I love movies, books and video games about science fiction, fantasy and anything with a tragic hero/warrior.
I have a love/hate relationship with programming, but for some reason I keep at it. I have worked briefly in the commercial software industry and found it wanting. Mostly because the software we developed was uninteresting and the working conditions were less than ideal. It was nice to find that I was more than capable of holding my own in the real world.
I love science. I love learning about our universe. This includes everything from physics and mathematics to chemistry, biology and engineering. I am particularly interested in the human mind and how it works.
I love hiking and camping. I'd like to get out there more than I do, which isn't that often, really. I'm also trying to get in the habit of exercising regularly, but it's taking some adjustment (I'd like to stay in shape as long as I can).
I'd like to meet:
Gir from Invader Zim
Stitch from Lilo and Stitch
Spiderman
Dilbert
You
Music:
NOTE: This column lists interesting web links rather than music
Online Web Comics
http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php
http://homestarrunner.com/sbemail.html
http://www.megatokyo.com
http://www.applegeeks.com
http://www.dilbert.com
A browser better than Internet Explorer
http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/
Movies:
I like pretty much everything but scary movies and dumb humor.
Animated Movies & Series
Lilo and Stitch
Iron Giant
Animatrix
Samurai Jack
Invader Zim
The Incredibles
Shrek
Pretty much any Pixar movie
Japanese Anime
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
Howls Moving Castle
My Neighbor Totoro
Castle in the Sky
Princess Mononoke
Spirited Away
Rurouni Kenshin
Princess Mononoke
Witch Hunter Robin
Read or Die
Record of Lodoss War
Tsubasa Chronicle
Macross Plus
Naruto
Bleach
Mushi-Shi
Science Fiction Movies
Back to the Future
The Matrix
I Robot
Aliens
Predator
Fantasy Movies
The Adventures of Baron Von Munchausen
Lord of the Rings
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Princess Bride
Underworld
Braveheart
Gladiator
Pirates of the Caribbean
Kung-Fu and Action Movies
The Bourne Identity
Fist of Legend
Kill Bill
Kung Fu Hustle
other
Spider-man
Batman Begins
Office Space
Fight Club
X-Men
Shawshank Redemption
Indiana Jones
Books:
I love reading books/articles on science and technology, but I haven't listed any of those here. I also love science fiction and fantasy but I like good fiction as well. Feel free to point me towards any novels you think I should read.
Science Fiction
Dune by Frank Herbert
Enders Game by Orson Scott Card
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein,
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Ringworld by Larry Niven
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Old Man's War by John Scalzi
Isaac Assimov's many novels
Fantasy
Path of Fate series by Diana Pharoah
Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling
First King of Shannara by Terry Brooks
The Once and Future King by T.H. White
Bridge of Birds by Barry Hughart
