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My self-summary Propose an edit

I'm quite good at random texting, and I love language for its own sake, but I never know what to say about myself. I do, however, have an opinion about everything and I don't care whether I'd been asked to impart it.

I am a paladin. It's funny how that happened. I kept well away from World of Warcraft for a long, long, time, knowing that it would suck me right in if I let it. In the end, Megaraa cunningly invited me in, and now I spend a lot of time on Azeroth.

I love RPGs, and I've been playing table-top ones forever. My formative years were spent in White Wolf's original World of Darkness. I am a Gangrel, a Black Fury, and most importantly, a Verbena. After all that, WoW was nothing but the logical next step. And now, I'm a Draenei paladin. Contrary to popular belief, some of us can tell the difference between RL and virtual surroundings, though, so I do not use Hammer of Justice much outside the game environment...

I'm a dedicated carnivore. If there's no meat on my plate, then it's not a meal. I make exceptions for breakfast, but I do appreciate black pudding and bacon. I feel appropriately bad about this, as I am also a "green" activist, and a heathen. The latter is the best term I can come up with, as I am not exactly a Wiccan, nor have I earned the right to call myself a witch. I am certainly no pagan, as that word refers to rural people, and I am very much a citydweller.

Some time ago, I realised that most of my innermost convictions are a direct product of a childhood spent with Japanese anime shows, and the wisdom those impart.

One of my greatest obsessions is music; I cannot imagine life without it. First and foremost, I love the music of Queensrÿche, featuring the best singer there ever was, Geoff Tate. It's all about the voice. I'm thinking of taking singing classes again, and I might finally learn to play the bass.

I love: lists. Hm. Water, crazy nights out. Games, dragons, all shades of blue. Summer nights, dancing, spending time in good company, sumptuous food. Cats, writing, quiet chuckles. Big words, big concepts, spending time alone. Glass shards, hardbound books, sleeping, photography. All-night conversations. Shiny baubles.

I hate: inconsiderate people, and those who meander. Lame excuses. Cowardice. Talking before thinking. Wanton stupidity.

Yet again, I am told that I am hopelessly naive. I believe in people. And I take what they say at face value, until proven otherwise. That sets me up for a world of hurt, I know, but is there an alternative?

What I'm doing with my life Propose an edit

After being buried alive for eight long years, I have come back to life in my party-girl / metalhead incarnation. I've gone back to wearing black clothes, uncomfortable heels, and outrageous make-up. It's like being twenty again, just without all the unnecessary drama.

I used to be a public registrar, a job I loved profoundly. Now, however, I'm working on my teacher's degree, and have found myself a job that accommodates both my career plans and my partying habits, all the while depositing rather satisfying sums in my bank account each month. Life is peachy!

Like everybody else who reads a lot, I am obviously working on a novel. Stay tuned; I've only been at it for 17 years.

I'm really good at Propose an edit

...language. It's my favourite hobby and I develop an understanding for the fundamental structure of a language rather easily. I really like words, my favourite one at present is conundrum. I often do language for its own sake (e.g. talking much and saying nothing), and I can endlessly quote from movies and other sources.

... remembering things. Especially useless knowledge, which I have an amazing memory for. Mostly, though, I'll remember every drunken night out, everything you've ever said, and all the things you would really rather I forgot. Twenty years down the line, I'll say, "I told you so." Charming, isn't it?

... cooking! Have you truly experienced life before you've tasted my chocolate-orange muffins? Ah, I've finally concocted my perfect dinner. Sautéed shiitake mushrooms! Steak flambé in cognac sauce! Pears in red wine and honey! Heaven is a place in a Swiss kitchen. MY kitchen.

Contrary to the impression I'm making here, I am told that I listen well. I am able to understand a great deal about human behaviour.

For an amateur, I'm good at Astrology and reading Tarot cards.

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

That I am "exotic". I grew up as an anomaly and now I dress the part.

Just recently, I was asked whether I'm easy to recognise. You've seen the pictures. Believe me, I am.

Oh, another thing would be my pretentious vocabulary. I feel somewhat unapologetic about that. I'm such a snob :)

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

Books: Oh, the list is endless.

What's funny is that I realised two and a half years into writing this profile that my favourite author is missing from the list. Must be a case of the wood for the trees and all that. Therefore, He is added right here, at the top, where He belongs. Because He is the Top of the Pops, the Cream of the Crop. The One. The Big Kahuna. Yep, much fanfare for a very obvious name: William Shakespeare. Okcupid have a question to the extent of who one thinks is smartest on the following list: Einstein, Shakespeare, Mozart, or Jesus. I respect the other gentlemen greatly, and each has revolutionised his respective field. Not one of them, however, achieves His greatness. Should there be a God, then William Shakespeare was probably His tellurian emanation.

Moving right along.

I'll read anything by Charles de Lint, who makes me want to write, even if I know that his genius cannot be equalled, let alone surpassed. MZB, under whose red sun I spent my adolescence. Jacqueline Carey, whose heroes know pain unimagined by lesser mortals. Mercedes Lackey, who gave manifold meaning to the term "sisterhood".

The Otherland series by Tad Williams. Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles. David Eddings' Elenium and Tamuli series. Practically all of White Wolf's first World of Darkness, especially Mage: The Ascension. Starhawk's The Spiral Dance.

Harry Potter, and, just for the record, I knew the truth about Snape from the start.

For the longest time, this part of the profile contained the following:
"A book I read as a child and that I can't find any more (I forgot the title), about a girl whose younger brother gets a funny mark on his hand which saps the life-energy right out of him, and a family of witches who help her. Ring a bell? By all means, TELL ME!"

Bless okcupid! Apart from its many other amazing features, it has now led the answer, I mean, The Answer, my way. This wonderful, wonderful, lady tells me that the book above is Margaret Mahy's "The Changeover". I have ordered it. I strongly recommend you read it. And thank okcupid I told you about it.

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Movies: Sense and Sensibility, Monsoon Wedding, Mohabbatein, The Matrix, Tron, Sleepy Hollow, Malcolm X, 12 Angry Men, 10 Things I Hate About You, LotR, Much Ado About Nothing, The Lake House, The Magnificient Seven, all of Star Trek, all of Star Wars (yes, even Episodes I - III), Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Hair, Donnie Darko, movies with ensemble casts or superheroes. It goes on and on. I own some 400 DVDs, and that's just my favourites. People want me for a lifeline on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" in case they get a movie question.

TV Series: everything Star Trek, especially Deep Space Nine; ER, CSI (Vegas) and Picket Fences. Oh, okay, Grey's Anatomy, Desperate Housewives, ER until Season 10, House MD, Anna and the King of Siam (the Yul Brynner one). New favourite: Heroes! Hiro's the man! It takes a Japanese mindframe to take superpowers in stride.

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Music: Heroes del Silencio, Kate Bush, Stephan Eicher, Queensrÿche, KISS. Bollywood movie soundtracks!! Celtic stuff. Everything with a strong and evocative voice. Geoff Tate's voice; he could read me the proverbial phone book, I'd be in rapture.

Obviously, I have given some thought to the ten albums that would accompany me to the island. This is a work in progress. I'll change my mind frequently, since so much is missing. Where are the Bangles, the L.A. Guns, Cinderella, Tori Amos, Guns 'n' Roses, Led Zeppelin, Within Temptation, Living Colour, Manau, El última de la fila, Negu Gorriak, Prince, Queen, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers? My iPod currently holds around 4000 songs. You see the problem.

10 The Immaculate Collection, by Madonna - 09 The soundtrack to Mohabbatein - 08 Double Platinum, by KISS - 07 The Number of the Beast, by Iron Maiden - 06 Metallica (yes, the black one) - 05 Carcassonne, by Stephan Eicher - 04 The Dreaming, by Kate Bush - 03 El espíritu del vino, by Héroes del Silencio - 02 Sign of the Times: The Best of Queensrÿche - 01 Operation: Mindcrime, by Queensrÿche

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Foods: Japanese food, especially Sushi, which I'd gladly eat every day if I could afford it. Swiss seasonal specialities in autumn. Indian Naan bread. Berries!

The six things I could never do without Propose an edit

In a nutshell: love, lust, intimacy, conversation, entertainment, and sushi.

Obviously, I must elaborate.

If we're talking of the purely materialistic, then these items would probably make it to the island with me: my portable computer with its broad band internet access, my iPod, the DVD of Sense and Sensibility, my WoD collection (let's just count this as one item, even if there are some 250 books, pen, paper and a bag of dice involved), my Athame, Charles de Lint's Someplace to Be Flying. And yes, the island has the equipment and the power supply I require for all that stuff... Really, it's an unfair question. I NEED my library, and my movie and music collections, and so would anyone who suffers from Horror Vacui.

Paramount among the immaterial things I could not go without is intimacy in the sense of a deep bond with other humans. Not necessarily physical, but the connection between souls. An example would be the relationship with my sister, which borders on the telepathic. I have such a connection to only two other people, and it is a rare and precious thing. Satisfactory survival also requires long conversations, about life, the universe and everything; it needs singing, dancing and a sense of wonder. And it needs the irrepressible knowledge that Utopia is not only possible, but that we carry its seeds inside us.

I spend a lot of time thinking about Propose an edit

how to remedy the three worst mistakes we have allowed to occur: Capitalism, Monotheism, and Patriarchy. Yes, I know they're related. One of my favourite topics of discussion at this time is the completely subjective nature of reality.

On a typical Friday night I am Propose an edit

wide awake until it's Saturday morning! Friday nights are variable. There are usually 80s parties to go to, films to see, or just friends to hang out with. On Tuesday nights, however, I rock. It's Karaoke From Hell, after all.

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

that I have a variable relationship to truth. As a virtue, it's overrated. I usually advocate telling it from the beginning, but once you've done something that will hurt someone else, confessions only ever serve the ones making them. I've sworn an oath to myself about maximal openness. I will tell just about everything. But I will keep to myself the truth that does nothing but harm; it has no merit. And I will keep other peoples' secrets forever.

Bollocks. That' actually common knowledge. You were looking for something dirty, embarrassing, and painful, right? Okay. Here goes:

I often leave the fridge door open for no good reason.

You should message me if Propose an edit

You should NOT message me for cybersex. It bores me; I'm a "hands on" kinda girl. I might indulge you if I like you, but for that, I obviously have to know you first.

Now that that's out of the way, you SHOULD message me if you want to submit yourself to my verbosity. If you like to rant and rave about the BIG ISSUES. If you're into Queensrÿche, the WoD, urban fantasy, Terre d'Ange, or any other item you find in my description. If you want to go questing. If you're interested. If you're interesting. If you dare.

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