The "About You" Thread

[coreycz]

Thanks to FRONTIER's K-Hard on giving me the go-ahead on posting this here. It's great for knowing the people who are behind the characters. Just answer the same questions I did here:

What's your real name (first name is fine)?
David, everyone calls me Dave

Where do you live, and where have you lived before?
Small town called Ústí nad Orlicí in Czech Republic for my entire life.

What's your occupation?
student, freelance teacher of english

What other jobs have you had?
None

What's your level of education?
Currently working on it, lol

Are in a relationship?
sort of, it's complicated

What's your family status?
Parents are divorced, although they still meet once or twice a week and remain friends. I don't have any siblings.

Any pets? Animal lover?
A dog, and yes I love animals!

What are your political views?
Not really into politics

What are your religious views?
Atheist

Do you drink alcohol?
I love to have a beer with friends, but I don't like getting really wasted

Do you smoke?
Very occasionaly.

Do you take drugs (be honest)?
No. I had about two joints of weed in my life and I didn't like it all that much. And any harder drug than weed is an absolute NO for me.

Favorite wrestlers?
Chris Jericho, Daniel Bryan, Kings of Wrestling (indy and their WWE careers), Christian, Sami Callihan

Favourite sport?
Hockey

Favourite music?
Rock, metal, anything like that, from alternative rock to metalcore. I love Pink Floyd, Radiohead, Queens of The Stone Age, Imagine Dragons, Royal Republic, Muse, Alice in Chains, Nirvana... a whole lot of bands.

Favourite TV shows?
The Shield, South Park, Red Dwarf, IT Crowd and Little Britain

Favourite books?
Choke and Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk, Youth In Revolt by C.D. Payne and pretty much anything Bukowski wrote.

Favourite movies?
Pulp Fiction, Inglourious Basterds, Reservoir Dogs (yeah, I love Tarantino), Clerks 2, Role Models, American History X, Street Kings, Scream

Favourite games?
FIFA, NHL, GTA San Andreas

Favourite food?
Pizza and anything I decide to cook

[idol]

What's your real name (first name is fine)?
Joseph, but I prefer Joe or Joey

Where do you live, and where have you lived before?
Humboldt, TN. I spent a year and a half in Florida. Aside from that, I've always lived here in TN or AR, within an hour of Memphis TN.

What's your occupation?
At the moment, I have none. Partial blindness and various other health issues.

What other jobs have you had?
I've spent most of my life in mailrooms, copy centers, and various other office service positions.

What's your level of education?
Smatterings of college to accent a slackerish high school education

Are in a relationship?
Nope

What's your family status?
Parents are separated, two sisters, both married, one with two kids. I also live with my grandmother.

Any pets? Animal lover?
My grandmother has two dogs, but they are so old that they're both more like really furry plants at this point.

What are your political views?
Not really into politics

What are your religious views?
I was raised Southern Baptist, but my personal outlook is very open-minded. I'm also an ordained minister. Twice, actually. I'm a clergyman of the Universal Life Church, a title I obtained so I could perform my sister's wedding. For all you Big Lebowski fans, I'm also a priest of the Church of the Latter-Day Dude.

Do you drink alcohol?
I have a tattoo of the Coors Light beer logo on my right arm.

Do you smoke?
Only secondhand.

Do you take drugs (be honest)?
If you count prescriptions...

Favorite wrestlers?
Raven, Mick Foley, James Storm, Christopher Daniels

Favourite sport?
I'm a casual (American) football fan.

Favourite music?
Put it like this...once, in the span of three months, I went to live shows featuring David Allen Coe, Daughtry, Three 6 Mafia, Slayer, and Marilyn Manson. So...a little of everything.

Favourite TV shows?
Justified, Big Bang Theory, Glee (Don't judge me!)

Favourite books?
Anything by William and J. Johnstone, some of R.A. Salvatore's fantasy, Stephen King's short stories

Favourite movies?
The entire SAW series, REPO The Genetic Opera, Grandma's Boy

Favourite games?
WWE 12 right now

Favourite food?
Hot wings. I'm on two places' "Wall of Flame" and have eaten wings that required me to sign legal waivers. Also, Chinese; one of my best friends and I refer to ourselves as the Brothers of (Buffet) Destruction.

[Handsome Harley]

What's your real name (first name is fine)?
Jacob but I have gone by the moniker of Dave at an old E-Fed because I was the first and best Batista there.

Where do you live, and where have you lived before?
Just a stone trip over the border of Illinois and Wisconsin (in Wisconsin) used to live just on the other side of said Border in Illinois, don't move around much lol.

What's your occupation?
None at the moment. Currently looking for a job and planning to train as a Professional Wrestler. I live near a independent fed run by Frankie DeFalco (he Jobbed for the WWF in the 80s, met him on Facebook lol)

What other jobs have you had?
No real jobs, used to work at a Haunted House owned by a friend of my Grandpa (R.I.P) and at an actual haunted house on the same property in the back. Also helped my Grandpa clean and close up a small cafe a short walk from my Highschool when I was in Highschool.

What's your level of education?
High School Graduate, not sure about College.

Are in a relationship?
Kind of.

What's your family status?
Parents are divorced, do not want anything to do with each other. Recently got in touch with my Grandparents from my Father's side and I'm trying to have a relationship with them. 1 Half brother, and 2 half sisters but I've always considered my older half sister as an actual sister.

Any pets? Animal lover?
Currently 1 dog, 2 cats and my mom has goldfish. We used to have another dog, 2 birds, and rabbits....too many rabbits.

What are your political views?
Hate Politics because nothing gets done

What are your religious views?
Kind of Agnostic. I don't believe in God defined by the Christians and such. But I believe in the Greek, Egyptian and Norse Gods. I also believe in a higher power that may or may not be Aliens (aka the Egyptian Gods)

Do you drink alcohol?
Nope. Tried it now and again at Christmas.

Do you smoke?
Nope, never will.

Do you take drugs (be honest)?
Only prescription and stuff like Advil. Took Prescription Ibuprofen and Vicodin because of an exposed nerve in my tooth (still there but the pain is pretty much gone)

Favorite wrestlers?
Chris Jericho, Triple H, Eddie Guerrero (R.I.P), Chris Benoit (R.I.P), Undertaker, Edge, Mick Foley, Shawn Michaels, The Rock, Hulk Hogan, JBL, and Randy Orton to name a few...

Favourite sport?
Wrestling not really a sports person. Though I always watch the Superbowl.

Favourite music?
I have listened to some many genres it's hard to say. Classical, Pop and Rap can be excluded (some Rap artists I like, only a few though). One of my favorite bands is Rammstein.

Favourite TV shows?
South Park, Mythbusters, American Pickers, Pawn Stars, River Monsters to name a few.

Favourite books?
The Pendragon series by D.J. McHale (which I need to finish), Harry Potter, Halo: The Cole Protocol (only one I've gotten to read), Off Armageddon Reef by David Weber (I need to find the sequels and read them)

Favourite movies?
Rocky Horror Picture Show (fucking awesome), The Crow (fucking awesome R.I.P Brandon Lee), All the Star Wars Movies (1-6, I don't count the animated ones), Jurassic Park 1-3 (1 is the best, 2 was good 3 would have been better if it was as long as the first two aka over 2 hours), Independence Day to name a few.

Favourite games?
Halo (all except 4, doesn't feel like Halo to me), Call of Duty (World at War was the last good one in my opinion), GTA 4, Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Star Wars Galaxies (the MMO before it got shut down, but now I'm on the Emu -the Emulator-), all the Dawn of War 1 games, Company of Heroes, I could go on but I'll stop.

Favourite food?
Pizza, Ice Cream, Popcorn (buttery), Bologna Sandwiches.

[pete]

What's your real name (first name is fine)?
Pedro, Pete, Petey, either one is fine.

Where do you live, and where have you lived before?
Alton, UK. I'm originally from Lisbon, Portugal, and grew up there. In Britain, I've lived in Loughborough, Belfast, the outskirts of London, and now Alton.

What's your occupation?
Copywriter.

What other jobs have you had?
Marketing Assistant, Trainee Press Officer, Customer Service Representative, Trainee Journalist, Freelance Journalist...everything but cashier and street-cleaner

What's your level of education?
Masters' Degree

Are in a relationship?
No, but I hang around with a girl a lot as just friends after she turned me down.

What's your family status?
Divorced parents. Haven't heard from dad in about 8 years, nor do I want to. One younger sister, born 1991.

Any pets? Animal lover?
Love animals and have always had a lot of them. Currently my family has a dog, and my aunt has 2 cats and 2 turtles (all the others died). I've had sundry goldfish, 4 dogs, 3 more cats than now, and 3 more turtles than now.

What are your political views?
None. Used to veer left, but now they're all the same.

What are your religious views?
Atheist through and through, although I'll go to the synagogue if my family asks me to.

Do you drink alcohol?
Not at the moment. I quit on my family's request.

Do you smoke?
Have smoked, am not a smoker. Does that make sense?

Do you take drugs (be honest)?
Hell no! Unless pills for when you're sick count, I never have and never intend to.

Favorite wrestlers?
Evan Bourne, Chris Benoit, Justin Gabriel, Eddie Guerrero, Rey Mysterio (the good version of him ), Shelton Benjamin...I am notorious for having a hard-on for Cruiserweights

Favourite sport?
European football and basketball.

Favourite music?
A bit of everything, mostly hard rock, punk, and the more melodic strands of metal. Also, retro cheese-pop.

Favourite TV shows?
Scrubs, The Middle, Recess, that's about it. I don't really watch TV.

Favourite books?
A Song Of Ice & Fire series, About A Boy, Pride And Prejudice (don't judge me ), a book by a famous Portuguese author you won't know about, The Idiot, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Congo, too many others to name. I'm a reader.

Favourite movies?
Sleepers, City Of God, Spider-Man 1, Shrek 2, The Lion King, The King's Speech, Sleepers, Gremlins 1, both Bill & Ted's, Wayne's World 1, Slumdog Millionaire, Asterix & Obelix: Operation Cleopatra, Toy Story 1, Brave, Up!, School Of Rock, Brokeback Mountain (YES I said it!), Iron Man 1, Lord Of The Rings trilogy, Rush Hour 2, most of Kevin Smith's pre-sellout movies, Twin Town, Kick-Ass, Sweeney Todd, About A Boy, The Outsiders, The Godfather Part 1, Inglorious Basterds, and a load more.

Favourite games?
Puzzle Bobble, Super Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins, Outrun Coast 2 Coast, Super Mario World, Kirby's Adventure, Sonic The Hedgehog 1 & 2, King Of Fighters series, FIFAs 98 through 2001, Shank, Marvel Super Heroes v Street Fighter, Virtua Striker 3, Mario Kart 64, Quake II, Championship/Football Manager series, Daytona USA, Medal Of Honor Underground, and a few others, most of them from the 1990s and early 2000s.

Favourite food?
Pasta, eggs, combinations thereof, steak, pizza, sharon fruit, dark plums, bananas, chocolate, toffees, crisps (ready salted 4eva!), grilled cheese sandwiches.

[Heisenberg]

What's your real name (first name is fine)?
Derrick

Where do you live, and where have you lived before?
I was born in Miami, lived in NYC and Atlanta as a little kid and I don't remember shit from that part of my life, I've also spent a lot of time in Serbia, but never lived there, and now I live in Prague, Czech Republic since 2006.

What's your occupation?
I'm a student. I study multimedia creation, marketing etc..

What other jobs have you had?
None I guess.

What's your level of education?
Elementary school for now I guess.

Are in a relationship?
I don't think that it could be called a relationship. It's a commitment. Kinda.

What's your family status?
I'm single. My parents are divorced and I live with my dad.

Any pets? Animal lover?
I have a dog, a golden retriever. I love those little hairy fuckers! <3

What are your political views?
Well, uh, I don't think I should say that in public.

What are your religious views?
Orthodox Christian

Do you drink alcohol?
Occasionally. On parties and such. Everyone likes to get wasted from time to time.

Do you smoke?
Nope, not anymore.

Do you take drugs (be honest)?
Honestly? I used to be a crack addict. I've been clean for over a year and a half now and I'm damn proud of it.

Favorite wrestlers?
Out of the indy wrestlers: Sami Callihan, AR Fox, FACADE, Adam Cole, Kevin Steen
Out of the mainstream wrestlers: Punk, The Shield, Cesaro, Bryan, Taker is a legend, Jack Swagger, Dolph Ziggler

Favourite sport?
Basketball, football and soccer I guess.

Favourite music?
It varies from various kinds of rock and metal all the way to dubstep.

Favourite TV shows?
Breaking Bad, How I Met Your Mother, South Park, Dexter, Lie to Me, The Inbetweeners, Only Fools and Horses (god I love British humor)

Favourite books?
Anything Poe or Villon wrote. I love poetry. But I mostly read psychological stuff nobody reads. Books by Jung I guess then.

Favourite movies?
Batman: The Dark Knight, Star Wars III, VI, Inception, Pulp Fiction

Favourite games?
All the Pokemon games 'cept the 2nd gen. I hate 2nd gen.

Favourite food?
Pizza and basically anything that contains a lot of cheese or mushrooms. Or all the spicy stuff.