Get To Know Your LACWAC Community! (Fun Facts Inside!)

Though we do have a social thread, it's pretty old and busted and doesn't get much use.

We decided, because we have a growing community, that it would be great to find out a little about our fellow LACWAC members.

I'm going to start with myself and a bunch of info, if you feel like adding more info in your post, that's totally fine.


User Name & Origin: GARTH_MAUL [TPM Sidious: "This is my apprentice...(static)Garth Maul."]

Real Name: Dustin

Age: 32

Status: Married

Astrological Sign: Cancer

Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Job/School: law-talking guy/ambulance chaser/bottom feeder

Favorite Food(s): pizza, probably some other stuff. Italian, Mexican, Thai.

Favorite Drink: currently on Italian red wines

Favorite Music: All-time: SP, Pearl Jam, REM, Blur, David Bowie, Neil Young, the Smiths, Depeche Mode, Bad Religion, The Beatles, and Monster Magnet.

Recent Stuff I've liked: Neko Case, Fleet Foxes, Cut Copy, Interpol, TV on the Radio, The National, Florence & the Machine

Favorite (non-SW) Films:Cuckoo's Nest, Shawshank Redemption, Pulp Fiction, Aliens....too many to list.

Favorite OT Film: Empire Strikes Back

Favorite PT Film: Revenge of the Sith

Favorite TCW Episode: currently Children of the Force

Currently Reading: The Magicians by Lev Grossman. Just finished Iain M. Banks' Matter.

Last Vacation: Backpacking for 5 days on the Berg Lake Trail in BC. Amazing scenery, 75 km hiked total.

Current Car: 2000 Ford Escort

 

Username and its origin: Gry Sarth - My first Star Wars RPG character, a renegade Alliance fighter pilot.

Real Name: Thiago

Age: 29

Status: Engaged

Astrological Sign: Pisces

Location: São Paulo, Brazil

Birthplace: Cuckfield, England

Job/School: 3D Animator looking for a job

Favorite Food(s): Mainly italian cuisine. Otherwise, anything not too healthy or too greasy.

Favorite Drink: Bloody good beer

Favorite Music: The whole range of Rock variants, from Rock'n'roll to Heavy Metal and beyond.

Recent Stuff I've liked: Don't care about any recent stuff. If people are currently listening to it, it probably sucks.

Favorite (non-SW) Films: Oh so impossible to say. Cram the whole sci-fi, adventure, fantasy, action genres in there.

Favorite OT Film: Empire Strikes Back

Favorite PT Film: Revenge of the Sith

Favorite TCW Episode: Jedi Crash

Currently Reading: Paul of Dune by Brian Herbert and KJA. Just finished the Whisperer in Darkness compilation, by Lovecraft.

Last Vacation: Can't really call it a vacation, but I'm just returned from 2 years living in Europe, studying. One year in Rome, another in London.

Current Car: None whatsoever. As I said, just returned to "normal life" from Europe, so I have to buy a new car. Any suggestions?

 

How fun!

Name: Mekairinek (Elegance Liberty in some places) - It's a portmeantau of two characters I used to like (Mekaneck from Masters of the Universe and Kairi from Kingdom Hearts). I came up with it way back in 2002. I've been nicknamed 'Meta Ray Mek' by friends, tho'.

Real Name: Katie

Age: 22

Status: Single

Astrological Sign: Sagittarius

Location: Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Job/School: Retail/Studio Art major at University of Nebraska at Omaha

Favorite Food(s): Chinese and Itallian

Favorite Drink: White Russians and Cranberry*Sierra Mist

Favorite Music: All-time: Can't think of any off the top of my head, but I do enjoy Genesis (and yes, I like BOTH Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins) mostly.

Recent Stuff I've liked: Mass Effect, Marvel Comics, Soul Calibur and various video games

Favorite (non-SW) Films: Ponyo, WALL-E, Cars, Cloudy /w a Chance of Meatballs, 2010, Kill Bill, Heavy Metal... many, many more.

Favorite OT Film: Return of the Jedi

Favorite PT Film: Attack of the Clones

Favorite TCW Episode: Destroy Malevolence (what, you were expecting something else?)

Currently Reading: The Great Gatsby

Last Vacation: Discounting a funeral, the last "vacation" I went on was a religious retreat up to one of the northern cities back in January.

Current Car: 1980something Toyota Camry (that goes BBRDFDSFSDFFFFFFF when it runs. Need to fix the muffler)

Additional info? Well, I've sorta been a lifelong fan of Star Wars. I've only recently really gotten into it thanks to Clone Wars. My favorite characters are General Grievous and Cad Bane, but I like everyone fairly equally... except Ahsoka. I don't really care much for the OT, honestly, because I'm just kinda tired of it ATM. Mmmm, blasphemy.

Other than that, I draw and I'm generally a very uninteresting person. Awwwww, yeah.

 

User Name and Origin: Shadow555. Don't remember the Origin of it at all

Real Name: Jessica

Age: 21

Status: Single

Astrological Sign: Sagittarius

Location: Washington, United States

Job/School: Helping my dad with his job as a computer programmer

Favorite Food: Chicken Stir Fry

Favorite Drink: Coke or Water

Favorite Music: Carrie Underwood

Recent Stuff I liked: Watching the TLC series 18 kids and counting

Favorite Non Star Wars Films: Harry Potter, Finding Nemo, Over the Hedge and Pirates of the Caribbean

Favorite OT Film: Empire Strikes Back

Favorite PT Film: Revenge of the Sith

Favorite CW Episode: Cargo of Doom

Currently Reading: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Last Vacation: Sunriver Oregon

Current Car: No car, hitch rides with my parents or older sister

I am a huge Cad Bane and Captain Rex fan. I love video games and hanging with family members. I also love sitting on the couch next to a warm fire and either read, write or watch movies. I'm a very kind and fun loving person and right now I'm a proud auntie to a baby nephew. He is a cutey. Shadow555 over and out!

 

Username and its origin: Alexrd (It has to do with my name)

Real Name: Alexander

Age: 19

Status: Single

Astrological Sign: Taurus

Location: Coimbra, Portugal

Job/School: Student

Favorite Food(s): Lasagna, what else?

Favorite Drink: Beer.

Favorite Music: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Linkin Park, Coldplay, U2, The Verve, Unkle, Eric Clapton, Globus, some Jazz, and John Williams.

Recent Stuff I've liked: Nothing in particular.

Favorite (non-SW) Films: The Green Mile, Forest Gump, Jurrasic Park, Jurassic Park: The Lost World, Jurassic Park III, Watchmen, The Dark Knight, etc...

Favorite OT Film: The Empire Strikes Back

Favorite PT Film: The Phantom Menace

Favorite TV Series: 24, My Name is Earl, Supernatural, Everybody Hates Chris, The Big Bang Theory, House, Dexter, and The Simpsons.

Favorite TCW Episode: currently The Hidden Enemy.

Currently Reading: Dracula, by Bram Stoker.

Last Vacation: South of France, great lanscape.

Current Car: Trying to get a Toyota Yaris.

 

Interesting. Most interesting. XD

User Name: koonfan. Derived from Kombat Offensive Octogenerian Neophyte.....or Plo Koon, with 'fan' added at the end.

Real Name: Tim

Age: 19

Status: Single

Star Sign: Capricorn...not that it's especially interesting. >_>

Location: Selangor, Malaysia, land of Mangled English, or...MANGLISH

Job/School: Student, leisure-time writer

Favorite Food(s): Western...ooh! And waffles! Waffles! WAFFLES!!!!

Favorite Drink: Ice cold water, and the occasional orange juice or hundred plus

Favorite Music: If it's good, I'll listen to it. I've preferences for jazz, blues, salsa, and 70s music...to add to this eclectic mix, I'm also going to say 'video game music'. I can just FEEL your respect for me dropping.
I have also found electronic music to be an interesting and pleasing change of pace.

Recent Stuff I've Liked: Marvel projects and Pixar movies...then again, they aren't recent, nor is my liking them new...hmm...ah well, I'll just cop out and say Green Lantern. XD

Favorite Shows: Numb3rs, Whose Line is it Anyway, Frasier

Favorite (non-SW) Films: The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Iron Man, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Titan A.E., Transformers (retro AND modern)

Favorite OT Film: Return of the Jedi

Favorite PT Film: Revenge of the Sith

Favorite Clone Wars Episode: Innocents of Ryloth (and I'll bet you were thinking I'd say 'the one with Plo Koon')

Currently Reading: ......does my own personal story in my head count?

Last Vacation: What was formerly known as the Prince of Wales island. Bonus points to anybody who figures out where that is.

Current car: Not applicable.

I'm a laid back guy who likes a nice laugh. Being kind, idealistic and fun-loving, I naturally like a good story that aims to be uplifting, hence my preference for Season 1's premiere.
The answer 'what's new with you', in my case, can be answered with a single uniform answer most of the time: I'm fine, I do college work when I have to, I write now and then, I'm waiting for anime/cartoons/videogames/movies/TCW.

I'm a writer, though since I'm also fairly laid back (which is a polite way of saying lazy), I take it as more of a hobby. It's definitely one of the BIGGEST things in my life, though.

Oh. And I like character creation and small, easily managed RP forums. In fact, if I ever find a cool series I start to get into, one of the things I inevitably end up doing is thinking up versions of me and my friends for that show. Yes, I'm a loser. XD

My DREAM goals in life, which I hope will end up being real someday, are (from first to last):
-Writer of my very own story, which hopefully ends up spawning a graphic novel and animated series
-Writer for an awesome series, be it The Clone Wars, Warcraft, or Marvel Comics/Animation
-Voice actor. Yes. XD

 

User Name & Origin: Humble_Jedi - Origin: Being too uninspired to make up a decent username

Real Name: Jos

Age: So old that I forgot

Status: Living together with my girlfriend (who loves Star Wars too!)

Astrological Sign: Cancer

Location: The Netherlands

Job/School: Looking for a job in Social & Cultural Education

Favourite Food(s): Japanese, Italian

Favourite Drink: Czech and Belgian beers

Favourite Non-Alcoholic Drink: Latte (Coffee)

Favourite Music: All-time: Indie Rock (The Jesus Lizard, Shellac, Slint, Karate, Afghan Whigs, Twilight Singers, American Analog Set, Blonde Redhead, Minus the Bear, Mogwai, Ativin, Sonic Youth, Tortoise, etc.)
Punk Rock (Face to Face, Bad Religion)
AC/DC

Recent Stuff I've liked: Nothing in particular

Favourite (non-SW) Films: David Lynch, Kubrick, Tarantino, Dogma, independent films in general.

Favourite OT Film: Empire Strikes Back

Favourite PT Film: Revenge of the Sith

Favourite TCW Episode: Rising Malevolence

Favourite TV series: Californication, Reno 911

All Time Favourite Game: Jedi Knight - Dark Forces II

Currently Reading: Jack Vance, Jack Vance and Jack Vance. (Oh, and Jack Vance)

Last Vacation: Backpacking in Luxemburg for the Mullerthal Trail, hiked over 120 km.

Current Car: What is this 'car' thing you speak of? I just ride bicycle.

Other hobbies: Travelling, gaming, RPG-ing, reading and most importantly: Playing guitar in my band!

 

Interesting.
User Name & Origin: GGrievous - Origin: Being a huge Grievous fan back in 2005. The micro-series/Labyrinth of Evil, and then ROTS was too much.

Real Name: Dimitri

Age: 18

Status: Was dating, now single.

Astrological Sign: Virgo

Location: Illinois, US

Job/School: Currently in college. Studying to become a 3D animator.

Favorite Food(s): Greek, or chinese

Favorite Drink: I love water.

Favorite Non-Alcoholic Drink: Coffee

Favorite Music: All-time: Indie Rock, or just mostly anything.

Recent Stuff I've liked: Nothing in particular

Favorite (non-SW) Films: James Bond films

Favorite OT Film: The Empire Strikes Back

Favorite PT Film: Revenge of the Sith

Favorite TCW Episode: Rookies!

Favorite TV series: Cops, South Park, Family Guy, Good Eats (It's an amazing show.)

All Time Favorite Game: Battlefront II

Currently Reading: Finishing up "Wild Space". TPM novel is next on my to-read list.

Last Vacation: Marco Island, Florida.

Current Car: Besides riding my bike, I drive a 2007 Honda Pilot.

Other hobbies: Football or basically anything that comes to my mind.

 

Uh, that would be Penang Island, in Malaysia

How many points do I get.

 

User Name & Origin: Jango Fettish. I thought it was clever

Real Name: Joe

Age: 24

Status: Engaged

Astrological Sign: Gemini

Location: Hunterdon County, NJ, USA

Job/School: Student (History Major) / Always keeping busy on the ol' family farm (yes, there are farms in NJ )

Favorite Food(s): Pizza, burgers

Favorite Drink: Guinness, but if I'm shotgunning I use Coors.

Favorite Non-Alcoholic Drink: Diet Coke, Coffee.

Favorite Music: All-time: Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, Rush, Pink Floyd, tons of other classic rock, progressive, and metal bands.

Recent Stuff I've liked: Not much, but I've been looking for some fresh jams.

Favorite (non-SW) Films: Gangs of New York, Watchmen, Ghostbusters.

Favorite OT Film: The Empire Strikes Back

Favorite PT Film: Revenge of the Sith

Favorite TCW Episode: Cargo of Doom

Favorite TV series: Breaking Bad, Lost, Smallville, Nip/Tuck, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, South Park.

All Time Favorite Game: Metal Gear Solid 4

Currently Reading: K Blows Top

Last Vacation: Long Beach Island.

Current Car: Current driver - 1990 5.0 Mustang. Got a few more in the garage.

Other hobbies: I collect guitars and play in a hard rock and blues band. I've always been really into muscle cars and I own several Mustangs and Camaros. Also, I recently bought a revolver and have gotten into target shooting as well.

 

Well, you get the satisfaction of knowing a fairly obscure and useless history fact about our little smack-on-the-equator country. AND you've unlocked the achievement 'Prince of Wales Island'! Which, like all achievements, does ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!

 

Oh snap.

All-time favorite television shows: ST:TOS, X-Files, Futurama, BSG, Arrested Development, Seinfeld, original Law & Order. And Transformers:G1 (god it's terrible now though ha ha ha)

 

Here's another one: My avatar hasn't changed at all; same one since I joined.

 

So all those seconds I spent searching this item in Wikipedia went to waste? Not cool...

Favourite TV shows: THE SIMPSONS. During my time in the UK I fell in love with some of their shows like Q.I., "Mock the Week", "Have I Got News For You" and "Top Gear". Such a pity I'll never see those again...

 

The Internet is a pathway to many places, some considered to be... unnatural.

 

A nod is as good as wink to a blind bat.

 

User Name & Origin: AvadaKenobi. It's sort of a portmanteau of the Killing Curse in Harry Potter and my favorite Jedi. Avada Kedavra + Obi-Wan Kenobi = AvadaKenobi.

Real Name: Nicole

Age: 25

Status: Taken

Astrological Sign: Gemini

Location: Ohio, USA

Job/School: I have a degree in English Literature and Public Relations and I'm a bank teller. A great use of my degree.

Favorite Food(s): Mexican

Favorite Drink: If I'm going to enjoy some spirits, I like Sambuca.

Favorite Non-Alcoholic Drink: Mountain Dew

Favorite Music: Daft Punk, Mindless Self Indulgence, Nine Inch Nails, Basement Jaxx, Underworld, etc.

Recent Stuff I've liked: Hmm...nothing that I can think of off of the top of my head.

Favorite (non-SW) Films: Trainspotting, Goodfellas, Snatch, Mallrats, The Big Lebowski, Clueless, etc.

Favorite OT Film: A New Hope

Favorite PT Film: The Phantom Menace has really grown on me these past few years.

Favorite TCW Episode: Either Trespass or Innocents of Ryloth.

Favorite TV series: I am a die-hard Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel fanatic. Other than that, I enjoy House, Project Runway, Top Chef, Dexter, Cowboy Bebop (oh, how I LOVE this series).

All Time Favorite Game: It's a toss-up between Metal Gear Solid 2 and Devil May Cry 3.

Currently Reading: Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs.

Last Vacation: Orlando, Florida.

Current Car: My legs and Rapid Transit take me where I need to go.

Other hobbies: I write a lot, both fanfiction and original stuff. I'm a video game nerd; my PSP goes where ever I go. I read a lot as well. But mostly, I spend my time online accomplishing nothing. It's how I unwind.

 

As in, abducted by aliens?!!

 

Well, it's a long story. See, an alien came by my house and said he wanted to serve man, so I said why not? Turns out the travel guide he had was actually a cookbook.

 

Well, isn't that how all marriages start? You go in thinking you're going to be served, next thing you know your butt is in the frier.

 

User Name & Origin: ZEM (my initials)

Real Name: Zack

Age: 16

Status: Single

Location: Ohio, USA

Job/School: Homeschooled

Favorite Food(s): pizza, pancakes, salads

Favorite Drink: lemonade, soda and surprisingly - water.

Favorite Music: Petra, David and the Giants, as well as some other Christian bands.

Recent Stuff I've liked: dunno

Favorite (non-SW) Films: Thomas and Friends specials since 2005, Pixar Animation films, Fireproof, Flywheel, Facing the Giants, Love Comes Softly series. The Passion of the Christ.

Favorite OT Film: Return of the Jedi

Favorite PT Film: Attack of the Clones

Favorite TCW Episode: Dunno, its a runnin' show.

Currently Reading: Sherlock Holmes,

Last Vacation: To a cabin with my parents and brothers.

Current Car: None, gotta get new glasses before I can even get my permit.

 

User Name & Origin: LawJedi. Short story is that I inherited the mantle from my older sister, the original LawJedi, who formerly had aspirations towards law school.

Real Name: Will

Age: 28

Status: Single

Location: Memphis, TN

Job/School: Student, Political Campaign Staffer, Citizen Lobbyist

Favorite Food(s): cigarettes

Favorite Drink: more cigarettes (local politcs made me a smoker!)

Favorite Music: Currently obsessed with Gogol Bordello, Bob Dylan, Beatles Mono, Antony and the Johnsons, David Bowie

Favorite (non-SW) Films: Hedwig and the Angry Inch, John Waters movies, Kevin Smith movies, George Romero movies.

Favorite OT Film: Return of the Jedi

Favorite PT Film: Revenge

Favorite TCW Episode: Probably have to cave and say Rookies. I'm such a poser!

Currently Reading: Mostly reading up on Kaplan's LSAT prep material.

Favorite TV series: Anything Joss Whedon, Gilmore Girls, the Bruce Timm DC animated shows, The Wire, Good Eats

All Time Favorite Game: Hmm... Marvel v Capcom 2 and Battlefront 2 are guilty pleasures. Really liked Infamous.

Last Vacation: A short visit to Vegas where my friend and I forgot how we got back to our hotel room. Blackouts are fun!

Current Car: 2008 Red Ford Focus. Only reason I have it is that a drunk totalled by last car. God bless auto insurance!

Other: Just finished staffing a very short, very ugly local special election for mayor. Really indulging in the escapism of internet pop culture!

 

Real Name: Rob

User Name Origin: Being a Transformers fan I swung the D in Rodimus to a B to best reflect my own name.

Age: 35

Status: Married

Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Job: I sell liquor

Favorite Food(s): Chinese

Favorite Drink: Pop

Favorite Music: Bon Jovi

Favorite (non-SW) Films: Jaws, Tombstone, Transformer(2007), Formula 51, Pulp Fiction, Wall-E

Favorite Star Wars Film: Revenge of the Sith

Favorite TCW Episode: The Droid Duology

Currently Reading: Rebel Force(Soon to be reading Imperial Commando )

Favorite Author(s): Karen Traviss, Tim Zahn, Michael Stackpole, C.S. Friedman, Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman

Favorite TV series: Was Battlestar Galactica, now is The Clone Wars. (I don't watch much TV)

Current Car:2006 Pontiac Purssuit

Hobbies: Toy Collecting, Baseball, Toy Customizing, Attending Conventions

Nerd Credits : I've met David Prowse, Jeremy Bulloch and Daniel Logan, with Peter Mayhew soon joining the list.

My user name "Robimus" was included in the author acknowledgments of the Essential Atlas(along with 15 others from the Lit forum ) by Dan Wallace and Jason Fry. It was very kind of them to do that, I'm still floored that I was included.

Great idea here, Garth.

 

Yes, pretty awesome that your user name is in a real-life SW book!

 

Yeah! Can you beat that?