Who are you anway?

[Paul Hanson]

Not now, thanks. I just woke up.

[Provost Harrison]

I don't think I can beat Laz's pedigree there, but here goes anyway

Family background: The only child of the union of my mother and father, both of which have been married previously, my mother with 2 children and my father with 4 children previously, although I have always been closer to the maternal side and know them as my siblings.

Religion: my father has always been resolutely atheist and pro-science and my mother neutral so I have never had any kind of religious indoctrination. Not their scene.

Academic: Attended 2 primary schools (in Hull and Hessle), 2 secondary schools (Hessle and Beverley). At Beverley Grammar School I obtained 9 good GCSE passes and 4 good A-Levels (yeah, including General Studies, I've got to blow my trumpet somewhere ) which secured me a place at the University of Oxford to study Biochemistry. 4 years there, got a desmond, went on to do 2 years of a PhD...was absolutely sick to death of academia and left by this point (Jan 2002)

I currently live in North Hull in a pokiest little house, I have also lived in Oxford and Hessle (East Yorkshire). My parents were both born and raised in Hull and their backgrounds were associated with the seafaring tradition here - all of my grandparents have been associated with the fishing/merchant industry in some form. Although my paternal grandmother was originally from Co. Durham, grandfather from Fleetwood, Lancs and my maternal grandfather from Nottingham. My maternal grandmothers side seems to have been from Hull from as far back as the ark. I still live in Hull, but am trying to escape

Interests? Socialising, driving, computing (no sh*t Sherlock ) and music - I am not the outdoors type, I don't like plummeting to a certain death and retrieving myself at the last moment with a piece of cloth or jumping off sheer drops with nothing other than a tiny bit of polymer to help me defy the inevitability of gravity. I would see myself as a bit of a bon viveur if only I had the finances to support it. Of course I am ruthlessly ambitious yet somehow still socialist at the same time

Plans for the future: Now that's a difficult one...would be nice to do everything and anything (except extreme sports, no thanks. If I ever got to go on a camping holiday, I'd stop at the hotel around the corner thank you very much ). I would like a decent job, a place of my own and eventually a family. It is amazing when 'normality' has been withheld, how much you would just like to be normal...alas I don't think the 'normal' life will ever be for me, so christ knows, just socialise some more, keep popping those pills and doing whatever I do to keep myself in the lifestyle I am accustomed to. I have also realised recently that I am probably more nomadic than I though and fiercely independent - not compatible with what I would like to be. Ah well...

[DRoseDARs]

Originally posted by alva

Stats:
5'7"
115lbs (unhealthily underweight, should be 135-145lbs my age/height; gonna get help soon though)
22yrs starting April 27, 1981

Why would you need help??

I'll answer that, then head to bed:

Something has changed in my general health. Although my diet and physical activity level (or lack thereof) hasn't changed much in 6 years, my body weight has dropped by 10 lbs in recent months for no apparent reason. It used to be I'd fluctuate(sp?) between 125 and 135 with no ill effects over the course of a year. It has been a long time since I was over 125lbs. I recently weighed my self and was shocked and very worried when I saw 115.

Bare in mind, I said nothing has changed in either my diet nor my physical activity. I'm constantly tired, probably because I've difficulty sleeping; my appetite has started to drop in recent months; I'm a lot moodier than I ought to be (mood swings suck...I absolutely hate turning into a b*tch ); depression has been my constant companion for several years (suicidal tendancies have never been a problem...in-built mental tripwires protect me from myself); I never feel fully healthy any more.

Something like this happened to my grandmother years and years ago when my corner of the Rose clan moved to Reno. She dipped below 100lbs, close to 90 I believe. She got help and was doing much better within a few weeks.

My plan is to take advantage of my low level of body fat (measured recently at below 5% with a usual range of 4%-6% depending on my blood chemistry at that time) and begin building my body. I want to change my diet to be less "Whatever is on my plate" and more "Whatever is going to make me live longer." I need to get my bodyweight back up before I REALLY get sick and end up in the hospital, but I need to do it in a way that isn't going to make me blow up like a balloon. My boss is a personal trainer and she has offered to help me when I'm ready to start. My finacial situation has improved, so I can nearly afford her discounted training fee.

I've always been a scrawny person. I don't wish to die one...



Hell, maybe this change of healthstyle will help me get a boyfriend!

G'night all. And eat one good, healthy meal for me today...

[Dr Strangelove]

Originally posted by DRoseDARs


I'll answer that, then head to bed:

Something has changed in my general health. Although my diet and physical activity level (or lack thereof) hasn't changed much in 6 years, my body weight has dropped by 10 lbs in recent months for no apparent reason. It used to be I'd fluctuate(sp?) between 125 and 135 with no ill effects over the course of a year. It has been a long time since I was over 125lbs. I recently weighed my self and was shocked and very worried when I saw 115.

Bare in mind, I said nothing has changed in either my diet nor my physical activity. I'm constantly tired, probably because I've difficulty sleeping; my appetite has started to drop in recent months; I'm a lot moodier than I ought to be (mood swings suck...I absolutely hate turning into a b*tch ); depression has been my constant companion for several years (suicidal tendancies have never been a problem...in-built mental tripwires protect me from myself); I never feel fully healthy any more.

Something like this happened to my grandmother years and years ago when my corner of the Rose clan moved to Reno. She dipped below 100lbs, close to 90 I believe. She got help and was doing much better within a few weeks.

My plan is to take advantage of my low level of body fat (measured recently at below 5% with a usual range of 4%-6% depending on my blood chemistry at that time) and begin building my body. I want to change my diet to be less "Whatever is on my plate" and more "Whatever is going to make me live longer." I need to get my bodyweight back up before I REALLY get sick and end up in the hospital, but I need to do it in a way that isn't going to make me blow up like a balloon. My boss is a personal trainer and she has offered to help me when I'm ready to start. My finacial situation has improved, so I can nearly afford her discounted training fee.

I've always been a scrawny person. I don't wish to die one...



Hell, maybe this change of healthstyle will help me get a boyfriend!

G'night all. And eat one good, healthy meal for me today...

You need to see a doctor. Really.

[geeslaka]

Got bored so here's how many pounds per inch of height we each have.
Odin: 3.43
alva: 1.71
DRoseDARs: 1.71
Frozzy: 2.08
Azazel: 3.20
geeslaka: 2.04
Pekka: 2.68
Looks like alva should be looking for help to because he comes out with the same ratio as DRoseDARs.

[Starchild]

Get a flow chart ready people cause here we go:

Family: I grew up believing I was the eldest and only son of my parents with one younger sister. Ha. Earlier this year I was told that not only had my father been married prior with children but he wasn't even my biological father. My mum was married previously and had me and when she married again, the deal was that I was to be raised not knowing the truth. So not only is my sister truthfully speaking my half sister but I have other half-siblings on bio-dad's side of the family.

I was born in Sussex, England and my early years were spent with my mum and bio-dad or, when they were both working, in Brighton with my maternal grandparents. At the age of 2 or so, after my mum had remarried, we moved out of England to Staten Island, New York, USA. When we decided that living so close to the mafia wasn't the best environment for a kid, my family hopped over the New Jersey. The breakdown of the marriage saw us move around in New Jersey until the divorce brought us to Canada (so my nonbio-dad could be see us more often. Ha!) My mum has settled into a stable and long term relationship and, after a few more moves in Canada, has a house in the countryside where she lives with her boyfriend and my (half)sister.

I rarely speak to nonbio-dad as I consider him a lying, cheating, promise breaking drunkard. I spent a good deal of my early teenage years dreaming about taking a shovel to his skull until the carpet was red. I know find myself slightly envious of peers with stable and healthy father-son relationships. I've never met my biological dad though I plan to sometime next year or so.

The rest of my family is scattered around England with a few offshoots in Canada and Australia.

Education: I've been in the American, Canadian, and English education systems. American kindergarten, primary, and middle school, Canadian highschool, and English Sixth Form. I already have an alphabet soup of pre-university qualifications including OACs, OSSD, AS, A2, etc. I hope to attend Edinburgh University starting in fall 2004 to study Biochemistry.

Religion: My family is pretty neutral in religion, either being non-religious or not following any organised form of worship. Time spent in Philosophy and Religion classes have caused me to develop two ideas: 1) there is no god or 2) the nature of god(s) is such that we cannot describe them in human terms, determine a number of deities, or understand their relationship to us. Such an arrangement is, for all purposes, the same as having no God. I could be called an atheist polytheist who expects the universe to be indifferent to my situation.

Currently: I live in the town of Felixstowe with my grandparents, aunt, uncle, and eldest first cousin. I attent the local Sixth Form. I work at an liquor store. I drink, I watch movies, I annoy my family by dying my hair or getting piercings. I dream of running away to university and being able to be independent and free. I annoy my friends by taking lots of photos. I'm going back to visit Canada in two weeks.

Future: Knowing my life, some tragedy or dark secret is lurking behind the corner to jump out and surprise me. I'm starting to become fairly thick skinned to the ups and downs in my life. The age of innocence ended quite a while ago. The only thing left to do is to stand tall, smile, love one's friends and family, go out, grab a hold of life and squeeze until it stops struggling.

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by DRoseDARs
Bare in mind, I said nothing has changed in either my diet nor my physical activity. I'm constantly tired, probably because I've difficulty sleeping; my appetite has started to drop in recent months; I'm a lot moodier than I ought to be (mood swings suck...I absolutely hate turning into a b*tch ); depression has been my constant companion for several years (suicidal tendancies have never been a problem...in-built mental tripwires protect me from myself); I never feel fully healthy any more.

It doesn't sound good. Could be diabetes.

[monolith94]

"Got bored so here's how many pounds per inch of height we each have."

I'm 2.7

Whatever happened to redjon?

[geeslaka]

Does redjon usually do that kind of thing?

[Buck Birdseed]

Name: Johan Arnold Ulric Palme

Age: 22

Date of Birth: 10/06 1981, Swedish ID number 810610-0376

Height: 189 cm

Weight: 109 Kg

Family: Mother, 64, Father, 59, happily married for 30-odd years. Three half-siblings (mother's side) I treat as full siblings, 41, 39 and 32.

Education: Kindergarten in Budapest, Hungary and Sundbyberg, Sweden, Primary school in Sundbyberg and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Secondary school in Dar es Salaam and Stockholm, Sweden. BA Politics and Philosophy, University of York, England (failed). Currently first on the reserve list to get into a two-year course in Umeå, Sweden, studying Cultural Journalism.

Religion: Atheist

Ideology: New Pluralist Feminist

Interests: Popular music, other culture, writing criticism and arts-based articles.

Address: Currently:
Alms v. 34
SE-172 76 Sundbyberg
SWEDEN

Phone Number: +46 (8) 29 45 75

[Sava]

age: 23

heigth/weight: 5'9'', 200 lbs (must lose 20 )

languages: mostly English... I speak enough Spanish to find my way if I get lost in Mexico... and enough Serbo/Croatian to insult people.

family backround: Oldest of two... my sister is 21 on July 21st. My mother's family came from Western Germany in 1958. They were refugees from WW2. My grandfather on that side fought with the British supported Serbian partisans. He was one of 5 survivors of a massacre at Kragujevic where the Nazis machine gunned 5,000.

On my dad's side, his father came from Macedonia, while his mother's family has lived in America for a very long time. My dad's father was in an airborne division in WW2 and participated in the Normandy operation. He was awarded a purple heart. I never met the man because he died before I was born in 1980.

I was born in Park Ridge, IL, and lived on the north side of Chicago until age 2. Then I lived in Springfield, IL until 1990, while spending summers at my grandparents in the north side... then we moved to a white-bred suburb... Naperville, IL, where my parents still live.

education: I graduated in 1998, not really having any direction, I went to college part-time while working full-time until 2000 when I decided I wanted to get a real job. I have about enough credits for an Associate's in Science, and plan on going to another college to get a degree in either Computer Science, Political Science, or Journalism. I would like to get into politics, eventually. Right now I'm taking Java and HTML classes in order to get certified in Web Design and Java. I spent a 6 month stint at the Illinois Institute of Art studying Game Art and Design, but realized their program was for art people, not computer people. So I'm back home going to a local community college until either the fall or winter.

religion: baptized Serbian Orthodox... my grandmother on my mom's side (Croatian) was originally Catholic, but converted in order to marry my grandfather. She, along with Sunday school, raised my Orthodox. My dad's family is Lutheran. Realizing that religion was full of crap, written thousands of years ago by men with agendas, I gave up practicing any faith. I still study religion in an attempt to understand what's wrong with 95% of the world.

other things about me: in 1998 I was diagnosed with Depression, which I've suffered from since I can remember. Pills don't do squat for me, my depression is primarily a thought-driven illness. I tend to be highly independent. I like to read and learn about history, politics, and science. I see a lot of pain and suffering in the world, and in my own country, and only want to do what I can to improve the quality of life for people. I'm a very pragmatic person... while ideals are important in setting goals, I feel people that are tied to ideologies are just as mistaken as those tied to religion. Faith can be good, but not at the expense of the real world or common sense.

[geeslaka]

Buck Birdseed is 3.2 lbs/in of height.
Sava is 2.9

[Provost Harrison]

Expect some heavy breathing off Fez tonight down the phone Johan

[Eli]

Re: Who are you anway?

18 years old. 164cm, 75kg +-2.

Family background: I have a sister, she's couple years younger.
Father(46) is a high school maths teacher, mother(41) a doctor.

Religion: Avoiding.

Work/School: Finished school couple weeks ago.

Was born in the Soviet Union...
From the mother side, my grandfather was running a diamonds factory for 40 years or so, a distinguished citizen, bla bla bla, had some money, influence, divorced my grandmother and married a Russian shiksa.
My grandmother was a respected doctor, bla.
From the fathers side, my grandfather is a WW2 veteran and invalid, they were both living in some Belorussian village and my grandfather was mainly writing letters for people who cant write. The grandmother was a teacher.

In Russia my mother was working as a doctor in a local hospital and my father was a school principle and now I discovered that just before we left for Israel he was offered the job of the city school inspector.

At the age of 6 my fathers family(~25 people all in all) moved to Israel, and my maternal grandmother moved with us to "help take care of the children(me and my sister)".

So at this point the entire family is in Israel, except my maternal grandfather who is married to a Russian woman and didnt want to leave because he's going pretty good there. My mothers brother, his Russian wife and their two officialy Christian children with whom contact is slowly degrading. And the son of my uncle from his first marriage to some Russian woman who is in Belgium or Canada or something.

At first the economic situation in Israel was pretty sucky. My mother was studying all day long for the Israeli medical exams, my father was cleaning streets and stuff, but eventually everything got better and we're pretty well established now.

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My hobbies. The usual... History, Science, Sci Fi, Civ, foruming.

[geeslaka]

Eli is 2.6