That I'm really withdrawn, and snappish if approached. Which,
depending on their view of things, they can either correctly
identify as
shyness (or
social anxiety) or mistake for
arrogance (or plain evilness).
That's if I can hold it together somehow, because otherwise if I
end up physically around people I don't already feel close to
they're likely to notice that I'm just having a panic attack.
Books: Mainly
fantasy, especially
high fantasy. Some SF also
works, but I'm quite picky.
Excepting the obvious Lord of the Rings, I really liked Anne
Bishop's Black Jewels Trilogy, Gene Wolfe's Book of the Short Sun,
most of Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles and some of L. E. Modesitt,
Jr.'s SF books (but I didn't read any of his series yet).
Movies: I don't watch many movies, but... Mostly the same genres as
the books, plus some good ones set in the middle ages or ancient
times and a few silly comedies.
The Lord of the Rings (all 3) is by far at the top of my list, then
Matrix (especially 2 and 3). I keep listing Braveheart when I'm
being asked for favorite movies, but there are several
medieval/ancient ones which would also deserve being listed. As for
comedies, I fondly remember Robin Hood: Men in Tights, the Ace
Ventura series and Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Oh, and Eternal
Sunshine of the Spotless Mind might deserve a separate mention,
since it doesn't fit in any of those categories.
TV series: I'm only adding this category here for
Babylon 5. If you ask me, that
was (and still is) the best TV series ever made, period.
Music: The more melodic kinds of metal (keep growling away from
me).
Symphonic
metal comes first (preferably
symphonic-power, not the
overly classical Therion-like kind), then power if it's low on
guitar solos (and preferably with clear female vocals), then the
softer kinds of gothic and doom (especially when the lyrics are
particularly deep or sad). Some folk-metal also sounds pretty
nice.
I have to list Nightwish (both old and new, as long as Anette
doesn't try to sing Tarja's songs), Antichrisis (have mixed
feelings about the sound, but I really relate to the lyrics) and
Edenbridge. The rest tend to vary every week or three.
Food: Uh... Pizza? Maybe that, because otherwise I can't really say
I have favorite foods. I might say I like some foods due to, shall
we say, their sentimental value, since I link them to Andra for one
reason or another, but otherwise... Quite a long list of what I
don't like, on the other hand.
Leaving the obvious (such as oxygen, water, etc.) aside... First
would be Andra, and the fact that I'm forced to do without her for
3.5 years now is why I've been dead in every way but the strictly
physical since then. Then, in no particular order,
daydreaming,
thinking, a good
computer and
Internet access. The sixth would
normally be
books,
but I seem to be doing without
reading for painfully long stretches of
time for the past three years, unfortunately.
Doing whatever I'm doing any other night.
Hm... When I was little I wanted to cut down all the trees, because
I thought trees create wind and high winds scared me. It's
something that still makes me feel pretty bad.
But really, I have nothing to hide, just ask...
For a few things that some might consider private,
read
this. #2 no longer applies since I spoke to her again for a
while.
You find yourself in
this. But since that's impossible, if you want to...