Lin's fact file

Lin's Fact File

NAME: Lin
ALIAS: Venus Lin, Electric Venus, Marazion, Hey You With The Black Lips!
AGE: 45
SEX: Depends on who's offering...
OCCUPATION: Pressman (foil stamping and embossing)
FAVOURITE FOOD: Morningstar Farms veggie bacon, sushi, anything with cilantro in it.
FAVOURITE COLORS: Black, periwinkle, slate blue, puce, murky sage green, dusky lavender, dark chocolate, and deep pumpkin.
FAVOURITE TV SHOW: Six Feet Under, Star Trek (all but the last crappy series)
FAVOURITE RODENT: chinchilla
PREJUDICES: against racists, homophobes and snobs. Oh, and old men who won't turn right on a red light (and who wear a hat and gloves in July).
MOST HATED PET: tarantulas
POLITICAL AFFILIATION: slightly left of centre on most issues, slightly right of centre on a few.
FAVOURITE SURGICAL APPLIANCE: Foerster clamps I guess (it certainly wouldn't be specula!!!)
FAVOURITE BOOKS: War and Peace, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Lolita, Chronicles of Narnia, The Odyssey, anything by Anne Rice or Terry Pratchett, The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, The Prophet, The Hobbit.
FIRST BREAK IN SHOW BUSINESS: lathering myself with my grandad's shaving brush on an 8mm home movie at a year old.
FAVOURITE STIMULANT: being in the pit at gigs
THINK OF A NUMBER: 42
CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS: Well, I've often thought I'd have made a great pirate, but I wouldn't go so far as to call it a conviction.
AVERAGE INCOME: Sadly no.
FAVOURITE DISEASE: Priapism
TURN YOUR HEAD: No way! My nose is too pointy in profile. People would throw buckets of water at me to see if I melted.
FAVOURITE MUSICIANS: I could fill a book! Mostly metal, punk, alternative, blues and classical.
SIZE OF SHOES: knee high combat boots or strappy sandals with 5" heels
WHO DO YOU LOVE?: I could fill another book...
IS SOMETHING HAPPENING?: Yes! Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't out to get you.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS?: Yes, but if I told you then they'd be out to get you too.
THE PERSON YOU'D MOST LIKE TO FORGET BUT CAN'T: Fred Durst and Avril Levine
DO YOU DRIVE?: As little as possible. The sidewalks are getting too congested.
DO YOU DRINK?: Only when I drive.
FAVOURITE RECORD: The one where the guy lifted a 75 kg barbell with his dangly bits. Oh, not that kind of record? Electric Warrior then.
FAVOURITE MOVIE: The Wizard of Oz, Willow, Labyrinth, Highlander, Withnail and I, Harold and Maude, Waking Ned Devine, The City of Lost Children, Lost Boys, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Valerie and Her Week of Wonders, Chasing Amy.
HOW DOES IT FEEL?: Hmm, about 20 degrees celsius right now.
YEAH, HOW DOES IT FEEL?: Actually, I lied. It's more like 15 degrees. I'm trying to lower my heating bills this month.
AMBITION: Not currently. I'm too tired from working 7 days a week.
WORST FEAR: Reincarnation. Unless I come back as a housecat. Or a barnacle.
FAVOURITE CITY: New York
LEAST FAVOURITE CITIES: Edmonton, Dundee
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE IF YOU WEREN'T WHAT YOU ARE?: Q from Star Trek.
FAVOURITE COMIC BOOK: Gloomcookie
DO YOU OWN YOURSELF?: Yes, but I'm an absentee landlord.

06/05