NO, I'm not a cam whore, so if that's what you're after, move along, there's nothing to see here.
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My Linguistic Profile:
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45% General American English
25% Yankee
15% Dixie
5% Midwestern
5% Upper Midwestern
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I had a voice file up here for a while, and people asked me where it went. So here's a
L I N K to it.
Eridani is an online nick taken from the name Epsilon Eridani, the beautiful star that is in the background for my profile. She's not big like Betelgeuse, she's not showy like Cassiopeia A, but she sparkles in every part of the spectrum and still manages to have planets. An astronomical working mother, as it were. Gotta love that.
By now, you've noticed that I'm a total geek.
JOBS: Fiction writer/playwright, director (stage), producer (film), actor(stage/film). Was quite techie long ago (eng. supervisor), not as much now. Before that, I was a professional cellist. SELF: Paladin with a roguish twinkle in the eye.
Nicks:
Xia-siu bao -- (Usual online nick)
Eridani -- (My less usual online nick)
I'm the owner/moderator for the Atheists community in orkut, as well as the Atheists' Library. So by now you've probably guessed that I'm an atheist. At least I'd hope so. But I'm not evangelical about it or preachy. I just don't believe in god(s). My son once said that he considers himself a poly-atheist because there are so many gods he doesn't believe in. I'm down with that.
Politically, I'm libertarian (as opposed to authoritarian) -- and no, it's not about wanting to legalize drugs. It's about valuing freedom over perceived security. This means different things to different people. To me, it means that as long as what you're doing doesn't mess up what I'm doing, and vice versa, the government really should have no say in it.
I'm pretty centrist, slightly leftish, on the liberal-conservative scale. Why do I register as slightly leftish? Because silly me, I think women are people with rights. Hah! How stupid is that? That, and I don't like entering into wars illegally. That said, I support the men and women who are serving in Iraq, as well as those fighting the legal war in Afghanistan. After all, it's not their fault their Commander in Chief is a sock puppet.
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Please don't add me if you're just collecting people like trading cards. I'm so not into that.
But I don't bite. Much. So don't be afraid to talk to me hehe.
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FAVORITE QUOTES
"Now tell me, gentlemen, if you have ever considered it, how much fewer are those that have been rewarded by war than those who have perished in it?"-- Don Quixote, Miguel de Cervantes
"L'amour est un feu qui brûle sans se voir;
c'est une blessure qui fait mal mais ne se ressent pas;
C'est un contentement mécontent;
C'est une douleur qui rend fou sans faire mal.
c'est un non vouloir plus que bien vouloir;
c'est marcher solitaire parmi des gens;
c'est ne jamais se contenter d'être content;
c'est prendre soin de ce qui se gagne dans ce qui se perd;
c'est vouloir être emprisonné par sa propre volonté;
c'est servir celui qui vainc, le vainqueur;
c'est se rendre auprès de ceux qui tuent la loyauté.
Mais quand causer peut votre faveur
dans les coeurs humains amitié,
si aussi contraire à lui-même est ce même amour?"
Luís Vaz de Camões
"When lenity and cruelty play for a kingdom, the gentler gamester is the soonest winner." -- Henry V, William Shakespeare
"Quand les riches se font la guerre, ce sont les pauvres qui meurent." -- Jean-Paul Sartre
"Welcome to my house! Enter freely. Go safely, and leave something of the happiness you bring!" --Dracula, Bram Stoker
"A house cannot be made habitable in a day. And after all, how few days go to make up a century..." --Dracula, Bram Stoker
"A fair face will wither; a full eye will wax hollow; but a good heart, Kate, is the sun and the moon; or rather the sun and not the moon; for it shines bright and never changes, but keeps his course truly. If thou would have such a one, take me; and take me, take a soldier; take a soldier, take a king. And what say'st thou then to my love? Speak, my fair, and fairly, I pray thee." -- Henry V, William Shakespeare
"Tout est pour le mieux dans le meilleur des mondes possibles." -- Candide, Voltaire
"Trois heures, c'est toujours trop tard ou trop tôt pour tout ce qu'on veut faire." --Jean-Paul Sartre
"It was good enough for Kali
Though embracing her is folly
She'd be quite an armful..golly!
And she's good enough for me!
Gimme that Old Time Religion
Gimme that Old Time Religion
Gimme that Old Time Religion
It's good enough for me!"
--Dream Park, Larry Niven & Steven Barnes
"I think there's a bit of the devil in everybody. There's a bit of a priest in everybody, too, but I enjoyed playing the devil more. He was more fun." -- Gabriel Byrne
To those who have wronged me, do wrong me or plan to wrong me, this is my favorite quote:
"Kneel not to me: The power that
I have on you is to spare you;
The malice towards you to forgive you: live,
And deal with others better." -- P. Leonatus,
Cymbeline
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