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My self-summary Propose an edit

First things first, introductions, I'm Brendan, pleased to meet you. Now on with it.

I'm something of a music enthusiast. I have music playing nearly every waking hour of the day. I read about music compulsively, desperately searching for more music to listen to. Sticking to that note (terrible pun fully intended), I'm a guitarist, and one who plans on being a musician professionally. I study music at college, as well as take classical guitar lessons privately. I've solemnly conceded to the fact that I'll be destitute for the remainder of my life.

I tend to draw and doodle incessantly, so I keep a few sketchpads around. I kinda caught the art bug early so I've had quite a bit of time to develop my craft. My library is littered with anatomy books, and books on perspective and drawing. I also vigorously enjoy and study (in my own time) art history, and visit galleries whenever I get the chance.

I crave learning, thus I often have my head stuck in a book. In fact I'd say I read far too much, and I'll read something about nearly every topic making me a veritable walking encyclopedia of useless information. I actually work (well volunteer) at a used bookstore, so I usually bring a few (ten or more) books home a week for dirt cheap. Museums are another love of mine. I just love being around antiquities and history. I always get giddy with the thoughts of the many hands these objects passed through, and the events they witnessed (as much as an object can witness). I'm strange like that.

I'm a pretty quiet person, I enjoy my quiet time and my privacy. Conversely I also revel in social interaction. I have what many describe as a very odd, and rather dark sense of humour. Schadenfreude amuses me to no end (granted as long as the subject is deserving of derision). I tend to err on the side pessimism. I've been known to rant on esoteric subjects for hours on end. I'm fairly slow to trust people. I'm an obsessive tea drinker, I'm probably drinking it as you read this. I've been known to be an insufferable geek. I suffer intense and frequent, chronic migraines. I have nothing left to say.

What I'm doing with my life Propose an edit

Wasting my life and trying to get laid...wait scrap that. Travelling the long and arduous path of the musician, while wasting my life and trying to get laid.

I'm really good at Propose an edit

Playing Guitar, Making tea, Drawing, Burning things, Self Loathing, Ranting, dying in Nethack, Muttering incoherently, Reading books at an incredible pace.

Finally: Crushing and scattering my enemies, driving them before me, seeing their cities reduced to ashes, watching those who love them shrouded in tears, and gathering into my bosom their wives and daughters.

The first thing(s) people usually notice about me Propose an edit

Most likely my near freakish height (6'4), my copious vocabulary, or the long hair. People have actually come up to me, with the explicit purpose of telling me how great my hair is. One girl came up and asked to touch it, and then proceeded to touch it before I was able to respond...which was a little weird.

My favorite books, movies, music, and food Propose an edit

Literature:
I'm a fan of everything from ancient myths and works (The Iliad & The Odyssey, Plato's The Republic, Marcus Aureleius' Meditations, Beowulf, Irish, Classical and Norse myth, The epic of Gilgamesh), medieval works (Canterbury Tales, La Morte De Arthur, The Divine Comedy), Renaissance works (Shakespeare, Machiavelli's The Prince, Paradise Lost), Romanticism (Wordsworth, Blake, Coleridge, the Shelleys, Byron, Edgar A. Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Victor Hugo), The Russian Masters, Early Science Fiction/Fantasy (Edgar Rice Burroughs, H.G Wells, Jules Verne, Arthur Conan Doyle) Lost Generation, Beat and counter-culture literature (Hemingway, Kerouac, William S Burroughs, Ginsberg, Vonnegut, Abbie Hoffman etc.) New wave and literary Science Fiction (Frank Herbert, Asimov, Carl Sagan, Michael Moorcock), and some of the classic geek fodder (Tolkien, Douglas Adams, The Principia Discordia). There are a host of others I love as well, I've amassed a rather large library.

Movies: The Star Wars Trilogy, The Lord of the Rings, The Indiana Jones Trilogy, Bladerunner, Lawrence of Arabia, I really dig stuff by David Cronenberg, Art School Confidential, Eraserhead (or any of David Lynch's films), I'm Not There, The Royal Tennenbaums, The Kenneth Brannagh versions of Henry The Fifth and Hamlet, Bloody Sunday, Dune (not the most faithful interpretation, however stylistically, it's a triumph, plus David Lynch), Akira Kurosawa films, Help!, Yellow Submarine, A Hard Day's Night, This is Spinal Tap, Waiting for Guffman, A Mighty Wind, Time Bandits, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Edward Scissorhands, Syriana, The Power of Nightmares, Young Frankenstein, Duck Soup (and the rest of the Marx brothers), Children of Men, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Monty Python's Life of Brian, Meaning of Life, The U.S vs. John Lennon, A Clockwork Orange, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Full Metal Jacket, Apocalypse Now, Batman, In Cold Blood, Little Miss Sunshine, Lolita, The Party, Dr. Strangelove or how I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb, The Iron Giant (This movie doesn't get nearly enough love), Princess Bride, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Also pretty much whatever is on TVO's Saturday Night at the Movies, I've been introduced to some of my favourite films through there.

Music: http://www.last.fm/user/Hellequin53

I haven't been on there very long so a lot of my plays are low. My musical interests include everything and anything. I gravitate toward jazz, rock, progressive/experimental rock, and old R&B/Soul/Funk.

Food: Tea (seriously I drink like two pots of the stuff a day), Coffee, Middle Eastern and Indian food, Sushi, and The Souls of Dead Children.

The six things I could never do without Propose an edit

1. My Guitars
2. My sketch pad and drawing implements.
3. My Computer
4. Internet connection (seeing as it's my primary form of communication)
5. A power source of some kind.
6. Books (and by extension, public libraries.)
7. My iPod/Music Collection
8. Tea
9. My bed.
10. This Space intentionally left blank.

It's more than six but.......I got nothing.

I spend a lot of time thinking about Propose an edit

Art, music, literature, politics, science, philosophy...and this:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=DEtwU6fzZiQ

I'm not sure if it's a brilliant post-modern deconstruction of the frantic pace of modern life...or a guy running on a treadmill painting pictures of a fat guy.

On a typical Friday night I am Propose an edit

A. Sleeping
B. Drinking by myself.
C. Hanging out with friends, when they're not busy, or they tell me that they're doing something.....
D. Lamenting life.
E. Drawing.
F. Practising guitar.
G. Conquering small Eastern European nations.
H. Proclaiming the glory that is muffins.
I. Reading.

The most private thing I'm willing to admit here Propose an edit

I have a notorious weakness for redheads.

Depression is a bitch.

You should message me if Propose an edit

You feel the urge...or you've got access to a tank, and will let me borrow said tank, or you know...stuff. OR if you share similar musical tastes are local to semi-local (like an hour's drive or so) and wanna jam or something. Bonus points if you own a Hammond organ or a Mellotron.

Or if you have stairs in your house.

Tests He's Taken View all

Title	His Result	Your Result
Title	His Result	Your Result
The Which Music Genre Has the Best Looking Females? TEST (With Pictures)	Neofolk / Martial Industrial	Take it!
The Lover Style Profile Test	The Carnal Lover	Take it!
The What Type of Villain Are You? Test	The Jaded Villain	Take it!
The Tits, Ass, and Cuteness Test	Asses Wild	Take it!
The how irish are you Test	Congratulations! You scored ###!	Take it!