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[HorusRe/Bila'reu]

KONNICHI-WA GOZAIMASU!

Well, that is a typical greeting for me, and that should tell you a little something about me right off the bat.

Either I’m Japanese (which I’m not except in some parts of my spirit) or that I’m a little crazy. If you guessed the latter HAVE A CIGAR! WE HAVE A WINNER!!

On a more personal level, I am a 40-something-year-old philosopher and “student of life”. I spent 20 years working at a Roller Skating Rink in my home town, and spent about half of that time as a volunteer Cameraman at the local PBS Television Studio in that berg. Currently I sold my soul to Wally World and unload trucks for a living... at least it pays the bills. I’m working on getting my degree in Philosophy and Theology, but quite slowly as you might already have guessed. With any luck I’ll find SOMETHING to do with that degree after that. Probably travel and seek more solutions to the ageless questions of man.

I hate cars and am no great fan of technology EXCEPT where it concerns warfare. I’m not sure how that works either, but the mind is a mysterious thing to most of us. Heh heh heh Besides, I already told you I’m a little crazy.

Anyway, I love firearms of all kinds and blades favor heavily in my MANY collections of junk/stuff. I own a few guns and over a dozen blades (covering everything from spears to knives/daggers to swords). I hate my computer but only because I have the “reverse Midas touch” for electronics. Everything computerized that I touch turns to SHIT, and anything else that is technological based I can really care less about. I pray for the day when the end of “Fight Club” comes to pass. I might not survive but the world would be a better place for it.

I am an avid fan of anime, science fiction, and horror. I love movies like Blade and the Grudge, books like Foundation and Dune, and ALL anime really.

One of my favorite movies is Excaliber, one of my favorite books is Jhonathan Livingston Seagull, and my favorite anime is Bubble Gum Crisis (2030 version).

I also love comedy in all its forms. Robin William’s is the GOD of comedy in my opinion, and more so because the man is a frelling genius! I’m also a fan of George Carlin, Kevin Smith, Bill Cosby, and the crew of the Flying Circus. MST3K was brilliance as far as I am concerned… too bad it didn’t last. People just don’t appreciate the value of comedy on that cerebral of a level… and I can call it that because I am a pretty bright guy and some of the jokes went so far over my head I didn’t even realize it was a joke until watching the show a second/third/or even fourth time.

I greatly enjoy writing and literature, and I tend to either romance or scifi/fantasy in my literary pursuits. I can draw, marginally so, but I adore artwork and the product of talented artists (of all kinds and genre).

I’m also one of the old-school pen & paper crowd of role players. I cut me teeth on Palladium games (Heroes Unlimited, TMNT, and Robotech) and R. Talsorian's Cyberpunk. I moved into Advanced D&D (anyone know what THAC0 is… and did it hurt your head too?) and games from White Wolf after growing more as a gamer and storyteller. Before I left my home state of California I completed a solo game, for one of best friends, that took over 5 years in the telling. That is probably one of my crowning achievements as a role player, as the story was both scripted in part and also delevoped organically as a collaborative effort.

As can be seen I am a prolific role player, SO when I see neat pictures on the Internet (anime/videogames/named artists) I drop it into one of my MANY game worlds. The same thing happened with every online PbP RPG I have ever had a hand in crafting (Mortal Kombat - Nightblood, Silverthorne, Vampire Hunter D - Twilight, The Dreaming, Pulp Wolves, Resident Evil - Alpha/Omega, The Verse, Words Worth, and here on Pandora) but I try to use descriptions in place of pics for things I know will be too easily recognized. Part of being a good storyteller is the “suspension of belief” and it is DAMN hard to do that when some player is thinking… “Hey? Isn’t that the Ruby Weapon from FFVII?!” Other things I’ll snirtch (cookie to anyone that gets that reference) without fear. I mean if only one of several people will even recognize the game a pic is from I’m not doing TOO bad, and lets face it... a picture IS worth a thousand words.

As could be told from my professional desires… I am a fan of religion and mythology. I am a practicing Wiccan and a student of Christianity; and no, the two are not mutually exclusive to one another, as faith and theology are parts of the human condition and not the imminent domain of any single religious conviction. I greatly enjoy pondering the nature of being, the nature of evil, and the role of man in creation. This means that the stories I tell (including every last RP endeavor) are going to be steeped in things like moral conundrums and tests of ethical fiber. I understand and believe in the “butterfly effect” so I know that small actions can have large implications, and thusly this will always be a running theme in any story I am a part of.

I am also a HUGE fan of Egypt and Egyptian mythology, and those images and aspects of ancient desert life permeate my personal Wiccan convictions.

I’ll be happy to talk about this topic at GREAT length with anyone that also enjoys the genre, but that seems enough for the moment.

So, in conclusion…

Favorite;
Color = purple
Food = cashew chicken
Vehicle = MiG 35 (VT variant)
Drink = Dr. Pepper
Beer = Guinness
Liquor = Bush Black
Bands = Heart, Rush, Fates Warning, Queensryche, Nickel Creek, Disturbed, Lamb of God, Breaking Benjamin
Animals = squirrel (totem animal), ferret, raccoon, black panther, orca, Australian Shepherd mutt
Firearm = Taurus .454 Casull Revolver or H&K PSG1
Blade = Celt/Iberian Falcata or Egyptian Sappara (heavy toss-up)
Place = Northern California Coast, Egypt, or Ireland (never been to Ireland or Egypt, but if I go I will certainly never leave)
Activity = Sleep (ah, the glory of dreams)
God = Ra
Goddess = Bast
TV Show = FARSCAPE 4 EVER!!!
Wrestler = Randy Orten, DX (both of them), Beth Phoenix, and Mickie James (YEY women with curves!!!)
Anime = Aura Battle Dunbine, Bubble Gum Crisis, Dirty Pair, Ghost in the Shell, Tenchi Muyo, Cowboy Bebop, & Rurouni Kenshin
Manga = Appleseed, Ghost in the Shell, Uretsei Yatsura, Akira, & Fist of the North Star
Video RPG = FFVII, FFX, & Xenogears
Video Fighter = Soul Caliber (Ivy has a whip-sword!)
Video Flight Sim = Aerocombat 4 (Yummy, a Mig-27e looks SOOOO sexy in that game)
Other Video Game = Bayonetta (almost a porno) and ANY WWE game

If I can think of anything else I’ll edit later. Heh heh heh

[Nayunva]

Bast and WWE. That's what's up.
=D

[HorusRe/Bila'reu]

RAW vs. Smackdown 2010... I made wrestler variants of Anubis, Set, and Bast. The Scorpion, the Monster, and the "Hardcore" Icon (double entendre intended) respectively. Also made my wife and myself, as well as my crazy cousin. Back on Smackdown 2 - Know Your Role (PSX anyone?) I had Anubis, Set, Bast, Hathor, Isis, and Osiris.

In these games, in these incarnations, Anubis and Set have always been heels, while Bast has been mostly a heel, with some face qualities. Some characters just work better as a heel. Jericho isn't nearly as wonderful as a face, nor Orten, nor the Miz. I'd also say Punk, but I don't think he makes that great of a heel either really. Anyone that needs a stable to prop them up doesn't make that smashing of a heel, or a face for that matter. The SES was amusing when it started but quickly just gold old. The Nexxus was trite when it started and has never improved. I mean really, a vehicle for the ENTIRE first season of NXT? Lame! Not a one of them will survive on their own. NXT was a flop, glad they brought Tough Enough back on the air... though I slightly miss ECW. They need a third show, a full two hour show, to showcase all the superstars they have that they really don't use for a damn... like Yoshi Tatsu, Golddust, Chris Masters, Evan Bourne, and other interesting or talented stars that currently work only as jobbers (if they are working at all).

But I digress.

[Jai'byrd]

Mmmmm, Randy Orton... ;D

[Nayunva]

I find that in every single Smackdown vs. Raw game I always make heels. They're just more fun than being the good guy.

I find that Orton doesn't really fall into either category that well. He's done both, and I don't know how I feel about him as a face. Miz should only ever be a heel, I can't ever picture him as a face. But, I guess I am biased against him. I didn't like him when he appeared with his mohawk making chicken sounds, or whatever it was he did back then. Punk has the nexxus. And they annoy me just about as much as he does. And you're right. Once they break up tey'll fall into the dark depths of that guy we see once every three months to get his ass kiccked by a major star.

For a while I was only really watching Smackdown because I like Edge, and Cena being the face of Raw for so long, Idk. I got kind of bored with him. But now Edge is gone, and they have Orton there instead, and Christian is there too, but It's not really the same. I agree they should bring ECW back. It was much smaller, and often times more enjoyable. More chair usage. And you got to see all of the minor starts actually getting some use, not just getting their asses kicked around on the major brands.

And thank goodness for Tough Enough! I'm glad they brought that. It lets me get my 3:16 fill, heh. =)

Idk. I guess I just really miss the older stars. Shawn Michaels, HHH (I loved DX), Undertaker. Seems like the next time we'll probably see him will be at the next Wrestlemania. Although he probably should've lost at the most recent one. As much as I love him, idk how much longer he can hold on to that streak before it starts getting obnoxious.

[fuzzydude]

It's amazing how there's always so much more to learn about people, even ones you've known for a while! Whee.

Meanwhile... I think I'll leave all of you geeks to talk your fancy, confusing geek talk. I'm going to go back to writing funny words with my calculator and calculating pi. Dorks.

[Jai'byrd]

DX was the bomb! I miss a stable with that kind of chemistry (and wreaking all kind of fun havoc in the process). You're right, currently there is... eh... in the way of both franchises. John Cena is bleh, and Miz needs his sparkly fedora back and when he does that weird dance/bow entry. CM Punk thankfully finally shaved - he was looking like a hobo earlier - HHH had that right when he yelled at them - but still he does nothing for me.

Smackdown hasn't been all that amusing to me for a while now, but thankfully Orton's there, and I hope he RKOs many many people in new and interesting ways. But still, Christian is eh, but I do like the new guy Sin Cara. He doesn't talk, points and people and does amusing flippy things.

I'm really enjoying Kharma currently how she's coming out and breaking all the twig Divas (heh heh heh). I hope she and Beth Phoenix get into a feud.

But yes, I so miss Shawn Michaels and HHH, Undertaker just needs to retire already and I agree with Horus in that the jobbers need more of a spotlight. And I want Chris back! Whaaaaaaaa! I want him back to call everyone Gelatinous Tapeworms and other amusing insults!

And... Mmm Orton, Mmm Kofi and Mmm JoMo...

[Nayunva]

I will agree with you on that Jaibyrd. Orton is scrumptious. =D

And I do like Kharma alot! Her promotional stuff with decapitating the Bratz dolls was kind of creepy, but I like that she's a diva that gets stuff doneeee. Maybe she'll beat up Michael Cole.