Get to Know The Team: Irisado
Name: Classified  Age: 34 Location: Hertfordshire, UK Quote: 'A swansong of rare and vanishing beauty' Position: |
- Do you have pets?
Nope, I'm allergic to anything with fur, so I can't join the SMF cat lovers club, and crocodiles aren't allowed as pets apparently. - What is your favourite colour?
I can't choose just one. Red, purple, yellow, and orange are all favourites. - What kind of music do you like?
A very mixed bag. Pop music of all sorts of types, as well as classical. I can be listening to a 'cello piece at one moment, and then switch to Roxette. Eclectic probably sums it up
. - What do you do in your free time besides spending time on SMF?
I moderate other forums. I'm also now working on trying to publish part of my PhD thesis. - What are your goals/dreams in life?
To finish my PhD, never do any research ever again, and become a full time university language tutor. Two achieved, one still to go. A bit of a re-think here, as to get into the university system I'm going to have to publish something. To make my dream a reality, it's time to jump through some more hoops.
- What got you involved in SMF?
I had previously managed a phpBB forum, been a regular user on a Vbulletin forum, and then signed up to a number of fora which used SMF. I found SMF to be my favourite type of forum software, did some hunting around to find out more information, and ended up here. - Who do you admire? Why?
The Spanish teachers at school, and Spanish university lecturers who taught me on my undergraduate degree. They were inspirational in shaping who I am today. I also admire my parents for always being there. - Are you into sports? If so which ones?
I like watching Formula 1 and listening to cricket. - What is your dream job?
Spanish language tutor. University tutor of either politics or Spanish, or maybe even both. - What was your first screenname?
Irisado. - Do you have any piercings?
No. - Are you a lefty/righty or ambidextrous?
Mostly right handed, but my left hand can do a few things, such as removing screw on lids, better than my right. - Do you have any tattoos? If not do you wish/plan to get one?
No and no. - Do you have any siblings? If so, how many of each?
No. - What is your favourite website?
40K Online and this one. - Do you play computer games? If so, which ones?
Not many. Skyrim and the Fallout series are the only ones I play. - Do you play video game consoles? Which ones?
No. - Are you married or planing to get married?
No. - If so do you have any kids?
N/A - How many kids?
N/A - How many languages do you speak? If so which ones?
Three if English counts. Apart from English, Spanish, and some rather rusty Italian. - Do you drink?
No. - Do you smoke?
No. - Did you play hookey from class?
Never. - Do you have a license?
Assuming this means a driving license, yes. - Do you own a car?
No. - Have you ever been stopped for speeding?
No. - Do you obtain a good amount of sleep daily?
I used to, but not any more.I'm starting to get back into better sleeping habits. - How do you sleep?
Badly. Much better these days. - Have you ever been on an aeroplane?
Yes,and I've got more frightened every time I've done so.This is no longer the case. I was much better on my last plane trip. - Have you ever broken a bone?
Yes, my collar bone. - Do you wear jewellery? If so what jewellery do you wear?
No. - How do you dress?
Informally. - How many keys are on your keyring?
Eight.Down to five now. - What time do you go to bed? What time do you wake up?
Varies, although I am starting to go to bed earlier and get up earlier on a gradual basis. - What's the freakiest thing you have done?
Tumbling out of control down a ski slope was pretty freaky. I never want to experience that again. - Do you live alone?
Yes. - How many hours a day do you spend in front of the computer?
Lots of them, but not as many as before. - How many hours a day do you spend in SMF?
Not too many. Four or five perhaps. It's on the rise though.I tend to lose count some days, but it definitely rose to quite a few until recently. - What is your favourite beverage - coffee, tea, soda, beer, other?
Water. - What do you hate?
The obsession with the commercialisation of higher education and universities. People who take decisions based on fear, ignorance, prejudice, and/or xenophobia, rather than based on acceptance, hope, inclusiveness, and the facts. - What do you love?
Coastal walks in watery sunshine and walks in the park. - What is your religion?
None. - What is your hair colour?
Light brown. - How tall are you?
About 6'2" - How much do you weigh?
No idea. - What's the feature on SMF you can't live without?
- As an administrator?
Moderation tools of all types. - As an end user?
The reply button.
- As an administrator?
Thanks for reading. If you have additional questions, I may answer them
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I like music from the 1920s to some of todays so that's a good mix you have there lol.
Do you nag at people?
ps: Veo que te gusta mucho el español
Hmm... schitzo...
That's two of us that use that term!
Yep, we're pretty close when I go back home, although I don't think that I've actually ever been to your neck of the woods. Not that I remember at any rate.
I don't usually nag people, but I do nag Kindred sometimes in another place
Me encanta el español
That's about right
I thought it was just me as well
Thanks for the welcome all
In English-English, "Fora" was/is the correct term, viz-a-viz the Latin. But, as usual, our delinquent colonial upstarts couldn't cope, with that, just as they can't cope with "Radii"...
What is the engine block size of a 1967 Plymouth Barracuda?
My height :O
So was Illori's, than I found out she had the same name as my mother.
No matter, that club is much too big already!
I bet you're not refering to Apocalyptica there
Bach, perhaps?
My condolences!
Doing research can be so much fun!
Hm, my wordfilter triggered here. Glad to see you found your way here.
Follow up question: Is the answer above truthful?
did you videotape it!?NahwIt has it's pros and cons, I guess.
It was a nice read, welcome to the team!
nahh... j/k...
And the plural of cactus is cacti. My spell checker agrees.
"Cactuses" just sounds daft. Mind you, so does "Radiuses" and "Forums", to me.
That would be correct
Bach's cello music is good background music. I'm more of an Elgar's Cello Concerto type person.
As a hobby, it's fun, as a 'job' it's dreadful
Yes.
I'm very bad at lying, but I am very good at sidestepping questions
99 percent cons in my opinion.
Thanks, it's good to be here
Radisues
Catuses
Octopuses
Forums
Cookies (not Biscuits!)
Forums is technically the correct version when discussing the online version, which is why I use it when writing the wiki, but I personally using fora in my own posts
I haven't been for a long time though, since I don't have the time, and I also don't enjoy flying.
I was based in Salamanca, which has very impressive architecture, and lots of White Storks. It was a very hot summer though, which things pretty tough for me towards the end. I'm not a fan of the high temperatures.
Palma Nova is Hell on Earth and as for Magaluf...
The Red Lion... Lady Di's Pub...
"Tacky" doesn't even begin to describe it...
It doesn't sound like the sort of place that I want to go to. I think that you're being generous calling it tacky.
http://www.puertopollensa.com
Looks like a few hundred big hotels have gone up, since I was there.
I bet even Puerto de Soller's become a
shitholeconcrete jungle, now.Last holiday I had was here:
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=tortola&client=opera&oe=utf-8&channel=suggest&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi
Got offered a job, there, too. Unfortunately, it never happened, for reasons that I won't bore you with, coz they're just TOO silly...
Bloody Yanks, everywhere, there were!
The biggest surprise I had in America was apparently how softly spoken I am, ahaha
I pulled.
A few times.
Actually saying that I could murder a fag caused some hilarity, though, as I'm sure you'll understand.
I'm no oil-painting, myself, Pete.
Mind you, my accent is... absolutely English. Don't know if you saw any of the videos from the blog, but there's several of me actually talking and several people were surprised by my accent being 'that strong'.
I can identify at least variants of the english accent and I know there are many more gradiations, not even including the dialects used in the other portions of the empire.
Actually, that's a question for Irisado as well...
First video I could find that has me talking from our blog - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mf15QvTzcmY - I'm the one on the left with the silly hat on
you are a quiet guy, when talking, aren't you?
I am just as loud in real life as I am on the forums.
I have a little story about that. I was on a train to London with a friend, standing, as tends to be the case if you catch a train to London in the early morning, and we were politely interrupted by the man opposite us who was from the United States, and he wanted to talk about accents. He couldn't place mine, which was quite amusing all round, so it's now official that, according to the Americans, I don't have an accent
Eh, the south is not Queen's English area, you need to head up to the Home Counties for that. But the regional variations need only 40-50 miles to be very apparent.
Hmm, if you're saying your accent 'couldn't be placed'... I'm assuming it's the Herts part that's kicking in with what is probably the most neutral of the accents in England itself? (since Nottingham's accent isn't particularly neutral, like most of the Midlanders)
Yes, I don't have an East Midlands accent at all. It's never rubbed off on me, even though I've studied in both Leicester and Nottingham. My accent is pretty neutral, but not quite neutral enough for Hertfordshire, so that's why it's hard to place.
Yeah, an East Midlander accent is fairly distinctive, as is a West Midlander. I'm rather curious now about your accent!
There's no way that I can describe it to you, unfortunately, so I can't satiate your curiosity.
Not having seen it, though, I can't be sure. I guess I sound quite like Mike Reid or THIS.
wierd.
With the exception of K@ and his horrendous writing in dialectical, accents just don't come across in the forums.
No Ta.
I wouldn't say that besides you gave me some help in the past once which thankfully I remembered and reused.
(I know you had good reason, though, Pete. The note from your mother was a nice touch).
You were the only person there then K@?
I'd hardly call myself "important" to anyone except, perhaps, my cats and the degus, though.
As for important, you're important. Everyone's important.
She tells me, along with anyone else that'll listen, that she's THE most important thing, EVER.
And if it's close, it's a beautiful sentiment.
6'2"? Really? Awesome.
Nope
It's just as much fun