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UPDATE (8.30.09):

Recently, I’ve been getting into older films. Here’s some I’ve watched and enjoyed so far;

Gaslight, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Les Miserables, Jekyll & Hyde, The Invisible Man, The Lodger, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Some Came Running, After the Fox, The Saint films

For fun, how about you hypothetical readers recommend me some? Any movies, really, though older ones (60’s and prior) are currently a little project of mine. But be warned, I am a VERY harsh critic, well versed in movie tropes (thank/curse you TV Tropes!).

Look at my other faves for some idea of what I might like. So far, I seem to be a fan of Peter Sellers, Fredric March, George Sanders, and Ingrid Bergman. =P

Also, read “Bound Waking, Free Dreaming"; http://storywrite.com/list/39122-Tales-of-Zoaria

For details abou Zoaria, check out the World Shapers group;

http://storywrite.com/group/show/World%20Shapers

(The END GAME thread is probably the best place to look.)

BWFD Synopsis:

“When Splitter, a Yaubi-Gaubi slave, kills his mistress, a retired Straka Admiral, controversy stirs. Plant Pedalae Ojad Chende, a friend, confines him, but when Splitter’s life is put in danger, Ojad decides to help him escape. However, the lizardman makes it clear he is determined to stand trial for his crime. Left with no other options, Ojad and his great-nephew Ahen must cross a merciless desert and see the slave to his destiny. Meanwhile, Tuai, a skilled Water Pedalae mage, and his apprentice hunt after the trio to bring the Admiral’s killer to justice."

Hopefully, I stick to this one. Be sure to check out the other "Tales of Zoaria" up now, too;

By WritersEffigy:
http://storywrite.com/story/316608 - The Prince’s Journey Part One

By Hyenicus:
http://storywrite.com/story/316972 - New Life Part One
http://storywrite.com/story/317798 - Speaking of Spirits

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...Who, me?

I'm just some guy (that's appropriately humble, right?). I'm fascinated by serial killing, but not an actual serial killer. Simply put, I'm a film and literature fanatic (I like music, too, but who doesn't?).

Here's some miscellania;

(Some) Favorite Authors:
H.P. Lovecraft, Stephen King, Bret Easton Ellis, Chuck Palahniuk, Irvine Welsh, Carlton Mellick III, China Miéville, David Wong, Neal Stephenson, William Gibson, Hunter S. Thompson, Stephen Baxter, Robert A. Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, Frank Herbert, David Brin, Charles Bukowski, Mark Z. Danielewski, Ray Bradbury, Fyodor Doestoevsky, Kevin Dole 2, Clive Barker, William S. Burroughs, Kurt Vonnegut, Anthony Burgess, Neil Gaiman, Cory Doctorow, Charles Stross

(Some) Favorite Movies:
The Abyss, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai in the 8th Dimension!, Alien/Aliens, American Psycho, Apocalypse Now, Big Trouble In Little China, Braindead (Dead Alive in the U.S.), Brazil, City of God, A Clockwork Orange, Dark City, Dawn of the Dead (both the original and the remake), Day of the Dead, The Day the Earth Stood Still ('51 version, not the Reeves remake), Donnie Darko, Dr Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, Equilibrium, Eraserhead, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Event Horizon, Fellini-Satyricon, Fido, Fight Club, From Dusk Till Dawn, Ghost In the Shell, Ginger Snaps, Gladiator, GoodFellas, The Great Yokai War, Hard Candy, Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, Ichi the Killer, Jacob's Ladder, Jaws, Killing Zoe, Kontroll, The Last Temptation of Christ, A Life Less Ordinary, Lolita, M, The Machinist, Memento, Night of the Living Dead, Office Space, Oldboy, One Hour Photo, Paranoia 1.0, Pi, The Prestige, Primer, The Professional, The Proposition, Ravenous, Re-Animator, Reservoir Dogs, Scanners, Session 9, The Silence, Sphere, Spirited Away, Subject Two, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, The Sweet Hereafter, Swimming With Sharks, The Thing, Trainspotting, Trilogy of Terror, True Romance, Videodrome, Wild Strawberries

Favorite TV Shows:
Burn Notice, Dexter, Code Geass, Death Note, Fringe, Frisky Dingo, Invasion, Odyssey 5, Profit, Rescue Me, Strange World, Superjail!, Threshold, Twin Peaks (at least initially...), The Venture Bros.

Favorite Comic Book Writers:
Warren Ellis, Garth Ennis, Neil Gaiman (again), Mike Mignola, Mark Millar, Frank Miller, Peter Milligan, Alan Moore, Grant Morrison, Andrew Vachss, Brian K. Vaughan, Rick Veitch

Interests:
-Punk genres (cyber-, postcyber-, steam-/clock-, splatter-, diesel-, as well as their -prep counterparts, which focus on the same subjects, but put them in a more positive light), 80's/industrial music, ancient history, autumn/Halloween, bizarro fiction, body modification, extropianism, films and filmmaking, "horror-fi", illustrating, libertarianism, martial arts, the New Weird, (literary) postmodernism, trans-/posthumanism, urban fantasy, realism/magical realism/surrealism, serial killers, people and all aspects related to, weaponry, writing, zombies.

So, um, I guess read my stuff when I put it up? Yeah, that sounds about right.

"92% of American teens today are retarded enough to think that 92% of American teens today would die if Abercrombie & Fitch said it wasn't cool to breathe anymore. If you're part of the 8% that knows this is total BS and that putting up some dumbass 'statistic' about it in your bio is just a desperate act to fit in with your preferred niche, put this in your profile."