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Linz

How do we know he's NOT Mel Tormé?

About Me

Cat lover, Artiste, Musician, Dreamer, Teacher, Geek, Unreliable, Anti-Geek, I am not a Goth...I am a free man!!!, Floyd's Daddy, Nouveau Macoid, Pedant, Wannabe Parisian, Friend...
'There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.'
Albert Schweitzer
You are a
Social Liberal
(78% permissive)

and an...
Economic Liberal
(18% permissive)

You are best described as a:

Socialist
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Link: The Politics Test on OkCupid Free Online Dating
Also: The OkCupid Dating Persona Test
Your Eyes Should Be Green
Your eyes reflect: Striking attractiveness and danger
What's hidden behind your eyes: A vivid inner world What Color Should Your Eyes Be?
Your Quirk Factor: 72%
You're so quirky, it's hard for you to tell the difference between quirky and normal.
No doubt about it, there's little about you that's "normal" or "average." How Quirky Are You?
You Are a Dreaming Soul
Your vivid emotions and imagination takes you away from this world
So much so that you tend to live in your head most of the time
You have great dreams and ambitions that could be the envy of all...
But for you, following through with your dreams is a bit difficult
You are charming, endearing, and people tend to love you.
Forgiving and tolerant, you see the world through rose colored glasses.
Underneath it all, you have a ton of passion that you hide from others.
Always hopeful, you tend to expect positive outcomes in your life.
Souls you are most compatible with: Newborn Soul, Prophet Soul, and Traveler Soul What Kind of Soul Are You?
TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name: Linz
Birthday: 18th December
Birthplace: Dumfries, Scotland
Current Location: Same!
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Dark Brown (I think, it was dyed black for so long!!)
Height: Varies - honestly!! 5'11" - 6'
Right Handed or Left Handed: Right
Your Heritage: Scots/Dutch
The Shoes You Wore Today: Old boots for working in the garden (how grown up!)
Your Weakness: Cats
Your Fears: Heights, Veins, Moths
Your Perfect Pizza: Chicken provencal
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: To get back to normal life after 5 years of house-building
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: lol
Thoughts First Waking Up: Do I have to get up?
Your Best Physical Feature: Eyes (so I'm told)
Your Bedtime: too late!
Your Most Missed Memory: Roger
Pepsi or Coke: Coke (but Irn Bru really)
MacDonalds or Burger King: Burger King (Bacon Double...XL!)
Single or Group Dates: With the right people, either
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: no idea
Chocolate or Vanilla: Can I have both? :p
Cappuccino or Coffee: Cappuccino
Do you Smoke: If I do, you're rubbing too hard
Do you Swear: Far too often
Do you Sing: I try
Do you Shower Daily: Indeed
Have you Been in Love: Definitely
Do you want to go to College: OK, so I see this is for folk half my age
Do you want to get Married: Don't really see the need
Do you belive in yourself: What's belive? (There's the pedant!)
Do you get Motion Sickness: Yeah, even when I'm not in motion :-S
Do you think you are Attractive: Physically? No
Are you a Health Freak: LOL, LMAO, ROFL etc. etc.
Do you get along with your Parents: Yes, brilliantly
Do you like Thunderstorms: LOVE THEM! One of my favourite things
Do you play an Instrument: Guitar, bass, keyboard and drums (kind of)
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: Maybe a couple of pints here and there ;-)
In the past month have you Smoked: Dammit - yes! But just the onc...oops, two
In the past month have you been on Drugs: No
In the past month have you gone on a Date:
In the past month have you gone to a Mall: Several
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: Don't know if we get them here...so no
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: Nope
In the past month have you been on Stage: Yeah, lots
In the past month have you been Dumped: LOL, no
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: Brrrr!
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: Nope...not even any tunes!!
Ever been Drunk: LMAO, OK, the teen thing again...maybe once or twice LOL
Ever been called a Tease: Frequently
Ever been Beaten up: No, nobody's messed with me :-P
Ever Shoplifted: No
How do you want to Die: Being licked to death by a Tiger during an intense thunder storm
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: Well I'm 32 and I ain't grown up yet...
What country would you most like to Visit: Peru...or somewhere thereabouts
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color: Blue
Favourite Hair Color: Brunette
Short or Long Hair: Longish
Height: 5'2"-5'7"
Weight: Not too worried about weight
Best Clothing Style: Whatever suits the girl in question
Number of Drugs I have taken: So we're off the boy/girl thing? just the one I guess
Number of CDs I own: Wow, haven't counted for years, 400 maybe...?
Number of Piercings: None
Number of Tattoos: Nada
Number of things in my Past I Regret: 2 or 3

My Interests

Learning a little bit about everything rather than a lot about a few things, What it's all about, Art, Architecture, Particles, The way things (and people) interact, Fabric, Wordplay, Watching the world go by from a Paris café, Floyd, Smudge, Cats all over the world, Textures...

I'd like to meet:

Those less dull, The witty, The wise who don't know they are, People with whom you can just shut the f**k up and chill, Cats, People who know not to ask how old Floyd is - he'll ALWAYS be a kitten....RIGHT!!! Good conversationalists, Musicians, The talented...

Music:



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Tori Amos, Kate Bush, Cure, Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie, NIN, Django Reinhardt, Dresden Dolls, Moloko, Depeche Mode, Floyd/Gilmour, Madeleine Peyroux, Bauhaus, Marilyn Manson, Art Tatum, Jeff Buckley's version of Hallelujah (heartbreakingly perfect), Del Amitri, Blues, Sting, Suzanne Vega, Jesus and Mary Chain, Chet Baker, Smiths, Siouxsie, Mission, Shit 80's pop, Razed in Black, All About Eve, DJ Shadow, Extreme (sorry), Diana Krall, The Last Dance, Jesus Jones, Air, Bowie, RATM, Tom Cochrane, Martin Taylor, Ramsey Lewis, The Damned, The The, OMD...

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Movies:

Amelie, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Shawshank Redemption (how predictable), Sid and Nancy, Delicatessan, Breakfast Club, The Crow (quelle surprise), Blazing Saddles, Lost in Translation, Any of the Harry Potter films, Pulp Fiction, A Life Less Ordinary, Corpse Bride, Nightmare Before Christmas, Dogma, Ghost World, Stigmata, Leon, True Romance, Maverick, Green Mile, St. Elmo's Fire, Shrek (2...not so much), LOTR...

Television:

Green Wing, Six Feet Under, Third Watch, Buzzcocks, Have I got News for You, Black Books, Deal or No Deal (addictive), Pocoyo, Family Guy, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Young Ones, The Simpsons, Ideal, Letterman, Scrubs, Without a Trace, The Daily Show...

Books:

Books stimulate my imagination too much - I never finish any due to my wandering mind....

Heroes:

Tori Amos, Kate Bush, Trent Reznor, David Gilmour, John Lasseter, Amanda Palmer, Roisin Murphy & Mark Brydon, Matt Johnson, Larry David, David Bowie, Christopher Walken, Martin Metcalf, Roger Tweedie, Rodney Matthews, Generally people with clear talent - leaders, politicians, philosophers etc. rarely gain my respect...

My Blog

About time too...

OK, so every time I hit the pub someone's going on about their MySpace account...so I'm finally doing something to release me from the social stigma of being myspace-less...albeit in a lame-ass style ...
Posted by Linz on Wed, 07 Jun 2006 02:19:00 PST