I am... down to earth, somewhat refined, multi-cultural, idealistic, dualistic, adaptable, always thinking, a day dreamer, always researching new and intriguing things, inspired, creative (painting and writing), realistic, modern, traditional, avant-garde, and at at times a hopeless romantic...

I like... Star Wars, to garden, read, write, play soccer, watch soccer, play in the rain, listen to music, find new and intriguing things, challenge myself mentally and physically, walk, hike, play cricket, sail/yacht (I have a love/hate relationship with this one), design tattoos, leather-working, think, go on misadventures, help people, travel, watch anime, get pierced, explore urban environments, learn languages, art, nature, Norse Mythology, Icelandic Sagas, history of Arctic exploration, herpetology, zoology, phylogenetics, Pre-Linnaean zoology/biology, Linnaean zoology/biology, history and philosophy of science, hunting down really old antiquarian books in libraries, translation work, metallurgy, metal casting...

"I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge."
Herman Melville

I am adaptable, creative, and on a quest for knowledge.

In my last year at IUB majoring in Linguistics and minoring in History and Philosophy of Science, Central Eurasian Studies, and Slavic Languages and Literatures. ... Applying to graduate school.

Playing SWTOR atm, lol.

Helping others (listening to problems, analyzing, and offering advice from experiences), researching, cooking, baking, and some video games.

Cliché answer insert. I have 14 tattoos. I have a bear paw tattooed on my right hand and a pink gloomy bear tattooed on my left wrist. I'm an in between of a city boy and a country boy.

Books: anything Tezuka, anything by Stephen Fry, Douglas Adams (especially, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency and The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul), Terry Pratchett, Marquis de Sade, Mahmoud Darwish, Sylvia Plath, Anne Sexton, Neil Gaiman, Agatha Christie, C.S. Lewis, William S Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, and Jack Kerouac, Sextus Empiricus, Aristotle, Pliny, Attar, Rumi, ibn Arabi, Jabir ibn Hayyan, Geber, Albertus Magnus, Avicenna (ibn Sina), Tolstoy, Mayakovsky... really anything, I've found almost any book will capture my interest.

Movies: Star Wars I-VI, Anything Miyazaki and Ghibli, R.O.D., The Red Violin, Anastasia, Robin Hood, The Secret of Nimh, The Great Water, Smilla's Sense of Snow, Das Parfum, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, 5th Element, I Shot Andy Warhol, The Producers, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Amadeus, Copying Beethoven, Lost in Space, The Queen, The Incredibles, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, The Illusionist, The Prestige, Traumschiff Surprise, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Lion King, Lion King 1.5, Pan's Labyrinth, Sweeny Todd, Taxidermia, Dancer in the Dark, Antichrist, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Igor, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Man of La Mancha, M. Butterfly.

Music: Kaizers Orchestra, No Doubt, Beethoven, Mozart, Shostakovich, Prokofiev, King Changó, Björk, Benjamin Britten, Man of La Mancha, Musicals, Janelle Monáe, John Williams, Lady Gaga, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Emilie Autumn, Of Montreal, Wir Sind Helden, Mahler, Muse, Voltaire, Lily Allen, Philip Glass, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Basement Jaxx, The Distillers, Pink Floyd, King Crimson, Wagner, Edvard Grieg, Punch Brothers, Skalariak, Super Furry Animals, Tanya Tagaq, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Valkyrien Allstars, Vashti Bunyan, Deadmau5, Edith Piaf, First Aid Kit, iamamiwhoami, Alestorm, and Apoptygma Berzerk.

Food: Pretty much, I'll try anything. Favorite is Burmese at the moment, but I do love all "ethnic" food.

Television: BlackAdder, Torchwood, Doctor Who, Family Guy, American Dad, Last One Standing, Top Gear, The Simpsons, Kings, Kingdom, A Bit of Fry and Laurie, Project Runway, Pawn Stars, QI (Quite Interesting), Chowder, anything on FoodNetwork, SuperJail, Animaniacs, Darkwing Duck, Kids in the Hall, Downton Abbey, Avatar: The Last Airbender...

Excluding essentials such as food, water, shelter, and oxygen...

1. Family
2. Friends
3. Music
4. Laptop
5. Internet
6. Libraries

Everything. Social constructions. Philosophical questions. Languages.

Somewhere. Usually at friends or trying to keep up with course work.

I'm an INTP... Intuitive Logical Introvert... and more a dominant person, in some aspects, not all...

"Look into any man's heart you please, and you will always find, in every one, at least one black spot which he has to keep concealed."
Henrik Ibsen

(in the gay community) by definition body type wise, I'm a bear or cub depending on reference... and you know what, I'm perfectly fine with that, hence I have a bear paw tattoo... I accepted who I am

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