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Music
Android Lust, Angelspit, Assemblage 23, Autumn's Grey Solace, The Birthday Massacre, Cindergarden, Collide, Covenant, The Crüxshadows, Cylab, Dead Can Dance, Faith and the Muse, Hungry Lucy, Icon of Coil, Imperative Reaction, L'Âme Immortelle, Lacuna Coil, London After Midnight, ohGr, Rasputina, Razed in Black, Rhea's Obsession, The Sisters of Mercy, Solitary Experiments, Switchblade Symphony, Unter Null, VNV Nation
Games
Diablo II, Halo 3, Rock Band, Mass Effect, Poker Smash, Dead Rising, Culdcept Saga
Television
Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, The Daily Show, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Activities
Interests
the singularity, goth culture, science, progressive politics, fake hair, PVC, copyright reform
Virb Wishlist
Last.fm integration, group forums, recent visitors list, show # of blog comments
About
This profile is prone to frequent change as I learn CSS and my tastes change. If it's ugly today, it may not be tomorrow.
goofy gay geeky goth(ish) gamer girl -- pierced, tattooed, and dyed -- life's too short to be normal
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I'd like to believe that I'm an interesting person, with interesting thoughts, ideas, and experiences that others would find worth their time to hear about and debate with me. But I'm not sure that's really the case. So if you are interested in striking up a conversation with me, don't assume you'll find anything besides a normal person. If that doesn't deter you, then great!
As to who I am... I believe in being myself. I have long accepted that I will never be part of the "mainstream", and no longer even try. I do that which I like, and if other people like it, that's great. If not, I don't care.
I am a gamer. It's more than just a long-term hobby. It started at about age 6, when my parents bought an Atari VCS. It got me ready to use the first family computer, a TI-99/4A, which I soon knew better than either of my parents, and I began to learn programming. I ended up doing Computer Science in college, and now, after some other positions, I'm even working in gaming - I'm part of the Xbox team. Yes, it's great - I love my job. No, that doesn't mean I play games at work all day.
I found a recent love of music, thanks to Last.fm. I've had a minor interest for a while, but that site guided me to new genres of music I wasn't aware existed - music that I really enjoy, and now there's so many different artists that I really like. The funny part? I recently found a mix CD someone had sent me like 4 years ago. I remember how when I heard that CD after getting it, I didn't like a single thing. Well, after digging it back up, I looked over what was on it. I think over 75% of the songs on it are part of my library now and listened to regularly. Sometimes we just have to wait for the right time, it appears.
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Regarding Friend Requests:
I'm not one of those people that's up for being friend-collected. In fact, I take who I add as a friend seriously - only people who I have had a significant amount of conversation with of some sort, people that I already know at least somewhat. If we don't know each other, then you're not going to get added - and if it's a random request from someone I've never had with interaction with before, it's definitely going to be rejected. If you want me as a friend, then here's the deal - start interacting with me in a regular way. Figure out something that we have in common or that interests you, and start the conversation - a comment, a message, something. And we'll see what happens...
Last Played Music
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Can we kill MySpace now? Jun 16
I hate MySpace.
I will clarify that. I specifically hate MySpace. I don't hate the concept of social networking (obviously, since Last.fm is a form of it), and I don't even hate the specific functionality that's on MySpace. I like what they're trying to do, and a good,...
101 goals in 1001 days Mar 30
A couple months ago, my sister told us about this interesting thing she was doing. It was called 101 Things to do in 1001 Days. The idea is simple. Create a list of 101 things to do - goals - and then give yourself 1001 days to do them all. We thought the idea was great, and have not only decided to do it ourselves, but get a bunch of friends to join us.
I've completed my list... and you can check it out in the full entry!
Xbox Gamercard
Last Week's Top Last.fm Music
My Music
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We played Rock Band at a friend's party a few weekends ago, and once I logged in, I had to explain to the young 'uns what PMS was when your online status popped up. Heh.
posted Mar 20
Nice!
posted Jan 7
hi! long time since i've been around! yeah, i'd like to add my gamercard (such that it is) but not sure how! i looked through the modules and wanted to add it to one of mine, but the code didn't show anything when i updated it . not sure why. yours looks great (like everything on your page) and i'm sure you coded it.. but for me - do i add a link to my gamercard on xbox live, or can i actually show my gamercard on virb like i can on msn live spaces?
posted Jul 22
no halo3 beta for me :( .. i work full time and go to grad school at nite. i guess u'd call it a fantasy for when i get a break. :)
posted Apr 17
i'm kind busy running a thing at work. you might know something about it. i don't have time for playing around on the internets! hehe
posted Apr 13
i don't actually *like* myspace, i just created a profile there and add my friends, just like i do with all of the FOAF sites.. :P
posted Apr 11
posted Apr 10
thanks.. i'm glad you approve..
posted Apr 10
i make exceptions for massive cat pictures : P
posted Apr 10
The trip from here (near Kansas City) up to Chicago is boring also, the landscape is so flat :( At least the summer storms are nice out here :)
posted Apr 1
I'd like to move back to Washington, it was nice up there. I lived on the other side of the state over by Spokane though. :) It's not that much fun here in Missouri :(
posted Mar 31
ugh! deleting game stuff sucks! I've accidentally deleted saves before, so depressing. I think I'm gonna have to reinstall AC now, I think its been a good 6 years since I played it. what do you do for xbox? programmer?
posted Mar 27
Hey I told yah I would get it done in my own time lol. Whatever time that is. When I feel like puttin some effort into it.
posted Mar 26
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Laurent C. a.k.a Sh0GUN says:
I think a "Last.fm integration" in Virb is a very good idea. For example, to include music we listen here in our Last.fm's charts list. It's technologically possible.
posted Jul 10