Alex

Alex Del Giudice: delgiudc, psykodego

NAME: Alex Del Giudice
WHAT MY NAME MEANS: it means people don’t know how to pronounce italian consonant/vowel combinations
NICKNAMES: Al, dego
SCREEN/USENET NAMES: delgiudc, psykodego
BIRTHDAY:24/9/80
SEX:male
HEIGHT: just shy of 6 feet/just shy of 2 meters
WEIGHT: just shy of 200lbs/just shy of 90.5 Kilos
HAIR LENGTH: I shave it off. All of it.
HAIR COLOR:dark brown
EYE COLOR: hazel
GLASSES: sometimes
HEALTH ISSUES: Sinus problems since age 5, the doctors tell me I’m depressed. I say Fuck’em
MEDICATIONS: The doctor says I need to take the little green one and the somewhat-bigger blue one, but I really don’t like the way they make me feel so I say fuck you doctor!
MYERS-BRIGGS: I’m an Idealist.
SEXUAL ORIENTATION: hetero. Like Conan, I do love the ladies.
ETHNIC IDENTIFICATION: I was raised in Italy with traditional Italian values.
POLITICAL IDENTIFICATION: none, I have my own ideas. Some have called me a moderate rw, others have called me a moderate lw. It depends on what we’re talking about I guess.
RELIGIOUS IDENTIFICATION: I haven’t found a/some God/z yet but I’m keeping my eyes wide open.
LANGUAGES: Italian, English, and I’m trying to learn Japanese.
RESIDENCE: Born in Chicago, Raised in Napoli, now living in a campus town (Urbana,IL) trying to finish up a degree.
ANIMAL COMPANIONS: My roomates definately count in this category. They are a couple of brutes.
TRANSPORTATION: I have a dirty bike and a moody plymouth. So my feet are my friends.
COMPUTER: A piece of junk
SO: hmm... none. <sigh>
CHILDREN: none, hopefully someday.
SCHOOL: University of Illinois
OCCUPATION: Student, future linguist
HOBBIES: Linguistics, sociology, Literature
SPECIAL TALENTS: Suppressing anger and depression into the biggest smile you’ve ever seen.
TURNONS: Honesty, humor, awareness
TURNOFFS: ignorance, superficiality
SMAE FLAVOR: Wet old hickory pine flavor. It reminds me of the country. I can’t stress the Wet part enough.
FAVORITE BOOK: There are actually two books I loved when I read them when I was very young, Wise Child and Juniper by Monica Furlong. I don’t know if I would still like them now reading them at my age, but they have stayed with me for a long time.
FAVORITE MOVIE: I am a movie buff. I love movies, so I could never choose a favorite one.
FAVORITE TV SHOW: Desmond Morris’ The human animal
FAVORITE TORI ALBUM: Boys for Pele
FAVORITE TORI SONG: It depends, I guess the one I always like is Mr. Zebra but this is a really hard question.
FAVORITE NON-TORI ALBUM: If I would even try to answer this question my brain would explode.
FAVORITE NON-TORI SONG: same as above.
OTHER FAVORITE THINGS: INSTRUMENT: Violin
FOOD: Palle di riso the way my mom makes them
SEXUAL POSITION: with partner
SHAPE: Circle
METHOD OF GETTING RID OF A HEADACHE: a nap
METHOD OF GETTING RID OF UNWANTED GUESTS: telling them to go away
COLORS ON MY UNIX TERMINAL: Black background, Yellow text.
KEY: A minor
EUPHEMISM FOR COUNTRY MUSIC SO THAT MY FRIENDS WON’T MAKE FUN OF ME FOR LIKING THIS GUILTY PLEASURE, EVEN THOUGH I ONLY LIKE SOME OF IT, AND NOT THE STUFF THEY PLAY ON CMT BUT STUFF LIKE OLD 97’s, WILCO, NEKO CASE OR THE PINETOP SEVEN: Alt. Fiddlestix
DEAD PRETENTIOUS MUSICIAN: John Cage
SOCIAL SATIRIST: Douglas Adams
PROOF THAT THE JAPANESE ARE PRETTY FUCKED UP: used-panties-vending-machine.
FAVORITE QUOTES:

The worst way to miss someone is to sit right next to them and know you can’t be with them

— Alex Del Giudice

When the only tool you own is a hammer, every problem begins to resemble a nail.

— Abraham Maslow