Introduce yourself 2005

I'm a big music nerd, and I needed a place where I could voice my opinions. Hopefully, this can be that place.

Related to Steve by any chance? ;-))))))

So you don't like non-Chigago ILXors?

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Introduction: I live in The Grim Up North. In fact, my home town and my ex-boyfriend's home town are adjacent in the lyrics of It's Grim Up North. I have a reputation for being a bit kinky, for self-hatred (see above), paranoia, geekery and tweeness. The latter is probably because I reached ILX from Sinister. The things I am most proud of include: having had sex with exactly equal numbers of men and women. Similarly, I'm proud of being equally interested in science and facts, and in the esoteric* and paranormal. Religion: the best phrase to describe me is agnostic pagan. I have met lots of ILXors in real life, and with most am never sure what represents them better: the personality you meet face-to-face or the personality you see online.

* in the sense of: forteana, and the mysterious and occult.

I'm glad to be here, pleased to meet you all and ready to rhumba/rumble.

(are you the most recent ex-Sinisterine to arrive? It's not like that's been a very active place for the past couple of years)

Google, friends recommendations, etc.

(probably. i was just sticking to the glasgow board to keep tabs on me peeps, until one day i made the dangerous decision to DIVERSIFY!)

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I'm Robyn. I've been here for a while but don't post a lot. Today I am in a good mood, with a lot of laughing. I live in Montreal. I like a lot of things and can be convinced to like other things. However, I have a few rational dislikes and several irrational dislikes. I'm sure that soon I will go back to lurking.

I have lurked for many thousands of years, but only recently have I started posting, however intermittently. I am an account receivable represtative. It is as fun as it sounds. I am, like this entire board, something of a recovering indie-rocker, I guess. Lately I have been getting into Dylan and XTC. I just saw 2046 which makes me think I might dig the wong-kar wai action.

I am, as noted elsewhere, thinking seriously about attending library science school because I want to be like Ned Raggett only with a master's degree.

So, about me: I'm male and 27, a perpetual undergrad student and underachiever still living in my hometown (Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA). I should finally be finishing up my degree (BA in Philosophy) by the end of this year. After that, I'm thinking about exploring the wonderful world of library science, but I'm not sure about that yet, as that's pretty much of a stopgap measure, even though I do feel an affinity for archiving things. I don't think I'm ever going to figure out what I want to do when I grow up. Once upon a time I thought I might like to do something "important", but now I have no idea what "importance" might entail. Hmm, what else. I'm an extrovert afraid to be anything but an introvert. I'm an atheist who frequently engages in flights of irrational thinking. I have a tendency to desire expertise on the subjects that interest me, but at the same time I am fatally incurious about things of real importance and give up in my efforts far too easily. I hate to be surprised but I get bored easily. I get carried away by my preoccupation with pop culture, even though I'm an individualist who'd really rather be thinking about more important things most of the time. I know what made Socrates wise, but I try to be a smartypants too much of the time anyway. I've let fear keep me from the things I really want in life. I hate to commit to decisions, even though I equally hate the life I live as a result of my indecisiveness. I've been described by the same people as both a total idiot and as the smartest person they know (but I think the truth lies more with the former).

There's probably more to say, but I've run out of steam. I suppose I've already said too much. Hi, anyway.

aw, thanks Ned. I just got an RAship doing research that overlaps with my thesis research, so rah! for that. Two birds, one stone and such. also: money! amazing.

:-D Always handy!

Stewart's goal is both laudable and strange.