From the swingin’ sisters and :

THREE NAMES YOU GO BY:
1. Nicholas
2. Nick (prefer not, but it slips in anyway)
3. Noop-Dab (nickname used by some very strange Belfast friends)

THREE SCREEN NAMES YOU HAVE HAD:
1. nhw
2. nhw14
3. sag001

THREE THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. Sense of humour
2. Good memory
3. Ear for languages

THREE THINGS YOU DON’T LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. Bald patch
2. Poor organisation
3. Sometimes talk too fast in strange accent

THREE PARTS OF YOUR HERITAGE
1. Moderate Catholicism
2. Like Guinness
3. Fascination with elections

THREE THINGS THAT SCARE YOU:
1. Ill-thought-out activism in US foreign policy
2. Complacent passitivity in European foreign policy
3. Global warming

THREE OF YOUR EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS:
1. Mozilla Firefox
2. Battery radio
3. Glass of wine in the evening

THREE THINGS YOU ARE WEARING RIGHT NOW:
1. Yellow pullover
2. Blue jeans
3. Tatty slippers

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE BANDS (or artists) AT THE MOMENT:
1. Pink Floyd
2. Meatloaf
3. Sibelius (my tastes are boring yet eclectic – Dire Straits a very close fourth)

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE SONGS AT PRESENT:
1. Kullervo Symphony third movement – Kullervo, Kalervon poika, Sinisukka äijön lapsi, Hivus keltainen korea, Kengän kauto kaunokainen Läksi viemähän vetoja Maajyviä maksamahan… can’t understand a word of it but it sounds great, in 5/4 time, male chorus singing in unison against the orchestra
2. Paradise By The Dashboard Light Ain’t no doubt about it, We were doubly blessed, ‘Cause we were barely seventeen And we were barely dressed
3. Telegraph Road (if we’re only allowed individual songs; several Pink Floyd albums I’d prefer)

THREE NEW THINGS YOU WANT TO TRY IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS:
1. Find some of Belgium’s stone-age monuments
2. Go to WorldCon in Glasgow
3. Play a PBEM Diplomacy game through to the end

THREE THINGS YOU WANT IN A RELATIONSHIP (love is a given):
1. Laughs
2. Good politics
3. Good sex

TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE
1. My ex-girlfriend became a nun after we split up and is now gay
2. I set up the first political party website in Northern Ireland
3. I have never met anyone via livejournal who I didn’t already know

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS ABOUT THE OPPOSITE SEX THAT APPEAL TO YOU:
1. Eyes
2. Waist
3. Chest

THREE THINGS YOU JUST CAN’T DO:
1. Tidy up
2. Yell at people
3. Watch the Tweenies

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE PASTTIMES:
1. Reading science fiction
2. Going to museums
3. Watching quiz shows

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO REALLY BADLY RIGHT NOW:
1. Sleep
2. Watch TV
3. Listen to Sibelius

THREE CAREERS YOU’RE CONSIDERING:
1. Politician
2. Lobbyist
3. Lawyer

THREE PLACES YOU WANT TO GO ON VACATION:
1. Australia
2. Iceland
3. Central Asia

THREE CHILDREN’S NAMES (this one is easy):
1. Bridget
2. Fergal
3. Ursula

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE:
1. Win an election
2. Write a novel
3. Have grandchildren

THREE PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO TAKE THIS QUIZ NOW OR DIE PAINFULLY
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