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wintersquall

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About Me




03jul07
i've decided to save my rants for blogs in the future, and maybe actually, oh i don't know... put something "about me" in the "about me" section?
where to start would be the question i suppose.
I ALSO HAVE A FACEBOOK, ALTHOUGH I HAVE NO IDEA HOW IT WORKS YET =pTHAT IS: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=601839544
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BRAND NEW SIG - courtesy of Mortama of Killingifrit.com. Thanks Mort!
Credit for the awesome digsig to Alporhan {TehAlp} @ Killing Ifrit Forums.
Check 'em out!
yes, this is the same wintersquall you may have seen in... gaming... and no, i can't make you better at videogames, sorry. however, i'm always willing to have an intelligent conversation about them. -requested-reviews/strats -only- will be posted in the blog section eventually... i'm not going to write about gaming much here unless it ends up being a blog subject.
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You Have a Choleric Temperament
You are a person of great enthusiasm - easily excited by many things.
Unsatisfied by the ordinary, you are reaching for an epic, extraordinary life.
You want the best. The best life. The best love. The best reputation.
You posses a sharp and keen intellect. Your mind is your primary weapon.
Strong willed, nothing can keep you down. Your energy can break down any wall.
You're an instantly passionate person - and this passion gives you an intoxicating power over others.
At your worst, you are a narcissist. Full of yourself and even proud of your faults.
Stubborn and opinionated, you know what you think is right. End of discussion.
A bit of a misanthrope, you often see others as weak, ignorant, and inferior.
You're also not a big fan of morons.
What Temperment Are You?
Your Hidden Talent
You have the natural talent of rocking the boat, thwarting the system.
And while this may not seem big, it can be.
It's people like you who serve as the catalysts to major cultural changes.
What's Your Hidden Talent?
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Biff Mann
is a Tall Cyborg Ninja that Berserks when Attacked, has a Sharp Sword and Poisonous Blades, and is Allergic to Water.
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My Interests

music, sports, staying in shape, videogames, acting insane without actually being such, jumping out of perfectly good airplanes... travel (which usually requires staying -in- the airplane to be successful), helping people through tough times so that we can enjoy the good times afterwards.

oh, and eyes... very important here. eyes really are the windows of the soul. scoff if you will, but i can look into someone's eyes that i've never met before and know instantly most of what i need to know about that person. people who know me know this... you can't hide from me.

I'd like to meet:



The below needs no explanation:

MIKUDO ME! go ahead, slap away... bitches... t(-.-t)
(this is a voting kind of thing... high five, slap, or love me... you call it.) just thought i'd explain since NO ONE FRICKIN' DOES IT!!!

well, i'd like to meet -anyone- who could hold up their end of a decent fucking conversation these days... gandhi, beethoven, dave navarro, dave grohl, adolf hitler (i think a good punch in the mouth may have helped some of his issues... wish i could have given him "therapy"), people who strive to be uninteresting but fail utterly, my father, *talented* musicians without airs or chemical dependencies - if you own a busted-ass, poorly tuned acoustic guitar that you drag to parties just so you can play your shitty rendition of "insert whiny emo/campfire song here" you may wanna step back before i slap the hell out of you, people who don't need anything from me but aren't afraid to ask.... true friends (RB, CC), anyone who i used to know but haven't been in touch with in a while.

MUSIC HERE ==============================

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VOICE COMMENTS!!

well, THIS should be interesting. ALL COMMENTS ARE INITIALLY PRIVATE, so don't be afraid to tell me whatcha -really- think. i won't approve them if they'd make either you or me look like an idiot... unless they're REALLY fucking funny!! XD

LET THE RANDOMNESS BEGIN!!!

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Once again, no explanation needed:

YES!!! i DO accept paypal!!!
for what exactly, i have NO idea ;)

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I've been nominated for best looking myspace page or something. (O.o)

VOTE FOR ME AT THE LINK BELOW.

http://www.myspacetops.com/vote/2838.html

Music:

waaayyyy too many to list, it'd be easier to say what i don't really like *cough* country *cough*

but of course i'm going to try anyway so this space isn't bare ;)

- evanescence
- sum41
- foo fighters
- nickelback
- stevie ray vaughn
- radiohead
- my chemical romance
- les miserables soundtrack (original recording only, thanks)
- grabmysnatch humperfuck
- maroon5
- chevelle
- old frank sinatra
- nobuo uematsu
- eminem... (guilty pleasure)
- sarah mclachlan
- old-school snoop & dre
- fallout boy
- john tesch... not *slap*
- bjork

- paganini was the devil, but i love his technique

- camille saint-saens
- pyotr tchaikovsky
- ludwig van beethoven
- felix mendelssohn
- johann sebastian bach

- mozart was the most celebrated hack in the history of music, until courtney love came along

Movies:






- monty python's holy grail
- happy gilmore
- princess bride
- kill bill vol. 1 and 2
- the ring
- running scared (hockey puck anyone?)
-v for vendetta
- crash
- final fantasy vii: advent children
- the godfather trilogy
- gladiator
- goodfellas
- road trip
- lord of the rings trilogy
- batman begins

-good- anime (not dragonball z-style crapola kiddie fodder)

like:

- hellsing
- elfen lied
- vampire d
- excel saga
- godannar
- appleseed..

Television:

very little, and not if i can help it - 99% of tv rots your brain. step awaaaaayyyyy from the television set and go DO something people, even if it involves killing a few brain cells in different ways.
THAT having been said, RobotChicken is the rOxOrzzZ in my sock draWrrrrz... and family guy has to be seen to be appreciated, truly.
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VIDEOGAME SECTION
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Gaming Rig: Polaroid 37" LCD HD Monitor, Panasonic 5.1 Surround Sound system, HD System Selector, custom component cables
Systems Owned: Xbox 360, Playstation 3, Gaming Laptop.
Currently playing:
Ninja Gaiden Sigma
Heavenly Sword
Devil May Cray 4
World of Warcraft (kinda, i'm a newb)
Valkyrie Profile 2 (Seraphic Gate)
God of War 2
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Recent Games:
N3 (Ninety-Nine Nights)
Psychonauts
Guitar Hero
Dead or Alive 4
Condemned: Criminal Origins
Ninja Gaiden: Black
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
Gaming Highlights:
Final Fantasy XI: Raison, Elvaan lvl 75 Red Mage, 75 Samurai on Ramuh.
Final Fantasy VII - X-2: complete games, beating all optional bosses
Ninja Gaiden: Fastest Normal difficulty speed run: 2:51
34th place, 1st Master Ninja tournament (this was total BS, i would have been top 3 easily if it was a skill-based tournament and not a test of patience and how much free time you have), also a big middle finger to xbox nation magazine and ryan payton for making me sound like a bitch in their article about the controversy surrounding round 1, after i practically wrote the damn article for them
Favorite games of all time:
Final Fantasy (all of them)
- if you force me to order them... fine, here =P
1. Final Fantasy VII
2. Final Fantasy XII
3. Final Fantasy VIII
4. Final Fantasy X
These are in no particular order and are not meant to be all-inclusive, so don't send me flame messages... this is what popped into my head when i decided to add this part. you're more than welcome to disagree.
Ninja Gaiden (Xbox)
Xenogears (PSX)
Valkyrie Profile (PSX)
Lumines (PSP)
God of War (PS2)
Resident Evil 4 (GC)
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64)
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (DS)
SSX Tricky (PS2)
Fable (Xbox)
Metal Gear Solid (PSX)
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (PS2)
Katamari Damacy (PS2)
NHL 96 (Genesis)

Books:

Currently reading or rereading:

- atlas shrugged (ayn rand)

- dies the fire (sterling)
- warhammer, black library (various)
- snow crash / cryptonomicon (neil stephenson)
- blade of tyshalle (stover)

General Faves:

- neuromancer or anything by william gibson

- bill clinton's autobiography

- heroes die and blade of tyshalle by matthew woodring stover (READ THESE)- incredible books if you're a sci-fi/fantasy fan, and still pretty damn good even if you're not

- the adventures of nicholas (so what if i wrote it when i was 7)

- robert jordan's wheel of time series if he'd ever finish the goddamn thing...

- cryptonomicon
- anything by kurt vonnegut of course
- dragonlance (drizzt is a pimp)
- the belgariad
- terry pratchett
- stephen king
- edgar allan poe

Heroes:

me ^^ for somehow not being dead already after all the stupid shit i've done, and because i'm far from perfect but it doesn't keep me from trying.
in all seriousness there are a few people i really respect now that i think about it, so i'm gonna stop being a smartass for about 60 seconds and put them down here.... honey lou and leona for raising me, bill clinton, martin luther king jr., rosa parks, bruce lee, tomonobu itagaki (he still screwed me in the MNT, i just respect his work ethic), hironobu sakaguchi, and i guess any good parent, because that's a damn hard job and there's a life riding on it.
honestly, there's so few heroes left these days - everyone's so busy grinding away to get more "things" and cooler "stuff" that no one has the time or inclination to be a hero. anyone who gives of themselves selflessly, without consideration of gain of any sort qualifies to be a hero as far as i'm concerned. i doubt all those people combined could fill a small conference room here in 2006... feel free to go out and prove me wrong by your actions, i love being wrong when it's for a good cause!
Which Final Fantasy Character Are You?
Final Fantasy 7

My Blog

26 Nov 07 - return of the gimp

i'm back from the styx! no, not the concert, and yeah, i know it's exciting... but control yourselves. day 1 - it was a nice trip out.   getting there, considering i decided to fly on the bu...
Posted by wintersquall on Mon, 26 Nov 2007 12:36:00 PST

30 oct 07 - my weekend

i've been out of commission for the weekend, and probably will be somewhat for a while... it's not easy to type and look at a computer screen right now.   why?   look at the last few pi...
Posted by wintersquall on Tue, 30 Oct 2007 09:22:00 PST

17 oct 07 - on holding on and letting go

i haven't written in a while, save the occasional rant against our fine system of law and order... as a follow-up to that, i made sure to be downtown at the last one although i couldn't actually ride,...
Posted by wintersquall on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 01:03:00 PST

true story - police brutality at its best

ok - a lot of you know me. i don't take it upon myself to get overly involved in political action campaigns.it's certainly not that i don't care.... and i'm a hippy at heart, i'm green, whatever you w...
Posted by wintersquall on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 11:41:00 PST

thoughts on turning 35 (moved from front)

03jun07you know, i'm about to turn 35. that's kinda crazy. for all you young kids out there, shit isn't going to change that much.  you get older, but you still feel the same.  only thing t...
Posted by wintersquall on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 11:24:00 PST

archive of arrogance

ya see, i went through a very short period where i thought ayn rand's "atlas shrugged" defined my life.  i missed a point though... other people's suffering and problems always mean a lot to me, ...
Posted by wintersquall on Sun, 03 Jun 2007 02:02:00 PST

02may07 - New here? Read THIS first.

this is the old opening for my myspace page.   i needed to update it due to a certain "epiphany" i reached, so i decided to preserve my original myspace rant for those of you who haven't see...
Posted by wintersquall on Wed, 02 May 2007 07:51:00 PST

smoke 'em if ya got em, or clearing the air (updated 02may07)

i'm quitting smoking.  today. i smoked the last cigarette i'll ever have at about 10:45 last night.  it tasted good as usual, damn good actually.  funny thing happened just as i was abo...
Posted by wintersquall on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 01:27:00 PST

05apr07 - profile fixed (kinda) and cya for a few

i'm sure some people noticed that the profile went all wonky. i didn't. believe it or not, i actually don't view my own profile that often.  that may be hard to believe for a narcisstic pig like ...
Posted by wintersquall on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 01:15:00 PST

i got ONE WORD for ya...

Thanks to Veela!! and her friend Amanda (who i don't know but i'm sure is a wonderful person) for this fantastic, quick, and easy survey.You.Can.Only.Type.One.Word.well, not quite as easy as you might...
Posted by wintersquall on Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:56:00 PST