEARANCE:
Generally dishevelled (yes I know this wasn't a question)

Chromosomal makeup: male
Age: umm.. 24 I think, I keep finding all these years have past without me knowing.
Height: 6 footish
Weight: somewhere under 65kg (I need to gain weight)
Hair for this week: Same as per usual
Natural hair color: Sort of dirty dishwater orangey, blond. One hairdresser called it strawberry blond, lost himself a client there.
Eyes: Blue
Tattoos/ Piercings/Other bizarre manipulations: None
Preferred clothing: Probably black jeans and a colared shirt of some sort. Generally stuff that doesn't show oil stains (see occupation). I do have rather a fondness for my East German Border Guards jacket though.
Caught in the act clothes*: Just about everything I own I suppose.
 [*caught in the act refers to caught in the act of not being goth (oh the horror!)]

LIFESTYLE:

Occupation: PhD student in physical chemisty (mmm lot's of stainless steel and pumps)
But I'd really like to be a: scientific instrument designer (or something else depending on my mood)
Martial status: never
Mating status: almost never
Sexual preference: female
Number of other acg'ers you've been "intimate" with: none
Religion: I don't really know, devoutly bewildered.
Hours of sleep per day: between 5 and 8, not really ever enough.
Time of day when you're at your best: It seems to be shifting towards the night, which is a bugger as I have to be at
'varsity during the day and I get my best work done at night leaving very little time for anything else.
Pets: A cat called Jasper that belongs to my flat.
Dietary classification: Vegetarian
Perky/mopey/neither: both.
Liver: Pretty good, I haven't had time to drink lately.
Hobbies: Rapidly diminishing as the end date of my thesis looms; but reading, climbing, listening to music, role-playing, mucking around with my computer, learning random stuff.

FAVOURITES:

Band: There are lots of them, Portishead, Massive Attack, Dead can Dance, This Mortal Coil, Strawpeople, Fiona MacDonald, Dave Matthews Band, lots of NZ music, I'm always looking for new music.
Band that you are ashamed to admit you like on here: not really ashamed of any  bands I like, but things like Cold Chisel shows some of my bogan roots.
Pub: The dux deluxe
Club: none really I don't much care as long as the music has a beat I can follow and dance to.
Epitaph: none
Book/author: I like Phillip K Dick, William Gibson, Bruce Sterling, crappy crime novels, D.H. Lawerence, Robert Heinlein
TV show: Scarily enough probably SG1, but at least it isn't Shortland Street  (bad NZ soap)
Actor/actress: Jennifer Connoley for reason that have nothing to do with acting, the guy who played Taggart, Robbie Coltrane and a few other old british guys that temporarily escape my addled brain.
Movie: Blade Runner, Strange Days.
Artist/artwork: The French impressionists.
Animal: Probably cat
Food: I actually like trying new stuff, there is nothing like finding new food  to love.
Drink: Coke, Mountain Dew and vodka (esp. Smirnoff Black Label), but perhaps not all together.
Texture: Clouds
Place to go: The hills over Christchurch at night.

MISCELLANY:

If you were stranded on a tropical island, what three things would you want with you?
I'd probably be practical, food, water and lots of books.

New Star Wars or Old Star Wars?
Just Star Wars, I love them both.

What is your greatest desire right now?
It's a toss up between getting rid of this head-ache and getting my current experiment to work.

What pisses you off the most?
Probably me, annoying and impossible to avoid. And currently Netscape

What has the exact opposite effect?
Friends, good music food or book, time to myself to decompress

Anything else you want to say that you don't feel is covered above?
I'm not a goth but I'm probably not as big a geek as I sound.

spike
"If guilty is happy, then noose me, I'll swing for you."
-Fiona MacDonald