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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

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12-29-2008, 10:31 AM	#4
Strongbow Wight Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: South of the Capital Wasteland Posts: 119	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: __________________ Is é gáire ár gcuid páistí a bheas mar dhíoltas againn. - Roibeard Gearóid Ó Seachnasaigh Last edited by Strongbow; 12-29-2008 at 10:37 AM.