err... i have a tendency to defy stereotypes. ugh. they want more paragraphs. very well, annoyed at lines of code forcing me to do things.

recently finished my bachelors in physics. i'm currently on a year off, doing whatever the hell i feel like doing, which includes a surprisingly large amount of sleep. just moved in to a new place of my own. wondering if murder is still frowned upon if it's of noisy neighbors.

estimating dimensions. (length/volume, time, etc.) eating ice-cream. saying dry, sarcastic comments at the worst possible timing. or best, depends how you look at it. head massages. making people believe the weirdest things. whistling. ranting. dead baby jokes.

my propensity to dispose of niceties. usually, when i meet someone i don't know, i start with "who are you?" instead of "hi, my names is blah blah pleasure to meet you...". seems like such an effort to find out somebody's name.

aah, the humanity... here we go:

Books (authors, that is): Neal Stephenson (Snow Crash!), Douglas Adams, Terry Prattchet, Orson Scott Card, Neil Gaiman, Peter F. Hamilton, Tom Clancy, Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Charles Stross, Carl Sagan, Roger Zelazny, Sheri S. Tepper, Vernor Vinge, William Gibson, Tad Williams. yes, i am a cyberpunk whore. update: i've decided to start keeping track of everything i read for pleasure. so far i'm at about 350 books... which puts me around 100,000 pages, at a rough estimate. sadly, i find this way cooler than any normal person would. oh well.
update 9.5.07: 388 books.
update 24.7.07: 403.
update 29.1.08: 441.
update 2.1.09: 482 (yes, it's been a slow year. finals will do that to you).

Movies: Serenity is the best movie of all time. period. i may be a tad biased, though. anything by Mel Brooks (especially Spaceballs) or Kevin Smith, anything of Monty Python's, Clue, Tank Girl, Bubble Boy, Hudson Hawk, Matrix I. Recently, Thanks for Smoking. i'm also a sucker for comic-based movies. not because they're good, but they usually have an energy about them that i crave. aside from that, anything that fucks with my mind is good.

Music: all kinds of Metal, Rock, Punk, and Ska (won't go into particular artists here...) a bit of calssical, and Tom Lehrer. most recently favorite band: Stolen Babies.

Food: meat, sugar and saturated fat, in various combinations. i treat my cholesterol well.

TV (it isn't here, but what the hell): anything with the touch of Joss Whedon - Buffy, Angel and Firefly (which was declared by Orson Fucking Scott Card to be the best TV show oof all time. ok, that sounded like a guy named Orson was doing a guy named Scott. nevermind), Stargate (SG-1 and Atlantis), funny animated shows for adults (Simpsons & Futurama, Family Guy, South Park, Robot Chicken, Drawn Together) The Daily Show&the Colbert report (Stewart&Colbert 2008!), Drew Carey & Who's Line. lately, Doctor Who, the 4400, and Scrubs. even more lately, Heroes, House, 30 Rock, and Dexter. TV-RIP: Wonderfalls, Veronica Mars, Dead Like Me ("don't crazy girls deserve some chocolate?" yes. yes they do.)

1) a fully loaded bathroom (shower, toilet and all). i call anyone who doesn't mention this as essential a liar. or at least having very poor hygiene. 2) a take-out menu for everything. cooking is so bothersome. except for brownies. those need to be fresh. 3) books. 4) computer with web connection. 5) loved ones. 6) Something to think about. granted, the books and web should provide things aplenty, but now i sound all deep. go me.

How i would Explain something i've just learned to someone who doesn't know anything about it. i have entire debates in my head where i convince people to see the inherent faults of religion and the worth of intellectual enlightenment, make them understand the essential principles of quantum mechanics, and tie them to a chair while taping their eyes open in front of a TV showing Firefly. (upon rereading this last paragraph, i realise i may come off as a bit of a fanatic. this isn't quite the case... although i can become quite passionate, i firmly believe in people right to do whatever they want, no matter how idiotic it may seem, as long as it doesn't affect other people.) all this is usually going on while i'm trying to fall asleep, so it isn't quite as weird as it sounds. really, i seem quite normal. until you get to know me well, that is.

hanging out with friends, watching a stupid yet funny movie/sitting in a cofee-shop/restaurant. or maybe just watching recently downloaded movies/TV shows. yes, i am a pirate. arr, matey.

i'm a sucker for puppies/babies/kittens/various young mammels. i'd choose the pale, short, bespecacled geek-girl over the busty blonde any day. i'll be a willing slave of those who pet my head well. the one on my neck, sicko. i really dig freckles.

the whim strikes you. all i ask is that you avoid exchanging letters for words and other such crimes against the written language.