All About You (Part II)

[Nilpaurion Felagund]

Name (that you go by):

• Birth Name: Louis Allen Ortal
• Elven Name: Elenrod Felagund
• BD Handle: Nilpaurion Felagund

Age: 18 . . . if you’re lucky you’ll make it just in time to see me arrested as an adult.

For espionage. Doesn’t that carry the death penalty?

Occupation: Freelance foreign policy analyst and sole employee of Wacky Entertainment Studios (I do writing and cartooning and programming and more writing . . . hey, how come I still have no profit?)

Being a student is no longer an occupation. It’s such a burden.

It wouldn’t be much of one if you study every now and then . . .

But when will I write?

Future Aspirations: To finish my novels. All of them.

Goal in life: To be a better Christian, which includes being a good child, a good friend, and a good neighbour. Which I currently am not.

Short term goals: To get that degree in German and Russian, and to collect enough Lego to build enough ships to rival the US Navy.

Hobbies: In no particular order: loafing, reading, writing, watching TV, Downing, analysing foreign policy and playing Lego.

Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Being quoted once in a while on national FM radio stations, almost making it to the finals of a televised quiz show, appearing on national TV six times for said quiz show, and being the only son of Finrod. Mom and her Vanyar friends spoil me.

~*~

Fave book: Still . . .

1. All Sherlock Holmes story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
2. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas.
3. All tales of Middle-earth by J.R.R. Tolkien.
4. All Jack Ryan stories, Red Storm Rising, and the Op-Center series by Tom Clancy.
5. The works of Philip Yancey.
6. The Little Prince by A.S. Exupery.

I also read comics, particularly enjoying Calvin and Hobbes and Archie comics.

Fave movie: Let's see . . . The best trilogy ever--I hope you all know which is that, all Star Wars, The Matrix--only, Lilo and Stitch, The Hunt for Red October, The Sum of All Fears, Independence Day, The Rock, Armageddon, Men in Black--both, Anger Management, The Mummy, The Mummy Returns, Wild Wild West, and Kate and Leopold.

Fave sport: These are the sports I play and/or watch. Favourite teams in parentheses.

Association Football (Real Madrid, until Zidane retires or switches teams, and Arsenal. Deutschland for Euro and World Cup), Basketball (San Antonio Spurs, although I did root for the Lithuanians during the 2004 Olympics), Chess, Scrabble, Fencing (even though I still haven’t won), and Archery.

Fave store: National Bookstore (for various needs, not only books), Book Sale (for really cheap books), and Gift Gate (the only halfway decent shop that sells Lego in this country).

Fave music: I’ve decided to list twenty of my most loved songs. Here goes (in no particular order) . . .

• Iris by Goo Goo Dolls
• What Can I Do by The Corrs
• Brick by Ben Folds 5
• If You’re Gone by Matchbox 20
• Time Stands Still by The All-American Rejects
• If I Am by Nine Days
• Come Around by Rhett Miller
• In My Place by Coldplay
• Sick Cycle Carousel by Lifehouse
• All You Wanted by Michelle Branch
• Loneliest Person by Splender
• Toxicity!!! by System of a Down
• The Freshmen by Verve Pipe
• Stay by Lisa Loeb
• Semi Charmed Life by Third Eye Blind
• Misery by The Moffats
• Crave by Marc Dorsey
• Best I Ever Had by Vertical Horizon
• A Thousand Miles by Vanessa Carlton
• Everybody's Changing by Keane

~*~

What you can't stand: Backstabbing "friends", smokers who care not where they spout their smoke, and the fact that I am both lazy and a perfectionist - as if being a perfectionist isn’t hard enough . . .

What you plain dislike: Mass transportation (must . . . have . . . personal space . . . ) and polar co-ordinates. Oh, and vector-valued functions . . . you pretty much get the picture.

Who you admire: Still Jesus Christ . . . still the only perfect person . . . and he still isn't a perfectionist. Else I would have long burned in perdition.

What you most love to do: I guess my hobbies.

Your self-confessed flaws: I am a procrastinator, a liar, a loudmouth, a perfectionist (which gets in the way of many things), and a sloth.

What intrigues/fascinates you: Many things I do not know. One time I read the Encyclopædia Britannica article on Metaphysics just because.

What scares you: Seeing myself a few years from now. I hope I’m just being paranoid. Oh, and centipedes.

Quotation to live by:

• Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you. [James 1:21]
  
• I'm trying to live a normal life, which is always hard given what I am.
  
• Early to bed, early to rise--can anyone do that and not go crazy?
  
• Patience is not only a virtue--it's a job description.

Additional comments: Adam is one of my alter-egos. He tried to kill me back in high school, but I made him realise killing me would kill him too. Now he torments my life.

Alice is another of my alter-ego. She rarely appears on this forum, although if you see one sentence in italics after another, one of them is bound to be her. Or if you see any writing in italics that doesn't disparage me.

[Hookbill the Goomba]

Here goes nothing...

Name (that you go by):
Joel Kristofer Cornah. (Or J.K.Cornah as I write on all written peaces of work)

Age: 17

Occupation:
Student / Part time Author.
Future Aspirations:
Ministry, and to be an Author.

Goal in life:
to be an Author, mainly of Children fantasy.

Short-term goals:
To finish College and then University.

Passion:
Tolkien

Hobbies:
Reading, writing, going to the Downs

Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself):
Writing a Book. Tis true you know. It's going to be (hopefully) published some time in the next two years. 'I know a guy who knows a guy' if you know what I mean.

Fave book:
Duh! The Lord of the Rings!

Fave Film:
Not sure... probably The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. (Mind you, I'm not much of a Movie Gower.)

Fave sport:
Tennis.

Fave store:
Hum... Probably Waterstones Book store. For obvious reasons.

Fave music:
Jethro Tull

What you can't stand:
Arrogance and being patronised.

What you plain dislike:
Down right arrogant people really.

Who you admire:
The Proff! (Tolkien that is!)

What you most love to do:
Write fiction.

Your self-confessed flaws:
Probably my inability to stop rambling when I get onto certain subjects.

What intrigues/fascinates you:
Space, and Dragons.

What scares you:
Erm... the end of the world...?

Quotation to live by:
I saw some one on the Downs use it, "When you are speaking, no one can tell if you're spelling the words rite."

Additional comments:

I am Dyslexic, which means I spend most of my wiring time correcting errors..., which is annoying.

[Snowdog]

Since this was on page one and was a couple years old, I deleted that post and copied it here and updated...


Name: Rich
Age: 47
Occupation: Medical Electronics
Future Aspirations: Retire
Goal in life: Climb Mt Rainier (but I will settle for Mt Adams)
Short term goals: Have enough money to retire
Passion: Hiking, Mountain climbing, Middle Earth
Hobbies: Hiking, Posting on messageboards. Writing Middle-Earth fantasy stories.
Famous for: um... getting banned from Tolkienonline?

Favorite books: The Black Company (ten books), Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Favorite movie: Kelly's Heroes
Favorite sport: Auto racing, Hockey
Favorite store: Used record stores, used book stores, garage sales, etc.
Favorite music: Classic rock, blues, classical, jazz

What you most love to do: Hike, fish, listen to music, write stories
Who you admire: My high school auto shop teacher


Additional comments: Reading the ages in this thread explains alot to me. I'm hanging out on a messageboard where it seems most folk are the same age as my kids.

[Tinuviel of Denton]

Well... Since I haven't been here in over a year--I think I stopped getting on sometime the summer before last. o.O--I figure it's about time I reupdate this thing. I can't even remember if I did one on the original.

Name (that you go by): Depends on where I am. Kiki, Aki, and Sammie are the most common.
Age: 18
Occupation: College student. w00t!
Future Aspirations: To graduate, not lose my mind, and I'm debating between law and a career in theatre. Yes. I know.
Goal in life: To live.
Short term goals: To pass my American Heritage class. Where I am hanging by a thread. (Probably a bad time to renew my interest in the Downs, but what can ya do?)
Passion: *ponderponder* Probably my boyfriend, my best friend, and the rest of my dear friends. Also fantasy. And writing.
Hobbies: Roleplaying, admin on Citrine, writing, drawing, reading, and being alternately philosophical and silly.
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Teasing my English professor... and getting away with it. Also for Alexander. (If you're really curious about that, feel free to ask.)

Fave book: Anything by Tolkien, Lawhead, Hans Bemman, C.S. Lewis, Diana Gabaldon (all right, so I like well-written romance, so what?), um... more authors who I cannot think of at the moment, butyeah. I think Hans Bemman probably tops the list, so The Stone and the Flute.
Fave movie: The Lord of the Rings, the original Star Wars trilogies, Dark Crystal, the Phantom of the Opera, and a few classic Disney movies I'm embarrassed to name.
Fave sport: Unless ballet counts, none.
Fave store: Either Recycled Books at home, or World Market, or some hobby store. I like crafts.
Fave music: At the moment, anime soundtracks, Voltaire (*hums The Headless Waltz*), Hayley Westenra, Maire Brennan, and assorted movie/musical soundtracks.

What you can't stand: Certain people. Who are traitors. But, ahem. Also, I can't stand Mary-Sues, people who are stupid, and people who can't take hints when bashed over the head with them.
What you plain dislike: Spelling/grammar errors (but watch me make at least one in this post and miss it entirely), bureaucracy, and getting up early for my eight o clock class.
Who you admire: Um... Cluu, Jackamy, Reist, Cat, Seth, Twiet... (Yes, I am aware that none of you know these people.)
What you most love to do: Read, write, and roleplay. Also other things, but I'm pretty sure you don't want to hear about those.
Your self-confessed flaws: I'm lazy, I procrastinate, and I have a mean sense of humor.
What intrigues/fascinates you: Human nature. And that just covers everything, doesn't it?
What scares you: Dark, men, dying/not dying, not living, and my GPA.
Quotation to live by: "What went before was only a faint dream of the beginning.

not all,
no,
very far from all."

Additional comments: Well, I'm back.

We'll see if I stick around this time.

[Lindolirian]

Name: Benjamin Goller
Age: 18 at the moment... Apr. 1987
Occupation: Student... soon at college
Future Aspirations: Become a teacher of either history, or literature, etc.
Goal in life: Enjoy my work, get (and stay) married, and end up being that old guy all the kids love to play with.
Short term goals: Stave off senioritis as long as possible (okay okay, so I've failed already) Get my leg healed so I can walk again... Rar
Passions: Jesus, Tolkien, History (primarily WWII)
Hobbies: Hmm see above and include bicycling and card-playing
Famous for: Marching in the Fiesta Bowl with the most devastating flu and a temp of 106.
Favorite books: the Bible, naturally anything by Tolkien, anything by Ernie Pyle, true WWII stories (Great Escape, Band of Brothers), and historical fiction
Favorite movie: Dead Poets Society and/or Lawrence of Arabia
Favorite sport: Bicycling and frisbee
Favorite store: Good q... No idea
Favorite music: Contemporary Christian, 70s and 80s rock, random spatterings of modern alternative

What you can't stand: Grudges, people who aren't in control of themselves. And bad teachers
Your self-confessed flaws: Procrastinator, liar, actually a really good liar.
What intrigues/fascinates you: Somebody said it well: "Whatever I don't already know." Yeah...
What you most love to do: Talk with friends, especially when in extreme moods whether it's delirously happy or ponderously serious.
What scares you: Spiders when they leave my sight. If I can see them, they die: if I know they're there and I can't see them... You'd better watch out, cause I'm flippin' out. EDIT: I just noticed this, but it's really odd how this fits in with my quote below.
Quotation to live by: Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.
Who you admire: Jesus, my grandfather, my favorite teachers, the infantry (thanks to Ernie Pyle), and all those crazy-awesome people with more green boxes than me.

Additional comments: I can't believe I haven't seen or posted in this thread until now. I mean it's been around long enough... sheesh.

[Formendacil]

Name: Michael. Or, to some, Mike.
Age: 18
Occupation: Student/Library Page
Future Aspirations: Depends on the month, but the most constant of my goals is to become a Priest. If not, then a Dad. Dunno about the day job...
Goal in life: Write and publish a book.
Short term goals: Finish Grade 12
Passion: LEGO, Tolkien, Church
Hobbies: Reading, writing, posting online, playing with LEGO...
Famous for (okay, this is where you get to brag about yourself): Being the smart kid. I've always been known as the smart, or mature kid. The sooner I shed that image, the better. Also known about town as "the boy who wants to become a priest". Great way to avoid matchmaking old ladies, I might add....

Favorite books: The Lord of the Rings, obviously. Anything by Tolkien, for that matter (excepting maybe his "real" scholarly works). Actually like the Harry Potter series as well. Anything well-written and historical tends to fascinate me.
Favorite movie: Don't really have a permanent one. Loved the new Peter Pan!
Favorite sport: Bunnock That's right, you've never heard of it before...
Favorite store: Toys 'r Us, or possibly any Mens' Wear store.
Favorite music: Classical, Country

What you most love to do: Hanging out with friends, go to church, acting, reading, writing, vegetating, sleeping...
Who you admire: John Paul II, J.R.R. Tolkien, Alec Guiness, and a plethora of others...

[Gil-Galad]

Name (that you go by):Gil-Galad, Glen, The Glenster, Glennard(perferred) GlenGlen, Vilad, Professor Tor Coolguy and many more
Age:15
Occupation:student
Future Aspirations:vivid love of history...hope to travel europe
Goal in life:be successful
Short term goals:get 80 average in school
Passion:history, books, lego
Hobbies:games i guess...
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself):

Fave book:LOTR, history books
Fave movie:Spaceballs and Monty Python and the search for the Holy Grail
Fave sport:Hockey
Fave store:
Fave music:U2(once and awhile0

What you can't stand:teachers that don't care
What you plain dislike: people who shut you down trying to make themselves look better
Who you admire:nobody really comes too mind...
What you most love to do:make people laugh(on and off the downs)
Your self-confessed flaws:i care too much
What intrigues/fascinates you:
What scares you:nothing cause i am the mighting Gil-Galadster!hey another name to go by!
Quotation to live by: "One day a man has everything, the next day he blows up a 400-billion dollar space station, and the next day nothing, it makes you think"

Additional comments: a personal thanks to all downers, this is quite literally like my second home...

cheers

G.G.Meister(another name!)

[Bywaters]

Name (that you go by): Denis
Age: 26
Occupation: Piping Engineer (paper pusher)
Future Aspirations: Buy a house/To be truly happy and fulfilled
Goal in life: To not have to get up at 05:20 in the morning
Short term goals: Give up the cigs, run another 10K, get a better job, play another gig
Passion: Wycombe Wanderers FC
Hobbies: Playing guitar bass guitar in a band (I also play six-string), playing 5-a-side football
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): I have played two gigs at the Cavern Club Liverpool with my old band the Valla. www.thevalla.com NB: I played lead in that band

Fave book: It has to be The fellowship of ring
Fave movie: Probably the above or The Holy Grail or Goldmember
Fave sport: I play football as mention above, I also play some tennis (both very badly). I also try to go running and mountain biking regularly (though there are no mountains near by).
Fave store: www.amazon.co.uk
Fave music: Tricky one! I've got quite a diverse taste, the bands I have made an effort to go and see are Bootleg Beatles, Fear Factory, Oasis/The Verve, The Who, 21st Centuary Doors and a band called the Hamsters who gig all around the country and play Jimi Hendrix/ZZ Top stuff amongst others. I also went to Classic FM live once a couple of years ago when going though my classical stage. Currently listening to Jefferson Airplane.

What you can't stand: People who are always late
What you plain dislike: Fruit salad and chav culture (not necessarily together)
What you most love to do: Play full time in a band and live the rock n roll lifestyle.
Your self-confessed flaws: Lack of confidence, motivation and ambition. Too much time spent in the local tavern
What intrigues/fascinates you: Other people, Tolkien, British history (esp AD 400 – AD 1603)
What scares you: The ghost in the library at the beginning of Ghostbusters
Quotation to live by: Don’t have one but I like to do as much as I can with my time

Additional Comments: Comments Comments Comments… oh dear

[Garen LiLorian]

Name (that you go by): Garen, generally, but when I hand in papers it says Brendan
Age:21
Occupation:Student / Monk. No, really
Future Aspirations: Make money, be happy, enjoy life
Goal in life: Enlightenment. And kids
Short term goals: A degree. To learn Japanese
Passion: Reading, writing, chivalry
Hobbies: See above and add Karate and meditation
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Singing, theater, thinking chivalry isn't dead, traveling everywhere at the drop of a hat, being a huge dork

Fave book: Don Quixote, LotR (go figure, right?) Three Musketeers, etc. You see the theme
Fave movie: Princess Bride is the greatest movie of all time! Secondarily, Moulin Rouge, Man of La Mancha
Fave sport: Football! (american) Karate, fencing, kendo. And Baseball.
Fave store: Any bookstore that has armchairs and stays open long hours. If it has a fireplace, that's just lovely
Fave music:Man of La Mancha, Les Miserables, pretty much anything I can sing along to. And DMB

What you can't stand: Self-righteousness
What you plain dislike: Snakes. *shivers*
Who you admire: Don Quixote
What you most love to do: be chivalrous. Be nice to people when they aren't expecting it. Play sports. Meditate.
Your self-confessed flaws: Self-righteousness (sometimes) difficulty sticking with something that's difficult
What intrigues/fascinates you: Foreign languages and cultures, the mystic
What scares you: Snakes.
Quotation to live by: Everyone sucks, and it's just dumb. Not bad, just dumb.
Also, see my sig

Additional comments:

[Formendacil]

Retaining three year old answers, let's see what's changed...


Name: Michael. Or, to some, Mike. -Still true, except many now habitually call me "Joosten."
Age: 18 +3=21
Occupation: Student/Library Page -Well, I'm still a student, and I still work with written materials, but I'm in university now and I'm an assistant archivist in the summer.
Future Aspirations: Depends on the month, but the most constant of my goals is to become a Priest. If not, then a Dad. Dunno about the day job... -I appear to have totally settled on priest, barring (pun intended) an act of God.
Goal in life: Write and publish a book. -Still would be nice, but right now I'd rather aim to not be monolingual... which will be difficult, given that I'm lazy.
Short term goals: Finish Grade 12 -Finish my BA (one more year...)
Passion: LEGO, Tolkien, Church -And one could probably add "the Barrow-downs"
Hobbies: Reading, writing, posting online, playing with LEGO... -except that I don't have time for all of the above anymore...
Famous for (okay, this is where you get to brag about yourself): Being the smart kid. I've always been known as the smart, or mature kid. The sooner I shed that image, the better. Also known about town as "the boy who wants to become a priest". Great way to avoid matchmaking old ladies, I might add.... -Still known as the smart kid, still known as "wants to be a priest." Also known as "the" Catholic in a couple circles.

Favorite books: The Lord of the Rings, obviously. Anything by Tolkien, for that matter (excepting maybe his "real" scholarly works). Actually like the Harry Potter series as well. Also anything well-written and historical tends to fascinate me. -Haven't read much fiction these past couple years... nothing new anyway. I've read a lot of Philosophy, and enjoyed it... but more the ideas than the actual reading thereof.
Favorite movie: Don't really have a permanent one. Loved the new Peter Pan! -Still nothing permanent, but I would probably pick the Chronicles of Narnia.
Favorite sport: Bunnock That's right, you've never heard of it before... -No change.
Favorite store: Toys 'r Us, or possibly any Mens' Wear store. -TRU is still a big hit, but my idea of good clothes leans ever closer to cassock and surplice.
Favorite music: Classical, Country -And anything liturgical with Latin &/or an Organ.

What you most love to do: Hanging out with friends, go to church, acting, reading, writing, vegetating, sleeping... -same, except I haven't acted in years...
Who you admire: John Paul II, J.R.R. Tolkien, Alec Guiness, and a plethora of others... -most notably including Papa Benedetto, St. Thomas Aquinas, and quite a number of other Catholics.