...Does This Mean I Have To Meet Your Parents?

[Ham_authority95]

1. I'm 15, play bass guitar and I can range from a quiet, studious person, to a complete cock-head in about 0.5 of a second

2. Zero punctuation because its hilarious, and the forums because they are so full of intelligent people (I love you guys )

3. I pretty much listen to heavy metal, classic rock, progressive rock/metal, jazz fusion and anything else that sounds awesome to me

I also love playing songs from the above genres on bass guitar.(I'm a bit rusty talent-wise but still...)

4. Right handed, only thing my left is good for is wanking fretting

5. I've been feeling kind of fatigued and depressed lately, probably due to a mix of school work and self esteem issues.

6. Not religious in any form.

7. I would go to the NAMM convention, so music fandom obviously

8. The fried sushi that my local place makes. A good Root-Beer with it wouldn't hurt either.

 

[x0ny]

1. I'm a 24 year old Chinese guy living and working in the UK. I graduated 2 years ago, got a Maths degree, wanted to be a Maths teacher, got rejected after interviews. Became a Chef, worked at restaurants and McDonalds, now have my own to take care of.

2. Favourite part of the escapist would be the offtopic and gaming sections of the forums, zero punctuation and movie bob.

3. Describe my life in music... well it would be a quick tempo because it's quite hectic with lots of small things to take care of. I'm thinking of fiddles and violins to illustrate this, perhaps "Flight of the Bumblebee". Then a more relaxed section will follow, this will illustrate how I unwind after a day of work. The prelude of Bach's Cello Suite #1 comes to mind.

4. Left handed. People say lefties are intelligent and arty. How come it's not working for me? If it was working for me, why's it not working well? I'm greedy, I know.

5. Very relaxed, I finished work about 2 hours ago, I'm well into my unwinding stage, and happily filling in this... can't really call it a form, cuz if it was a form I won't be enjoying filling it in.

6. I don't have any religious beliefs. Many people have done well in life without religion, I feel I can do so too.

7. I would say E3 but that's more of a leisure thing and besides, we'll get to play the games in the end when they're released anyway. I'd really like to go to a cooking convention, see what magic other people can create, and perhaps introduce these new found dishes into my own establishment.

8. Steamed scallops/razor clams in fried garlic, spring onions and vermicelli. It's such a simple dish to make, it goes extremely well with rice. The juice which comes out of the seafood combined with the garlic gives an out of this world taste. Plus razor clams and scallops are generally really cheap to buy. Also this dish isn't exactly unhealthy, assuming the chef hasn't poured salt all over it.

 

[bryanfuel]

1. Tell me a bit about yourself. No more than a paragraph. Talk about whatever you think is relevant, be it interests, or height, favorite Mass Effect manufacturer, whatever.

i play wow nuff said

2. What's your favorite part of the Escapist? Forums, videos, contests, advertisements, articles? Is there anything you'd like to do, but you're too afraid/unsure of how to try?

Zero punctuation, unskippable, loading ready run, dalorius and assosiates, forums, unforgoten realms(if they bring it back), and quizzes

3. If you could describe your life in music, how would you do it and why?

rock/metal

4. Are you right or left-handed?

right

5. How are you feeling right now? (Don't knock it, it's a really important question. Feel free to go on at length.)

tired i just sprinted a mile

6. Do you have a religious belief, and without going into too much argumentative detail, is it important to you?

Christian, ya

7. If you could go to a convention for any form of fandom, what fandom would it be. Do you have a specific convention in mind when you answer this question?

blizzcon but i wouldnt want to be seen there

8. Finally, what's your favorite food item? Any particular drink or wine you like to go with it?

sushi, orange bang(its like orange cream icecream in a drink)

 

[Radelaide]

1. Tell me a bit about yourself. No more than a paragraph. Talk about whatever you think is relevant, be it interests, or height, favorite Mass Effect manufacturer, whatever.

Okay, Nuke knows a lot about me. But for the rest of you, I'm Addie, 19 and Australian. I'm pretty angry about the whole censorship thing but hate that people outside the country have an opinion. Oh, and Mass Effect sucks.

2. What's your favorite part of the Escapist? Forums, videos, contests, advertisements, articles? Is there anything you'd like to do, but you're too afraid/unsure of how to try?

I came for the Yahtzee, I stayed for the forums. Even if the forums have kind of died off a little bit, you still have the gem-threads that are fun, stimulating and interesting.

3. If you could describe your life in music, how would you do it and why?

It would probably be "Mogwai Fear Satin" by Mogwai. Over-exaggerated (15 minute long song), very mellow in parts, rocking in other, and at the climax I make you want more

4. Are you right or left-handed?
Right handed. I can't do ANYTHING with my left hand except type, and I don't even do that well.

5. How are you feeling right now? (Don't knock it, it's a really important question. Feel free to go on at length.)

I'm pretty chilled out right now. Life is pretty rockin'. Fantastic boyfriend, fantastic friends, brand new job, unit is on the market. I'ma doing pretty well right now.

6. Do you have a religious belief, and without going into too much argumentative detail, is it important to you?

I'm not huge on religion. If there is a higher power, I'm fairly sure he'd be pretty pissed off at all the stupidity in the world. Even if it is a he...

7. If you could go to a convention for any form of fandom, what fandom would it be. Do you have a specific convention in mind when you answer this question?

I dunno. I'd probably go to some hardcore Anime convention and laugh at all the people. I don't understand how so many people get so worked up about stuff like that.

8. Finally, what's your favourite food item? Any particular drink or wine you like to go with it?

I'm pretty good with my mum's potato salad and lemonade ^_^ I'm a simple person.

*Throws her clipboard back at Nuke*

 

[Pandalisk]

1. Tell me a bit about yourself.
Names George, I live in Ireland but im british even though i see my self as dominantly Irish. My accent is a strange one, people dont know its origin, Its a blend of American, irish and Posh english.

2. What's your favorite part of the Escapist? Is there anything you'd like to do, but you're too afraid to try?
I love the videos but i stay for the articles and Forums, though my casual posting has gone down my RPing has gone up considerably.


3. If you could describe your life in music, how would you do it and why?
Little Lion man - mumford & sons

4. Are you right or left-handed?
I use both hands for different things, write with the right, bat with the left, cant write with the left, cant bat with the right for example.

5. How are you feeling right now?
Pretty good, just got back from working at the Local Garden centre, beggining to really like the work, but i feel lonely.

6. Do you have a religious belief, and without going into too much argumentative detail, is it important to you?
I believe in God, i was baptised Christian but i dont follow it, nor any other Christian sects, i will Praise him in my own way as they seem to be able to. I'm not sure if i beleive in God, but partly because i fear Death, the Cold Nothingness Athiests say awaits is just so...Terrifing

7. If you could go to a convention for any form of fandom, what fandom would it be. Do you have a specific convention in mind when you answer this question?
I'd go to a convention, Anime, Gaming, Whatever, i've never been to one seems like fun

8. Finally, what's your favorite food item? Any particular drink or wine you like to go with it?
Umm.. not sure.

 

[Zombie_Fish]

Look, Escapist community, we've been together for over a year now...

Actually, it's been 11 months by my count.

...I think it's getting time for us to get to know each other better. I know, it's all kind of sudden, but I've been thinking about it a while. You're just so nice, I don't want anything to mess up, y'know? It's been fun, but I do think we need to start to get to know one another better.

No one knows me anyway, I suspect. Except Neon and possibly the hunters.

I mean, for as well as I know you, we might as well be strangers.

Welcome to teh interwebz. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGszS-AasPk&feature=related]

So, here's a short poll I wrote for just such an occasion.

Well, okay. Can I keep the clipboard?

Please don't lose that clipboard...

Aww man!

1. Tell me a bit about yourself. No more than a paragraph. Talk about whatever you think is relevant, be it interests, or height, favorite Mass Effect manufacturer, whatever.

I'm a British student currently working on his A Levels in College with the hope that he could get to do a University Degree in Computer Science (possibly) and wanting to get a career working with computers. I'm also a big fan of music in general and I like to watch films as well.

2. What's your favorite part of the Escapist? Forums, videos, contests, advertisements, articles? Is there anything you'd like to do, but you're too afraid/unsure of how to try?

At first, it was the videos. Then I became a massive fan of the forums and the community. That's still my favourite part of The Escapist, but I'm also getting more and more interested in the columns that are running as well, now. I especially like Going Gold and The Hard Problem, currently.

3. If you could describe your life in music, how would you do it and why?

Spoiler: Macy's Day Parade by Green Day

1. It's largely repetitive and slow, like my weeks, yet it has the variations on the string instruments in it to make it interesting and keep me going through it, like my life in general.

2. I'm recording and mixing a cover of it for AS Music Technology.

Spoiler: 3. I did a cover of it on the drums because it's my coursework song (and because I felt like covering it)

4. Are you right or left-handed?

I'm right-handed.

5. How are you feeling right now? (Don't knock it, it's a really important question. Feel free to go on at length.)

I'm feeling okay, if a bit disappointed. Today was my 17[sup]th[/sup] birthday, but it hasn't really been anything special currently. Not that that's a bad thing, at least people remembered and congratulated me on it. Also, I'm going out later tonight and I'm getting a Provisional Driving License in a few days as well, so that should be great.

Also, I'm not getting many presents this year, as I'm only asking for money to pay for Driving Lessons, so I can get a real license.

6. Do you have a religious belief, and without going into too much argumentative detail, is it important to you?

I'm an agnostic, and don't really bother thinking about whether or not a god/ higher being exists enough to make me bother caring by this point. Saying that, however, I am a member of the Religious Society of Friends (aka Quakers), but they don't really have any strict beliefs (I've known of Hindu, Buddhist, Muslim, Christian, Agnostic and Atheist Quakers; there was also debate over whether or not we should be the first religion to have spawned off of Christianity to abandon the Bible), and I'm more of a member of that for the community and connection I have with people in it. To quote a quaker poster:

Thou shalt decide for yourself.

7. If you could go to a convention for any form of fandom, what fandom would it be. Do you have a specific convention in mind when you answer this question?

Music convention. I've been to one already as part of a school trip (it had a mosh pit. Best. School. Trip. Ever.) this school year and will probably be going to another one later in March. Plus there's the fact that I go to a folk festival every year as well.

8. Finally, what's your favorite food item? Any particular drink or wine you like to go with it?

Lasagne. Bolognaise sauce and Cheese sauce together?! Why would you pick anything else? Plus, Garfield likes it.
Appeal to false authority my ass.
I don't really have a preferred drink to go with it.

... Does this mean I have to meet your parents? Damn. Think they'll do steak for dinner when I go over?

Me and my dad are the only meat eaters in my immediate family, against three vegetarians (when my older sister comes home from University in the holidays). I doubt they'll cook anything that comes from dead cow.

 

[Outright Villainy]

1. Tell me a bit about yourself. No more than a paragraph. Talk about whatever you think is relevant, be it interests, or height, favorite Mass Effect manufacturer, whatever.
I'm 21, Irish, male, have a fairly addictive personality when it comes to good games/books/tv shows. Films are good because they end quickly and I can facet some sort of a life after if I like a film a lot! I'm pretty tall (bout 6'3") and I listen to a lot of metal, have long hair, play loads of guitar, but otherwise fairly deftly avoid any stereotyping of such. Honest.

2. What's your favorite part of the Escapist? Forums, videos, contests, advertisements, articles? Is there anything you'd like to do, but you're too afraid/unsure of how to try?
I enjoy Zero punctuation quite a bit, though the weekly articles sometimes offer some very good food for thought. The forums are also quite addictive, so I'm trying to go a bit less than I do.

3. If you could describe your life in music, how would you do it and why?
Hmm, my taste in music doesn't really reflect my personality that much, so I can't honestly answer... uh, Prog metal I guess, I like things brash, but with some thought put behind it. Like games!

4. Are you right or left-handed?
Right handed, though my left hand isn't as dexterous, it's almost as physically strong as my right, which is handy sometimes.

5. How are you feeling right now? (Don't knock it, it's a really important question. Feel free to go on at length.)
Good good really, no complaints here.

6. Do you have a religious belief, and without going into too much argumentative detail, is it important to you?
I'd identify myself most easily as agnostic. In terms of actual belief I'm probably close to atheist, but I'm not foolhardy enough to think my opinion is infalliable.

7. If you could go to a convention for any form of fandom, what fandom would it be. Do you have a specific convention in mind when you answer this question?
Hmm, probably video games I'd imagine, I have a pretty big thing for lovely lovely games. Pax looks like a lot of fun actually, and johnathan coulton played there, he's frickin awesome.

8. Finally, what's your favorite food item? Any particular drink or wine you like to go with it?
Peanut butter, with everything. Even peanut butter itself is bettered with a side of peanut butter. Milk is my drink of choice, I inhale the stuff. Every other country I've been to gets milk very, very wrong though, so I guess I'm stuck here!

 

[reg42]

1. Tell me a bit about yourself. No more than a paragraph. Talk about whatever you think is relevant, be it interests, or height, favorite Mass Effect manufacturer, whatever.
Well this is pretty broad, so I'll try get some good info across. I'm 16, living in South Africa; a country which has been largely ignored up until a few years ago. I'm mainly a PC gamer, but I own a PS3 as well. I love metal, it's just so full of passion, and it's driven by a need to make music, rather than money (most of the time anyway)

2. What's your favorite part of the Escapist? Forums, videos, contests, advertisements, articles? Is there anything you'd like to do, but you're too afraid/unsure of how to try?
I originally came here for ZP, but the forums attracted my attention after no too long. Now the forums are my favourite part, and ZP is a bonus.

3. If you could describe your life in music, how would you do it and why?
My life is very standard; I honestly don't think that there's a song out there to describe me.

4. Are you right or left-handed?
Right

5. How are you feeling right now? (Don't knock it, it's a really important question. Feel free to go on at length.)
Great, if not a bit tired. I'm looking at a awesome weekend soon, and the other thing being held over my head is my school work.

6. Do you have a religious belief, and without going into too much argumentative detail, is it important to you?
I don't. I believe that you are your god, and I am my god.

7. If you could go to a convention for any form of fandom, what fandom would it be. Do you have a specific convention in mind when you answer this question?
I would die to go to Download Fest if that counts.

8. Finally, what's your favorite food item? Any particular drink or wine you like to go with it?
No, not really.

 

[Outright Villainy]

I'm only 5'2, and it makes me paranoid. I will ask for your height just to see how much taller than me you are.

My girlfriend is 5'2", maybe even half an inch shorter, and I think she's smokin'. So, being short is okay in my book! *thumbs up*

Even though I'm taller than more than 95% of people I know...

 

[MorsePacific]

1. Well, let's see. I'm seventeen, I enjoy working with computers, whether it be hardware or software, and I'm quite fond of puppies.

2. I quite enjoy the forums and the videos. If there was anything I wanted to try, it was Game Dogs, but it didn't interest me in the least after the first episode.

3. Well, I...uh...I like hip-hop!

4. I'm almost ambidextrous? I can't write with my left hand, but I use it for other things that I can't do with my right.

5. I actually have a cold, so I'm feeling rather sick. I'm a little disappointed, as well.

6. I'm a Pastafarian. FSM is my lord and savior.

7. I kind of just want to go to Defcon.

8. I love me a good steak.

 

[Samurai Goomba]

Well, people love to talk about themselves. No surprise this topic is a success. 'Course I'm no better than the lot of you, and I guess now's as good a time as any to prove it.

I'm serious, I want that clipboard back.:
No, it's mine now.

1. Tell me a bit about yourself. No more than a paragraph. Talk about whatever you think is relevant, be it interests, or height, favorite Mass Effect manufacturer, whatever.
It's like how Yahtzee says when you have everything, you can't think of anything. Nothing I can say here will make me sound any more or less unique than the mob of gamers who have come before. My family used to raise and sell Cenegal parrots. We still have one. For a while he hated me, but now he's my friend. They're strange birds. We also have a squirrel we rescued. He tries to kill me every time he sees me. I like that TV show The Wire a lot. Probably my favorite TV show since either Highland or Miami Vice.

2. What's your favorite part of the Escapist? Forums, videos, contests, advertisements, articles? Is there anything you'd like to do, but you're too afraid/unsure of how to try?
Yeah, I want to break into cartooning for a living, but none of this webcomic crap.

3. If you could describe your life in music, how would you do it and why?
Well, first I would find a song that I thought described me, then I would tell somebody about it.
There are songs I like better, but this one describes me best.

4. Are you right or left-handed?
Right-handed like most people.

5. How are you feeling right now? (Don't knock it, it's a really important question. Feel free to go on at length.)
Pretty good. One of my classes today is optional, so I'm going to cut it to finish up work for another class and probably either play video games or rewatch Goodfellas.

6. Do you have a religious belief, and without going into too much argumentative detail, is it important to you?
Yes and yes. I stay out of religious debate around here (for the most part) BECAUSE my beliefs are important to me. Too important to just upchuck out into the cesspool of Internet anonymity.

7. If you could go to a convention for any form of fandom, what fandom would it be. Do you have a specific convention in mind when you answer this question?
The Irresponsible Captain Tylor Convention (or maybe Battle Angel Convention USA). It disgusts me, the way my "peers" in the club of people who enjoy anime sometimes act, but at the end of the day I still enjoy the medium itself.

8. Finally, what's your favorite food item? Any particular drink or wine you like to go with it?
Lasagna and Mountain Dew, I guess. Don't get either of those things often. California rolls are really good, too.

 

[Sion_Barzahd]

1. Tell me a bit about yourself. No more than a paragraph. Talk about whatever you think is relevant, be it interests, or height, favorite Mass Effect manufacturer, whatever.
18, going on awesome. Currently a psychology and computer programming student at college. Biggest hobbies? Playing pool, videogames, anime, my guitar and writing.
Music is pretty important to me, though i can't stick to a single genre. I bounce from country to indie, from death metal to dubstep. Though my current favourite is Chopin's Fantasie Impromptu.

2. What's your favorite part of the Escapist? Forums, videos, contests, advertisements, articles? Is there anything you'd like to do, but you're too afraid/unsure of how to try?
Has to be the forums for me, closely chased by the articles.

3. If you could describe your life in music, how would you do it and why?
Hmmm... i ain't entirely sure thats possible, so instead heres a song i think will make most people smile.
<spoiler=you'll love this><youtube=is-HVxmUELQ>

4. Are you right or left-handed?
As i said before i am awesome, and thus left handed. Can do a few tricks with my right though, so its not totally useless.

5. How are you feeling right now? (Don't knock it, it's a really important question. Feel free to go on at length.)
Right now? i'm feeling pretty good. Had a stressful day due to a whole lot of crazy involving one of my lecturers. My progress review wasn't looking great either. But other than that i'm feeling 140% awesomer than normal, what can i say? I know people who just put me on top of the world.

6. Do you have a religious belief, and without going into too much argumentative detail, is it important to you?
I like to believe there is something spiritual in the universe. I lean towards a belief in reincarnation. Though i honestly believe we don't have a correct religion yet.

7. If you could go to a convention for any form of fandom, what fandom would it be. Do you have a specific convention in mind when you answer this question?
specific convention? Either ReCon or Amecon. ReCon is a small time cosplay event thats held in my city centre once every few months. I've met the best people there.
Amecon is a massive 3 day cosplay event. its awesome, i'd love to go.

8. Finally, what's your favorite food item? Any particular drink or wine you like to go with it?
Hmmmmm.... probably whatever it is i eat from my local chinese, or ham and pineapple pizza yum. My poison? A good green tea with lemon on some days or a pint of scrumpy jack cider.

 

[CK76]

1. Tell me a bit about yourself. No more than a paragraph. Talk about whatever you think is relevant, be it interests, or height, favorite Mass Effect manufacturer, whatever.

25. 187. 190. Green. Brown. Pale.

2. What's your favorite part of the Escapist? Forums, videos, contests, advertisements, articles? Is there anything you'd like to do, but you're too afraid/unsure of how to try?

Videos.

Ski.

3. If you could describe your life in music, how would you do it and why?

Um...Chopin?

4. Are you right or left-handed?

Left...and right, but mostly left.

5. How are you feeling right now? (Don't knock it, it's a really important question. Feel free to go on at length.)

Mixed, take the good and take the bad. Hey, Saturday!

6. Do you have a religious belief, and without going into too much argumentative detail, is it important to you?

Atheist, but not bothered by others, happy to discuss to clear up misconceptions.

7. If you could go to a convention for any form of fandom, what fandom would it be. Do you have a specific convention in mind when you answer this question?

PAX or Comicon, both seem like good time with friends.

8. Finally, what's your favorite food item? Any particular drink or wine you like to go with it?

Family lasagne passed down generations from Italia. And Magner's Irish Cider or Irish whiskey.

 

[biofiend]

1) Male, twenty, fond of story-telling and exercising. Critical and cynical beyond the lovable principality, and I despise online public forums -this is something near my fourth post. Oh, I just bought an electronic cigarette, so infer something from that, because I haven't yet.

2) Drawn here by Yahtzee, and I enjoy the three programs that come out of LoadingReadyRun.

3) Ideally, Leonard Cohen and Marilyn Manson would co-write and produce my soundtrack, but I'm not sure I've earned it yet.

4) Right handed with limited exceptions.

5) I'm indulging in this because I'm trying really hard to distract myself, which I just fucked up by acknowledging that.

6) Atheist. Militant, if harassed about it.

7) I wouldn't mind hitting Comicon again.

8) Spicy sushi and Coke Zero, though I don't know if I've technically had the two together.

 

[KdS_22]

1) Male, 19 years old. I love swimming and football(both the American version and soccer.) I have a sarcastic personality, yet it's tempered by my tendency to be very empathetic towards others. I smoke on occasion but I don't drink very much. I love women, everything about them. I'm about 6'1" and approx. 165 pounds.

2)I was led to this site by the ZP series, and I've stuck around because of things like Apocalypse Lane and Doraleus & Associates.

3)I can't really describe my life in music, so I'll just say that I enjoy a variety of sounds. Anything from classic rock to modern punk or alternative, with a little bit of blues and rap thrown in. And it would be awesome if Slash could play my "intro" music! Haha

4)I am ambidextrous when it comes to most things, but I write left-handed.

5)Pretty good. I am in the process of building a relationship with a girl that I really like and enjoy being around, so I'm definitely moving towards an emotional peak right now.

6)I am a Christian, have been since I was younger. It is very important to me because it shapes my decisions and the way I view even day-to-day situations. However I try to be as accepting of others' beliefs as possible because they have the right to make their own decisions and it doesn't really affect mine.

7)I've always wanted to go to ComicCon, even though I've never had the opportunity.

8)I love bacon on just about anything, and my preferred beverage is a Monster energy drink or Dr. Pepper.

 

[Ganthrinor]

1. Single Cacasian Male, works night shift at a local hotel, spends most of his time at home and enjoys videogames and books.

2. Mixture of Forums and the reviews and articles. Some of the videos are damned good too.

3.

Spoiler: Not Safe For Work. Probably.

4. Left handed.

5. I feel resentful and uninterested.

6. I am an Aetheist and... "Entropist" I guess. I believe in Entropy and the lack of a Divine Power.

7. E3.

8. Pork.



...mmmmmm... bacon...

 

[Hurr Durr Derp]

1. I'm Dennis, I'm 24 years old, an amateur programmer and up-and-becoming webdeveloper. I live in the Netherlands and even though this country can be pretty shitty sometimes I'm not planning on leaving ever. I can get overly argumentative sometimes (mostly just for fun), but generally I'm a pretty nice and easy-going person. I love listening to music but really suck at making music (and believe me, I've tried), I love to read but suck at writing (again, I really did try), etc. Story of my life. I'm still trying to find something I'm actually half-decent at.

2. Unskippable. The forums are cool too, when I feel like typing.

3. I wouldn't. As much as I love music, and as much as I think that some songs are pretty much tailor-made either for certain periods of my life or for my mindset, I wouldn't even try to summarize my entire life in music.

4. Right (makes might!).

5. A bit tired. Otherwise pretty neutral.

6. I was raised in a religious environment, but I've been an atheist my entire adult life (and a fair bit of my pre-adult life). I've got a bit of an agnostic leaning though. Some days I'll call myself an agnostic leaning towards atheism, depending on how sure of myself I'm feeling. To put it simply, I do not believe in God but I'm willing to discuss the possibility if someone brings some good arguments to the table.

7. I'm all for occasional geekery, but putting a very large amount of geeks in one building sounds like my idea of Hell. No conventions for me, thank you. LAN parties are awesome though, even though geekerey is possibly even more rampant in those than in conventions. Probably because I get tired of other people's shit less quickly when I can shoot them in the face repeatedly.

8. Pizza calzone, filled with veggies and shawarma and extra extra cheese. It's divine. I'm also very fond of poultry, especially duck. Favourite thing to drink would either be a simple glass of water, a nice cool beer, or a glass of whiskey, depending on the occasion.

 

[Higurashi]

1. Tell me a bit about yourself. No more than a paragraph. Talk about whatever you think is relevant, be it interests, or height, favorite Mass Effect manufacturer, whatever.

Well, you have a decent grasp of my interests and personality. Plus, it's also on my profile. I'm an insomniac, loyal friend, martial artist, and I enjoy helping other people most of all. Let's see... Kassa Fabrication. They make Colossi armour and some awesome weaponry too. That or the Geth, thanks to their Rage/Battlemaster/Berserker armours, and even though their Pulse Rifles aren't that good, they -are- cool. Pew pew.

2. What's your favorite part of the Escapist? Forums, videos, contests, advertisements, articles? Is there anything you'd like to do, but you're too afraid/unsure of how to try?

I would have to say the community as a whole. My love affair with the RP forum and the IRC channel has always been there, ever since I joined. It's also no secret I get along well with some of the staff members. Oh, and I watch most of the videos that get uploaded on the site.

3. If you could describe your life in music, how would you do it and why?

If I could, I would orchestrate an epic classical piece to bring nuance to all the changes that occur in a life. There is really no other way to do it justice in my opinion. It would begin in a steady pace with tantalising little sounds here and there to symbolise the birth of someone who would become a laid back but curious and deep dude.
Pretty soon, it would go into a darker change of tone to symbolise how my childhood wasn't the best, to put it simply, and later explode with heavy sounds and bass tones to symbolise how intense the pre-teens and adolescence were. After that, it would simmer down to resume the steady rhythm that was at the beginning to symbolise how I am now equilibrious and rather content.

4. Are you right or left-handed?

I am right-handed, but I hold the fork with my right. My grandmother is left-handed, so my mother learned from her and I from mother.

5. How are you feeling right now? (Don't knock it, it's a really important question. Feel free to go on at length.)

Er... it's complicated. I just ended something good in my life and I now have to face my greatest challenge yet. In going from nothing to max, I don't know if I will pull through, but I will give it my best.

6. Do you have a religious belief, and without going into too much argumentative detail, is it important to you?

Not religious, no. I suppose you could say that believing in the equilibrium of a larger state of things is a form of spiritual belief, though. I have taken much of what I find to be wisdom from Buddhism and Taoism. I believe you have to find yourself and be yourself if you are ever to be content in life, and, if you want to accomplish something, you have to be. Got to take care of yourself before you can help others, for instance. I have also found that emotional ties to things in life can tie you down a lot, so I avoid most of those, especially to material things.

Love is, for me, a huge natural force in the world, and it can bring out the endless potential in all of us if we allow it by motivating like nothing else. I have found that I am only content when I can work for what I believe is right and constructive, and I may be very blunt to that end. People seem to appreciate my honesty though, and it is good to not compromise who you are in favour of making things easier or selling yourself out. Those are some of my beliefs, and they are indeed very important to me. Whenever I feel lost, I look to my higher goals and my categorical imperatives. Bit long, but I do love discussing sociology, philosophy and psychology.

7. If you could go to a convention for any form of fandom, what fandom would it be. Do you have a specific convention in mind when you answer this question?

Considering I go to all kinds of conventions I can find, I suppose I could wish for RPG-focused convention with an overall theme of Vocaloids and Touhou. Hrm. Excuse me, have to restrain myself not to squee.

8. Finally, what's your favorite food item? Any particular drink or wine you like to go with it?

Hm, that may very well be oven-baked salmon fillet. So juicy and explosively flavorous. I usually just drink milk. Tons and tons of milk.
The tastiest drink on its own is probably a good scotch though. Nothing beats a 15-year Lagavulin or 20-year Ardbeg. With the salmon, I could definitely also go for a good red wine. Something from '95.

... Does this mean I have to meet your parents? Damn. Think they'll do steak for dinner when I go over?

Nah, that's quite alright. Mom would start to wonder about me if I brought home guys and girls too much. Although if it was to happen, mom's husband could very possibly make a nice steak, or salmon fillet. He's crazy about meat. ^_^