A bit about yourself...

[MaFiaBoY]

Just to know each other better on the Stratoforum

AGE: 18

SEX: Male

RELIGION/PHILOSOPHY: Agnostic

SEXUAL ORIENTATION: Straight

ETHNIC BACKROUND: White mother, arab father

OTHER FAVORITE BANDS: Dream Theater, Iron Maiden, Pink Floyd, Rush, Pain Of Salvation, Symphony X, Led Zeppelin...

FAVORITE MOVIE: All by Stanley Kubrick, especially 2001 and Clockwork Orange, Underground, Pulp Fiction and some others.

FAVORITE TV SHOW: The Simpson definitely rule I like watching a frech show called Les Guignols but that's about it, i'm not much of a tv lover.

FAVORITE ACTOR: No name comes to my mind, i'm not much a cinema fan either

FAVORITE BOOK: The Lord Of The Rings and all the books by Tolkien, the Harry Potter books, all by Amélie Nothomb and Isaac Asimov.

FAVORITE SPORT: None

FAVORITE FOOD: Pizza

PASSTIMES/PASSIONS: Playing drums, chess, computers

[NordicStorm]

Age: 12
Sex: Male
Sexual orientation: North
Philosophy: "It's 7am already?!? But I've only slept one hour!"
Ethnic background: Various forms of Honkey (Swedish, Hungarian, Danish, German, Finnish)
Favourite bands/artists: Chris Rea, Pain of Salvation, Aerosmith, Def Leppard, Symphony X, Royal Hunt, Queensryche, Rainbow, Deep Purple, Dio, Whitesnake, Black Sabbath, Glenn Hughes, Dream Theater, Threshold, Rammstein, Savatage, Kamelot, Nightwish, Journey, Ten, Conception, Opeth, Cornerstone, Blind Guardian, etc etc
Favourite movies: A Beautiful Mind, 21 Grams, Seven, anything by Mel Brooks, anything by Monty Python and/or Terry Gilliam, anything by Kevin Smith
Favourite TV shows: The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, 24, Lost, The West Wing, Futurama
Favourite authors: Isaac Asimov, Oscar Wilde, Douglas Adams
Favourite sport: Dwarf tossing
Favourite food: Pasta

[Hades]

and I copy and paste! ....

AGE: 23

SEX: Male

RELIGION/PHILOSOPHY: Agnostic

SEXUAL ORIENTATION: Heterosexual

ETHNIC BACKROUND: White mother, whithe father

OTHER FAVORITE BANDS: Sonata Artica, Rhapsody, Angra, Rata Blanca.

FAVORITE MOVIE: Star Wars every single one...!!!

FAVORITE TV SHOW: The Simpson!!!
FAVORITE ACTOR: Robert de Niro
FAVORITE BOOK: Bestiario (Cortazar)
FAVORITE SPORT: Soccer

FAVORITE FOOD: meat!!!

PASSTIMES/PASSIONS: music, PC, Read...

[fifthtea_sausage]

Age: Upper Teens
Sex: Male
Sexual orientation: Heterosexual
Philosophy: Upset as many people as possible!
Ethnic background: Armenian, perhaps a little Persian (from many many years ago, roots in last name, complicated...)
Favourite bands/artists: Stratovarius, Sonata Arctica, Dream Theater, Symphony X, Dragonforce (yes, yes ), a little Finntroll, System of a Down, Helloween, and Nightwish, maybe Demons&Wizards...
Favourite movies: If I had to choose, I'd say "the discreet charm of the bourgeousie. I don't think I spelled that right.
Favourite TV shows: The Simpsons, King of the Hill, Family Guy, but I'm not big on TV.
Favourite authors: Isaac Asimov, Douglas Adams, Robert Sheckley, Agatha Christie
Favourite sport: Sport
Favourite food: Indian, Teriyaki, Chinese, Japanse cuisine

[Equinox]

Oh, I always thought u were a girl. sorry.

[Cristiane]

Age: 24

Sex: female

Sexual orientation: straight

Philosophy: Pagan

Ethnic background: Portuguese grandparents.

Favourite bands/artists: KISS, Pink Floyd, Beatles, AC/DC, Journey, Deep Purple, Iron Maiden, Stratovarius, Helloween, Aerosmith, U2, ABBA, Blackmore’s Night, Edguy, Van Halen, Whitesnake, Ozzy, Blind Guardian, Rhapsody, some 60’s and 50’s bands and many others.

Favourite movies: Ferris Bueller's Day Off , Dirty Dancing...

Favourite TV shows: I’m not much into TV. I rarely turn it on.

Favourite actor/actress: none

Favourite authors: Tolkien, Marion Zimmer Bradley and universal literature authors such as Oscar Wilde, Choderlos de Laclos, Gustave Flaubert, Machado de Assis, Eça de Queirós and so on.

Favourite sport: Drink

Favourite food: I like all kinds. But I’m mad about potatoes.

Passtimes/Passions: music, cats, puzzles...

[Midnight]

Well, for my first post, I suppose I should intoduce myself........

AGE: 15

SEX: Male

RELIGION/PHILOSOPHY: I'm not religious, but there is a God........

SEXUAL ORIENTATION: Straight

ETHNIC BACKROUND: I don't know alot about my ancestors and such, but my dad is from New York and my mom is from here, Oklahoma ( shut up, I've already heard most of the jokes........ However, I'm probably one of the very few here in the state that actually got a passing grade in English........ )

OTHER FAVORITE BANDS: Helloween and Coldplay

FAVORITE MOVIE: The Matrix Trilogy

FAVORITE TV SHOW: Tough call........ Tie between King of the Hill and Family Guy.

FAVORITE ACTOR: Three way tie between Jim Carry, Chris Rock, and Bernie Mac.

FAVORITE BOOK: All books in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series!

FAVORITE SPORT: Is chess considered a sport?

FAVORITE FOOD: Cheese!

PASSTIMES/PASSIONS: Listening to Stratovarius and playing Counter Strike.

Other related stuff - I'm 6 foot 2 inches tall, I weigh 121.5 ( some call me unhealthy, I call myself rather good looking....... ), I wear a size 13 1/2 shoe, my favorite color is black, my eyes change colors, but most of the time they're dark brown, and I've been around computers and the like all my life, so you can image I don't have a tan, If you want to know anything else, you can message me on Yahoo.

[MaFiaBoY]

Welcome here Midnight, hope you like the place

[theFabz]

i am new, but i plan to post here more

AGE: 17

SEX: yes, please (male)

RELIGION/PHILOSOPHY: catholic

SEXUAL ORIENTATION: straight

ETHNIC BACKROUND: hispanic (mother is colombian, dad is chilean)

OTHER FAVORITE BANDS: sonata arctica, irdon maiden, children of bodom, nightwish, symphony x, rhapsody, manowar, judas priest, depeche mode, him, hammerfall, stormlord, norther, interpol

FAVORITE MOVIE: The Dreamers (a Bertolucci film), and The Goonies

FAVORITE TV SHOW: dont watch much tv

FAVORITE ACTOR: i'm a big action guy, so Arnold Schwarzenegger

FAVORITE BOOK: harry potter series, the catcher in the rye, the great gatsby, the scarlett letter, the perks of being a wallflower

FAVORITE SPORT: dont really follow sports, but i like baseball

FAVORITE FOOD: PIZZA!!

PASSTIMES/PASSIONS: playing guitar, music

[Stratofanius]

I'm not going to answer all questions...

SEX: Male

FAVORITE BANDS: Stratovarius, Iron Maiden, Wintersun, John Williams, Bruce Dickinson (solo career), DragonForce, Kotipelto (solo career), Velcra, Running Wild

FAVORITE MOVIE: There are too manys and I can't list them...

FAVORITE TV SHOW: South Park, Late Night With Conan O'Brien, Survivors, Amazing Race, Stargate SG1, Dharma & Greg, Cops ( ) etc. etc.

FAVORITE ACTOR: I can't decide... but one of the best is Arnold Schwarzenegger, sure!

FAVORITE BOOK: Bored of the Rings!

FAVORITE SPORT: Biking (and F1 from TV)

FAVORITE ACTOR: i'm a big action guy, so Arnold Schwarzenegger

He rocks!

[Stealth]

Age: 24, fast approaching 25

Sex: Male

Sexual orientation: Straight ahead

Religion: Atheist

Ethnic background: In VERY general terms, about 75% Italian and 25% German.

Favourite bands: Stratovarius, Sonata Arctica, Rata Blanca, Concerto Moon, old Malmsteen (up to Magnum Opus), Zeldar, etc., etc., etc., etc., etc.

Favourite movies: Labyrinth (destroys the competition, "The Neverending Story" ); Sleepaway Camp 1, 2 and 3 (very funny movies).

Favourite TV shows: South Park and Seinfeld.

Favourite authors: Emilio Salgari, Milan Kundera.

Favourite sport: SOCCER! (¡¡¡fútbol!!!)

Favourite food: Chinese (orange beef!!! ), Thai, Korean, asado, etc.

Most hated drinks: Anything that has alcohol, especially beer.

Place of birth: Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Passports: Argentinean, Italian and Canadian.

It would be a good idea to be more specific with the ethnic background thingy; "white" does not say much about a person's origin

My early ancestors were Homo erectus, Homo ergaster and Homo heidelbergensis, who in turn may have descended from Sahelanthropus tchadensis (damn biological anthropology lectures! )

[Equinox]

FAVORITE BOOK: the great gatsby, the scarlett letter

Don't u just love American schools?



Welcome!

[Shurik]

AGE: 26

SEX: Male

RELIGION/PHILOSOPHY: atheist

SEXUAL ORIENTATION: Straight

ETHNIC BACKROUND: jewish on both sides

OTHER FAVORITE BANDS: lots and lots of them, in last few months it's Welle:Erdball, Melechesh, Orphaned Land, Strapping Young Lad, Fiddler's Green

FAVORITE MOVIE: anything by Tim Burton (especially Ed Wood, the best movie ever made), anything by Terry Gilliam, most of David Cronenberg stuff, LOTR movies, Shaun Of The Dead

FAVORITE TV SHOW: Battlestar Galactica (new one), Lost, Dead Like Me, Stargate SG1, Futurama, South Park, Farscape.

FAVORITE ACTOR: Jonny Depp

FAVORITE BOOKS: Master And Margarita and The Dog's Heart by Michail Bulgakov, Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, Hyperion series by Dan Simmons.

FAVORITE SPORT: None

FAVORITE FOOD: anything with chocolate

PASSTIMES/PASSIONS: computer, music(listening) ...

[StragOvariuS]

Age: 20

Sex: male

Sexual orientation: straight

Philosophy: i dont have anyone.

Ethnic background: Portuguese grandparents.

Favourite bands/artists: Strato, Old metallica and sepultura, sodom, motorhead, helloween, maiden, whitesnake, krisiun, pantera, superjoint ritual, damageplan, slayer, manowar, nevermore, poison, sentenced, misfits and much more.

Favourite movies: Friday 13th 1 until 8 part, Ferris Bueler's day off, 100% sylvia saint, Arnie and Stallone classic movies of course, kurt russel ones and John Carpenter and Stanley Kubrick classics!

Favourite TV shows: MARRIED WITH CHILDREN!!! AL BUNDY IS GOOOOOOOOOOD!!! \m/

Favourite actors: Jim Carey, Arnie, Stallone and Kurt Russel

Favourite Books: Simpson's Phylosophy

Favourite sport: XXX

Favourite food: Italian, Brazilian, Chinese, Japanese and German

[stratoplayer]

Age: 17

Sex: male

Sexual orientation: straight

Philosophy: society is in hell, humanity is a joke and i can safely laugh at it

Ethnic background: Mexican, spanish on my mothers side, mexican, spanish and german on my dads.

Favourite bands/artists: STRATOVARIUS (sorry i had to), sonata arctica, megadeth, rhapsody, gamma ray, helloween, iron maiden, dream theater, steve vai, malmsteen, hammerfall, rammstein and these tecno djs: the prodigy, beastie boys (sort of), paul oakenfold, sasha, dj tiesto, armin van beuren and bt

Favourite movies: a lot, but mainly, star wars, lord of the rings, 007, gone in 60 seconds, matrix, aliens, predator, terminator... and a lot more but im lazy

Favourite TV shows: MARRIED WITH CHILDREN RULES I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU!!! american dad, family guy, simpsons, futurama, CSI, 24

Favourite actors: depends on the movie, the governator, de niro, tom cruise, morgan freeman,

Favourite Books: anything and everything edgar allan poe, tolkien, tom clancy, the harry potter books are nice

Favourite sport: kendo, basketball, f1

Favourite food: mexican (so sue me), italian, some french, japanese and spanish

[lordrune]

AGE: 28

SEX: Male

RELIGION: Neo-pagan

PHILOSOPHY: Society is screwed up. The establishment is teaching a lie - that greed is now a virtue, and no longer a vice, to deliberately weaken people's resolve and control the populace through consumerism and insecurity.

SEXUAL ORIENTATION: Homo

ETHNIC BACKGROUND: Celtic/Saxon cross

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: born in New Zealand, live in Australia

FAVOURITE BANDS: Rammstein, Nine Inch Nails, Fear Factory, Placebo, Blind Guardian, Iced Earth, Tristania, Type O Negative, Stratovarius, Rhapsody

FAVOURITE MOVIES: Lord of the Rings, Star Wars (mainly eps. 3 and 6), The Fifth Element, a few others.

FAVOURITE TV SHOWS: Family Guy, I can watch an episode multiple times and be in hysterics at every joke.

FAVOURITE ACTOR: Johnny Depp, Bruce Willis

FAVOURITE BOOKS: Riftwar and Serpentwar books by Raymond E Feist

FAVOURITE SPORT: Cricket

MY PASSIONS: Politics, music, philosophy

[Jester]

Age: 30

Sex: Male

Ethnic background: German/English from Dad, Italian/Irish from Mom

Sexual Orientation: Straight

Country and city of origin: USA. Born: Cleveland Ohio, Raised: Ft.Myers Florida, Currently reside in: Orlando Florida

Religion: Roman Catholic

Philosophy: Get up off your ass and help make the world a better place

Favorite Bands: Stratovarius, Helloween, Iron Maiden, Anthrax, Megadeth, Dokken, White Lion, Europe, Nightwish, Dream Theater, Van Halen, Journey, Boston, and Yes

Favorite guitarists: Yngwie Malmsteen, Steve Vai, Timo Tolkki, Tony MacAlpine, Eddie Van Halen, George Lynch, Vito Bratta, Marty Friedman, Stevie Ray Vaughan, John Petrucci, Adrian Smith, Roland Grapow, and Trevor Rabin.

Favorite Movies: Star Wars saga, Lord of the Rings trilogy, Matrix trilogy, Raiders of the Lost Ark, James Bond movies (Sean Connery), Aliens, Top Gun, Saving Private Ryan, Full Metal Jacket, Glory, Casino, Reservoir Dogs, Caddyshack, Blazing Saddles, History of the World, Beverly Hills Cop, Ghostbusters, The Exorcist, The Omen, Nightmare on Elm Street, Hellraiser, and Coming to America.

Favorite Actors and Actresses: Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Robert De Niro, Johnny Depp, Morgan Freeman, Natalie Portman, Jessica Alba, Sarah Michelle Gellar, and Eddie Murphy

Favorite TV Shows: No favorite shows per se, however I watch a lot of these channels. ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Classic, Fox News, MSNBC, History Channel, Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, NASA Channel, Discovery Health Channel, Fox Sports Network, and VH1 Classic.

Type of guitars and equipment used: Guitars: Jackson Dinky Reverse, Peavey V-Type, Ibanez RG-550, Heartfield Talon. Amp: Marshall MG-250 DFX. Effects: Ibanez Tube Screamer, Zoom 505. Strings: Dean Markley Blue Steel .9 gauge. Favorite pickup: DiMarzio Super Distortion. Picks: Jim Dunlop Jazz 3.

Car: 1995 Mitsubishi Eclipse (Not my favorite car in the world, but it's the one I own! My favorite would be a Ferrari 550 Maranello)

Favorite Books: The Stand, Pet Semetary, IT, and The Shining by Stephen King, The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker, Lord of the Rings trilogy by JRR Tolkien, and The Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis.

Favorite Sports: Football (Cleveland Browns), Basketball (Orlando Magic), and Baseball (Cleveland Indians)

Favorite Foods: Italian, Mexican, Spanish, German, Irish, Carribean, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, and Thai

Favorite Drinks and shots: Margaritas, Vodka/Cranberry(cape codder), Tequila Sunrise, Sex on the Beach, and an Incredible Hulk(Hypnotiq and Hennessey). I like to shoot Rumple Minze, Black Haus, Jagermeister, Goldschlager, After Shock, and Tequila.

Beers: Miller Genuine Draft, Red Stripe, Guinness, Corona, Dos Equis, Rolling Rock, Amber Bock, Pete's Wicked Ale, Samuel Adams, and Coors Light

Non-Alcoholic: Gatorade (citrus, fruit punch, and mango flavors), Pepsi, and Lemonade

Passions: Guitar playing, living life


Jesse

[fifthtea_sausage]

Oh, I always thought u were a girl. sorry.

Equinox, we went over this already.
Don't tell me you forgot again...

[htcdude]

AGE: 20

SEX: Male

BELIEF: Christianity

SEXUAL ORIENTATION: Straight

ETHNIC BACKROUND: White mother, white father, both Britons

OTHER FAVORITE BANDS: DragonForce, Children Of Bodom, Kotipelto, Dionysus, Symphony X, Custard, Stormwitch, Stormwarrior, Iron Savior, the list goes on and on.....

FAVORITE MOVIE: Either 'The Passion Of The Christ' or 'The Count Of Monte Cristo'

FAVORITE TV SHOW: Don't watch TV.

FAVORITE ACTOR: James Cavaziel

FAVORITE BOOK: The Bible.

FAVORITE SPORT: Formula One

FAVORITE FOOD: Large sausage roll with all the sauces from the café down the road

PASSTIMES/PASSIONS: Moosic, skateboarding, photography, gigging.

[Equinox]

Oh, I always thought u were a girl. sorry.

Equinox, we went over this already.
Don't tell me you forgot again...

No, don't tell me I did it again.

Fuck.

Seriously...I hafta do something about this.

Damn.

[CottonCandy]

GREAT Topic!

AGE-43
SEX: Sometimes Female

Religion/Philosophy: "Mind your own business!" "Live&Let Live!" "There but the grace of God go I!"
The Desiderata is a beautiful philosophy to strive to live by.
I believe in God, but have more doubts about his/her existance as time goes by--there are just too many contradictions in this life&world.

Sex Orientation: Straight as an arrow.

Ethnic: White with Irish, Native American&Prussian ancestry.

Bands: Megadeth, Metallica, Andrew Bordoni, COB, Lacrimosa, Dark Tranquility, Barry Manilow, Chicago, Led Zeppelin, Thunderstone. GOD, there is too many to put down! I'm just a music lover--let it go at that!

Movie--Wuthering Heights, Anything related to the King Arthur story, Dragonheart, Anything Stephen King, Terminator Trilogy, The Lord of the Rings triolgy, Any Jesus story, The Hellraiser Series, The Day the Earth Stood Still, War of the Worlds, Deep Impact, Contact, There is just too many to name!

TV Show--At this time not much good is on, but if there is a good mini-series or movie on I will watch. PBS has good oldie concerts on sometimes.

ACTOR: Lance Hendrickson, Colm Feore, Tim Daly, Jim Carrey, Dennis&Randy Quaid, Johnny Depp, Morgan Freeman, Ralph Fiennes, Matthew Mcconaughey, Arnold Swartzenegger, Mel Gibson, 3 Stooges, etc. As for the Ladies: Julia Binoche, Sandra Bullock, Liv Tyler, Kate Winslett, Niv Campbell, etc.

BOOK: Wuthering Heights(the most beautiful&tragic love story ever written), Anything Stephen King, Anything Leo Tolstoy, The Hellbound Heart, Romeo&Juliet, Persia Wooley Series about Guinevere, Anything King Arthur Related Etc.

SPORT: Volleyball, Walking&hiking, Fishing, Basketball

Food: Chocolate! Rocky Road Ice Cream, Black Forest Cake, Twix candy bars, Licorice, Jelly Beans, Booze(anything but Tequila :yuk:)I love Jagelmeister&Peppermint Schnapps, Coffee(especially those new flavored kinds), Italian(Lasagna-I make a GREAT homemade Lasagna&Ravioli), Mexican(Burritoes,Tacos,&Chili), Chinese(Stir-fry, Egg Drop Soup), Redneck stuff like fried Chicken, Chitterlings, Crayfish, etc, and Shrimp and Catfish wirh Hush Puppies&French Fries. Foot-Long Hot Dogs. I also love salads, Tomatoes, Corn on Cob,Cucumbers&like Cristiane I like Potatoes!

PASSTIMES/PASSIONS: Whats that? When I have time its Internet, Reading, Watching DVDs, Walking, trying to keep my son on the straight&narrow, worrying, talking on phone, Partying&male-watching , cooking, collecting recipes&mending clothing, shopping. I also have a BIG vegetable garden so a couple hours a day I stay in it chopping weeds, harvesting stuff, etc.

[Stratofanius]

SEX: Sometimes Female

ACTOR: Lance Hendrickson

Yeah, he is great actor!

[CottonCandy]

SEX: Sometimes Female

ACTOR: Lance Hendrickson

Yeah, he is great actor!

Yep, he's a goodlooking old dude(he wears an earring in his ear--must be cool!)
Lance is going to be in the next Hellraiser movie--he might be the next Pinhead.

[CottonCandy]

A couple other things I like to do is to Search Freebie Sites and find great free things. It takes alittle time, but I get great samples almost every day. The drawback is sometimes they do not arrive for weeks&BAM they show up in your mailbox&you ask,"Where the Hell did this come from?

The second is bird-watch---namely, hummingbirds. I have a feeder hanging up in an appletree which is beside the stoop outside my back door. I can also watch them from the kitchen window. So, I watch these little jewels feed which is almost contsant during this hot Summer we are having. You would not believe it, but those little beauties are very aggressive! They get into fights over the feeder&are territorial--the male(with the red throat)tries to chase the others away. I did have other feeders, but I only put out 1 this year.

[stratoplayer]

wow a metalhead and a birdwatcher.... i can honestly say i had never thought of that combination...
(btw my grandma had a hummingbird feeder, its nice watching them when your bored or eating outside in the yard)

[Bones]

AGE: 19

SEX: Male

RELIGION/PHILOSOPHY: Atheist

SEXUAL ORIENTATION: Straight

OTHER FAVORITE BANDS: Black Sabbath, Helloween, Iron Maiden, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Rainbow, Metallica, W.A.S.P and soooo many others..

FAVORITE TV SHOW: Late night with Conan O'Brien :D:D

FAVORITE SPORT: Football, basketball

FAVORITE FOOD: Spaghetti

PASSTIMES/PASSIONS: Guitar playing

[StragOvariuS]

oh,

PASSIONS - my ESP kh-2

[htcdude]

Movie--Wuthering Heights,

Yo CC, have your heard Angra's cover of Wuthering Heights? He sounds just like Kate Bush!!

[CottonCandy]

Movie--Wuthering Heights,

Yo CC, have your heard Angra's cover of Wuthering Heights? He sounds just like Kate Bush!!

I'll have to check that out!
There was a guy who did a whole concept album about Heathcliff I forgot his name--Cliff Richard, I think-- but, I heard it was good.

There was a musical modern-day version of WH by MTV&I was so damn disappointed if it had been a regular movie instead of musical, it would've been great!
Every race has had their version of Wuthering Heights, even France, Italy&Mexico&Japan. The greatest love story ever told--sweeps across all barriers of race, country, religion&creed. There is even a play on Broadway about a modern-day WH that is like-er-takes place in high school.
I thought about writing my own modern-day version about a black WH--you know, Heathcliff is taken from Harlem&grows up with Rich Black family in Manhatten, or maybe Queens. Could be done.

[Equinox]

Movie--Wuthering Heights,

Yo CC, have your heard Angra's cover of Wuthering Heights? He sounds just like Kate Bush!!

That songs is plain awesome.