by CHRIS BARRY

Name: Nadia G

Age: 25

Bio: This saucy St-Leonard vixen had always been a comedy fan, but decided only four years ago that it was time to share her unique comic vision with the rest of the world. Using income earned from her other life as a barmaid, she and a few close friends launched www.ParasiteTV.com, a wacky Web adventure devoted to skit comedy and media satire. Now registering approximately 50,000 unique hits a month, Nadia says her venture into the wonderful world of cutting edge comedy was "like a calling. Like becoming a nun or something." A far cry from Mother Teresa, the seductive, sultry hedonist says she was soon forced to learn Web design from a friend because "I was getting ripped off left and right by everybody." Now an old pro, these days Nadia designs sites for others through her company www.Mult1med1a.com.

A few people/things which have influenced Nadia's comic sensibilities: Mad magazine, Christopher Guest, early Eddie Murphy.

The original idea behind PTV: To gear the site towards chicks. "But somehow our audience became 70 per cent male, so, uh, so much for our feminist mission statement. But the demographic for comedy is mostly male. Why? I don't know. Maybe because women are raised to be polite. And ParasiteTV isn't polite at all.

Is there any sweet Nadia skin to be admired on the PTV site? "No, but it's not for lack of people trying. We get tons of e-mails going, ‘Nadia needs to show more skin' and ‘We'd like to see Nadia naked.' It's endless. But hey, should the day ever come when I decide to do it, let me tell you it will be quite the event."

Is that because she secretly harbours a penis? No.

One curious thing Nadia was compelled to do recently: "I've always wanted to flip over a bar table in the style of ‘You cheatin' bastard' Western [movies], you know? And I dunno, one night I got the Dutch courage and was sitting on a terrasse on Prince Arthur with some friends and I let them know that when the clock struck midnight, I was going to knock the table over. So midnight came and I did it. And it was absolutely wonderful! It was everything and more that I'd made it out to be in my mind! Absolutely cathartic!"

Is obsessive-compulsive disorder a sad fact of her life? Not that she's aware of. "No, really, you should have seen it. People were so stoked! All living vicariously through my table flipping, I guess. But sometimes I do [need to] silence the little voices in my head."

How much revenue ParasiteTV.com has generated to date: Zero. "So far all the money I made [as a barmaid] and put into [PTV.com] has basically been lost. But things are looking up. We've been pitching to some [conventional] television networks."

Where you might find her boozin': Bifteck, Saphir.

One PTV clip Nadia is particularly proud of: Their "very potent ‘Klotex' maxi-pad commercial parody."

Last book read: Filth, by Irvine Welsh.

Musical preferences: The Stooges, the Sonics, NOFX.

Words of wisdom: "A wise man once said, ‘A straight road has no turning.'"

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