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Andrew / January 3, 2008 10:39 AM

(Suggested by Val; if you've got an idea for a Fuel question, send it to inbox@gapersblock.com.)

- Creative
- Writer
- Chicagoan

CVAL / January 3, 2008 10:47 AM

-Striving
-Student
-Expatriate

eep / January 3, 2008 11:08 AM

Tall
Loyal
Caring

Brian / January 3, 2008 11:09 AM

* Chicagoan
* Designer
* Friend

mary / January 3, 2008 11:10 AM

trepidatious
colorful
wanton

(contradictory, if im allowed to use a fourth)

skafiend / January 3, 2008 11:14 AM

Tall
Dark
Handsome

Spook / January 3, 2008 11:32 AM

Deeply subversive,
Deeply socratic,
Very artistic

(crazy, if im allowed to use a fourth;)

skafiend / January 3, 2008 11:33 AM

Um, Spook....
that's six words, right? Stick some hyphens up in that mutha...

lmy / January 3, 2008 11:34 AM

reliable
charming
curious

printdude / January 3, 2008 11:59 AM

Boisterous
Funloving
challenging

amyc / January 3, 2008 12:06 PM

sassy little minx

p / January 3, 2008 12:14 PM

loves
life
fuckface

sidenote: ppl who say things like "i'm the type of person that..." generally hurt. and ppl who say "i'm crazy" most of the time aren't. (not directed @ sp##k who is, in fact, crazy as a shithouse rat)

Veronica / January 3, 2008 12:17 PM

Reserved [but]
Passionate [and]
Independent

I realize "reserved" and "passionate" are somewhat contradictory, but if you know me you know how a person can be both.

lolo / January 3, 2008 12:21 PM

Obsequious
Purple
Clairvoyant

spence / January 3, 2008 12:24 PM

perfectionist
cynical
unorganized

taj / January 3, 2008 12:26 PM

creative
expat
seeker

irisheyes1212 / January 3, 2008 12:36 PM

Caring
Sensitive
Neurotic

Kate / January 3, 2008 1:53 PM

Critical, generous, open-minded

solaana / January 3, 2008 1:56 PM

I like cheese.

David / January 3, 2008 2:07 PM

Three words? Nah.

ramsin / January 3, 2008 2:07 PM

do the knowledge.

jennifer / January 3, 2008 2:13 PM

for my first gb post of '08, I'll come clean with myself...

-perfectionist
-dreamer
-anxious

skee bop / January 3, 2008 3:26 PM

anxious
perfectionisty
fun

Mindy / January 3, 2008 4:03 PM

calm, cool, collected

Jill / January 3, 2008 4:12 PM

Bacon-loving funny writer

(also, "wondering Allan's answer/whereabouts" would fit as well)

ennuigirl / January 3, 2008 4:33 PM

Short
fat
hungry

SR / January 3, 2008 4:50 PM

talks to strangers

Batgirl / January 3, 2008 4:52 PM

Passionate
Tenacious
Scrappy

dan / January 3, 2008 4:58 PM

encased meat fan.

graumach / January 3, 2008 7:59 PM

I find this exercise to be an off-putting combination of reductivism and narcissicism. So I'll just go with the first 3 items on my recent Crime Blotter descript:

30(ish)
Male
Caucasian

ObieWan / January 3, 2008 8:50 PM

Coolest. Chick. Ever.


;)

Lauri / January 3, 2008 9:23 PM

CrazySexyCool

(Actually saw T-Boz in person at a Best Buy on the outskirts of Pittsburgh, late 1999)

Alice / January 3, 2008 10:28 PM

Talks to squirrels.

(and rabbits)
(and stray cats)
(sometimes birds)

Steven / January 3, 2008 10:55 PM

Scorpio.

Don't need any other words. You all know what I mean.

snuh / January 4, 2008 1:49 AM

Wants
Steven's
digits.

pantagrapher / January 4, 2008 8:36 AM

irregardless

grammer

snoot

J / January 4, 2008 9:05 AM

grumpy

lazy

underacheiver

Spook / January 4, 2008 9:24 AM

I can't belive no one included "Gangsta
or "Baby Phat"!

zoenotcool / January 4, 2008 9:27 AM

distracted
curious
scorpio

annie / January 4, 2008 9:39 AM

funny
friendly
accident-prone

YAJ / January 4, 2008 10:02 AM

feminist aging athlete

hannah / January 4, 2008 10:38 AM

Intuitive
Sensitive
Flawed

(#4 would be passionate. #5 would be talented. #6 would be does-not-follow-directions.)

Ellen / January 4, 2008 10:45 AM

Not
Dead
Yet

paul / January 4, 2008 11:56 AM

Not
Enough
Words

Jasmine / January 4, 2008 12:18 PM

"How would I describe myself? Three words. Hard-working, Alpha male, Jackhammer, Merciless, Insatiable." (Dwight Schrute)

loadzone / January 4, 2008 1:24 PM

chicken fried steak

Clarke / January 4, 2008 1:56 PM

Strong like bull.

missmolly / January 4, 2008 2:19 PM

mutha fuckin awesome

charlie / January 4, 2008 2:27 PM

Dirty White Boy

Val / January 4, 2008 2:43 PM

Happy.
Loud.
Zesty.

Cheers!

Need A Doc / January 4, 2008 2:47 PM

At home sick.

Leah / January 4, 2008 4:48 PM

Introverted, Extroverted writer.

Mike / January 4, 2008 4:58 PM

slippery
cameltoed
virgin

fluffy / January 4, 2008 6:09 PM

gin and juice

Justin / January 4, 2008 11:27 PM

I'm usually right.

porgy / January 5, 2008 2:13 AM

not
easily
entertained

porgy / January 5, 2008 2:18 AM

tallish
pale
realistic

mof / January 5, 2008 12:30 PM

i'm
an
ass

Chlorina Adolfo / January 6, 2008 12:41 PM

Tired
of
Lists

tam / January 6, 2008 6:16 PM

we don't matter

Judy / January 6, 2008 9:01 PM

contradiction
jubilant
in-love

Judy / January 6, 2008 9:02 PM

I hit "post" before I was done. der.
so, a disclaimer:

contradiction is in no way is related to the other two words.
but the other two words definitely are related to each other.

I am now entering the letter "S" in the field below.

clodius / January 6, 2008 10:56 PM

last action hero

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