Catching up: The 25 Things Meme
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tafeanornThis one has been going around LiveJournal and Facebook for the last few weeks. I'm sure everyone has seen it, if not been tagged by it, so I'm not going to tag anyone else. Here are my 25:
1. I took a long time to think about this because I wanted even my close friends to be able to learn something about me, so I had to put some effort into finding obscure but relevant items. Or maybe it's just another example of me overthinking things....
2. When I was in 5th Grade, I built a Star Trek captain's chair that I would sit in front of the TV to watch Star Trek in. It had switches and lights in the armrest and everything.
3. I find tatoos and piercings to be very unattractive, essentially body vandallism, and have a hard time looking at them.
4. I just can't stop eating good food (scratch that, any food), which makes it very hard to lose weight.
5. I love naps. I get a nap everyday that I'm not a work . . . and some that I am.
6. I still have an actual Atari 2600 (not one of those new joystick games) and a couple dozen games, but no way of connecting it to a modern TV.
7. When my father was learning hypnosis, he used to practice on me (back when I was in high school). I still do some self-hypnosis to help me sleep or de-stress.
8. I own a safe that I bought in the mid-90s to protect my collection of Magic: The Gathering cards. I have since sold nearly all of them, but still have the safe.
9. I believe that life is about learning: discovering one's true self as well as learning about the world at large.
10. I have three passions in life: my family, gaming and European history. My life is best when I can combine all three.
11. I'm going to be teaching my 14 year-old daughter how to ride a bike this summer . . . and that scares me, though not as much as teaching her to drive will.
12. I have a great love of languages, but am really bad at them. At various points in my life I have taken classes in French, German, Dutch (Flemish), Latin (on 3 separate occasions), Classical Greek, Anglo-Saxon, and Welsh.
13. I have three life-goals right now: Publish a Roleplaying Game (which should happen later this year), become a professional poker player (which I have decided to put off serious work on until my teenager moves out), and to write more (I'm not quite sure where I'm going with that one yet).
14. I hate ants!
15. Cheese is one of the most delicious things on the planet. I love it. I’m not a huge fan of blue cheeses or many soft cheeses, but I love most hard ones. My absolute favorite is a White Cheddar laced with Elderberry Wine by Cahill Farms.
16. Travel is one of the best ways of learning about life. Things never go as planned and you’re forced to improvise and problem solve; you meet people and are exposed to different points of view; and you get to see art, architecture, religion and culture in action.
17. My favorite author is J. R. R. Tolkien. I absolutely love The Silmarillion. I think it will be very hard to see, but Ellis is my tribute to Tolkien.
18. I don’t believe that global warming is caused by CO2. Nothing I’ve seen in the current climate models can explain the Medieval Warm Period and the Little Ice Age. Much more likely, in my view, is that global warming is caused by variations in solar radiation and this theory should be either proved or disproved within the next few years as we enter a projected period of lower solar energy. I do, however, agree that the pollution that goes along with most forms of man-made CO2 are bad for the environment and would like to see them go away. I often dream of retiring to the wilderness and living completely off the grid, with either hydro or solar energy powering my cabin.
19. Wikipedia is a wonderful thing. I can spend hours just reading and reading. Although I have to admit that after reading a few talk pages, I have less faith in the whole thing.
20. I still wear a watch (when I remember to put it on) even though I carry a cell phone.
21. In addition to medievalism, I am also really interested in Victorian England. I love Oscar Wilde (Dorian Gray is one of the best books ever!). Steampunk is even interesting. I’ve run a Castle Falkenstein game and would like to write a Victorian RPG someday.
22. I running out of things to say, but I refuse to say something like ‘One of the previous things is untrue’ or other foolishness like that.
23. I listen to a odd combination of Classical music (especially harpsichord pieces), medieval music (on period instruments), Gregorian chant, 80s Pop & hard rock and modern pop. (I’m listening to Music of the Crusades by Daviud Munrow right now...)
24. I am seriously concerned that my memory is starting to go. I have responded by keeping notes and making lots of lists, but it’s not quite the same. Here I am, almost 40 and I have to write myself notes in order to remember anything.
25. In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Movie is the worst movie ever made. Seriously.
1. I took a long time to think about this because I wanted even my close friends to be able to learn something about me, so I had to put some effort into finding obscure but relevant items. Or maybe it's just another example of me overthinking things....
2. When I was in 5th Grade, I built a Star Trek captain's chair that I would sit in front of the TV to watch Star Trek in. It had switches and lights in the armrest and everything.
3. I find tatoos and piercings to be very unattractive, essentially body vandallism, and have a hard time looking at them.
4. I just can't stop eating good food (scratch that, any food), which makes it very hard to lose weight.
5. I love naps. I get a nap everyday that I'm not a work . . . and some that I am.
6. I still have an actual Atari 2600 (not one of those new joystick games) and a couple dozen games, but no way of connecting it to a modern TV.
7. When my father was learning hypnosis, he used to practice on me (back when I was in high school). I still do some self-hypnosis to help me sleep or de-stress.
8. I own a safe that I bought in the mid-90s to protect my collection of Magic: The Gathering cards. I have since sold nearly all of them, but still have the safe.
9. I believe that life is about learning: discovering one's true self as well as learning about the world at large.
10. I have three passions in life: my family, gaming and European history. My life is best when I can combine all three.
11. I'm going to be teaching my 14 year-old daughter how to ride a bike this summer . . . and that scares me, though not as much as teaching her to drive will.
12. I have a great love of languages, but am really bad at them. At various points in my life I have taken classes in French, German, Dutch (Flemish), Latin (on 3 separate occasions), Classical Greek, Anglo-Saxon, and Welsh.
13. I have three life-goals right now: Publish a Roleplaying Game (which should happen later this year), become a professional poker player (which I have decided to put off serious work on until my teenager moves out), and to write more (I'm not quite sure where I'm going with that one yet).
14. I hate ants!
15. Cheese is one of the most delicious things on the planet. I love it. I’m not a huge fan of blue cheeses or many soft cheeses, but I love most hard ones. My absolute favorite is a White Cheddar laced with Elderberry Wine by Cahill Farms.
16. Travel is one of the best ways of learning about life. Things never go as planned and you’re forced to improvise and problem solve; you meet people and are exposed to different points of view; and you get to see art, architecture, religion and culture in action.
17. My favorite author is J. R. R. Tolkien. I absolutely love The Silmarillion. I think it will be very hard to see, but Ellis is my tribute to Tolkien.
18. I don’t believe that global warming is caused by CO2. Nothing I’ve seen in the current climate models can explain the Medieval Warm Period and the Little Ice Age. Much more likely, in my view, is that global warming is caused by variations in solar radiation and this theory should be either proved or disproved within the next few years as we enter a projected period of lower solar energy. I do, however, agree that the pollution that goes along with most forms of man-made CO2 are bad for the environment and would like to see them go away. I often dream of retiring to the wilderness and living completely off the grid, with either hydro or solar energy powering my cabin.
19. Wikipedia is a wonderful thing. I can spend hours just reading and reading. Although I have to admit that after reading a few talk pages, I have less faith in the whole thing.
20. I still wear a watch (when I remember to put it on) even though I carry a cell phone.
21. In addition to medievalism, I am also really interested in Victorian England. I love Oscar Wilde (Dorian Gray is one of the best books ever!). Steampunk is even interesting. I’ve run a Castle Falkenstein game and would like to write a Victorian RPG someday.
22. I running out of things to say, but I refuse to say something like ‘One of the previous things is untrue’ or other foolishness like that.
23. I listen to a odd combination of Classical music (especially harpsichord pieces), medieval music (on period instruments), Gregorian chant, 80s Pop & hard rock and modern pop. (I’m listening to Music of the Crusades by Daviud Munrow right now...)
24. I am seriously concerned that my memory is starting to go. I have responded by keeping notes and making lots of lists, but it’s not quite the same. Here I am, almost 40 and I have to write myself notes in order to remember anything.
25. In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Movie is the worst movie ever made. Seriously.
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Date: 2009-02-18 07:03 am (UTC)No. It's really not. I Know Who Killed Me is the worst move ever. At least King has a beginning a middle and an end.
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Date: 2009-02-18 09:20 am (UTC)Hate to break it to you (though not so much after #22 :p ), but the Silmarillion root is really, really obvious after even a brief glance into Ellis' lore.
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Date: 2009-02-19 01:10 am (UTC)