Aus.culture.gothic Show and Tell 2002
STATS :Name: Barbarella.
Real name: Barbar'a.
E-mail address: barbarella@internettrash.com
Web page: http://www.internettrash.com/users/barbarella
Other newsgroups you frequent: That one... and that other one... and sometimes t'other one over there...
Length of time on the 'net: Can you believe it's getting close to a decade?
Length of time as a net.goth: Yes, I still beat my wife.
Place of residence: Windsor, Melbin, Vic.
APPEARANCE:
Chromosomal makeup: Blokette.
Age: 32
Height: Seven foot tall, according to my trusty Kits-o-meter.
Weight: Not bad, for a seven foot tall person.
Hair for this week: Blue mohawk, in need of the sides being re-shaved.
Natural hair colour: Not blue.
Eyes: "The blue of old tattoos", and tired.
Tattoos/Piercings/Scars/Other: 2 tatts, 2 holes in left earlobe, heaps o'scars.
Preferred clothing: Boots, short skirts, cool tops, leather jacket.
Your favourite "non-Goth" clothes: Richmond stoof.
The daggiest thing I ever wore was: I played a cactus in a school play once...
LIFESTYLE:
Occupation: Underpaid wiper of medicos' bottoms.
But I'd really like to be a: Self-sufficient bo'ho'.
When I was ten I wanted to be: Ace Frehley's girlfriend.
Number of acg'ers with whom you've been "intimate" (snog & upwards): A mere coupla dozen.
Availability status: Happy.
Sexual preference: Beauty.
Religion: Me & Mine.
Pets: My feline overlord's name is Vlad.
Your worst habit: Procrastination.
Perky/mopey/neither: Ennui.
I would describe my dancing style as: Post-rheumatic.
Most of your money gets spent on: At the moment - savings. (and the mortgage)
Dietary classification: "Celebrating 20 big years on the vegetarian charts!"
Liver: No thankyou, I'm vegetarian. Hobbies Oh... stuff...
FAVOURITES:
Band: The Damned.
Love song: Cuts You Up by Pete Murphy.
Dance-like-a-maniac song: Haven't danced like a maniac for far too long...
Pub: Eric, Greyhound, Duke, W.C., Pause
Club: Bloov.
Book/genre/author/poet: Nick Hornby hasn't disappointed me yet.../biography/?/Emily Dickinson
TV show: Daria, Simpsons, docos, arty shite
Actor/actress: Jack Lemmon, Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, Steve Buscemi, Shirley Maclaine, Bruce Campbell, Joanna Whalley, Rupert Everett, Judy Dench, Daniel Day-Lewis, Maggie Cheung, Harrison Ford, Bruce Willis, Cary Elwes, John Malkovich, Willem Defoe, Louise Brooks, Julius Marx, Ian Richardson, Nigel Hawthorn, Richard E. Grant...
Movie: Dogs In Space, Amadeus, Star Warses, Mad Maxes, Withnail & I, Holy Grail, Monkey Business, Three Kings, Ghost World, Con Air, Nosferatus and a million others that will keep haunting me for the rest of this day and night as soon as I've hit the Send button and realise I've forgotten them.
Artist/artwork: Caravaggio
Animal: My feline overlord wants me to say 'cats'.
Food: Green curries. Grapes.
Drink: Like a fish.
Texture: Kits.
Place to go: Anywhere except the office.
Way to go: In style.
MISCELLANY:
What got you into this whole "goth" thing anyhow?: My elder brother doesn't wish to be blamed...
What do you wear to bed?: A weary expression. Do you decapitate Jelly Babies and Teddy Bear biscuits before
progressing to other body parts?: Yes.
If we made "ACG - The Movie" - who would play you?: Jane Lane. If one thing could suddenly appear on your desk / fall
in your lap, what would you like it to be?: The winning numbers for this week's Power Ball.
What is your greatest fear?: Fear, itself. Apparently.
Your last five holidays were where?: Victorian Alpine country, Great Ocean Road, Perth, London/Whitby/Toronto, Melbin.
Which cartoon character are you?: Jane Lane.
If someone's hitting on you - what's guaranteed to work?: Mojo.
Can you keep a secret?: Yes.
Who or what is your least favourite thing in the world?: People, generally.
What gives you a warm fuzzy feeling inside?: My darling Kits. And my feline overlord.
Anything else you want to say that you don't feel is covered above?: Yes. In the words of Richard E. Grant, I'd just like to say "Scrubbers!!" Barbarella. -- http://www.internettrash.com/users/barbarella In 1899, Henry Lawson declared that any talented Australian writer would be well-advised "to study elementary anatomy, especially as applies to the cranium, and then shoot himself carefully with the aid of a looking glass". --Boundary_(ID_WdEdIRUuuaHCFMsdLVHKOQ)--
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