(Picture unrelated. It used to be me but not anymore)

Hi, I'm Joeri and I live in Utrecht, the Netherlands. I'm currently pursuing a Master's degree in Computer Science, though I miss math very much.

Things I like include, programming, reading, video games. I'm starting to like trains, as I don't _need_ to be in them every day anymore. While the love is not mutual, I also like biking. If only it didn't break down every other day. The last two are a direct result of my desire to see as much of the world as possible. I guess this means I like traveling.

I'm also apolitical, and areligious. This doesn't mean I don't have an opinion about them, it just means I don't care enough about it to share it with others.

My academic progress is in limbo right now, and most of the rest of my time is spent doing absolutely nothing. And with that, I mean working on some hobby-projects, instead of making progress with my thesis, idling in IRC, playing Kingdom of Loathing (shorthand: KoL) or on Kongregate. Occasionally, I go out for a walk, or some biking, or I take a train to some random other city.

I wish I was playing D&D, but my current group isn't making progress with getting together. Luckily, we play various types of Fluxx, and other board games and card games.

And lastly, I'm addicted to KoL meets. They're definitely the best thing that has happened to me in the last few years, and I've met so many awesome people at these meets. I wouldn't know what I'd've been like if it wasn't for that.

Math, programming, that kind of stuff. Or at least, I like to think I'm good at it. Hard to tell if everyone around you is good at it as well.

That I'm taller than them (except a few, these notice that I'm not as short as all the rest). The first thing online contacts notice when they finally meet me in person, is that my accent when speaking English is way stronger than my typing suggests.

books: Lord of the Rings Trilogy + The Hobbit + Silmarillion; Homer's epics; Harry Potter (all of them); Discworld. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and friends.

movies: Lord of the Rings; Harry Potter; Matrix; Monty Python stuff; Action movies like Last Samurai, Pirates of the Carribean, etc. Almost anything with Will Smith and/or Leslie Nielsen. Taxi 1,2 and 3. The Labyrinth (David Bowie as goblin king ftw!). You guessed it, I watch movies to relax by. Mental effort not required.

music: I listen all, and I mean ALL. While listening, I decide if I like it or not. If I hear it later on, opinion may, and is likely to, change. I like the pandora.com site to find new music that I like, too bad they shut off non-US listeners a while ago. Symphonic rock probably describes best what I like, but it's still quite extensive.

foods: Everything Italian, especially pizza. And cheese, and fries. And Greek food. Lately I've taken a liking to Thai and Chinese food as well. As with music, there's not much I won't give a try, though I've mostly had bad luck with seafood. When it comes to snacks, I like fruity things and other sweet stuff.

Apart from the obvious, here are, in no particular order:

My parents have always looked after me very well. This makes me a spoiled brat, but I have no trouble admitting that. My computer/internet connection, my friends (online, as well as offline), sense of humour and relativation, and I'm pretty sure that going about without my legs would be hard, so I'll make that number five. Next on the list is airplanes, as they allow me to meet awesome people, and see awesome places.

... why my code doesn't do what I want it to do? Dunno. I'm not very contemplative. Currently I'm spending a lot of time thinking about what to write in these textboxen.

See "What I’m doing with my life". The fun and excitement of my life is uniformly distributed over the days. However, if I go to my parents' place, Friday is when that happens. If this is the case, I spend the night watching boring TV, or reading Donald Duck or Discworld.

Dunno... I hug pillows? If there's anything anyone wants to ask, just go ahead and ask. As long as I have the right to not answer (or answer with "I do not wish to answer that"), I'm okay with it.

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