STATS STUFF:

Name: David Carson
Real name: David Lee Carson
E-mail address: storm@ar.spamtrap.com.au, dcarson@ninenet.tramspap.com.au
Web page: http://www.ar.com.au/~storm/ikon/
Other newsgroups you frequent: alt.gothic (a bit), some linux groups
Length of time on the 'net: since early '92
Length of time as a net.goth: pretty similar
Place of residence: Sydney, soon to move from the north side of the harbour to the side where all the other goths live

APPEARANCE:

Chromosonal makeup: Male
Age: 24, but nearly 25!
Height: 5 foot 11 and a half inches.. couldn't quite stretch it to 6'
Weight: dunno
Hair for this week: black, fuzzy at the sides (needs shaving) and long at the back, remnants of silver and blue hair mascara from last night still clinging
Natural haircolor: medium-dark brown
Eyes: don't know, to be honest.. sort of eye-coloured
Tattoos: Still waiting for a truly great idea (been waiting 6 years so far..)
Piercings: Just one in the left ear
Preferred clothing: Black suit and black shirt if I'm feeling smart, black pants, goff-type t-shirt and leather jacket if I'm feeling slack. Doc boots.
Caught in the act clothes*: Corporate slave clothes. But still Doc boots.

[*caught in the act refers to caught in the act of not being goth (oh the horror!)]

LIFESTYLE:

Occupation: computer programmer at Channel 9
But I'd really like to be a: programmer who actually develops stuff for the world at large, not just in a corporate IT department
Martial status: single
Mating status: Pining for the fjords
Sexual preference: hetero goth-fancier
Number of other acg'ers you've been "intimate" with: "intimate" in quotes could mean anything but the answer is almost certainly 0
Religion: Atheist & skeptic
Hours of sleep per day: Normal night - about 10; post-Crypt or Electrik Ballroom night - about 3
Time of day when you're at your best: First thing in the morning, strangely enough
Pets: None at present but when I move house (very soon!) I'll be cat seeking.
Dietary classification: I've got an Womens' Weekly Indian cookbook and I'm not afraid to use it
Perky/mopey/neither: Depends on the current chemical imbalance. Never too far in either direction
Liver: shudder to think. "I donated my liver to goth"
Hobbies: dibbling about on my computer (coding, raytracing, html'ing), teaching myself bass guitar at glacial speed, cooking, not watching TV

FAVOURITES:

Band: Christian Death (yes, both incarnations); Ikon; Joy Division
Band that you are ashamed to admit you like on here: I'm not ashamed of them but I get some puzzled looks at my complete collection of Blue Oyster Cult albums
Pub: Definite soft spot for Jacks On Hunter, soon to be adopting the Duke Of Edinburgh as my local
Cafe: Never met a cafe I didn't like
Club: Embarrassment of riches at the moment - Crypt, Ritual and Electrik Ballroom are all about as much fun as any club I've ever been to. Sanctuary at The Sight made me the man I am today, though.
Epitaph: "Here lies an atheist who DIDN'T change his mind on his deathbed"
Book/author: Just read John Birmingham's "He Died With A Felafel In His Hand" and "The Tasmanian Babes Fiasco" and they nearly killed me. The funniest stuff I've ever come across. Oh, and I love Iain Banks, Terry Pratchett and Ben Elton.
TV show: Don't watch much but am religious about Babylon 5. Try not to miss South Park and Red Dwarf.
Actor/actress: Too hard to say.
Movie: Clerks, Chasing Amy, Pulp Fiction
Artist/artwork: Too much of a philistine to offer an opinion
Animal: Cats, but I like any small furry animal (mice, rats, rabbits, etc.)
Food: Indian
Drink: wine (a nice Shiraz for preference), beer (Tooheys Old, Newcastle Brown, or indeed anything), cider (Strongbow White).. ehh.. see my answer to the "Liver" question.
Texture: Furry
Place to go: Somewhere dark and noisy with a bar, or a city containing many such places

MISCELLANY:

If you were stranded on a tropical island, what three things would you want with you?

1) cream whipper
2) 18,000 boxes of nitrous oxide bulbs
3) pillow

Thin Elvis or Fat Elvis: Any Elvis except that annoying Viva Las Vegas Elvis that blighted my TV screen yesterday afternoon

What is your greatest desire right now: Can't answer that on a.c.g on the grounds that it may incriminate me. Second greatest desire: that it stops raining so I can go to the shops, get some food, and cook up something fantastic for dinner

What pisses you off the most: Fear

What has the exact opposite effect: sex, drugs and rock'n'roll

Anything else you want to say that you don't feel is covered above: My brain hurts already from all these questions on a Sunday afternoon.