Writing. Art; Byzantine, Romanesque/Gothic, Classical. The Renaissance. History and Culture; South/Eastern Europe (Romania), West Asia. Metaphysics. Philosophy of a like you might find buried under several tonnes of marble, wearing a toga and an olive wreath, among others. English satire, Monty Python, Photography, repressing my ardent desire to dress in garb. Whisky, cognac and red wine.
I'd like to meet:
Several long dead persons... that is to say, to chat over tea with an animated corpse strikes me a delightful way to spend an afternoon.'Oscar... you do seem to be shedding skin on my muffin, would it be too much to ask that you refrain? You know I detest tea-cake.' Then there are those I have spent the last six years with, dabbling intermittedly in collaborative fiction -
a dire exercise of their patience, I might add. All have inspired me with nuances of their creative genius, and I would hope as a result that I have become a more eloquent and imaginative person, if still - innevitably - bemused.
*A note on would-be friend requests; I'm fairly reticent, if I don't know who you are please elaborate a little on yourself and why you are adding me, I'll then be more likely to reciprocate.
Music:
Martin Tillman, Nine Inch Nails, Apocalyptica, Loreena McKennitt, E.S Posthumus, Dead Can Dance, Delirium, Queensryche, a plethora of classical composers, Placebo, Blind Guardian, Gaelic Storm, Howard Shore, Danny Elfman, Powderfinger, Muse, Assemblage 23, JBT, Ben Harper etcetera. Gerard Butler, also, has a resounding voice.
Movies:
Quills, The Boondock Saints, Lord of the Rings, Dogma, Outlaw, Vidocq, the Phantom of the Opera, Period Dramas, Arthouse/Foreign.
Television:
Sharpe, Robin of Sherwood (Michael Praed era), Firefly (all of which I discovered in the UK). I despise Australian television; 'Cash for Comment' programs and Reality TV ('You warp the minds of our children and weaken the resolve of our allies.')deserve to die a squalid, moldering death at the bottom of the deepest pit known to mankind. In contrast, I think John Clarke is a gift from the proverbial gods - if ever I met him, I would break character and give the bastard a hug.
Books:
Recently; The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Life and Legacy of E.A Poe.
Currently; The Works of Oscar Wilde, Bright Darkness; Lord Byron.
Near Future; Neil Gaiman; The Endless series, Dante; The Divine Comedy, The Bible, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; Faust.
Continuously; Kahlil Gibran, and a smattering of Shakespeare.
Heroes:
My necromantic subliminal persona.
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