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"To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow; a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more: it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing."

I have a very strange sense of humor. It's pretty subtle and a lot of people don't get it (that is, they think I don't have one). In truth I am very keen on humor in life... it's just that I most enjoy it simply thrown into life, disguised as seriousness, so you have to be looking for it. I am somewhat sarcastic, though I would categorize my humor as less cynical and bitter and more clever and quick-witted. I prefer not to categorize, though. I like some stupid jokes and some children's humor... kids are so bright. And, like most people here on VR, my sense of humor is reasonably dark and morbid. Mmmm, death.

I suffer from a lack of self-confidence, no doubt instilled by my miserable, poor childhood and abusive single mother. (Again with the humor.) Though in all seriousness, I do tend to beat myself up over everything (my appearance, my intelligence, situations where I screwed up...). I am a pretty intense perfectionist, I probably have mild OCD as well as some form of bipolar disorder... worse than normal mood swings but probably not bad enough to be clinically diagnosed.

I am also pretty self-contradictory. I have very high standards, especially for myself. I am both more and less mature than average... I am a generally serious person and I love philosophical and personal conversation. At the same time, I harbor a childlike obsession with bordering on belief in magic(k). I am fiercely independent and yet sometimes totally lost without support. I need someone who can let me be myself and support me when I need it. That said, I'm not looking for anyone.




Some of my favorite writers...
Sylvia Plath, Emily Dickinson, Edgar Allan Poe, Henrik Ibsen, Oscar Wilde, Anton Chekhov, William Shakespeare, Moliere, Vladimir Nabokov, Jane Austen, Gaston Leroux, Victor Hugo, Virginia Woolf

...and for (somewhat) lighter reading...
Laurell K. Hamilton, Anne Rice, e. e. cummings, Shel Silverstein, Gregory Maguire, Jostein Gaarder, Toni Morrison

Some of my favorite books... (by authors not on this list)
White Oleander, The Orchid Thief, Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, The Scarlet Letter, Night, Looking for Alaska, The Hours, The Great Gatsby... and more.



As for music, I will truly listen to anything as long as it's good music. I like everything from classical to metal to techno to hip-hop to alternative rock. I will even listen to pop and country, as long as it's good pop and country... so I don't listen to much of those genres. My list of favorite artists is quite long, so I won't bother with that, but I will say that I get into very specific moods for a genre or even a song. Right now it's Metallica's Black Album.

I speak English and German, and I am learning Latin and French. I am quite interested in learning Italian, Japanese, Hebrew, Greek, and Dutch. If I have time, I would also like to learn Polish, Swahili, Sanskrit, Mandarin, Gaelic, and Arabic. I love languages and culture. Travel is one of the most broadening things a person can do. I want to learn Hungarian and then go to Cséjthe and read Erzsébet Báthory's diaries.



Things I Like...
Music, languages, color, history, the colors purple, green, black, and silver, chocolate, caramel, autumn, New York City, philosophy, art, theatre, iced coffee, minty things, cooking and baking, the smell of onions, kissing, rain and snow... I like wearing sunglasses (and real glasses, even though I don't need them to see) and finding good cheap clothes and food, and getting flowers. I collect old plastic milk bottle tops and little souvenirs from places I've visited even if the connection isn't clear to other people (e.g., I have a little ceramic squirrel from Costa Rica). I have an affinity for lists. I secretly like fashion. I love falling asleep reading and waking up on lazy mornings. I like pomegranates and their symbolic meaning. I love finding people whose eyes sparkle. It's a very specific trait, sparks in one's eyes, that few have; I'm not quite sure what it means, but it denotes a very special person indeed. Though I do prefer to ramble in my own words, I like quotes very much. I'd like to say I can quote you to death... but that's probably not true.

Things I Don't Like...
Stupidity (I really have no tolerance for it) and prejudice, studying, math, the colors pink, orange, yellow, and some browns, custard, marshmallows, spring, Las Vegas, Sigmund Freud, extra noise, drama, smoothies, exercising, the smell of meat (I'm a vegetarian), heat and humidity... and I hate when people bump into me because they aren't looking where they're going.. it's like when people drive while talking on their cell phones. I also hate bad music. And bad food... there is so much opportunity for great food and music, why waste your time with crap? One of the ugliest things in the world is prejudice. Just love people, guys! We are different enough to keep each other interested and similar enough to know better than to hate another. I'm disappointed in humans.



Words I Enjoy...
Luminescence. Macabre. Serendipity. Ostentatious. Allegory. Ululation. Nirvana. Voracious. Faceted. Vibrancy. Imperative. Spontaneity. Decrepit. Glow. Inhabitant. Ruminate. Phantasmagoria. Wild. Utterly. Pragmatism. Melancholy. Frenetic. Infiltration. Ether.

Words I Despise...
Moist. Splinter. Egregious. Bachelor. Fag. Ebullience. Brassiere. Splendid. Uppity. Normal. Unity. Effervescent. Sporadic. Lasagna. Pocket. Thrust. Melt. Jubilee. Stimulation. Memento. Turgid. Latent. Emotional. Chalk. Infatuation. Magnanimous. Totally.




The Dante's Inferno Test has banished you to:
the Sixth Level of Hell - The City of Dis!

Here is how you matched up against all the levels:

Purgatory (Repenting Believers)	Very Low
Level 1 - Limbo (Virtuous Non-Believers)	Moderate
Level 2 (Lustful)	Very Low
Level 3 (Gluttonous)	Low
Level 4 (Prodigal and Avaricious)	Moderate
Level 5 (Wrathful and Gloomy)	High
Level 6 - The City of Dis (Heretics)	Very High
Level 7 (Violent)	High
Level 8- the Malebolge (Fraudulent, Malicious, Panderers)	Very High
Level 9 - Cocytus (Treacherous)	Low

I don't want my profile page to be crowded with silly quizzes, so to save space and loading time for all of you, I have moved all my other quizzes to my journal. In case you care, I am keeping them in my "Stories" section for now.




Oh, if you add me to your friends list, please tell me - so I can add you back. I certainly won't tell you not to, but I would like to get to know you. Let's have some sort of discussion or something while we're at this "being friends" thing. Otherwise, what's the point?