All About You (Part II) - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Mithalwen · 12-23-2008, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Lalwendë

Oh no they aren't!

*in best pantomime tradition*

There are a lot of 'more mature' people on this site, in contrast to many Tolkien sites!

I think you will find that a lot of us are in our prime...

Lhunardawen · 12-23-2008, 12:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mithalwen

I think you will find that a lot of us are in our prime...

Perhaps even prematurely, in the case of others.

Mithalwen · 12-29-2008, 09:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lhunardawen

Perhaps even prematurely, in the case of others.

I think it is more a state of mind than an age, my darling neglected girl.

The Might · 12-29-2008, 09:44 AM

Btw, does it make sense to update the profile after 1,5 years?

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

Additional comments:

Valesse · 12-29-2008, 09:20 PM

Name: Andrea
Age: 21
Occupation: Student
Future Aspirations: Doctor of Archaeology
Goal in life: To make at least someone else's day brighter every single day.
Short term goals: Run a popular webcomic
Passion: Art, Theater, Archaeology, Anthropology, MMO, online, or Table-top RPGs
Hobbies: Webcomics, Doodling
Famous for: Top High School theaterical make-up designer in the State of Texas (2005)!! I also take part in nasty one liners, and atrocious puns.

Fave book: The Ghost Map.
Fave movie: Star Wars Episode One... because it was pretty.
Fave sport: Frisbee!
Fave store: Bookstores with a good selection.
Fave music: Celtic, 90s Ballads, Old English Ballads

What you can't stand: Constant, unending complaining.
What you plain dislike: Carelessness when it counts.
Who you admire: People from the Greatest Generation.
What you most love to do: Draw, paint, make sets, plan costumes, archaeology, learn about archaeology, language evolution.
Your self-confessed flaws: Lazy and periodically I'm ridiculously apathetic. Other times I say "I'm sorry" waaaay too often.
What intrigues/fascinates you: Archaeology, Plauges... heh...
What scares you: Needing help without having aid; Change.
Quotation to live by: "Treat others how you wish to be treated."

Additional comments:
- I have an identical twin sister
- I'm almost always on MSN, feel free to add me to your list. davaina@hotmail.com (it should appear like (li) spooooky fred (li) )

Laurinquë · 10-25-2009, 05:43 AM

Name (that you go by): Robyn, though some people call me Lauri, Robyna, Bunny, or even Woeback.
Age: 17.
Occupation: Bored high school senior.
Future Aspirations: To graduate from high school, have enough time/chaperones/money to go to the British Isles with TheGreatElvenWarrior next summer, and to study botany at a university in the UK next year.
Goal in life: To be happy. To get an education, a job as a horticulturist, and to travel and travel and travel. And maybe to get married and have a child. Who knows.
Short term goals: Getting up in the morning and finishing my homework. And also to get a time machine.
Passion: TGEW knows! But for the rest of you: travel, flowers, being an anglophile, reading, internetting, and imagining.
Hobbies: Internetting! And other things like: reading, gardening, learning words, being outside when there is something other than snow to see, and being a nassty Paul McCartney fan girl!
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Being eccentric, for knowing 'all' about the natural sciences, and for being an intolerable Tolkien fan and anglophile.

Fave book: Ah hem. Why am I on this website? Also: The Red Tent, Siddhartha, and historical fiction in general.
Fave movie: I'm really rather fond of the Beatles film Help! as well as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and Across the Universe.
Fave sport: I did some fencing last year. It was great fun pretending to battle the Nazgûl!
Fave store: Barnes & Noble bookstore. Why? I'm not sure, after all it takes all of my money anway.

Fave music: The Beatles (if you hadn't noticed already!), Dido, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Coldplay, and *ducks* ABBA.

What you can't stand: Close-minded people, violence, cold and darkness, those who don't like reading, proofs, and people who value development over the preservation of nature.
What you plain dislike: Writing non-fiction rubbish for school, interacting with people who I don't know, falling into bottomless pits, maths, my spontaneous combustion on the second Tuesday in May, etc.
Who you admire: Lommy!

And anyone who has the courage to stand up and do what they think is right, whatever it is.
What you most love to do: Be outside on a nice day with my best friend.
Your self-confessed flaws: Procrastination in the extreme and sloth.
What intrigues/fascinates you: Everything! But to be more concrete: evolution, geology, botany, genetics, psychology, and the past.
What scares you: Icebergs, they give me panic attacks. Things in deep water, thinking about the passage of time, the London Underground, and the Empty Child.
Quotation to live by: "Be yourself, whoever you are."

Additional comments: I'm incredibly brilliant only not really. Also that it's 3:30 AM and I have to get up to work as a barrista tomorrow.

12-29-2008, 09:44 AM	#4
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	Btw, does it make sense to update the profile after 1,5 years? __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

12-29-2008, 10:31 AM	#5
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.

12-29-2008, 09:20 PM	#6
Valesse Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: \|Away Posts: 614	Name: Andrea Age: 21 Occupation: Student Future Aspirations: Doctor of Archaeology Goal in life: To make at least someone else's day brighter every single day. Short term goals: Run a popular webcomic Passion: Art, Theater, Archaeology, Anthropology, MMO, online, or Table-top RPGs Hobbies: Webcomics, Doodling Famous for: Top High School theaterical make-up designer in the State of Texas (2005)!! I also take part in nasty one liners, and atrocious puns. Fave book: The Ghost Map. Fave movie: Star Wars Episode One... because it was pretty. Fave sport: Frisbee! Fave store: Bookstores with a good selection. Fave music: Celtic, 90s Ballads, Old English Ballads What you can't stand: Constant, unending complaining. What you plain dislike: Carelessness when it counts. Who you admire: People from the Greatest Generation. What you most love to do: Draw, paint, make sets, plan costumes, archaeology, learn about archaeology, language evolution. Your self-confessed flaws: Lazy and periodically I'm ridiculously apathetic. Other times I say "I'm sorry" waaaay too often. What intrigues/fascinates you: Archaeology, Plauges... heh... What scares you: Needing help without having aid; Change. Quotation to live by: "Treat others how you wish to be treated." Additional comments: - I have an identical twin sister - I'm almost always on MSN, feel free to add me to your list. davaina@hotmail.com (it should appear like (li) spooooky fred (li) ) __________________ "Loo, what sholde a man in thyse dayes now wryte, 'egges' or 'eyren'?" - Caxton, Eneydos

10-25-2009, 05:43 AM	#7
Laurinquë Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 347	Name (that you go by): Robyn, though some people call me Lauri, Robyna, Bunny, or even Woeback. Age: 17. Occupation: Bored high school senior. Future Aspirations: To graduate from high school, have enough time/chaperones/money to go to the British Isles with TheGreatElvenWarrior next summer, and to study botany at a university in the UK next year. Goal in life: To be happy. To get an education, a job as a horticulturist, and to travel and travel and travel. And maybe to get married and have a child. Who knows. Short term goals: Getting up in the morning and finishing my homework. And also to get a time machine. Passion: TGEW knows! But for the rest of you: travel, flowers, being an anglophile, reading, internetting, and imagining. Hobbies: Internetting! And other things like: reading, gardening, learning words, being outside when there is something other than snow to see, and being a nassty Paul McCartney fan girl! Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Being eccentric, for knowing 'all' about the natural sciences, and for being an intolerable Tolkien fan and anglophile. Fave book: Ah hem. Why am I on this website? Also: The Red Tent, Siddhartha, and historical fiction in general. Fave movie: I'm really rather fond of the Beatles film Help! as well as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and Across the Universe. Fave sport: I did some fencing last year. It was great fun pretending to battle the Nazgûl! Fave store: Barnes & Noble bookstore. Why? I'm not sure, after all it takes all of my money anway. Fave music: The Beatles (if you hadn't noticed already!), Dido, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Coldplay, and ducks ABBA. What you can't stand: Close-minded people, violence, cold and darkness, those who don't like reading, proofs, and people who value development over the preservation of nature. What you plain dislike: Writing non-fiction rubbish for school, interacting with people who I don't know, falling into bottomless pits, maths, my spontaneous combustion on the second Tuesday in May, etc. Who you admire: Lommy! And anyone who has the courage to stand up and do what they think is right, whatever it is. What you most love to do: Be outside on a nice day with my best friend. Your self-confessed flaws: Procrastination in the extreme and sloth. What intrigues/fascinates you: Everything! But to be more concrete: evolution, geology, botany, genetics, psychology, and the past. What scares you: Icebergs, they give me panic attacks. Things in deep water, thinking about the passage of time, the London Underground, and the Empty Child. Quotation to live by: "Be yourself, whoever you are." Additional comments: I'm incredibly brilliant only not really. Also that it's 3:30 AM and I have to get up to work as a barrista tomorrow. Last edited by Laurinquë; 10-25-2009 at 09:31 PM. Reason: Oh you know, the usual. Mars, volcanoes erupting under my house every hour, loquacious books.

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