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

Formendacil · 04-12-2005, 07:08 PM

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 · 04-19-2005, 08:29 AM

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 · 04-24-2005, 03:00 PM

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 · 04-24-2005, 04:39 PM

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:

Shelob · 04-24-2005, 06:02 PM

Name (that you go by): Kristin, though online I'm often Caladre
Age: 17
Occupation: Highschool Student
Future Aspirations: To go to college, to study the brain, to travel
Goal in life: To travel and see as much of the world as possible
Short term goals: To live in a cave (I'm doing that this summer) To return to England (I'm doing that this summer) To go to Africa (I could have done that this summer)
Passion: Reading (Poetry, Mythology, Science Fiction, 'Classics'), Travel, Brain sciences, Genetics/DNA, Seeing Plays/Musicals, Trying to prove some unprovable Math problem my mom gave me.
Hobbies: Fencing, Pottery, Reading, Kayaking, Listening to Music, Teaching myself how to use Photoshop
Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Being unable to brag about myself.

Fave book: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Hobbit, The Princess Bride, The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, Macbeth (I can't narrow it down to one, but those five usually compete for the top of the list)
Fave movie: The Princess Bride, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, October Sky, Much Ado About Nothing, Lord of the Rings (Same Condition as with the Books)
Fave sport: Fencing, Kayaking/Canoeing, Backpacking
Fave store: Any Book store with a decent Selection.
Fave music: Show Tunes, Celtic/Folksongs, Classical and the band Moxy Fruvous

What you can't stand: Rude People (which is unfortunatly many people at my school)
What you plain dislike: Donuts, Being treated unfairly, Star Wars
Who you admire: No one really, I admire aspects of people but no specific people.
What you most love to do: Read, Listen to Music, Spend Time with my friends, Travel/see new Places
Your self-confessed flaws: I'm shy, I usually won't do something unless I know I have support, I'm a horrible terrible rotten speller who likes to use words I can't spell (the upside to this being that I'm kinda like a thesaurus)
What intrigues/fascinates you: The Mind within this I often ask myself questions like "what makes us who we are?" "Why do we do what we do?" "How do I see the world?" "How do others see the world?"
What scares you: Spiders (They remain the only thing that can get me into a state of screaming helplessness), Snakes (But I've mostly overcome this fear), Hights (But I've mostly overcome this fear)
Quotation to live by: "They called me mad, and I called them mad, and d**n them they outvoted me." Nathan Lee (1653-92)
"If you build your life on dreams it's prudent to recall a man with moonlight in his hand has nothing there at all"

Additional comments:
Sometimes we wish for things gone past,
For things we've lost, for things to last,
But lasting means we can't recall,
With fondness, anything at all.
~Caladre

Formendacil · 07-03-2008, 08:30 PM

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.

04-12-2005, 07:08 PM	#1
Formendacil Dead Serious Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Perched on Thangorodrim's towers. Posts: 3,328	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... __________________ I prefer history, true or feigned.

04-19-2005, 08:29 AM	#2
Gil-Galad Psyche of Prince Immortal Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Above a Parapet Obvious exits are: North, South, and Dennis Posts: 4,734	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!) __________________ Love doesn't blow up and get killed.

04-24-2005, 03:00 PM	#3
Bywaters Haunting Spirit Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Tengiz, Kazahstan for 6 wks, then home for 2 wks. Blimey Posts: 47	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 __________________ ...I mean good manners don't cost nothing do they, eh? insuperably wasted

04-24-2005, 04:39 PM	#4
Garen LiLorian Wight Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The frigid white wilderness of the Midwest Posts: 235	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: __________________ This is my quest, to follow that star; no matter how hopeless, no matter how far. To fight for the right, without question or pause. To be willing to march into Hell for a Heavenly cause! -Man of La Mancha

04-24-2005, 06:02 PM	#5
Shelob Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: At the abysmal Abyss Mall. Posts: 276	Name (that you go by): Kristin, though online I'm often Caladre Age: 17 Occupation: Highschool Student Future Aspirations: To go to college, to study the brain, to travel Goal in life: To travel and see as much of the world as possible Short term goals: To live in a cave (I'm doing that this summer) To return to England (I'm doing that this summer) To go to Africa (I could have done that this summer) Passion: Reading (Poetry, Mythology, Science Fiction, 'Classics'), Travel, Brain sciences, Genetics/DNA, Seeing Plays/Musicals, Trying to prove some unprovable Math problem my mom gave me. Hobbies: Fencing, Pottery, Reading, Kayaking, Listening to Music, Teaching myself how to use Photoshop Famous for (okay this is where you get to brag about yourself): Being unable to brag about myself. Fave book: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Hobbit, The Princess Bride, The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, Macbeth (I can't narrow it down to one, but those five usually compete for the top of the list) Fave movie: The Princess Bride, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, October Sky, Much Ado About Nothing, Lord of the Rings (Same Condition as with the Books) Fave sport: Fencing, Kayaking/Canoeing, Backpacking Fave store: Any Book store with a decent Selection. Fave music: Show Tunes, Celtic/Folksongs, Classical and the band Moxy Fruvous What you can't stand: Rude People (which is unfortunatly many people at my school) What you plain dislike: Donuts, Being treated unfairly, Star Wars Who you admire: No one really, I admire aspects of people but no specific people. What you most love to do: Read, Listen to Music, Spend Time with my friends, Travel/see new Places Your self-confessed flaws: I'm shy, I usually won't do something unless I know I have support, I'm a horrible terrible rotten speller who likes to use words I can't spell (the upside to this being that I'm kinda like a thesaurus) What intrigues/fascinates you: The Mind within this I often ask myself questions like "what makes us who we are?" "Why do we do what we do?" "How do I see the world?" "How do others see the world?" What scares you: Spiders (They remain the only thing that can get me into a state of screaming helplessness), Snakes (But I've mostly overcome this fear), Hights (But I've mostly overcome this fear) Quotation to live by: "They called me mad, and I called them mad, and d*n them they outvoted me." Nathan Lee (1653-92) "If you build your life on dreams it's prudent to recall a man with moonlight in his hand has nothing there at all" Additional comments: Sometimes we wish for things gone past, For things we've lost, for things to last, But lasting means we can't recall, With fondness, anything at all. ~Caladre __________________ A signature always reveals a man's character - and sometimes even his name ~Evan Esar. Pan for Everyone! Last edited by Shelob; 09-28-2005 at 12:25 PM.*

07-03-2008, 08:30 PM	#6
Formendacil Dead Serious Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Perched on Thangorodrim's towers. Posts: 3,328	Got to do something between WW posts... 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. __________________ I prefer history, true or feigned.