Actually, the question about "Three Adjectives (that describe you)" is rather funny. I'd studied runecasting for a few years, and I found that three Runes were very close to me. The most modern (but not entirely accurate) translations would be Patience, Compassion, and Humor. I wear them on my necklace and they're in my tattoos.

Born and raised in New Jersey. Went to Buffalo for college (Canisius!), fell in love with the area. Went back to NJ for a year or so afterwards, but...I love Buffalo, even though I'm not from here. I love the people, the atmosphere, the shops, the culture, even the snow. :)

I'm very creative, and very flexible with my creativity. I can't draw worth a darn, but I'm a talented writer, a chain maille artist, and experienced with making home movies that people actually like.

I'm also very forward with information about myself. I am in a mindset of, "Hey, here's me, here's how I think, here's how I act, here's anything you might wanna know." Right out there. No games or surprises. It's not intriguing, but it's honest.

I've just moved back to Buffalo; getting my act together. Excited, worried...but very glad to be back.

Also recovering from a rather serious sciatic issue. Ever have a toothache? Imagine that feeling running down the back of your entire leg; from your hip to your heel. No fun. Nothing but bedrest and chiropractor visits for me for a while.

(Update: The pain has receded ALOT, it's at least half of what it used to be. I'm going to be getting back into my regular swing soon.)

Oh, and I recently taught myself how to bake. Been making bread for the last couple weeks. Lemme tell ya...there is nothing like a sandwich that you build with bread fresh out of the oven. NOTHING.

• I've been making chain maille since about 2001. My homepage - http://ferromancer.home.comcast.net - has pictures of many of the things I've made so far. I enjoy the creative aspect of it, the artisticness....but I've also made some pretty stout armor pieces, as well. Everything from stainless steel shirts to fine silver jewelry, that's me. :)
• I'll be subtle with this one. I have several titles. I'm a Corporal, a Merrymaker, a Hallowed one, a Love Fool, an Elder, an Explorer, a Chef, a Diplomat, a Brewmaster, a Loremaster, a Seeker, and an Ambassador. I'm a Champion of the Frozen Wastes, and I don't mean Buffalo. :)
• I use Macintosh computers, and I have since 1994. That being said, I work in tech support, and since you can't survive in that industry without Windows experience, I know Windows. Subsequent to this and the previous statement: yes, I am a huge geek. :) Admitted!
• In 2007, I succeeded during NaNoWriMo. Wrote a 50,000 word story (that, in retrospect, wasn't that great. Maybe it's just me. *shrug*). I've written a couple dozen poems, was the editor-in-chief of my college literary magazine, can come up with haikus in about 20 seconds, and they often good. :)

Oh, also. I will put this all in caps simply to show you how serious I am about this. I HAVE THE PERFECT PHONE VOICE. IT IS PERFECT. WHEN I ASK PEOPLE FOR THEIR PHONE NUMBER AT WORK, THEY THINK THAT I'M THE MACHINE AND WILL *DIAL* IT AT ME. I COULD DO VOICEOVERS FOR MOVIES. (in fact, I talked to someone once that gave me the name, address, and phone number of a voice acting director in California. If I ever move there....) I surprise people when I talk, and my voicemail message sounds like a professional recording. Not even my MOTHER recognized me on it, it's so good.

Heh - I'm pretty tall. :) Height has its issues; though - too many to get into here. I'm on a diet, and I've lost nearly 60 lbs. Got about 20 or so to go, I'd say. Roughly.

Other than that, I'm balding rather prematurely, so I used to shave my head. On me, it looks good.

And you know what the first interesting thing was, when I first shaved my head? My pillow felt AWESOME! Try it. Go on, try it. I'll wait.

Wow. Big topic. I won't be able to answer completely in ANY of these.

• Books: Jim Butcher's "Dresden Files" series, Kelly McCullough's "Webmage" series, R.A. Salvatore's "Drizzt" series(es), Jeffrey Deaver's "Lincoln Rhyme" series, Christopher Moore's "Lamb", Robert Heinlein's "Stranger In A Strange Land", Frank Herbert's "Dune" . . . I should stop there. WAY too many to list. Too many books, comics, series . . . Transmetropolitan, Fables, Watchmen . . . Just go to http://www.shelfari.com/ferromancer/shelf. I've got 390 books there, and I've bought and read more since.

• Movies: Equilibrium, Lord of the Rings, Dune, The Fifth Element, Forbidden Kingdom, Sunshine, What Dreams May Come, Hudson Hawk, The Abyss, The Blues Brothers, Army of Darkness, Office Space, Batman Begins, Ghost Dog (The Way of the Samurai), Kung Fu Hustle, Shaun of the Dead, Pan's Labyrinth, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Quigley Down Under, Pitch Black, Shawshank Redemption, Dogma, Serenity, Van Wilder, City of Ember - and MANY more.

• Music: Currently? Mike Doughty is my favorite. I grew up on Harry Chapin, branched out from there. Audioslave, Bond, Denez Prigent, Foo Fighters, Fuel, Iron and Wine, Jason Mraz, Jem, Justin King, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Stephen Lynch, The Verve Pipe, Weird Al, Tom Waits. So many more, so many more bands. I mean, really. Lots.

• TV Shows: House, Bones, Good Eats, Survivorman (Man vs. Wild is AWFUL), Avatar, The Last Airbender, Planet Earth, Firefly.

• Song Quotes:
"And the goddesses sent word that this would be a Red Letter Year. They didn't mention how much sh*t was gonna change around here." - Ani DiFranco, 'Red Letter Year'
"It is 5am, and the sun has charred the other side of the world and come back to us, and painted the smoke over our heads an Imperial Violet." - Mike Doughty, 'Los Angeles'
"And I'm very much aware...the madness of slow motion as you move your legs to walk." - Jason Mraz, 'Childlike Wildlife'

• Food: I'm not much of an experimental eater, but I'm not terrified of foods I've never had. Not a big fan of spicy stuff. I like some kinds of sushi, though, and I can eat with chopsticks like a native. :)

Things I could NEVER do without? Well, that's rough. When people are put to the test, we can live without alot - even things we consider basic commodities, but there are some things (my car, my computer, my iPhone, my internet connection, the bed I made, the desk I made) that I don't WANT to live without.

There are some things that I am currently living without, so let's not include those and just stick with the things that make the little everyday trials bearable. It might not be six.

• Music. It's rare that I don't have a song stuck in my head.
• Books. I read...alot. Daily. Mass quantities.
• Freedom of speech. I guess it gets taken for granted. But I've got too much in my head not to be able to speak when I want to.
• Friendship. After I moved to Buffalo, I knew NOONE. It was "Punch in, punch out; go to work and go back home." Nothing worth living for. My friends are a comfort to me.
• Honesty. I'd do anything for my friends, without thought to the contrary. Being honest with me is the least I expect in return.

Lots of things. I can't turn off my brain too easily. I overthink and overanalyze and overnitpick things, when sometimes I think I should just ACT on them. But . . . well, people are weird.

My latest thoughts are about the very, very stupid "Personality Traits" at the bottom of this page. Some of them, I might agree with. More Sloppy? I DO have a Y chromosome, so yes. More Dorky? HELLO, I'm a computer geek. Less Kinky? OK, guess so. More Pure? See prior answer. Less political? Hell yeah.

Then there are some that skirt the edge. Less Ambitious? Less Independent? More Competitive? Those are really grey areas.

Less Optimistic? No. It's wrong. It just is. But that's not what's ticking me off right now.

I refuse - flat out REFUSE - to accept the "Less Well-Mannered" one. I am kind and polite to a point of near Canadian-ness. I smile at strangers on the street, and wish people a nice day, randomly. When driving, I let cars with their blinkers on merge. I stop for people on bikes. I hold doors for people behind me (men and women alike). So the HELL with that. LESS WELL-MANNERED? NO WAY. My momma raised me right.

If my friends are free (and so am I), we like going to Karaoke (I do a version of Adam Sandler's "Piece of S**t Car" that would crack you up). Of course, ALL of us are HUGE geeks, so we like playing Dungeons and Dragons, too. Yep, a bunch of late 20s and early (and some of us, late) 30s people, hanging out, joking around, having a great time together, stretching our imaginations, sharing experiences....

It's really a great time. Wish we could do it more often.

I'm not much of a bar-crawler, but I used to go to the Continental when it was still open. I'm on a first-name basis with the owner of Club Diablo. Most times when I was going to the club, I was the designated driver anyway. Hey, I might not drink, but I don't mind when my friends do - and if I can help them have a good time by taking away the worry about who's driving, all the better!

I am "uniquely flexible". I'll let your mind wander with that one. *smirk*

• You're looking for someone to bounce ideas off of, or have an interesting conversation with
• You're looking for creative suggestions to boring problems
• You're wondering about maille, or D&D, or Runes, or my other interests
• You're a geek. :)
• You're tired of the bar scene, and you're looking to meet a guy that's the farthest thing from a 'player' in existence.

Also, a clarification on the notes in the sidebar. I don't drink...but I have NOTHING against social drinkers. In fact, I used to have a small bar in one of my old apartments, and did an OK job at tending it at parties. :) Hell, I've been Designated Driver more times than I can remember. :) So drinking is cool. :)

Smoking, on the other hand, I can't put up with. Please don't think of it as intolerance...it's something near an allergy. The smell of cigarettes in a small, enclosed place (a room, a car, etc) literally makes me nauseous. There's been so many cool people I wanted to message on here...but they smoke. *sigh* It's frustrating.