I used to criticize Peter Pan here, but it got old (drumroll please). Then I was going to talk about Drums Along the Mohawk, but Mark Twain did it much better than I ever could.

My fondest childhood memory involves sitting in an old walnut tree when I was about 10 years old and reading Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and thinking that the world she went to was crazy, but also really exciting. I remember feeling badly for most of the characters because they were incapable of seeing how their actions affect (and, in some cases like the Queen of Hearts, effect) other peoples lives.

Little did I know I'd spend the next 18 wondering how that damn book seemed to describe modern society so well.

I'm a do anything exciting sort of guy. I'll try almost anything reasonable once, maybe even twice. I like to see new things, meet new people, and explore new world views. I'm often the mediator in tense situations, and I have what appears to be a unique gift for seeing situations through the eyes of everyone involved.

I'm also a cynic, dreadfully sarcastic and hopelessly romantic at the same time. I'm quite a bit like Ambrose Bierce (and if you know who that is you should send me a message).

I also like games, of the not related to relationships variety. Board, card, miniature, video, word... whatever. If you can add game and make it a compound word, I'll probably love it.

Also, if you couldn't tell, I love superfluous e's and u's, and wish they'd never left out language. It all feels a little less colourful without them.

exploring the open desert area's of Kern County. Oddly enough there's a great deal of beauty in sand and rocks.

Cracking jokes. Sometimes I break them, too.

My height, because I'm usually the tallest person in a crowd (and usually thankful when I'm not)

NEW CUP NEW CUP MOVE DOWN MOVE DOWN!

Alice in Wonderland to Alice in Chains, and not by alphabet.

I like satire the best, especially the dark satirists like Swift and Bierce, although the zany ones like Cervantes and Twain can be just as biting while half as cruel. I like satire in film and television, too, but it's harder to find and the only groups that have really pulled it off in music are Dynamite Hack and Los Lonely Island.

I make up for that by listening to the remnants of grunge, heavy metal, rock and roll, the blues and classical music. Usually not in that order but rarely do I repeat any genre. Every now and again I'll find some random modern pop band that blows me away for 3 songs and add them to my collection, or I'll get bored and try to track down some more Dizzie Gillespie.

Food is, well, food. I don't have favorite, but I prefer spicy or unique to the same old recipes.

Cognizant thought, Self-Awareness, interpersonal relationships, satire, freedom, choice.

Why humans continue to exist despite a slew of very common self destructive and personally damaging hobbies that seem to have existed throughout known human history.

Why LucasArts has taken do damn long to start re-releasing their classic adventure games through steam, and when I can play Grim Fandango again.

How to make people think about themselves.

With friends, doing something social. From movies to games to out and about, almost anything goes.

If I'm by myself, I'm probably lost in the stacks of a library or book store.

I think Winnie the Pooh is the greatest role model for any and every child through adult.

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• cephalopod_sol

You also think that Peter Pan was just a whiny prick and that Wendy was probably the real hero(ine) of the book/play anyway.

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