03/22/2009 - Whoo! It's Spring. Currently in the process of wondering if I should buy property in the Metro area or if it is insane to consider being tied down to this area for 15-30 years.

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I am me. I am not you. I am not your dog. I am not a mollusk. I am not Optimus Prime, nor am I a Stegosaurus.

I originally joined OKCupid to make silly quizzes about things like haunted houses and spooky monsters that would make friends and complete strangers laugh. So far, that has worked pretty darn well. I'll admit I take neither this site nor myself very seriously, but I've met some very cool friends through this so I've stuck around.

I have a bunny rabbit named Mr. Chewie Biteums. I found him one day outside my home and was like "Hi bunny! Do you want to come live with me?" He obviously wanted to as he hopped right over to me, so I picked him up and brought him inside. I can't make this shit up. He's not very bright, and still a bit wild, but he's a sweetie. His current hobby is taking apart my fireplace grate, rolling around in there, and leaving little ashen bunny tracks everywhere...

I also have a Koala named Mr. Huggums as you can see from the photos, but neither the US nor the Australian Government needs to know about that.

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1. I travel a lot, both for work and for fun. I'm currently living in the D.C. metro area and before that I lived in Minneapolis, London, and Portland.. My favorite places in the US are Philadelphia, Portland, and Maine in the summer. I love travelling. I can't get enough of it. Seeing new places, tasting new foods, encountering new cultures and ways of living. These are the things that fill me with passion. Trips here in 2008 have included Gettysburg, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Kansas City, St. Louis, Atlanta, Halloween in Salem, MA and Thanksgiving in Minneapolis. 2009 looks like a return to either France, Japan, or the U.K.

2. I'm a professional author and lucky (skilled?) enough to have made a decent living at it Most of my published pieces are about folklore and cultural anthropology, Nearly four years ago I became a paid writer for and about Pokemon. Yes, Pokemon. I love it. It's kind of neat creating something and seeing it have a positive effect on kids. Of course, it does mean I have a basement full of Pikachu.

3. For about six years I've also become a consultant/writer for the video game industry. Although the 15-18 year old me would have loved this, the 30 year old me spends far less time playing video games in my free time than the rest of the guys I know. It's become work, you know? I'd much rather take in a play or go for a hike then spend hours playing a video game. I guess this is proof that tastes change as we get older? I can't deny they are fun, but the likelihood of me ever producing a video gaming widow is next to none.

I like to cook, primarily in the French and Japanese styles. Cooking is my big stress reliever and I love it. I blame Iron Chef during my college years. I hate Bobby Flay.

I'd like to think writing is something I'm good at considering I've been doing it for so long and it allows me to eat and have money for clothing. Yay for not being a hobo!

Running, hiking, jogging. I like being outside and doing outdoorsy things. Well, not camping in say British Columbia in December, but you know what I mean.

Being cheerful and optimistic. Don't let the monochromatic wardrobe and Bauhaus albums fool you. I'm not really good at being serious about things unless I have to. I'm a firm believer that life is too short for melancholy, self-pity and depression. It's about seeing and doing as much as you can as often as you can so you have amazing stories to tell in those twilight years. WHy spend your time being unhappy when you can spend it being awesome?

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My ass. People tend to comment on it an inordinate amount.

My eyes are a close second.

Let's see. What gets the bronze medal? Probably the fact I've got more energy than an entire Kindergarten on pixie stix.

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Books: anything by Robert Chambers, HP Lovecraft, Bill Bryson, Camus, Kafka, Bram Stoker (yes, he wrote more than Dracula thankyouverymuch), James Joyce, and so on. I like classic horror and Existential Literature for my fiction, and I read just about anything non-fiction. I actually prefer non-fiction, such as biographies, travelouges, and the like. I'm currently reading Eat Sleep Sit by Nonomarau Kaoru and then it's on to the history of Foie Gras.

Movies: Eurotrip is a guilty pleasure of mine, but I also really like Super Troopers, Forgetting Sarah Marshall and other outlandish comedies. Generally I like surreal and funny at the same time. I also like horror films, but I want a good freaky story rather then copious amounts of gore and blood. Things like The 9th Gate, Vampyr and the little indie Lovecraft film collections are my preference over things like Nightmare on Elm Street or the latest Hellraiser remake.

Music: Sisters of Mercy. Bauhaus, GWAR, Starkillers, Lordi, Spice Girls, Macho Man Randy Savage's rap album, Henry Rollins, and so on and so forth. Okay...I've never actually heard Macho Man's rap album, but I did love his Slim Jim commercials. My music tastes are pretty eclectic. I like all forms of music save Country. I've never really been a favorite band kind of person. Instead, there's usually one or two songs by an artist I enjoy. I'd list a bunch of Japanese pop/rock bands I've picked up over the years to to travelling and working there. Right now my J-Pop song that refuses to leave my head in Cobratwisters "Rojiurano Uchuu Shounen."

Foods: As I said earlier, I cook mainly French and Japanese foods, but I love food from all over and will eat just about anything. Cheese, lamb, green beans and the like are always favorites.

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Pokemon

Bunny Rabbits,

Warm weather (Yay for being free from Minneapolis!),

Traveling to new places and seeing new things

A really good kitchen

Vinyl pants

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Pikachu, writing, history, politics, what would happen if you locked up a parrot in a room with no light and nothing but recordings by Charles Manson to keep it company, Things That Should Not Be, Cthulhu, koalas, bunny rabbits, how many verses of "I'm 'Enry the VIIIth' one can sing without going mad.

And Ninjas. Ninjas are SOOOOOO sweet it makes me want to crap my pants.

And the Meow Mix theme song. Meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow, meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow.

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In all reality, I try never to do the same thing two weekends in a row. I thrive on new experiences and become easily pissed with people who just want to go to the same damn club/bar and hang out with the same old people over and over again until they might as well be one of Descartes' Automatons. It's not that I have a short attention span. I just get bored really easily. This is both a positive and a negative character trait depending on the circumstance. This is just a warning that I am crap when it comes to routine.

Back in college when Pokemon: The First Movie came out, my girlfriend at the time and I were the first people in the US to collect the ENTIRE Pokemon toy set that Burger King had out at the time. I pretty much have had to be force fed fast food ever since that time. Knowing this, is it really a surprise that one day Pokemon said "Here's a big sack of money. Come work for us!"?

Force fed fast food. Force fed fast food. Force fed fast food. Say that 5 times fast.

...you feel like it. I mean, if the mood strikes you, then by all means type away. Just...don't be a furrie. Furries suck.