HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A BOARD MEMBER?
started lurking in mid-november, registered on December 17th 2000
WHAT'S YOUR REAL FIRST NAME?
Guido Marius. Btw, Epona, Laura is one of my favourite names, I forgot to add it on the thread asking which names we would like to give to our future children. 
GOT ANY ANIMALS?
I have to second Charean:
you don't own cats, they own you. I once read a hilarious crime novel in which cats were the protagonists. They referred to their human "proprietors" as "can-openers". For years I would address my holiday postcards to my father and his wife to their three cats and close them by "please, give my kindest regards to your can-openers" ... No, I love cats, but I am not owned by any as of yet. The reason is directly related to the answer to the next question
APARTMENT, HOUSE, HIGHRISE OR TOWNHOUSE?
shared flat on the third floor of a four-storey apartment building from the twenties
ARE YOU RELIGIOUS?
non-believer
BALL POINTS OR FELT TIPS?
for writing or drawing ? For writing bps
WHY DO YOU PLAY RPGS?
Escapism
WHAT CAR/TRUCK DO YOU DRIVE?
I have never owned one, have a licence, but hardly ever drive as it scares me ... Traffic in Europe in soo much more hectic and drivers more aggressive than in the States
DO YOU CLICK ON ZIROC'S SPONSOR'S ADS?
No. Probably should, though.
WHAT KIND OF WORK DO YOU DO (OCCUPATION)?
university student, jobbing around, last one was in an insurance company updating the manuals for their computer programs
WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC (COUNTRY, ROCK, POP, BLUES, CLASSICAL, ETC.)?
hard rock, soul, chansons (Jacques Brel, Serge Gainsbourg)
HOW MANY BROTHERS AND SISTERS?
only child. I would have loved to have sisters ! 
WHICH IS BETTER, MOUNTAINS OR BEACHES?
mountains. But the landscapes I love most are the hilly areas in front of major mountain ranges like the Alpes or the Pyrenees with their intriguing blend of mountains, hills, small plains, valleys, picturesques villages and towns, woods and cultivated lands, rivers and lakes ... I love diversity
IF YOU WENT ON "SURVIVOR," WHAT LUXURY ITEM WOULD YOU CHOOSE?
I don't know the show, but I suspect it is one of the many spin-offs of the silly formate that was developed in the Netherlands under the name of "Big Brother",
then put on in Germany to test its "big market" potential where it aroused a heated debate whether it was ethically acceptable,which, of course, only assured it becoming a huge success: in it a group of allegedly ordinary people - I have never found it more appropiate that the literal German translation of ordinary means vulgar - is caged in a house or on an island where they are watched by cameras 24 hours a day and the viewers have to vote once a week or so on which of them is freed, err, has to leave until only one is left who is then declared winner, gets a monetary reward and to appear in all talk shows and to record a ridiculous single which will stay atop the charts forever, as well as tons of wedding propositions and worse by pitiable idiots of either gender. (Note: in the German case not only the winner got to record his own single, but almost every single "inmate" of the first season. For months the top of the charts was clogged by no less than five different of these "works of art". Now, think how hard a true artist like Yorick has to work to make a living on this music. 
Btw, one participant managed to prolong his "fifteen minutes of fame" by impregnating a slut, err, starlet and selfproclaimed actress whose own claim to fame up to then had been based on being the long-time girlfriend of a famous actor.) Am I right ? If I am I'd rather commit suicide than participating !
CHIPS OR DORITOS?
Chips/crisps: I dislike everything "TexMex"
WHAT WAS YOUR WORST NIGHTMARE (DREAMING KIND)?
Appearing on Big Brother/Survivor. 
WHAT DO YOUR FAMILY/FRIENDS THINK OF YOU SPENDING TIME ON THIS BOARD?
they are refraining from commenting.
WHAT'S YOUR TOP 3 FAVORITE GAMES OF THE PAST 2 YEARS?
BGI, BGII, CaesarIII
DEATH PENALTY OR NOT?
Did you have to ask, LW ? Like most Europeans I am most passionately opposed to the death penalty. 1. Courtesy of Epona: Two wrong things don't make one right. 2. Every close scrutiny reveals that the influence that the social and racial background of the defendant has on whether he/she receives the death penalty or "just" a term in jail is frighteningly high.
3. The state must never ever use violence above the absolute minimum necessary. If it does it delegitimates its monopoly on the use of force which in turn may well be the most essential factor that seperates civilization fom barbarism - there are still many countries that prove that point just too well. For that reason, the notion of revenge - a completely understandable and justified emotion in humans that have been victimized - may never play any role in an action of the state.
ARE YOU PLANNING ON STICKING AROUND ON THIS BOARD?
(LW, why do I think that is the one question that really interests you ? ) ... Time will tell: two weeks ago I was sure I wanted to stay, but also that the board would go back to mostly on-topic discussions
on BGII/NWN soon, one week ago I was almost certain that I did not want to return at all, now my attitude is wait and see ... But I am sure that I don't want to allow myself to go back to be as emotionally attached as I was two weeks ago.
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So long !
R³ - Co-president(s) of the Club of Broken Hearts
[This message has been edited by Ramon de Ramon y Ramon (edited 03-25-2001).]