Aus.culture.gothic Show and Tell 2002
STATS :Name: Lev Lafayette
Real name: Not just real, but hyper-real.
E-mail address: lev@student.unimelb.edu.au, plus a couple of others
Web page: http://au.geocities.com/lev_lafayette and http://www.student.unimelb.edu.au/~lev
Other newsgroups you frequent: misc.activism.progressive (favourite) soc.religion.unitarian-univ aus.politics aus.games.roleplay aus.naturist
Length of time on the 'net: Fifteen years with fidonet included
Length of time as a net.goth: I think the first post was 1997. That's five happy and strange years.
Place of residence: Fitzroy, Melbourne. The famous Jika Jika hotel. As of next month, somewhere in Dili, East Timor.
APPEARANCE:
Chromosomal makeup: XY
Age: 34
Height: I think it's about 182cm
Weight: 85 kgs. It's winter.
Hair for this week: Dark brown. About to be blue-black again for the first time in years.
Natural hair colour: Yes, dark brown.
Eyes: Blue/Green/Grey. Also known as 'Glas'.
Tattoos/Piercings/Scars/Other: Must get that Tattoo... Sheila will be upset if I don't.
Preferred clothing: Back into the leftbank look.
Your favourite "non-Goth" clothes: Nudity.
The daggiest thing I ever wore was: The Bali 'MacErrol' t-shirt still comes equal first with the lollypop blouse.
LIFESTYLE:
Occupation: State Field Officer, Victorian Parliamentary Labor Party
But I'd really like to be a: In a previous poll I said 'Third World Aid Worker'. Well guess who had their application to the be the Network Administrator for the Department of Foreign Affairs in East Timor confirmed today? *bounce* !!!!
When I was ten I wanted to be: How strange. The same as last time ;-) A doctor.
Number of acg'ers with whom you've been "intimate" (snog & upwards): Ahem... Including people who have posted on acg, but apparently aren't here anymore (unless your lurking) it must be over twenty now.
Availability status: My number is 0409 861 528. Make a booking.
Sexual preference: Preferred? Multiple giggly people engaged in olive oil wrestling that gets out of hand ;-)
Religion: Unitarian (http://www.uua.org). To be more precise, an empirical atheist an agnostic rationalist and an aesthetic pagan.
Pets: Sadly, none. Maybe I'll get a goat in Timor.
Your worst habit: Assuming people will take responsibility of agreed collective expenses.
Perky/mopey/neither: Still perky. Tried mopey for a while, but it didn't suit.
I would describe my dancing style as: I'm a lover, not a dancer ;-)
Most of your money gets spent on: Rent, food and seduction (the lines are increasingly blurred). Savings is improving.
Dietary classification: Peasant omnivore.
Liver: Functioning and hardy. Hobbies Gamer.
FAVOURITES:
Band: The Clash
Love song: For this season (and for very specific reasons) 'The Sound of Silence' by Simon and Garfunkel.
Dance-like-a-maniac song: None at the moment.
Pub: Royal Standard, West Melbourne for standard use (heh, that's a pun). For special occassions, Polly's, Fitzroy.
Club: Blue Velvet.
Book/genre/author/poet:
Favourite book: The Atrocity Exhibition, JG Ballard
Favourite genre: Mythic historical fiction
Favourite author: pondering on this one. Plato?
Favourite poet: William Blake
TV show: SBS World News
Actor/actress: St. Jean Seaberg http://www.saintjean.co.uk/
Movie: Nove Centro, Bertolucci Blade Runner, Scott (equal first)
Artist/artwork: William Bouguereau, "Le ravissement de Psyche"
Animal: I think the goat wins this season.
Food: Large steak, blue.
Drink: Red, red wine....
Texture: Slippery! ... Mmmmmmm!
Place to go: After Timor? ... Palestine
Way to go: Flying carpet is first preference.
MISCELLANY:
What got you into this whole "goth" thing anyhow?: From mid-eighties punk.
What do you wear to bed?: Nothing, sweet nothing. Do you decapitate Jelly Babies and Teddy Bear biscuits before
progressing to other body parts?: Yes, of course.
If we made "ACG - The Movie" - who would play you?: This changes every season. At the moment I'm in a Bogart phase. If one thing could suddenly appear on your desk / fall
in your lap, what would you like it to be?: An alien spaceship. ;-)
What is your greatest fear?:
Your last five holidays were where?: About to go to the Alpine region. Prior to that East Timor, but that was work. Prior to that Sydney, but that was also work. Prior to that Perth. Prior to that Hobart, but that was also work. Hmmmm... there's a running theme here. Along with the 10 weeks of holiday pay that I've accrued.
Which cartoon character are you?:
Another one that changes. However, Betty Boop has been recommended: "Not terribly political, but she was around leftists most of the time, having grown up in a Jewish family in Brooklyn. In the 1930's, she sang at a fundraiser for the Spanish Republicans (at her brother's request). This came back to haunt her in the 1950's, when it made it difficult for her to get gigs due to the tenor of the McCarthy era. She ended up having to move to France to support herself, where she became an even bigger star than she had been in America."
If someone's hitting on you - what's guaranteed to work?:
Can you keep a secret?: Yes. Sub-rosa.
Who or what is your least favourite thing in the world?: Ignorance and the worship of power.
What gives you a warm fuzzy feeling inside?: Warm fuzzy human solidarity.
Anything else you want to say that you don't feel is covered above?: Yeah, Sandro, you rock. This was excellent. Lev Lafayette. lev@student.unimelb.edu.au http://www.student.unimelb.edu.au/~lev
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