What kind of person would buy a Prius, anyway?

I was lucky enough to see them on..let's see. I think it was 1998 in Detroit? Regardless, it was the tour for Counterparts, in which both at the Chicago show and the Detroit show they played the full set of 2112. The amazingly cool thing? They started the song at exactly 9:12pm, or 21:12 military time. It certainly goes down as one of my favorite concert experiences. (Seeing Black Sabbath on their 99 reunion tour two nights in a row was pretty excellent as well, especially being on the floor for the second night).

-m.

 

Age: 40

Occupation: Engineering Project Leader, electric vehicle control systems (sorta explains the car interest, but it's hard to not want to "modify" everything I can get my hands on...)

Religion: Raised Roman Catholic (until I was old enough to ask intelligent questions). Currently, just plain Agnostic (do you have to go to church for that?)

Hobbies: Gadgets, gizmos, hi-tech anything.

Favorite bands: Any whose lyrics I can actually understand.

Favorite TV shows: Anything sci-fi or broadcast in HD (ooh! look at how real that flower looks!)

Favorite movies: Steel Magnolias, Young Frankenstein (Sweet mystery of life...), What's Up Doc (This is a person named Eunice??), Murder By Death (a proper diet, exercise, and lots and lots of makeup!), Signs, Princess Bride (make him stop saying that!), Monty Python & The Holy Grail (I said we already have one you silly English king-type!)

Favorite Beer: Not a beer drinker anymore. I figure I met my quota during college.

 

Age: 45. That came fast.

Occupation: Raising an 8 year old

Hobbies: Mac programming. Learning how to raise 8 year olds. Discovering a new way everyday to love the one I'm with.

Religion: UU/Animist/Pagan

Fav. Books/Authors: Durrell's Alexandria Quartet, TS Eliot, Walt Whitman

Fav. TV Show: Hate TV. It steals the mind of our kid.

Fav. Band: Dido, Loreena McKennitt, Paul Mayer, Cat Stevens, Utah Phillips

Fav. Beer: Alcoholic. Can't drink that stuff anymore

 

Age: 58 (I may be this thread's senior poster)

Occupation: Retired

Religion: Episcopalian

Hobbies: Painting, Computer stuff, cooking

Favorite Bands/Artists: Nat King Cole, Roy Orbison, Rod Stewart, Cyndi Lauper and, of course, the Beatles

Favorite Movies: Casablanca, Wizard of Oz, The Red Violin, Eddie and the Cruisers

Favorite Beverage: Champagne

 

Age: 40

Occupation: Producer/Director - live shows (convention, broadway) & Video

Religion: active Christian (no, haven't seen The Passion yet)

Hobbies: Men (okay - one in particular), training animals, seeing other productions, reading

Favorite Bands/Artists: Lyle Lovett, old country, old rock, new stuff...

Favorite TV Shows: Daily Show

Favorite Movies: Coen Brothers stuff, Princess Bride

Favorite Beer: Sam Adams, Dos XX Dark, Warsteiner, St. Pauli Girl

Beth

 

Age: 49

Occupation: Computer software requirements analyst

Religion: atheist/agnostic depending on your definition of God

Hobbies: reading and foaming at the mouth when George Bush is mentioned

Favorite Bands/Artists: Beatles, Norah Jones, Eva Cassidy

Favorite TV Shows: Babylon 5, SportsNight, discovery science stuff

Favorite Movies: Dogma, Pat and Mike, Raising Arizona

Favorite Beer: microbrews only - Victory Hop Devil, Sierra Nevada Celebration, almost anything from Bear Republic

The fondness for microbrews is another interesting trend.

 

Age: 35

Occupation: Civil/Mechanical Engineer

Religion: Agnostic

Hobbies: Tennis, Radio Controlled Airplanes

Favorite Bands/Artists: Fleetwood Mac, Classic Rock, just about anything else

Favorite TV Shows: CSI, Survivor, Saturday night Live,

Favorite Movies: Grease, Anything non-formularic

Favorite Beer: Don't drink

Other Cars: Sports Cars, 4WD, motorcycles

 

Age: 31

Occupation: Digital Character Animator - Working on "The Polar Express"

Hobbies: Cello, Scuba, Watching Movies...

Favorite Bands/Artists: Norah Jones, Harry Connick Jr, etc...

Favorite TV Shows: There's time in the day to watch tv?????

Favorite Movies: Classic Animation, LOTR, Princess Bride...

Favorite Drink: good wines

 

Age: 40

Status: Married, 1 child

Occupation: Microprocessor design
(most recent credit: IBM 970 in Mac G5)
(currently working on CPU for video game console)

Religion: Presbyterian (PCUSA)

Hobbies: Backpacking, folk dancing, raising a 6-year old

Favorite Music: (iPod most recent plays )
recent: Staind, Fountains of Wayne, The Offspring, Blink-182
rock: Springsteen, Metallica, GD, Nirvana, PJ
folk: Unger&Mason, folk dance music, steeldrum
classical: Bach, Beethoven (7th), etc.

Favorite TV: We have no TV at our house

Movies: LotR, Matrix, not much time for movies...

Drink: Water

 

I was wondering whether this would be limited by where you live. My trips to the rural midwest in the mid-90s found a pretty barren landscape, beer-wise. On the other hand, I don't think any of the pubs I frequented in Seattle or Portland in the last 15 years haven't had a microbrew somewhere. (Yes, it's the Promised Land.)

Y'know, that would make a good Emoticon.

 

(Question for the religiously knowledgeable: when the rapture comes, does your key fob go with you?)[/quote]


religiously knowledgeable?? talk about your oxymorons

 

Age: 30

Occupation: Software Engineer. And that's all I can say.

Religion: Agnostic

Hobbies: Sleeping, collecting useless electronic gadgets.

Favorite Bands/Artists: British Sea Power, Blinker the Star, Filter, etc.

Favorite TV Shows: Arrested Development, The Office

Favorite Movies: Weekend At Bernies. Yes scoff, but WaB is rich in subtext and hidden meanings. I kid you not.

Favorite Beer: Amstel Light

 

Age: mid 30s

Occupation: Civil servant (except when I'm grumpy!)

Religion: United Church of Canada. Some of its own members jokingly refer to it as "Canada’s only agnostic church"!

Socio-political leanings: a bit left-ish, I suppose.

Hobbies: watching TV, cycling, crocheting, building unstable furniture

Favorite Bands/Artists: Juan Luis Guerra y los 440, Oscar d’Leon, and several folk musicians in my hometown

Favorite TV Shows: Lack of cable TV or satellite limits access to a lot of shows I would probably like. I currently gravitate towards saccharine-sweet family dramas (e.g. Gilmore Girls, Judging Amy) and comedies (e.g. Red Green and This Hour has 22 Minutes)

Favorite Movies: This changes frequently. I have recently seen and enjoyed : The Weather Underground, Atanarjuat (aka The Fast Runner), Being John Malkovich, and Y tu mama tambien.

Favorite books/author: Detective novels with female authors such as Suzanne North, Alison Gordon, Karen Irving, Sue Grafton and Sara Paretsky.

Favorite Beer: Have really tried to like beer, but just can’t manage it. I prefer milk and mango juice.

I am noticing that several people on the list do not drink.

 

Age:38

Occupation: Systems Analyst (I tell all you software engineers what to do)

Religion: Non-denominational Christian (I believe but most organized religions rub all my fur the wrong way)

Hobbies: Walking, reading, art, listening to music - more specifically, my husband's band, Wholly Cats!! - www.whollycatsband.com

Favorite Bands: See above. Also, Richard Thompson, Los Lobos, Los Lonely Boys, Junior Brown, anything swing, western swing, jump blues, Hawaiian jazz, etc, etc, etc....

Favorite TV: Survivor, The Sopranos, The Simpsons, The Daily Show

Favorite movie: Fargo

Favorite drink: Add me to the micro-brew list. Boddington's is also a fave. Please note: I would like to respectfully disagree with the poster who complained of the dearth of micro-breweries in the Midwest. I used to live in Madison, WI and I was within a fifteen-minute drive of no less than five micro-breweries. Three years ago, I moved to Florida. There is one, I repeat, ONE brewery in the county and this is the most densely populated county in the state! Pathetic.

 

Age 37
Occupation: Manager, Senior Network Administrator
Religion: Catholic
Hobbies: Radio Controled Car racing, computer games, Collector of Magic "The Gathering", sometimes play as well. Softball
Music: Pop, Jazz, Rock, (NO COUNTRY)
TV shows: Smallville, Suvivor, Startrek, and CSI
Movies: Hot Pursuit, and many others
Favorite Beer: Miller Light, but don't drink often

 

Age: 43 today

Occupation: Project manager for custom home builder

Religion: Spiritual not religious

Hobbies: Building Science(developing energy efficient building systems and strategies), Gardening, Priussing, Skydiving, Kiting, Model aviation, Hiking, Marksmanship

Favorite Artists: Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, Natalie Merchant, Taj Mahal, Nanci Griffith

Favorite TV: West Wing

Favorite Movies: Huh?

Favorite Drink: Rain water with a squeeze of lime

Clean Date: 6-7-94

I live in the Texas Hill Country on 33 acres in a house I designed and built myself. I commute 30 miles to work and felt that my F150 at 15 miles per gallon and 1800 gallons per year was in conflict with my value system. I vow to drive this car until one is available that gets 80 mpg real world. I know that I am still using far too many resources for one person but I can live with it for now and strive to improve on it. Thanks Toyota.

 

Age: 46 (somewhat feeling like Meg Ryan - I'm going to be 50 before long!)

Occupation: Software QA - aka, break stuff with abandon

Religion: Lutheran by birth but not into organized religion

Hobbies: Women's Issues, Neighborhood Activist, City Year

Favorite Bands/Artists: Bare Naked Ladies, Bruce, Cecilia Bartoli

Favorite TV Shows: Trading Spaces, JAG, Alias

Favorite Movies: Dr. Zhivago, Bug's Life, Shawshank Redemption, It's a Wonderful Life

Favorite books/author: Patricia Cornwell, Sue Grafton, Shibumi, The Loo Sanction

Favorite Beer: sadly, can't drink beer, change to Chopin Vodka

 

Maybe the atheists and agnostics and pagans will get swept up to heaven and all those humorless fundies will be the ones left behind. I am an atheist, but if I did believe in god I would find it hard to believe in a god who would want to fill heaven entirely with such an utterly humorless bunch.