From: pboren@rand.org (Pat Boren)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.soaps
Subject: Re: SB: head count
Date: 16 Nov 92 18:16:51 GMT
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Organization: RAND


From Suzanne, who's been stuck in computer limbo:


Dear Pat,


	Oh, thank you, thank you, for saying it's not too late to respond
to your ever-so-wonderful poll! I've really enjoyed reading the replies
you've already gotten and was seriously bummed when my unix connection
went down just as your SB poll first hit r.a.t.s. Now, I still can't
post anything but at least I can read (hurray! It took two weeks to
re-establish that!) -- from now on, I can communicate only via e-mail.

	But anyway, on to the info:

(1) Name:	Suzanne Traub-Metlay
		(Suzle only to my husband and his immediate family;
		Goonie or Little Vulcan to my brother (and *no one* else!)

(2) Birthdate: 8 June 1965
		Gemini! You knew there had to be a reason I was such
		a massive Robert/Quinn fan! It also helps that my
		mother is an identical twin, so I have this affinity
		for twins.... 

(3) Education:	BA 1986 History and Science, Harvard University
			(Do I win the award for most obnoxious
			 undergraduate institution?)
		PhD 1993 (I g*ddamn better graduate in '93!)
		   Geology and Planetary Science, University of Pittsburgh

(4) Profession: Permanent on-the-edge grad student
    Desired profession: Science policymaker, science administrator,
			preferrably in the higher levels of the federal
			government, but at this point I'll take anything!

(5) Family: Married 1990 to Michael Metlay (PhD -- harrumph! I don't
		care that he started two years sooner than I did, I still
		should have finished before he did! Besides, even after
		two years of marriage, I still can't fathom his dissertation
		topic (nuclear physics -- shudder!))
	    No kids (but we will strongly resemble Mason and Julia when
			it *is* time to start a family...)
	    Pet-in-law: Kelbee -- an overweight, allergic, shetland
				collie (I think) of indeterminate parentage
				and ubiquitous desire to be walked. In fact,
				the only things she likes more than peeing
				wherever and whenever she can are to like
				on her back so you can rub her rather
				unsightly stomach and then to fill her
				stomach with whatever it is that you happen
				to be eating at the time. She's actually a
				very sweet, good-natured dog... but every
				time I look at her, I think of either the
				bathroom or the kitchen!

(6) SB character I'd drop my SO for: in the current cast, none (although
					the Babester does tempt...)
				     in days past... Robert, in a flash.
					(Quinn, after about five minutes
					of thought; I haven't decided if
					I prefer old scummy Quinn or new
					and improved mellow Quinn).

(7) Years watching SB: 1988 part-time
		       1989-present full-time 
				(It was Robert's doing, of course. Until
				that character showed up, I was perfectly
				content with no color TV, no VCR, and no
				soap opera magazine subscriptions, not to
				mention no rec.arts.tv.soaps...)

(8) Favorite other shows:  ST:TNG
			   Young Indiana Jones (where did it go?)
			   Covington Cross (where did it go, too?)
			   Roseanne
			   Red Dwarf

(9) Favorite Beatle: until high school, it was Paul.
		     during and after high school, it was also Paul but
			I couldn't be caught dead admitting that because
			all the cool intellectuals I hung out with grooved
			only for John. ( I still mourn his passing.)

(10) Celebrity I resemble: in all due modesty, I'll quote a friend of
			   my husband's: "Suzanne's just like Bette
			   Midler, but in a smaller, more powerful package!"
			   To which another friend replied, "Yeah, Bette
			   Midler -- but about 20% smaller in all dimension,
			   except personality: that's full-strength!"

(11) Hobbies 'n stuff: Politics, Star Trek, Britcoms, Cross-stitch, History,
			and hosting great big parties for all sorts of 
			interesting people, particularly those who love
			the very finest soap opera to ever grace the airwaves.

Thanks, Pat!

	Suzanne
-- 

	Patricia Boren
	pboren@rand.org
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.soaps