World of Warcraft, swords and sorcery, video games, Dance Dance Revolution, In the Groove, Stepmania, computers, music, history, social science, psychology, sociology, web design, computer graphics, robots, drawing, and plethora of other meaningless time dumps.
Music
Apocalyptica, Therion, Epica, After Forever, Rhapody
Books
I read more fiction than nonfiction to feed my insatiable imagination, but I read nonfiction to feed my perpetually curious mind. Nonfiction, I'll pick up most anything, although I tend to get obsessed with one particular subject and read everything I can find on it until I bore of it. Psychology, self-help, politics, religion, history, reference, theology, even Christian Living. I don't have to necessarily like or agree with the content- in fact, the more I don't agree or understand, the more interesting it is for me. Why read a book on psychology that states everything you already know on the subject? It's fun to hear opposing opinions, and even more fun when it changes your stance on things you were firmly decided ... I'm always amazed when I think I know something and then get humbly knocked back down and realize how ignorant I was.
As for fiction, most of the time I only read fantasy. I can't quite put my finger on what's so captivating about the genre, but I guess I'm the sort that can appreciate a tale of good prevailing over evil (which is relative, but you get my point), no matter the odds, where the underdog always wins and gets the girl in the end. I probably sound childish admitting this, but some of the best people I've ever met and some of the best worlds I've seen, were from good books. While I can't do much to fix this embarrassment of a world we live in, I can at least escape it on a daily basis by reading.
I'm interested in other non-fantasy books, but I'm very specific in its content. I don't read fluff or romance. Ever. I like books that make me think and make me question things. I enjoy books that reflect the mistakes and faults of mankind, and show the consequences and how we deal with it. As such, I am definitely attracted to apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic books.. almost nearly more than I enjoy fantasy, really. But I like the books I read to have some sort of basis of fact, something realistic, something believable, something familiar I can grasp, or else it's too otherworldly for me and has less an effect on me. Which is why I'm also attracted to a good bit of science fiction as well.
What makes a story good for me? Content plays a huge role, of course, but to me it's character depth. I don't care what the character looks like, and when an author repetitively writes what the character looks like, I tend to get irritated. Yes, we know it's your fantasy you're writing, and you enjoy making the princess exceptionally beautiful, but really, I don't need you to write redundant paragraphs describing the color of her eyes, her soft curves, and seductive smile every chance you get. Detail is also an important factor for me. Too many authors give too many details of the most meaningless things (Tolkien, for example), and others don't give enough. And another pet peeve is when the action is not evenly spread out through the book/series. A lot of the times, I find a book/series starts out exciting and full of action, and either dies towards the middle or end. I hate being excited about a book and then getting disappointed before you finish it. Also, it is so terribly easy to be cliche in the fantasy world. Make the main character an unlikely hero, give him an epic quest to save a nearly failing world, throw in some companions, make him become strong and godlike in his powers, make him fall in love with one of his amazingly beautiful companions, they save the world, the end. While I won't say that following this theme will make the book terrible in my eyes (hell, my favorite fantasy books and series ALL follow that theme), I just like to be surprised. If I'm going to be spending countless hours reading the book/series, make it worth it. If by the end of the book, I feel I haven't made new friends, haven't cried for their losses and cheered for their successes, and have been able to predict all of the plot, then it just isn't what I'm looking for.
As for favorite books, nearly every book I have ever finished could be mentioned if I made a favorite books/series list, so I'll only list the ones that come to mind right now: the Sword of Truth series, the Wheel of Time series, a Song of Ice and Fire series, the Green Rider series, the Riftwar Saga, the Kushiel's Legacy series, the Aurian series, the Eye of Night, Elantris, Swan Song... and so on.
I'm not a graphic novel/comic person, but a friend of mine has recently acquainted me with the wonderful Y: The Last Man and the Walking Dead. I expect him to pile on more to the list in the future.
And if any of you have any suggestions, by the way, I am more than open to them.
About me: Quirky. Eccentric. Proud, stubborn, sarcastic, incredibly cynical. At times arrogant and stand off-ish, yet very outgoing and approachable. I'm very open about myself and my opinions, and have absolutely no qualms being myself around people. I'm relatively open-minded, yet I can be terribly close-minded when I think I'm right and I'll do anything to get my point made. I'm predictable, yet full of surprises. I like to have facts and reasons explained for everything in order to remain sane, from why/how a mechanism works down to why I reacted to a certain situation the way I did. I like stability and am petrified of change, yet I get bored easily and often seek changes when I get too complacent with things. I can sometimes be apprehensive and indecisive, and then turn around and be assertive and certain. I'm full of contradictions, and sometimes am very good at stating the incredibly obvious.
Who I'd like to meet: I don't like many people, but that doesn't mean I don't care to meet new people. I enjoy sarcastic, educated, quick-witted, intelligent people who have similar interests/obsessions. If you feel we would get along, then, by all means, add me. Just don't be offended if I don't find you quite as interesting.
Do NOT add me if you're a musical artist or a band. I'm not here to listen to your music, and I honestly don't give a damn. Every other person on Myspace will go ga-ga over you, so leave me the hell alone, and make little fan-girls of them.
Do NOT add me to add to your silly list of 50,000 friends. I'm not here to increase my e-peen, thanks.
Do NOT add me simply because you knew me in high school. I'm a nice enough person, but chances are, I probably thought you were stupid, shallow, dull, and annoying. This is MY Myspace, my little corner of the internet, and I choose to not have to be be two-faced to you in order to be polite.
Do NOT add me because you find me pretty and intend to vie for my attention with flattery. Do yourself a favor: go to the local mall and head to the most expensive clothing store, find yourself a group of giggling girls, and shower them with your shallow compliments. They're wasted on me.
Do NOT add me if you're offended easily. Save us both the trouble of frustration and just leave my profile now. You need a quick wit and thick skin to get my sense of humor.
Do NOT add me if you have no regard for the English language. I have little patience for people who completely fail at the most basic of communication, and rest assured that your incessant conversational atrocities will bear the brunt of my sweet, unadulterated mockery.
If you're offended by any of this, or find me harsh, bitter, or unpleasant, you've found your answer. If you're amused, let's talk.
Thought I should tell you that the Prien Lake Mall's arcade is finally shut down. I sat there eating Subway while they took all the games down...it was almost tragic. So many memories there...
Ah yeah Chas is a total geek. She's teaching middle school at EDS in Lake Charles until she can get a better local offer. She's basically waiting on me to finish college so she can get to areas where the job offers pay a hell of a lot more lol. I'm still a Computer Science major and I wouldn't change that for anything in the world! I'm minoring in psychology come next semester. The two study fields together at once classify me as a "Cognitive Science" major and I think that's just nifty. I love programming and I know it's going to get me a great job one day. I actually started learning ASP, a web programming language on the .NET 3.5 framework, and I really like it but I couldn't see myself doing web development lol. Oh, and I could use some of that extra cash if you're not using it lol. I've been unemployed for 5 months and can't find a job. I swear, every time I see a fucking negro working at Wal*Mart, I just have to stop and think why they're there and I'm not.
Wonderful! I've honestly never been happier in my life than I am right now. I'm living with my GF and we're planning far into the future for the both of us. I've got about 3 semesters left at McNeese and once I have my B.S. in Computer Science, I'm thinking about moving to Lafayette or maybe somewhere in Texas...wherever we can both benefit from it the most (she's in Music Ed, she graduated last semester). And when I'm done with this whore of a semester I'm going to party it up so hard! Jersh, Adam, Taylor (Hidalgo) and a bunch of others and I are all going to Houston real soon to play on their Supernova 2 dedicab. We miss the arcade so much lol. So how's yourself?
I might be coming to Lake Charles in April for a weekend to see my best friend's mom get married. I would really like to see you if I come that way. I know Hannah really wants to see you, too. She still asks about you.
So I was flipping through an old /b/ folder that I had in my pictures, doing a little housekeeping, and I found this, which was probably the most awesome thing I had in there:
Yeah those were definitely better days! I miss you guys too. Yeah I finally quit over at Cinemark...that was something long in the making, just waiting for it to happen. And school's okay, I mean, I'd rather go somewhere else that can better handle my major (the science professors over here are horrible) but I've decided to wait out until I get my Bachelor's and then maybe head to ULL.
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